Harare (New Ziana) – Across southern Africa, good quality arable land and water are running out. This, combined with climate change, which could leave another 50 million hungry by 2050, requires wider adoption and intensification of innovative food production – growing more with less. But it must be sustainable, involving more prudent use of inputs, […]
By Johnson Siamachira Goromonzi (New Ziana) – On her two-hectare plot in Chikwaka, in Goromonzi district in Mashonaland East Province, Chipo Rusike has constructed 10 fishponds and stocked them with Nile tilapia (Oreocchromis niloticus), a fish that is easy to farm and fetches good prices. Rusike harvests between 4.5 to eight tonnes of tilapia every […]
By Johnson Siamachira Harare, September 8, 2023 (New Ziana) – Southern African countries are on a collision course with the United Kingdom over its proposed legislative ban of imports of hunting trophies, spurred on by animal rights groups in the country. Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe are pressing for the proposed bill […]
By Johnson Siamachira and Sharon Tawuya Harare (New Ziana) -When Zimbabwe holds harmonised elections on August 23, fewer women will be contesting due to a number of reasons, chiefly fear of political violence, intimidation and abuse from their male competitors. A deeply conservative southern African nation of approximately 15 million people, Zimbabwe holds general elections […]