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Government to conference with Zimbabwe Diasporans during 2023 ZITF By Harry Taruva and Delicious Mathuthu Government of Zimbabwe, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (MOFAIT) is set to engage Zimbabweans in the diaspora on the sidelines of the 2023, 63rd Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Bulawayo to device a strategic and […]

Zimbabwe targets 350 000 hactres under irrigation by 2025 By Delicious Mathuthu The Zimbabwean government is targeting to increase the total land under irrigation to 350 000 hectares (ha) by year 2025 from the current 193 000 ha. Through the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development’s irrigation rehabilitation and development agenda, private

Violence against women in politics still a concern By Delicious Mathuthu Women are concerned with the continued violence against women in politics and electoral processes as partly witnessed in the recently ended candidate selection processes for the major political parties in Zimbabwe. Speaking during a Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) Community Meeting on violence against

Thumb piano an African identity By Memory Mudzani The thumb piano, or mbira is a uniquely African percussion instruments, it shows the identity of Africans. Edison Kachuta a mbira instrument artist said mbira music originates from Africa and it truly symbolizes the Africans identity. “Mbira music is our identity, it truly symbolize that we are

Zimfact dismisses social media post on candidates nominations during elections By Memory Mudzani Zimfact issued out a report stating that Zimbabwean laws do not explicitly prohibit a convicted person from running for public office, following the social media posts that went viral stating that a person convicted in a court of law cannot run for

Armed robbers attacked a mine in kwekwe By Memory Mudzani Moss 21 Mine along Harare-Bulawayo road near Truckers in Kwekwe was attacked by armed robbers on 12 April 2023 at around 0100hours. It is the state’s case that one male employee was alone on duty at the mine when four unknown men arrived, armed with

Women urged to embrace politics By Dumisani Ndlovu Aspiring female parliamentary candidates in Gweru has urged women in the Midlands capital to take up political and decision-making positions for their voices to be heard. The clarion call was made by one of the two aspiring female Gweru MPs, Sibusisiwe Mandizvidza in an exclusive interview with

Zimbabwe commercial agriculture in 20k tractor deficit By Delicious Mathuthu The Zimbabwe commercial agriculture sector is in need of more than 20 000 tractors for tillage, while communal and small holder farmers need 25 000 two-wheel tractors to replace animal draft power. As government fights to close the gap, it has formed the Mechanisation Development

Econet ruling the roost in mobile network market, nears 10 million subscribers By Delicious Mathuthu Econet Wireless Zimbabwe continues to command the mobile network market with the latest Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) Sector Performance report for the last quarter of 2022 recently released indicating a 2.9 percent increase in subscriptions against

By Harry Taruva Oposition CCC supporters raged and went on a rampage on twitter last night as they fiercely clashed with award winning film maker and Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. As the war of words flew around, Chin’ono blamed the opposition party for failing to support Job Sikhala and his family saying they are surviving on