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RBZ dumps Gono's failed jatropha project
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has finally given up on former Governor Gideon Gono's Jatropha Biodiesel experiment.RBZ governor John Mangudya said in his 2021 Mid-Term Monetary Policy revi...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sells Zimbabwe's gold refinery for only US$49m
TEN gold producers have agreed to buy 60 percent shareholding in Fidelity Printers and Refiners, an arm of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), for US$49 million, Finance and Economic Development Minis...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo caged
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was last night detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare following his arrest on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office over illegal parcelling ou...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
David Chapfika and the Jatropha years, a memoir
David Chapfika came along as a snappy dresser- shiny suits and foreign cologne were the hallmark.As a rookie reporter with New Ziana then, I had the opportunity to mix and mingle with the elit...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:25hrs | 7 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
RBZ to sell Fidelity Printers & Refinery
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has announced its intention to unbundle and dispose of part of its stake in Fidelity Printers and Refiners.According to a statement from RBZ governor John Mangudya, th...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 15:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Herbal medicines now trending
By all pointers, humanity is looking for solutions and panacea to a plethora of health problems, especially noncommunicable ailments and conditions. Unfortunately the search seems a wild goose...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Mnangagwa's govt now printing 800 passports per day
Government has confirmed that the production of passports is improving and now stands at 800 passports per day from the previous 60, boosting chances of clearing a backlog that stands at 300 000....Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 23:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government approves industrial cannabis production
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday approved the production of industrial hemp to be used to source for foreign currency and produce fuel.Briefing the media after yesterday's C...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | | by STaff Reporter
Zim Government lacks consistency on Policy and economic projects
Succession politics is a major stumbling block to the success story and progressive ideas in Zimbabwe. It is not about Mnangagwa, Chamisa or Mugabe, but it is about the future of this country. Governm...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 21:38hrs | 4 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Gono's jatropha project too small to ease fuel crisis, says Mangudya
FORMER RBZ Governor Gideon Gono's $3 million jatropha project's contribution to the country's fuel demands was too insignificant and cannot be considered as a viable solution to current fuel shortages...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:42hrs | | by newzimbabwe
'Ethanol blending saves Zimbabwe millions'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya on Thursday told Parliament that blending of ethanol with fuel has been saving the country millions of dollars.Mangudya had appeared before the ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bio-fuel projects remain redundant
The long fuel queues being experienced across the country coupled with shortages of critical energy needs like electricity indicate mammoth challenges facing Zimbabwe, despite the abundance of alterna...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
56 pupils eat jatropha fruits, hospitalised
FIFTY-SIX Grade Four pupils from Sigombe Primary School in Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb have been hospitalised with one reported to be in a criticial condition at Mpilo Central Hospital after eating po...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:52hrs | | by Satff reporter
Gumbo defends Sakunda boss AKA 'Queen B'
An explosive social media broadcast by a Zanu-PF insider last week sparked debate about an alleged cartel controlling fuel distribution in the country amid allegations of abuse of foreign currency....Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to commence diesel production
Zimbabwe will soon start the production of diesel, leveraging on massive coal bed methane the country is endowed with in line with the ethos of mineral value addition, Post Business has learnt....Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Website makes starting a business in Zimbabwe easy
Concave (http://www.concave.co.zw/) is a service that finds suppliers and service providers for individuals, businesses and other organisations. We built the pl...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 15:38hrs | | by Sibusiso T. Mabhena
Mnangagwa to tour projects in Mutoko
President Mnangagwa will on Saturday visit Mutoko District in Mashonaland East Province where he will tour various projects before meeting with the local community.The President will visit sol...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zvimba Sandton project beneficiaries risk eviction
Hundreds of people settled on a more than 240ha stretch of land in Highdon (Sandton project) under the Zvimba Rural District Council face imminent eviction after the local authority’s lawyers recent...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 09:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
There is need to reconstruct MDC of 1999, says Bajila
Those who signed alliance with Mujuru are the ones who suggested MDC not to challenge Jonathan Moyo in TsholotshoAn MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said he has no doubt that it is the ...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe backyard rocked by land scandal
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's home district is at the centre of a massive land-grabbing and corruption scandal by land barons working with local authorities, gathering a dark cloud over government plans t...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 10:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Girl (4) beaten to death for failing to close goat pen
A plumtree girl, 4, was flogged to death by her father as punishment for failing to close a goat pen at their homestead.According to the Chronicle, Ngoni Tshuma (25) of Dombodema area assa...Published: 28 Sep 2016 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
School poison terror
THIRTY-SEVEN Grade 2 pupils were yesterday rushed to Mpilo Central Hospital after some of them started vomiting, apparently from food poisoning after eating poisonous Jatropha fruits. Sources ...Published: 12 May 2016 at 06:40hrs | | by Bongani Ndlovu
Woman inserts stick in her privates, aborts baby
A WOMAN inserted a Jatropha stick in her privates and drank a herbal mixture to abort a three-month pregnancy, a court heard yesterday.Sihle Tshuma, 24, of Magwegwe North suburb in Bulawayo ap...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 05:25hrs | 3 | by Melody Baya
Robert Mugabe is redundant, leaves a tainted legacy
Much is currently being said of President Mugabe's legacy. What will it look like and can a new generation hold it in high regard as a benchmark for governance?Look at Nelson Mandela as an Afr...Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 09:39hrs | | by MuckRaker
ZAPU Devolution of Power Explained part 3 of 4
ZAPU devolved legislative regions have an abundant wealth of natural resources This is the third instalment of the four part series explaining the ZAPU devolution of power model. ZAPU devo...Published: 06 Sep 2014 at 09:33hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
24 pupils hospitalised after a poison scare
ABOUT 24 pupils from St Joseph Primary School in Beitbridge were yesterday hospitalised after reportedly eating suspected jatropha seeds.Beitbridge district medical officer Lenas Samhere ...Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe police investigate 'murder' of a rat
AN unusually big domesticated rat, almost the size of a full grown cat, caused a stir in Kwekwe when it popped out of its master's car. It was subsequently killed by a man who was part of a crowd t...Published: 22 Mar 2012 at 21:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's bio-diesel plant faces collapse
The Zimbabwe bio-diesel plant is on the verge of turning into a white elephant due to lack of production amid concern that the country is lagging behind in the global drive for green energy.Th...Published: 20 Jul 2011 at 14:39hrs | | by Ziana
Zimbabwe bio-diesel project in trouble
Biofuels have been heavily promoted in the hydrocarbon-poor third world as both a fuel source and a valuable earner of foreign currency.Now however, The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is seeking to ...Published: 16 Jun 2011 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
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