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Zimbabwe embassy gets land from Senegal for production of white maize
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in Senegal has been availed with more land to spearhead the production of white maize in a diplomatic show of food security initiatives that the continent is putting in place....Published: 12 hrs ago | 1535 | by Staff Reporter
Bishop Mutendi calls for peace ahead of elections
ZION Christian Church (ZCC) leader, Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi has implored churches to play a leading role in promoting peace and unity in the nation as the country heads towards this year's harmonised ...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:31hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
260,000 people on Zimbabwe's land waiting list
An estimated 260 000 people are on the waiting list for land with 10 000 in the diaspora, government said yesterday as it announced plans to speed up the allocation of land to the landless.Add...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:40hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Cotton farmers give Mnangagwa's Intwasa middle finger
Some cotton farmers who got free inputs from President's Emmerson Mnangagwa's Pfumvudza programme have chosen the most unorthodox way to pay back the Zimbabwean leader's presumed benevolence through s...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:15hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs everybody's support and sacrifice
MANY factors can push a nation to embark on unstoppable demonstrations.Hunger is one of them. Closure of democratic space, if we read world history, can cause uprising and civil disobedience....Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:06hrs | 366 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Biti dismisses Mthuli Ncube's budget as 'power retention project'
HARARE East Member of Parliament (MP), Tendai Biti has said Finance Prof. Minister Mthuli Ncube should have dollarized the economy as the opposition politician condemned the 2023 budget as "cruel and ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
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 | 169 | by Staff reporter
Spooks assault Chamisa's activist
A MEMBER of the opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) in Zaka, Tafara Chimwaradze, was on Monday briefly abducted and assaulted by known Central Intelligence Organisation operatives while at...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:43hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter
MSD forecasts low rainfall, heat this week
THE Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has projected relatively low rainfall activity and some heat this week and advised farmers to work closely with their local Agritex officers before they st...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor bludgeons CCC activist for demanding presidential farming inputs
A CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) activist was Friday seriously injured following a machete attack by a local Zanu-PF ward councillor for demanding free Presidential farming inputs.The vi...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1302 | by Staff reporter
Investors to get Zimbabwean citizenship
Deserving investors will be granted citizenship as part of Government efforts to increase investment, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said.The S...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe farmers advised to start planting in 3 weeks
GOVERNMENT has said farmers can start planting in about three weeks time provided the country receives adequate rains.This year, Government has said the distribution of seed types and varietie...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF should not hide under sanctions
The late former President Mugabe was much stronger when he started talking about the removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West but nothing chan...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:38hrs | 955 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa warns anti-Zanu-PF teachers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a chilling warning to teachers saying they face beatings for failing to support the ruling Zanu-PF party.Addressing over 5 000 teachers at the launch of...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
Zambia bails out starving Zimbabwe
NEIGHBOURING Zambia has come to the rescue of Zimbabwe with 200 000 tonnes (t) of maize to feed millions currently facing hunger in the country, NewsDay has gathered.Plans by Zimbabwe to impor...Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Farmers should not pay for Presidential inputs
FARMERS are not expected to pay for the transportation of agricultural inputs under the Presidential Input Scheme as Government has already paid the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) for the service....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:01hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'does not want bully partners'
Zimbabwe does not want development partners that impose their ideas, but those that complement its efforts in uplifting the livelihoods of people, Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Develo...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Gokwe wish realised
DEEP down in Nenyunka area in Gokwe North district under Chief Nenyunka, some 90km north-west of Gokwe town, President Mnangagwa undoubtedly left an indelible mark in the hearts of the people from thi...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
3,000 hectares of wheat in Mat North
FARMERS in Matabeleland North have increased their wheat hectarage from last year's 950 hectares to about 3 000 hectares as the province moves towards enhancing the country's food security and attainm...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe expects record 380 000 tonnes wheat harvest
FARMERS have started harvesting the winter wheat crop and for the first time since wheat growing started in 1966, Zimbabwe expects to reach self-sufficiency with a harvest of 380 000 tonnes.Sp...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
School heads roped in in presidential inputs distribution
GOVERNMENT says it has roped in school headmasters to help in the distribution of agricultural inputs under the Presidential Inputs Scheme to curb corruption.The programme is this year targeti...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
ZACC in awareness campaign
Corruption could spread to rural areas, potentially in the allocation of inputs and other resources, and so traditional leaders and communities need to be on their guard, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:47hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no to tribalism, regionalism
Government will intensify direct support to farmers through various programmes during the 2022/2023 summer cropping season to stimulate enhanced grain production and guarantee national food self-suffi...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:12hrs | 2108 | by Staff Reporter
Above normal rainfall forecast
Most parts of Southern Africa are expected to have normal to above-normal rainfall in the coming summer cropping season, especially the southern and central areas, which include Zimbabwe.The l...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:01hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa at Johane Masowe shrine
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the church to take part in the ongoing transformation of the country through the construction of critical infrastructure such as schools and clinics to augment the Second...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:29hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland gets Intwasa inputs
FARMERS in Matabeleland are geared for the summer cropping season following the delivery of agricultural inputs for the 2022/2023 farming season under the Climate-Proofed Presidential Inputs Scheme, p...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Pfumvudza inputs ready
Inputs for smallholder farmers under the Presidential Climate-Proofed Agriculture Programme or Pfumvudza/Intwasa have started being dispatched to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots countrywide, with f...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:41hrs | 53 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF DCC embarks on ED's campaign
ZANU PF Mazowe District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) has embarked on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign.DCC chairperson Tafadzwa ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 19:41hrs | 893 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe NGOs say Mnangagwa hypocritical and cruel
AN umbrella body of civil society organisations, Crisis Coalition, has accused President Emerson Mnangagwa of being hypocritical and insincere by labelling Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) "subver...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe economy enters growth phase'
President Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe's economy has transitioned from recovery to a growth phase, adding economic activity is projected to expand by a weighty 4,6 percent in 2022 despite the negative impa...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa charts new inclusive path
THE Government will give a holistic account of the country's liberation struggle by honouring forgotten heroes such as the late Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole and James Chikerema among others for their c...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:17hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe a friend to all, an enemy to none'
Address by the President of the Republic 0f Zimbabwe His Excellency, ED Mnangagwa at the 42nd Heroes Day Commemorations. It is my singular honour and privilege to be addressing you all, at thi...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:16hrs | 128 | by ED Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa's govt targets 3 million tonnes of maize
THE Government is targeting to produce 3 million tonnes of maize during the 2022/23 summer cropping season with preparations already underway.This comes as the Second Republic has made food se...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 77 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives weather forecasting equipment
Small-scale farmers are set to benefit from the Green Climate Fund which seeks to mitigate drought and other climate change induced disasters.The project is funded by the United Development Fu...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:08hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tax-free threshold doubled, bonus windfall for workers
The tax-free threshold for income tax was doubled to $50 000 a month yesterday by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube as part of the doubling of all tax bands to improve disposable ...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:46hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Pfumvudza targets 3,5 million Zimbabwean households
The Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme will be extended to 3,5 million households for the 2022/2023 summer cropping season, and the Government has already released $20 billion towards the goal, as efforts to...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:45hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chiwengwa says Mnangagwa will be Zanu-PF's candidate for the 2023 elections
VICE PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has reiterated that President Mnangagwa will be Zanu-PF's candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections.Speaking during a Zanu-PF rally at Nhedziwa High Schoo...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:28hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
2 300 tractors boost for farmers
Zimbabwe will take delivery of 2 300 tractors and other farming implements procured under various facilities ahead of the 2022/2023 cropping season.It will be the final consignment of an order...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:05hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa relives 2017 'ice cream' horror
President Mnangagwa yesterday opened up on his infamous Gwanda poisoning incident in 2017, saying the medical treatment that saved his life after being airlifted to South Africa inspired his mantra th...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 10:29hrs | 4402 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says military ready to deal with Zimbabwe's detractors or their puppets
ZIMBABWE will not brook any evil machinations meant to weaken the country's State security sector which is ever ready to deal with any mischief from either the country's detractors or their puppets po...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 5483 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he is no longer free
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday says he no longer enjoyed public life because he was always surrounded by more than 100 security personnel.Addressing businesspeople at the official open...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 19277 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says there iso excuse for not registering to vote
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored all Zimbabweans to register to vote ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections saying those without identity particulars should take advantage of the ongoing free registry...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:37hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Food insecurity now a perennial threat
Zimbabwe is set to import 400 000 metric tonnes (MT) of Maize from Zambia and Malawi to be delivered this June to alleviate a food crisis in the country. This will cost the country at least US$120 mil...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 07:12hrs | 412 | by Victor Bhoroma
Hunger stalks Matebeleland South
HUNDREDS of families in drought-prone Matebeleland South are in urgent need of food aid after poor harvests.To avert a food crisis, a government taskforce has been set up in the province to re...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
'75% of parents in Zimbabwe can't afford school fees'
PARENTS and guardians can no longer afford paying school fees with only 26% able to meet education expenses for their children, the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said in its latest survey w...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:44hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:26hrs | 4670 | by John Mbizvo
Mnangagwa condemns superiority complexes
AS the continent celebrates Africa Day today, President Mnangagwa has condemned injustices, superiority complexes, and xenophobic elements dogging the world.In a pre-recorded speech to mark Af...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar, US dollar use to stay
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has encouraged Zimbabweans to use both the Zimbabwe dollar and United States dollar as the country transitions towards adoption of a ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:27hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:05hrs | 475 | by John Mbizvo, Political Analyst
Zimdollar, US dollar use to stay
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has encouraged Zimbabweans to use both the Zimbabwe dollar and United States dollar as the country transitions towards adoption of a ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
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