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Zimbabwe projects record maize harvest

Zimbabwe is projected to harvest approximately 2.2 million tonnes of maize from the 2024/25 agricultural season, marking the fourth-highest yield in the country's history, the government has announced.The optimistic forecast follows a diff…

Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 07:11hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to get fair harvest, says WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has forecast a favorable harvest for Zimbabwe in the 2024/25 cropping season, bringing much-needed relief to the nation as rainfall patterns show improvement. This positive outlook follows the …

Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:18hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe maize crop assessment shows bumper harvest

Zimbabwe is poised for a major boost to its national food security, with nearly two million tonnes of maize expected to be harvested this season, preliminary data from the ongoing Second Round Crops, Livestock and Fisheries Assessment (CLA…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:41hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter

Disappointing amacimbi harvest to affect prices

Villagers in Bulilima District, Matebeleland South Province, a key hotspot for the harvesting of mopane worms (amacimbi), are facing a disappointing harvest this season, despite receiving good rainfall across the region. The rains, which b…

Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:50hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe achieves record wheat harvest

Zimbabwe has achieved a record-breaking wheat harvest, with deliveries reaching 563,961 tonnes, significantly surpassing last year's 467,000 tonnes. This milestone marks the nation's largest wheat harvest since the inception of commercial …

Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:48hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe wheat harvest tops 560 000 metric tonnes

Zimbabwe has harvested 560,000 metric tonnes of wheat this year, a significant increase from the 468,000 tonnes produced in 2023. This milestone was confirmed by the country's Lands and Agriculture Permanent Secretary, Obert Jiri, at a pre…

Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:11hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe achieves record wheat harvest

Zimbabwe has achieved a record-breaking wheat harvest of over 560,000 tonnes for the 2024 season, surpassing last year's production of 467,905 tonnes. This marks the second consecutive year the country has set a new winter wheat output rec…

Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 09:59hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe targets 3,2 million tonnes cereal harvest

The Zimbabwean government has announced an ambitious plan to increase cereal production to over 3.2 million metric tonnes in the 2024/2025 summer season, aiming to significantly surpass the 744,000 metric tonnes harvested during the previo…

Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:52hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe wheat harvesting intensifies

More than 18,000 tonnes of wheat have been harvested across Zimbabwe as the 2024 winter wheat harvesting season continues in full swing, with an average yield of 5.5 tonnes per hectare. The harvest comes ahead of the anticipated rainy seas…

Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:12hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter

Winter wheat harvesting begins in Zimbabwe

Farmers across the country have begun harvesting early-planted winter wheat, with others preparing to start soon, aiming for a smooth and timely harvest of the valuable crop. To support this effort, the government has secured 310 combine h…

Published: 15 Sep 2024 at 09:56hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter

Harvest House fights intensify

MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is battling to retain the party's Harvest House headquarters in Harare grabbed from the then MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa in June 2020 amid revelations that unpaid workers are frantically working to take…

Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe satellite projects another record wheat harvest

Zimbabwe is set to achieve its highest-ever wheat harvest of over 415,000 tonnes this year, a remarkable 10% increase from the previous record. This projection is based on data collected using Zimbabwe's first satellite, ZimSat-1, which em…

Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe's maize harvest impressive'

Zimbabwe is food secure having already maize stocks that will last for the next 5,5 months with the bulk of the summer harvest still being gathered and delivered while wheat stocks will last until the next harvest as the country continues …

Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe maize harvest to hit three million tonnes?

Zimbabwe is poised to record its largest-ever maize harvest this year, with preliminary assessments indicating that production could hit three million tonnes.The previous record maize haul was 2,95 million tonnes realised in 1984.Sources p…

Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Harvest House builds US$42m auditorium

HARVEST House International church has poured US$42 million into the construction of the biggest conference centre in the country with a capacity to hold 10 500 people in Bulawayo's Selbourne Brooke suburb.The church plans to open the comp…

Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Bumper harvest 'muthi' backfires

FOR some that believe in the law of Karma, evil deeds of the elders are bound to visit their children or close family members.Karma can loosely be translated from Hinduism as good or back luck, viewed as resulting from one's actions.The sa…

Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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 harvest.Preparations for the summer cropp…

Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 9 | by Staff writer

Grains harvest to hit record levels

Zimbabwe is on course for a record traditional grains harvest of 500 000 tonnes this year as the country inches towards attaining food security on the back of the highly successful Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme. The anticipated bumper harves…

Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 04:48hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Joyous Celebration coming to Bulawayo

Its joyous time! In August,  Joyous Celebration (JC), a widely celebrated South African  gospel choir, will treat its fans in Bulawayo for the first time.The renowned choir will be in Zimbabwe's second biggest city  as part …

Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 15:52hrs | 4510 | by Sindiso Moyo

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