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Zimbabwe's shisha tobacco sales top 400,000kg
At least 401,705 kilogrammes of shisha tobacco, valued at approximately US$13 million, have been sold since the opening of the marketing season, signalling rising global demand for the specialised tob...Published: 15 Jul 2025 at 08:30hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Production challengers hinder cannabis farming
The Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has noted a growing interest in cannabis farming in Zimbabwe for medicinal purposes, but production challenges are slowing the growth of the sector.A...Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:54hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa a good farmer but then...
While Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, near Kwekwe, is doing well and is often used to showcase isolated success stories of the state-sponsored chaotic land reform p...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 16:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Adam Molai's Pacific Cigarette Company forced into voluntary corporate rescue
Pacific Cigarette Company (PCC), led by local business magnate Adam Molai, has voluntarily initiated corporate rescue proceedings due to a substantial $19 million tax liability. This move comes amid a...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 16:00hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to implement climate change proofing Agricultural practices
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to plan thoroughly and elevate their agricultural practices as mitigation measures to cou...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 22 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Russia-Ukraine war and the Zimbabwe daily bread
The current Russia military onslaught will not only destroy lives and infrastructure in Ukraine, but also bring unprecedented food insecurity and social upheavals to the rest of the world. This will d...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:09hrs | | by Tafadzwa Musarara
Russia-Ukraine conflict affects Zimbabwe's daily bread
THE ongoing Russian-Ukraine tiff will impact negatively on global wheat supply.Both Russia and Ukraine, once jointly dubbed the "breadbasket of Europe", account for 25 percent of the world's w...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike sparks mayhem
THE recent increase in the prices of fuel has triggered a massive hike in the prices of most basic commodities.The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority on Wednesday increased fuel prices for t...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Medium-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe post-land reform programme: A new picture is emerging
WE have a new open access paper out in the Journal of Modern African Studies "Medium-scale commercial agriculture in Zimbabwe: The experience of A2 resettlement farms".Contrary to assertions t...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 05:02hrs | 4 | by Ian Scoones
Has farming in Zimbabwe become so sexy?
A NEW refreshing dimension has come into farming. On social media one witnesses a revolution that the country never anticipated. More and more young people are posting their work on the farms on onlin...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 21:34hrs | 38 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technolog...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 5 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe tobacco sales surpasses 220 million kgs target
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco sales have reached 227,4 million kilogrammes, surpassing the set target of 220 million kilogrammes as at day 80 of trade, data from the industry regulator has shown.Last yea...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Barking at the wrong tree
It all came down to me in the strangest place of all the places one can imagine. There I was, sitting in my Chinese class where I came to the realization that that My President - E.D Mnangagwa is bark...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Nicholas Nhau
Rabbit farmers deserve more
Many farmers countrywide have taken up cuniculture or rabbit farming with more joining each day. Some urban eateries and entertainment joints that serve hot meals have now included rabbit meat in thei...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:08hrs | 1 | by Thomas Murisa
Canadian investors target 10 000ha for cannabis/ mbanje farming in Zimbabwe
CANADIAN investors are scouting for business opportunities in Guruve in a bid to secure 10 000 hectares of land for marijuana farming due to the area's favourable climatic conditions.Discussio...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Land rights in Zimbabwe, should farmers receive a symbolic $1
This article is part two of an article on current land rights in Zimbabwe. The first article was entitled: Rhodes' Estate ...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 16:51hrs | 18 | by Ken Sibanda
Queen Elizabeth's mother visited disputed top Mugabe's aide farm
COLOGNE- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, visited the disputed lucrative Centenary Farm in Figtree, owned by white Zimbabwean commercial farmer, Dave Connolly, which has now been seized and officiall...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:43hrs | 5 | by Itai Mushekwe
ZimVigil lobbies for expulsion of Zimbabwean doctor from UK
The Vigil has written to two prominent British MPs to seek their support for the expulsion from the UK of a Nottingham GP Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro and his wife Veronica who have seized a farm in Zimbabwe...Published: 30 Mar 2016 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by ZimVigil
Mugabe's botched India visit: The full story
President Mugabe returned home from Singapore yesterday, as Zimbabwe prepared to receive tractors worth US$300 000 from India under a deal sealed during the Head of State and Government's October 2015...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Morris Mkwate
Kick Zanu-PF out of the UK
Two of the UK's main newspapers published lengthy articles today on the Nottingham doctor, Sylvester Nyatsuro, who has seized a farm in Zimbabwe. The articles coincided with the presentation of the Vi...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil
Revoke the citizenship of a British doctor who has seized a Zimbabwean farm
Zimbabweans in the UK and sympathisers are appalled by the behaviour of Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro and his wife who run a clinic in Nottingham and have protested against the move calling for the revoking o...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 08:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai dumps wedding ring, fuels divorce speculation
EMBATTLED MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday fuelled speculation of deepening troubles within his marriage to Elizabeth Macheka after making a public appearance in Bulawayo without his wedding r...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 08:06hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mugabe lays out Zimbabwe economic recovery blueprint
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday outlined a 10-point economic recovery plan anchored on a robust agriculture revolution and advanced value addition and beneficiation of the country's vast natural res...Published: 26 Aug 2015 at 06:50hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu and Nduduzo Tshuma
Shaky food security in Zimbabwe as more farmers turn to tobacco farming
The success story of tobacco farming in Zimbabwe can aptly be described as a heavily sugar coated pill; very sweet outside but bitter inside.Though lauded as one of the success stories of ...Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 07:35hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani
Govt to boost support for livestock farmers
Government says it is going to boost support for small holder livestock farmers as they are critical to the agriculture sector.Small holder farmers who own 4.9 million of the 5.3 million lives...Published: 13 Sep 2013 at 19:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Will the soon-to-be-dead, the weak and the indecisive take action against WikiLeaks!
1. Now there came a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a member of the council. 2. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you ar...Published: 06 Sep 2011 at 09:12hrs | 4 | by Mathula Lusinga
Chinese Foreign Minister's visit, an endorsement of Zimbabwe-China relations
The two-day visit to Zimbabwe by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi starting Thursday is an endorsement of relations between the Zimbabwe and China.Former Zimbabwean ambassador to China Chri...Published: 09 Feb 2011 at 22:13hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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