Tobacco farmers must avoid shortcuts at auction floors
Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IN exactly 15 days, the 2025 tobacco marketing season will officially get underway. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has since proclaimed March 5 as the…
City bigwigs’ salaries gobble US$500k monthly
Blessings Chidakwa Herald Reporter Harare City Council is shelling out about US$500 000 a month towards salaries for executives, with the town clerk receiving a monthly salary of US$27 000,…
Open-air market plan for Harare
The Rhodesia Herald 19 February 1979 HARARE MUSIKA will soon have a new open-air market. Salisbury Municipality is spending more than $100 000 to make this a reality. Work is…
Macadamia exports jump 53pc
Exporters eye Chinese market Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer MACADAMIA nuts exports have surged by a whopping 53 percent from five million kilogrammes in 2023 to eight million in 2024,…
ZMX mobilises finance for commodity trading
Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer THE Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) is working with financiers in banking, pension fund and insurance industries to guarantee sufficient liquidity for commodity sales on their…
Byo in spotlight again as it hosts National Youth Day commemorations
Gibson Mhaka Zimpapers Politics Hub SINCE the advent of the Second Republic and its policy of decentralising state events, a wave of positive change has swept across Zimbabwe, with numerous…
Kutsaga enters 4th era of genetic evolution
Agriculture Specialist Writer KUTSAGA Research’s successful 75-year tobacco seed genetic evolution history has reached the high-yielding climate smart variety era (2020-2025) where harvest potential has more than quadrupled from one…
EDITORIAL COMMENT : Exploitation of Invictus gas field moves closer
The steady progress being made in the exploration and exploitation of what is now known to be a very large natural gas field in Zimbabwe’s Cabora Basa Basin reached another…
Mourners remember Beitbridgeaccident victim’s life of friendship, service
Africa Moyo Deputy News Editor Three lights were by the side of his coffin while about five flowers were on top at the family home in National, Mbare, in Harare…
Firm gives Shurugwi DistrictHospital US$30 000 facelift
Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau SHURUGWI-based Chinese mining company Chengetai Chengxi Investments has availed US$30 000 towards the refurbishment of Shurugwi District Hospital mortuary and maternity ward. Speaking on the sidelines…









