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GMB fails to pay wheat farmers
Government has failed to pay wheat farmers for deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), NewsDay has gathered.According to farmers, this has dented their festive mood.One farmer i...Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to implement good agricultural practices (GAP)
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged Tobacco farmers, in special reference to small scale growers who rely on rain fed to use good agricultural practices in order to enhance their producti...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 17:36hrs | 33 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe crush USA
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday praised the Zimbabwe Cricket national team for their excellent performance after a record breaking 304 runs win against the United States of America (USA) at Harare Sport...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe outclass USA to maintain perfect record
ZIMBABWE maintained their perfect record in the on-going ICC World Cup Qualifiers after cruising to their biggest victory in ODIs following a dominant 304-run victory against USA in their final Group ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Chevrons after record win
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has showered the Chevrons with praise after today's record-breaking win over the United States of America (USA) at the 2023 Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifiers at Harare Sp...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records its highest wheat harvest ever
Zimbabwe has reached a record breaking figure of 375 000 tonnes of wheat harvested this year only. Its the first time for the nation harvesting such a lar...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 05:57hrs | 62 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Basic goods disappear from shelves in Zimbabwe
SOME basic commodities such as cooking oil have virtually disappeared from shop shelves as the monthly food basket shot to $120 000.The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) yesterday said a fami...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hits 5 million first Covid-19 jabs
ZIMBABWE passed the five million mark for first doses of Covid-19 vaccination last week with the record breaking blitz now in progress seeing more than 1,39 million doses administered in the last two ...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCZ slams 'record breaking' super-profits in sea of poverty
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) yesterday slammed business for abetting hardships, saying a significant number of firms accessing cheap foreign currency at the auction market were indexing pric...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Isolated showers expected, says MSD
Isolated afternoon thundershowers are expected in areas along the main watershed, with localised heavier falls in some places, the Meteorological Services Department has said. This comes as th...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Currency instability puts ZSE as best performer in region
AFTER surpassing its own performance record (again), the Zimbabwean dollar-denominated exchange extended 2021 gains as the market's counters continue facing economic uncertainties in the closing quart...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 13 | by Equity Axis View
Gold mine hits 300kg mark in one month
MINING giant, Freda Rebecca Gold Mine has set a new record after it produced 300 kilogrammes of gold in May this year, a figure which was last recorded 20 years ago.Freda Rebecca Gold Mine is ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is counting on miracle feeding for the constituents whose councils covets
For a while now, Zanu PF has made its illogical intentions to everyone who gives their valuable time to listen to it blow its own trumpet. Illogical intentions premised on basic lack of comprehension ...Published: 17 May 2021 at 10:34hrs | 7 | by Anesu Munyama
Zimbabwe dam levels break records
The country has witnessed record breaking national dam levels after gaining an average of 56,9 percent this season. As at March 1, the national dam level average had risen to 95,9 percent.In t...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Corruption in Zimbabwe fueled by ZANU PF's 'tichingotonga' mentality of a leadership that believes will never leave power
After waking up early in the morning to chop firewood for cooking, in the middle of a low-density suburb - as there has not been any electricity supply in our area for the past two days - there is not...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pocock backs Sables World Cup 2023 bid
FORMER Australian rugby captain, David Pocock has donated a signed Wallabies shirt to Zimbabwe Rugby's fundraising initiatives for the country's senior national rugby team's bid to qualify for the 202...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:09hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Since when did Father Christmas come in February?
Conmen are at it again, reaping where they did not sow. Some Hararians and a sizeable number from 'Blues' are ruing the day they joined a get rich quick pyramid scheme where the investor was promised ...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 18:11hrs | 3 | by Tondo
Bulawayo receives record rains
BULAWAYO residents were left stranded yesterday after a record breaking 29mm was recorded in 20 minutes in the Central Business District. Due to poor drainage systems, the flash floods made it...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC begs SADC
MDC Media and Diplomatic Briefing ahead of the 21st Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 2 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Mnangagwa misleading SADC
The MDC is concerned by President Mnangagwa's attempts to mislead regional leaders on the situation in our country. This follows a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa where he indic...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:02hrs | 5 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Zimbabwean exporters to continue getting US$
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya says the new monetary regulations as announced through Statutory Instrument (SI) 142 of 2019 will have no effect on payment modalities to expor...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to announce more PGM investors
Government will, in the next few weeks, announce at least two more investors that are expected to deploy huge foreign capital in the country's platinum sector as scores of local and foreign investors ...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Compensating white farmers is an obligation' said Mnangagwa - bribe and last throw of the dice
"Zimbabwe was proceeding with the compensation of former commercial farmers who were displaced during the country's agrarian reform despite growing criticism against the policy, President Emerson Mnan...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 17:17hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
WATCH: Historic ZITF opens
THE 60th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) opens in Bulawayo today with record breaking subscription at 532 direct local exhibitors and 16 countries participating. ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gemma Griffiths charms Zimbabwe
Music lovers across the country are head over heels with soul singer Gemma Griffiths following the release of Winky D's record breaking hit video titled MuGarden on Valentine's Day in which she featur...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masowe woman in record breaking home deliveries
AT 30, Vongai Matara Gondo, a midwife of the Johanne Masowe ye Chishanu apostolic sect, has helped 157 women to deliver.Vongai says midwifery is her calling.Despite the high risks that...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Wrong turn Mr President
Dear Mr PresidentMr President I'm sure someone is giving you very wrong advice. I can't imagine an elected President holding a press conference to dish out misery and poverty to his people. Th...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Munya Shumba
Zimbabwe's economic woes self-inflicted
THE Zimbabwean economy is bedeviled with self-inflicted woes.However, the economic tribulations largely emanate from government portfolios and their episodic fiscal blunders.The fiscal...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:43hrs | 1 | by Paddington Masamha
Nakamba doubtful for Cosafa
BELGIUM-based midfielder Marvelous Nakamba is doubtful for the 18th edition of the Cosafa Cup underway in South Africa due to injury.The tournament started on Sunday and will end on June 9....Published: 29 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA firms seek Bulawayo partnerships
A SOUTH African embassy business delegation was in Bulawayo last week to gather data on manufacturing companies in the city for possible partnerships with investors in the neighbouring country....Published: 02 May 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Inclusive Growth Key to Trend in Global Tourism Sector - Chiwenga
Speaking at the on-going official opening of the Stakeholder Consultative Workshop for the National Toursim Sector Strategy taking place at the Harare International Conference Centre today, Hon. Vice ...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 13:55hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Zimbabweans stash $1 billion offshore
FUNDS held by Zimbabweans in offshore banks rose to US$1 billion last year, having declined to US$300 million four years ago, following escalating political risk and uncertainty at home, Reserve Bank ...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa, a careless and reckless politician, cries Mthwakazi party
Mthwakazi Republic Party has condemned with the strongest terms possible the careless and satanic influenced utterances by Christopher Mutsvangwa, one of the key plotters of the current coup lea...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's executive decisions prove the continuation of Mugabe regime
If further proof of our long held view that newly-appointed Zimbabwean President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was merely a continuation of his predecessor Robert Gabriel Mugabe, then his latest executi...Published: 28 Nov 2017 at 10:17hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The Cape to Cairo Vision: CICM's Service Excellence Awards
After just five short years, the Chartered Institute of Customer Management (CICM)'s Service Excellence Awards have firmly established themselves as an important initiative in the Sub-Saharan African ...Published: 26 Oct 2017 at 07:40hrs | | by Customer Writer
Are the $Bond notes chasing the $USD
As old as about 5 centuries, the Gresham's Law remains a fact. When two or more kinds of money of unequal exchange value are in concurrent circulation, each being available for payments, the other one...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 16:23hrs | | by Tryson G. Dube
Even students are fatigued by MDC-T's empty rhetoric
If anyone ever doubted the waning fortunes of the opposition MDC-T, the recent University of Zimbabwe Student Representative Council elections have put to rest those doubts following the trouncing of ...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Lonias Rozvi Majoni
Harare Province - Powerhouse of Darts in Zimbabwe
The recently held National Darts Association Open Easter tournament lived to its billing to one of the most contested, record breaking darts event to be witnessed in many years to come.Coinciding with...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 07:06hrs | | by Collen Maenda
Bulawayo spilling dams attract tourists
WITH the Bulawayo City Council last week announcing that five out of its six supply dams are now spilling, this has brought about a new spectacle around some of the dams as hundreds of people are ...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 09:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives record breaking rainfall
Masvingo received 223mm of rainfall over the weekend, breaking a 100 year record in Zimbabwe.The record breaking rainfall has left most districts in the southern parts of the country battl...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Masvingo Highway closed to traffic
THE Government will soon airlift aid to stranded communities after widespread flooding left one person dead, extensively damaged roads and destroyed bridges, leaving parts of the country isolated....Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rains trigger state of disaster
The Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate yesterday recommended that a state of disaster be declared in the country's southern provinces where one person was killed, while hundreds were maroo...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 05:58hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Impressive warriors gave us hope
On Monday 22 January Zimbabwe's senior men football team the warriors, crushed out of the Africa cup of nations, after a humiliating 4-2 defeat at the hands of Tunisia. While many critics (including m...Published: 02 Feb 2017 at 18:42hrs | 2 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
Mthwakazi Maskandi's biggest winner
TEMBISA - Mthwakazi Maskandi queen Igqishamnkantsha had a fabulous year with her debut album 'Mina nawe' as she went on to win a record and historic treble of awards here in South Africa. ...Published: 21 Dec 2016 at 21:21hrs | 1 | by Vusmann
Madlela Skhobokhobo Power movie screening tour set for 3 countries
Madlela Skhobokhobo Power three movie screening will be held in three countries , namely: South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Alongside the cast, there will be other featuring artists like, Zinja...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 15:21hrs | 22 | by Future Moyo
Minister dress down Annan Elders for asking SADC to end Zimbabwe's never ending crisis
Last week the "Group of Elders" comprising notable individuals like the former UN Secretary General Koffi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Ms Graca Machel advised SADC leaders to facilitate "a t...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 07:09hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Fans plead for Lionel Messi's change of heart
The announcement made by Argentine and Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi about his retirement from international football has left his country's football in turmoil.The 28-year old made the an...Published: 27 Jun 2016 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tension play comes to Harare
Theatre in The Park and Naughty by Nature from Bulawayo will this week stage Tension a political satire play.It will run as from the 31st of May to the 3rd of June 2016.The play is set...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:30hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Mass Public Opinion Institute, Zim think-tank, produce ill-thought out report
The quality of our political leaders on both sides of the political divide is something that many Zimbabweans now readily admit is a serious problem. Sadly this lamentable state of affairs is not ...Published: 01 Sep 2015 at 06:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Look East policy a failure - MDC-T
The MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has said the Zanu PF government failure to listen to the voice of reason when the MDC-T advised them that it was not right to dissociate with the int...Published: 19 May 2015 at 06:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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