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Presidential inputs recipients ordered to deliver grain to GMB
Farmers who received free agricultural inputs under the Presidential Inputs Scheme during the 2023–2024 farming season are now required to deliver 10 kilograms of grain each to the Grain Marketing B...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 13:09hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Hwange communities seek govt's nod to draw water from Zambezi
Communities living along the Zambezi River in Hwange are urgently appealing to the government for help in harnessing the river's water for irrigation schemes aimed at ensuring food security. Hwange Ea...Published: 14 Apr 2025 at 09:17hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in massive maize, wheat imports
Zimbabwe has imported 1.3 million metric tonnes of maize and wheat through the private sector to alleviate ongoing shortages caused by poor land utilisation, lack of funding, inadequate farming capaci...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 11:21hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe explores nuclear energy solutions
Zimbabwe is collaborating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Russian investors to introduce nuclear energy as a solution to the country's persistent power shortages, government off...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 20:48hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's electricity crisis: Declare a State of National Disaster and retire Sydney Gata to save the nation
As I write this article, the town of Redcliff, like much of Zimbabwe, remains shrouded in darkness following a 24-hour nationwide blackout that began yesterday. This is not the first time we'v...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 11:55hrs | 1194 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Climate finance and mismanagement in Zimbabwe: Bridging the gap between promises and accountability
As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, financial commitments to support developing nations in climate change mitigation and adaptation have taken center stage in international negot...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 17:40hrs | 253 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe food inflation tops world, claims WB report
LATEST World Bank statistics indicate that Zimbabwe has the highest food inflation of 353%.Recently, Zimbabwe was ranked second to Lebanon, but it has since overtaken the Middle East country o...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC launches new water supply strategy
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) yesterday began implementing a new water supply strategy aimed at easing water shortages.In a notice to residents yesterday, town clerk Christopher Dube said the ci...Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZRA ups water allocation for electricity generation
ZIMBABWE and Zambia are set to enjoy optimum power generation from the Kariba power plants after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) this week resolved to increase water allocation from Lake Kariba by a...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kariba has adequate water for power generation: ZRA
ZIMBABWE will, for the foreseeable future, experience stable power supply from the Kariba South Power Station after the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) said this week it would maintain 30 billion cubic ...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are in far greater danger from the Zimbabwean regime than from COVID-19
I am sure most of those in my age group can still remember those weirdly strange questions we would ask each other whilst we were still primary school children - "Who would hurt you the most were they...Published: 06 May 2021 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US$600m water project crumbling
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on the verge of cancelling a US$600 million agreement, in which government had mortgaged 18 gold claims to a Malaysian company, ZimMal, which for 17 years failed to imp...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 07:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lake Kariba water levels continue to rise exponentially
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) says the heavy rains pounding the region have led to exponential rise in Lake Kariba water levels.ZRA said from December 22, 2020 to January 18, 2021, water l...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Reviving the rural economy in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's rural economy plays a significant role in national food production, in alleviating extreme poverty and in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Zimbabwe National Stati...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 12:37hrs | 29 | by Victor Bhoroma
Food crisis worsens in rural Matabeleland
THE food security situation in most parts of Matabeleland has reportedly worsened amid reports that some families are now only surviving on a single meal a day.According to the latest survey b...Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's no to GMOs, position unchanged
GOVERNMENT says it will maintain its position of prohibiting the growing of genetically modified crops, arguing it is yet to be convinced on the benefits of the GMOs.This comes amid growing ca...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches irrigation master plan
GOVERNMENT has launched the Climate Resilient National Water Resources and Irrigation Master Plan to increase irrigable land and improve national food security. Zimbabwe had already secured a $98 mill...Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 16:53hrs | 1 | by Livingstone Marufu
Grace Mugabe skips meals in solidarity with Zimbabwe's hungry
First lady, Grace Mugabe, repeatedly criticized for her lavish shopping sprees, told her supporters that she now skips meals in solidarity with thousands of Zimbabweans facing hunger.At a ...Published: 21 Nov 2015 at 17:06hrs | | by Agencies
Revolutionary essence of the historic indigenisation reform programme
What is the revolutionary essence of the historic indigenisation reform programme and what are its ideological, legal and policy ramifications?It has become necessary to unpack this question i...Published: 03 Feb 2013 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
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