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Zimbabwe to launch national AI strategy next month

The inaugural Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit for Africa opened in Victoria Falls on Monday, with the government announcing that Zimbabwe's National AI Strategy will be officially launched in October.Digital transformation is a central…

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 09:01hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's rural investment drive gains momentum

Zimbabwe's rural development agenda has received a fresh boost following the launch of an innovative investment model designed to attract both local and international investors, including diasporans, into Village Business Units (VBUs).The …

Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 09:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

MPs slam govt over rural electrification delays

LEGISLATORS have criticised the government for failing to electrify rural communities, a move they say is crucial for driving industrialisation and improving education.In an interview yesterday, Gwanda North legislator Desire Nkala said th…

Published: 16 Aug 2025 at 13:26hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter

Teacher truancy hits rural schools

A wave of teacher absenteeism has gripped rural schools across Manicaland Province, with educators reportedly abandoning their posts for urban business ventures, leaving learners stranded and lessons unattended for days on end.The crisis, …

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 08:30hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe rural industrialisation is underway

It is important that I begin by highlighting the changing face of rural industrialisation in Zimbabwe.My kick-off point is the advent of the Land Reform Programme as of Year 2000.With it came the geopolitical reposte and backlash from the …

Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 22:44hrs | 568 | by Chris Mutsvangwa

Zimbabwe orders immediate eviction of illegal rural land occupiers

The Government has issued a stern warning to all individuals occupying State land illegally, particularly in rural areas, demanding that they vacate such land immediately or face prosecution under the law.In a strongly worded statement rel…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 16:19hrs | 60178 | by Staff reporter

NetOne expands OneMoney to boost rural financial inclusion

One of Zimbabwe's largest mobile network providers, NetOne, is ramping up its financial inclusion efforts by expanding its OneMoney agent network and increasing remittance partnerships in rural areas.The move is part of the company's broad…

Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 15:51hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter

Abuse of devolution funds raises concerns in Rural District Councils

Several rural district councils in Zimbabwe may be misappropriating Devolution Fund allocations, with reports emerging that some projects funded through donor programs are being falsely attributed to devolution funds.This issue came to lig…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:19hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF MP appeals for motorbikes for rural policing

Gwanda South legislator Omphile Marupi (Zanu PF) has urged the government to provide motorbikes to rural police in his constituency to address challenges in patrolling areas with poor road infrastructure.Speaking to Southern Eye, Marupi hi…

Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:33hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter

Rural councils performing better than Harare

During a Full Council meeting this week, Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume expressed his frustration with fellow councillors for failing to develop a green energy plan that would pave the way for solar power utilization in the capital.Mafume lamen…

Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:50hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter

Expired, counterfeit products taken to Zimbabwe's rural areas

The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) has expressed concern over unscrupulous businesses that are channeling expired, counterfeit, and underweight products to rural areas in Zimbabwe, taking advantage of weaker oversight. These business…

Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:17hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter

New city takes shape in Umguza Rural District

A NEW city named Kings City with state-of-the-art facilities including shopping malls and gated townhouses is taking shape on the outskirts of Bulawayo in Umguza Rural District.The development of Kings City is a partnership between Umguza …

Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter

Zesa plans to connect 3 million rural households

ZESA plans to connect at least three million rural households in Zimbabwe over the next four years via solar-energy home kits as well as grid connections where possible to support the major catch-up in development of rural areas.Matabelela…

Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Rural women drive Zimbabwe's green transition

As a rural woman from Wedza, about 140 kilometers from Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, 53-year-old Adefi Mtambo never remotely imagined herself in the driver's seat."I could only operate an ox-drawn cart," Mtambo, a taxi driver, told Xinh…

Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa thrills the rural communities

Citizens Coalition for Changer leader, Nelson Chamisa on Sunday unexpectedly attended a rural ward meeting where the community was in the process of affirming its preferred representatives for parliament and district councils.Citizens and …

Published: 24 May 2023 at 18:36hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

PowerTel committed to bridging rural digital divide

INTERNET service provider, PowerTel Communications (Pvt) Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of  Zesa has reaffirmed its commitment towards bridging the digital divide riding on the infrastructure backing which its mother company c…

Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:08hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

'Chamisa's CCC struggles for rural candidates'

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s candidate selection process has reportedly hit a brickwall in some rural wards as villagers are said to be reluctant to come out in the open and stand as opposition candidates, NewsDay has gathered…

Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

High-rise flats for rural areas

ABOUT 400 blocks of flats will be constructed countrywide, starting this year, with Government facilitating the projects as the Second Republic steps up efforts to deliver modern housing to the people.The bulk of the high-rise apartments w…

Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 09:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF continues to maintain its grip in rural communities - report

A local think-tank says the alliance between Zanu-PF and state institutions, coupled with a dependency syndrome shall continue to impede the opposition's efforts to penetrate rural constituencies during campaigns.Zimbabwe heads for potenti…

Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 18:53hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF tightens grip on rural strongholds

The study also revealed rural impregnability was increased by fissures within Zanu-PF structures and a general economic meltdown.Zanu-PF has reportedly tightened its grip on its rural strongholds by using traditional leaders and the milita…

Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:17hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF tussles with CCC in rural areas

Zanu-PF is pinning its hopes on rural areas as it eyes power retention in this year's general elections setting a tug of war with main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for the village electorate.Zanu-PF has in previous electi…

Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 19:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC to defend its people in the rural areas

OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), a victim of targeted politically motivated violence since its inception earlier this year, has vowed to protect its supporters in some of the country's most tense rural areas ahead of next ye…

Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Hwende dumps CCC campaign

KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende (Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)) has withdrawn from the party's rural mobilisation exercise, citing "too much negative social media comments" from colleagues in the party.He told NewsDay that h…

Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF alarmed by CCC rural gains

The ruling Zanu-PF party has been alarmed by the inroads being made by opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in the rural areas and fears the influence of electoral non-governmental organisations on the rural voters.This was revea…

Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:58hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa intensifies efforts to charm rural electorate in Masvingo

THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is reportedly making efforts to sneak into Zanu-PF's strongholds in Masvingo where the opposition party is intensifying its voter mobilisation strategy known as Mugwazo.In the 2018 elections, the the…

Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Potraz targets rural internet access

POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is focusing in increasing Internet access in the rural areas.Presenting the Postal and Telecommunications 2021 fourth quarter sector performance in Harare on Tuesday, …

Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF vows to consolidate rural vote

THE ruling Zanu-PF party on Monday said it was determined to consolidate its hold on rural voters and was targeting win votes in the March 26 by-elections.In a Press statement yesterday, Zanu-PF commissar Mike Bimha said the party has alre…

Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

'Electrification has potential to improve quality of rural life'

RURAL communities such as Umzingwane district in Matabeleland South province are set to be empowered courtesy of an electrification exercise, which is expected to create employment and provide internet connectivity in the area.This was sai…

Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:06hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

Govt moots multiple projects to transform rural areas

GOVERNMENT says it has come up with multiple rural-based projects, which are expected to accelerate programmes envisaged to transform the country into a middle-class economy.This was said by Lands and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka la…

Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Battle for Zimbabwe's rural votes kicks off

THE opposition is making a determined push for rural votes ahead of the fast approaching 2023 harmonised elections - triggering an atypical but titanic turf war with Zanu-PF which has always dominated the countryside.This has seen the MDC …

Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Rural Electrification Fund scammed customers on rural electrification

The Rural Electrification Fund (REF) is calling upon all its Customers who applied for and paid in full during the Zimbabwe Dollar era (i.e. prior to 2009), for the electrification of their rural areas, and their projects have not yet been…

Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Rural areas provide hurdles for Matabeleland female politicians

WHILE women's political participation has been shown to be particularly influential in communities in Zimbabwe, rural areas-based female politicians still battle male dominance.Senzeni Mpofu, a female politician based in Matabeleland South…

Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Do something to save the rural herd

The rural herd is on a terrible decline, cattle succumbing to a plethora of both known and unknown livestock diseases. Most cattle pens are now nearly empty, with some now home to only two or one tick infested scrawny beast. The rural catt…

Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 07:00hrs | 11 | by Tondo

Urban to rural migration the new scenario in Zimbabwe

IN a reversal of the normal trends with regards to rural-to-urban migration worldwide, the current pattern in Zimbabwe is pointing towards a shift in migration, this time, urban to rural migration being the likely scenario.This is not nece…

Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 19 | by Peter Makwanya

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 by Habakkuk Trust, some rural communities in Mat…

Published: 30 Aug 2020 at 10:51hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter

ICT to cascade to rural areas: Kazembe

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday said the digital transformation and increased use of ICTs being experienced in urban areas must also cascade to rural areas, so as to enhance the lives of p…

Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

REA targets to electrify 60% of rural areas

Government is forging ahead with its thrust to modernise rural areas, with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) pledging to bring access to electricity to 60 percent of the rural populace in line with President Mnangagwa's vision to make…

Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Call for rural industrialisation

The business community here says the Government must embark on a massive rural industrialisation programme in line with the concept of devolution. Great Zimbabwe Chamber of Business (GZCB) provincial chair Mr Casper Shumba hailed President…

Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Why rural vote is heart, soul of Zimbabwean democracy

Rural folk did not limit their usefulness to war times because even when we got political independence, the country still needed to protect itself from cultural and economic colonisers. In this new task, the rural folks did not disappoint.…

Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 216 | by Charles Motsi

Zanu-PF hails youth league for moblising rural voters

THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East leadership has applauded the youth league for mobilising young voters in rural areas that led to the party winning 21 of the 23 contested parliamentary seats in the province.Speaking at the burial of popular dr…

Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter

Dynamics of the rural vote

Recent developments in the Zimbabwean electoral cycles have once again demonstrated the important role that peasants play in determining the country's future.Zimbabwe has a total of 63 districts, of which 58 are rural, thereby giving a per…

Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1156 | by Dumisani Ncube

In defence of Zimbabwe's rural voter

WHEN the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) started announcing the 2018 election results, there was a lot of urban/social media anger at rural voters. The numbers that were being announced were indicating that the ruling Zanu PF party was…

Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:39hrs | 713 | by Takura Zhangazha

Govt working on ways to fund rural electrification

GOVERNMENT has said it is working on finding alternative ways of mobilising additional resources for the Rural Electrification programme to augment the Rural Electrification Fund (REF).Power and Energy Development Minister, Simon Khaya Moy…

Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:11hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Pokello gone rural

FORMER Big Brother housemate Pokello Nare has gone rural. Yes, with all the swagg and bling, she has gone rural.Is it the rumours that are circulating on different social media platforms that things have fallen apart for her, amid claims t…

Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Rural teachers effectively on strike

Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (RTUZ) is now effectively on strike across the country with its 6125 strong membership and thousands of other teachers posted in rural stations having stopped to undertake any task associated with their rou…

Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 14:19hrs | 3836 | by Staff reporter

About 3 700 rural public institutions remain un-electrified

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgar Nyasha Mbwembwe have said 3 700 rural public institutions remain un electrified to date."About 3700 rural public institutions remain un-electrified to date. It is estimated that between US$250 â€“ 3…

Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 06:11hrs | 749 | by Stephen Jakes

Citizen journalism gives rural communities a voice

IN recent years, the role of information in tackling poverty has been a major component of African governments' social policies, Zimbabwe included. Poor information dissemination has left most rural communities in the country isolated from…

Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 05:58hrs | 852 | by Sukulwenkosi Dube

Rural Electrification Programme power 8000 rural institutions

Nearly 8 000 rural institutions have been electrified under the Rural Electrification Programme, its has emerged.The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) is gaining ground by electrifying more rural institutions and households but revelation…

Published: 03 May 2015 at 08:21hrs | 9 | by Stephen Jakes

Mobile phones big hit in rural Zimbabwe

Prosper Muripo rents a small space in a general dealer's shop at the Gotora shopping centre in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland East province. He is one of the many people in rural Zimbabwe who earn a living selling recharge vouchers and charging mo…

Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 05:37hrs | 4265 | by Michelle Chifamba

Rural areas a delicate political domain

Finance Minister Tendai Biti on the Friday of 16 November 2012 put aside a total of US$50 million in allocation for a constitutional referendum and the general elections this year, 2013. This announcement on the budget created certainty on…

Published: 04 Jan 2013 at 06:55hrs | 2837 | by Zisunko Ndlovu

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