More than 78 000 hectares put under wheat so far

Zimpapers Correspondent MORE than 78 000 hectares (ha) have been put under wheat so far this season, with the Government urging farmers to speed up planting before today’s deadline to…

Govt pushes to ring-fence funds from sugar tax and health-related levies

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Health Reporter THE Government is moving to fundamentally change how the country finances healthcare by ensuring revenue collected through sugar taxes and other health-related levies will not…

Hope reborn as Angel of Hope Rehab welcomes 8th intake

Blessings Chidakwa Senior Reporter Where broken lives find a second chance, the Angel of Hope Drug Rehabilitation Centre in Mbare has become a sanctuary of hope for families devastated by…

COMMENT: Bad driving behaviour is a cultural crisis that needs an urgent cure

EVERY minute, on every road in this country, we witness it. The impatient motorist who swerves to overtake from the left lane. The driver who straddles a continuous white line.…

President’s culture directive could unlock creative economy

The launch of the 2026 National Culture Month at Barbourfields Stadium last Thursday did what these events are meant to do: it made the abstract idea of “unity in diversity”…

Jumbo, croc attack victim seeks help . . . narrates how he fought off crocodile

Fairness Moyana in Hwange A BINGA man who miraculously survived an elephant and crocodile attack that left him clinging onto the straws of life is appealing for financial assistance to…

Matabeleland tobacco growers use Marula Barns to save forests

Elita Chikwati recently in Bulawayo IN a forestry-friendly twist to an age-old process, tobacco farmers in Matabeleland have turned to a novel innovation — the Marula Barn to cure their…

From street stage to smartphone screen How Bulawayo artistes are reinventing survival in the digital economy

Limukani Ncube, Intake Editor As the drums, dance and poetry of National Culture Month reverberate across Bulawayo, another performance is unfolding far from the main festival stages. It is happening…

STREET FOOD VENDING IS NOT A PROBLEM TO BE CLEANED UP, BUT A CULTURE TO BE CURATED l What Harare can learn from China’s night food markets

Roselyne Sachiti recently in CHONGQING, China FOR the Harare City Council, street vendors are a problem — they are a source of litter, congestion and chaos. But for this writer…

NEW PETROLEUM DEAL A BOON FOR ECONOMY

Martin Kadzere THE Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement (PPSA) signed between the Government and Geo Associates on Wednesday has set the stage for a game-changing transformation of Zimbabwe’s energy and industrial…

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