Provincial Focus

Ziscosteel’s best kept secret:  The untold story how, even on its death bed, the steel making giant continued to churn out skilled manpower 

Whenever the story about the former steelmaking giant, Ziscosteel, is told there is overwhelming focus on the efforts being made…

DCK Group of Companies: Walking the talk on value addition, beneficiation

On 11 March 2023, almost all the 15 000 guests who attended a Field Day hosted by President Mnangagwa at…

MSU Pathology Centre: Turning adversity into a Centre of Excellence

When in August 2017, the then Vice President (now President) Mnangagwa was poisoned during a rally in Gwanda and was…

‘We are the richest province in the country, but . . .’

The Midlands Province has drawn up a comprehensive Provincial Economic Development Plan (PEDP) in which it articulates its achievements, challenges,…

‘Land is life’

… It’s why Disporan Zimbabweans are farming at home while living abroad All on the quiet, a large number of…

“I had never been anywhere near a bank, but now I have a bank account, thanks to the Presidential Cotton Inputs Scheme”

When the perennial naysayers hear about the government’s climate-proofed Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme, they are wont to dismiss it as some ill-conceived…

Meet Somabhula’s livestock queen

It’s not every day that you hear a woman talking authoritatively about livestock feed formulation, cross-breeding of cattle, Brahman bulls,…

From ‘white gold’ to the’ golden leaf’: The inspirational story of 5 young men from Gokwe South

Gokwe, which is usually referred to as a rural outpost in the Midlands Province, is best known for producing some…

Bata Zimbabwe: ‘We are not only here to stay, we are here to dominate the market’

There was a time when not buying your mother Tommy canvas shoes manufactured by Bata was deemed a “crime” and…

Zhovhe Farm: With 185,000 citrus trees on 640 hectares, all they need is Bluetooth to water this massive farm

There is something phenomenal happening away from the glare of the public at Zhovhe Farm in Beitbridge. The Marema family,…