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US$15 for five bales of tobacco, a smallholder tobacco farmer's tale
Smallholder tobacco farmers are reeling under the yoke of high-interest loans, amid shocking revelations one of the farmers received a pay-out of US$15 after selling five bales of tobacco at the contr...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | 3530 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe crime rate surges
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 21,5% jump in crime to 221 596 from 182 427 previously recorded in the last quarter, latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) figures have revealed.Th...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:57hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a good farmer but then...
While Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, near Kwekwe, is doing well and is often used to showcase isolated success stories of the state-sponsored chaotic land reform p...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
GMB maize stocks fall
MAIZE stocks have declined in the nation's reserves at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots dotted across the country, and this may worsen food insecurity situation at a time when inflation and currency...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | 1411 | by Staff reporter
Side-marketing a big threat to tobacco contracting companies
With tobacco auction floors opening this week senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged all tobacco farmers who are contracted to honor their contr...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 07:10hrs | 337 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Man wears wife's panties
IN the Book of Genesis, God's plan for marriage is set forth poetically but clearly: "One man and one woman in a stable, lasting, fruitful relationship of mutual support".While reporting the e...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 15:48hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam runs dry?
Zimbabwe and Zambia - already struggling with food shortages - are now reeling from low power generation at the Kariba power station due to the same underlying cause: El Niño.The climate syst...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 3926 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Met office warns of heatwave
The public must guard against a heatwave from today until March 12, with temperatures rising as high as 41 degrees, although some isolated thundershowers are expected this week, the Meteorological Ser...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Company employees linked to robbery case
THREE employees at Quest Financial Services have been implicated in a robbery that occurred at the firm's Belgravia branch in Harare on Saturday.The three allegedly teamed up with six others, ...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:00hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe punching above its belt?
Once a bread basket of Africa, Zimbabwe is now a case of the continent. A once-promising country is now mired with challenges like election rigging, economic collapse, high inflation and abuse of stat...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:47hrs | 236 | by Leonard Koni
The maize crop is now on the brink of total loss
Lost in her zen and solitude, the old widow scanned the skies, her elderly eyesight failing her. But, no sign of rain. The skies seem to have put in place 'targeted sanctions' against some majority co...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:08hrs | 478 | by Tondo Murisa
Zimbabwe tobacco auction floors open in March
The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) has said auction floors are set to open next month encouraging tobacco stakeholders to fully utilise the TIMB booking system. In a notice t...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:53hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
ZACC swoops on VID officer to explain wealth
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) yesterday swooped on a senior Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officer deployed to Beitbridge and ordered him to explain how he became a business ty...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:39hrs | 3289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's trade deficit reaches US$268,7million
ZIMBABWE exported goods worth US$550,6 million in December with three major export destinations South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and China accounting for about 73 percent of the total value, lat...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:21hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar flounders
Zimbabwe's central bank will hold its first rate-setting meeting of the year next Monday as it seeks to deal with a currency rout.The monetary policy committee will meet "to discuss interventi...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 06:37hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Grains importing Zimbabwe claims to have enough grain until next harvest
ZIMBABWE has 240 000 tonnes in its Strategic Grain Reserves which is enough to take the country to the next harvest, according to a report released by the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture Fisheries, Wat...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:47hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade surges by 29.9% in 2023
Trade between China and Zimbabwe hit a record high of 3.12 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, reflecting a 29.9 percent increase from the previous year, the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe said Monday....Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
SAPS arrest 4 Zimbabwe men with R313,000 smuggled cigarettes
South African authorities have arrested four Zimbabweans aged between 25 and 45, in the Modjadjiskloof police area, for possession of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth R313 050 as they clamp down on...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 19:10hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Insiza joint venture farmers table proposal to build dam
INSPIRED by the desire to enhance water harvesting and boost climate-proofed food production, seven farmers from Insiza District in Matebeleland South have availed a combined 700 hectares of land for ...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now has a system that works
ALL signs point to the undeniable fact that 2024 will indeed be a great year. So far so good. Amid all the political noise, the Zanu-PF-led Government is not stopping. We are f...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:26hrs | 235 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Farmers expect decent harvest
FARMERS are now expecting to get a decent harvest following the weakening of the El Nino phenomenon which was expected to cause severe drought in most parts of Southern Africa including Zimbabwe....Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco output to dip as registered growers decline by 24%
The registered count of tobacco growers has seen a notable decrease of 24% compared to the corresponding period last year, indicating a potential reduction in yields for the upcoming season.To...Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco Stakeholders urged to come up with a pension scheme
Agronomy expert Lazarus Gatawa has urged stakeholders in the tobacco industry to consider putting in place a special pension scheme for tobacco farmers.Gatawa, who is a tobacco senior agronomi...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:01hrs | 123 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimdollar plunges 40% on black market
Zimbabwe's dollar has started the new year on the back foot, plunging more than 40% on the parallel market, as high demand for foreign-exchange continues to outstrip supply.A range of factors,...Published: 11 Jan 2024 at 15:21hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Currency turmoil returns in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's dollar has started the new year on the back foot, plunging more than 40% on the parallel market, as high demand for foreign-exchange continues to outstrip supply.A range of factors,...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:57hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar exchange rate bolts
MARKET watchers have predicted a gloomy 2024 outlook amid a galloping exchange rate, steep taxation and an ever tanking economy, NewsDay reported.As usual, this is heavily impacting on ordinar...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:36hrs | 4993 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 2078 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Historical background of the town of Mvurwi formerly Umvukwes
Mvurwi is a prosperous farming town in Mashonaland Central province. The town is situated about hundred kilometers north of Harare along Kanyemba road, Mvurwi was formally known as Umvukwesi or (Mumug...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 20:02hrs | 2575 | by Givestar Kamuzonde
Minerals, tobacco dominate Zimbabwe's export list
In the third quarter of the year, Zimbabwe's export landscape continued to be dominated by raw minerals and tobacco, as outlined in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) third-quarter report.Ac...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 15:09hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains, strong winds expected in Zimbabwe until Saturday
Localised heavy rains and strong winds are expected countrywide until Saturday, with Midlands, all Mashonaland provinces and Harare Metropolitan expected to have downpours exceeding 50mm.The l...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Harare hacker steals US$30,000
A Harare man hacked into an account belonging to Premier Tobacco Auction Floors and stole US$30 000.Nyasha Mutasa (33) appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi charged with contravening the C...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:11hrs | 957 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic named 2023 bank of the year by the banker
Harare, 12 December 2023 - Stanbic Bank has been selected 2023 Bank of the Year in Zimbabwe by world renown London-based magazine, The Banker, cementing its place as one of the country's leading finan...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 09:24hrs | 629 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe rainy season likely to be very short
The Government has advised farmers that the rainy season has started and is likely to be short with all parts of the country expected to receive rains this week.Information, Publicity and Broa...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:11hrs | 824 | by Staff reporter
10% increase in wheat harvest this year
The Wheat harvest for 2023-2024 has been projected to reach 10 percent higher than the previous cropping year according to the latest Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) report....Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 08:59hrs | 369 | by Stephen Jakes
New firewood saving Tsotso stove introduced for tobacco farmers
Senior agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has introduced new technology of tsotso stove to small scale tobacco farmers in Chiweshe communal lands, Mashonaland Cent...Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 07:00hrs | 947 | by Staff Reporter
Secrecy surrounding resource-backed loans in Zimbabwe
IntroductionTO realize the aspirations of Vision 2030, Zimbabwe needs to invest US$2 billion in infrastructure development in five consecutive years to close the infrastructure asset gap, a hu...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:29hrs | 150 | by Mbongeni Nhliziyo
Zimbabwe's an anti-poor budget
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday presented the ZWL$58,2 trillion 2024 national budget.According to the Treasury chief, the economy is proj...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:55hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Farmers should now start planting
Farmers continuing to receive rains in their areas should now start planting, while those that have not received rains should first consult Agritex officers before embarking on any major activity, Gov...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 05:05hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco exports rake in US$1 billion
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco export earnings have increased by 43% to US$1,09 billion this year from US$766,6 million last season as the golden leaf retains its lustre, latest figures from the Tobacco Industry ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:35hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe back to 20-hour power cuts
Zimbabwe is once again grappling with 20-hour power cuts, with no solution in sight until 2025 at the earliest."It's a long road ahead," Energy Minister Edgar Moyo said.Zimbabwe's peak...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 19:42hrs | 2620 | by Staff reporter
MPs blast Zacc for low convictions
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentarians have condemned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over the low number of convictions referred to the police despite the rampant illici...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 18:43hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
NOSA condemns child labour in Hurungwe; donates stationery
The Nyamufukudza Old Students Association (NOSA) has noted a rise in school drop-outs in Hurungwe since most children are reportedly used by parents as cheap source of labour during annual tobacco gro...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:04hrs | 152 | by Gideon Madzikatidze recently in Hurungwe
Mnangagwa to meet UAE counterpart
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to hold bilateral meetings with United Arab Emirates President Mohammed bin Zayed Aal Nahyan, as well as with UAE business leaders when he attends the United Nations Climate...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:41hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Chief ordered to return a cow and US$1 200
The Bindura Civil Court has ordered Chief Nyamaropa to return a cow and $1 200 forcibly taken from a woman in his village at gunpoint as maintenance for her co-wife's children.The court set as...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 20:54hrs | 1584 | by Staff reporter
SOEs, parastatals bleed Treasury
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) and parastatals have suffered significant financial losses, totaling millions of US dollars, due to procurement scams where suppliers received prepayments but failed to ...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:42hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank must consider introducing a ZW$500 000 note
This week, a prominent price monitoring thinktank emphasized the need for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to contemplate the introduction of a ZW$500,000 note as the Zimbabwean currency continues t...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 14:06hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Plans to develop Zimbabwe's biggest mine near Bulawayo
Caledonia Mining is exploring options to raise US$250m to develop its Bilboes project into what could be Zimbabwe's biggest gold mine.The company, which also owns the Blanket gold mine in Zimb...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:41hrs | 605 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's biggest diamond miner shifts sales to Dubai auctions
ZIMBABWE'S biggest diamond producer has shifted almost all of its sales to Dubai, targeting cutters, polishers and traders and eliminating middlemen.Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Co. has aucti...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:19hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Molai never sponsored Kasukuwere
Adam Molai, the tobacco tycoon and owner of Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), has refuted allegations that he provided financial support for former Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's fail...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 19:41hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Lilstock Dam at Chinehasha, the new tourist destination in Chiweshe.
Development starts with good roads, especially the modern macadamised passageways. The investor intent on turning Lilstock Dam shores at Chinehasha in Chiweshe into a sort-after holiday resort has wel...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 22:21hrs | 267 | by Thomas Murisa
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