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Winds of change blow in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promise to transform the nation by broadening and revitalising its economic opportunities, while ensuring progressive steps are taken towards a democratic future, have c...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri rules out bread shortage
Government has ruled out the possibility of bread shortage in the country as mechanisms have been put in place to import wheat in the short-term. Further, Government wants to boost wheat cropp...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's words inspire farmer
KHULUMAUSENZA is a name of a village in Mapulubusi area in Tsholotsho district in the sprawling Matabeleland North Province.The name of the village is Ndebele, and in English it literally mean...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:37hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ninth Parly bound to fail, says Biti
Members of the Ninth Parliament were sworn in yesterday with former Finance minister Tendai Biti painting a gloomy picture of its prospects of success owing to what he termed as a 'crisis of legitimac...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 08:20hrs | 3323 | by Staff reporter
Producers speak on cement crisis
National cement demand has surged since the second half of last year, driven by a reported bubble in mortgage and construction activity, amidst mounting supply-side challenges related to foreign curre...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Presidential inputs not an election gimmick, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed reports that the presidential input support scheme was a political gimmick and emphasised his government's commitment to continuously support the agricultura...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 95 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe geared to become net exporter'
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has promised a massive increase in agricultural production, with Zimbabwe geared to become a net exporter of produce in the whole of Africa. In an interview...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
January disease victims in limbo
SCORES of farmers in Mashonaland East who lost their entire herds to January disease have appealed to government for assistance with farming machinery as the summer cropping season approaches....Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says, 'Time for political sloganeering over'
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga says the country's focus should now move from political sloganeering to rebuilding the economy.He was speaking at Greenfields Farm in Chakar...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 06:20hrs | 4702 | by Staff reporter
'Con-Court must be free to decide,' says Chiwenga
The Constitutional Court should be allowed to deal with MDC-Alliance application challenging President Mnangagwa's victory in the harmonised elections without undue influence from anyone, Acting Presi...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:54hrs | 421 | 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 | 446 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials up for theft of command fuel
Three Agriculture, Mechanisation and Rural Resettlement ministry officials, who allegedly diverted fuel coupons worth thousands of dollars meant for command agriculture beneficiaries, yesterday appear...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Focus on nation building and economy says Mnangagwa
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday urged Zimbabweans to put the recently held harmonised elections behind and focus on nation building and reviving the economy.He said this while off...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:31hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Everything you need to know about Zim's election
TODAY, Zimbabweans go to the polls to elect a President, parliamentarians and local councillors.The elections are an unprecedented opportunity for Zimbabweans to choose who they believe can de...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 480 | by Piers Pigou
Mnangagwa overwhelmed by calls to open projects
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says his office is failing to cope with the huge number of invitations from the corporate world inviting him to come and open or commission business projects and entities ...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 14:24hrs | 2824 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa man of the moment
As the 2018 harmonised elections beckons with only twelve days to go, political parties are busy criss-crossing the length and breadth of Zimbabwe trying to lure the electorate to vote for them. In al...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | 1548 | by Elijah Chihota
Zanu-PF looking beyond polls, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zanu-PF is looking beyond the 30 July elections and continuing spearheading development so that Zimbabwe becomes the jewel of Africa once more.Addressing thou...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 16:12hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits 'gukurahundi zone'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today visits Matebeleland North Province where he is scheduled to distribute cattle under the Command Livestock Programme in Jotsholo before addressing a Zanu-PF rally at Somhlolo ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:24hrs | 2528 | by Staff reporter
Vote for Zanu-PF, says Khaya Moyo
PEOPLE in Matabeleland South have been urged to vote for the ruling party Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa, just like what they did in the 2013 harmonised elections when the party won all the 13 Nation...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 13:04hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Agriculture backbone of Zimbabwe's economy, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says agriculture is the backbone of the economy and the command agriculture model is meant to ensure food security.The President said this while addressing a highl...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:30hrs | 424 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to transform Hwange Colliery, says Chiwenga
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Rtd) yesterday said Government has put in place a raft of measures for Hwange Colliery Company Limited to return to its status as one of the biggest employ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 06:52hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
'Cash crisis to end soon'
The cash crisis will soon be "a thing of the past" as various measures are being pursued to bring sanity within the banking sector, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said.In a speech rea...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 08:01hrs | 1797 | by Staff reporter
Food aid for Uzumba Maramba-PFungwe folk
Government has promised to provide food to the villagers in Uzumba Maramba-PFungwe District who failed to get meaningful yields in the last season due to poor rains. Lands, Agriculture and Rur...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 62 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions $1,5bn project
HWANGE The expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station under a $1,5 billion facility is now set to begin in earnest after President Mnangagwa officiated at the groundbreaking ceremony for the project he...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 06:50hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenges Old Mutual to invest in agric
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Old Mutual Limited to consider investing in the country's agricultural sector and help fund commercial infrastructure in line with global trends and developmen...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:41hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tightens grip on Zimbabwe government
VICE President Constatino Chiwenga has been given new responsibilities to administer Zimbabwe's public procurement processes, anti-corruption drive and key components of the Home Affairs ministry, ign...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 10:14hrs | 8359 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Phelandaba
ALL is set for President Mnangagwa's visit to Gwanda today, with Matabeleland South Province making final preparations yesterday. He will launch the Command Livestock Programme at Gwanda Show Grounds ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:02hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to tour Ekusileni
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will on Saturday tour Ekusileni Hospital in Bulawayo province, before addressing a rally at White City Stadium.Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial secretary for informatio...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 16:38hrs | 3265 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa our biblical Joshua'
Zimbabweans must vote for President Mnangagwa on July 30 as he is the right person to spearhead the march to economic prosperity, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. Addressing thous...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
We have a duty to fix the economy, says Chiwenga
The current generation has a duty to fix the economic challenges in the country for the sake of the future generations.This was said by Vice President, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga whi...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 18:32hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges Masvingo to back Mnangagwa
VICE President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired) yesterday called on Masvingo not to let President Emmerson Mnangagwa down but rally behind him in the July 30 elections so that Zanu-PF romps to a...Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:46hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to reopen closed companies
President Mnangagwa has said reopening closed companies and ensuring they contribute significantly to the economy is his Government's top priority.He has set a target to turn Zimbabwe into a m...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:00hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Perrence Shiri, parliamentarians head for showdown
LANDS, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (Retired) and parliamentarians are headed for a showdown after legislators rejected regulations that sought to impos...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 453 | 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 | 173 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to cancel command agriculture
The president of the MDC Alliance Advocate Nelson Chamisa has criticised the Mnangagwa's command agriculture programme saying his government will do away with the scheme and adopt new technologies of ...Published: 26 May 2018 at 15:09hrs | 2207 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa charms Marange
VILLAGERS in Marange have hailed President Mnangagwa for his role in ensuring that they benefit fully from the diamonds being mined in that area through the new diamond policy that is currently being ...Published: 25 May 2018 at 06:48hrs | 207 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF pulling power on show
Zanu-PF's pulling power was at play yesterday when over 35 000 people thronged St Noah College in Bocha to witness the official ground-breaking ceremony of the St Noah Sports Stadium by President Mnan...Published: 24 May 2018 at 06:47hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says more cash to ease shortages
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says he will announce dates for the harmonised elections within the next two weeks, signalling that the ruling party should engage in overdrive campaigns designed to both lure vote...Published: 20 May 2018 at 09:45hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
'God ordained Zanu-PF to remain in power until eternity,' says Chiwenga
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday claimed the ruling Zanu party was God's creation and ordained to remain in power until eternity.Addressing mourners at the burial of fuel mogul Ku...Published: 17 May 2018 at 16:04hrs | 2511 | by Staff reporter
Zim imports grain despite command agric 'success'
ZIMBABWE is still importing grain despite claims by the government that it had stopped doing so in February last year following a bumper harvest from the command agriculture programme.The gove...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:18hrs | 219 | by Staff rpeorter
Vote Mnangagwa for economic turnaround, says Chiwenga
ZIMBABWEANS must vote for President Mnangagwa in the forthcoming harmonised elections as he is the only one with capacity to turnaround the economy through cleaning the mess created by his predecessor...Published: 17 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to regain bread basket status, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe was on track to regain its bread basket status owing to the highly successful Command Agriculture Programme. Speaking at the burial of Sekuru Phinea...Published: 17 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
'We cannot operate in silos,' says Mnangagwa
We publish here the full text of the Address by the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces E. D. Mnangagwa at the Southern Africa Confederation of ...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:44hrs | 423 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Govt to address war vets' concerns
Zimbabwe's history cannot be erased easily and war veterans should always be on guard to thwart counter-revolutionary machinations designed to destroy the country's liberation legacy, Vice President C...Published: 12 May 2018 at 07:14hrs | 698 | by Staff Reporter
ZANU PF 2018 Manifesto: the mother of all manifestos
Prophets of political doom had already written off ZANU PF and committed it to the political dustbin –never to rise again. On Friday, 4 May 2018 history was re-written again as the political giant r...Published: 10 May 2018 at 14:54hrs | 1407 | by Elijah Chihota
'Leaders must always come from the people!'
Zanu-PF First Secretary and President Mnangagwa addresses delegates at the ruling party's manifesto and election campaign launch in Harare yesterdayAddress by the President and First Secretary...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:02hrs | 117 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa avoiding the real corruption
Once upon a time, the new administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa mounted what it called an anti-corruption blitz. That was immediately after wresting power from Robert Mugabe through a soft co...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:34hrs | 1772 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zanu-PF to appoint primaries losers campaign managers
LOSING candidates in the beckoning Zanu-PF primary elections will automatically assume the role of campaign managers for the winning candidates ahead of the forthcoming harmonised elections this year,...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:18hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa joins thousands of ZCC members at Mbungo Estates
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa today joined thousands of Zion Christian Church (ZCC) members at Mbungo Estates in Masvingo where they are gathered for their annual Easter commemorations.Ever...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 20:35hrs | 3682 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco now under Command Agriculture
The 2018 tobacco season started yesterday with Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga indicating that tobacco will now be covered under the Command Agriculture Programme."I am e...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
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