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Zimbabwean doctor at centre of Grace Mugabe farm 'gift' charged with medical misconduct; risks being struck off by tribunal
A doctor at the centre of a 2016 farm seizure row in Zimbabwe is appearing before the UK Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) over allegations of mistreating patients.The tribunal, un...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2654 | by Staff reporter
Donations pour in for Nkayi cattle loss family
WELL-WISHERS who have been touched by the story of the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant have mobilised donations including cattle to be handed over to...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
21-cattle loss: 8 family members on suicide watch
MALE and female members of a Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province, who lost 21 cattle after dozing them with a deadly grain protectant, have been sleeping in the same room since the fatal accid...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:33hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family accidentally poisons 21 cattle
A Nkayi family in Matabeleland North Province has been left distraught after losing 21 cattle valued at over US$8 500 following a breakdown in communication which resulted in a dangerous grain protect...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:44hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Dubai Zimbabwe's second-largest gold market
THE United Arab Emirates (UAE) has consolidated its position as Zimbabwe's second-largest export destination as gold shipments to the region continue to grow, a new report by the country's statistical...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 15:24hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco farmers urged to implement climate change proofing Agricultural practices
Senior Agronomist Lazarus Gatawa has urged tobacco farmers to plan thoroughly and elevate their agricultural practices as mitigation measures to cou...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 08:39hrs | 327 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe trade deficit hits US$34bn as industrialisation flops
ZIMBABWE has since 2002 accumulated a trade deficit of more than US$34 billion, a clear indication that the country's industrialisation-led import-substitution programmes have failed, new data show....Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Monetary policy inconsistency sinking economy
On the 17th of May 2022, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) issued a circular cancelling the order announced by the head of state on the suspension of bank lending one week earlier. The head of state ...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 07:19hrs | 410 | by Victor Bhoroma
Murder cases on the increase
OVER 10 murder cases have been recorded countrywide during the past seven days as the cases continue to surge.The latest case is the discovery of a body of a male adult found dead at Fly over ...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 15:09hrs | 1318 | by Staff Reporter
'The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in the economy, among them suspension of bank lending, ...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:00hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
South Africa to reverse takeover of Tongaat Hulett by the Rudland family of Zimbabwe?
The R2-billion takeover of sugar giant Tongaat Hulett by the Rudland family of Zimbabwe has potentially crashed and burned.A key shareholder resolution paving the way for the deal was declared...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:36hrs | 3419 | by Staff reporter
Colonialism belongs to old time Britain
ASSERTIONS by one Tendai Ruben Mbofana (Zim leaders eagerly defending Chinese colonialism! NewsDay May 25, 2022) that China has colonised Zimbabwe cannot go unchallenged.The contents of the so...Published: 01 Jun 2022 at 06:35hrs | 515 | by Christopher Mahove
Tobacco farmers warned
Zimbabwe's Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) said it was pushing for a legal instrument to deal with the side marketing of tobacco by farmers during the 2022 selling season.According...Published: 27 May 2022 at 13:23hrs | 660 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ndiraya's suspension stinks
DYNAMOS have initiated negotiations with possible candidates to replace suspended head coach Tonderai Ndiraya.Ndiraya is unlikely to survive the storm at the Premiership football giants....Published: 23 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe Reserve Bank is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in the economy, among them suspension of bank lending, ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:26hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's once-off sale of ivory stockpiles acceptable
ZIMBABWE is desperately seeking international support to be allowed to sell its stockpile of ivory to raise funds for its conservation efforts.It is an age-old problem for the southern African...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:31hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Masuka in court over US$94 000 loan
AGRICULTURE Minister Anxious Masuka has allegedly failed to pay back a US$94 000 loan advanced to him five years ago in the form of tobacco farming inputs.A Chinese tobacco contracting firm Ti...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
RBZ in dramatic U-turn on lending
THE central bank yesterday lifted its temporary suspension of lending services by banks after the policy triggered sustained protests from industry, commerce and the public in general.In a sta...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
Parly probes tobacco company
PARLIAMENT has launched a full-scale investigation into Premium Leaf Zimbabwe operations and the quality of its tobacco exports.The company executives yesterday appeared before the Parliamenta...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter
MP pays fees for striking farm workers' children
Mazowe North legislator Campion Mugweni (ZANU PF) has paid tuition fees for 600 farm workers' children at Forester Estate in Mvurwi.The...Published: 16 May 2022 at 21:42hrs | 1169 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa ban added fuel to a fire
The government's on-going crackdown against financial institutions to stem the collapse of the Zimbabwe dollar will only worsen the economic crisis facing the country instead of solving it.Pre...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:13hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
'The Reserve Bank is not creating money'
The Sunday Mail Editor Victoria Ruzvidzo (VR) had a no-holds-barred interview with RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya (JM) on the latest developments in the economy, among them suspension of bank lending, ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar worries industry
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) is having sleepless nights over an overvalued Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar), which is now undermining the scope for maximising structural efficiency and ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:09hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's idle cannabis licence holders put on notice
The US$27 million medical cannabis farm and processing plant at Mount Hampden set up by Swiss Biocieuticals Limited was commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa who urged others with permits for ...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean farmers to cash in on cannabis global boom
Zimbabwean farmers looking to cash in on a global boom in medicinal cannabis face a litany of costs and regulatory barriers, but growers like Munyaradzi Nyanungo are betting it will boost their fortun...Published: 11 May 2022 at 11:36hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Gold branding necessary in anti-smuggling fight, says ZACC
Zimbabwean gold needs to be branded so it can be positively identified once smuggled out of the country, to enable easy identification, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said....Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:54hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Farmer dies in freak accident
A HURUNGWE farmer died last week after falling from a truck ferrying tobacco bales to the market.The truck was side-swiped by a haulage truck at the 234km peg along the Chirundu-Harare Highway...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination blitz: Zimbabwe reaches 10m dose mark
ZIMBABWE has now administered 10 million jabs of Covid-19 vaccines with more than half the targeted population aged 12 and over now having had their first dose, a pair of major milestones in the natio...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:50hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
ZACC blocks US$18m illegal transactions
THE widening of the battle against corruption to include prevention as well as hunting down the lawbreakers is paying off for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission which recently blocked two illegal...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
'840 000 children drop out of school'
AN estimated 840 000 schoolchildren have quit school since 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19, a United States embassy report on the 2021 state of human rights in Zimbabwe has shown.But g...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Who is really behind the R2bn Tongaat Hulett bid?
WHO sits behind Magister Investments, the prospective new owner of the sugar giant? This mystery is now front and centre in a last-ditch battle by minority shareholders to block the controversial R2 b...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 705 | by Dewald van Rensburg for amaBhungane
Oxford Business Group and Zimbabwe Sugar Association team up for latest focus report
Harare, April 2022: A new focus report, produced by Oxford Business Group (OBG) in partnership with the Zimbabwe Sugar Association, explores the positive impact that the African Continental Free Trade...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 12:21hrs | 231 | by Regional and Global Opportunities Beckon for Zimbabwe's Sugar Industry
Zimbabwe's trade deficit narrows
Zimbabwe recorded a sharp decline in trade deficit in January this year after exports surged modestly compared to the prior month, December 2021, official statistics show.In January 2022 Zimba...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 108 | 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 | 102 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy urgently needs tax reforms
For the fourth consecutive year, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has been exceeding budgeted quarterly and annual revenue targets (in ZW Dollar and in US Dollar terms). Even though the economy ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:40hrs | 1462 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe repossessing unused land from black farmers
Zimbabwe has begun repossessing idle land from black farmers who benefitted from controversial land reforms two decades ago, Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said Wednesday.People whose far...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 09:25hrs | 1788 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's drug problem spirals out of control
ABOUT 250 drug addicts are attended to at Ingutsheni Central Hospital monthly amid worries that the number of youths abusing drugs keeps rising in Bulawayo.Statistics from Active Youth Zimbabw...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:16hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco marketing season starts today
This year's tobacco marketing season kicks off today with the usual ceremony this morning at the Tobacco Sales Floor opening the auction sales with the contract floors, which will handle 95 percent of...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:13hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for exports diversity
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on industrialists to enhance value addition and diversify their exports to end the exportation of raw commodities.Primary commodities have dominat...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:49hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
ZACC probes Koefman estate ownership
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission is now digging into reports that some people are jostling to grab the Mbare property popularly known as "Kwa Koefman" some, 89 years after the death of the owne...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Stubborn smugglers dice with death on treacherous Limpopo
DECENT Mbedzi (42) sits uncomfortably as he frantically nails together some wooden boards to make a wooden raft, just metres away from Dulibadzimu Gorge, about five kilometres south of Beitbridge bord...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Neighbourly advice on SA from Zimbabwe's Trevor Ncube
Our neighbour to the north, Zimbabwe, is in a torrid way. It has been for some time but it seems the status quo, despite having a new coup-imposed leader since late 2017, is not budging.The ou...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1114 | by Michael Appel
CIO boss grabs Mhangura farm, evicts 200 school children
A SENIOR Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer, Hickman Nyarumwe, has reportedly seized a Mhangura farm and moved to evict over 200 from a satellite school situated there, NewZimbabwe.com ca...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe only processing 2% tobacco
Zimbabwe has earned US$245 million after exporting 48 000 tonnes of tobacco, as the country is only processing two percent of the leaf. The country has a capacity of earning US$15 billion per ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube rules out US$ dollar payment to farmers
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has ruled out paying farmers in United States dollars for maize deliveries, but said there were exceptions for those growing export-oriented cropsThere are wider ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 748 | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe's tobacco auction floors ready for opening
Tobacco auction floors are ready for the opening of the marketing season on March 30. Farmers are expected to start delivering the crop next Wednesday. Yesterday, all the three auction...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:26hrs | 781 | by Staff reporter
30% of Midlands crop a write-off
NEARLY 30 percent of the maize crop Madeline Magwenzi across Midlands Province is now a write off with the total provincial yield already compromised due to the prolonged dry spell that has been exper...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Land reform a game changer, says ZDF
The Land Reform Programme is a game changer in Zimbabwe's economy that has resulted in the positive transformation of people's livelihoods. This was said by Zimbabwe National Army director civ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:34hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Icaz appoints new CEO
THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (Icaz) has appointed William Mandisodza as its chief executive officer (CEO), according to a statement released on Wednesday.Icaz said Mandis...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | 263 | 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 | 102 | by Staff reporter
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