adminMash West targets 35k hectares of wheat
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri yesterday launched the Mashonaland West Province 2020 winter planting programme with a target of 35 000 hectares at Combe Farm in Zvimba.
Amid lockdown, football goes on in four countries
While most of the sports world has called a timeout, the football leagues of four nations on four continents have decided the show must go on.
Covid-19 could be catalyst for top-notch health delivery system
Achieving a top-notch health delivery system in light of Covid-19 might be a huge task for countries like Zimbabwe, but with partnerships between the public and private sectors, improvements can be registered.
Coco Gauff says rapid rise led to depression
The American teenage tennis player, Coco Gauff, says she struggled to deal with the hype and mental pressure brought on by her rapid rise in the tennis world and that she had to rediscover her love for the game after becoming depressed.
Katsande hungry for SA premiership
Kaizer Chiefs vice-captain Willard Katsande is optimistic they will win the South African Premiership football title if the 2019/20 season resumes after the current lockdown.
‘No Kwekwe contacts for Covid-19 victim No. 2’
Health authorities in Kwekwe have dismissed as false, reports circulating on social media that the country’s second person to die of Covid-19 had several contacts in the city, who were now in quarantine.
Oil prices stable
Oil prices were broadly stable yesterday after sharp losses in the previous session, with investors hoping that a big build-up in US inventories may mean producers have little option but to deepen output cuts as the coronavirus pandemic ravages demand.
China stocks edge higher on global sentiment lift
China stocks ended higher yesterday on recovering global investor sentiment, but gains were modest ahead of March-quarter GDP data that is expected to show an economic contraction for the first time in nearly 30 years. The Shanghai Composite index closed up 0,3 percent at 2 819,94, while the blue-chip CSI300 index gained 0,1 percent, having fitted in and out of negative territory.
EPL indaba on today
A commitment to completing the season before the start of July is among the options being considered by English Premier League football clubs.
NPRC urges media, cops to mend relations
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has implored the media and the security sector to improve their working relationship during the lockdown period, as the country continues its battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.