adminOver 105 600ha under tobacco, preps for marketing season underway
Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Farmers have planted 105 613 hectares of tobacco as preparations for the 2022 marketing season get underway. A Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) weekly update…
Exciting, stark realities of contract farming
Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight SIMPLY put, contract farming is an agreement between farmers and processing and/or marketing firms for the production and supply of products under forward agreements, frequently at predetermined prices.…
3 000 tractors expected to transform agriculture
Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Bureau THE Government will this year avail 3 000 tractors that are set to be in the country by end of July as the Second Republic moves…
Editorial Comment: Maintain blitz against unregistered cars
The biggest shock of the police action against unregistered vehicles over the weekend was that just two days, and non-working days at that, a handful of police roadblocks on arterial…
Dejected Warriors seek AFCON consolation
Tadious Manyepo in YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon IT’S a tournament the players would want to forget in a hurry, given they flattered only to deceive in light of the massive financial support they…
Govt projects to drive economic growth
ASSET managers, First Mutual Wealth (FMW) says increased infrastructure spending by the Government will drive economic growth and demand for real estate properties.
AAG members warned against corruption
Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau THE new crop of Affirmative Action Group (AAG) should not take part in corrupt business activities and must pledge their loyalty to the ruling party ZANU-PF,…
Plea to protect minors against early marriages
Precious Manomano Herald Reporter Apostolic sects have warned their members to ensure protection of minors against early marriages and bring an end to the bad practice. The constitution outlaws child marriage…
Miner drowns in flooded shaft
Midlands Bureau A 17 year old artisinal miner drowned after he slipping into a flooded mine shaft where he intended to work on. Tinashe Chimbidzikai was in the company of…
Classic rock albums turning 50 this year
London.— 1972 spawned several instant Americana classics that came to define rock music and set the template for the sexy, seedy decade to come. There must have been something…