Search / Gmb
Magistrate jailed 3 years for abuse of office
BULAWAYO magistrate Stephen Ndlovu has been jailed three years for criminal abuse of office.Ndlovu (48) of Thorngrove in Bulawayo unlawfully issued a court order to release an exhibit held by ...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will have grain surplus
GOVERNMENT has declared that the country is not facing imminent hunger and is, instead, expecting a grain surplus of over 100 000 tonnes.Agriculture ministry secretary John Bhasera last week s...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
CCC's Biti claims GMB has run out of maize
ZIMBABWEANS are facing the risk of hunger as the Grain marketing Board (GMB) has run out of grain, Parliament heard on Tuesday.Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Harare East le...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:07hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
First Capital Bank accused of working with fraudsters
A scandal is hounding First Capital Bank after it was revealed that bank insiders are allegedly working with conmen to create fraudulent bank accounts. The red flags against First Capital were...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 09:28hrs | 4046 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has enough maize claims Govt
GOVERNMENT yesterday insisted that the country had enough grain stocks amid fears of looming shortages.Government has also maintained that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) remains the sole buye...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:38hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam now 66,2% complete
Construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam is now at 66,2 percent completion and the process to have it gazetted as a lake is underway as Government intensifies infrastructure development in the country i...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Govt approves US$90 incentive on early grain delivery
THE government has granted the Grain Marketing Board the greenlight to pay farmers an early delivery incentive of US$90 over and above the ZWL$75 000 per every tonne delivered.In its quest to ...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 23:32hrs | 537 | by Staff Reporter
Retail outlets ration basic commodities as Zimdollar weaken
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) food security arm says some wholesale and retail outlets are rationing scarce foodstuffs, as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to depreciate....Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:52hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Grain runs out in Zimbabwe?
MILLIONS of Zimbabweans will go hungry as the country faces a severe grain shortage.A poor rainfall season and hoarding of maize by farmers demanding payment in United States dollars have exac...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Police, soldiers to raid maize hoarders
GOVERNMENT has deployed soldiers and other state security organs to raid and seize grain from individuals, farmers and other players even at roadblocks and deliver it to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 673 | by Staff reporter
'75% of parents in Zimbabwe can't afford school fees'
PARENTS and guardians can no longer afford paying school fees with only 26% able to meet education expenses for their children, the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said in its latest survey w...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:44hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Maize farmers plead for a 50% USD payment
FARMERS are pleading with the Grain Marketing Board to raise to 50% United States dollar (USD) offer to maize farmers.Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) president Abdul Nyathi: "We welcome the...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
'Thieving' deputy minister spends weekend behind bars
AGRICULTURE deputy minister Douglas Karoro will spend the weekend behind bars after he was denied bail yesterday in a case where he is facing charges of stealing presidential agricultural ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:34hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Deputy minister arrested for inputs theft
Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Douglas Karoro was arrested last night on allegations of grabbing 700 bags of fertiliser, US$18 000 worth of maize seed a...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:55hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Karoro to spend weekend in remand
The Deputy Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Douglas Karoro will spend the weekend behind bars after his case was deferred to 23rd of May 2022.Karoro arri...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:19hrs | 768 | by Staff Reporter
WATCH: Karoro arriving at Harare magistrates court
Deputy Minister for Agriculture Douglas Karoro who is Mbire MP (Zanu PF) has been dragged to Harare magistrates courts in cuffs today.He was implicated by alleged accomplices who have since ap...Published: 21 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 678 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Basics run out of Zimbabwe shelves
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent economic pronouncements have reportedly triggered a shortage of most locally-manufactured basic commodities in most retail shops...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 5353 | by Staff reporter
Duty on basics lowered
Government has lowered duty for people with free funds to import basic groceries, as one of the measures to contain price rises of basic commodities triggered by manufacturers and importers that have ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deputy minister in GMB theft scandal
DEPUTY Agriculture minister Douglas Karoro is embroiled in a scandal involving the alleged theft of a huge consignment of fertiliser from Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depot at Mushumbi in Mbire....Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:14hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Deputy Minister sucked in fertiliser scam
Lands deputy minister and Mbire Member of Parliament, Douglas Karoro, has been implicated in a presidential inputs scam after allegedly acquiring fertiliser from the government programme under the gui...Published: 11 May 2022 at 19:16hrs | 1670 | by Simbarashe Sithole
High mealie meal prices baffle consumers
THE RECENT increase in mealie meal prices by 50% has irked consumers across Zimbabwe who are saying it has become unaffordable due to poor incomes they are earning while most of them are not formally ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:07hrs | 2259 | by Stephen Jakes
Mealie-meal, wheat prices jump
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has reviewed upwards prices of mealie-meal and flour, following the increase of maize and wheat prices.The prices of mealie-meal and flour rece...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:08hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal price rockets; 10kg roller meal packet hits US$11
CONSUMERS have been dealt a hard blow after the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe's (GMAZ) increase the retail price of mealie meal by 50% Wednesday evening.Millers held an emergency meeti...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 22:10hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal, bread price hike looms
GRAIN millers held an emergency meeting Tuesday morning to consider another round of price increases for mealie meal and bread, NewZimbabwe.com can report.This comes after the Grain Marketing ...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 12:21hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Parts of Bulawayo's industrial areas goes without electricity
PARTS of Bulawayo's industrial areas today [Friday] went without electricity as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) embarked on critical maintenance work in the area...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:12hrs | 680 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe to beef up social welfare allocations'
PARTS of the country that were affected by the prolonged dry spell during the 2021/22 farming season are already experiencing food shortages, government has said.Giving a post-Cabinet media br...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:50hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Agritex officer arrested
A NKAYI based Agritex officer has been arrested for criminal abuse of office after he collected transport money from villagers under the pretext that it was for transporting fertiliser.Police ...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:37hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri wealth inquiry opens
The inquiry seeking explanation from former police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri on the sale of five properties that were part of the family's large property portfolio opened at the High Cour...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:11hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri savages Hodzi
FORMER Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Augustine Chihuri has vehemently opposed a High Court order for his properties to be forfeited arguing it is unconstitutional.He argued that he acquired h...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:12hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Police gun down violent suspect
POLICE in Zaka, Masvingo, shot dead an assault suspect who had been on their wanted list after he resisted an arrest and tried to take one of them hostage.Douglas Mahoya (35) was wanted by the...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
New twist to police shooting victim case
THE case of Masvingo man, Douglas Mahoya, who was mistakenly gunned down by police for allegedly not wearing a face mask on Wednesday has taken a new twist with the law enforcement agents claiming tha...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:45hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Suspect shot dead while resisting arrest
A 35-year-old man who was on police wanted list was shot and killed in Zaka, Masvingo, after attacking police officers while he was resisting arrest on Wednesday.Douglas Mahoya had a warrant o...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 06:39hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa son-in-law, adviser botch ZimCoke deal
A COURT application is set to be filed any day from now to legally and officially cancel the US$225 million ZimCoke deal to acquire assets of the now defunct state-owned Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Compan...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 19:17hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pushes tax relief for youth
GOVERNMENT has urged companies to embrace the Youth Employment Incentive (YEIT) that will see firms employing youths below 30 years benefiting from tax exemption.Youths who are a vital cog for...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:36hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal, flour prices go up
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has announced an increase in mealie-meal and bread flour prices with immediate effect.GMAZ chairman Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said the increase has ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Private sector makes inroads into wheat production
PRIVATE sector investment into Zimbabwe's agricultural sector continues to rise, accounting for 63% of the wheat output last year, the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has said.AMA said ...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:28hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter
Govt seeks to rope in private sector in wheat production
GOVERNMENT yesterday encouraged the private sector to participate in wheat production in a bid to reduce the country's cereal import bill.Zimbabwe has, for years, been battling subdued local w...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
GMB increases Maize price to Millers
The Grain Markerting Board (GMB) has increased Maize prices to millers by 16% Bulawayo24.com has learnt.Sources familiar with the incid...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 08:12hrs | 2449 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa's 'second Republic' as scandal-prone as Mugabe's govt
THERE is no difference between the administration of former president Robert Mugabe and that of his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa when it comes to public procurement as the two republics are marred by ...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1227 | by Staff reporter
Gweru housing backlog balloons
GWERU's housing waiting list has ballooned to over 35 000 at a time when council has said it does not have residential stands on offer, Southern Eye has established.A 2021 report on housing in...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
We need at least five tractors complete with harrows
That cattle malady Thelerios has rebounded with never before seen determination. Again the few remnant livestock from the first wave are sacuumbing to this dreaded bovine pandemic. Never did w...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 11:52hrs | 502 | by Tincuts Matepatepa
Chamisa, Mwonzora, Khupe fights are killing democracy
Just imagine that Zanu-PF had succeeded in establishing a one-party state as it had initially wanted, after drinking too much off the communist-socialist mug.Well, the scenario wouldn't be fit...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:56hrs | 671 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zacc targets 250 State entities, departments
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) wants all Auditor General reports implemented in full for 250 departments, parastatals and other public entities to enhance public finance management sys...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price hike looms
A MASSIVE retail price hike for mealie meal is looming in Zimbabwe starting Friday after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) substantially increased the price of maize.The price is set to rise by ...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 17:44hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
GMB looks for CEO
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is hunting for a new chief executive officer to replace Mr Rockie Mutenha who retires on April 30, 2022.He is retiring from his post after the expiry of his fiv...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:44hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Wheat farmers rake in $12bn
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has shelled out over $12 billion towards paying for over 198 000 tonnes of wheat delivered to the parastatal this marketing season.In an interview, GMB chief ex...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:07hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has adequate wheat supplies for festive season'
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says millers have managed to secure adequate wheat and maize supplies as demand is anticipated to grow during the coming Festive Season."The Gr...Published: 04 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Record wheat harvest for Zimbabwe
More than 188 000 tonnes of wheat have been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), which represents a significant increase from 149 874 tonnes that had been delivered during the same period las...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:17hrs | 36 | by Staff Reporter
Fuel released for Pfumvudza inputs transporters
Pfumvudza inputs can now be moved rapidly from GMB depots to collection points after the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development last week received 250 000 litres of die...Published: 19 Nov 2021 at 08:19hrs | | by Straff Reporter
Load More Stories