We are coming from a quite difficult year agriculturally. According to the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment Report that was released recently, the 2021/2022 rainy season started late in December 2021 in most parts of the country. Where it started early, that is in the last week of October to mid-November 2021, it was […] …
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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Rehabilitation pays off as prison inmates get wages
Bongani Ndlovu, Chronicle Reporter MS Belinda Sibanda (27) was two months pregnant when her husband, Mthelisi Sithole (30), was arrested and imprisoned for attempted murder last year. That left her struggling to fend for their three children. Ms Sibanda from the Makokoba suburb in Bulawayo now has a one-year four-month-old baby boy and she had been […] …
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Matriarchy, conservatism and reincarnation: A peek into Tonga culture
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter THE Tonga community in Binga remains one of the most conservative ethnic groups in the country who still practise their traditional culture and perform rituals that connect them to their dead. The Tonga people believe in reincarnation. To keep the memory they create a necklace for each of their deceased relatives which […] …
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Bosso beat Yadah to win away from home since 2018
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter IT was a miserable record, befitting a small club, not a giant one that is famous for winning league titles. On 32 occasions Highlanders have been on the road in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer league and for 32 games they failed to bring home maximum points. Their last victory away from […] …
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Jazz up your summer with McCoy Mrubata
Simba Jemwa, Showbiz Reporter Blues, jazz, and summer. Get ready for a day of fun this afternoon at the Spring Feelings Jazz Concert where Sama award-winner and saxophonist, McCoy Mrubata is headlining a star-studded coterie of jazz aficionados! Wine glasses will clink and friends will share laughs as the sunshine beats down onto the scenic […] …
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‘Zimbabwe, Botswana must share expertise’
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke, Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE and Botswana should leverage on each other’s strengths in various areas of the agriculture sector to increase their comparative and competitive advantages and enhance production, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said. Officially opening the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show in Harare yesterday, President Masisi said the agricultural sectors of the two countries were […] …
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Globe-trotting environment ambassador believes in young voices
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter Inyathi High School headboy Nkosilathi Nyathi has a dream to change the world’s perception of the environment through young voices. At 19 years of age, he is one of the most well travelled Victoria Falls youths, if not in Zimbabwe as a whole, as he has criss-crossed the world attending high […] …
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FIFA slaps ex-Zifa referees’ boss with 5-year ban for sexual harassment
The international football governing body found Zhoya guilty of the offence following allegations made by Bulawayo female referee Blessing Mpande last year. …
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Magistrate visits hospital to remand Kamambo
Felton Kamambo Senior Court Reporter Former ZIFA president Felton Kamambo yesterday had to be remanded from his hospital bed in Mbare where he was taken on Wednesday night after he collapsed and needed treatment. He was supposed to have been at the Harare magistrates court yesterday for continuation of his defence in his bribery trial […] …
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US$30m horticulture fund launched
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube (Left) and Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister Dr Axious Masuka during the launch of the horticulture export revolving fund (HERF) in Harare yesterday. Oliver Kazunga-Senior Business Reporter GOVERNMENT has launched a US$30 million Horticulture Export Revolving Fund (HERF) to enhance the horticulture sector’s contribution […] …
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