adminSmallholder farmer a vital cog
Joram Nyathi Group Political Editor THERE is growing consensus, though tenuous, that agriculture is key, or at least for now, is still key to the development of the African…
Pick n Pay opens Gweru branch
Timoth Makohliso Midlands Reporter SOUTH Africa-based retail giant Pick n Pay opened its Gweru branch yesterday morning with thousands of shoppers thronging the supermarket. Shoppers were apparently attracted by prices…
Editorial Comment: Banks should support agriculture
Ever since the fast track land reform programme started in 2000, most of the new farmers have been struggling to access capital to fund farming projects.
Bureaucracy scares investors – ZIA boss
Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Investment Authority’s one stop shop centre model is not working as envisaged, amid revelations that it has become another stopover delaying the approval of investment proposals.
France’s Chirac snubs Sarkozy to back rival
Former French President Jacques Chirac has backed his one-time protege Alain Juppe in the centre-right’s presidential primary, resuming a feud with Nicolas Sarkozy who is seeking to gather support for…
Nigerian soldiers accused of refusing to fight
Abuja — A court-martial is accusing 16 Nigerian officers and 72 rank-and-file troops of a string of charges from cowardice to refusing to fight in the country’s north-eastern Islamic uprising.
Ebola case shakes Dallas community
In the Dallas community of Vickery Meadow, a cultural polyglot where about three dozen languages are spoken, the one word on everyone’s lips is “Ebola.”
Cops in running battles with vendors
Midlands Correspondent THERE was commotion in the Gweru Central Business District yesterday when vendors threw stones at a council vehicle used regularly to conduct sporadic raids on them with the…
Boko Haram ‘leader’ appears in new video
A man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, contradicting Nigerian military reports that he had been killed, French news agency AFP reported…
Playwright lauds Intwasa theatre production
Simbarashe Mutizwa Showbiz Reporter PLAYWRIGHT and director Thabani Hillary Moyo has lauded theatre productions from this year’s 10th edition of Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo saying they added to the spirit…