US to control most of Venezuelan oil

Donald Trump announced on Friday a new US oil agreement with Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez, saying America will have “majority” control of 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves.…

Chibuku beer and cigarette heist earns Dete man 7 months behind bars

TINASHE MUNSAKA probably thought he had hit the jackpot when he walked away from a bottle store with cigarettes, Chibuku Super and a few miniature bottles of cheap vodka without…

To sceptics: Keep your counsel, we are too busy harvesting to care

COMMUNION with Bishop Lazarus  In the village, behind every morsel of sadza lay a tale of backbreaking, spine-snapping labour. Absolutely nothing came easy. Before you could even think about planting…

Why Robinson brought back his Sables jersey

Tinashe Kusema Zimpapers Sports Hub BRETT ROBINSON had to wrestle a treasured Sables jersey from his daughter before packing for his return to Zimbabwe. The World Rugby chairperson received the…

Additional US$1,1bn needed to fight Ebola outbreak, says UN chief

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday that an additional US$1,1 billion is urgently needed to fight the Ebola outbreak, with the UN’s US$2,13 billion response plan only 48…

Football’s long journey back home

Inside ZIFA Nqobile Magwizi FOR nearly five years, Zimbabwean football wandered in the international wilderness. We took football refuge in Rwanda, Botswana, South Africa and other countries, playing our “home”…

Zimbabwe and Super El Niño: Learning from the past, preparing for the future

ZIMBABWE has experienced several Super El Niño events — most notably in 1982-83, 1997-98, and 2015-16. Each event brought unique challenges and lessons, teaching our farmers and communities the value…

Zim’s economic story cannot be understood through textbook economics

Doubt Shava There is a fundamental problem with some of the commentary on Zimbabwe’s economy. It views the country almost entirely through the lens of textbook economics while ignoring the…

Payments to farmers for grain deliveries are now being done timeously

Grain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have risen by 122 percent compared with the same period last year, reflecting a strong response from farmers following good rains in…

Spirit mediums directed recruitment and the liberation war itself

CDE NANCY MUSIYIWA, whose Chimurenga name was Cde Muchaneta Mabhunu, was among the first female cadres to join the liberation struggle in 1972. After crossing into Zambia, she worked as…