13 contestants for Mr Ugly pageant

Yeukai Karengezeka-Chisepo Arts Correspondent The pageant that celebrates the other side of “beauty”, Mr Ugly, has returned after a break, organisers have said. According to event organiser, David Machowa aka Apama, the…

Mash West farmers start planting

Mash West Bureau THOUSANDS of farmers in Mashonaland West and Central provinces have taken advantage of rains to start planting. Although irrigation farmers had started early September, rain-fed farming started…

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Companies should emulate Delta Beverages

Managing value chain systems appears to be a mammoth task for companies in Zimbabwe in particular and the world in general. After mishandling the firm’s value chain system, there is a…

Farmers warned against selling inputs

Sydney Mubaiwa in Zaka Government has warned some farmers in Zaka that are reportedly selling farming inputs they received under the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme for the 2017-2018 agricultural season…

Rwandan model happy with Zim tour

Tafadzwa Zimoyo Senior Arts Reporter Visiting Rwandan model Tina Pilot Uwase said Zimbabwe is talented and creative when it comes to fashion and modelling. Uwase, who partnered with local photographer Trevor Gupo…

Woman hammers boyfriend to death

Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Bureau A Mberengwa woman went berserk and struck her boyfriend with a hammer on the head several times in a dispute over alleged infidelity. The incident happened last…

Govt to tap Aids levy for cancer

From Takunda Maodza in Montevideo, Uruguay— GOVERNMENT will now use resources mobilised through the Aids Levy to fight the cancer scourge that continues to ravage society. It is estimated that 7…

Govt targets more VTCs

Locadia Mavhudzi Midlands Correspondent Government targets to establish Vocational Training Centres (VTCs) in all districts across the country to empower youths. Speaking at the 17th graduation ceremony at Kaguvi Vocational Training…

Somalia blast toll tops 300

Mogadishu. – The police said at least 300 people were killed and close to 400 others injured in the deadly blast that rocked Mogadishu on Saturday. Police Captain Mohamed Hussein said…

Govt in drive to contain NCDs •Inter-ministerial task force on cards: President •National policy framework in place

Takunda Maodza in MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay— Government is making efforts to establish an Inter-Ministerial Task Force on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) because such diseases need a multi-sectoral response, President Mugabe has said. NCDs…

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