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Corporate Governance and State Entities Decay in Zimbabwe
The unfolding corporate governance scandal at Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) provides a hint of how the country's State Entities and Parastatals (SEPs) have been run down over the years....Published: 9 hrs ago | 605 | by Victor Bhoroma
Protect the rural poor from unscrupulous businesses
The pricing system by some traders seem well calculated and calibrated to circumvent SI 185 that compels using forex auction rate. To avoid being on a collision course with the law, shop owner...Published: 13 hrs ago | 365 | by Thomas Tondo
Mnangagwa's controversial baker reported to ZACC for stealing Bulawayo maize
Controversial Midlands miller Douglas Kwande has again invited limelight after Bulawayo whistleblowers wrote a letter to Zimbabwe Anti Corruption Commission complaining that he has been fraudulently b...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 15:37hrs | 8892 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu PF government's conduct is smuggling 'outrage porn' into the public sphere.
As the Covidgate scandal remain unresolved, can it be fair to attack journalists and the media for spreading "panic porn" as is being peddled by Emerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF?Are we in the...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 07:58hrs | 569 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
Bread flour price to go up 34%
THE price of flour is this week likely to go up by over 30% following the skyrocketing foreign currency auction-rate which is now chasing the parallel market. The government, through the centr...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:09hrs | 847 | by newzimbabwe
Unfair mealie-meal distribution irks residents
HARARE residents have complained over unfair distribution of subsidised roller meal which they claimed favoured uniformed forces and government officials.The residents made the claims to Harar...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Give us our daily bread: Giving thanks
Today I woke up thinking of a certain event that touched my heart a few years ago. This is a true story, and I believe the person concerned would find no qualms in me sharing the story. This is a stor...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 11:30hrs | 458 | by Robert Sigauke, fellow servant in the Lord, Johannesburg
Shop owners and millers worried over 31 July mass protests
January 2019 demonstrations resulted in USD 28 million losses which are yet to be fully paid for by retailers and industry players, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers and Grain Millers Asso...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 15:53hrs | 1145 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Saved from the bad boys by bad boys
On Thursday 23 July prominent lawyer Alex Magaisa had an expose on the farm mechanisation scandal of 2007 of farm equipment that was meant to benefit the then newly resettled farmers in the government...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:04hrs | 1414 | by Sandra Bvungidzire
Zimbabwe army ready to deal with 31 July protesters?
PROVINCIAL AFFAIRS Minister for Mashonaland West, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka says Zimbabweans who ignored warnings not to take part in anti-government protests planned for July 31 risked the wrath of securit...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 16:32hrs | 7214 | by Staff reporter
'31 July mass protest organisers to be personally liable for any damage to property'
Members of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) have raised concern over the much hyped 31 July mass demonstrations registering fears of loss of property which will have adverse effe...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 11:55hrs | 3446 | by Mandla Ndlovu
America wants Biti, Sikhala to remove Chamisa?
Ever wondered why Nelson Chamisa chose to hand over reigns to the insipid WELSHMAN NCUBE as he grieved over loss of his dear mother? Or why the WELSH man got mired in TRUST FUNDS controversy soon afte...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 10:30hrs | 14529 | by George Charamba
Bulawayo residents resist renaming of streets after Mnangagwa
BULAWAYO residents have objected to the renaming of city streets after President Emmerson Mnangagwa, court papers filed at the High Court have revealed.Local Government minister July Moyo rece...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:37hrs | 4156 | by Staff reporter
Mobocracy, 'dofocracy' and the myth of new dispensation
"WE spoke and acted as if, given the opportunity, we would quickly create utopias. Instead injustice, even tyranny is rampant." Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.Dofocracy/DomocracyIn Shona a dofo is...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1396 | by Brian T Kagoro
Gono defends 'RBZ looting' on TV debate
THE farm mechanisation programme spearheaded by the Government between 2007 and 2008 was not corrupt but legal with the costs taken care of by the State through the central bank's internal operations,...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1940 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to blame for corruption
SOME people are lucky. They invaded farms and seized all equipment, cattle, crops (tobacco, citrus fruits, maize and macadamia nuts) because they are Zanu-PF members.The ran everything down an...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:20hrs | 577 | by Chenje Zangu
Welshman Ncube, Khupe also benefitted from RBZ looting programme
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: THE 2007/8 Farm Mechanisation Programme was above board: Taxpayers not saddled with the Bill.First of all, I must express my prima-facie disappointment with my bro...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:24hrs | 7384 | by Dr Gideon Gono
Gono slams Magaisa for ignorance
The Farm Mechanisation Programme of 2007 was above board, was funded from Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe funds with beneficiaries never expected to repay the sums, and taxpayers were not saddled with the bi...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 08:20hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Key aspects sinking the Zimbabwean Dollar
The Zimbabwean economy is rapidly re-dollarizing, less than 12 months after the government banned the trading of multiple currencies through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 and introduced a local cur...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 3290 | by Victor Bhoroma
Millers mull roller meal price hike
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara has announced plans to increase the price of subsidised roller-meal to between US$2,50 and US$3 to cushion millers from infla...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2501 | by Staff reporter
It is time for Mthuli Ncube to go
Finance minister of Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube, PhD (cantab), has become the poster child of everything that is wrong with the management of affairs in Zimbabwe. He must go. Then and only then, will Zimba...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 5191 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Millers table US$ price for subsidised mealie-meal
GRAIN millers have tabled a proposal to increase the price of subsidised roller meal from $70 to between US$2,50 and US$3,50 per 10 kilogramme to cushion themselves from operational challenges....Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:36hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Bread price reduced to $66
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe National Chairman Tafadwa Musarara has announced that the price of a standard loaf of bread will be reduced from ZWL79 to ZWL66. Musarara said the pos...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 13:47hrs | 5213 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FAO doubts Zimbabwe's cereal import capacity
ZIMBABWE'S cereal import requirements for the 2020/21 year are estimated at about 1,1 million tonnes amid concern over the country's capacity to access offshore supplies at a time it is battling worse...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri dossier exposes govt rot
EXILED former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly used their spouses as conduits to grab lucrative te...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 4409 | by Staff reporter
Hunger hits Zanu-PF stronghold
Hungry Buhera villagers are emptying their cattle pens as they are being forced to exchange their cattle for grain.This was said by several Zanu-PF councillors who spoke to The Mirror in inter...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:22hrs | 3989 | by Staff reporter
Blitz on traders refusing bond notes
Police have arrested seven traders who rejected bond notes and coins, which remain legal tender, and are ready to arrest anyone else reported for rejecting this legal cash. The blitz comes aft...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Of ugly vultures and bad wolves in good sheep's clothing
I shall begin with our own fathers and ancestors, it is both just and proper that they should have the honor of mention, for handing free to us this country, augmented by valiant valor, their blood an...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 00:25hrs | 1549 | by Evangelist Sendekai W.T
Roller meal price set to skyrocket
Government will soon phase out the roller meal subsidy and replace it with a cash transfer programme for vulnerable persons, legislators have heard. Finance and Economic Development Deputy Min...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:51hrs | 2693 | by Staff reporter
Millers to withhold products from shops rejecting bond notes
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) yesterday threatened to stop supplying their products to wholesalers and shops refusing bond notes and coins, which are still legal tender.Memb...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:51hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch tractor facility
President Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to launch the John Deere agricultural equipment supply facility that is part of Government's mechanisation development programme, said Information, Publicity a...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:04hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Thieves blame Covid-19 lockdown
FOUR Hwange men have been charged with theft after they broke into Hwange Colliery Company's coke plant and stole more than one tonne of nut coke worth close to $20 000. Nut coke is low ash me...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:53hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fails to pay for subsidised mealie-meal
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe says that millers are struggling to stay afloat due to government’s failure to meet its subsidy obligations. GMAZ also said the lack of transparency...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
GMB blames millers for roller meal shortage
The Grain Marketing Board has blamed millers for the shortage of subsidised roller meal in shops. The mealie-meal which is selling for $70 in shops, has not been available for close to six wee...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Same frog now in lipstick
IN more ways than one, courting love is similar to stalking prey.Although motivated by different designs, courting and stalking essentially entail stealthily winning an advantage in order ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:05hrs | 247 | by Bishop Lazi
Noncommunicable diseases are not relenting
The world is under siege from diseases and illnesses that are tormenting humanity left, right and centre. Hypertension and diabetes are leading the pack in the onslaught on God's people. Despi...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:03hrs | 479 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Social grants beneficiaries unreachable, claims govt
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare secretary Clemence Masanga yesterday said his ministry was facing difficulties in identifying vulnerable people to benefit from government social grants....Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:06hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
9 000 Zimbabweans return home from 48 countries
OVER 9 000 Zimbabweans have returned home from 48 countries following the outbreak of Covid-19. The figure includes 241 who arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport from the Unit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:34hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP showers praise on Zanu-PF minister
MDC Alliance legislator for Mutasa Central, Trevor Saruwaka has accused some government officials of being 'captured' after they tried to block him from accessing 15 tonnes of rice on behalf of vulner...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:10hrs | 6644 | by newzimbabwe
Millers red-flag truckers' conduct
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has expressed concern over alleged violation of Covid-19 regulations by truck drivers as they bring grain into the country from South Africa. A...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Malinga calls for urgent food aid in Matabeleland North
A national food security watchdog has called for an urgent food aid intervention in the drought stricken Matabeleland North Province. Addressing journalist in Bulawayo on Friday, Eye on Food S...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:37hrs | 530 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Roller meal subsidy raised
To keep the retail price of roller meal at $70 for a 10kg bag, Government has raised the subsidy to $216,15 from the original $73,90 which will cushion millers against rising costs. Industry a...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt blames poor roads for failure to feed villagers
GOVERNMENT has blamed poor road network for failure to feed hungry villagers in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, amid reports that the majority of people in the district were starving.Human...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
47 truck drivers arrested
At least 47 drivers have been arrested for ferrying passengers in violation of Covid-19 lockdown regulations, with grain millers warning drivers that they face a mandatory 21-day quarantine. T...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge man killed in row over drought relief grain
TWO men from Beitbridge allegedly fatally stabbed their neighbour following a dispute during a drought relief grain distribution programme. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson Ch...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:39hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns economic saboteurs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday vowed to take the war to the country's "political detractors, elite opportunists and malcontents" who are pushing a nefarious agenda to cause regime change as th...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF declares war
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday vowed to take the war to the country's "political detractors, elite opportunists and malcontents" who are pushing a nefarious agenda of regime change. The Preside...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:35hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF's Davies Muhambi turns against Mnangagwa?
ZANU PF official and chairman of the Small to Medium Millers Association, has turned against the current set of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government implemented subsidy program....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:25hrs | 3965 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt sued for cancelled maize deal
A company that was set to supply the country with maize worth US$19m has filed a High Court application challenging the Government's decision to cancel the deal. In the application, in which t...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grain deficit seen widening to 1.17 million tonnes
Zimbabwe's grain deficit is expected to widen to 1.17 million tonnes this year despite a small increase in production, the latest official crop report showed on Saturday, leaving the majority of the p...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:36hrs | 473 | by Reuters
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