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Two Fawcett Security Company employees have been arrested in Chiredzi after being found in possession of an assortment of alcoholic

Govt moves to rescue winter maize George Maponga in CHIREDZI Government has intervened to save 18 000 tonnes of winter maize crop in the Lowveld from wasting away in the fields by deploying machinery to ensure the entire crop is harvested in the next two-and-a-half weeks. This year’s winter maize hectarage was increased ten-fold from 327ha last year to over 3 500ha, creating logistical challenges in harvesting the crop, two months after the scheduled harvesting date. The long season maize variety was planted last July and was due to be harvested in December, but the prevailing wet condition...

JUST IN: Chombwe Pfumvudza crops in good shape George Maponga in Masvingo Crops grown under the Pfumvudza concept with irrigation support from the $8million Chombwe Piped Water Scheme in northern Chivi are in excellent condition pointing to a bumper harvest in the area for the first time in years. The scheme was commissioned by President Mnangagwa in December last year after being bankrolled using devolution funds. Among the crops being grown under a model Pfumvudza project on an area straddling two hectares near Chombwe Hill, is maize, cowpeas, sorghum, rapoko and sunflower. Provincial Agrit...

CPU on high alert as Tugwi-Mukosi swells  Masvingo Bureau The Civil Protection Unit (CPU) is on high alert over possible flooding downstream of Tugwi-Mukosi Dam in southern Masvingo, with an Air Force of Zimbabwe helicopter being put on standby to airlift affected families, as the dam nears spilling, allowing the Tugwi River to flow unimpeded. Tugwi-Mukosi, Zimbabwe’s largest interior dam situated in Chivi district near Ngundu Growth Point, was yesterday afternoon 89 percent full, raising prospects that it could spill in the next few days. When the dam spills, there are fears that the ext...

Varsity students in Covid-19 diagnosis breakthrough George Maponga –  Masvingo Bureau In what is likely to be a major scientific breakthrough once formally certified, a former Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) student and a third-year student at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have designed computer software they say can distinguish ordinary pneumonia from the one caused by Covid-19. The two pioneers of the system say the software will give impetus to the fight against Covid-19 as it will help in diagnosis and management of people affected by the virus, which has inf...