Posts by Charles Rukuni

Tobacco seed sales have increased from 328.25 kgs to 335.58 kgs but the tobacco crop for next year is expected to drop from over 80 million kgs to 50 to…

With normal to above normal rains expected for the coming season, the shortage of maize seed could adversely affect next year's harvest. This could be worsened by the shortage of…

Production by large-scale farmers in Zimbabwe is likely to further plunge this year because of the ongoing agrarian reform, Commercial Farmers Union president Doug Taylor Freeme says. He says maize…

The Cotton Company has approved a $20 billion input scheme that could benefit 15 000 cotton farmers in the coming season. The company says with good rains expected this season,…

Paprika production is expected to remain stagnant because of the ongoing agrarian reform and the shortage of inputs such as fertiliser. Paprika relies heavily on fertiliser and chemical applications like…

Just over half of the people interviewed in a survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) have said they want President Robert Mugabe to retire now and pave way…

Zimbabwe is in its present state not because authorities have no solutions to the country's problems but simply because they don't have the will to solve the problems. These were…

The Ruvhuvhuto Sisters may sing, dance, tour South Africa and Europe, but that is not likely to bring tourists to Zimbabwe. That is what the South African media is saying,…

While some people are accusing the government of over-reacting by closing down the Daily News following the Supreme Court ruling that it was operating illegally, others argue that the publishers…

Overview The government of Zimbabwe has often asserted that the economic, social and political problems currently plaguing the country are rooted in land redistribution. The Government further claims that the…