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Zesa dedicates 120MW for winter wheat farming
With planting of the 2023 winter wheat already underway in some parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has pledged to provide uninterrupted electricity to farmers to al...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
WestProp mulls REIT after VFEX listing
WestProp Holdings Limited (WHL) chief executive officer Kenneth Sharpe says the firm might create a real estate investment trust (REIT) to raise capital following its listing on the Victoria Fall Stoc...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:51hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Obama of Zimbabwean politics will capitalise on voter apathy
LEADER of Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ), Robert Howard Chapman, is a fascinating man. Sharp and erudite, he has brought an interesting perspective to Zimbabwean politics.He has taken out ...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | 492 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Sanctions on Zimbabwe are through ZIDERA and augmented by OFAC
ZIMBABWE remains under a punitive regime of economic sanctions that have negatively impacted the movement of funds and trading capabilities in the past two decades, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Gove...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:28hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa offers CFU president a Ministerial post?
The Commercial Farmers Union (CFU) president, Andrew Pascoe, is set to be appointed Minister of State, a move which will ensure the smooth flowing of compensation of former farm owners, Business Times...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:29hrs | 3802 | by Staff reporter
Belarus deals help bust Zimbabwe sanctions
A STRING of bilateral agreements that were signed between Zimbabwe and Belarus this week and in 2019, have helped the country bust sanctions not only in the agriculture sector which is on the rebound,...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | 362 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, Lukashenko to visit Victoria Falls today
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart President Aleksandr Lukashenko are expected to visit the tourism city of Victoria Falls this morning as the two countries seek to cement relations ac...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:40hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
100 hectares for Figtree smart city
Bulilima Rural District Council has offered a 100-hectare farm for the development of Figtree into a smart city whose transformation will be anchored on digitisation and adoption of green energy....Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa councillors haunted by shoddy land deals
At least four Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors elected in last week's by-elections could have their joy short-lived following revelations that they face immediate suspension over alleg...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
NSSA, banks in talks over charges
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says it has lined up a cocktail of incentives to improve pensioners' incomes, including removing bank charges.Nssa deputy director for social secu...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mutare applies for city expansion
THE City of Mutare has applied to the central government for land to expand after running out of residential stands.Mutare mayor Blessing Tandi said the city had run out of space for new subur...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'gives up' on sanctions fight
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to have given up on the fight for the removal of West-imposed sanctions and is shifting focus to internal sources of finance for key government projects. T...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
GMB primes for bumper harvest
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) will establish 1 800 mobile buying points countrywide by the end of this month as part of a cocktail of measures to ratchet up preparations for a record-breaking bumper...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 07:43hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe finally restores food self-sufficiency after 2 decades
AFTER almost two decades of grappling with drought induced hunger, among other causes, latest statistics on impending harvest projections released by government indicate the country has broken the pre...Published: 04 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Agribank set to become land bank
Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka has advised farmers to have a good relationship with banks as Government's plan to establish Agribank as a land bank is in o...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to go after 15 land barons
NATIONAL Housing minister Daniel Garwe says the government is working on modalities to rein in at least 15 land barons believed to be in possession of 80 percent of the country's residential space....Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 09:20hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe keen to rejoin Commonwealth
Government will prioritise rejoining the Commonwealth as a launch-pad to unlock international goodwill and sustain re-engagement milestones already realised through resumption of political dialogue wi...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga wants Zimbabwe to stop begging
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga says Zimbabwe must not extend a begging bowl to other countries as it is endowed with enough natural resources to turn around the country's economy.Speaking...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 22:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says 'Youths key to attainment of Vision 2030'
Youths in the agriculture sector were yesterday honoured for their contribution towards the economy, food and nutrition security and employment creation with Vice President Constantino Chiwenga pledgi...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Govt ready to allocate farms to productive youths, says Chiwenga
Vice President Retired General Dr Constantino Chiwenga says government is ready to allocate farming land to youths who have a proven track record in the agricultural sector.Vice president Chiw...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 16:03hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Uproar as Mnangagwa promises to give back land to white farmers
Zimbabweans on social media have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of reversing the gains of Independence promising to give some white farmers land. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncu...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 10:31hrs | 22 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Service delivery has deteriorated to unprecedented levels in Harare
SERVICE delivery has deteriorated to unprecedented levels in Harare with residents going for days without water, while garbage goes for months uncollected. At the centre of the rot is the MDC ...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt backs down on 99-year lease logjam
GOVERNMENT will in the next few months make 99-year leases to resettled black farmers bankable, a top government official has said.Zimbabwe's financial institutions roundly refused to acknowle...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe land a dead asset,' says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe's controversial land reform programme, which left most of its land without collateral value has meant the country is now carrying a dead asset, its Finance and Economic Development Minister M...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:54hrs | 6384 | by Staff reporter
SA finance minister confirms short-term Zimbabwe bail out plan
SOUTH Africa is planning to extend short-term credit to Zimbabwe and also to help it write off its US$7.4-billion external debt, to prevent its neighbour spiralling out of control. Critics say this wi...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:37hrs | | by The Daily Maverick
Farmers bemoan high bank interest rates
FARMERS are saying the interest rates being charged by banks are stifling the growth of the agricultural sector.Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) president Mr Wonder Chabikwa said the ...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:53hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube has started working towards restoring property rights
GOVERNMENT has started working towards restoring property rights to add impetus to attracting Foreign Direct Investment and rebuilding the economy, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pr...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
ZB avails 708 Plumtree housing stands
ZB BANK has availed 708 housing stands in Plumtree Town, which have since been opened up for sale to prospective home seekers in a partnership with the local authority. Speaking in Bulawayo du...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
US dollar losing status as world reserve currency
Economists have predicted that the international financial system in the next decade will have changed significantly as the United States dollar loses its reserve currency status.Aggressive fo...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Demand for residential properties grows
Listed property firm Mashonaland Holdings Limited says it has made progress on the development of two residential projects in Ruwa and Harare during the six months to March 31, 2018, as it taps into t...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
BCC seeking to buy land for residential, industrial and commercial uses
Bulawayo City Council is seeking to buy land from owners, individuals, firms or consortium for residential, industrial and commercial uses.City engineer Simela Dube said the Bulawayo City Coun...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Dabengwa named in new Eskom board
Telkom Chairperson Jabu Mabuza will chair Eskom's board as part of a host of measures announced on Saturday by government, to "stabilise management" at the power utility.Government has also re...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 16:47hrs | 5468 | by Staff reporter
Indecent pictures land bank teller in the dock
A STANBIC Bank teller in Victoria Falls has been arrested after he allegedly sent indecent pictures of himself through WhatsApp to a married woman who had visited the financial institution to with...Published: 08 Dec 2016 at 04:56hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
EU working with Mugabe
After the 2013 elections, the European Union (EU) started relaxing its policies towards President Robert Mugabe's government going to the extent of lifting targeted sanctions on certain institutions a...Published: 23 Oct 2016 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs economic transformation programme: IMF
THE International Monetary Fund has stressed that Zimbabwe should move fast to implement a comprehensive economic transformation programme saying there is no time to waste.The economic transfo...Published: 06 May 2016 at 08:24hrs | | by Business Reporter
Economic welfare to top Mugabe, war vets indaba
ZIMBABWE's veterans of the national armed liberation struggle are scheduled to meet their patron, President Robert Gabriel Mugabe today at a Harare venue.Three obvious important issues are lik...Published: 07 Apr 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe fast-track land reform over,' says Mugabe's ally
The fast-track land reform programme has run its course with the exhaustion of new farms for acquisition amid indications that further allocations can only be done after the envisaged land audit revea...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:38hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
'Land to be made bankable, transferable'
The government last Friday announced that the country is almost running out of land for resettlement purposes but there is hope that some of it will be availed when the land audit is completed. ...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:37hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
RBZ licences NSSA building society
Government has licensed a new building society which is expected to spearhead low-cost housing under the auspices of the National Social Security Authority. Sources say that the Reserve Ba...Published: 17 Sep 2015 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZB Holdings looking for land banks
ZB Holdings is in discussion with various councils throughout the country for land to venture into low-cost housing, an executive has said. Banks are venturing into property development to...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to rope in Chinese in SEZs infrastructure development
The Government says it would like to see Chinese developers becoming heavily involved in the development of infrastructure for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that will be set up across the country....Published: 20 May 2015 at 16:18hrs | | by Tawanda Musarurwa
ZPI targets 40% income from projects
HARARE - There is now limited scope for rent reviews in the sector and ZPI is focusing on growing the contribution of projects to total income, MD Edson Muvingi told an analysts briefing yesterday....Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 13:04hrs | | by Business reporter
New five star hotel for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO City Council has granted the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company the green light to construct a multi-million dollar hotel on a piece of land adjacent to the arena in a move that...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 05:49hrs | 5234 | by Staff reporter
Pearl Properties expects to grow its rental income
The property market has been characterised by limited demand for CBD offices and suburban retail space, despite this Pearl Properties expects to grow its rental income and occupancy levels through imp...Published: 23 Mar 2012 at 13:18hrs | 989 | by Business reporter
Zimre Property Investments posts improved interim results
An improved set of interims from the property concern as the attributable earnings grew a massive 255% to $1.1 million on the back of an increase in average rentals. Revenue for the period jumped 53% ...Published: 09 Sep 2011 at 07:46hrs | | by Business reporter
Bank asks bed-ridden granny to come in person to withdraw $20 Govt stipend
A Manicaland bank is reportedly refusing to let go a $20 Government monthly stipend for bed-ridden Mbuya Ngazvirekwe Tangwena, wife of the late national hero Rekayi Tangwena, insisting that the widow,...Published: 09 Jul 2011 at 09:32hrs | 862 | by Manica post
Zim power mongers, please bury the hatchet and fix the country
The Zimbabwe agricultural sector is emerging from its lowest ebb from a decade long of agrarian reform which left concerned stakeholders in a standoff. The reallocation of land value has not acco...Published: 22 Feb 2011 at 11:02hrs | 736 | by Byo24News
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