adminMat South passes animal husbandry competency check
IN what easily qualifies for a noteworthy milestone in agricultural production, livestock farmers from Matabeleland South are this year exhibiting at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show (ZAS), marking the inaugural involvement of farmers from that region in this imposing event since the implementation of the land reform programme.
Covid-19 tests scrapped for Beijing travellers
BEIJING – China’s customs authorities yesterday announced the removal of COVID-19 nucleic acid or antigen test requirements for all inbound international travelers. Starting today, travellers to China will no longer…
Lula to discuss changes to UN council
Brasilia. – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he wants to discuss the possibility of making changes to the United Nations Security Council with his US…
200 arrested at Nigerian gay wedding
ABUJA. – Police in Nigeria say they have arrested about 200 gay men at a wedding in southern Delta state. Sixty-seven of them will now be charged after investigations. However,…
Prigozhin buried at private ceremony in St Petersburg
ST PETERSBURG, Russia. – Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried privately at a cemetery on the outskirts of St Petersburg yesterday, six days after his death in a plane…
After moon, India aims for the sun
NEW DEHLI. – Days after becoming the first nation to land a craft near the Moon’s largely unexplored south pole, India’s space agency said on Monday it will launch a…
Fresh worries for farmers, as maize seed price rises 13, 9pc
FARMERS may have celebrated too early after it turned out that retail agro-dealers in Harare have increased maize seed price from US$79 for a 25kg pack at the end of July, which they had all agreed was affordable to the current US$90 that they feel will be difficult to put together if they needed to plant large hectarages of the cereal.
Eskom ramps up load shedding in SA
JOHANNEBSURG. – South African power utility Eskom has announced stage 4 load shedding will be implemented yesterday. In a statement, the power utility explained that the ramping up of load…
Brics changes landscape, SA’s national interests
The watershed 15th Brics Summit in Johannesburg had, to its credit, several runs on the scoreboard by the time it concluded last week. While the outcomes were inevitably a complex amalgam of politics, economics and business, the overall Brics profile and agenda have been taken to the next level.
Nigeria gets aggressive with oil thieves
The Niger Delta region’s illicit oil refineries were bombarded with air raids on Sunday, according to the Nigerian air force. The Nigerian army claimed to have attacked a boat carrying crude oil and heading for open seas, as well as many illegal locations in the oil-rich state of Rivers.