© THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has warned farmers of severe frost likely to affect crops and livestock. The frost is expected to sweep across the country. In a statement, MSD said people into horticulture, hatchery, poultry, piggery and dairy farming are advised to get appropriate advice from their agricultural extension officers on ways…
© TINO Kadewere is fully aware of the weight of expectation on his shoulders when Zimbabwe gets their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) campaign later this month against Egypt at the Cairo International Stadium. [GoogleAd] The Le Havre forward has not really lit up his international career with the Zimbabwe national football team with…
© ZIMBABWEAN cotton farmers are advocating for payment in foreign currency to cushion them from rising costs of producing the crop. [GoogleAd] They want an arrangement currently prevailing in the tobacco sector where farmers are paid in United States dollars. The farmers have formally advised the Cotton Producers and Marketing Association for the farmers to…
© THE Zimbabwe Professional Golf Association (ZPGA) honoured the Muridzo-Chitengwa family for their contribution to the sport. [GoogleAd] For many years in the 80, 90s and present day, the family has had an influence that grabbed international headlines through the exploits of the late Lewis Chitengwa Jr whose career was cruelly cut short at the…
© UNITED Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has completed the rehabilitation of 15 irrigation schemes in Masvingo Province under a multi-million dollar facility supported by the European Union. [GoogleAd] According to FAO, the project is meant to address challenges around irrigation development and improving the country’s food security. The organisation’s representative, Alain Onibon,…
© Two weeks in November by Douglas Rogers published by Jonathan Ball Publishers.A battered white Toyota Hilux hooted outside an apartment block in downtown Johannesburg. [GoogleAd] The driver and his two passengers were in a hurry. The driver hooted again. Eventually a couple emerged carrying blankets and two suitcases. “We’re coming, take it easy, Kasper,”…
© Supplementary budgets being applied for by local authorities are a reflection of the country’s worsening economy, resident associations and economists contend. [GoogleAd] Some of the local authorities that have so far gone the supplementary budget route are Harare, Kwekwe, Chitungwiza, Kariba, Ruwa, Kadoma and Bulawayo. More are likely to follow suit.Economist Moses Chundu said…
© GIVEN a choice, everyone desires everything to come either with little effort or at a pint-sized cost.Those born in the 1950s and 1960s often talk about hard work and how difficult it was during their “days” to attain a certificate or degree. [GoogleAd] In pursuit of academic excellence, they had to spend sleepless nights…
© THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has officially notified Harare council that it would no longer release foreign currency (forex) for them to buy water chemicals and that the council has to compete on the interbank market for hard currency. [GoogleAd] Harare City Council (HCC) mayor Herbert Gomba told the Daily News on Sunday…
© IT is now six months since I started to write this column. As I reflect on the issues that I have debated, I am agonised by how much of what I warned against, has already, regrettably and unfortunately, been proven. [GoogleAd] The chickens have come home to roost, or are on their way home…
