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US$15 for five bales of tobacco, a smallholder tobacco farmer's tale
Smallholder tobacco farmers are reeling under the yoke of high-interest loans, amid shocking revelations one of the farmers received a pay-out of US$15 after selling five bales of tobacco at the contr...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | 31 | by Erick Matotoba
12 Zanu-PF MPs bite the dust in Mashonaland Central
PRELIMINARY results for the just-ended Zanu-PF primary elections in Mashonaland Central indicate that 12 National House of Assembly candidates fell by the wayside in the primary elections held over th...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Global demand buoys tobacco prices
THE rising global demand for flue-cured tobacco has buoyed the firming of local golden leaf prices this season compared to last year.According to latest figures from a Germany company speciali...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to review fuel taxes
STAKEHOLDERS have called for Government intervention after fuel prices went up twice in one week as this might result in a potential commodity price increases.Companies are finding it hard to ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Sabhuku Vharazipi, Musarara in action
The comedian David Mubaiwa popularly known as Sabhuku Vharazipi and ZANU PF Mazowe District Coordinating Committee chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara could not resist Utakataka Express bass guitarist...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 17:54hrs | 9 | by Simbarashe Sithole
120,000 register to grow tobacco
More than 121 000 tobacco growers have so far registered for the 2021/22 season, with the highest number being smallholder farmers. Tobacco used to be an elite crop grown mainly by few commerc...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kazembe Kazembe giving Chamisa free passage into Mash Central province
ENRAGED Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial officials took their leader, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe over the hot coals for allowing MDC-Alliance safe passage into Mashonaland Central pro...Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco surpasses expectations, but farmers need better deal
ZIMBABWE has this year enjoyed one of its most productive tobacco seasons, but poor payment models for the farmers caused by the currency volatility left many farmers at the mercy of contract buyers....Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco in forecast busting show
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco output reached 202,8 million kilogrammes last week, surging past official predictions, which had projected volumes to close at 195 million kg this season. The marketing season kicks...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Missing Chinhoyi baby found 4 months later
A six-month-old Chinhoyi baby, Dadirai Seremwe, who was reported missing four months ago has been found dumped in Mt Darwin, some 215km from Chinhoyi. The baby, whose mother resides in Ruvimbo...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinese in massive looting of Zimbabwe's minerals, says Chief Chiweshe
A TRADITIONAL leader in Mashonaland Central province has in a rare show of bravery stood up and accused Chinese nationals in Zimbabwe of being behind massive looting of the country mineral resources....Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco auction floors face collapse
FEARS of a potential collapse of Zimbabwe's tobacco auction system mounted last week, with official data indicating that auction floors were trailing way behind revenues earned by contracting firms at...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tobacco injects US$325 into the Zimbabwean economy
TOBACCO sales had injected US$325 million into the economy on the 35th day of this marketing season, Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) data showed yesterday.The sector had generated ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff report
Tobacco production target raised to 300 million kgs
The new tobacco selling season opened yesterday with Government hoping that the industry cannot just survive at present levels but raise production to 300 million kilogrammes annually through the impl...Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lands secretary quizzed over Manicaland farm invasions
SECRETARY for Lands and Agriculture Ringson Chitsiko was yesterday taken to task in Parliament over a spate of fresh farm invasions, including the one in which Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister E...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North education still a pipe-dream
SIFISO Ndebele, a Grade 5 pupil at Samukele Primary School in Matebeleland North, dreams of becoming a scientist.But sadly, her dream is not in tandem with the learning conditions at her schoo...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buyers bring in $1 billion to buy golden leaf
International tobacco buyers have mobilized US$1 billion to buy the country's golden leaf crop this year, a move expected to boost foreign currency inflows in the country. The 2019 tobacco mar...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa's wife implicated in tobacco cartels
THE Tobacco Association of Zimbabwe (TAZ) yesterday alleged corruption in the tobacco industry, with Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) board chairperson Monica Chinamasa's name coming out promin...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reviews Visa requirements for tourism markets
The government is reviewing Visa requirements for tourism markets such as United States of America, Canada, Japan, South Korea, India and United Kingdom to increase foreign arrivals.Zimbabwe i...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 20:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF extends lead
The ruling Zanu-PF has extended the lead in early returns. Zimbabweans went to the polls on July 30 in historic elections which take place nine months after the fall of Robert Mugabe. Below ar...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF still in the lead, wins 110 seats out of 153 announced
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced a further 50 National Assembly results, bringing the total so far to 153.Of the 153 Zanu PF has won 110 seats while the MDC Alliance got 4...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
8 Kwekwe residents acquitted over anti-corruption protest
KWEKWE Magistrate Livard Phelimon has acquitted eight residents who had been on trial after they were arrested last month and charged with public violence for allegedly protesting against corruption w...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 20:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Kwekwe quartet set free as court chides state over prosecution of Lumumba
Kwekwe Magistrate Livard Phelimon on Friday set free four residents who were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly protesting against rampant corruption within the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)....Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 09:47hrs | | by Stephan Jakes
Zanu PF councillor order government distributed maize to be given to party members alone
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has reported that recently in Buhera West ward 10a councillor told the villagers that the food being distributed by government in the area would be given to Zanu PF members only....Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF legislator threaten villagers with starvation if they do not vote his party in 2018
Mt Darwin West Legislator Banwell Seremwe has threatened villagers with starvation and violence if they do not vote for his party Zanu PF in the 2018 elections.The MP made the threats in Mt Da...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mashonaland Central dares Mujuru
THE ruling Zanu-PF party in Mashonaland Central province has dared former Vice President Joice Mujuru who has formed her own party, Zimbabwe People First, to come and test her popularity in her former...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MP pleads with Mugabe on convenient health facilities construction
Mount Darwin West MP Barnwell Seremwe (ZANU-PF) has pleaded with the president Robert Mugabe to ensure the construction of more hospitals and clinics in his constituency amid revelations people were t...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 06:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Lioness cited in Kariba town
Rangers in the resort town of Kariba on Thursday warned residents to be wary of lions after a schoolgirl was injured as she fled a lioness, a conservation group said.According to ...Published: 18 Jun 2015 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't overrate Joice Mujuru'
People should not overestimate the influence of former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru, who was kicked out of the revolutionary Zanu-PF party for planning to topple President Mugabe from power, a senio...Published: 02 May 2015 at 13:40hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mujuru was never the alpha and the omega of Zanu-PF - Kasukuwere
People should not overestimate the influence of former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru, who was kicked out of the revolutionary Zanu-PF party for planning to topple President Mugabe from power, a seni...Published: 02 May 2015 at 08:56hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zanu-PF victory dispels voter apathy claims
The 27 March 2015, by-elections that were held in Chirumanzu-Zibagwe and Mount Darwin West constituencies showed the world that Zanu-PF is still in control in the country's political affairs. Zanu-PF'...Published: 02 Apr 2015 at 10:35hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
Zanu PF records names of voters in Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe and Mount Darwin by-election
Heal Zimbabwe and organization lobbying for the human, political and civil rights I Zimbabwe has condemned the conduct of Zanu PF members during the by-elections in Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe constituency w...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 07:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Auxillia Mnangagwa wins by-elections
Zanu-PF candidates in the Chirumanzu-Zibagwe and Mt Darwin West by-elections have registered overwhelming victories.Auxillia Mnangagwa secured 16 092 votes in the Chirumanzu-Zibagwe by-electi...Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 16:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T given voter's roll, scared of elections'
ZANU-PF yesterday said MDC-T's refusal to take part in the forthcoming by-elections despite being given a voter's roll which they have long been crying for by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), ...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:12hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
'We banned Mujuru'
Zanu-PF's candidate for the March 27 Mt Darwin West House of Assembly by-election, Barnwell Seremwe, says former Vice-President Dr Joice Mujuru was at one point banned from holding any meetings in her...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 12:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC-T seeks to bar by-elections
The main opposition MDC-T yesterday filed a Constitutional Court challenge seeking to bar the nomination courts from sitting to consider nomination of parliamentary candidates for the Mount Darwin...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo orders Mutasa probe
The Zanu-PF Politburo yesterday set up a six-member national disciplinary committee to immediately deliberate on the fate of former secretary for Administration Didymus Mutasa who faces expulsion for ...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
Seremwe denies Mujuru links
Zanu-PF candidate for Mt Darwin West Barnwell Seremwe denies any links with former Vice President Joice Mujuru as reported by some sections of the media yesterday.Seremwe said he could have ...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 07:57hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
Mt Darwin says no to Mugabe
Analysts say the surprising outcome of Tuesday's Zanu-PF primary elections in Mt Darwin was ultimately a slap in the face of President Robert Mugabe himself and the fact that he could no longer take ...Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies lose Zanu-PF poll
Perceived allies of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF's new political commissar Savior Kasukuwere lost the party's keenly-anticipated primary elections in Mt Darwin yesterday - as the seem...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru brews shocker
A candidate allegedly linked to former Vice-President Joice Mujuru romped to victory in the Zanu-PF primary polls in Mt Darwin West constituency, indicating her growing political muscle, while set...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife to contest by-election
Auxillia Mnangagwa, the wife of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, will be the Zanu-PF candidate seeking to replace her husband as Chirumhanzu-Zibagwe constituency legislator, after being cleared to t...Published: 21 Jan 2015 at 21:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 candidates recommended to replace Mujuru
The Zanu PF Mashonaland Central Provincial Electorate Directorate has met in Dotito and recommended five of the 14 people who submitted their CVs to represent the party in the 27 March by- election fo...Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 20:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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