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HCC executives denied bail
The High Court has denied bail to three City of Harare executives accused of criminal abuse of office for allegedly awarding a tender to refurbish street lights to Juluka Enndo Joint Venture improperl...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 08:51hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Phakamile Mabhena Moyo appointed acting Harare Town Clerk
Engineer Phakamile Mabhena Moyo, the Harare City Council's director of water, has been appointed acting Town Clerk following the arrest of Engineer Hosiah Chisango.Chisango was arrested last n...Published: 26 Jul 2024 at 06:30hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Harare City bosses denied bail over tender
Four Harare City officials were denied bail by Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa for allegedly awarding a US$9 million tender to Juluka Endo company for streetlight rehabilitation without p...Published: 23 Jul 2024 at 07:15hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu's company illegally awarded US$9 million street lights tender?
Four City of Harare employees, Never Murerwa, Jabulani Mukomazi, Denford Zhungu, and Tawanda Mutenhabundo, have been taken to court on allegations of illegally awarding a US$9 million street lights te...Published: 12 Jul 2024 at 07:33hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
4 council officials arrested over US$9m tender scandal
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested four Harare City Council officials for allegedly improperly awarding a street lights tender worth over US$9.2 million to Juluka Enndo Joint ...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:23hrs | 83 | by Staff reportyer
Intwasa abusers will go to jail, no fine option
Those selling or buying the agricultural inputs earmarked for the climate-proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, Pfumvudza/Intwasa, will be sent to court where jail sentences can be imposed on conviction...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former Zanu-PF bigwigs eye return
THREE former Zanu-PF Members of Parliament (MPs) from Hurungwe district are eyeing central committee positions in the ruling party ahead of elections slated for this weekend.They include forme...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another bread price hike looms
ZIMBABWEANS should brace for another bread price hike after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) increased the price of wheat by 30%, industry officials said yesterday.NewsDay understands that GMB ...Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police, soldiers to raid maize hoarders
GOVERNMENT has deployed soldiers and other state security organs to raid and seize grain from individuals, farmers and other players even at roadblocks and deliver it to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maize farmers plead for a 50% USD payment
FARMERS are pleading with the Grain Marketing Board to raise to 50% United States dollar (USD) offer to maize farmers.Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) president Abdul Nyathi: "We welcome the...Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMB looks for CEO
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is hunting for a new chief executive officer to replace Mr Rockie Mutenha who retires on April 30, 2022.He is retiring from his post after the expiry of his fiv...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Wheat farmers rake in $12bn
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has shelled out over $12 billion towards paying for over 198 000 tonnes of wheat delivered to the parastatal this marketing season.In an interview, GMB chief ex...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Record wheat harvest for Zimbabwe
More than 188 000 tonnes of wheat have been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), which represents a significant increase from 149 874 tonnes that had been delivered during the same period las...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:17hrs | 15 | by Staff Reporter
GMB rebrands
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has embarked on a rebranding exercise that will see it changing its image and mandate.The changes reflect the organisation's evolution from a predominantly grain st...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:07hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Wutawunashe in GMB Soya Bean inputs scam
Public Service Commission (PSC) Secretary, Ambassador Jonathan Wutawunashe has been fingered in a scam after he received Soya Bean inputs worth over $150 thousand and failed to plant the seed, TellZim...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 17:55hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
GMB bars unvaccinated workers
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has become one of the first companies in the country to ban workers who are not vaccinated against Covid-19 from work as the parastatal moves to protect its workforce a...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maize deliveries exceed targets
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) says it has received deliveries of 56 000 tonnes of maize and is anticipating the deliveries to reach 65 000 tonnes by the end of May, an increase from their projected ...Published: 23 May 2021 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
20 000t grain delivered to GMB
Over 20 000 tonnes of grain have been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) by farmers, with indications that national maize production was dominated by the communal sector. Most farmer...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's maize harvest to hit 20-year high
Zimbabwe is expected to harvest 2,7 million tonnes of maize during the 2020/21 summer cropping season, the highest yield in 20 years, the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment report shows. ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff writer
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 | | by Staff reporter
Boardroom war rocks GMB
A VICIOUS boardroom war has erupted at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) where top managers have either been fired or suspended and stripped of their luxury benefits.Following a messy fall-out b...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lower Gweru irrigation farmers urged to diversify crops
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) chief executive Rockie Mutenha has urged farmers at Insukamini irrigation scheme in Lower Gweru to embark on crop diversification in order to benefit more from the proj...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
732 000 farmers receive inputs
MORE than 732 000 households have received seed under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme as the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) intensifies distribution of inputs ahead of the November 15 dead...Published: 18 Oct 2020 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
All on course for agric season
MORE than 500 000 farmers registered under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme have already received inputs for the forthcoming summer cropping season as the Government ramps up preparation...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe corn deliveries soar on improved payments to farmers
CORN deliveries by Zimbabwean farmers have soared thanks to early payment, boosting supplies of the scarce staple, according to the country's Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Farmers sold 124 985 ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMB swoop on illegal maize traders
THE Grain Marketing Board has deployed crack teams to rein in unscrupulous maize dealers violating Statutory Instrument 145 of 2019 which empowers the parastatal to be the sole buyer of the grain....Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:16hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Parliament grills GMB top brass
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) management was grilled by Parliament yesterday for failing to follow correct procedures when disposing of property and under-grade grain. The parastatal's manag...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread supplies improve
Bread supplies have improved in most parts of the country due to increased flour supplies, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has said. Over the past weeks bread has been in shor...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMB forecasts decent deliveries
Farmers have delivered more than 47 136 tonnes of maize, 5 000 tonnes of soyabeans and 136 tonnes of small grains to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) within the first month of the marketing season, rai...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMB general manager appointed irregularly: Parly
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture yesterday heard that the current Grain Marketing Board general manager, Rockie Mutenha, was appointed without board approval.This emerged a...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Joseph Made grilled
Parliament yesterday grilled former Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made on why he appointed Mr Rockie Mutenha as the Grain Marketing Board general manager whe...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Joseph Made grilled over key GMB appointment
Former Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Dr Joseph Made was today grilled over the appointment of Mr Rockie Mutenha Grain Marketing Board general manager when two other...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
GMB bosses grilled over questionable appointments
FORMER Agriculture minister Joseph Made has been accused of authorising the payment of $70 000 to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) chairperson, Charles Chikaura and his deputy, Basilio Sandamu for working ...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly queries GMB boss appointment
The appointment of Grain Marketing Board (GMB) General Manager Mr Rocky Mutenha ahead of Dr Millicent Mombeshora and Mr David Machingaidze who had the highest scores during the interviews came under t...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 11:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for businessman
HARARE provincial magistrate, Barbara Mateko yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for Gweru businessman, Joseph Manyumbu, after he failed to appear in court to testify against three suspected sex work...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man granted peace order against wife
A Harare man has been granted a peace order against his abusive wife who recently injured him in an attack with a stick after he asked her where she had spent the previous night.Civil cour...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man in court for $97,000 fraud
A Harare man has appeared in court for allegedly duping Plant and Equipment International of $97 000 in a botched cash deal.Patrick Mutenha was facing fraud charges when he appeared before mag...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Prosper Dembedza
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