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Retail shops reject local currency
Reports from Habakkuk Trust Community Advocacy Action Teams in Matabeleland Province indicate that a significant number of shops are refusing to transact in local currency.The trust in a repor...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 08:24hrs | 3972 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's government has dismally failed
Zimbabwe will rise. This regime's days on earth are numbered. For the past 40 years the regime has proved that its a definition of failure.The young and progressive people shall take over and ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 12:41hrs | 1111 | by Leonard Koni
Kombis use fake Zupco stickers
SOME commuter omnibuses have been operating using fake Zupco stickers to illegally transport passengers in the Midlands province but law enforcement agents have curtailed the challenge. Only Z...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates masks, food to Mat South women's league
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has donated masks and food to the Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Province Women's League. Speaking during a distribution of the items at the Zanu-PF party offices in Gwanda on ...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:58hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
GMB blames millers for roller meal shortage
The Grain Marketing Board has blamed millers for the shortage of subsidised roller meal in shops. The mealie-meal which is selling for $70 in shops, has not been available for close to six wee...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Wicked man jailed for murder
"YOU are a very wicked man." Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Maxwell Takuva on Monday told an Inyathi man before sentencing him to 25 years in jail for fatally stabbing a village head four times wit...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:40hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Another council crook rents 3 hectares plot for US$2 per month for 25 years
Another Bulawayo City Council crook has torched a storm after the local authority offered him to rent a 3 hectare council plot for a paltry $165 (US$2) per month.The advertisement dated June 1...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:42hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
'Crooked' Mayor to rent 2.5 hectare council land for US$2 per month for 25 years
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mdala Mguni has torched a storm after the local authority offered him to rent a 2,5 hectare council plot for a paltry $165 (US$2) per month.The advertisement dated May 2...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 596 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF's Davies Muhambi turns against Mnangagwa?
ZANU PF official and chairman of the Small to Medium Millers Association, has turned against the current set of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government implemented subsidy program....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 16:25hrs | 3953 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Children of war vets urged to safeguard Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF's future is in the hands of the youths and children of war veterans must safeguard the interests of the revolutionary party by playing a key role in society as they are the future leaders, a y...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:12hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Buhera South to receive free face masks
ZANU PF House of Assembly member for Buhera South, Cde Joseph Chinotimba has embarked on a sewing programme that will see all his constituents receiving free face masks.Speaking to Harare Post...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 22:54hrs | 1032 | by John Sigauke
Labour cranks pressure on USD salaries
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) wants the government to come up with a clear economic reform strategy culminating in the redollarisation of the economy as the weakening local currency tak...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:56hrs | 2094 | by Staff reporter
NGO donates to widows of war veterans
A Bulawayo non governmental organisation, Smile for Africa, donated mealie meal to widows of war veterans as part of its initiative to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on vulnerable membe...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:52hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's Davis Muhambi throws ZANU PF into turmoil?
Some members of ZANU PF Bulawayo province are said to be disgruntled and unamused by the seemingly promotion and tolerance of individuals whom they deem as hostile to the leadership of Pre...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 12:57hrs | 7766 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Family appeals for food aid due to starvation during lockdown
A family in Bulawayo is appealing for food donations and financial assistance after they have spent weeks without eating since the lock down started March.Ozias Ngwenya (33) of 16637, Cowdray ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 908 | by Stephen Jakes
Mealie-meal price to remain unchanged
GOVERNMENT has increased the subsidy paid to millers to ensure that the price of mealie-meal remains unchanged in the face of increases in the prices of basic commodities, a development that is expect...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:03hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda disappointed by the living standards of health workers in Gokwe central
The deputy minister of Defense who is the member of Parliament for Gokwe Central comrade Victor Matemadanda distributed essential commodities to people in his constituency. Speaking on the occ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1109 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mthuli Ncube to unveil price stabilisation measures
GOVERNMENT will soon announce measures to stabilise prices of basic commodities while arresting inflation as consumers' buying power continues to drop. While prices of basic commodities are constantly...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Vendors living with Disabilities face the brunt of COVID-19
Vendors and informal traders living with disabilities in Bulawayo are among the worst affected by the national lockdown, as many of them have been left unemployed with no stable income to feed themsel...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 127 | by Stephen Jakes
Parliament must prioritise food security
Eye on Food Security Zimbabwe has followed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and its proceedings with keen interest. Hon. Joanna Mamombe is a member of this Committee. We du...Published: 22 May 2020 at 18:28hrs | 634 | by Busani Malinga
1 000 get food handouts in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister, Judith Ncube has reiterated Government's commitment to feed the nation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing about 1 000 people who received mealie mea...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF distributes food hampers in Manicaland
Zanu-PF has handed over food hampers worth more than $150 000 mobilised by the Muduvuri Rehabilitation and Empowerment Foundation (MREF) to people with disabilities in Manicaland. MREF mobilis...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 18:44hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Grain Millers defend Masimba Dzomba
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has defended its Deputy National Chairperson Masimba Dzomba. over an accusation that his Blue-Ram Company was prejudicing consumers by selling substandard product...Published: 14 May 2020 at 13:00hrs | 734 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:14hrs | 332 | by Peter Gambara
Johane Masowe Apostolic sect donates to Bosso
BULAWAYO soccer giants Highlanders are the first recipients of mealie and rice sourced by city Mayor Solomon Mguni to assist sports persons whose income has been affected by Covid-19. Apostolic sect, ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
National Disability Dialogue donates to disabled people in Harare
Councillor Gift Mabhaudhi and Daniel Franco aka Murungu pa Zimbabwe donated groceries to persons with disabilities in Harare.Mabhaudhi, who is chairman of the National Disability Dialogue, sou...Published: 11 May 2020 at 17:18hrs | 231 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Maize meal price won't change until monthend'
THE country's national maize reserves have dropped sharply and authorities have to ramp up imports to save citizens from starvation, Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo now has 5 ventilators
BULAWAYO now has five ventilators; three portable ones at Ekusileni Medical Centre and two to be mounted at Thorngrove Infectious Diseases Hospital to be used by Covid-19 patients. Ventilators...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:30hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal price politics exposed
The government of the Republic of Zimbabwe sat and instituted a price agreement with manufacturers of 6 basic commodities. This agreement was meant to ensure that the price of 6 basic commodities rema...Published: 06 May 2020 at 15:39hrs | 2481 | by Nicholas Ncube
'Subsidised mealie-meal not reaching remote areas'
BULAWAYO residents and villagers in parts of Matabeleland South, who have not benefitted from the subsidised roller meal are facing starvation.In urban areas, the government, working with Grai...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:58hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Price controls, a clear path to market shortages
The Zimbabwean government passed a price moratorium (prize freeze) on the 22nd of April 2020. The moratorium compels retailers and producers to revert back to the prices that prevailed on the 25th of ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 893 | by Victor Bhoroma
UK based artist donates mealie meal to Bulawayo artists
National Arts Council of Zimbabwe Director Nicholas Moyo says the Council has received 66, 10kg bags of mealie meal sourced by a United Kingdom-based Bulawayo daughter Sisa Mnkandla to assist artists ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 13:38hrs | 1175 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Limited subsidised mealie meal cause for concern: MP
MDC legislator for Bulawayo East Ilos Nyoni has said the problem of limited subsidised mealie meal is still persisting through the country."Despite the covid19 pandemic people ignore the...Published: 03 May 2020 at 15:30hrs | 721 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mealie-meal distribution non-partisan'
ZANU-PF Bulawayo Area 5 District Co-ordinating Committee chairperson Mnothisi Nsingo has said politicians should refrain from hijacking the maize-meal distribution system being spearheaded by Governme...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:08hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Retailers are corrupt, says Ncube
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube yesterday accused some retailers tasked with handling the government subsidised food of being corrupt.Ncube made the remarks yesterday when th...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Small millers stop politics...people want mealie meal!
Goal 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals speaks to the need to End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture. Goal 2 seeks sustainable solutions to en...Published: 01 May 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1119 | by Mxiolisi Mathonsi
The lost industrial glory of the city of Bulawayo
AFRICAN nationalism demands that the history of British colonialism must be condemned at every opportunity and I must be counted among those who lose no opportunity to condemn this phenomenal episode ...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 873 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Nyandoro gives Mzilikazi residents free mealie meal
MORE than 300 needy households from Mzilikazi suburb in Bulawayo will this week get free mealie meal and other grocery items courtesy of football legend Esrom Nyandoro who hails from the suburb....Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 13:21hrs | 1802 | by Staff reporter
Door-to-door mealie meal deliveries for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents will soon access subsidised mealie meal from the comfort of their homes as Government steps up efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19 through a new strategy of door-to-door delive...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
More campaigns must be done to enlighten youths and children on Covid-19
Human Rights activist, Effie Ncube has urged the state to use youth-friendly and community-based communication tools that reach out deep into the spaces of young people and high density suburbs....Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 190 | by Stephen Jakes
Pushcart operators back on Bulawayo streets
PUSHCART operators have returned to the streets of Bulawayo saying life had become unbearable without a source of livelihood, forcing them out of their homes in defiance of lockdown regulations. ...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:40hrs | 1601 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Zimbabweans defy Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans have defied President Emmerson Mnangagwa's directive to stay at home and observe the stringent lockdown regulations that were set by the government. Different images that have surf...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 16:05hrs | 12627 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Temba Mliswa sings Grain Millers Association praises
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has praised the Grain Millers Association and other stakeholders who partnered up to ensure that there is smooth distribution of maize meal in Norton Constitue...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 15:25hrs | 682 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Zimbabwe mealie meal shortage explained
Zimbabwe is currently facing a manageable maize meal crisis due to the stringent lockdown conditions that were imposed upon a number of countries that supply Zimbabwe with maize.Grain Millers ...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 23:11hrs | 3170 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Zimbabwean smugglers laugh at South Africa's border fence
A stream of people illegally transporting groceries and cigarettes between SA and Zimbabwe this week laughed off SA's hastily constructed R37m border fence as a "joke".The Sunday Times visited...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 17:05hrs | 5004 | by Staff reporter
Systematic mealie-meal distribution for Cowdray Park
BULAWAYO Ward 28 councillor, Kidwell Mujuru has introduced a systematic maize meal distribution facility in his area as part of ensuring that residents receive the commodity in their locality while ob...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:10hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ gets rare accolades over maize meal distribution program
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe decentralised mealie meal distribution program has received endorsements from various eminent personalities who view it as a timely intervention at the time t...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 19:27hrs | 1369 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Uniformed forces barred from buying mealie-meal
GOVERNMENT has directed security forces not to buy mealie-meal from shops while in uniform as they will access the product from their cantonments. Police officers were last week banned from bu...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
$200 cushion, not billions is all Mnangagwa govt has
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it will not be able to increase its cushion pay-outs of $200 per family because it has no resources in its coffers to provide more cover for workers, traders and distressed f...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 4887 | by Staff reporter
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