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5 days ago | November 17, 2019

Small grain farming viable: First Lady

First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has urged women farmers to venture into small grains which are drought and disease ...

You have no honour here, Minister Mthuli

Far from the quixotic idealism of city life, the rural setting presents life in its most raw form, including the ...

Diamond royalty slashed by 33pc

Zimbabwe’s diamond output is poised for a massive boom after Treasury cut the royalty for diamond mining to 10 percent ...

Terror & riches at Jumbo Mine

A stamp mill pounds steel against rocks, producing echoes across the pit-riddled fields. Huge boulders, from beneath ...

Austerity: Live within your means or die within your means?

All things being equal, an economy must be inclusive and for the benefit of all. But sometimes, just sometimes, there ...

Public Order & Security Act now history

Maintenance of Peace and Order Act (MOPA), which has been signed by President Mnangagwa into law, is expected to open up ...

Budget ushers in job creation, industry growth

MEASURES proposed in the 2020 Budget, which include tax cuts and incentives for job creation, have primed productive ...

Nakamba consults Peter, Benjani

THEY say experience is the best teacher. For Marvelous Nakamba, when it came to sourcing tips on life in the fast ...

From mujibha to war veteran

The liberation struggle drew participation from people of diverse backgrounds who were inspired to fight for Zimbabwe by ...

Chicken Inn blow another chance

PRESENTED with another opportunity to go on top of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table, Chicken Inn fluffed as ...

Act now or the US$12 billion plan is dead

WITH friends like these, who need enemies? In 2018 small-scale miners and artisanal miners (illegal gold panners ...

Lessons from Mafikizolo gig

THAT the “Mafikizolo Back in Town” concert was an epic disaster is now common knowledge. Claims of sabotage by ...

Courts must expedite corruption trials

Section 255 of the Constitution outlines one of the functions of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) as that ...

Too saucy for under 13s

THERE is a special place in hell for people like Seth Rogen and Lee Eisenberg. While this seems a bit harsh given ...