‘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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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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Movable kraals to restore degraded land, boost crop production

Villagers monitor cattle during a grazing day in Chinyika Village. – Picture: Charity Kwezani. Enacy Mapakame For 40 years, Vimbai Mlambo, a 61-year-old subsistence farmer, has watched how soil degradation and limited rainfall have decimated her farm output in her village Chinyika, in Gutu District in south central Zimbabwe. With the production of sorghum, finger […] …
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Chivayo trial hits snag

Wicknell Chivayo Herald Reporters THE trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe and its managing director, Wicknell Chivayo, due to start yesterday, was postponed after the State said it needed time to attend to issues the businessman raised through a letter addressed to the prosecution. Mr Tafara Chirambira and Mrs Tendai Shonhai, appearing for the State, asked for […] …
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City threatens to remove billboards

Municipal Reporter CASH-strapped Harare City Council, which is losing potential revenue from illegal advertising billboards, has issued a one-month notice threatening to remove unmaintained and dilapidated billboards across the city. As with much in the city, there are by-laws that demand city council approval and fees that must be paid, but these in recent times […] …
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Solar plant lights up rural Tsholotsho

Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter  It is solar energy in almost every home in Bemba area, Tsholotsho and this has completely transformed the people’s lives. Tsholotsho which over the years had earned the tag, komnyama ubambile (backward area) has completely changed as villagers now have television sets, fridges and stoves among other appliances in their homes, thanks […] …
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Oldest African dinosaur found in Zimbabwe

Bret Kamutenga, Chronicle Reporter THE skeletal remains of the oldest dinosaur to roam Africa have been found in Zimbabwe, a new study reveals.  Yes, you read that right. The plant-eating dinosaur species has been discovered in Mashonaland Central province’s Mbire district.  The almost complete skeleton is now at the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo. Scientists began […] …
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