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America pours $60.55 million to Zimbabwe for Lean Season Food Assistance
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $60.55 million toward the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2020/21 Lean Season Food Assistance program in Z...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 2693 | by Agencies
485 irregularly imported vehicles unearthed
A special post-vehicle clearance audit last year into vehicle imports, unearthed 485 irregular import documents with a potential revenue inflow prejudice to Treasury valued at US$70 million, the Zimba...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
FAO doubts Zimbabwe's cereal import capacity
ZIMBABWE'S cereal import requirements for the 2020/21 year are estimated at about 1,1 million tonnes amid concern over the country's capacity to access offshore supplies at a time it is battling worse...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Corruption stifles economic growth
United States Agency for international development (USAid) country director, Stephanie Funk (SF), says failed economic policies and corruption, and not Western sanctions, are hindering Zimbabwe's econ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to reintroduce passenger train
GOVERNMENT has said the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) passenger train is coming back soon to relieve commuters who have been facing transport challenges since the lockdown came into effect in Ma...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
WFP anticipates surge in demand for food aid
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has predicted a surge in the demand for food aid during the 2020/2021 lean season in Zimbabwe, with over 4,5 million people in rural communities requiring urgent assista...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi laments parliamentarians delay in passing laws
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has lamented the failure by parliamentarians in passing most of the bills.He said the president has once before urged Members ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 923 | by Stephen Jakes
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1182 | by Siphosami Malunga
Mnangagwa seeks divine help as crises mount
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will lead a national day of fasting and prayer to seek divine intervention to deal with the country's worsening health, hunger and economic crises.Hopes that Mnang...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:02hrs | 5388 | by Staff reporter
US wants screws tightened on Zimbabwe
THE United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairperson, Jim Risch, has called for strict accountability and transparency measures for the US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe by the World...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 19:20hrs | 5524 | by Staff reporter
US urges World Bank to closely monitor Zimbabwe
The United States government has written to the World Bank (WB) calling for strict conditions to be attached to any Covid-19 relief funding for Zimbabwe in light of the country's shoddy record in admi...Published: 06 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Corruption not sanctions killing Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has been grappling with corruption for years now, dating back from the Willovale Motor Scandal, GMB saga where the late former Minister Kumbirayi Kangai was involved.In 1994 War...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:02hrs | 864 | by Leonard Koni
117 diasporans apply for land
Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom have submitted at least 117 applications for farmland, as the diaspora community angles for opportunities in the agriculture sector.Zimbabwe's Embassy ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 931 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
Zimbabwe diasporans eligible for land allocation back home
ZANU PF United Kingdom and Europe chair, Marshall Gore has encouraged the Diaspora Community at large to apply for land back home during the build-up to the second phase of the equitable land redistri...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:39hrs | 3143 | by newzimbabwe
President Mnangagwa: A whole-brained leader
AS Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence, it is prudent to pay tribute to His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership and his economic blueprint, Vision 2030.The subject o...Published: 03 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 377 | by Hon Joe Biggie Matiza
Mnangagwa rattled by Mthuli Ncube's letter?
IN A surprising development which will rattle President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has openly admitted that his policies have failed and t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:44hrs | 19526 | by Staff reporter
Small millers stop politics...people want mealie meal!
Goal 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals speaks to the need to End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Goal 2 seeks sustainable solutions to en...Published: 01 May 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1121 | by Mxiolisi Mathonsi
Mthuli Ncube throws algorithm farce
THE insinuation by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube that he used a sophisticated algorithm system to determine who should benefit from funds to be disbursed to vulnerable households once again exposes go...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:44hrs | 2289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms reel under currency volatility
ZIMBABWEAN companies are reeling under high currency volatility, resulting in unsustainably increased operational costs, the Zimbabwe Independent has established.The country last year dumped t...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:42hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Makandiwa donates maize to Mnangagwa
UFIC leader Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa has reportedly donated a number of items to the First Lady of Zimbabwe (FLoZ) Auxilia Mnangagwa to assist the under privileged people during the dead...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 16:39hrs | 2186 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ginimbi and his money
BUSINESSMAN and socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure has always come across as that rich, arrogant and yet sophisticated and witty man.Boy, what a wrong perception we had!Boss Ginimbi,...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:06hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records a budget surplus, But
Zimbabwe recorded its first fiscal surplus since 2011 as a result of significant contributions from Intermediate Monetary Transfer (IMT) Tax, subdued investment on capital expenditure and civil servic...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 718 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe is not vindictive malicious or petty, Matemadanda tells failed asylum seekers as UK returnees demand to stay at Sherato
The deputy minister Of defence and The ZANU PF NATIONAL POLITICAL COMMISSAR said Zimbabwe has shown that it is not petty or malicious. Cde Matemadanda spoke as one of the United Kingdom-based Zi...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 4071 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's exclusion from G20 debt relief must not block assistance for Covid-19 response
Following the announcement this week by the G20 of a temporary suspension of debt payments from the poorest countries due from 1 May to 31 December, 2020, Christian Aid is urgently pressing for Zimbab...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 11:56hrs | 926 | by ICN
G20 debt exclusion a Western vendetta against Zimbabwe
LIKE the illegal sanctions that have caused the suffering of a majority over the past two decades, the poorest among Zimbabweans are again set to bear the brunt of yet another unjust move by Western f...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 11:54hrs | 1333 | by Agency staff
Malaria cases increase by 40%
THE national director for the malaria programme Joseph Mberi has said the increase in malaria cases and deaths coincided with the peak period of malaria transmission and the symptoms mimic other disea...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe shall rise again. . .
INDEPENDENCE Day speech by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, April 18, 2019 I welcome you all ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 809 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa,
Lockdown to push 8,8 million Zimbabweans to food insecurity
AN international social justice lobby group, ActionAid has predicted that the numbers of people facing starvation in Zimbabwe could rise to 8,8 million during the 21-day national lockdown imposed by P...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:26hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe celebrates Independence Day under lockdown regulations
Zimbabwe celebrates 40 years of independence today and for the first time there are no gatherings to mark the anniversary due to the national lockdown enforced to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic....Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Stern warning to abusers of Covid-19 aid
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, recently issued a statement calling on those conferred with the mandate to manage Covid-19 donations to exercise a h...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 99 | by Comm John Makamure
Govt to expedite Covid-19 testing, treatment & isolation centres
GOVERNMENT has resolved to expedite and prioritise the establishment of Covid-19 testing, treatment and isolation centres in provinces and districts in line with the thrust of decentralisation of test...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:53hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Zim Lockdown: Gendered impacts, implications and effects on women and girls as primary caregivers
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global challenge that affects our lives and our work. Zimbabwe is under a total lockdown for a period of 21 days from Monday 30th March 2020 as a precautionary and m...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 15:21hrs | 615 | by Alfred Towo
Government endorses Prophet Makandiwa as a true Man of God
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi says the government recognizes Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa as a true Man of God and pleaded with him sand other Prophets to lead the nation in praying to Go...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 11:16hrs | 4956 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF's bone headed ZRP, likely engaging in human ights abuses
ZANU PF's bone headed ZRP, likely engaging in Human Rights Abuses, whilst Destroying Essential Food during Worlds fight against COVID-19.Allegedly Horri...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 23:19hrs | 892 | by Thabo Makuyana
Local artistes in dire straits
As Zimbabwe enters into the second week of the 21-day Covid-19 lockdown, most artistes say they can longer endure the remaining days as they are failing to make ends meet.A myriad of artistes,...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:52hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube urged to craft coronavirus stimuli
The government has been urged to roll out fiscal incentives to cushion companies reeling from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak that might cripple an already bleeding economy.Local compan...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:51hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Mr Trump, please cut us some slack
Despite romanticising rural life perhaps a tad too much, Bishop Lazi will openly admit that some village folk are an idiosyncratic lot.For those who might not know them, it takes time getting ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 196 | by Bishop Lazi
$600 million for vendors, elderly during lockdown
MORE than $600 million will be extended to small businesses, vendors and the elderly by Government in the next fortnight as part of elaborate interventions to compensate for loss of income during the ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:16hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor in soup over alliance with opposition
ZANU-PF leadership in Chikomba District wants council chairman Isarel Dhikinya stripped of his post for working closely with MDC Alliance councillors, which the leadership says was not in line with pa...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:29hrs | 1882 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors raise alarm over COVID-19 tests
LOCAL medical doctors have expressed concern over the low numbers of people being tested for the deadly coronavirus in the country as the United Nations (UN) yesterday warned that Africa could lose mi...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
UN launches Zimbabwe famine and virus aid plan
Authorities in Zimbabwe and the United Nations on Thursday launched an emergency humanitarian plan worth $715 million to help a third of the country's population, threatened by famine and at high risk...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 20:44hrs | 2043 | by Agency staff
Zimbabwe needs a homegrown Covid-19 response
The eruption of the coronavirus (Covid-19) is a timely reminder of the structural faultiness and fragility of health care and social services delivery systems across the world.While Europe rem...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 16:38hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Taskforce targets rural folk
THE Ad-Hoc Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on the Covid-19 outbreak is set to engage village heads in the country through mobile phones to spread educational messages about the disease, a member of the ta...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 07:41hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
A clerical call on ZEC to postpone by-elections until decisive measures are implemented to reduce exposure to Covid-19 pandemic
Zimbabwe's embattled leader Emmerson Mnangagwa last week declared COVID-19 a national disaster. Along with the declaration came a host of largely copycat ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 03:49hrs | 444 | by Magugu Benard, Zapu Secretary of Elections (NEC)
Covid-19 not a partisan issue
We have noted with concern that central government wants to proscribe local authorities from going public about cases of Covid-19.Local...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 12:43hrs | 1339 | by MDC Communications
Mthuli Ncube wants tourist to visit cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani
THE Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has called for the rebranding of Chimanimani as a tourist destination after the devastating Cyclone Idai.One year after...Published: 21 Mar 2020 at 06:14hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
How coronavirus has hurt Zimbabwe's ailing economy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa finally declared the coronavirus (COVID-19) a national disaster on Tuesday.On Monday, a day before Mnangagwa's declaration, the Health ministry revealed that a Uni...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1336 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to be quarantined
Zimbabwe will not survive the Corona virus if God allows it to ravage our beautiful country. It is painful that some idiots are literally hoping that the virus be found in Zimbabwe. We have insane peo...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 22:31hrs | 18473 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiwenga's health problems resurface
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was airlifted to China on Sunday after his health deteriorated.The 63-year-old disappeared from the public eye more than two weeks ago – missing three off...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 13:11hrs | 4240 | by Staff reporter
Reckless statement about the deadly coronavirus made by a reckless Zimbabwean minister
The comments made by Minister Oppah Muchinguri about the deadly Coronavirus that it is the work of God punishing the West for sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe leaves a lot to be desired. It's a total dis...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:17hrs | 2022 | by Netsayi Makarichi
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