“In the just ended 2021 season I harvested 25 tonnes and I am aiming to reach 60 tonnes once I get my irrigation equipment fully installed.”

And for Mupfeki, he is doing his bit to make ends meet repairing bicycles from under a tree at the shopping centre.

Patsika also does not have a proper selling place for his honey and his makeshift tuckshop has been demolished several times by the Chitungwiza municipal police.

Since then piles of 50kg bags of baobab fruits have become a permanent feature behind his two-roomed house at his rural homestead.

Grass selling was never in my to do list, but poverty taught me to do anything which comes my way.

Although the organisation has made some strides in assisting disadvantaged youths with school fees, it still encounters a number of challenges which affect its day-to-day operations.

The 45-year-old secured the three-hectare virgin land in 2018 and at that time, was not sure of what to put on that vast land.

Despite the harsh weather conditions, she has no option but to simply press on with farming, a career she chose to earn a living.

Once a household name in the vibrant sungura genre, he is facing a tumultuous period in his life and career.

Matamba told NewsDay Weekender that carving his name was no joke.