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Mnangagwa's govt in a fix as ZiG is rejected
The Zimbabwean government's efforts to promote the use of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG) currency have hit a major hurdle, as wheat farmers have refused to accept payment in local currency for their deliveri...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:30hrs | 5444 | by Staff reporter
7 armed robbers wanted for high profile cases
SEVEN suspected armed robbers who are on police's most wanted list for committing a spate of high profile criminal cases countrywide are believed to be operating and hiding in South Africa where most ...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police hunt for US$600k Kwekwe service station robbers
A gang of 12 armed robbers raided a service station in Kwekwe on Monday and stole almost US$600 000 and R58 430.The robbers, who were armed with a pistol and an AK47 assault rifle, attacked tw...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Mine robbers unmasked
POLICE in Bulawayo have linked armed robbers who raided a cash-in-transit vehicle transporting nearly 12kg of gold worth US$675 000 from How Mine to Fidelity Printers and Refiners to four other armed ...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police name 11 suspects wanted for How Mine robbery, reward offered
Police on Wednesday released names of 11 people they say are wanted over the October 4 gun robbery of a cash-in-transit van carrying gold from How Mine to Fidelity Printers in Bulawayo.Nationa...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$5 000 bounty for How mine robbers
POLICE are offering a reward of US$5 000 to anyone with information that may lead to the arrest of 11 suspects in connection with a case of armed robbery at How mine.On Oct 4, the suspects att...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-DPC boss charged for 'looting' spree
FORMER Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) chief executive officer Vusulizwe Vuma has been charged with criminal abuse of office after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) exposed how he al...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu ready for Chivi south
Controversial former Chivi South Member of Parliament Killer Zivhu seems to be harbouring interests to stand as an independent candidate in his former constituency in the upcoming by-elections....Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:57hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips farmers
Fear has gripped local farmers following the government's ultimatum giving them up to the end of next week to submit production return forms with many believing it is a ploy by authorities to remove t...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reels as 18-hr power cuts
For Cosmas Kabondo, the rolling 18-hour power cuts have made life more expensive as his family is scrambling for alternative sources of energy.Zimbabwe's power crisis deepened early this month...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe Govt warned against farm leases
The government should not allow newly-resettled farmers to sub-let their farms as this will promote corruption and inefficient use of land, analysts have said.Government recently granted farme...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has little to show for $27bn
When Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the leadership of Zimbabwe from Robert Mugabe in November 2017, he promised to revive the moribund economy and adopted a mantra he's repeated regularly ever since —...Published: 22 May 2019 at 10:44hrs | 2 | by Bloomberg
Zimbabwe maize harvest forecast at 900 000t
ZIMBABWE expects to harvest 900 000 tonnes of maize this year. This is an upward revision from the 800 000 tonnes initially forecast but is below the 1.8 million tonnes, the country consumes on an ann...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's farmers urge cloud seeding as drought withers crops
Zimbabwe farmers are urging authorities to undertake cloud seeding to ease an early-season drought that's hurting crops and destroying cattle pastures.The four-week dry spell has caused some f...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 20:21hrs | | by Bloomberg
Tobacco farmers cautious as El Nino threat lurks
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco farmers have increased the area under the golden leaf this year, but remain cautious that output will surpass last year's 252 million kilogrammes record as the threat of poor rainfa...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers call for cloud seeding
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) has called on Government to consider cloud seeding in the wake of the unreliable rainfall patterns characterising 2018 /19 agricultural season. Some p...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:33hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Farmers bemoan high bank interest rates
FARMERS are saying the interest rates being charged by banks are stifling the growth of the agricultural sector.Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) president Mr Wonder Chabikwa said the ...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube's maiden national budget should target the revival of the productive sectors of the economy to set the tone for revival, business has advised....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wheat production to surge, but imports to continue
ZIMBABWE'S winter wheat production this year is projected to reach over 100 000 metric tonnes (MT) from about 20 000MT in 2017, due to command agriculture-related investments, an official of the Zimba...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inputs distribution underway
The agricultural inputs distribution programme for this year is in full swing as Government moves to ensure that farmers receive necessary support on time for a successful farming season. ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Command Agriculture requires $1,3 billion
Zimbabwe's main agro-import substitution programme, commonly referred to as Command Agriculture, requires close to $1,3 billion to take off as the country steps up efforts to raise local production an...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Brace for more rains'
The Meteorological Services Department has warned Zimbabweans to be vigilant and be abreast with current weather patterns as the atmosphere is very unstable, with more rains likely to fall.Thi...Published: 13 Feb 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government to pay $840 million to grain farmers
TREASURY is expected to pay farmers $840,45 million by year end for a record 2,15 million tonnes of grain delivered to the Grain Marketing Board, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Patrick Chinama...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dokora accuses Ndebeles of inciting tribalism in Zimbabwe
PRIMARY and Secondary Education Minister Dr Lazarus Dokora has castigated social media users for distorting information on wrong IsiNdebele spellings and accused them of inciting tribalism in the co...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 16:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grade 1 textbook with wrong Ndebele spellings finally recalled
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has finally recalled a Grade One Environmental Science textbook that contains embarrassing language and grammatical mistakes.The textbook in isi...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Science in Ndebele textbook recalled
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said textbooks that have language and grammatical mistakes should be removed from schools and taken back to suppliers.This comes amid concer...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Don't spoil our Ndebele language (lingasoneli ulimi lwethu lwesiNdebele)
Minister of primary and secondary education Lazarus Dokora must be held liable and accountable for letting the following people spoil isiNdebele language "Blessing Chabikwa, Luiginia Shaw, David...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 12:46hrs | 1 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
The future of Matabeleland, as a part of Zimbabwe, is in danger
OPPOSITION parties have called on the Primary and Secondary Education ministry to withdraw a new Grade One Ndebele language textbook over translations of names and nouns.The book, titled Step ...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks urged to reduce rates
The Movable Property Security Interests Bill that proposes the use of livestock as collateral for bank loans might not be useful if financial institutions do not reduce the interest rates to between 4...Published: 07 May 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised for good harvest
GOVERNMENT has embarked on the first round of the crop and livestock assessment survey in a bid to establish the state of food plants and domestic animals countrywide.The Sunday Mail has g...Published: 29 Jan 2017 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Early crops to be affected by incessant rains
EARLY crops in light and clay soils are likely to be affected by the incessant rains that the country has been receiving with some plants already showing signs of yellowing and rotting due to wate...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bond notes finally out
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is expected to introduce bond notes onto the market today with the majority of people expressing optimism that the new measure will be the panacea to cash shortages afflic...Published: 28 Nov 2016 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmers expect Chinamasa to scrap the tobacco levy
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union president Wonder Chabikwa said they expected Chinamasa to scrap the 1,5% tobacco levy, which he said was suffocating farmers.He said the budget must support ...Published: 20 Nov 2016 at 12:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
At last, a 99-year lease breakthrough
Ninety-nine-year farm leases are now bankable collateral, and land reform beneficiaries will soon be able to access agro-loans on the strength of those documents, a Cabinet minister has said. ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:12hrs | | by Africa Moyo and Livingstone Marufu
Zimbabwe trafficking victim attempts suicide in Kuwait
A ZIMBABWEAN woman who fell victim to a human trafficking scam in Kuwait is reportedly battling for her life in that country after attempting to commit suicide following repeated abuse at the hands of...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Ambassador implicated in trafficking saga
Former Kuwait ambassador to Zimbabwe Ahmed Al -Jeeran has been implicated as the ring- leader in the human trafficking syndicate that has seen over 200 female job seekers lured to Kuwait on the pretex...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:38hrs | | by Tendai Rupapa
Corruption scares investors in Zimbabwe
Unparalleled high levels of greed and insatiable appetite for personal enrichment have all come at a cost to the economy.The endemic corruption has contributed to the low capital inflows, un-c...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 17:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Cattle prices fall
Farmers are complaining that private abattoirs are offering farmers in drought-stricken areas non-viable prices for their livestock. Most farmers have heeded Government's call to reduce their herds by...Published: 09 Jan 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Prominent Zimbabweans sink in debt
As the economic climate in Zimbabwe gets more unforgiving, a number of prominent citizens are failing to service their debts, resulting in many of them losing their assets.Last week, the Sheri...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCFU bemoans multi-currency system
The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has described the lack of affordable medium-to long-term loan facilities as having badly impacted on the agricultural sector.ZCFU president Wonder ...Published: 06 Jan 2015 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCFU bails unpaid farmers
The Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has begun distributing farming inputs under a loan facility targeting farmers who are yet to receive payment from last season's grain deliveries to the G...Published: 04 Jan 2015 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's controversial farming inputs scheme begins
THE controversial Presidential Agricultural Input Scheme has started distributing $200 million worth of inputs to farmers set to benefit 1,6 million households across the country this farming seas...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe expecting 3300MT of sugar beans
Harare - Zimbabwe is projecting to produce 3300 metric tonnes of sugar beans this year following an increased number of small holder communal farmers taking up the crop which has ready markets, an...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 10:17hrs | | by Portia Sigauke
Farmers urged to plant winter tomato
Farmers have been urged to plant winter tomato due to high prices it fetches at the market as supply is far outstripped by demand, an official has said.Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (Z...Published: 20 Jun 2014 at 12:10hrs | | by Freeman Makopa
Tobacco farmers turn to contract growing
Zimbabwe's three tobacco auction floors are facing an uncertain future following indications that farmers are turning to contract growing, which offers higher returns. Last week, it also emerg...Published: 11 May 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Faith Mhandu
Zim govt issues new land A1 land permits
Government will give new permits with an indefinite tenure to smallholder farmers who received land seized from white farmers after cancelling initial offer letters over allegations of corruption...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 07:09hrs | | by Government Gazette
Whites only CFU courts blacks only ZFU
THE whites only Commercial Farmers Union that was among chief sponsors of the opposition and championed the party's anti-land reform drive, is reinventing itself by calling for a federation inco...Published: 07 Oct 2013 at 03:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farmers demand new maize producer price
Farmers are demanding a new maize producer price of between US$400 and US$496 per tonne to encourage more farmers to grow the crop and enhance the country's food security. Zimbabwe Farmers' Un...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 03:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe bakers to purchase 75% local wheat
LOCAL millers and bakers are today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for buying flour.Under the agreement, bakers will purchase 75% of monthly flour requirements from local millers. This a...Published: 08 Aug 2013 at 18:56hrs | | by Business reporter
Maize price unattractive and below farmers' expectations
THE recently announced GMB buying price of US$378,86 per tonne for the 2013-14 marketing season, up 28 percent from last season's figure of US$265, remains unattractive and below farmers' expectations...Published: 03 Aug 2013 at 02:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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