Free PPEs rolled out

Major shops — operating under essential service providers — and members of the public, are set to receive free health sundries for protection against coronavirus.

Day in the life of a vegetable farmer

IN the 20 years that Tawanda Mujongondi has delivered fresh vegetables from Murehwa to Harare, he has never seen a disruption such as one caused by the coronavirus.

He has seen droughts, plant diseases and runaway inflation, but never has Mbare Musika, the thriving and popular vegetable market, closed its gates to farmers and consumers.

Don’t Africans get tired of being poor?

And so it begins — Africa’s gladiator fight with the most virulent of viruses to affect mankind in recent memory.

And for the umpteenth time we are being reminded that this would be another David and Goliath affair, but this time with a different outcome to the biblical tale.

Bumper harvests expected for traditional grains, cotton

Zimbabwe expects a bumper harvest of traditional grain and cotton following concerted efforts by Government to promote drought-resistant crops to insulate farmers against the growing threat of climate change.

Demolitions: A bitter but necessary pill

Last week’s destruction of illegal vending structures by councils has elicited mixed reactions  but stakeholders are generally agreed it was necessary to fight the highly contagious novel coronavirus.

Mbare’s street of sport

ARIFONSO ZVENYIKA, Chamunoda Musanhu, Gilbert Mushangazhike and the late Edward “Madhobha” Katsvere are all renowned local sporting athletes with one thing in common.

Not only do they all hail from the country’s oldest township, Mbare, but they were all born and bred in the same street.

Mwanjale revels in East African love

WHEN Method Mwanjale moved from CAPS United to Simba SC of Tanzania as a free agent in 2016, many thought the former Zimbabwe international defender had largely been lured by a fat cheque.

Quarantine: What’s the bigger picture?

UPON arrival in Harare from the United Kingdom, David (not real name), who is a cruise ship worker, had to put up with a different lifestyle due to dictates of the coronavirus that has wreaked havoc worldwide.

David and some in his group said their quarantine centre, Belvedere Technical Teachers’ College, was devoid of “basic necessities”.

Prisons brace for killer virus

INMATES at correctional facilities around the country fear contracting Covid-19 due to overcrowding, but Government has assured them measures have been put in place to protect them.

First Lady consoles aide’s family

First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa yesterday visited the family home of her aide, Albert Vunganai (36), who passed away in an accident in the Mavhuradonha mountain range during a tour of duty to Muzarabani last Friday.

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