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Bulawayo firm repackaging water-damaged rice

Bulawayo authorities have launched an investigation into Flynote Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a local company accused of repackaging water-damaged rice, originally designated for stock feed, and distributing it for human consumption.According to…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 09:55hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe maize imports to decline

Zimbabwe's maize imports are set to decline significantly this year as better rainfall has boosted crop yields across the country, easing pressure on food security.According to the latest report by the United States Department of Agricultu…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:59hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter

Fire guts Bulawayo stock feed factory, truck destroyed

A devastating fire tore through a local stock feed manufacturing plant in Bulawayo yesterday, destroying hundreds of hay bales and gutting a truck and trailer after sparks from a welding machine ignited a blaze.The fire erupted shortly aft…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 08:58hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter

Ministry urges farmers to prepare for potential stockfeed shortages

The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development has issued a critical warning to farmers, urging them to prepare for potential livestock feed shortages, particularly for cattle, as the country heads into the lea…

Published: 01 May 2025 at 08:47hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter

Mwenezi Mapfura/Marula-processor drives rural industrialisation, economy forward

Through current capacity utilisation, the Mwenezi Mapfura/Marula processing plant in Rutenga (Masvingo Province) has recorded an export and product demand surge in regional and international trade, with mega rural industrialisation hub rem…

Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 19:26hrs | 657 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/Simbarashe Sithole recently in Rutenga

Matabeleland South farmers return to fields

Farmers in Matabeleland South province have taken advantage of above-average rains to cultivate 80% of the arable land in the region, following a severe drought that had devastating effects on livestock and crop production.The recent wet s…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 10:14hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland dams spill

Several dams in Matebeleland South province, including Zhovhe Dam, Silalabuhwa Dam, and Tuli Makwe, have started spilling, providing much-needed relief to farmers who had endured a challenging year due to an El NiÃ±o-induced drought.Recent…

Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:36hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter

60% of Matebeleland South households do not own cattle

A significant number of households in Matebeleland South province are struggling with livestock ownership, a situation worsened by the persistent drought that has depleted pastures across the region. According to the 2024 Zimbabwe Liveliho…

Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:37hrs | 921 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe food aid looted under the cover of darkness

A new report from the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has exposed widespread corruption and exploitation in the distribution of food aid across the country, with several instances of unfair practices documented throughout October 2024. Accord…

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:48hrs | 1313 | by Staff reporter

CCC MP's demand role in agricultural inputs distribution

Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators are calling for greater involvement in the distribution of agricultural inputs in their constituencies, claiming that this is necessary to ensure fairness and prevent political bia…

Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:08hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter

Livestock farmers bemoan delayed rains

Livestock farmers across Beitbridge district are voicing their concerns over the delayed start of the rainy season, which has disrupted grazing patterns and severely affected the health of their livestock. As the country grapples with shif…

Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 11:35hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter

Innscor booted out of Profeeds

Innscor Africa Limited has been ordered to divest from Profeeds after the Supreme Court ruled that the merger of Profeeds and National Foods created a near monopoly in the stockfeed industry.Supreme Court judges said "the coming together o…

Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 13:11hrs | 2543 | by Staff reporter

Matabeleland North rural benefit from stock feed programme

USAID-funded programme Amalima Loko will introduce discounted stock feeds to Matabeleland North rural farmers to alleviate livestock deaths due to hunger.Amalima Loko Chief of Party, Dominic Graham, said Matabeleland North farmers who were…

Published: 10 Oct 2024 at 09:51hrs | 221 | by Stephen Jakes

Zimbabwe govt targets 3,2m tonnes cereals

Zimbabwe's Government has mobilized inputs and resources to achieve a target of 3,274,200 tonnes of grains in the upcoming season, aiming to rebuild food reserves after a difficult harvest last year caused by the El NiÃ±o drought. The gove…

Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:16hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe needs $1.6bn to lift crop output after El Nino induced drought

ZIMBABWE needs $1.64 billion to bolster crop production after a devastating drought increased food insecurity and prompted a state of disaster.The southern African nation is targeting a more than fourfold increase in the annual output of k…

Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 09:46hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter

Villagers sell their livestock for a song

VILLAGERS in Matebeleland and Midlands are being forced to sell off their livestock for a song to buy a few bags of maize and other basics as the effects of the El Nino-induced drought set in.Zimbabwe is going through a severe drought amid…

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 21:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Stockfeed subsidies for drought-hit livestock farmers

THE Government has stepped in to save the country's livestock situation with a coterie of urgent intervention measures aimed at bailing out farmers from losing their animals for a song to unscrupulous businesspeople in the face of a drough…

Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Cattle destocking frenzy in motion

A cattle destocking frenzy is in motion with a number of abattoirs getting an overwhelming supply of cattle, resulting  in some suspending slaughtering as farmers have started laying off stock in the face of a crippling drought.The si…

Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:58hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe says scorching El NiÃ±o pattern is withering corn crop

Zimbabwe warned that farmland planted with corn has shrunk by 12% because of scorching El NiÃ±o weather patterns, threatening the nation's food staple and potentially triggering surging prices and social unrest."Panic purchases and grain h…

Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:11hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Matinyarare's 'Innscor has destroyed the taste of Zim food' comments cause consternation

If Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed food giant Innscor was hoping to avoid press scrutiny, it could hardly have chosen a more self-destructive path than seeking a gag order against journalist Rutendo Matinyarare, a prolific campaigner …

Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 21:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe left with 4 months grain supply

ZIMBABWE'S grain stocks are depleting and will last for four months, the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) said yesterday, amid calls for the government to scale up imports.The revelations by GMB acting operations director Clemence Guta contrast…

Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 18:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe claims to have enough grain in stock

GOVERNMENT has assured the nation that Zimbabwe has enough mealie-meal to feed the people amid fears of a possible shortage due to the predicted El Nino-induced droughtZimbabwe and other regional countries are expected to receive normal to…

Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's smallholder farmers migrate from maize

IN large parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe, maize is the main source of livelihood for smallholder farmers because it is a staple and cash crop.However, with the imminent threat of an El Nino-induced drought, the dependence on cereal cro…

Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland South farmers start losing livestock to drought

Matebeleland South has reactivated the provincial livestock drought taskforce, acting provincial director of agricultural Rural Development and advisory services, Mr Mkhunjulelwa Ndlovu has said.He said the committees have been reactivated…

Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe electricity generation to increase monthend

Power cuts being experienced across the country are expected to ease by the end of this month when power generation will increase on the back of two units being brought back to the national grid.Hwange Unit 7, which produces 300MW, is pres…

Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo businessman sues SA investor over 108 cattle 'swindle'

A BULAWAYO businessman has taken a South Africa-based investor Mr Louis Le Roux to court for allegedly fraudulently selling his 108 cattle worth over US$42 000 without his knowledge.Mr Le Roux who is also the director of CapeZim, a consort…

Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:28hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter

Eat to live, not live to eat

None communicable diseases are on the rise and claiming more lives than wars. The terrible and horrible 'siamese' twins, diabetes and hypertension are the ring leaders of these phantom hit squads. How did it come to this and why is Souther…

Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa

GMAZ in US6 Million loss

The Grain Milling Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has lost over USD 6 million over the past three months due to the continuous loss of value of the local currency.The board's chairman, Dr Tafadzwa Musarara said due to the current inflation,…

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:43hrs | 4 | by Desmond Nleya

13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued

Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previously distressed companies countrywide b…

Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe embassy gets land from Senegal for production of white maize

THE Zimbabwean Embassy in Senegal has been availed with more land to spearhead the production of white maize in a diplomatic show of food security initiatives that the continent is putting in place.The development comes at the back of a su…

Published: 29 Jan 2023 at 07:50hrs | 128 | by Staff Reporter

Smallholder farmers to benefit from US$15 million loan

SMALLHOLDER farmers will soon benefit from a US$15 million loan obtained by the Government from the OPEC Fund for International Development.Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube last week gazetted the loan agreem…

Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 01:02hrs | 192 | by Staff Reporter

US$1,5m biscuit plant opens in Bulawayo

AGRO-PROCESSING factory, Flynote Investments Private Limited, has channelled more than US$1,5 million towards the establishment of new biscuit and stockfeed manufacturing units.Flynote Investments is well known for its Evergold brand mainl…

Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Rains bring relief to Matabeleland South livestock farmers

RAINS being received in the country have brought relief to livestock farmers in Matabeleland South province whose animals were now in a poor condition because of shortage of pastures and drinking water.Most parts of the country started rec…

Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Farmers in Umzingwane bemoan lack of agricultural products outlets

FARMERS in Umzingwane District, Matabeleland South Province, have bemoaned lack of agricultural products outlets close to them, stating that they were parting with a lot of money travelling to get agricultural inputs they need. In an inter…

Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 10:57hrs | 187 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe on alert for measles outbreak

Cabinet received an update on the Countryâ€˜s Response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and a report on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines, as presented by the Chairman of the National Covid-19 Inter-Ministerial Committee, Vice President an…

Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Pfumvudza inputs ready

Inputs for smallholder farmers under the Presidential Climate-Proofed Agriculture Programme or Pfumvudza/Intwasa have started being dispatched to Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots countrywide, with farmers set to receive them in the next …

Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says he is no longer free

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday says he no longer enjoyed public life because he was always surrounded by more than 100 security personnel.Addressing businesspeople at the official opening of the Highlands Park Shopping Mall in High…

Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

FULL LIST: Donors who assisted Nkayi farmers which lost 21 cows revealed

A full list of donors who  assisted the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after mistaking a deadly pesticide for one of the popular worm remedies for livestock has been availed.  The donation of 17 cattle have been donated by lea…

Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 17:27hrs | 22 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Zimbabwe takes measures to ensure food security

THE first consignment of 400 000 tonnes of white maize to be imported from Malawi following Cabinet's decision allowing private players to import grain to plug the gap in the supply of the staple is expected before the end of this month.Th…

Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 09:41hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe to get Malawi maize this monthend

Zimbabwe will this monthend take delivery of its first consignment of maize imported from Malawi as private players seek to plug the gap in the supply of the staple, the Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) said yesterday.GMAZ ent…

Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe suspends platinum levy

THE Government has suspended the 5 percent levy on raw platinum exports after miners lobbied the Treasury for its removal citing its detrimental impact on operations and the commitment by industry players to build beneficiation facilities.…

Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Car with stolen chickens lands in ditch

A BULAWAYO man has lost over 200 chickens to thieves over the past two months and a man who fled police while driving a car ferrying some of the birds has been arrested.The suspect Tawanda Kasimiro (29) of Emganwini suburb, allegedly drove…

Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mealie-meal price hike looms

A MASSIVE retail price hike for mealie meal is looming in Zimbabwe starting Friday after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) substantially increased the price of maize.The price is set to rise by at least 40% after GMB started selling grain to…

Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 17:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Potraz bridges Nkayi digital divide

THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) on Thursday officially opened the Nkayi community information centre (CIC) to bridge the digital divide.Information Communication Technology and Courier Services ministry perm…

Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Milling company splits groceries unit

LISTED milling company, National Foods Limited, is splitting its groceries unit into the down-packed and traded goods units while US$4 million has been planned for investment into additional cereal manufacturing plant.The giant milling com…

Published: 15 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots

Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of crawling black maggots."People think magg…

Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 6 | by Vimbai Chinembiri

Deal set to increase raw milk production

ZIMBABWE'S biggest dairy products manufacturer, Dairibord will only feel the impact of a grand cattle deal signed with platinum miner, Zimplats and Palmine after 12 months, analysts at IH Securities said this week, predicting raw milk inta…

Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bring back kombis

Banning commuter omnibuses which were serving most routes in Zimbabwe without a viable alternative was an ill timed thought which lacked scientific research.Current Zimbabwean leadership is gripped with knee jerk policies. The introduction…

Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 11:02hrs | 8 | by Leonard Koni

Prominent farmer urges govt to establish rural feedlots

PROMINENT Beitbridge commercial farmer Robert Park has urged the government to establish livestock feedlots in drought-prone areas to save the national herd.Zimbabwe has over the years lost a significant proportion of the national herd due…

Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Millers push for wheat bran import ban repeal

Local stock-feed manufacturers have logged an urgent appeal to Government to lift the ban on maize and wheat bran importation, which was effected early this year.In a position letter to the Government, stock-feed manufacturers said there i…

Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 18:33hrs | 2 | by Business reporter

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