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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: 52 mins ago | 16 | 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 | 3125 | 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 | 414 | 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 | 1895 | 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 | 657 | 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 | 4591 | 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 | 1148 | 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 | 392 | 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 | 322 | 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 | 611 | 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 | 115 | 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 | 842 | 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 | 2092 | 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 | 758 | 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 | 924 | 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 | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Producers speak on cement crisis
National cement demand has surged since the second half of last year, driven by a reported bubble in mortgage and construction activity, amidst mounting supply-side challenges related to foreign curre...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga speaks on Mnangagwa's Cabinet
President Mnangagwa has not delayed the appointing of new ministers as the law requires that those who make it in the new Cabinet should first take oath as Members of Parliament, Acting President Cons...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | 5006 | by Staff reporter
Normal to below-normal rainfall forecast for Sadc
SOUTHERN Africa is expected to receive erratic rainfall in the 2018/19 agricultural season, according to the latest outlook produced by regional climate experts who predict that seasonal rainfall will...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Presidential inputs not an election gimmick, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed reports that the presidential input support scheme was a political gimmick and emphasised his government's commitment to continuously support the agricultura...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa will succeed in reintegrating Zimbabwe'
FITCH Solutions, a leading economic research firm, which is part of reputable global credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, believes President Mnangagwa will make progress in reintegrating Zimbabwe into ...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | 657 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A future finely balanced between democracy and militarisation
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's inauguration as Zimbabwe's second president and commander-in-chief consummated power for the main beneficiary of the November 2017 coup that forced Robert Mugabe's long d...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 08:44hrs | 821 | by David B. Moore, University of Johannesburg
Zanu-PF MP fails to oppose opposition's petition
ZANU PF Chimanimani West MP elect Nokuthula Matsikenyeri has reportedly failed to file her notice of opposition against MDC Alliance candidate Canaan Matiashe, who is challenging the July 30 election ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
GMB blast kills 4 workers
At least four workers were killed, while three others were seriously injured after a massive explosion, whose cause is still unknown, rocked the Grain Marketing Board's Lions Den depot in Mashonaland ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:37hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North targets 127k ha maize crop
Matabeleland North province is targeting to put 127 000 hectares under maize this coming agricultural season despite fears of an El Nino weather conditions forecast raised by the meteorological depart...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 12:40hrs | 638 | by Staff Reporter
Mysterious fire burns more property
IT never rains but pours for the Matope family, which continues to live in perpetual fear and desperation after the mysterious fire burnt three more huts last Friday in Marange.The fire occasi...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:34hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Tugwi-Mukosi: All that glitters is not gold
WHEN the 1,8 billion cubic metre Tugwi-Mukosi Dam, the largest inland water reservoir in the country, was completed in December 2016, many thought the perennial woes of the drought-prone Masvingo prov...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF candidate parcels out CFI land
Listed agro group CFI Holdings Limited (CFI)'s Harare South property has been seized by a Zanu-PF apparatchik who is parcelling out the land illegally at $30 for 300 square metres.CFI Holding ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:10hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wheat production to surge, but imports to continue
ZIMBABWE'S winter wheat production this year is projected to reach over 100 000 metric tonnes (MT) from about 20 000MT in 2017, due to command agriculture-related investments, an official of the Zimba...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:21hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Family flees from mysterious fire
A family from Marange is living in perpetual fear after a mysterious fire torched three huts and reduced all household property to nothing.So strange is the fire, which occasionally resurfaces...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:09hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Govt officials up for theft of command fuel
Three Agriculture, Mechanisation and Rural Resettlement ministry officials, who allegedly diverted fuel coupons worth thousands of dollars meant for command agriculture beneficiaries, yesterday appear...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
$80 fine for thieving security guard
A SECURITY guard based at the Grain Marketing Board depot in Gwanda was arrested for stealing grocery items from his workplace.Thembelani Ncube (21) of Phakama Suburb was convicted on his own ...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:47hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying the MDC Alliance Constitutional petition
As I promised, Zimbabwe here is my critic of the Constitutional petition filed by the MDC Alliance. Everything starts and falls on the founding affidavit. Before going into the substance of his applic...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:14hrs | 10107 | by Lloyd Msipa
Dynamics of the rural vote
Recent developments in the Zimbabwean electoral cycles have once again demonstrated the important role that peasants play in determining the country's future.Zimbabwe has a total of 63 distric...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1133 | by Dumisani Ncube
Zanu-PF activists intimidating, threatening opposition supporters
ZANU-PF activists in Manicaland have allegedly gone on a rampage, intimidating and threatening to repossess land belonging to suspected MDC Alliance supporters in Makoni North constituency as cases of...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
New hotel facility for Harare CBD
Zimbabwe's capital city is set for a major facelift, in view of plans by a yet to be named developer expected to construct a multi-use complex in Harare's central business district (CBD). The ...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 07:11hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
High record of own pens during voting in Kadoma: NGO
A KADOMA-BASED community organisation, Vision Africa Zimbabwe (Vaz), has claimed that the majority of voters in last Monday's general elections marked the ballot papers using their own pens as part of...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:22hrs | 936 | by Staff reporter
Inputs distribution underway
The agricultural inputs distribution programme for this year is in full swing as Government moves to ensure that farmers receive necessary support on time for a successful farming season. ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
'Spooks' in Chamisa anti-rigging experts
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has put together a team of experts in an attempt to forestall any form of rigging that may arise before, during and after the Monday poll.Harare lawyer Thaba...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 13:40hrs | 3739 | by Staff reporter
What happened to Mugabe's land reforms?
Zimbabweans will vote in the country's first presidential election since Robert Mugabe stepped down after more than 30 years in office.In the past few decades, the southern African country has...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 736 | by BBC
Accept poll results, says Chiwenga
CANDIDATES vying for political office in the harmonised elections set for Monday must accept the outcome of the polls as every race has a winner, Acting President Constantino Chiwenga has said....Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
'Presidential input scheme politicised in Murewa South'
Murewa South independent candidate Noah Mangondo has bemoaned the abuse of the Presidential Agricultural Input Scheme by Zanu-PF officials, saying his followers were being denied access to the farming...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:39hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Bull sold for $24,000 at livestock auction
ZIMBABWE's annual premier breeding livestock auction, National Bull Sale, saw the price for the most expensive beast in the bulls category vault 195 percent to $24 000 up from the $8 400 recorded at l...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | 2041 | by Staff reporter
Too poor for periods, Zimbabwe's girls rely on rags
When her monthly period comes, 17-year-old Maria Chaodza dismantles a home-made pillowcase and picks out pieces of its worn stuffing – an old, cloth rug – which she uses in place of the sanitary p...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:42hrs | 335 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa hails Delta Corporation
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday toured Delta Beverages lagers manufacturing plant in Harare, where the company undertook to invest $50 million annually towards expansion and upgrading of its plants acro...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits to land reform errors
Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that the haphazard land reform programme caused a serious dip in farm productivity.Zimbabwe went through a chaotic land redistribution in the early 2000s, which...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 16:44hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa misleads Zimbabweans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is grossly misleading the country regarding food self sufficiency, a leading financial research firm has said.Equity Axis said latest trade data show a spike in ma...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:38hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe says ousted Kwekwe Zanu PF MP was corrupt
THE battle for the heart of Kwekwe Central constituency has been drawn with Zanu PF's Kandros Mugabe, taking on MDC Alliance's Blessing Chebundo, seating MP Masango Matambanadzo (NPF) and Independent ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | 2515 | by Staff Reporter
Strive Masiyiwa bailed Mugabe's govt out
Telecommunications mogul Strive Masiyiwa says he assisted the government to buy grain at a time when the country was facing food shortagesIn conversation with CNBC Africa's Wole Famurewa as a ...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:00hrs | 2637 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: don't play with fire in a village so full of thatched roundavels
Where I come from you don't begrudge a child for darning clay into a mighty 'bull'. That is called creative play, for clay hurts no living being, and does not add one beast more into the kraal. So you...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:33hrs | 379 | by Igomombe
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