adminGovt applauds SIRP business initiatives
THE Government has commended the Smallholder Irrigation Revitalisation Programme (SIRP) for developing business models around irrigation schemes in a move that has enabled schemes to boost their production volumes. Speaking…
635 graduate in First Lady-initiated waste management course
ABOUT 635 people drawn from the nine districts of Mashonaland East province have graduated in a Waste Recycling as a business course initiated by First Lady, Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, who is also the Environment and Tourism patron.
‘Destroy tobacco stalks before May 15 or pay US$100 fine’
Monalisa Chikwengo THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has urged tobacco farmers to destroy stalks in their fields on or before May 15 of each year to curtail the…
Tobacco deliveries 50pc ahead of last season
Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S tobacco deliveries for this year are almost 50 percent ahead of last year at the same stage of the marketing season, according to statistics from the Tobacco…
Civil society backs structured dialogue platform for Zim debt
Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter The civil society has commended the Government for spearheading the structured Dialogue Platform for Zimbabwe’s arrears clearance and debt resolution process, which saw its fourth meeting…
Global stocks, Wall St futures rise on hopes for US debt deal
BEIJING — Global stock markets and Wall Street futures rose yesterday on hopes US political leaders can reach agreement to avoid a potentially disastrous default on government debt. London and…
Nadal out of French Open, hints at retirement
MALLORCA. — Rafael Nadal will miss the French Open for the first time in 19 years after a hip injury ruled out the record 14-time men’s singles champion.
Zim among 9 States to benefit from AfDB fertiliser facility
JOHANNESBURG. – Nine African countries will benefit from the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) African Fertiliser Financing Mechanism (AFFM) this year as fertiliser supply from Russia remains uncertain amid its war on Ukraine.
4 cops up for extortion
Four police officers were yesterday charged with fraud in court for being part and parcel of the syndicates that extorted a Chinese national of US$3 000.
Of sanctions, foreign aid and solutions to development
After years of hyping over the illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe since 2001, it is progressive that President Mnangagwa and the Second Republic realise that even in the presence of such a drawback, the country can still chart its developmental agenda and succeed.