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Mnangagwa to launch livestock scheme
President Mnangagwa is today expected to launch the Presidential Livestock Scheme at Cleveland Range in Harare to support livestock farmers. Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Info...Published: 2 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff reporter
RBZ increases gold retention threshold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the gold retention threshold to 70 percent in foreign currency for sale proceeds from the previous 55 percent in a move aimed at boosting production in...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1741 | by Victor Bhoroma
Scapegoating Africans as a lazy lot unable to use land
THE war of words against African holders of land continues unabated as government finds itself in an embarrassing situation after the land reform programme of the year 2000. In an extremely disquietin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:39hrs | 233 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Major diplomatic row brewing between Harare and Islamabad
A largely unknown, but wealthy businessman, Mian Sohail Qaiser, is threatening to ignite a diplomatic row between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The Pakistan embassy in Harare is unhappy with the protection Q...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Tales of a Covid-19 ravaged Zimbabwean community in UK
"MANY loved ones will die!" screams a newspaper headline.As Covid-19 spreads, another headline ramps up emotions: "Daughters lose dad and big sister to coronavirus within days of each other â€...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 260 | by Charles Mtetwa
EcoCash limits ridiculously low in comparison to similar markets
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been on a war path against EcoCash, one of Africa's successful mobile money service. The battle has been tariffs, barring of EcoCash agents and some crazy pronou...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:50hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Queen B in Zupco buses procurement scandal
LEAKED government documents this week confirmed that buses initially said to belong to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) were imported by a private company Landela Investments (Landela), befor...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4607 | by Staff reporter
'George Charamba, Mutodi plotted to remove Mnangagwa'
Former Herald Editor Tichaona Zindonga claims that Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba and ousted Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi plotted to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa work...Published: 21 May 2020 at 10:55hrs | 10288 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mangudya likens money changers to coronavirus
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya (pictured) yesterday likened parallel market dealers to the coronavirus which is causing havoc to the economy. Appearing before the Parliamentar...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Fresh trouble mounts for Chihuri
Secretary for Information Nick Mangwana says the National Prosecuting Authority is moving in to possess an estate left be the former Police Commissioner-General who is currently in exile. Post...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:15hrs | 3980 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nick Mangwana what is hate speech according to you? Calling Mnangagwa a hyena; is that hate speech?
Dear Nick, One thing you have not mastered ever since you entered politics in 2017 is that African politics has short legs. Do not dream even in your maddest senses that Zimbabwe politics will...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:49hrs | 2343 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mutodi: Mnangagwa's other bad crony
IT'S never a clever idea to put a crow among the fowls and keep it there. That will give you a bad name and troubled nights.A crow in the fowl drains the food but doesn't deliver eggs to the p...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:32hrs | 2058 | by Tawanda Majoni
Opposition leader vows to defend Chiredzi villagers
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe president Innocent Gagu Lutshutsha Ndibali has criticised plans by the government to displace thousands of villagers from Chiredzi to pave way for a lucerne pr...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
End of road for private kombis
PRIVATELY-RUN commuter omnibuses will not return to the road even after the national lockdown as part of Government measures to bring sanity into the urban transport sector.Before the lockdown...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 390 | by Fay Chung
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 18:44hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
German firm prints, delivers 60 tonnes of Zimbabwe's new bank notes
Zimbabwe on Thursday received 60,000kg (60 tonnes) in freshly-printed higher denomination bond notes, which the central bank says will go into circulation at the end of the month.The RBZ annou...Published: 14 May 2020 at 13:07hrs | 16063 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:14hrs | 325 | by Peter Gambara
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4162 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
How Covid19 is affecting online gambling
For months now, coronavirus has spread mayhem across the globe in the form of illness and death on a large scale. Although tragic, there are lesser consequences to the spread of this virus that noneth...Published: 13 May 2020 at 19:37hrs | 360 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe fails to make lockdown payments to 'vulnerable'
Zimbabwe has not made any disbursements from a Z$600 million fund announced in March to support vulnerable people affected by the coronavirus lockdown, ministers admitted on Tuesday.Finance mi...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:49hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU PF - MDC in GNU talks....elections to be suspended for 7 years'
The ruling ZANU PF is currently negotiating with the smaller MDC faction led by Thokozani Khupe in a bid to forge a government of national unity, main MDC Vice President Tendai Bit has sensationally c...Published: 12 May 2020 at 13:06hrs | 10545 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere divides Mzembi's party
EX-MINISTER Walter Mzembi's party has been rocked by further turmoil amid reports the new custodians of the fledgling opposition were at odds over a possible merger with Saviour Kasukuwere.The...Published: 12 May 2020 at 11:57hrs | 2415 | by newzimbabwe
Ecocash a Ponzi scheme says RBZ
Ecocash, a subsidiary of ZSE-listed Cassava Smartech, is engaging in shadow banking and is a Ponzi scheme that is creating fictitious money and balances in the system, FinX reported.According ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 22:17hrs | 5093 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala warns Mnangagwa
FIREBRAND politician Job Sikhala yesterday threatened to cause mayhem in the country following the recall of four MDC legislators from Parliament earlier this week - which he alleged was a ploy by Zan...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:50hrs | 3879 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, police bid to seize control of Chamisa's HQ foiled
AN apparent attempt by reinstated MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora to seize control of MDC head office, Harvest House failed Thursday evening.Armed anti-riot police accompanied by MDC-...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:41hrs | 10467 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga courts private sector, commercial farmers
FACED by a huge food import bill, government is retracing its steps by inviting the private sector and white commercial farmers to grow the staple food.This was revealed by Vice-President Cons...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 4528 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga launches scheme to save Matebeleland cattle
GOVERNMENT has released funds to procure hay harvesting equipment for the two provinces of Matebeleland as part of efforts to mitigate the effects of drought and boost livestock production in the regi...Published: 04 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 4213 | by Staff reporter
'Covid-19 results taking too long'
DOCTORS have urged the government to work on improving the turnaround time of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test results for coronavirus (Covid-19) which they say is way too long.PCR tests a...Published: 03 May 2020 at 14:17hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking SI 96 of 2020, no rent payments during Covid?
In order to protect the masses from the iron jaws of the Corona virus which has savagely ravaged the world, claiming hundreds of thousands of people in the process the government has...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1146 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The emperor parades naked
DIPLOMACY, some say, is the idea of telling someone to go to hell and they look forward to it. Zimbabwe has been used to the idea of being a country that is a pariah State and more specificall...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 998 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Door-to-door mealie-meal sales kick-off
BULAWAYO residents have hailed the door-to-door selling of subsidised mealie-meal which started as a pilot programme in the city yesterday, saying it will end long queues and corruption associated wit...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:19hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa begs for support as Zimbabwe collapses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has approached international financiers begging for a lifeline to avoid a possible economic collapse and political upheaval, a respected security publication ...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:26hrs | 7164 | by Staff reporter
1 000 villagers to pave way for grass project
OVER 1 000 families in Chiredzi South and East are set to be displaced from their land to pave way for a lucerne production project by private milk producer, Dendairy.Sources close to the matt...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
House breakers bury $50 000 loot
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested four suspects in connection with theft of household property worth more than $500 000 in Cowdray Park suburb during the lockdown period. Police arrested Amon M...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:51hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Farmvest seals moringa contract, eyes global markets
Farmvest Agricapital a local agricultural investment promotion and facilitation firm. announced that they have sealed a 5-year offtake agreement contract for the production and processing of Moringa i...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:09hrs | 1206 | by Staff reporter
'Police Commissioner General Matanga crashes 2 expensive cars'
Norton' Member": of Parliament Temba Mliswa has sensationally claimed that Police Boss Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga has in the recent past crashed two official vehicles and had them replaced. ...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 14:56hrs | 6922 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nkayi villagers on brink of starvation due to bad road network
Nkayi villagers in Matabeleland North province are threatened with starvation as the department of social welfare is failing to deliver maize to the district due to the bad state of Bulawayo-Nkayi roa...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:40hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in South Africa fall victim to Covid-19 food aid hoax
Zimbabwean football internationals Khama Billiat and Nyasha Mushekwi have been dragged in yet another food aid hoax this time in Pretoria.An audio message (provided) widely circulated on Whats...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 18:19hrs | 1279 | by Josiah Mucharowana and Masara Taruberekara
Social distancing a mere formality for Mbare flats
ZIMBABWE does not have time.The government has to do many things in the shortest possible time - before the effects of the rampaging Covid-19 epidemic become insurmountable.From setting up...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
The missing factor in Zimbabwe's 'cut and paste' response to Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic's impact continues to alter lives, livelihoods and futures. The number of confirmed cases and fatalities continues to rise. In Africa, 24 600 cases of Covid-19 have been ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:42hrs | 358 | by Brian Kagoro
GMB starts importing GMO maize for consumption in Zimbabwe
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has started importing genetically modified maize for consumption in the country. Addressing delegates at a Matabeleland North provincial taskforce meeting in Bu...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Uniformed forces barred from buying mealie-meal
GOVERNMENT has directed security forces not to buy mealie-meal from shops while in uniform as they will access the product from their cantonments. Police officers were last week banned from bu...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Student bodies say e-learning is unaffordable and elitist
The adoption of e-learning as an innovative means to continue teaching and learning during the national lockdowns affecting many African countries has been rejected by a number of student organisation...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 11:07hrs | 854 | by universityworldnews.com
Zimbabwe's exclusion from G20 debt relief must not block assistance for Covid-19 response
Following the announcement this week by the G20 of a temporary suspension of debt payments from the poorest countries due from 1 May to 31 December, 2020, Christian Aid is urgently pressing for Zimbab...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 11:56hrs | 923 | by ICN
Vendors propose govt protection from service providers during lockdown
Bulawayo vendors have proposed government protection from service providers during lockdown when they are not able to generate any income because their operations are a bit suppressed.Bulawayo...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 09:17hrs | 649 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa sucked into US$60 million Covid-19 tender storm
The Zimbabwe government is funneling US$60 million to a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, in a murky coronavirus drugs deal.A little-known company called Drax Cons...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 796 | by Agencies
COVID-19 lockdown: Coercing the poor, coddling the rich?
From the perspective of reducing the negative public health effects of the coronavirus, national lockdowns will almost certainly - if adhered to - reduce the number of coronavirus transmissions while ...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 22:21hrs | 899 | by Seán Muller
Millions of coronavirus dollars funneled to Mnangagwa-linked company
The Zimbabwe government is funneling US$60 million to a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, in a murky coronavirus drugs deal, ZimLive reported.A little-known compan...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 15:44hrs | 2199 | by Staff reporter
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