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Fears of imminent maize meal price increases
1. Fears of imminent maize meal price increases have been extensively speculated in both the main stream and social media. This has, to a large extent, Fueled panic buying with some unscrupulous retai...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1069 | by GMAZ
KFC spreads US$150m wings in Zimbabwe
South African giant Chicken Bird Holdings (CBH), the owners of fast-food Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise in the country, have committed to invest US$150 million in Zimbabwe's agricultural secto...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 769 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Mnangagwa's only commuter train is cheap and reliable
CHUGGING through townships, maize fields and scrubland as the sun rises, Zimbabwe's only commuter train is cheap and reliable - two qualities that its passengers cherish in a downwards-spiralling econ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 5971 | by AFP
Zimbabwe farmer mistakes man for pig, shoots him
A 46-YEAR-OLD Shurugwi man was last Thursday shot dead after he was reportedly mistaken for a warthog by a farm owner.Midlands police spokesperson Inspector Joel Goko confirmed the death of Go...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:57hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2202 | by IRIN
'Zimbabwe is food secure'
GOVERNMENT still insists that Zimbabwe will be food secure this year, despite signs of drought already showing due to erratic rainfall patterns throughout the country.Labour and Social Welfare...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa won says court
THE Electoral Court has confirmed Dr Philip Chiyangwa as the legitimate legislator for Zvimba South, putting to rest rigging allegations by the losing MDC-Alliance candidate. Justice Joseph Mu...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:00hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic revival: none but ourselves
"Government must create jobs for us, we want our hospitals to be top notch medical facilities, we want to eat what we want anytime, there is no bread on the shelves, all our roads should be tarred, ha...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:25hrs | 937 | by Elijah Chihota
The untold tale of Chiredzi's 'Muti Wenhamo'
AARON Tonderai trudges along the dusty road in the sweltering heat of the south eastern sun in the sugar-growing town of Masvingo province, trying to reach a nearby shopping centre before exhausting h...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 2145 | by Staff reporter
Teachers press on with strike as talks with government fail
Teachers will go ahead with a national strike from Tuesday after last-ditch negotiations with the government failed, unions said, risking more unrest after violent protests last month.The main...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 21:51hrs | 713 | by Reuters
2 MDC Alliance councillors up for theft
TWO MDC Alliance councillors appeared before a Bindura magistrate on Friday last week facing allegations of stealing 90 bags of drought relief maize valued at $1 755.Oliver Mukombwe (39)of war...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:08hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
The death of Zimbabwean economic giants
The market landscape of any country is shaped by a few companies that underpin socio-economic activities of that particular nation. These companies are mirrored on the competitive advantages that the ...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:16hrs | 805 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe banks plunge deeper into forex crisis
A vendor counts money at a vegetable street market in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Venezuela's imports from its six biggest trading partners including Brazil, the U.S., China, Arge...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:06hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's military crackdown a reincarnation of Gukurahundi
We, the deeply concerned, patriots of Zimbabwe living here in the United States, are here because we have a problem, a problem of State-sponsored terror and atrocities ordered and sanctioned by someon...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:51hrs | 275 | by Pearl Matibe
Maize meal price to go up
The price of maize meal is set to go up after the rise in the cost of fuel by over 150 percent, with grain millers saying transport costs for outside deliveries and raw materials have shot up by over ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 4420 | by Staff reporter
Trade deficit widens
ZIMBABWE recorded a trade deficit of $2,3 billion in the period between February and December 2018, latest trade data has shown.Figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zim...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:39hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Snacks maker turns to local materials
SNACKS manufacturer Davipel Holdings says it has reduced its foreign currency requirements by using locally available raw materials.Davipel has been importing most of its raw materials, which ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:41hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Rape, brutality as soldiers crash protests
THE violent clampdown on protesters by soldiers and the police has left deep scars and trauma on children and women who were beaten up, raped or were forced to watch as their husbands, fathers or brot...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:12hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Drought looms in Beitbridge
A drought is looming in Beitbridge District where crops have started wilting due to moisture stress while others have been destroyed by the fall army worm. It is also understood that the district has ...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:06hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Plough looter jailed for five years
A BULAWAYO man whose video went viral on social media after he was caught pushing a plough stolen from a shop at Entumbane Shopping Complex during violent protests has been sentenced to five years in ...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 17:02hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Prominent businessman arrested for violence, looting
A PROMINENT Gokwe businessman is among 18 suspects of public violence, who allegedly looted maize, food and groceries at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and Choppies Supermarket in the Midlands town last ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1416 | by Staff reporter
Scores of women raped in police, army crackdown
SCORES of women from Harare's Hopley area alleged they were raped by soldiers during the ongoing crackdown against opposition activists linked to last week's protests against fuel price hikes which tu...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:09hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Private media now working against the government of Zimbabwe
The recent shutdown which was called for by Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and its partners has put the private media into overdrive of painting a gloomy picture of Zimbabwe locally, regiona...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 10:52hrs | 1661 | by Chrispen Chebundo
Mealie meal shortage looms
GOVERNMENT has said there is no need for panic buying as there is enough mealie meal in Bulawayo following last week's looting spree, mainly in the western suburbs. Violent protesters unleashe...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Gory tales of beatings, torture, anguish and military brutality
At the foot of a mountain lies a plot reportedly owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Kuwadzana Phase 3. The mountain has come to be called by the locals as "Gomo raMnangagwa" loosely translated t...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:41hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Fuel deliveries resume
FUEL deliveries at service stations have resumed after being temporarily halted for about a week owing to the violent protests that rocked the country, a Cabinet Minister has said.In a telepho...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:17hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe protests: A tale of misery, sorrow
ERUPTING like a volcano that had lain dormant for several decades, the masses in Zimbabwe this week vented their anger on any object they came across - burning tyres, as well as barricading roads - th...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 707 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Belarus deal to make Zimbabwe transport logistics hub
President Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko yesterday sealed eight agreements, and also advanced a grand infrastructure scheme that could make Zimbabwe a regional transport...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:43hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Farmers urged to adapt to new technology
FARMERS have been urged to acquire adequate farming skills and knowledge that are relevant in order to increase productivity and the quality of their output so as to compete in export markets....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:54hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga slams use of social media to cause panic buying
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has castigated abuse of social media to cause panic buying of fuel and other basic commodities. Officiating at the launch of the second phase of the centr...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | 457 | by Staff reporter
Cop, soldiers 'kill' maize seed 'thief'
A PLUMTREE-based cop allegedly ganged up with two soldiers attached to the 5.3 Infantry Battalion in Kwekwe and fatally assaulted a villager suspected of stealing bags of beans and maize seed from his...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:47hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
Les Propheties: A peep into the year ahead
FRENCH apothecary and astrologer Michel de Nostredame, commonly referred to as Nostradamus, is best known for his book Les Propheties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains claiming to predict future e...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:06hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains predicted for next 24 hours
The country is expected to receive heavy rains in excess of 50 millimetres in the next 24 hours characterised by thunderstorms in some areas, the Meteorological Services Department has forecast. ...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 19:09hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
A review of Zimbabwe's trade performance in 2018
ZIMBABWE's exports have been on a steady growth path throughout the year but imports rose at a much even faster pace. In this piece, NewsDay's Mthandazo Nyoni looks at how the country has fared in the...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:14hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prepares for hard 2019
Business leaders and analysts have warned that the country's deepening economic rot will continue to ravage long-suffering Zimbabweans in 2019 - amid dire predictions that the first quarter of the new...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:34hrs | 309 | by Shamiso Dzingire and Tendayi Madhomu
The difference between Rhodesians and Zimbabweans is on the love for their country
It is quite a shame that we want to come out with many theories on what is wrong with Zimbabwe and why Rhodesians managed the economy.Rhodesians where shroud economists and had the country at ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 09:09hrs | 2118 | by Henry Madiro
US agency warns of imminent drought in Zimbabwe
The United States Agency for International Development has warned of an imminent drought in Zimbabwe, following delays in rainfall being experienced in the 2018/2019 season.A food security rep...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 18:31hrs | 2017 | by Staff Reporter
Christmas Eve Murder!... Neighbourhood watch members beat man to death
A 23-year-old man from Cowdray Park was on Christmas Eve found dead after he was allegedly attacked by an angry mob including a prison officer and members of the neighbourhood watch committee. ...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | 8425 | by Staff Reporter
Red Cross reaches out to hungry Binga villagers
The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS), with support from the Danish Red Cross, British Red Cross and Finnish Red Cross, is rolling out a $530 000 cash transfer programme to assist disadvantaged villag...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 09:25hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Delta Corporation to acquire SA's United National Breweries
Delta Corporation is set to acquire United National Breweries, the leading South African traditional beer company, which manufactures brands such as Chibuku, Leopard, Ijuba, Tlokwe and Joburg beer bra...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 19:47hrs | 3180 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland South to lead in agriculture revolution and devolution
MATABELELAND South is set to lead in the country's agricultural revolution emphasising on value addition as the nation implements devolution of power whose thrust seeks to bridge the development gap b...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 895 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe faces prospect of a drought'
ZIMBABWE'S crop and livestock production will be negatively affected by delays in rainfall being experienced in the 2018/19 season, a food security report by the United States Agency for International...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance losing Cllr jailed
MDC Alliance's losing council candidate for Ward 7 in the July 30 elections, Felix Mashavele has been convicted of malicious damage to property and jailed for nine months.Magistrate Honest Musiiwa...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 12:15hrs | 2896 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF will rule!' says illegitimate ED - UDI echo, stakes are much higher
"I don't believe in black majority rule ever in Rhodesia - not in a thousand years!" This is the now infamous quote of the rebel Ian Douglas Smith after declaring the Unilateral Declaration of Indepen...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:41hrs | 974 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe grain surplus can last 9 months
ZIMBABWE has a surplus of grain that can last for nine months, the Secretary for Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement, Mr Ringson Chitsiko, has said. He was briefing the P...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:45hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Elephants wreak havoc
FARMERS in the Chibuwe/Musikavanhu irrigation scheme have appealed to Government for assistance in controlling elephants that are destroying their summer crop. The elephants are straying from ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:36hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Chief Makoni's wife faces $57,000 fraud charge
A WARRANT of arrest has been issued against Chief Makoni's wife, Redempter Gwasira after she absconded court in a case in which she is facing allegations of stealing farming inputs worth $57 600 from ...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:02hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
UK based Zimbos traumatised by uncharitable relatives
EACH end of year, people in the UK take the little savings they have made to buy presents and gifts for the family back home.Business for the shipping agents booms during Christmas. Chri...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 09:48hrs | 2999 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zanu-PF conference to gobble millions
THE Zanu-PF national people's conference scheduled for December 10 to 15 at Umzingwane High School in Esigodini, Matabeleland South is projected to gobble over$1 million, with provinces expected t...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 06:00hrs | 889 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance mayor in court for stealing maize
Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo and three other MDC-Alliance councillors on Monday appeared at Bindura magistrate court facing allegations of stealing 100 by 50 kilogrammes of drought relief mai...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 20:44hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
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