THE Agriculture ministry has warned winter wheat farmers to be wary of the sporadic rainfall being experienced across the country recently of…
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Vangelis Haritatos, says the country requires an additional 31 400 units of combine harvesters and tractors as farmers are struggling with shortages of machinery and access to advanced technology. Speaking during a webinar hosted by First Capital Bank, formerly Barclays Bank, on Thursday, Haritatos said at least 2,8 million hectares of the…
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A DISTRAUGHT Mangwe family has petitioned the commissioner general of police, Godwin Matanga, demanding answers on the disappearance of a six-year-old boy amid claims the police bungled the investigation. The boy, Zenzo Ncube, reportedly disappeared in February last year, after being taken from his maternal grandmother’s home by his father, Anderson. The grandmother’s family, through…
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A 30-YEAR-OLD woman Tariro Mahokorasha from Zaka, Masvingo province, allegedly vanished with a four-month-old baby in a suspected kidnapping case, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have said. In a statement yesterday, the ZRP said the incident took place on October 4. “Police in Zaka are investigating a case of suspected kidnapping of a four-month-old baby…
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THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it has no policy governing the treatment of war veterans employed by the local authority, amid claims some were being purged and ill-treated. This comes as the government ordered a probe into the ill-treatment allegations with Local Government minister July Moyo last month dispatching a six-member team to Bulawayo….
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AT LEAST 60 exhibitors have confirmed their participation in this year’s Gweru Agricultural Show set for the 28th of this month. According to the show manager, Victoria Chikukwa, they were targeting 120 exhibitors for the four-day event ending on October 31. “So far more than 60 exhibitors have confirmed participation and we hope the figure…
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THE Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has denied that Sakhile Mnangagwa is the biological son of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes as Sakhile is at the centre of an ongoing court case in which he was allegedly defrauded of over US$60 000 by the manager of a local company in a botched vehicle and…
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In a state of preparedness for the 2021/2022 agriculture season, the Lands ministry said the government was prioritising the planting of six…
THE government is targeting to produce 65 000kg of crocodile skin for export during the 2021/2022 agricultural season under the Presidential Community Fisheries Scheme. With Zimbabwe ranked the world’s second-largest exporter of the reptile products after the United States, a Lands ministry report on the state of preparedness for the 2021/2022 agricultural season showed that…
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TWO suspected fraudsters have been nabbed on allegations of intending to defraud an army colonel of US$10 000, misrepresenting to be State spies capable of allocating him a farm. Joseph Banda, 67, and Prince Mandende, a soldier, were charged with fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday. The State opposed their admission…
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