NEW: Winter wheat harvesting preps gather pace 

OVER 40 combine harvesters have been made available by the Agricultural Finance Corporation Holdings (AFC) to wheat farmers for leasing ahead of harvests that are set to begin soon. 

NEW: Herentals seek revival  

HERENTALS coach Kumbirai Mutiwekuziva is confident the additions he made to his squad will help turn around the club’s fortunes in the Chibuku Super Cup, which returns with seven matches on Wednesday.  

NEW: NSSA’s banking subsidiary eyes SMEs  

The National Building Society (NBS), a subsidiary of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has launched financing suite that will meet the specific needs of small-to-medium enterprises in the country. 

R. Kelly found guilty of racketeering in sex trafficking case

R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury on Monday of racketeering in his sex trafficking trial, where prosecutors accused the R&B singer of exploiting his stardom over a quarter-century…

Govt accelerates NDS1 projects — President

The GOVERNMENT is accelerating efforts to achieve benchmarks that were set under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and the Vision 2030 target for the country to become an upper middle-income economy, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.

NRZ-Turkish deal takes off

YAPI MERKEZI, the Turkish company which recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to recapitalise and modernise the nation’s railway system, has started implementing Phase One of the deal which includes assessing rail infrastructure across the country.

UN must act on lifting of Zim sanctions

THIS year’s United Nations General Assembly, held in hybrid format in New York due to the coronavirus pandemic, has once again shone the spotlight on the devastating impact of years of sanctions on Zimbabwe while accelerating calls for the punitive measures to be lifted.

A MENTOR’S BACKING

EXACTLY 29 years ago, one of the biggest shocks in local top-flight football was brewed at Rufaro Stadium.

It was on September 26, 1992 when Darryn T walloped pre-tournament favourites CAPS United 4-0 in the Castle Cup final in what has remained one of the Cinderella stories in local football history.

The folly of manufactured heroes

IN “Hotel Rwanda” — a film released in 2005 to dramatise the unconscionably senseless ethnic bloodbath and slaughter that took place in the Central African country in 1994 — we are shown Hollywood in all its awesome and riveting story-telling glory.

Tobacco contract financing needs rethink

OVER the past two seasons, net foreign currency inflows from tobacco stood at US$87 million from nearly US$1,6 billion in exports.

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