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'Archaic 1929 properties law discriminating against Zimbabwean women'
HARARE East MP Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) has called for the repeal of the 1929 Matrimonial Properties Act, saying it was unconstitutional and discriminates females from matrimonial property ownership...Published: 9 hrs ago | 295 | by Staff reporter
Forex retention thresholds deterring production
The prevailing foreign currency retention thresholds to various sectors of the economy are acting ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 13:36hrs | 1120 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa's govt reduces farm sizes
Government has streamlined the sizes of all individual farms in the country's five ecological regions, in a move that will see more people having access to land after failing to benefit from the land ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 2012 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe recession deeper than thought?
Nyasha Mutseyekwa, a minivan transporter in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, cannot afford new tyres for his ramshackle kombi, selling at US$45 for a good second hand.Whether he opted to pay in US c...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:35hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Industry capacity utilisation to fall to 27%
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has projected that industry's capacity utilisation will fall to 27% this year if the government does not change its policy direction.According to...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:44hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
'Let's smoke peace pipe' Chamisa invited ED - never had peace, ain't tobacco they are smoking
"Zimbabweans have their rights. They are the authors of the history of this country. They are the last line of authority in this country. It is not just the question of Mr Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa has no ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 18:25hrs | 1663 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mashonaland Central will be known for cotton and tobacco farming
Cotton production revival is going very well in Chiweshe, Mash. Central. The coordinators and the enthusiastic cotton farmers are working in unison for the government initiated cotton farming promotio...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:48hrs | 194 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Heroes and villains of the Land Reform
Karima is one of those who joined the 'land rush' and successfully secured an A2 Farm for himself and his young family. Wasting no time he went into horticulture and cattle farming. Tomatoes b...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:35hrs | 780 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Music is in the air, the birds are singing
Philosophers have been vindicated, indeed the early bird catches the fattest worm. In Mash. Central tobacco farmers who planted early are smiling all the way to 'the fields' where the tobacco ...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 16:20hrs | 336 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
South Africa to increase tax significantly
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will deliver the 2020 National Budget on 26 February, and both Absa and Efficient Group chief economist Dawie Roodt predict significant tax increases this year.Sp...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 08:01hrs | 9324 | by Staff reporter
Pregnant couple perish in road accident
A horrific road accident claimed a pregnant couple on Saturday at the 4km peg along Mvurwi-Kanyemba highway due to speeding.Jacob Sithole (33) died on the spot and his pregnant wife, Precious ...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 20:51hrs | 3611 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Not doing well at O-Level is not the end of the world
Horticulture is a quick turnaround farming venture and the farmer is always 'liquid', living good in good living. Mr Walter Murinyu is a youthful horticulturist into growing tomatoes by the sh...Published: 30 Jan 2020 at 10:12hrs | 1217 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows 81% to US$474m
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit narrowed by 81% to US$474 million between February and December last year compared to the same period in 2018, mainly due to shortages of foreign currency for imports....Published: 28 Jan 2020 at 12:58hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
World Economic Forum, opportune platform to lure investment
Zimbabwe's participation at this year's 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland is a big opportunity for her to lure Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)....Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 13:33hrs | 499 | by Chido Chikuni
Zimbabwe forex crisis to worsen
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency crisis is expected to worsen this year after gold exports fell by over 28 percent last year.The southern African country is grappling with acute foreign currency sh...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2360 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube must stop lying on inflation
EXACTLY a year after Zimbabwe's first biggest fuel hike since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power from the late Robert Mugabe, the administration was at hand to celebrate the Jan...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:48hrs | 145 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe platinum leakages hurting national purse
WITH its economy tanking, Zimbabwe is looking to mining for salvation.But platinum ore exports may be leaking millions of dollars in potential revenue the country needs to plug an acute shorta...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:27hrs | 148 | by Cliff Chiduku
Percy Gwanyanya takes philanthropic work to all corners of Zimbabwe
Harare based business man and philanthropist Percy Gwanyanya (37) has launched a scholarship program which will benefit many across the country.Gwanyanya who is the founder and Managing Direct...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:27hrs | 1112 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mugabe's nephew takes minister to court
Nephew to late former president Robert Mugabe Mr Robert Zhuwao has approached the High Court challenging the reversal of his offer letter for a 232-hectare farm in Zvimba by the Government. In the mat...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:56hrs | 93 | by Staff rpeorter
Government controls fuelling the black market
Business at the country's parallel (black) market for foreign currency and other commodities has never been as brisk. Billions of dollars in local or foreign currency exchange hands on a daily basis i...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:07hrs | 4229 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mugabe's nephew kicked out of farm
FORMER Cabinet minister, Patrick Zhuwao has been kicked out of his 232 hectares farm in Zvimba district, Mashonaland West province by Lands Minister Perrance Shiri.Zhuwao is currently in exile...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 07:02hrs | 9403 | by newzimbabwe
Children learning in animal shelter
CHILDREN in resettlement areas are still learning under deplorable conditions, including tobacco barns and animal shelters, Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema confirmed to Parliamen...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 09:06hrs | 1151 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt warned against printing money
Business leaders have warned government to desist from excessive money printing, as it is negatively affecting real growth.Inflation happens if the money supply grows faster than economic outp...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:38hrs | 10707 | by Staff Reporter
Govt employs 5 000 teachers
THE Civil Service Commission has given the nod to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to employ 5 000 teachers to ease pressure in the country's schools while further proposing that teache...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 2369 | by Staff Reporter
Civil servant up for illegal possession of elephant tusks
A FIELD orderly at Camsasa Clinic in Guruve was last week arraigned before the courts for possession of two elephant tusks.Last Chaatama (39) pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded ...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:15hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe assets face seizure
Zimbabwe, which is banking on investment in its natural resources to arrest an economic free-fall, faces having the assets of a State mining company seized after a final appeal of a 2014 arbitration r...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:47hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
'Ndebele commanders led Shona soldiers to fight whites in 1896' says Charamba
Ndebele soldiers were in charge of commanding Shona armies to fights the white in Mashonaland during the 1896/97 war of resistance that took place in Zimbabwe. Presidential Spokesperson George...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2994 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe records trade surplus
ZIMBABWE recorded a trade surplus of US$83 million in October after the country exported more goods than it imported, latest trade data shows. Data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean tobacco hectarage drops
AT least 35 998 hectares of land have so far been put under tobacco in the 2019/20 summer cropping season, down from 42 010 hectares that had been planted during the same period last year, statistics ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:45hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Still waiting for the rains
Old man Jaricha craned his head looking up to the skies as if looking for answers, we are into the second week of December and still no rains. Tobacco seedlings are still in nursery beds, well...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:18hrs | 697 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Zimbabwe needs commodities exchange markets
The recent revelations by the Zimbabwean government that the country loses over 30 tonnes of Gold (Worth around US$2 billion) to South Africa and other world markets, through smuggling every year are ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:14hrs | 800 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe imports US$1m meat from SA
Zimbabwe last year imported meat products from South Africa worth US$1 097 743 via Beitbridge Border Post. It is understood that the majority of the imports were poultry products. The Herald a...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:00hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
They were not called sons of the soil for nothing
Now that Uncle Sam and his cousin Albion have not minced their words on what must be done first for 'ZIDERA' to go, what shall we do about it? Did we not say it before that the human rights ma...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 22:06hrs | 1745 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Who said farmers do not 'cry'?
Baradzanwa cattle dip tank is not working and has not been for some time now. Cattle are literally walking dead, skeletal shadows of their former selves. Communal farmers seemingly now 'fatten...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:55hrs | 202 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Homes, land destroyed as gold panners invade region
Under the blazing sun, a group of men use picks and shovels to dig up a bushy patch of land outside Zimbabwe's second-largest city, stopping every few seconds to scan the soil for signs of gold....Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:14hrs | 832 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, minister clash over land
War veterans in Mashonaland Central province have accused Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mavhunga of allegedly grabbing land from stalwarts of the liberation struggle and re-allocating it to peopl...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:44hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
War veterans, minister clash over land
War veterans in Mashonaland Central province have accused Provincial Affairs minister Monica Mavhunga of allegedly grabbing land from stalwarts of the liberation struggle and re-allocating it to peopl...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Our tobacco crop is signed by the sun
There is a conspiracy theory that keep wafting about despite efforts to muzzle and smoother it. Zimbabwe's tobacco and oranges are 'signed by the sun' hence no matter the appearances the taste is grea...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 11:27hrs | 954 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
All is not lost when O-Level results are not good
O-Level candidates are now trooping back home after sweating it out writing the final exams. It was a walk in the park for some yet a Herculean undertaking for others writing same. Parents, th...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:52hrs | 3170 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Villages and cattle pens are empty
It was not the usual rainfall but heavy downpour punctuated with blinding lightening and earsplitting thunder. Of course far too little when compared to the deluge of Noah's time but nevertheless it r...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1979 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
RBZ Autonomy and Quasi-Fiscal Activities
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Zimbabwean Government that it needs to give autonomy to its central bank if it is to avert the risk of plunging the economy into hyperinflation aft...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1142 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimdollar and the quest for redemption
A NEW currency is in town and this week we witnessed its physical manifestation exactly four-and-a-half months after its official return. Since February, however, the near-return was almost predictabl...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 153 | by Respect Gwenzi
Tobacco seedling scheme for Matabeleland
DIVERSFIED agro-based concern, Mhuri Farming plans to roll out a tobacco seedling-growing scheme in Matabeleland to promote production of the crop in the region. Of late, the Tobacco Industry ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:10hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Man poisons son after paternity row with wife
A RUSAPE teenage father did the unthinkable when he allegedly fed a poisonous tobacco pesticide into his son's mouth with a syringe and instantly killed him following a protracted paternity dispute wi...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 22:18hrs | 2950 | by Staff reporter
Govt intensifies land redistribution in Mashonaland West
Government is set to intensify its efforts in subdividing farms exceeding the recommended size as well as repossess underutilised land in Mashonaland West, Provincial Affairs minister Mary Mliswa has ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:49hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions despite criticism that it is fuelling inflation....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa going after billionaires and millionaires in Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF insiders also say that although President Emmerson Mnangagwa had not moved with speed to deal with corruption, the current anti-graft blitz had long been coming. They pointed to the re...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:57hrs | 9408 | by Staff reporter
New notes and coins cannot solve Zimbabwe's problems
The Zimbabwean situation has been worsened by a clueless central bank, finance minister minister who is myopic and a government that only serves the interests of a few.. This article will try to clari...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1958 | by Henry Madiro
Sanctions are anti-peace in Zimbabwe
The issue of sanctions and how they have impacted the social and economic welfare of the generality of Zimbabweans is of great relevance to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. Fi...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 154 | by Geoffrey T. Chada
The frogs are singing in their aquatic languages
The road that cuts through the two schools starts from or ends at the landmark dam, not a real cul-de-sac but just a dead end. Nevertheless, tyre tracks are still visible since anglers and customers c...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:52hrs | 888 | by Thomas Tondo MURISA.
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