Search / Command agriculture
We've failed to guard our independence
ZIMBABWE's independence in 1980 did not come on a silver platter but it came at a huge cost and most of the people who made sure this day became a reality are long gone.But for those who were ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 112 | by Harry Peter Wilson
Zanu-PF resorts to Abacus bean Counting in the Digital age,
By offering bread crumbs to former commercial farmers, in a potentially ill fated bid to appease the international financial markets over the ZANU-PF sanctioned illegal farm invasions of 2000 to 2005....Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:34hrs | 881 | by Thabo Makuyana
Privatization is key to Zimbabwe's economic recovery plan
The microeconomic foundations of economies ensure that macroeconomic objectives are achieved. Stated differently, macroeconomic goals can only be achieved if there are robust institutions ensuring tha...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1207 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
What should be done by government to Obviate Zimbabwe from economic collapse?
First and foremost what is it that we don't have? Is it a begging culture that is in us that we can't do without? We have plenty of suitable land for commercial purpose, minerals, recreational resourc...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 10:05hrs | 461 | by Elvis Dzvene
Entrepreneurship is key for economic Development in Zimbabwe
We are all collectively linked to the survival misfortunes of this country. I must say, in one way or another we are all affected. We need to address economic challenges and solutions of this country....Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 21:56hrs | 303 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
It never rains but pours; to 38 years bad governance add drought, Idai and now savage power cuts
"ELECTRICITY power generation at Lake Kariba has been cut due to falling water levels in the dam," reported Bulawayo24.com "In a statement, the Zambezi River Authority said water allocation fo...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 08:00hrs | 1765 | by Nomusa Garikai
Forex shortages gnaws Zimbabwe's fertilizer industry
ZIMBABWE'S fertilizer industry says it is constrained by forex shortages, but it still has the capacity to produce enough to meet the country's demand this year and export excess production.Zi...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:48hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe losing $100 million annually importing wheat
Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said Zimbabwe is losing $100 million annually to wheat imports due to failure by farmers to produce enough stocks.Officiating at an exhibiti...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:57hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans counting the cost of removing Mugabe
IN AN ideal world, the fall of Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe was supposed to usher in a period of sustained economic growth and prosperity.Mugabe, 95, was toppled by his loyalists in ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:39hrs | 5108 | by Brighton Khumalo
International bidders for Zimbabwe dam projects
Government has floated an international tender for the construction of 19 major water infrastructure facilities, including dams and water purification structures to enhance agricultural production and...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:05hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Begging bowl exposes Mnangagwa
After months of propaganda extolling command agriculture as runaway success, the government last week joined hands with the United Nations (UN) and other partners to launch an urgent appeal for US$234...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 10:58hrs | 6576 | by Editorial The Standard
Civil servants demand $3,000 salary
TEACHERS' unions yesterday said they were planning to go on strike if government does not urgently revise their salaries, as frustrated civil servants demanded a minimum of $3 000 per month after the ...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:19hrs | 1274 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aims guns at Chamisa's uncle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government looks to be lining up opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's uncle Peter to be the fall guy after the Zanu-PF leader angrily blasted an unnamed official for all...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 18:32hrs | 13591 | by Staff reporter
MDC National Council Resolutions
The MDC National Council met today, 22 February 2019 at the party headquarters Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, 44 Nelson Mandela Avenue and made the following resolutions1. The National Situa...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 20:02hrs | 810 | by MDC
WATCH: Jonathan Moyo's farm collapses
Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo's Patterson Farm which was once hailed as having the best maize crops in Mashonaland Central is reportedly dilapidating due to the harsh economy ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | 10033 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa dumps Chiwenga's security
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the absence of Vice President Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga to dump the Presidential guard and appoint the Airforce of Zimbabwe officials as his security....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 09:17hrs | 14186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa warns tycoon 'Queen B' Tagwirei
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come out guns blazing against businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is apparently his nephew, for allegedly withholding fuel meant for farmers involved in the governmen...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 12841 | by Staff reporter
Business complicit in Zimbabwe's economic woes
CHIEF executive officers from across the African continent have been meeting in the resort town of Victoria Falls for the last three days in a bid to find lasting solutions to the economic crisis faci...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Biti warns of Rwanda-scale genocide in Zimbabwe
MDC deputy national chairman Tendai Biti has likened the recent brutalisation of civilians by the security forces to the Rwanda genocide of 1994 which claimed 800,000 lives.He was speaking dur...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1467 | by newzimbabwe
Govt to license more radio stations
GOVERNMENT will soon license a number of radio stations, a development that will see more players joining the industry in line with Zimbbwe's constitutional provisions for media plurality. The...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:11hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says 'Zimbabwe now military State'
ZIMBABWE has effectively moved from a police, to a military State, where members of the army are now being used to maintain order while police have been reduced to spectators, MDC leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:54hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF feeds Govt economic drive
The ruling party last December held its Annual People's Conference in Esigodini where a number of resolutions that centre on the economy were passed.But over and above the resolutions, we had ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:49hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military's record is unquestionable
The security forces have the obligation to defend and safeguard the country and they must carry out their mandates without fear or favour. However, it seems certain sections of the media are on a miss...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 2273 | by Ruvimbo Chivero & Solomon Banda
Temba Mliswa brings Prof. Lumumba to Norton
Norton Member of parliament Temba Mliswa through his organization Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (YARD) will be hosting the famed philosopher and Founder of PLO Lumumba Foundation Profe...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 11:51hrs | 4138 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Govt subsidies for private players not sustainable'
Government has been warned against clandestine price controls being effected through its stranglehold on foreign currency allocation.Economic analysts said there were companies that were being...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:18hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
$3 million food looted: GMAZ
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has called on government to assist them with security personnel to dispatch 6 700 tonnes of mealie meal to retailers in Bulawayo, saying security threats w...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Poison laced beer deaths
CHIEF Shana of Jambezi in Hwange has expelled a villager who the community accuses of killing four people by lacing their beer with crocodile bile and brains.Villagers in Mulonga accused Never...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
ED the change that exist not!
We have wondered for so long how the events of November 2017 will unfold on the liberation of Zimbabwe's economic front. Is this change still on its way or we are waiting in vain? Are we really open f...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 452 | by Takesure Tazvishaya
Quick austerity measures to avert imminent economic collapse
Austerity is described as sternness, severity of manner or attitude. In other manner it is described difficult economic conditions created by the Government measures to reduce public expenditure. The ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 4115 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Civil servants told to change attitude
Chief Government workers in Mashonaland West risk losing their jobs if they are not up to the task of growing the province's economy, Provincial Affairs Minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has said. ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Accountability is a key tool of Governance
In the donor community, one of the major requirement is accountability and proper management of resources. In the development world, there is what we call, Monitoring process and evaluation and projec...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:38hrs | 353 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mthuli Ncube retires 3 365 green bombers
Government has, with immediate effect, retired 3 365 youth officers who were employed by the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation. They will be paid cash in lieu of accrued leave days and ca...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:03hrs | 2465 | by Staff rpeorter
Masvingo war vets rally behind Mnangagwa
WAR veterans here have distanced themselves from the recent protest held by a group of people claiming to be ex-freedom fighters, saying they are fully behind President Mnangagwa's leadership. ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri calls for patriotism and unity
Embattled MDC Vice President Engineer Elias Mudzuri has called for unity among all Zimbabweans as we enter the new year."As we cross over into 2019 let us work towards a united, peaceful and p...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1468 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 1438 | by Staff Reporter
Mutsvangwa ouster plot latest
THE internal power struggle rocking the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), pitting national chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa and secretary general Victor Matemadanda, is...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:34hrs | 2575 | 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 | 210 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda berates war vets who demonstrated against him
WAR Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has berated some former fighters who challenged his liberation war credentials, saying he cannot be vetted in the streets.Matemadanda was reacti...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance MPs extort govt, get luxury cars
MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday arm-twisted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube into raising their budgetary allocation by 44% and demanded the latest 4×4 luxury Toyota Land Cruisers, among other perks, de...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1338 | by Staff reporter
Best economic models that Zimbabwe government can adopt
Apparently we have the following challenges in our mainstream economy - Production levels are very low ( imports exceeding exports therefore balance of payments affected-&nbs...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 22:17hrs | 2352 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Zanu-PF has no agenda for a GNU'
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the the ruling party's 17th National People's Conference at Umzingwane High School...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 227 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Surviving under sanctions 101
Cuba was under US economic embargoes for 50 years but managed to erect firewalls around its sovereignty . Zimbabwe needs to do the same - we have the brains and the capacity to do so. The mini...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1499 | by Never Maswerasei
Mnangagwa sidelines Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has effectively ended Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ambitions for the top post after Zanu-PF structures took the unusual step of endorsing him as the ruling party'...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:23hrs | 9784 | by Staff reporter
Drought ravages Matebeleland South, Masvingo
LIVESTOCK farmers in Beitbridge, Gwanda and parts of Mwenezi districts have reported a marked deterioration in the health of their animals as drought tightens its grip on parts of Matebeleland South a...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:10hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, Wadyajena in fierce war of words
A BLAZING war of words has erupted between outspoken legislators Justice Mayor Wadyajena and Temba Mliswa over control of the influential Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture....Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1284 | by Staff reporter
War vets plot to block Chamisa
WAR veterans are plotting to force the ruling Zanu-PF party to make a constitutional amendment that will raise the age limit of presidential aspirants from 40 to 52 years, which would effectively bloc...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 06:02hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
War vets endorse Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association has endorsed the candidature of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the 2023 harmonised elections in a show of confidence in his leadership. ...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube statement at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Middle Income Countries
STATEMENT BY HON. PROFESSOR MTHULI NCUBE, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ON THE OCASSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON MIDDLE INCOME COUNT...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 19:03hrs | 2302 | by Staff Reporter
Mapfumo must embrace a spirit of patriotism
It's a shame to know that Thomas Mapfumo a Zimbabwean and an American based songwriter and singer utters that the New Dispensation should practice good governance before they call for the removal of e...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:03hrs | 1995 | by Rudo Saungweme
Thumbs up for Mthuli Ncube
THE cost-cutting measures announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube are expected to restore confidence in the economy while also trimming budget deficit, analysts h...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 06:47hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
