adminFreedom at last: We will never go back to ‘Keeps’
FOR folks in Mt Darwin, independence means a lot more than just one man, one vote. It means the ultimate freedom from bondage and from “Keeps” that resembled concentration camps where people were herded in their thousands.
No harm in getting the cotton marketing season going right now
DEVELOPMENTS on the ground show that some cotton farmers situated in hot districts like Checheche, Gokwe Nembudziya, Makonde, Muzarabani, Chiredzi, Dande Valley, Mount Darwin and Rushinga have started picking their seed cotton, which they planted at the start of the 2022/23 cropping season.
US$23m retooling facility still open
FOREIGN currency loans from a US$22,5 million revolving fund for industry and commerce for retooling continue to be allocated by Government from the nearly US$1 billion that Zimbabwe received from the International Monetary Fund under its Special Drawing Rights disbursements during the Covid-19 emergency.
China’s role in the Yemen war ceasefire should not go unnoticed
Eight and a half years of the Yemeni civil war has seen the Arab country torn into shreds.
Kenya vows to crack down on religious cults
NAIROBI. – Kenyan President William Ruto yesterday vowed to crack down on “unacceptable” religious movements as police discovered more fatalities in a Christian cult that practised starvation, bringing the toll to 58.
Drug mule wants Swedish interpreter
The Swedish drug mule caught in possession of 3kg of heroin worth $3,4 million at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport was yesterday remanded in custody pending trial after he exercised his right for the court to provide him with a Swedish interpreter.
Irrigation in tribal areas is successful
THE Government plans to build as many irrigation schemes as possible to assist the development of the Tribal Trust Lands, which the Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr Lance Smith, described here today as a repository of considerable wealth and an area of tremendous agricultural and industrial development.
Oil extends steep weekly drop
Oil kept falling in Asia — after losing almost 6 percent last week — as the outlook for global demand remained in question and Asian fuel markets flashed warning signs on shrinking refining margins.
Gems to regroup early May
WITH the Gems set to return into camp during the first week of May, assistant coach Tatenda Shinya has said they are looking forward to have some of the foreign-based players joining the squad before this year’s Netball World Cup in July.
Chile new lithium plan to scare off investors
The Chilean government’s plan to demand a controlling stake in all future lithium projects will deter investment and risks stalling the clean energy transition, according to Canadian mining billionaire Robert Friedland.