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Robbers found with 1 000 bullets
Three suspected armed robbers - Kenneth Chiputura, Jaison Munyama, and Mike Chitsiko - appeared in Harare court charged with two counts of robbery. Their arrest followed a police shootout that resulte...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 10:34hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
'Command agriculture failing due to unpaid loans'
A REPORT by the Public Accounts Committee (Pac) has revealed that the command agriculture programme (CAP) was not properly administered as loans issued to some beneficiaries were yet to be re-paid....Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament investigates US$109m dam tender scandal
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) executive is under investigation for awarding a dodgy US$109 million Kunzvi Dam construction tender to China Nanchang Engineering, which has a shady past,...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Chitsiko
President Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolence to the Chitsiko family following the death of long-time civil servant and former secretary for Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Wat...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands dies
Former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Mr Ringson Joseph Chitsiko has died. Family spokesperson Tapiwa Chitsiko confirmed.Passing his c...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti roasts govt officials over US$3,2bn command agric loot
THE Finance ministry yesterday came under fire over how it managed to spend US$3,2 billion in six months, allegedly under the government flagship command agriculture programme between 2017 and 2018....Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing US$3bn an indictment on Mnangagwa's government
REVELATIONS of possible abuse of funds under the controversial command agriculture scheme amid claims that there are no records and accountability of how close to US$3 billion was disbursed are an ind...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles carrot to war veterans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has ordered all the country's eight provincial ministers to reserve land and allocate it to war veterans. It also ordered that all land disputes involving the...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lands secretary quizzed over Manicaland farm invasions
SECRETARY for Lands and Agriculture Ringson Chitsiko was yesterday taken to task in Parliament over a spate of fresh farm invasions, including the one in which Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister E...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF steps in as 10 000 face eviction
MORE than 10 000 villagers in Insiza District in Matabeleland South face eviction from their homesteads after the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement issued them with...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
After gukurahundi meeting, Mnangagwa gives Matebeleland Collective the Zambezi water project
Government has given back ownership of the Matebeleland Zambezi Water Project (MZWP) to Matebeleland Collective (MC) and its technical partner, the Matabeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT).The ...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 000 settlers face eviction in Insiza, Shangani
OVER 5 000 villagers who illegally settled themselves at Ensangu and Lochard farms in Shangani, Insiza district, are facing eviction as the government seeks to address the issue of chaotic settlements...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe revamping education system
THE Government is revamping the country's education system to ensure it meets the country's economic development needs, President Mnangagwa has said. In a speech read on his behalf by Higher a...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 22:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Buyers bring in $1 billion to buy golden leaf
International tobacco buyers have mobilized US$1 billion to buy the country's golden leaf crop this year, a move expected to boost foreign currency inflows in the country. The 2019 tobacco mar...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ex-army boss evicts 300 families
OVER 300 villagers are now living in the open after they were evicted by a former army general from a farm which reportedly used to be owned by the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo.The settler...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fresh land Invasions in Matabeleland
There is a new land invasion in Matabeleland, this time by the government of Mnangagwa and Zanu PF. This program is spearheaded by the district Lands office in Filabusi. On the 8th of February 2019, M...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | | by MRP
Zimbabwe govt evicts 1 000 resettled villagers
About 1 000 families from Sikato resettlement in Masvingo West constituency are facing an uncertain future after being served with seven-day eviction notices to vacate the land which they occupied at ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grain surplus can last 9 months
ZIMBABWE has a surplus of grain that can last for nine months, the Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Mr Ringson Chitsiko, has said. He was briefing the P...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Perm Sec in $250 million probe
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has opened an investigation into how Lands, Agriculture, Water and Climate Permanent Secretary Mr Ringson Chitsiko handled a $250 million contract with an inves...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobaiwa Mudede booted out
LONG-SERVING Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede (74) has finally been retired while Information secretary George Charamba was elevated to the unfamiliar position of Deputy Chief Secretary Presidential C...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa retires Mudede in major shake-up
ONE of the country's longest-serving bureaucrats, Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede, was retired yesterday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa also got rid of several permanent secretaries and directors in...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints ONLY 1 permanent secretary from Matebelenand
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed new permanent secretaries for ministries, reassigned some and retired others as his Government takes the Second Republic into motion. Long time Information, Pub...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
GMB bosses grilled over questionable appointments
FORMER Agriculture minister Joseph Made has been accused of authorising the payment of $70 000 to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) chairperson, Charles Chikaura and his deputy, Basilio Sandamu for working ...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim, China seal 45 000t oranges export deal
THE Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement in conjunction with ZimTrade has managed to facilitate agreements which will enable local farmers to export more than 40 000 tonnes of oranges...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, China seal 45 000t oranges export deal
THE Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement in conjunction with ZimTrade has managed to facilitate agreements which will enable local farmers to export more than 40 000 tonnes of...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa reassigns permanent secretaries
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed and reassigned permanent secretaries, following the setting up of a new Government and appointment of Cabinet ministers.The changes were announ...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa slams 'destructive' Jonathan Moyo
VICE-PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa - who has been under attack from Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo over the manner in which command agriculture is being handled - yesterday slamme...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Derelict silos threaten Zimbabwe bumper harvest
AS much as 30 percent of Zimbabwe's anticipated bumper harvest could be lost to adverse weather conditions as the majority of the country's grain silos are in a serious state of dereliction thereb...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Southern and Eastern Africa Regional Technical Meeting on Emerging High Impact Trans boundary Crop Pests and Animal Disease
The Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development, Zimbabwe – represented here by the Permanent Secretary Ringsong Chitsiko.Representatives from the Southern...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 10:12hrs | | by Dr. David Phiri - FAO Sub-regional Coordinator for Southern Africa
3 out of 12 GMB storage silo depots functional
THE Grain Marketing Board has only three functional silo depots out of the 12 storage facilities countrywide, as preparations for the intake of the summer crops have started.The GMB is res...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Food crisis looms
Only three silo depots out of the 12 Grain Marketing Board storage facilities countrywide are functional raising fears of a food crisis, a top government official has said.Ministry of Ag...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 04:23hrs | | by Staff Reporter
White farmers hailed over command agriculture
THE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) chairman, Mr Basil Nyabadza, has hailed progressive white farmers who have embraced Command Agriculture as part of the Government's initiati...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP President Moyo's resignation letter from Agritex
Following his resignation from Agritex, Mthwakazi Republic Party President Mqondisi Moyo has circulated his resignation letter giving details of his quitting for the Accounting Assistant job he held w...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 13:31hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Italian agency unveils El Niño drought response project for Zimbabwe
Harare - The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation has unveiled Euro 1 million funding for an El Niño drought response project. The drought response project is being implemented by FAO, working ...Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 16:20hrs | | by FAO
Govt scraps 8 000 posts
THE Government has abolished more than 8 000 posts in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development as the Public Service Commission (PSC) implements recommendations of the...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, the anti-corruption crusader's unblemished record
The "manifesto" issued by Dr Joice Mujuru last week exposes her hypocrisy on a raft of issues rather than portraying her as a sincere politician with an unblemished record.Examination of the s...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff writer
Tito Mboweni threatens Jonathan Moyo with unspecified action
Former South Africa Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni who called Zimbabwe's information minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo "noisy" and "irritating" - and sparked a lively Twitter war, has indicated t...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 12:17hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Mujuru probe crumbles
Police investigations into alleged illegal deals involving former vice President Joice Mujuru have hit a brick wall.A senior Criminal Investigations Department (CID) officer based at the Polic...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru probe: Police raid GMB
Police have perused documents at the Grain Marketing Board and a company called Dolson Investments as part of investigations into allegations that former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru used the two fi...Published: 15 Jan 2015 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 ministers, their deputies, perm secs and directors face the boot
At least nine more Government ministers, their deputies, permanent secretaries and ministry directors face the boot as part of a realignment process aimed at ridding the public service of rogue charac...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 12:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior civil servants close to Zanu-PF chefs fear backlash
CIVIL servants and parastatals bosses close to senior Zanu-PF officials who are casualties of the party's factional fights fear a backlash which could see them removed from their positions after the o...Published: 09 Dec 2014 at 22:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joice Mujuru in $4 million chicken scandal
Vice President Joice Mujuru allegedly abused the power of her office and instructed Zimbabwe Revenue Authority top officials to facilitate the release of trucks carrying illegally imported chickens ...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 23:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai to get top job in post-Mugabe govt
THERE are unconfirmed reports that combative justice minister, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa who is almost certain would be Zimbabwe's next president is contemplating engaging the service of former ...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa preparing his Presidential inauguration speech
COLOGNE - Combative justice minister, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, is already now allegedly preparing his inauguration speech, as the second Republic President of Zimbabwe, as the coast has been...Published: 11 Nov 2014 at 06:21hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
Mujuru in chicken import scandal
VICE President Joice Mujuru allegedly directed the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development to issue her family business with a permit to import chickens from Brazil against a...Published: 10 Nov 2014 at 20:17hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Maize shortages allayed as GMB records increase in productivity
The Grain Marketing Board has received 178 948 tonnes of maize from farmers so far, indicating a 542 percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Herald.In a st...Published: 13 Oct 2014 at 05:44hrs | | by Business reporter
Zimbabwe maize deliveries leap 231%
An improved maize and small grains producer price has spurred deliveries of maize to the GMB by 231% when compared with the quantities delivered during the same period last year, Agriculture, Mechani...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Agric minister botches US$100m deal
CHINESE telecommunications company, ZTE Corporation, has been awarded a US$100 million contract to supply mechanisation and irrigation equipment without going to tender, the Financial Gazette reported...Published: 12 Jun 2014 at 08:13hrs | | by Fingaz
Mugabe appoints Permanent Secretaries
President Robert Mugabe has appointed Permanent Secretaries to serve in various ministries following the re-organisation and re-configuration of government ministries and the appointment of cabinet m...Published: 24 Sep 2013 at 02:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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