Plant breeders’ symposium opens
Sifelani Tsiko Agric, Environment & Innovations Editor The Zimbabwe Plant Breeders Association (ZBPA) symposium opened on Tuesday with the experts pledging to redouble their efforts to develop new crop varieties…
Discovery of young man’s body raises alarms in Emakhandeni
Chronicle Reporter The community of Emakhandeni in Bulawayo is in shock following the discovery of the body of Mthabisi Petro Tshuma, whose death is being treated as suspicious. Mthabisi, a…
118 Zim students evacuated from Ukraine
Mashudu Netsianda, Senior Reporter GOVERNMENT has started taking the necessary steps to evacuate Zimbabweans in Ukraine following a special military operation by Russia last Thursday with 118 students having so…
Industrialisation, mechanisation of agric can safe Africa, Lumumba
Business Writer The African continent can realise greater economic turnaround if member states drive industrialisation agenda and mechanisation of the agriculture sector, according to visiting Kenyan public speaker and Professor…
Impala stalls Zimbabwe platinum approach over ownership concern
Bloomberg Zimbabwe’s plan to develop one of the world’s biggest platinum mines stalled after Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd, asked for greater transparency on the ownership of a state-run company before…
Retired Justice Cheda reflects on past as journey to rebuild lawfirm begins
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Reporter WHEN Retired Justice Maphios Cheda failed his Arithmetic in the late 1960s disqualifying him from proceeding to secondary school, it never dawned on him that one…
CBZ launches ETF
Business Writer CBZ Asset Management says it will introduce an exchange trade fund (ETF) tomorrow, which tracks the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) modified consumer staples index. This comes as the…
Mr, Miss Rural Mat North grateful for opportunity
Mbulelo Mpofu, Showbiz Reporter Winners of the inaugural Mr and Miss Rural Matabeleland North pageant have thanked event organisers and sponsors for changing their lives by affording them a rare…
Engineer quits, goes farming
Michael Magoronga, Midlands Correspondent WHEN he got a 50 hectare farm in 2016, Mr Charles Knight had to hire donkeys in order to plant his first crop. He recalls how…
COMMENT: Gwayi-Shangani Dam pipeline turning into reality
The signing of a US$50 million contract for the supply of glass fibre reinforced pipes needed for Gwayi-Shangani Dam pipeline on Monday is music to the ears of Bulawayo residents…










