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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 | 547 | 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 | 447 | by Straff Reporter
Covid-19 protocols remain in force
Cabinet received an update on the country's response to the Covid-19 pandemic, procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by chairman of the Ministers' National Committee, Vice President and M...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:06hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF officials hijacking Pfumvudza programme
LEGISLATORS have accused Zanu-PF bigwigs and government officials of hijacking the management of the Pfumvuza/Intwasa Presidential Input Scheme from the Lands and Agriculture ministry.On Wedne...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Bring sanity to the three tier pricing system
"Vabereki" are crying in the village. Most had their payments for maize delivered to GMB paid through banks. The exchange rate for goods and services paid for using mobil money transfer and swipe is p...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 338 | by Tondo
Matabeleland in record wheat harvest
Wheat production has been rising fast in Zimbabwe and farmers in Matabeleland provinces are contributing immensely to a promising season.Across the country, wheat farmers have started harvesti...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo urban farmers to get agric inputs
A TOTAL of 20 000 urban farmers in Bulawayo metropolitan province are set to receive agricultural inputs for the 2021/2022 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, popularl...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:34hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Inputs distribution begins
Agriculture inputs to small holder farmers under the Presidential inputs scheme programme have been dispatched to Grain Marketing Board depots around the country and the distribution will commence soo...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Wheat harvesting begins
Harvesting of wheat has begun, with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) designating 18 collection depots as the country expects a bumper harvest owing to minimum interruption of power supply by Zesa, whic...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
GMB rebrands
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has embarked on a rebranding exercise that will see it changing its image and mandate.The changes reflect the organisation's evolution from a predominantly grain st...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:07hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ speaks on Wheat pricing
The Grain Millers Association,in a statement,said,the recently announced producer price of wheat,which will see the commodity selling at ZW$55.517.69 per ...Published: 25 Sep 2021 at 15:29hrs | 784 | by Simbarashe Sithole / Tarisai Mudahondo
Farmers raise red flag over GMB 'loaders' fee
Some disgruntled farmers have claimed that they were being forced to employ temporary workers to offload maize at Grain marketing Board (GMB) depots.The casuals, as the temporary workers are c...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 07:52hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Matabeland provinces start receiving Intwasa inputs
GOVERNMENT has started distributing farming inputs to Matabeleland provinces under the Intwasa/Pfumvudza programme before the onset of the rains expected to start next month. Government introd...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 07:10hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A nationalist hero and authoritarian dictator
A group of Robert Gabriel Mugabe admirers, linked to Zanu-PF, has published a profile of Robert Mugabe. They are trying to provide a profile of the late president, combining both the positive and nega...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 335 | by Fay Chung
Another bumper harvest on the cards
MAIZE production for the forthcoming 2021/22 summer cropping season is projected to hit three million tonnes, an all-time record high, up by nearly a million tonnes compared to last season's bumper ha...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 117 | by Staff writer
GMB deliveries surpass targets
THE Government said the 2021 traditional grains production has improved remarkably and some crops exceeded the highest ever tonnage since independence.Addressing journalists during a Post Cabi...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:21hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bars ban unvaccinated patrons
SOME beer drinking outlets in Bulawayo have started barring patrons not vaccinated against Covid-19 from entering their premises.Imbibers who spoke to NewZimbabwe.com said they have been denie...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 13:00hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Import Substitution: A case for soya beans
For the past 10 years, Zimbabwe has produced an average of 56 000 metric tonnes (mt) of soya beans per year against national demand of 240 000 mt for food, animal feed and industrial consumption. In t...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 15:26hrs | 416 | by Victor Bhoroma
Defaulting farmers to lose offer letters
Farmers who did not sell their maize to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) or those that default on repayment of loans advanced to the them under the National Enhanced Agriculture Productivity Scheme (NE...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:48hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Abraham Lincoln and building national unity in Zimbabwe
There is a national consensus that the economic Structural Adjustment Programme (eSAP), imposed on Zimbabwe in 1991 by donors led by the IMF and the World Bank, has been one of the leading causes of t...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 245 | by Fay Chung
Bumper harvest trims Zimbabwe cereal imports
ZIMBABWE has started reaping benefits of a stellar agricultural season after cereal imports, including maize, dropped to 1,9 percent in the five months to May 2021 from 9,1 percent in January, officia...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:48hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Pig producers struggle for maize supplies
SMALLHOLDER pig producers, accounting for 80% of the country's pig producers, are reportedly struggling to access maize as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has not availed an allocation for them, rende...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
RBZ hunts for $1,5 billion
GOVERNMENT yesterday began hunting for $1,5 billion to finance its operations, with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) approaching the market to invest in a two-year treasury bond.In a stateme...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | 3077 | by Staff reporter
Minister takes flak for GMB payment delays
GOVERNMENT yesterday apologised to farmers over late payment for their grain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB).The apology was made by Lands and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:16hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
GMB, police crackdown on illegal grain dealers
THE police have joined hands with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) to bring to book illegal grain dealers who violate Statutory Instrument 97 of 2021, which restricts marketing of maize and soya bean t...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:38hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda drags farming partner to court
VICTOR Matemadanda, Zimbabwe ambassador to Mozambique, has taken his farming partner, Rumbidzai Mujuru after she barred him from clandestinely selling their maize produce to the Grain Marketing Board ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
Wutawunashe in GMB Soya Bean inputs scam
Public Service Commission (PSC) Secretary, Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe has been fingered in a scam after he received Soya Bean inputs worth over $150 thousand and failed to plant the seed, TellZim...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 17:55hrs | 1095 | by Staff reporter
Grain deliveries to GMB nearing the required Strategic Grain Reserves
As at 18 July 2021, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) had recorded delivery of 492 481 Metric Tonnes (MT) of maize against the Strategic Grain Reserve requirement of 500 000 MT, a contact within the Par...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 19:52hrs | 661 | by Staff Reporter
GMB bars unvaccinated workers
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has become one of the first companies in the country to ban workers who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 from work as the parastatal moves to protect its workforce a...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hospitals overwhelmed by COVID-19
GOVERNMENT hospitals across the country are overwhelmed by the high number of Covid-19 patients seeking admission and treatment, Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.Speaking at the...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:22hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Harare Mayor Manyenyeni Hospitalised With Covid-19
FORMER Former Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni and his wife Francesica have been admitted at a private hospital in the capital city after contracting Covid-19 at a relative's funeral in Murewa....Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 21:11hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
Professor Sheunesu Mupepereki dies of COVID-19
Renowned academic, Professor Sheunesu Mupepereki has died. A professor, and senior academic at the University of Zimbabwe, Mupeper...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 15:47hrs | 5333 | by Shelton Muchena
2 million more vaccine jabs arrive today in Zimbabwe
The largest single Covid-19 vaccine order, two million doses, arrives today to ensure that the national vaccination programme can be quickly accelerated as the country enforces a lockdown tightening t...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:10hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Cops impound imported mealie-meal
POLICE, in conjunction with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), have launched a nationwide blitz aimed at confiscating imported mealie-meal from retailers that have defied the ban on the import of the st...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:09hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Govt sets Covid-19 vaccination deadline for frontline workers
GOVERNMENT has set July 14 as the deadline for the vaccination of frontline workers with those who would have shunned the exercise losing out on Covid-19 insurance payouts.Vaccinated frontline...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1405 | by Staff Reporter
Wheat, barley side marketing criminalised
Farmers can only sell their wheat or barley to either the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) or companies they have standing agreements with, as side marketing the crops is illegal, Government has said....Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:28hrs | 415 | by Staff Reporter
500k doses for Covid-19 hotspots
Vaccinations are being stepped up in identified Covid-19 hotspots, now that 500 000 more doses arrived on Saturday with another 2 million expected at the end of this week, to help break the chains of ...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1270 | by Staff Reporter
Has the Zimbabwe dollar really stabilised against the US unit?
There is a strong debate among economic analysts pertaining to whether the Zimbabwean dollar (ZW$) has stabilised against the American dollar (US$) or not. There is a section which believes that the l...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 13:00hrs | 738 | by Respect Gwenzi
Govt clamps down on maize mealie smugglers
GOVERNMENT has begun a crackdown on errant retailers who are selling imported mealie-meal as it moves to curb the smuggling of the commodity from neighbouring countries.The exercise, which cam...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:22hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Millers close, offload staff as imports rise
ZIMBABWE'S milling industry has hit turbulent times, amid revelations that some companies have suspended operations after a flood of cheap imported mealie-meal pushed them to the brink, it has been re...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents urge govt to stop borrowing
BULAWAYO residents who attended the parliamentary public hearings on the Public Finance Management Amendment Bill yesterday said government should desist from its spendthrift tendencies and stop borro...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:41hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
2021 Mid-Term Budget Expectations
Zimbabwe's mid-term budget for 2021 is expected to be presented in the beginning of July amid encouraging signs of economic recovery in the last 12 months. The country is undergoing a period of relati...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 20:21hrs | 711 | by Victor Bhoroma
Maize deliveries exceed targets
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) says it has received deliveries of 56 000 tonnes of maize and is anticipating the deliveries to reach 65 000 tonnes by the end of May, an increase from their projected ...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:32hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
'Lands ministry haven for corruption cartels'
A GOVERNMENT investigation, whose preliminary findings have been submitted to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has exposed rampant corruption at the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resett...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:08hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Millers to buy 1m tonnes of maize
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says its members are planning to procure close to one million tonnes of grain from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) this year."We are keen to go...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:02hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Government suspends maize imports
ZIMBABWE will this year save over US$300 million following the move by Government to suspend maize imports on the back of a bumper harvest the country has achieved this year. Due to successive...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:43hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price to go down
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has welcomed Government's position to stop issuing maize and mealie-meal import permits with effect from end of the month, as the country is on course for a m...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:46hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ predicts fall in mealie-meal prices
THE price of mealie-meal is set to go down drastically for the next three months following a bumper harvest among both commercial and subsistence farmers this year.The government is expecting ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 09:42hrs | 284 | by Staff rpeorter
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 | 874 | by Staff Reporter
Privatization plans off rails
In November 2018, the Zimbabwean government set out a privatization plan to dispose completely and partially privatize over 23 state entities and parastatals (SEPs). According to the Auditor General R...Published: 07 May 2021 at 15:41hrs | 1132 | by Victor Bhoroma
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