GOATS, as previously discussed in this column, are used in rites of passage and cleansing rituals. The author’s research has demonstrated that the birth of goats has been accorded sacredness to ensure purity rituals are not disrupted. November, the solar calendar equivalent of Mbudzi,...
WE, in the village, are presently excited, since we are now headed to the auction floors, to realise the fruits of our hard labour. The tobacco fields now stretch far and wide, evidence of the tenacity of Zimbabwe’s farmers. The selling season is now...
By Mthokozisi Mabhena
THE sun rises over the vast tobacco fields of Zimbabwe, casting a golden hue over the delicate green leaves that have, for decades, been the backbone of the nation’s agricultural economy. The indigenous tobacco producers story is one of determination, and a struggle for true...
By Kundai Marunya
JABULA New Life Covenant Church is on a drive to change the general perception of churches, long perceived as vehicles of spiritual persecution, subjugation and willing accomplices in colonial dispossession of indigenes.The church is one of the Pentecostal denominations boasting over 20...
By Fidelis Manyange
DESPITE losing her husband in a car accident two decades ago, Macheke farmer Mayiwepi Jiti has persevered to become one of the top farmers not only in Macheke but throughout Mashonaland East.Growing up in the high-density suburb of Mufakose, she did her...
By Masimba Biriwasha
GOAT farming has emerged as a vital agricultural practice, particularly in marginalised rural areas where resources may be limited.
Against the backdrop of the Presidential Goat Scheme, it’s vital to fine-tune and future-proof the model to make it sustainable and regenerative.
Nyaminyami (or Kariba...
By Kundai Marunya
LOCAL famers have been struggling to meet growing demand for raw materials to feed the food processing industry, prompting manufacturers to rely on imports. This comes at a time some farmers have been flooding the market with perishable horticultural crops, such...
By Profssor Artwell Nhemachena
WHEN Western media blamed the Russia-Ukraine war for food shortages in Africa, that reminded me of the same Western media’s campaign against land redistribution in Zimbabwe when they touted descendants of colonialists as indispensable for African food security.
The Western media depicted...
By Kundai Marunya
THERE is great demand for Zimbabwean honey on both local and international fronts and local beekeepers are failing to satisfy the markets.
Zimbabwe is one of the few countries producing miombo honey which is in high demand internationally.
This is multi-floral honey produced by...
By Kundai Marunya
AT dawn in Mhangura, a small farming and mining community located 190km north-west of Harare, farmers are already bustling about, organising their workers for another productive day.The winter season sees tobacco curing at its peak, while wheat is now germinat-ing in the...
By Kundai Marunya
THERE is a raging debate on social media on the country’s recent ‘obsession’ with goat farming, especially coming from the position that almost every household in rural areas breeds goats.
Goats have always been a part of Zimbabwe's rural set-up, mostly to be...
By Shephard Majengeta
AS Zimbabwe grapples with the challenges posed by the El Niño-induced droughts, there arises a critical opportunity to mitigate these effects and propel the nation towards sustainable development.
The upcoming winter cropping season presents a pivotal moment to leverage irrigation technologies and strategic...
