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Farmers call for PPPs investment in smallholder irrigation schemes

MELISA CHATIKOBO FARMERS have called for public private partnerships (PPPs) investment in irrigation schemes and micro-irrigation kits for small holder farmers to supplement rain-fed agriculture. This comes as the country is experiencing a long dry spell that has seen rain-dependent crops wilting, especially in the Southern region, amid fears of a drop in yields this…

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Bid to sue Emirates thrown out

A WOMAN has lost a case in which she had sued international airline Emirates, demanding US$158 125 in damages for alleged assault by its employee and reimbursement of her lost luggage. The High Court dismissed her case with costs. “Whereupon, after reading documents filed on record, and hearing counsel, it is ordered that the proceedings…

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‘Sadc must guard against terrorism’

Rumbidzai Ngwenya PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, has called on the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to scale up its defence and security mechanisms to fight terrorism in the region. This comes as the Sadc region is currently grappling with Islamist insurgents wreaking havoc in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province. Addressing delegates at the Zimbabwe-Botswana Bi-National Commission in…

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Counterfeit products flood Bulawayo market

Andile Tshuma CONCERN has been raised over the alleged emergence of counterfeit products which are said to be flooding Bulawayo’s informal market. Consumer rights groups have raised a red flag on the flooding of fake products amid fears that residents’ lives were potentially at risk as the products were not certified by the Standards Association…

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MPs demand compensation from Britain

LEGISLATORS want the country’s former colonial master, Britain, to pay reparations for the loss Zimbabwe incurred when it was under foreign rule. Raising a motion in the National Assembly on Thursday, Zanu PF chief whip Pupurai Togarepi said Zimbabweans needed to be compensated, particularly because their forefathers had been disposed of their assets. “This disadvantaged…

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Former perm-sec Gudyanga jailed . . . appeals against conviction and sentence

EX-MINES ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has been slapped with a two-and-a-half year effective jail sentence. He was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he solely sat as a full board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and received board fees and sitting allowances to the tune of…

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Parties go flat-out for important polls. . . as ED, Chamisa stump for March by-elections in Midlands

THE battle for supremacy in the hugely-significant March by-elections is hotting up, with the Midlands playing host to both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa this weekend. This prompted police to warn yesterday that they would be deploying large teams in the province as from today, in a bid to try and ensure that the…

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Econet switches on 5G network in Zimbabwe

ECONET Wireless, the country’s largest telecommunications company, yesterday launched high-speed Fifth Generation (5G) mobile broadband technology, in partnership with global technology infrastructure suppliers Ericson and ZTE, making Econet the first mobile network operator to offer the service in the nation, starting with the capital Harare. Econet, which has invested over US$3 billion in infrastructure since…

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