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885 import permits granted to ensure food security in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean Government has issued 885 import permits to 423 private companies to address food security challenges caused by this year's severe drought. The move aims to bolster the private sector's...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 06:43hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's tobacco sector showing signs of robust recovery
Zimbabwe's tobacco sector is showing signs of a robust recovery, with an 8% increase in registered growers for the 2024/2025 summer cropping season. As of November 15, 2024, 120,983 farmers have regis...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 09:55hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to get normal to above-normal rains
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has reassured the nation that the 2024/25 rainfall season is expected to bring normal to above-normal rains, alleviating concerns of another drought in Zim...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 08:47hrs | 2658 | by Staff reporter
Normal to above-normal rainfall still expected in ZImbabwe
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has reaffirmed its forecast for normal to above-normal rainfall during this year's summer cropping season, despite reports suggesting a potential we...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:03hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Fumvudza/ intwasa input scheme in disarray over US$300 million debt to suppliers
A government initiative aimed at providing free access to seed and fertilizer for communal farmers is encountering significant obstacles, as it has been revealed that the state owes suppliers more tha...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 08:28hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe's land reform programme irreversible
The President and First Secretary of the ruling ZANU PF party, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has reiterated that Zimbabwe's Land Reform Programme remains irreversible and protected. He made these remarks at the...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 19:33hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Tshangani Lake: A timeline of missed deadlines and delays
The Gwayi-Shangani dam was first mooted in 1912 by the colonial Rhodesia government. Its construction is part of the National Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project. It is projected to solve the Bulawayo ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 12:38hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns against input abuse
President Mnangagwa has directed that the distribution of agricultural inputs for the 2024-2025 cropping season must adhere strictly to established procedures to ensure transparency and accountability...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:54hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Diversify varieties to arrest climate change: Hekhani seeds
Farmers have been urged to use diverse seed varieties during the forthcoming farming season to combat impacts of climate change.Speaking during an interview on the preparedness of seed compani...Published: 16 Oct 2024 at 16:40hrs | 204 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe records growth across sectors
Zimbabwe is making notable strides in various economic sectors despite the challenges posed by climate change-induced droughts and Western-imposed sanctions, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said during h...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:45hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wheat harvesting intensifies
More than 18,000 tonnes of wheat have been harvested across Zimbabwe as the 2024 winter wheat harvesting season continues in full swing, with an average yield of 5.5 tonnes per hectare. The harvest co...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:12hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt targets 3,2m tonnes cereals
Zimbabwe's Government has mobilized inputs and resources to achieve a target of 3,274,200 tonnes of grains in the upcoming season, aiming to rebuild food reserves after a difficult harvest last year c...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:16hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
Is your Zimbabwe property safe from property hijackers
This is a follow up article of title deeds fraud which I wrote in January 2022 that went viral. There is now a new fraud trend called Property Hijacking happening in South Africa. Property hijacking i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 22:32hrs | 766 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
'Zimbabwe economic growth unstoppable,' claims Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa, in his address at the 44th Heroes Day commemorations at the National Heroes’ Acre, emphasized Zimbabwe's unstoppable economic growth, driven by the sacrifices of the nation's li...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 17:12hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns those intending to protest during SADC summit
President Mnangagwa has emphasized that the government will not tolerate any form of mischief or disturbances, particularly as Zimbabwe prepares to host the 44th SADC Heads of State and Government Sum...Published: 27 Jun 2024 at 06:47hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Grain producer prices increased in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean government has significantly raised producer prices for strategic grains and shifted to paying farmers exclusively in US dollars upon delivery to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to enha...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 09:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube courts UK investors
Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube emphasized the importance of addressing food loss and waste to enhance food and nutrition security, particularly in light ...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chivayo hijacks US$40m corrupt ZEC deal
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-profile government officials, corruptly got a windfall from a murky Zimbabwe Election Commission...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:47hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
ZiG needs to be backed by RBZ discipline
According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), a structured currency is a currency that is pegged to a specific exchange rate or currency basket and backed by a bundle of foreign exchange assets lik...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 18:04hrs | 2 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes another empty promise on Lake Gwayi-Shangani
THE Lake Gwayi-Shangani project is set to be completed by the end of this year with President Mnangagwa yesterday reiterating his Government's commitment to pushing it to the end given its strategic s...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now under pressure to declare a drought in Zimbabwe after almost the entire crop planted in the 2023/24 summer cropping season has been rendered a complete write-off, a...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
GMB maize stocks fall
MAIZE stocks have declined in the nation's reserves at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots dotted across the country, and this may worsen food insecurity situation at a time when inflation and currency...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam runs dry?
Zimbabwe and Zambia - already struggling with food shortages - are now reeling from low power generation at the Kariba power station due to the same underlying cause: El Niño.The climate syst...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 05:14hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Water levels in Zimbabwe dams decline
WATER levels in major dams have started declining as demand for irrigation water has been picking up with a significant number of farmers resorting to irrigation to sustain their summer crop.I...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A life-giving greenbelt in Matabeleland South
AMID the anxiety and disillusionment occasioned by projections of below-normal rains in the 2023-2024 summer cropping season due to the El Niño weather phenomenon, some farmers opted not to plant any...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads Riot Act to Ministers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called on Cabinet Ministers to prioritise Cabinet over everything else and implement policies, programmes and projects that will catapult Zimbabwe to greater economic developme...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe panics over grain shortages
GOVERNMENT expects the revamped irrigation systems in the country to anchor food production and ensure household food security this season in the wake of the poor rains due to the El Nino phenomenon, ...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex policy chokes exporters
LISTED agricultural concern Ariston Holdings says the 25% export retention coupled with the huge disparity between the interbank exchange rate and the fair market rate used by suppliers is making some...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to get 26 000 metric tonnes of fertiliser from Russia
ZIMBABWE is set to receive 26 000 metric tonnes of fertiliser from Russia as the Euro-Asian nation moves to alleviate fertiliser supply gaps globally.The latest development is a fulfilment of ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 18:38hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's smallholder farmers migrate from maize
IN large parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, maize is the main source of livelihood for smallholder farmers because it is a staple and cash crop.However, with the imminent threat of an El Nin...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister claims that maize meal supply guaranteed
The HeraldThe low volumes of some mealie meal brands that appeared in formal retail shops recently was just a temporary business distribution hitch not caused by any grain shortages, with mill...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to deliver on Gwayi-Shangani Dam, again
The government has yet again missed its December deadline to complete the Gwayi-Shangani dam project, which is expected to bring a long lasting solution to Bulawayo's water woes.President Emme...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:12hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
30 dealers arrested for selling free seed, fertiliser
Dealers are going out to rural areas offering to buy farming inputs that were distributed for free to communal farmers by the government as fears of the much spoken about El-nino-induced drought...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:10hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Effective rains expected within the next two weeks
Even with the El-Nino, weather and agricultural experts forecast that most of the dry regions of Southern Africa are expected to receive effective rains within the next two weeks.The experts u...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 06:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rainy season likely to be very short
The Government has advised farmers that the rainy season has started and is likely to be short with all parts of the country expected to receive rains this week.Information, Publicity and Broa...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
10% increase in wheat harvest this year
The Wheat harvest for 2023-2024 has been projected to reach 10 percent higher than the previous cropping year according to the latest Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) report....Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 08:59hrs | 17 | by Stephen Jakes
Hot spell forces firms to work night shifts
INDUSTRIAL manufacturing processes are being threatened by the high temperatures being recorded across the country, which affect the cooling systems for some critical machinery used by companies while...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:03hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
University of Exeter graduate receives £270k for Zimbabwe farming project
A UNIVERSITY of Exeter graduate has secured more than £270,000 of funding for a regenerative agriculture project in Africa.Hugo Winkfield, who graduated in biological sciences from the univer...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 04:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
EU final report biased, misleading, says Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT dismissed as biased, reactionary and misleading a premeditated final report on the 2023 harmonised elections that was released by the European Union (EU) yesterday.Although the coun...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
FAZ hijacks Pfumvudza inputs programme
Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), an alleged shadowy affiliate of Zanu-PF, is reportedly withholding Pfumvudza agricultural inputs from suspected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters. A con...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 04:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe recruits 2 500 teachers
The government has taken significant measures to strengthen various sectors in September. This included the recruitment of 2,500 teachers to enhance the workforce in schools and an 18 percent increase...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Woe to poverty-stricken Zimbabweans
IT never rains, but pours for the majority of Zimbabweans who are barely making ends meet as the cost of living continues to spiral out of reach.The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimSta...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs, chiefs loot farming inputs
In various regions of the country, villagers have accused prominent Zanu-PF members of taking control of the presidential inputs program and engaging in theft and favoritism.The government cla...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam 70% complete, says Zinwa
The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has reported that the construction progress of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North Province has reached 70.2%. There are concerted efforts to exp...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 19:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says calls for fresh election a pipedream
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans not to be swayed by individuals dwelling on the past, as the elections are now a closed chapter. He dismissed opposition CCC leader Mr. Nelson Chamisa's calls...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to complete all the projects he started in his first term
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who has vowed to complete all the life-changing projects he started in his first term, has said Zimbabweans, through dedication to duty and unity, can do anything.Presiden...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lines up 40 000 tonnes maize exports
Zimbabwe is ready to resume grain exports this year with initial exports of 40 000 tonnes of grain to East Africa from the substantial surpluses grown by the farmers as the Second Republic's agricultu...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Farmers struggle to service loans
FARMERS, who obtained loans through the CBZ Bank Agro Yield programme to finance their businesses during the last three farming seasons are having difficulty in repaying them, with official data showi...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe experienced a significant increase in macroeconomic fluctuations in June 2023
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has said Zimbabwe experienced a significant increase in macroeconomic fluctuations in June 2023, with the local currency losing over 55% of its value in both...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 12:42hrs | 13 | by Stephen Jakes
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