Major boost for Kwekwe General Hospital
Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief PATIENTS and nursing students at Kwekwe General Hospital have received a major boost after Midlands Province donated food hampers and livestock purchased using proceeds from…
Master composition writing
YOU get top marks from examiners when you zoom in on people and emotion. Let us go back to Body 3 for ‘A horrific accident’ discussed last week. Body 3…
Genetics, artificial insemination to unlock 150m litre milk target
Theseus Mauruki Shambare, Business Reporter ZIMBABWE is stepping up genetic improvement and artificial insemination (AI) programmes as part of a broader strategy to close its annual milk production gap and…
Bubi loses 2 221 cattle to foot-and-mouth disease
Raymond Jaravaza, Sunday News Reporter VILLAGERS in Bubi, Matabeleland North Province, are counting their losses after 2 221 cattle died from a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak that ravaged parts of…
Beneath the glitter of gold: Mercury poisoning, the silent killer stalking Zimbabwe’s forgotten women miners
Gibson Mhaka, Senior Features Writer THE morning sun glitters on a stagnant pool of muddy water as a group of women descend the slippery banks of a riverbed in Village…
Mining activities near housing project pose safety risks
Vusumuzi Dube, Deputy Radar Editor THE City of Bulawayo has raised alarm over potential environmental, health and safety risks posed by mining activities near the Emhlangeni Phase 1 and 2…
BCC loses rodent fight . . . hit by chemicals, manpower shortage
Peter Matika,Senior Reporter BULAWAYO City Council’s (BCC) fight against rodents and disease-carrying pests has been severely weakened by acute shortages of chemicals and manpower, raising fears about the city’s ability…
Mercedes withdraw appeal
Mercedes have withdrawn their appeal against the result of the Monaco Grand Prix. The championship leaders had lodged a “right of review” request with the FIA after Formula 1’s governing…









