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Packaging manufacturers backtrack on decision to sell in forex: Millers
MILLERS have said manufacturers of packaging materials have agreed to reverse their decision to sell their products in foreign currency while also revising downwards prices payable in RTGS.Gra...Published: 7 hrs ago | 431 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should start embracing agrobusiness as priority of turning around the economy
Agriculture have to be in the centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many ou...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:02hrs | 648 | by Enos Denhere
A timeline of how Zimbabwe lost its currency
Today, November 14, marks the 21st anniversary of "Black Friday", the day the Zimbabwe dollar crashed in 1997.We track the Zimdollar's collapse from that fateful November day, and the many des...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 2890 | by newZwire with The Source
Settling land compensation issue vital for Zimbabwe's economy
IN his inaugural address, the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed that land reform was both historically necessary and irreversible.He also made a commitment to compensate...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 293 | by Ian Scoones
Zimbabwe economic pain not being shared
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent confirmation that government will soon buy vehicles for parliamentarians exposes government's insincerity in tackling its ballooning budget deficit.It al...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:51hrs | 3539 | by Staff reporter
Is Zanu PF acting and delivering ???
The victory of ZANU PF is not only to benefit ZANU PF but it benefits the nation. ZANU PF is expected to be coming up with solutions and stop the rot in our economy. The government which was for...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:19hrs | 685 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Solar energy plant not yet a boon for locals
MANAMA, Gwanda South - Three years ago, in 2015, when the 200-panel mini-grid solar energy power plant was established in this remote and hot rural community, 140km south of Gwanda town and about 20km...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:17hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Travellers' rebate unchanged: Zimra
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has emphasised that it will remove the traveller's rebate for people who bring in goods in excess of $200. This comes as the Government indefinitely susp...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:36hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must set a clear development agenda
First and foremost, Zim is poised with toxic politics. We must deal with our politics first before we table economic matters. , it is important to admit that we have a crisis so that whoever comes on ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:27hrs | 506 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa pampers ZCC for voting him into power
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rewarded one of the biggest indigenous churches, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), with a tractor and other agricultural inputs for overwhelmingly voting for him and hi...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's ex-wife looted millions
A whistleblower Prisca Mutema has claimed on microblogging site, Twitter, that Jocelyn Chiwenga who is Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's former wife looted millions from various banks and she has ...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 09:46hrs | 19911 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa claims that 'good times will soon roll'
President Mnangagwa yesterday exhorted Zimbabweans to unite and remain strong in the face of prevailing economic difficulties saying the challenges confronting the country will soon be overcome, pavin...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:20hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa contradicts Mthuli Ncube on farmer subsidies
Government will continue to subsidise farmers to ensure both national food security and sufficient feedstocks for local industries, which get 60 percent of their raw materials from the sector, Preside...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:38hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks $40m to compensate white farmers
THE Lands and Agriculture ministry has submitted a $40 million bid in the 2019 National Budget to compensate white former commercial farmers, with the government promising to pay half of the amount, P...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:53hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa put on his defence
Activist Paddington Japajapa, who is facing charges of insulting Zambian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zelipa Chitambo, after he failed to get a licence to import maize, was put on his defence during trial ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
Woman denied spousal support
A BULAWAYO woman has been denied spousal maintenance but got maintenance for her two children. Mr Linda Nyamandi who wanted $540 in spousal maintenance and the upkeep of her two children got $...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya hails Chamisa
When the opposition shared power with these maggots, life was betterPolitical commentator Pedzisayi Ruhanya has said when the opposition MDC shared power with the ZAnu PF which he described as...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 13:54hrs | 2737 | by Stephen Jakes
Private sector to drive Command Agriculture
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube says government's participation in the special agriculture production programme Command Agriculture will be reduced as initiatives are being put ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:29hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Farm inputs prices skyrocket
The farming inputs such as fertilizer and maize seeds prices have escalated to unbearable levels as the farmers prepare for the farming season this year.The increases come at a time when the c...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 17:01hrs | 2792 | by Stephen Jakes
Army speaks on gold wars
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has appealed to traditional leaders to join hands with authorities to fight escalating gold wars that have claimed a number of lives in Esigodini. Residents ha...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:44hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bakers, retailers haggle over $5 bread
A STORM is brewing between the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) and the National Bakers' Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) after the latter proposed to hike the price of bread from $1,50 to abou...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
No hunger threat yet, says Zimbabwe Govt
DEPUTY Lands and Agriculture minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos has assured the nation that there were no threat of hunger despite wheat and soyabeans shortages as the country had sufficient grain rese...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
The White Man who sent fear down Mugabe's spine
Canadian mining company Falconbridge Inc. had a big problem in Zimbabwe during the Gukurahundi disturbances in the early 1980s.Its operations in war-torn Zimbabwe were in chaos. ZIPRA rebels o...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 09:08hrs | 5523 | by Globe and Mail
'Mnangagwa empowers Zimbabwe'
Zanu PF legislator Alice Ndlovu has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa claiming that he has empowered the country in various ways.Speaking in parliament Ndlovu said Mnangagwa has a wide...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:18hrs | 972 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa capable of steering Zimbabwe's economy from the doldrums
The Zimbabwean economy is anchored on agriculture and mining which brings in the much needed foreign currency in order to revive industries, push production up and improve the people's livelihoods. Th...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 14:54hrs | 1261 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe economy to grow 6.3%
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday said the economy will grow by 6,3 percent this year as signs of recovery continue to show, albeit at a slow pace. Prof Ncube ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:36hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Innscor reports good performance in all business portfolios
INNSCOR Africa Limited posted a $48,6 million profit after tax in the full-year ended June 2018 from $34,4 million in prior period, as all its business portfolios reported good performance.The...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
The stupidity of the Majority - Zimbabwe Post Election 2018
Zimbabwe is fast becoming a nation of idiots who consistently vote for a party that has tormented them throughout the years since independence in 1980. There are various groups of these shallow-minded...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 15:42hrs | 3233 | by Sibusisiwe Tshuma
Gweru privatises Go-Beer farms
GWERU City Council finance director, Edgar Mwedzi yesterday disclosed that the local authority is in the process of registering a private company to oversee the running of Go-Beer Breweries farms as p...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's state of emergency
I CAN recall times when a state of emergency was declared and almost always it was in response to violence or political events.But when conditions reach the point where the very livelihoods of...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 16:35hrs | 1806 | by Eddie Cross
Mugabe's Singapore perks payback time for Mnangagwa
CROSS continental medical errands for the former First Family are not a justifiable cost to the taxpayer.They must be stopped immediately.As I see it, if deposed former President Rober...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 11:30hrs | 3390 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Biti lying about GNU economic fortunes
For some time now there is a narrative that the economic fortunes scored during the tenure of the Inclusive Government was a result of of the "brilliance" or "prudence" of the then Finance Minister Te...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 09:16hrs | 2202 | by Views Matopo
Politics of appeasement would not take us out of the woods at all
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary general Japhet Moyo has warned that politics of appeasement would not take the nation out of the woods at all following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's indic...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 472 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt urged to award tenders to informal traders
GOVERNMENT should give tenders for the production of certain goods to informal traders as a way of supporting them and creating jobs, Harare Informal Traders Council project manager Agnes Magunje said...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:35hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Questions over AMA bills
ANALYSTS have raised concern over public debt sustainability after the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA), a wholly-owned State institution, announced it was issuing commercial bills of up to $75 ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:06hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Acting Zimbabwe President cheats death, twice
ACTING PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday claimed that he cheated death twice when an aircraft in which he was a passenger failed to negotiate a stormy weather on his way to Beitbridge.Mohadi di...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:29hrs | 3443 | by Staff reporter
Minister pledges to link industry, colleges
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has pledged to facilitate strong partnership between industry and higher learning institutions in developing innovative packages that will a...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
'US dollar to anchor Zimbabwe economic recovery'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reassured the nation that the United States dollar will remain the bedrock of Government plans for accelerated reforms to address the multiplicity of challenges besetting the e...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Man kills domestic worker's family
A Buhera man ran amok on Sunday and fatally shot his domestic worker's wife and two children aged four and one, over maize, rapoko and groundnuts that were stolen from his home. The incident o...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
Man guns down 3 family members
Tragedy struck when three Mandigo family members were allegedly shot to death by one, Takadu Magwiro following a dispute over allegations of stolen maize, rapoko and groundnuts in Buhera.The g...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 19:13hrs | 4617 | by Staff reporter
Coffin dumped at homestead
A CHITAKATIRA man who allegedly obstructed the course of justice by aiding a fugitive to escape is regretting his actions after the suspect returned to haunt him by dumping a coffin containing a myste...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:02hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa to appear in court for insulting Zambian ambassador
MDC Alliance activist Paddington Japajapa has been summoned to appear in court to face charges of insulting Zambian ambassador to Zimbabwe, Zelipa Chitambo after he failed secure a maize import licenc...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri rules out bread shortage
Government has ruled out the possibility of bread shortage in the country as mechanisms have been put in place to import wheat in the short-term. Further, Government wants to boost wheat cropp...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's words inspire farmer
KHULUMAUSENZA is a name of a village in Mapulubusi area in Tsholotsho district in the sprawling Matabeleland North Province.The name of the village is Ndebele, and in English it literally mean...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:37hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
State led contract farming in maize production and farmers' lived experiences
The dynamics of contract farming are different between food crops and cash crops with experiences, perceptions and outlook between these schemes entirely different. The government of Zimbabwe ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 159 | by Stephen Jakes
Shurugwi road accident claims 4
Four people died on the spot when a maize-laden T35 truck they were travelling in overturned at Boterekwa in Shurugwi on Thursday night.The truck, which was carrying bags of maize, was reporte...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 862 | by Staff Reporter
The day every Zimbabwean became a lawyer
Winners are takers, how can losers determine the pace of the game. If indeed the spaghetti boy on a bullet train is not the Emperor today, how can he lay claim to the crown? One has to be in i...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 20:29hrs | 2100 | by Tondorindo Murisa
Elderly woman burnt by veld fires
A 64-YEAR-OLD Chikomba woman is battling for life at Chivhu General Hospital after she was recently burnt by a veld fire.The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) in Mashonaland East province ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Impending drought: Farmers should plan carefully
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) report released on 28 August 2018 showed that from October to December (OND) 2018 and January to March (JMF) 2019 periods will be characterised by "normal ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 11:36hrs | 947 | by Elijah Chihota
'Mnangagwa's Cabinet shouldn't exceed 18 ministers'
ECONOMIST Gift Mugano said President Emmerson Mnangagwa can only turn around the economy if he has a lean and robust Cabinet of not more that 18 ministers, mostly technocrats.This came as MPs ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:40hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
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