How small-scale miners, farmers are driving consumer spending

Business Reporter A MASSIVE structural shift in Zimbabwe’s economy — driven by the decentralisation of wealth from a few large corporations to thousands of small businesses and individuals — has…

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…

We need a permanent emergency response fund to fight new epidemics

As Africa intensifies efforts to contain the ongoing Ebola outbreak affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, Zimbabwe is stepping up its preparedness despite being classified as a lower-risk…

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…

US-Iran talks called off

A formal signing ceremony and talks planned for Friday in Switzerland between Iran and the United States were called off, as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensified in southern Lebanon.…

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…