Dr Tony Monda

Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight from the country’s 44th Independence celebrations by derailing Harare’s ongoing Zimbabwe Structured Dialogue Platform on Debt Clearance by tasking its officials to bring into the fray issues to do with governance...

US onslaught on Zim continues

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's turbulent  politics by taking a ‘sabbatical’. The CCC has become nothing more than a playground for clueless political nonentities. Indeed, the CCC has not only been drowning in a sea of confusion,...

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Cattle nutrition: Part Six…natural forage vs growth hormones

WORLDWIDE cattle production is differentiated by animal genetics and feeding methods. This results in...

Cattle nutrition: Part Five…protein supplement in the dry winter

A RESEARCH study in the Kgatleng District of Botswana by the University of Botswana...

Cattle nutrition: Part Four…protein in cattle diets

PROTEIN supplements in cattle feed, especially beef cattle, often account for a large proportion...

Cattle nutrition: Part Three…advocating optimum rangeland grazing

WHAT do cows eat? Believe it or not, in some circumstances, cattle are even fed...

Cattle nutrition: Is rotational grazing the answer?: Part Two…improves long-term pasture quality

TO strengthen the integration of cattle feedlots in the Command Livestock Programme, Zimbabwean farmers...

Cattle nutrition: Is rotational grazing the answer?: Part One …two forage categories, wet and dry

RECENTLY I had several queries relating to cattle nutrition; what is nutrition? For cattle, nutrition...

Ankole cattle breed …the cattle of kings

RESULTS of archaeological and molecular data today enable us to make conclusions concerning the...

Nguni cattle breed: Endangered through rejection

According to Western historical hypothesis, Nguni cattle descend from both bos taurus and...

The Tuli cattle: Born and bred in Zimbabwe

HYBRIDS and composites are both cross-breeds. Hybrids, in general, are considered to be first...

Afrikander cattle: The beast of burden

THE breed is thought to have been developed from the lateral long-horned Zebu and...

Unpacking the Brahman…sacred cattle of India in Zimbabwe

THE Brahman breed is an indigenous bos indicus cattle from India. As with indigenous African...

Education conference in retrospect…new curriculum a foundation for the future

THE Third Education Conference and Expo, held at the Harare Conference Centre Grounds was...

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Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight...

US onslaught on Zim continues

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's...

Mineral wealth a definition of Independence

ZIMBABWE’S independence and freedom cannot be fully explained without mentioning one of the key...

Let the Uhuru celebrations begin

By Kundai Marunya The Independence Flame has departed Harare’s Kopje area for a tour of...