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Bopoma Dam construction to be fast-tracked
The Government will soon fast-track the construction of the Glassblock Bopoma Dam in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, as part of efforts to ease water shortages in Bulawayo and promote ru...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:09hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businessman shoots wife dead, kills self
Police in Hurungwe, Mashonaland West, are investigating a tragic incident in which a local businessman fatally shot his wife before turning the gun on himself on Friday. The bodies were discovered at ...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:59hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
9 million Zimbabweans food-insecure
The number of individuals requiring food assistance continues to escalate, with the government reporting that around nine million people are food insecure and in need of aid until March 2025. ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drop out in schools hits Matebeleland South
A TOTAL of 1 753 pupils from Matebeleland South dropped out of secondary school during the second quarter of the year due to a number of reasons, among them long distances to school and financial chal...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Overfishing depleting Kariba yields
GOVERNMENT says unsustainable fishing is contributing to the depletion of fishing yields in Lake Kariba.Addressing delegates during the launch of the Lake Kariba inshore fisheries management p...Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
New Nkayi dam to have hydropower station
GOVERNMENT is constructing 12 high impact dams countrywide including Ziminya Dam in Nkayi, Matabeleland North, which will have a hydropower station on site.Ziminya Dam was mooted 24 years ago ...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
12 high-impact dams under construction
THE Government is constructing 12 high impact dams countrywide including Kunzvi Dam in Mashonaland East and Ziminya Dam in Nkayi, Matabeleland North, which will have a hydro power station on site....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa visits Matebeleland
DEVOLUTION being spearheaded by President Mnangagwa continues to bear fruits in Matebeleland North as evidenced by implementation of key developmental economic projects in the province, a ratification...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another dam for Matabeleland
A new 98 million cubic metre dam is being built by the Government in Nkayi district, making it the third major water body under construction in Matabeleland.The Government, through the Zimbabw...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches rural scheme
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday launched the Presidential Rural Development Scheme set to benefit more than 1,8 million households as the Second Republic accelerates efforts to alleviate poverty among t...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 09:31hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa committed to uplift the underprivileged'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said his personal background of lack in colonial Rhodesia instilled in him a sense of benovelence towards the underprivileged in society. The President said this last night at ...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 05:52hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
2019-2020 Merit Awards to be held next year
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has said 2019 and 2020 Secretary's Merit Awards are going to be held next year after being disturbed by COVID-19. The matter came to light yeste...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 07:28hrs | 6 | by Lloyd Rabaya
Millers mobilise $20bn for maize procurement
Senior Business Reporter THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has mobilised $20 billion under a pre-payment arrangement with Government to bankroll maize procurement by the Grain Marketing...Published: 14 May 2021 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
The Zimparks, Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute (LKFRI) has launched small-scale fisheries (SSF) project that support loc
Titled, "Setting the stage for successful and sustainable management, development and utilisation of the small-scale fisheries of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe" is the project that was launched yesterday by t...Published: 27 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye a Patsaka Nyaminyami Community Radio correspondent
Managing fisheries sustainably at Lake Kariba
ACCORDING to the Commercial Fishing Industry - Global Market Outlook, the global commercial fishing industry market accounted for US$240,99 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $438,59 billion by ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 08:48hrs | | by Tinashe Farawo
War collaborators meet
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has reaffirmed the Government's commitment to push for socio-economic development programmes aimed at uplifting the lives of liberation war collab...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bishop Mutendi hails Zanu-PF legislators
THE leader of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has praised the decision by Zanu-PF legislators to forego luxury vehicles opting that the funds be channelled towards development....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claiming to be the light in darkness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been telling us ad nauseam that Zimbabweans should not abuse the democratic space which he claims the so-called "Second Republic" has opened up."The advent of ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
We need irrigations projects at Ruya Dam
Ruya Dam in Mazowe North constituency of Mashonaland Central Province is a 'sleeping giant' waiting to be tapped for life changing development projects in the area. The massive clean water dam...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | | by Thomas Tondorindo.
Jubilation over Zanu-PF's clean sweep in Mashonaland Central
THERE was jubilation in Mbire district, Mashonaland Central, after the ruling Zanu-PF party won all the 18 contested seats in the province in the just-ended elections.Zanu-PF legislator Dougla...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We don't regret land reform,' says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe does not regret embarking on the land reform programme, which attracted debilitating economic sanctions from the West, because it is a principled nation that knows its destiny, President Mnan...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Ban inputs disbursements during campaigns'
CIVIC society organisations in Bulawayo have called for a ban on food aid and farming inputs distribution by political parties during the campaign period to curb incidents of vote-buying.The c...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Chiefs petition Chiwenga over dispute
THREE chiefs from Matebeleland South province have petitioned Vice-President Constantino Chiwengwa to rein in Chief Mapanzure of Zvishavane and stop him from interfering in Chief Jahana's area of juri...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Wishful vs Thoughtful thinking: The curse of Chamisa
Dreaming is good because one would be imagining what he/she wishes for, but it becomes dangerous when you dream of unreal things, hallucinating and pass them for reality. If you see yourself dreaming ...Published: 14 May 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
Mnangagwa promises speedy completion of Gwayi-Shangani Dam
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to do everything in his ability to ensure the Gwayi-Shangani Dam project is completed by next year as well as speed up other outstanding projects in Matabeleland ...Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa to unveil 230,000 houses for civil servants
APEX Council, the umbrella body for civil servants' unions, has said government has come up with a new national command housing scheme to be launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa soon.This ...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe must not import listeriosis'
It is easy to accept that the people who have opened tuckshops all over Zimbabwe are simply enterprising individuals who want to fend for their families. But these outlets could be breeding ground for...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:18hrs | 10 | by Shamiso Yikoniko
Zimbabwe bans cold meat imports from SA
Government has banned importation of cold meats into the country mainly from South Africa following an outbreak of a bacteria, Listeria, which causes food borne disease. Listeria has been traced to co...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa security beefed up
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Guruve district has put a strong force ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to Siyalima Farm in Guruve South tomorrow.An insider told Bulawayo24.co...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 17:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa heads for Mashonaland Central
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is heading to Mashonaland Central Province tomorrow where he is expected to tour Siyalima Farm in Guruve South.Minister of State for Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs ...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
2nd national development plan for Zimbabwe
An Alternative for the Government of Zimbabwe in Re-Building Zimbabwe I get frustrated when we simply talk and ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 12:47hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
What's choking Kariba?
In the previous instalment Laiton Kandawire looked at overfishing and how fisheries authorities in both Zimbabwe and Zambia agreed to impose a Full Moon non-fishing ban of at least seven days to comba...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 17:09hrs | | by Laiton Kandawire and Oliver Samboko
Mnangagwa takes aim at Jonathan Moyo and others
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday strongly castigated some elements who pretend to be Zanu-PF when at heart they are not, saying they were free to leave the revolutionary party.Addre...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, They are possessed with the 'biblical Legion' demon'
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday strongly castigated elements that pretend to be Zanu-PF when at heart they are not, saying they were free to leave the revolutionary party. Addressing horde...Published: 13 Jul 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'boot licker' equates Jonathan Moyo to a barking dog
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa, yesterday slammed Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo over his attacks on Go...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marine experts say decision could wipe out SA's fish stocks
SA's top marine scientists are shocked by the Environmental Department's (DEA) recent decision to allow fishing in the Tsitsikamma Marine Protected Area (MPA) and have announced that they will be usin...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 10:30hrs | | by Melissa Reitz
Tongas appeal to Tsvangirai
The marginalised Tonga people in Binga have complained bitterly to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai about the stringent fishery regulations imposed by authorities, arguing that they overlooked the fac...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai meets opinion leaders in Binga
President Morgan Tsvangirai today met opinion leaders in Binga, Matabeleland North province where the community here expressed concern over their underdeveloped area, among other concerns.They...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 15:56hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Climate Change tops agenda at Benguela Current Commission Ministerial Meeting
Swakopmund - Key ministries from three countries that make up the Benguela current marine system - Angola, Namibia and South Africa converged last week in Swakopmund, Namibia for the commission's 5th ...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 17:59hrs | | by Sithembile Siziba
Kapenta fish war turns ugly
LAKE Kariba is at the centre of an acrimonious fight over fishing rights pitting Zimbabwean fishermen and their Zambian counterparts, with locals accusing the northern neighbours of crossing into thei...Published: 17 Aug 2014 at 15:22hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube and Stanford Chiwanga
Zimbabwe, Zambia squabble over fishing rights
While Zimbabwe and Zambia squabble over fishing rights in the world's biggest dam, an invasion of Australian crayfish and Nile tilapia is threatening to wreak havoc with Lake Kariba's indigenous speci...Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 07:10hrs | | by Godfrey Marawanyika
Fishery and vegetable projects roll into Nyamandlovu
UMGUZA District is set to benefit from fishery and irrigation vegetable gardening projects which are being spearheaded by HOCIC a non governmental organisation.These projects are focusing on e...Published: 29 Aug 2013 at 13:48hrs | | by Business Reporter
4 Bulawayo contestants in My Own Boss show
FOUR contestants from Bulawayo will represent the province in this year's edition of the television series ...Published: 11 Jul 2012 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
America is "here to stay", Obama tells Asia
US President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the US military would expand its role in the Asia-Pacific region despite budget cuts, declaring America was "here to stay" as a Pacific power which woul...Published: 17 Nov 2011 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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