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  LOYD MATARE AGRICULTURAL Centres of Excellence (ACEs), which were established by the European Union funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Services (Zakis) project, have set up commercial ventures to facilitate commercially oriented training, agricultural entrepreneurship, and best practice knowledge transfer. The ACEs were established at Chibero Agricultural College and Matopos Research Institute as well…

TAMARY CHIKIWA RESIDENTS in Pumula East have gone for almost six months without water after the suburb was struck off the city’s water restoration schedule. Bulawayo City Council (BCC) imposed a water shedding regime as the city faces water woes. BCC restores water in suburbs in turns and it releases a water restoration schedule weekly….

IN Chipinge and across Zimbabwe, village health workers are the frontline, serving hundreds of thousands of people disseminating basic health services and information. Their dedication is rubbing off, and many family members are also learning from them and spreading the message about COVID-19 and other health issues to others in their communities. In their tiny…

  THE African Union Special Envoy on the Covid-19 crisis, Strive Masiyiwa,  has said that Africa will get more than one billion doses of vaccines by December 2021. He said international donors had already pledged “700 million free doses this year, using a global finance initiative called Covax”. This would be enough to vaccinate at…

A BULAWAYO man, who was recently arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife to death, was yesterday remanded in custody after appearing at Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court this week. Bulawayo magistrate Stephen Ndlovu remanded Craig Walters, 44, to March 3 and advised him to seek bail at the High Court after he was charged for allegedly murdering…

TWO Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives Stephen Tserai and Raphios Mufandauya, arrested together with Henrietta Rushwaya for allegedly trying to smuggle 6kg of gold out of Zimbabwe, have been granted $30 000 bail each. Also freed is Zimbabwe Miners Federation staffer Gift Karanda, who was also granted $30 000 bail after a successful application on…