Health benefits of potatoes

What are the health benefits of potatoes? Potatoes are edible plant tubers first cultivated in the Andes region of South America. Spanish explorers brought the potato back to Europe from…

Merlin at mercy of creditors

Thulani Ndlovu    Business Correspondent THE High Court has discharged troubled Bulawayo-based textile company, Merlin, from provisional judicial management leaving it prone to litigation by its creditors. Merlin owes its creditors…

PPC to start construction of clinker plant

Business Reporter PRETORIA Portland Cement (PPC), Zimbabwe’s largest cement firm has set its sights on starting construction work at its proposed clinker plant in Mount Darwin at the beginning of…

Fungisai stars in Zim liberation war movie

Bruce Chimani Sunday Leisure Correspondent A BAG of hard-knuckle action with heart tearing twists synonymous with Hollywood action movies is an apt phrase to describe the Zimbabwean movie Chinhoyi 7…

United Refineries set to assist soya bean farmers

Farming Reporters UNITED Refineries (UR) has entered into an agreement with a number of financial institutions to assist it in financing soya bean farmers in Matabeleland North province.

Govt embraces Euro investors

Nqobizitha Dhlamini Business Reporter GOVERNMENT has expressed satisfaction at the rate at which potential European investors have shown interest in investing in various sectors of the economy. Industry and Commerce…

ZCFU calls on Govt to revive cattle restocking programme

Ngonidzashe Chiutsi Farming Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) says there is a need for Government to revive the cattle restocking programme so as to increase the country’s national…

Dube takes aim at Nama

Ngqwele Dube Sunday Leisure Correspondent VICTORIA Falls-based poet Obert Dube has submitted three works for next year’s National Arts Merit Awards as he seeks to widen his artistic scope and…

Communal farmers adopt feedlot concept

Mhlupeki Dube Farming Matters THE animal pen fattening concept has attracted a considerable growth of interest especially among communal farmers. This is mainly stimulated by the narrowing of the information…

NACZ hails Shangano Festival’s ‘local flavour’

Bruce Chimani Sunday Leisure Correspondent THE just-ended Shangano Arts and Culture Festival which was held in Lupane proved to many that big foreign artistes are not the magic behind a…