Farmers start sowing tobacco seedbeds

Farmers are now gearing up for the next tobacco season, with sowing of tobacco seedbeds starting yesterday.

Swiatek eyes French Open last 32

PARIS. — Iga Swiatek continues her bid to become the first woman in 16 years to win back-to-back French Opens yesterday as Alexander Zverev returns to the court where 12 months ago his dreams of a maiden Grand Slam crown ended in agony.

Zim commits to deeper China ties

BEIJING. – Zimbabwe’s top diplomat underscored on Tuesday the African nation’s commitment to scaling up cooperation with China and borrowing the Chinese experience, while lashing out at the United States for mixing up development issues “with whole aspects of human rights”.

‘Zim, Türkiye trades blooming’

Trade between Zimbabwe and Türkiye is continuing to grow under the Second Republic with the two nations having traded goods worth US$32 million in a period of a year, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube revealed.

Gweru acting town clerk resigns

SUSPENDED Gweru City Council acting town clerk Mr Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe has resigned and blamed a group of councillors for alleged unethical behaviour that made his tenure difficult.

Council bosses back at work

Harare Town Clerk Engineer Hosiah Chisango, housing director Addmore Nhekairo and works director Engineer Isaac Chawatama have bounced back at Town House after having been on suspension since 2020.

Iran remembers Imam Khomeini

The fourth of June marks the saddest day in contemporary history of Iran, and the oppressed people of the world.

G7 Summit undermines international order, world fairness and justice

The G7 summit in Hiroshima ended in protest on May 21.

New Ziana, Malawian news agency pen deal

Lilongwe. – Local news agency, New Ziana, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Malawi News Agency aimed at cooperating in the exchange of news.

Wheat planting hectarage target increased

The planting target for wheat has been raised from 85 000ha to 90 000ha, with the aim of increasing productivity and achieving record-breaking harvests for the 2023 winter wheat cropping and starting exports to other countries in the region.