Anti-foreigner violence in South Africa is easily sparked

Alan Hirsch Threats and deadly conflict over migration are spreading fast in South Africa. This is hugely worrying and could result in widespread injury and killings, as has happened before.…

When love meets law: Why migrant families feel like they fall apart

Charles Mtetwa THE story often begins the same way. A family leaves Zimbabwe or another African community carrying hope, determination, and the quiet belief that the strength of their bond…

Taking civil registration services to remote communities . . . mobile registration transforms lives in Honde Valley

Shingirai Michelle Nyandoro BEYOND the mist-covered mountains, tea estates and banana plantations that define Honde Valley lies another story — one about identity, inclusion and the ongoing effort to ensure…

AI empowers rural women farmers in Mhondoro Ngezi

Theseus Mauruki Shambare-Features Writer WHEN the tomatoes started curling inward, Mrs Gladys Vakira from Mhondoro Ngezi in Mashonaland West Province feared the worst. The leaves had turned brittle at the…

De-constructing myths on providing

Alice Tagwira Beyond Boundaries For generations, global society has been built upon a rigid, unquestioned dogma: man is the provider and protector; woman is the dependent. This binary checklist has…

Learner tragedy on the tarmac . . . when an ‘L’ Plate becomes a target

Fatima Bulla-Musakwa MAY 12, 2026 will forever be etched in Mr Kennedy Mupfururi’s mind as the day his heart was ripped apart, never to be mended completely again. He woke…

Smartphones redefine rural agric markets

Theseus Mauruki Shambare BEFORE dawn breaks over the rolling landscapes of Mhondoro-Ngezi district in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province, the glow of a smartphone screen lights up Mrs Farai Majasi’s face.…

TOBACCO BOOM FUELS DEADLIEST MALARIA OUTBREAK

Mashonaland Central Bureau AS darkness falls across the tobacco-growing areas of Mashonaland Central province, thousands of farmers begin another night guarding and curing their crop. For many, the tobacco harvest…

Irrigable land can be expanded to 496 000ha if offtake market is guaranteed

Last year, the Government promulgated Statutory Instrument (SI) 87 of 2025, compelling local millers, stockfeed manufacturers and food processors to source at least 40 percent of their grain and oilseed…

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