THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is committed to supporting the government’s biodiversity in agriculture for the country to establish sustainable agri-food systems. Biodiversity refers to all different kinds of life and these include animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms like bacteria that make up the natural world. In its latest report on the…
BELARUSIAN minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik and minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe Frederick Shava held a meeting…
CHINA Energy Engineering Group has proposed to build a 1 000-megawatt floating solar farm for Zimbabwe, a nearly US$1 billion project, on…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere is set to know her fate on April 5 when Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere delivers his ruling in a matter in which she is allegedly accused of communicating falsehoods. She was arrested in 2020 accused of publishing falsehoods in a case involving a woman whose child was…
POLICE have arrested a suspect from Gokwe believed to be part of a nine member gang which attacked a victim with logs, axes and spears, leading to his death. National police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday said the victim was murdered at a bar after the suspects accused him of being involved in cattle…
A HARARE City Council employee Desmond Rutsito has appeared before the courts facing fraud charges that he allegedly sold a non-existent commercial stand to a private company. Rutsito, 48, is being charged together with suspected land baron Michael Kawanzaruwa, 37. The court heard that sometime in August 2018, Rutsito and Kawanzaruwa connived to deceive Mussa…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has said that the second capital is likely to endure water shedding all-year round as the metropolitan’s dams are currently half-full and the rain season is coming to an end. This was revealed by acting director of engineering Sikhumbuzo Ncube last Friday during an award ceremony for “top 100” residents…
POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga at the weekend expressed concern over increasing cases of exam cheating in schools, warning those caught will face the full wrath of the law. Speaking at a police merit award ceremony, he also expressed alarm at the growing cases of drug abuse by youths, saying this did not bode well for…
POLICE in Beitbridge on Friday arrested a bus driver, Hendrix Jonga, 35, after he was allegedly found with 40kg of marijuana with a street value of $4 million stashed in the boot of his bus at Dulibadzimu bus terminus, Beitbridge. Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest yesterday. “Police in Beitbridge acted on…
OVER 500 families from the Lubimbi community in Hwange, Matabeleland North province, are set to be relocated soon and the Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has called on the government to implement a plan that respects human rights. The villagers are being relocated to pave way for the final construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam….
