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Zimbabwe removed from global hunger hotspot list
Zimbabwe has been removed from the global list of hunger hotspots, a major development signalling early signs of recovery from the catastrophic El Nino-induced drought that gripped the region over the...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 07:01hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Zambia to import electricity from Zimbabwe and SA
Zambia announced Thursday it will import electricity from neighbouring South Africa and Zimbabwe as drought slashes hydropower output, leading to blackouts of up to 16 hours a day.The state-ow...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 18:30hrs | 234 | by AFP
'Zanu-PF to superintend food distribution'
The ruling Zanu-PF party has revealed that it will be superintending the distribution of food aid by either the government or its development partners to assist millions of citizens enduring the devas...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA-based tycoon pledges support for food import initiatives
Zimbabwe is facing a potentially food crisis due to the El Niño-induced drought, which the government has declared a state of disaster in a move meant to marshal resources and avert hunger.Go...Published: 12 Apr 2024 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF threat to politicise food aid slammed
LOCAL Government minister, July Moyo, has been criticised for threatening to have food aid agencies expelled if they are suspected not to be politically correct by its supporters.Aid agencies ...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to declare drought state of disaster
ZIMBABWE is expected to declare the drought which is ravaging the country a state of disaster in a bid to marshal resources and avert possible starvation, NewsDay can reveal.President Emmerson...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt currently distributing food relief to vulnerable households
Public Service Labour and Social Welfare Minister, July Moyo yesterday said the government is currently distributing food relief to vulnerable households faced with low grain yields during the drought...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
WFP planning to feed 270,000 hungry Zimbabweans
The World Food Programme is planning to feed 270,000 hungry Zimbabweans over the next three months, an official said on Friday, as the country braces for a poor harvest due to an El Nino-induced droug...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 09:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war exposes Zimbabweans
A new report shows that over 89 000 Zimbabweans have migrated to seek opportunities in other places within and outside the country between August and September this year with food insecurity due ...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF fears economic implosion
Zanu-PF has admitted that economic implosion is a big threat to its bid to retain power in next year's general elections.In its central committee (CC) report released last week, Zanu-PF said h...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe freezes registration of new NGOs
THE government has frozen the registration of private voluntary organisations (PVOs) and trusts, stoking fears that the President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has begun a clampdown on non-gover...Published: 10 May 2022 at 17:29hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
As Zimbabwe eyes election, fears grow of a return to dirty tricks
Zimbabwe's general election is still a year away, but pro-democracy activists say they are worried last weekend's by-elections offered a preview of the violence and repression to come.Despite ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Solving Zimbabwe's 2008 crisis was part of 'The Elders' milestones
ZIMBABWE's 2008 political and economic crises are part of The Elders' "So Far" story shared on its website to highlight what it has achieved and attempted to solve since its formation in 2007....Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Govt shuts down errant NGO
Zimbabwean authorities have ordered a non-governmental organisation to shut shop, resurfacing fears that the state is targeting NGOs it believes are pushing a political agenda.Connect, a famil...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 21 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Spectre of a donor-funded Christmas
AS MANY across the globe get into the swing of Christmas festivities, millions of people in Zimbabwe living on less than US$1 a day are turning to donor agencies and well-wishers for survival....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records surge in household aid
ZIMBABWE has recorded an increase in the number of households receiving food aid among other forms of support from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as hunger and the harsh economic climate takes ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
South African Communist Party slams Zanu-PF over growing authoritarianism
The SACP's first deputy secretary Solly Mapaila has hit out at the Zimbabwean government and Zanu-PF for its "growing authoritarianism", a stance that contradicts that of its alliance partner, the ANC...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 07:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Honeymoon over for anti-Mnangagwa NGOs
The Aid Coordination Policy approved by Cabinet recently, aimed at ensuring consistency and harmonisation of development partners' activities to promote transparency, will not only promote economic gr...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Chamisa's MDC vows anti-Mnangagwa protests despite warnings
THE Movement for Democratic Change vowed Wednesday to go ahead with protests this week against the worsening economy, dismissing government threats to stop the demonstrations.The protests will...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:45hrs | 1 | by AFP
General Sibusiso Moyo speaks out
A year has passed since Zimbabwe elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa in late July 2018. This is an important milestone for our new administration, one that has made reform a key priority, as we sweep...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | | by Sibusis Moyo
Zimbabwe food crisis an emergency, says UN
Zimbabwe's food situation is moving from a crisis to an emergency because of El Nino-induced drought and the ongoing economic meltdown, the United Nations has said.Plaxedes Chibura of Epworth,...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:19hrs | 1 | by VOA/ UN News
Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube must 'unscramble the egg and go back to the basics'
I THOUGHT we had seen everything that this country of ours could throw at us, but the situation right now looks like nothing we have seen before.Prices have quadrupled and continue to rise ine...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Eddie Cross turns against Mnangagwa
I thought we had seen everything that this country of ours could throw at us, but the situation right now looks like nothing we have seen before. Prices have quadrupled and continue to rise inexorably...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 11:39hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Binga community resort to eating roots as hunger bites
Communities in rural Binga the largest district in Zimbabwe have returned to their nomadic lifestyles by eating wild fruits and other nutritious tubers to ward off hunger that has stalked the district...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | 2 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
Mnangagwa told to resolve legitimacy issue first
Dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa over the disputed 2018 presidential elections is the only way to rescue the country from the worsening economic gridlock, a ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocks workers from celebrating Easter holidays
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed all workers dealing with Cyclone Idai related works which include construction, relief and rehabilitation must remain at work during the Easter holidays...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 21:49hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
30 heads of State console Mnangagwa
More than 30 Heads of State and Government from across the world have sent messages of sympathy to President Mnangagwa following the Cyclone Idai disaster, a development seen as a sign that Zimbabwe's...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF trucks seen picking up Cyclone Idai donations
Zimbabweans reacted with anger on social media after a video and pictures emerged showing Zanu-PF vehicles and supporters handling aid donated to survivors of Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani, Manicaland P...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:45hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Preacher heaps praises on Mnangagwa, Mayor storms out
Mayor Solomon Mguni stormed out of an interdenominational Cyclone Idai memorial prayer meeting held here on Sunday after one of the preachers poured scorn on Zanu-PF's rivals.The youthful mayo...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 14:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mayor storms out of prayer meeting
Mayor Solomon Mguni stormed out of an interdenominational Cyclone Idai memorial prayer meeting held here on Sunday after one of the preachers poured scorn on Zanu-PF's rivals.The youthful mayo...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Horror Cyclone destruction trail unravels
THE human toll of Cyclone Idai which hit parts of Manicaland and Masvingo recently has exceeded official estimates with the scale of the tragedy imprinting deep emotional scars on those directly affec...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fears of cholera outbreak in Manicaland
Chances are people will drink water flowing in rivers due to shortage of potable water in cyclone ravaged ChimanimaniThere are fears of a possible cholera outbreak in cyclone-hit areas, with r...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai deaths shoot to 259 in Zimbabwe
ABOUT 259 people have so far been confirmed dead and 217 unaccounted for, while over 16 000 households have been displaced by Cyclone Idai-induced floods that hit the eastern part of the country last ...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chimanimani: Valley of the shadow of death
CHIPO Dhliwayo (30) of Rusitu village in Chimanimani is a devastated woman after a nasty encounter with the fury of nature.The blank look on her face, long after shedding many tears over the l...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions and jecha affect Zimbabwe's response to natural disasters
I rise to give a statement on the condition of Cyclone Idai which has affected people in Manicaland and many other provinces and to state what Government is undertaking in order to relieve the pressur...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by July Moyo
Journalism needs overhaul
Zimbabwean journalist Haru Mutasa recently drew fire from some local journalists and social media couch potatoes - many of whom masquerade as experts on each and every issue - when she pointed out the...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:06hrs | 12 | by Conway Tutani
The West judges Zimbabwe differently
The Western world judges Zimbabwe at a higher standard than it does other African countries, and that's not entirely a bad thing.The temptation is to demand that the European Union (EU) and th...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by newZWire
Anger on social media over Mugabe, Grace chartered flight
Zimbabweans have reacted angrily on social media after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government reportedly chartered a plane for former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, who flew to Singapo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces El Nino-induced drought
Zimbabwe faces another climate change-induced drought since the 2015-2016 season amid revelations by government that the 2018-19 rainfall season points to an El Nino effect.El Nino is the warm...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Aid agencies rescue Zimbabwe
International aid agencies contributed $931 million towards effective humanitarian support to vulnerable Zimbabweans since 2016, the United Nations (UN) has said.The statistics were revealed a...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 13:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim civil society did not want Mugabe out, they fear for their jobs
LOCAL civil society leaders and their members were not happy that former president Robert Mugabe was removed from power by whatever means because his departure at least brought some sanity in the coun...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 10:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
$200 fine for open defecation
At least 63 percent of residents in Makoni district have no toilets and hazardously rely on the bush system, which leaves them vulnerable to chronic waterborne diseases.Makoni Rural District C...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The inside story on Britain's shifting attitude towards Zimbabwe
The arrival of the Zimbabwean Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, in London signals a new chapter for Zimbabwe's relations with its former colonial master.Britain's Foreign Minister, the some...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 15:53hrs | 6 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Aid agencies and civic organisations promoting government irresponsibility and community dependency
It was with great relief reading in Britain's Daily Express how calls by that country's taxpayers to ban aid to the so-called 'Third World' were growing louder - as these had had no positive impact....Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Lets complement Government effort in assisting flood victims
Government through the Civil Protection Unit (CPU) and other stakeholders is commendably doing well in responding to floods and other related disasters, considering the liquidity challenges the countr...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 12:54hrs | 4 | by Tendai Guta
Tsholotsho floods victims in urgent need of food, blankets, tents
TSHOLOTSHO flood victims have appealed for more aid in the form of blankets, food and tents, among others, as the resources at their makeshift camp at Sipepa Clinic can no longer cope with the hug...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe must listen to people's calls
As calls from Zimbabweans, including opposition supporters, war veterans and even some in Zanu-PF for President Robert Mugabe to step down get almost deafening, it is becoming increasingly desirab...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 14:03hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
God is Zanu PF, George Charamba
State media columnist Nathaniel Manheru has claimed that God is Zanu PF 'through and through".Manheru, wildly believed to be President Robert Mugabe's spokesperson, George Charamba said ...Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 07:29hrs | | by Mary Charamba
Shava's new UN appointment inappropriate
The recent appointment of Zanu PF's convicted fraudster, Fredrick Shava, as the president of the respected United Nations' Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) is inappropriate for Zimbabwe and the UN...Published: 04 Oct 2016 at 17:16hrs | 2 | by Willias Madzimure - PDP Secretary for International Relations
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