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Foundations continue donating to less privileged
The Mutumwa St John Foundation Trust (MSJFT) and Sydney Mabhiza Foundation have recently fundraised and donate an assortment of goods and money to the less priviledged members of society.Speak...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 21:58hrs | 237 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Japan commits US$5.1 million Zim climate-resilient agricultural support
Through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the Japanese government has last week committed a US$ 5.1 million in its quest to support 37,000 smallholder farmers across five districts within...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 13:26hrs | 257 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Starving Zimbabweans to feed on overpopulating elephants
In the wake of chronic food shortages and starvation necessitated by El Nino induced drought countrywide, several communities in Zimbabwe are set to benef...Published: 13 Sep 2024 at 07:09hrs | 576 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Zimbabwe needs $1.6bn to lift crop output after El Nino induced drought
ZIMBABWE needs $1.64 billion to bolster crop production after a devastating drought increased food insecurity and prompted a state of disaster.The southern African nation is targeting a more t...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga, Miss Universe rescue Epworth
In her tireless efforts to combat negative effects of climatic change amongst communities (El Nino induced drought), Miss Universe Zimbabwe chairperson, C...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 06:15hrs | 4938 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
ZAS to complement rural farmers competitiveness
Over three hundred rural farmers drawn from Zimbabwe's ten provinces are amongst thousands who will benefit from training, cross breeding of ideas through interaction (networking), improved competitiv...Published: 08 Aug 2024 at 15:51hrs | 206 | by Gideon Madzikatidze | Simbarashe Sithole
No message yet for Chamisa: incoming US Ambassador
The incoming United States of America's Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ms. Pamela M. Tremont has claimed that the sending state (USA) has no message for former Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Advocate ...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 16:29hrs | 1883 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe gets US$31.8 million drought insurance cover
Zimbabwe has received US$31,8 million from the African Risk Capacity, an arm of the African Union, to help mitigate the effects of the devastating El Nino induced drought.Receiving the insuran...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 12:04hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
China pledges food aid to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is among Southern African states earmarked to benefit from the Chinese government's food aid support to countries that are facing food shortages due to the El Nino induced drought.The...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's foot in the mouth again
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has an uncanny ability to frequently put his foot in the mouth, sometimes without harm but his recent episode on structured currency has left a trail of economic disaster....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:11hrs | 6 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
It's easier to topple your mentor than run a country, isn't it Mr. President?
So, this where it has all come to? Those of us in urban areas now live without water and electricity!We are no longer any different from our compatriots in rural Zimbabwe.I may...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bishop Mabhiza fundraise, donates tractors on birthday
Bishop Sydney Mabhiza, founder of the Saint John Apostolic Church of the Whole World and President of Federation for Indigenous Churches in Zimbabwe (FICZ) has celebrated his birthday and fundra...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:09hrs | 89 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole
Bulawayo's 120-hour water shedding to continue
BULAWAYO residents will continue receiving water for only two days per week, as water levels continue to dwindle at major supply dams due to drought, with the possibility of further tightening of the ...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'No one will die of hunger' is a heartless statement!
What exactly does the Zimbabwe government mean by saying that no one will die of hunger in the country?We have heard this being assured by President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa on numerous occ...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 22:58hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Church sets inaugural food security indaba
The Saint John Apostolic Church of the Whole World will convene in an 'inaugural all stakeholders food security meeting' in Mhondoro between mid or end of May this year, an event where its membership ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:53hrs | 33 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole in Mhondoro
'Zimbabwe to closely monitor commodity prices'
GOVERNMENT will continue to monitor basic commodity prices and availability of 14 key products to help consumers acquire essential goods at reasonable costs, Industry and Commerce minister Sithembiso ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ begins processes to import maize
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has begun processes to import maize both from the Southern African region and Black seas.In a sta...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
After TSP, diaspora engagement critical, says Mthuli Ncube
AS government winds up the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) amid a plethora of challenges it faces in turning around the economy, the Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) caught up with Finance ministe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ARVs shortage hits Bulawayo
SOME people living with HIV in Bulawayo are failing to access antiretroviral (ARV) drugs due to shortages in the city blamed on distribution inefficiencies as Government says the country has adequate ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe worse off under Mnangagwa - survey
ZIMBABWE has dropped two places and is now ranked the 146th happiest country out of 156 nations, which is a strong indictment on the country's economy under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a United Nati...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government avails funding for wheat importation
The government through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has intervened to avert a pending bread shortages by availing foreign currency towards the importation of wheat in a move that has been hailed by th...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kariba Dam water level rises to 82%
Kariba Dam's water level has risen markedly from a critically low level of about 20 percent last year to 83 percent; raising hope that significant benefits will continue to accrue from Kariba South Po...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not waiting for the rains
During the first quarter of 2018, Government disbursed US$15 million towards the National Accelerated Irrigation Rehabilitation and Development Programme (NAIRDP) in order to develop 101 irrigation sc...Published: 06 May 2018 at 09:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa, a community ravaged by floods, restored to sanity
Oxfarm in Zimbabwe has reported that above normal rainfall, worsened by the effects of tropical Cyclone Dineo in March 2017, resulted in severe flooding and loss of infrastructure, affecting 36 distri...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Wetland Protection turn drought prone community into climate smart village
The wetlands in Mberengwa have turned villages into climate smart area. According to Oxfam, the wetlands have benefited the villagers to some extent."We now have enough water flowing and food ...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 08:11hrs | 15 | by Stephen Jakes
Cash crisis biggest headache in Zimbabwe
THE prevailing cash challenges are the major problem affecting rural households in the country, the latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) report has said.The 2017 Rural L...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe the odd one out at UN oceans summit
It is increasingly becoming undeniable that Zimbabwe is now in the clutches of a fully-fledged climate change scourge. The rains have been coming late, with their patterns unpredictable and often resu...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 10:47hrs | 2 | by CNRG
Mugabe arrives in New York
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived here yesterday to attend the High-Level United Nations Conference on the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, commonly known as the Oceans Conference.The...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'NGOs not welcome in Zimbabwe,' says Grace Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe's wife Grace Mugabe torched a storm on Friday after she declared that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were no-longer welcome in the southern African country.Grace...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 12:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Employment Opportunities at Oxfam in Zimbabwe
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability & Learning (MEAL) OfficerDeadline: 12 May 2017We are looking for suitable candidates to join our proj...Published: 03 May 2017 at 18:52hrs | 6 | by Oxfam
Emergency conference on fall armyworm
Cereal crop-eating caterpillars have infested maize fields in Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. While pest identification is still being awaited in some countri...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by FAO
Fall armyworm outbreak cause havoc
MIDLANDS Province has been hit by an outbreak of armyworm which is ravaging the crop amid reports that there is a shortage of insecticide to control the pests.Most farmers have resorted to...Published: 12 Feb 2017 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sex - just to survive
WOMEN in drought-prone Southern African countries are resorting to survival sex and submitting to other exploitative behaviour in return for money and food, humanitarian organisations said....Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Surge in politically motivated violations in the last month
Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has reported that there has been a surge in politically motivated violations during November largely due to the by-election that was held in Chimanimani West and two prote...Published: 17 Dec 2016 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Don't stay in hotels while people suffer, says Mnangagwa
PAN African Parliament chairperson Auxillia Mnangagwa has called on political leaders to go beyond lip service in tackling hunger in their respective countries and deliver tangible results that ca...Published: 06 Dec 2016 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZPP celebrate 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence marks a time when Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) joins the rest of the world and collaborates with community members and its stakeholders in highli...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 13:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZPP celebrate 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Sixteen Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence marks a time when Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) joins the rest of the world and collaborates with community members and its stakeholders in highli...Published: 25 Nov 2016 at 13:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
UK increases humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe in response to El Nino induced drought
HARARE - 4.1 million people in Zimbabwe are expected to be unable to meet their food needs during the peak impact of the El Nino induced drought from January to March 2017.The UK was one of th...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 12:40hrs | | by APO
Joint Communique on the Occasion of the Inaugural Session of the Zimbabwe - South Africa Bi-National Commission
HARARE - 1. At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the President of the Republic of South Africa, His Excellency Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zum...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 14:04hrs | 1 | by APO
Ministry should act decisively on partisan food aid distribution reports
The Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Prisca Mupfumira convened an emergency meeting on food mitigation with humanitarian assistance partners and civil society recently.Add...Published: 28 Oct 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Social movement anti-government activities curtailed by govt - ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that the Zimbabwe's social movement activities which recently took the nation by storm are now being curtailed by the government a move which has seen a decrees...Published: 23 Oct 2016 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
ZANU (PF) reforms a pipe dream
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. Mark TwainAccording to a recent note issued by the African Development Bank, "Zimbabwe continues to...Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Dams lie idle in drought-prone Mberengwa
The legislator for Mberengwa South constituency Chiratidzo Iris Mabuwa has expressed concern over the under-utilisation of water bodies in the drought-prone area of Mberengwa."It is a trag...Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 17:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
As the end of the road nears for Mugabe regime, IMF must resist prolonging our suffering
Robert Mugabe's regime has reached the end. Out of money, out of friends, imploding from within - freedom beckons for Zimbabwe. The IMF's proposed plan to loan Mugabe...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Patson Dzamara
ZPP supports exposure of the malpractice surrounding food distribution
Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has said it is in solidarity with Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) and supports exposure of the malpractice surrounding food distribution across Zimbabwe especially...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Technology is a necessity in today's farming
Farmers should heed Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation (Cropping) Cde Davis Marapira's advice of embracing technology in their farming activities. Use of technology has got many advantages ...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 13:47hrs | 1 | by Chido Chikuni
The Herald takes a stab at the Daily News after the flopped mass stayaway
On Wednesday, the excitable Daily News, which has been overzealously praying for political violence to precipitate some kind of Arab Spring, ran an Armageddon-like apocalyptic lead story headlined "An...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 10:32hrs | | by Features Writer
King Mswati takes over SADC Chairmanship from Ian Khama
King Mswati III of Swaziland has taken over the SADC chairmanship from Botswana President, Lt General Seretse Ian Seretse Khama, whose one year term at the helm of the regional body expired....Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 22:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets $1 Million grant from India
Last week, Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe handed over US $ One Million to the Govt. of Zimbabwe as a grant from Govt. of India in response to the appeal made by Zimbab...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 11:13hrs | 1 | by APO
Zimbabwe Credit Reference Bureau system to go live end of August
THE long awaited Credit Reference Bureau (CRB) system is due to kick off by end of August, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has said.A credit registry is an institutio...Published: 17 Aug 2016 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
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