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Mnangagwa commissions police vehicles
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 40 vehicles, the first batch from the 107 that have been bought to enhance the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)'s operations. The vehicles, comprising ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to cut farm sizes
THE government has started a land audit to cut farm sizes, flush out multiple farm owners and correct some of the mistakes from its chaotic land reform programme.The effort is an attempt by th...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 19:11hrs | 3998 | by Business Live
'Cassava Smartech initiative way to go'
Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Ministry says it highly upholds technological innovations that seek to develop agriculture productivity. This follows advances made by...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:25hrs | 78 | 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 | 449 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's aide in stormy farm wrangle
Deputy chief secretary to the president and Cabinet, Justin Mupamhanga, has been embroiled in a nasty farm wrangle in Bindura, following a boundary dispute which has spilled into the High Court....Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 12:01hrs | 1909 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe fuel stations lose licences
GOVERNMENT has withdrawn service licences for some service stations that were charging fuel prices above those recommended by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority. Briefing journalists aft...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:22hrs | 1618 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Grace challenge trio over 'grabbing' farm
Former President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace have filed High Court papers challenging an application by three Mazowe farmers evicted from Teviotdale Farm in 2009 to pave way for the ex-first fami...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 12:03hrs | 2497 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe files a special plea over Mazowe farm
FORMER President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, who are embroiled in a land dispute with three Mazowe farmers over Lot 1A Teviotdale Farm in Mazowe district of Mashonaland Central province, have al...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:32hrs | 3831 | by Staff reporter
'Queen Bee' spoils Mnangagwa, Chiwenga with top-of-the-range cars
GOVERNMENT'S Command Agriculture benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei reportedly splashed millions of scarce United States dollars on luxury vehicles for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputies, Const...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 06:02hrs | 11940 | by Staff reporter
Stop spreading fake news, Sekeramayi urges nation
Marondera-Hwedza senator Dr Sydney Sekeramayi has urged the nation to stop spreading and listening to fake news. He made the call on Sunday in his closing remarks after a solidarity prayer meeting at ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga warns fake prophets
The era of fake prophets who hide behind the name of God to attack the national leadership and extort money from the public has ended, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga has said. He said people shou...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1821 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga goes down memory lane
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is back on his feet and yesterday attended a prayer meeting at his rural home in Hwedza where he took people down memory lane explaining how he joined the liberatio...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa gets cholera vaccine
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa has led cabinet ministers in getting cholera vaccine being administered by Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo in the cabinet room, as a way to encourage th...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 15:10hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri's imposter in court for swindling farmers
AN unrepentant ex-convict who allegedly registered cellphone lines in the name of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri and used them to swindle unsuspectin...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:00hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
'ED has done nothing wrong' argues Mahiya - he rigged the elections and not for first time but will be last time
"Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association spokesperson Douglas Mahiya yesterday accused the MDC of "conniving" with former colonisers and global capitalists to cause chaos in the country...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 13:58hrs | 6352 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
No to illegal farm occupations, says Perrance Shiri
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate any more illegal farm occupations and those found on the wrong side of the law will face the full wrath of the law as police are now on standby to deal with all perpetrato...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:16hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
New town planned for Kanyemba
GOVERNMENT has announced plans to set up a service centre in Kanyemba, along the Zambezi Valley, Mashonaland Central province, as well as initiate various developmental projects, including irrigation ...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:52hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Judge lambasts Perrance Shiri over withdrawal of offer letter
HIGH Court judge Justice Isaac Muzenda has nullified a decision by Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri, to withdraw an offer letter given to a Goromonzi farmer, saying th...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:48hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Government slashes fishing permits
The government has slashed fishing licences for co-operatives in Kanyemba while granting special wildlife hunting permits in response to pleas by the local community.In a move set to resuscita...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | 2234 | by Govt slashes
Zvinavashe's widow loses farm to Chinese
The widow of national hero Vitalis Zvinavashe has lost a huge chunk of her Norton farm to a Chinese company that was allegedly given the land to set up a ceramic tiles factory under controversial circ...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 18:57hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF reviews election victory
The ruling Zanu-PF party held inter-district rallies and meeting in various provinces, where leaders thanked the people for voting for the party in July's harmonised elections and called them to unite...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:27hrs | 1143 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa join hands with white farmers
White farmers in Zimbabwe, under the ambit of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), have expressed interest in working with the Government and contributing towards the success of the country's agricultu...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2111 | 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
Tsvangirai's MDC relives the spirit of 1999
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is for the first time celebrating its anniversary in the absence of its charismatic founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who died in February this year and effo...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2704 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps Chiwenga in check
The new Cabinet announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday last week significantly dilutes Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's influence in the security sector, the Daily News reported....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 08:11hrs | 20661 | 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
Zimbabwe's new Cabinet: A patronage, merit alchemy?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, following a disputed narrow victory in July which had to be validated by the Constitutional Court in August, appointed a new Cabinet on Friday, September 7....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 1647 | by Washington Katema
Mnangagwa's Ministers ready to roll
NEW Cabinet Ministers sworn-in yesterday pledged to bring about sweeping changes in Government and ensure Zimbabwe becomes a middle income economy by 2030. The 20 Cabinet Ministers - who took ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Mnangawa's Cabinet was tight balance between economy, politics
I WATCHED the Cabinet announcement with a colleague from East Africa, who opined that Zimbabweans are too easy to please and that they move on faster than expected.From the dusty campaign trai...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 601 | by Tapiwa Gomo
All eyes on Mnangagwa's new Cabinet
THE new Cabinet will be sworn-in at Sate House today with Zimbabweans across the political divide optimistic that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new 20-member team will immediately hit the ground runn...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet to be sworn in today
President Mnangagwa will today swear in his newly appointed Cabinet of 20 members, 13 deputy ministers and nine provincial ministers, to come up with policies that can steer the nation out of its prol...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints technocrats in new Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pulled a shocker when he dropped several Zanu PF party bigwigs, some who had served as Cabinet ministers for several years, and appointed three technocrats - for...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 2101 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in Cabinet shocker
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pulled a shocker when he dropped several Zanu PF party bigwigs, some who had served as Cabinet ministers for several years, and appointed three technocrats - for...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 2809 | by Staff Reporter
New Mnangagwa Cabinet gets thumbs up
President Mnangagwa's new Cabinet is a refreshing start to the Second Republic as it blends young brains with seasoned technocrats with capacity to revive the economy, analysts said yesterday....Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 1297 | by Staff Repotrter
Mnangagwa appoints Prof Mthuli Ncube as Finance minister
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed the Professor Businessman Mthuli Ncube as Finance Minister replacing the long serving minister Patrick Chinamasa.Ncube owned the now defunct Barbican...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 15:24hrs | 6858 | by Stephen Jakes
BREAKING: Mnangagwa's New cabinet announced
The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda, flanked by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, has announced the new cabinet at State Ho...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 14:31hrs | 17201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must appoint competent team to steer economic recovery
THE enormity of the task of steering the country's economic revival requires that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appoints the best team at his disposal into Cabinet. The pool of possible Ministe...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga shifts attention to the economy
Zanu-PF has shifted attention from the recent harmonised elections which it won resoundingly, and is now focusing on tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the country into a middle income econom...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 694 | 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 | 220 | by Staff reporter
GMB explosion - One body recovered, three workers missing
One body has been recovered and three workers are missing after an explosion at the Grain Marketing Depot (GMB) Lions Den Depot this afternoon.The explosion resulted in fire in the control tow...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 18:27hrs | 4933 | by Staff Reporter
Sanctions will not deter us, says Shiri
RENEWED illegal economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States will not deter an increase in agriculture productivity through land utilisation to ensure food security at household level, ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:46hrs | 1776 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabes to lose farms
Former president Robert Mugabe will only be allowed to keep one farm in line with the government's land policies, President Emmerson Mnangagwa says.In a wide-ranging interview with the Indepen...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 10:29hrs | 7223 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs 15 000 tractors
THE country needs more than 15 000 tractors for it to be fully mechanised in agriculture and be able to utilise land productively, Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Shiri has...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
'Con-Court must be free to decide,' says Chiwenga
The Constitutional Court should be allowed to deal with MDC-Alliance application challenging President Mnangagwa's victory in the harmonised elections without undue influence from anyone, Acting Presi...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:54hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tours controversial ARDA Antelope project
Acting President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has arrived at ARDA Antelope Estate in Maphisa, Matobo District, to appreciate operations at the facility.He is accompanied by Lands, Agri...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 13:23hrs | 2211 | by Ndou Paul
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 | 227 | by Staff reporter
2018 elections: The lies, promises and the drama
ZANU PF party supporters gathered and waited for long before their leaders arrived to address them in Marondera Central recently.With the DJ now being the centre of attraction playing the famo...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Chimene's son-in-law wanted by police
THE son-in-law of self-exiled former Manicaland Provincial Affairs Minister Mandi Chimene - Perthwell Kanjanda Nyambuya - is wanted by the Criminal Investigation Department in connection with a fraud ...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:28hrs | 1373 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters politicising presidential inputs
ZANU PF supporters aligned to Mazowe North aspiring Member of Parliament Campion Mugweni have been accused of politicising the presidential input scheme in his constituency.Sources who decline...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:41hrs | 155 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'War vets intimidating electorate'
Guruve South candidate Wilbert Mubaiwa has accused war veterans in the constituency of intimidation, following his decision to part ways with Zanu-PF to run as an independent.Addressing a rall...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:38hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
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