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Zimbabwe aims for rice self-sufficiency with three new varieties
The Agricultural Research and Innovation Services Department under the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has introduced three new rice varieties aimed at helping f...Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 17:15hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says basic goods in limited supply after ZiG devaluation
Zimbabwe said the steep devaluation of its gold-backed currency last month has triggered shortages of bread, sugar and other staples in its formally regulated stores, suggesting the country's latest e...Published: 09 Oct 2024 at 16:38hrs | 3298 | by Staff reporter
IMF to visit Zimbabwe next month
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled to visit Zimbabwe this month for its Article IV consultation mission amid concerns about the country's economic trajectory. The mission will ...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Majority of Zimbabweans threatened by hunger
Zimbabwe's government has vowed to work hard to prevent people from dying of starvationMore than half of Zimbabwe's population will require food aid this year due to a severe drought that has ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 15:04hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
World Bank warns of grim future
Climate change and global warming are no longer buzzwords. They have emerged as clear indicators of an impending crisis that threatens the very fabric of global societies, economies and food systems....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans sink deeper into poverty
Zimbabweans are having to digging deeper into their pockets to buy basic commodities as the cost of living continues to rise with the food poverty line reaching ZWL$155 360,39 for a single perso...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:47hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Food inflation hits Zimbabwe consumers
ZIMBABWE'S food inflation for December jumped by 21% from the November rate following a wave of price hikes of most basic commodities ahead of the festive season.According to a latest Zimbabwe...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:06hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa, please also explain why ZANU PF imposed sanctions on my one-year-old son!
I cannot stand it when the powerful and wealthy whine over clearly banal ‘injustices' inflicted upon their high and mighty little angels - yet, these same people have, themselves, perpetrated the mo...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 16:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube scraps REIT limits
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has scrapped a limit to the types of property that can be listed under the real estate investment trust (REIT), amid revelations that collective investment schemes under ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Putin's war sends global food prices skyrocketing
Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is contributing to rising food prices and threatening food supplies around the world. In Ukraine, Russia's forces have destroyed farms, bombed warehou...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 11:45hrs | 14 | by Leigh Hartman, ShareAmerica Correspondent
CBZ to introduce exchange trade fund
CBZ Asset Management says it will introduce an exchange trade fund (ETF) tomorrow, which tracks the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) modified consumer staples index.This comes as the Securities a...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zimbabwe would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 12 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zim would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:57hrs | 13 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
Zimbabwe prices near regional parity
PRICES of basic commodities in Zimbabwe are approaching parity with those in neighbouring South Africa and other parts of the region, with some goods actually now priced lower on the domestic market, ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube's strategy will help him avoid fresh borrowings'
THE global economy contracted 4,3% in 2020 against a background of the United States-China trade war, Brexit and the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic, which saw countries imposing strict lockdowns that...Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Inter HorIzon Securities
Half a million Zimbabweans lose jobs
ABOUT 500 000 Zimbabweans have lost their jobs since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out last year igniting de-industrialisation, the World Bank (WB) said, as it revealed extensive food shortages and wors...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
West to impose sanctions on South Africa if Ramaphosa is removed
Lately, there has been rising positive publicity on Zimbabwe and rising negativity on South Africa by international and white media.Just recently, the world bank released unemployment numbers ...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 14:12hrs | 2 | by Rutendo Ben Matinyararire
Zimdollar will maintain a 'fragile stability' this year report
ZIMBABWE's currency will maintain a "fragile stability" this year, continuing from the volatilities that haunted the domestic unit even after the introduction of theforeign currency auction system...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 5 | by Samantha Power
Picking the best sofa for your living room
The living room is that area of the home where most people focus on the interior decoration. Buying a durable sofa of high quality is one of the main things that make the living room attractive. It is...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 13:27hrs | 14 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe: It is time to panic, a little
I THINK it was 1992, the season started badly and as it progressed the heat increased until we were experiencing temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius in the lowveld. We had a business there and my son...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe economic update with Economist Eddie Cross
We are now 9 months into the Transitional Stabilisation Program and a great deal has been achieved. Let's summarize:* We have eliminated the Fiscal deficit that was the main driver in the past...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 16:56hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Mthuli Ncube lampooned over new currency plans
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday came under fire from economists who accused him of rushing to announce plans to re-introduce the Zimbabwe dollar before addressing factors which led to its coll...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa prescribes solution to Zimbabwe's problems
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa legitimacy and genuine dialogue is the solution to Zimbabwe's problems. Chamisa has refused to participate in President Mnangagwa's political dialogue of opposition President...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ncubenomics
In February, Reserve Bank Governor, John Mangudya announced the introduction of the RTGS dollar - the currency that confirmed what we knew all along: one is not to one. The RTGS dollar was initially s...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:19hrs | | by Kubatana
Mthuli Ncube hammers businesses for linking prices to exchange rate
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday accused local businesses of profiteering for linking price increases of basic goods to exchange rate movements of a new transitional currency.Since t...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | | by Reuters
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 14 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Mnangagwa pays price for broken promises
Influential Americans have expressed disappointment with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government for failing to live up to their promises that were made when the country's former leader, Rober...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2,4m Zimbabweans food insecure as drought, rising costs bite
The 150% fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week.Worse is likely to come....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by IRIN
+13 people injured during Zimbabwe fuel rise protests
Police fired teargas as angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks in Zimbabwe on Monday, after the government more than doubled the price of fuel over the weekend.At least...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:06hrs | 5 | by AFP
Hyperinflation threat returns to Zimbabwe
Less than a decade after hyperinflation obliterated Zimbabwe's dollar along with its pensions and savings, the southern African nation is suffering a return to precipitous price rises.Zimbabwe...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 14:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Millers sue Zim govt over food fortification
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has filed an application at the High Court seeking to block the Government from implementing the recently introduced mandatory food fortification....Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lost crops: Food for thought for Zimbabwe
Many do remember the yesteryear song of Oliver Mtukudzi "Tsika dzedu" in which the musician pitched the importance of the traditional way of living, when people used to consume traditional leafy veget...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 18:44hrs | 6 | by Praxedis Dube1, Rico Ihle1, Wim Heijman1 and Paul Struik2
Samsung launches Galaxy S8
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has unveiled its Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone as it battles to regain the market leadership it lost to Apple Inc after the embarrassing withdrawal of the fire-prone Note 7s...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 22:13hrs | 11 | by Reuters
Nollywood star: More than just talent
Award-winning Stephanie Okereke Linus raising awareness on fistula While still in her teens, Stephanie Okereke ...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Leon Usigbe
Protect wetlands and protect lives!
In the sub-Saharan region of Africa, Wetlands are vast and have been playing a major role in the patterns of our climate , water ecosystems as well as eco-tourism. Industrial civilization , infrastruc...Published: 05 May 2016 at 12:51hrs | 3 | by Mbizo Chirasha
Boy operated, staples used to close the opened wound
A Harare boy who reportedly suffered serious abdominal pains was allegedly operated and operation wound allegedly closed using staples.This was revealed by Cyril Zenda who claimed the child ...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Beyonce's Zim connection
ZIMBABWE has done it again! Right on the international scene where the glitz and glamour of the music industry dazzles the world!And who has thrust the country at the epicentre of the world's...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Andrew Moyo
Weeding out Ebola in Liberia
An innovative African initiative to strengthen food systems while combating Ebola NAIROBI - Thousands of smallho...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 16:52hrs | | by AOP
'North Korea to secure land in Zimbabwe'
COLOGNE/HARARE - The secretive and ostracised, North Korean regime of Kim Jong-Un has reportedly moved to secure massive tracks of agricultural land from President Robert Mugabe, to grow that country...Published: 15 Aug 2014 at 07:12hrs | 4 | by Itai Mushekwe / Mary-Kate Kahari
Where Zimbabwe goes from here, writes Tsvangirai
Zimbabweans were sincere in congratulating Nigeria in becoming Africa's leading economy earlier this year. We applauded its citizens and its leadership for overseeing the successful restructuring of ...Published: 11 Jun 2014 at 06:54hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai, Special to CNN
Mugabe's ten sad legacies bestowed on his nation and people
A version of this post appeared on the Africa and Asia site. The views expressed are the author's own. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, an audacio...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 06:24hrs | | by Robert Rotberg,
Denting youth unemployment through agriculture in Africa
Agriculture is not glamourous. It suffers from entrenched negative perceptions. In the minds of many African youths, a farmer is someone like their parents, doing backbreaking labour in the field...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 16:47hrs | 2 | by Busani Bafana
Despite climate change, Africa can feed Africa
Climate change comes with never-before-experienced impacts. For example, crop yields and growing seasons will decrease even as changing rain patterns will worsen people's access to water. Yet Afr...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 16:26hrs | | by Dr. Richard Munang and Jesica Andrews
Africa's vanishing Lake Chad puts 30 million lives at risk
As you approach the Lake Chad basin from Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, the evidence of despair is telling. The air is dusty, the wind is fierce and unrelenting, the plants are wilting and t...Published: 14 May 2012 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Ahmad Salkida
Iran's Ahmadinejad loads nuclear enriched fuel rods
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loaded nuclear fuel rods into the Tehran Research Reactor on Wednesday, state TV reported."The president loaded 20% enriched rods into the Tehran...Published: 15 Feb 2012 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidel Castro of Africa!
In the 1970s and 80s, Fidel Castro sent 350,000 Cuban soldiers, civilians and doctors to support the African liberation struggle, especially in Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde,...Published: 24 Aug 2011 at 08:27hrs | 3 | by Baffour Ankomah
Algeria, Man set himself on fire, yelling Tunisia!
In Algeria a man has died after setting himself on fire at a government building in Algeria, state radio reported on Sunday, yelling the self-immolation that triggered the protests that toppled the le...Published: 16 Jan 2011 at 17:52hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Harare: food scene revives
Harare - Zimbabwean restaurant-goers used to pull out giant wads of near-worthless cash that could take longer to count than the time to eat the meal. If the order was even available.Now dine...Published: 10 Dec 2010 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Byo24 Mashonaland central
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