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THE Midlands Irrigation Development Department says it is working towards resuscitating a number of irrigation schemes under President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 200-hectare per district farming project. This comes after Mnangagwa recently made a pronouncement for districts to embark on the farming projects to ensure the country is food self-sufficient. Provincial irrigation engineer Shingirirai Zano told the Daily…

A UNITED States of America (USA)-based organisation — The Sister Accord — which launched its first African chapter in Zimbabwe over the weekend, is set to empower women and girls by providing them with funds to start profit-making projects. The Sonia Jackson Myles-founded organisation, formed eight years ago, has set a target of creating a…

THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has called on the government to ensure that bail is not granted to people, especially involving ex-security forces or serving members, accused of violent crimes such as armed robbery The Forum, a coalition of 20 Zimbabwean human rights NGOs, has produced a report titled Who guards the guards? Monitoring crimes…

THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has approached the High Court seeking eviction orders against two tenants occupying its properties in Masvingo and Nyanga respectively.  In the first application, ZimParks states that they entered into a lease agreement with Gladys Farai Kujenga for their lodges and restaurants at Kyle Recreation Park in Masvingo. …

Information Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services minister, Jenfan Muswere has called on African governments to support their local postal sectors to achieve the global digitalisation agenda through e-commerce.  Muswere said this on Thursday in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, while addressing the Pan African Postal Union (Papu) Plenipotentiary Conference that he chairs.  “During the ministerial strategy…