Calls for reforms to expand adolescents’ access to sexual health services

Ivan Zhakata Online Correspondent CIVIL society has called for urgent reforms to eliminate policies that prevent adolescents from accessing sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, as young people in East…

ARDA partnership powers Bubi-Lupane winter wheat success story

Raymond Jaravaza Herald Reporter IN just a week, 90 farmers at Bubi-Lupane Irrigation Scheme in Matabeleland North Province will be smiling all the way to the bank as they start…

NEW: Vicious dogs maul girl (13) to death

Harmony Agere THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is investigating the tragic death of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, Caroline Chari, who was mauled by three vicious dogs at St Mannocks Farm in…

Universities venture into pharmaceutical manufacturing

Rutendo Nyeve Victoria Falls Reporter A GROUP of Zimbabwean universities is spearheading an ambitious drive to reduce the country’s pharmaceutical import bill by boosting local production of essential medicines through…

Nyamupinga calls for the castration of rapists

Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter GOROMONZI East legislator, Cde Beatrice Nyamupinga, on Tuesday, proposed that men who commit rape, particularly against minors or old women, should be castrated. She made this…

Zimbabwe receives 46 tablets to strengthen crop pest surveillance

Theseus Shambare ZIMBABWE has received 46 digital tablets preloaded with pest surveillance applications under the Africa Phytosanitary Programme (APP) as the country intensifies its fight against destructive crop pests threatening…

Journalist Edmund Kudzayi secures stay on judgment against lawyer Fadzai Mahere amid judicial criticism

Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Journalist Edmund Kudzayi succeeded in his urgent bid to halt the execution of a default judgment awarded to opposition politician and lawyer Advocate Fadzai Mahere,…

 CBZ Holdings promotes AI and trade finance as key drivers of Zimbabwe’s economic growth

Nelson Gahadza Zimbabwe’s largest financial institution, CBZ Holdings, says embracing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and trade finance has the potential to drive economic growth, given the technology’s ability to enhance productivity…

Zimbabwe targets China for tobacco market expansion amid record production surge

Martin Kadzere Zimbabwe is aggressively expanding its market reach, particularly targeting China, to handle its continually surging tobacco production, the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. The strategy…

 Bulawayo City Council targets green economy for economic diversification and reindustrialisation

Sikhulekelani Moyo Zimpapers Business Hub AS the Bulawayo City Council works on reindustrialisation, the local authority is looking to exploit opportunities in new and emerging sectors, with the green economy…