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Bulawayo conducts virtual consultations on city master plan
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has embarked on a virtual consultation with residents on the city's master plan in line with the country's Regional, Town and Country Planning Act.The current c...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 04:57hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Fears of ARVs shortages allayed
The National Aids Council (NAC) says Zimbabwe has enough stocks of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to take the country through the year amid indications that most resources are being channelled towards the fig...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:45hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
US donates 20 ventilators to Zimbabwe
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), donated 20 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to Solidarity Trust Zimbabwe to help Zimbabweans fight COVID-19....Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 18:23hrs | 1245 | by Staff reporter
Towards meaningful diaspora engagement
Globally, it is estimated that 1 in 7 people is a migrant. Though this measly figure appears to be statistically insignificant and to give credence to the critics of the so-called mobility bias in mig...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:36hrs | 104 | by Mutsa Murenje, Queensland, Australia
Zimbabwe's agriculture seen recovering despite challenges
ZIMBABWE should enjoy a decent harvest for all crops in the current season due to good rains that have been consistent in the past few weeks, farmers' organisations say.A good harvest for grai...Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:48hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failed to consult over lockdown, says Veritas
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says the government did not give transport operators, vendors and representatives of commerce and industry time to prepare for new covid-19 measures amid worsening macroeconom...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
High inflation drives cost of living
USAID food security arm, FEWS NET, says the cost of living in rural and urban areas continues to increase mainly driven by high inflation. In FEWS NET's December 2020 report, the food security organis...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
US admits Zimbabwe regime change plot
THE United States has unwittingly admitted its hidden hand in regime change efforts in Zimbabwe after its Congress expressed frustrations on continued financial support to political activities, saying...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
USAID accused of wasting US$ 10 m 'trying to democratise Zimbabwe' - penny has finally dropped in Washington
The proverbial penny has finally drop in Washington: the Americans have finally woken up to the reality they are wasting money trying to democratise Zimbabwe!"In a damning 2020 Festivus report...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:22hrs | 2251 | by Wilbert Mukori
US wasting millions on Zimbabwe election process - Report
THE United States (US) Senate has predicted Zanu-PF leader, President Emmerson Mngangagwa, would win the 2023 presidential election despite Washington pouring in millions of dollars to democratise the...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
President pleads Int'l Community to donate US$250 million to WFP-Zim emergency operation
Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) party President, Maxwell Teedzai has pleaded the international community including the U.S., U.K and Russia to donate US$250 million to suppo...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 231 | by Tomorrow Musandipedza
Mnangagwa 'worse-than-Mugabe', says US lawmaker
THE US, through its US Agency for International Development (USAID), is spending US$10 million in efforts to improve Zimbabwe's political process and these include supporting non-governmental organisa...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Spectre of a donor-funded Christmas
AS MANY across the globe get into the swing of Christmas festivities, millions of people in Zimbabwe living on less than US$1 a day are turning to donor agencies and well-wishers for survival....Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:47hrs | 93 | by Staff reporter
Over 4 million face starvation
OVER 4 million Zimbabweans are facing starvation while the number of food-insecure is set to rise to 8,6 million, about 60% of the population by year-end due to the combined effects of drought, econom...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 06:30hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
IMF lowers Zimbabwe GDP growth further
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe's economy will contract by 10,4% this year, much higher than its earlier prediction of 7,4%, but expects a rebound next year.It also expects...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe annual inflation tumbles to 659%
THE annual inflation rate dropped 101,62 percentage points to 659,4% last month, as recent gains of the local currency against the greenback continue to reflect on its strength.The drop in the...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:35hrs | 767 | by Staff reporter
US Ambassador to Harare lays re-engagement cards on the table
WORLD superpower, the United States of America, stands accused of interfering in Zimbabwe's internal political affairs by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3737 | by Staff reporter
'US to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe'
THE United States will maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe for as long as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government continues with its human rights abuses which pose a threat to regional stability, a senio...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business opts for US dollars as base currency
TRANSACTIONS are increasingly occurring in United States Dollars which means that households that earn incomes in the Zimbabwe dollar including most poor households, will find it increasingly unafford...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Shaina amplifies Zimbabwe story
SHAINA is a movie that tells the Zimbabwean story on hope and resilience, it tells the daily struggles encountered by ordinary people in their day-to-day lives. The movie, bankrolled by the United Sta...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:33hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Experts voice concern over lack of US aid to Africa
Experts have voiced concerns over the Washington's inaction in joining the international community to help Africa amid the pandemic, the continent hit hardest by COVID-19."The US has basically...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 07:35hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 plunges Zimbabwe into wildlife management crisis - What can be done before vaccine?
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an almost three-month ban on international and domestic travel to Zimbabwe's prime tourist resorts. This has plunged the country into a wildlife management crisis char...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1801 | by Emmanuel Koro
America pours $60.55 million to Zimbabwe for Lean Season Food Assistance
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $60.55 million toward the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2020/21 Lean Season Food Assistance program in Z...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 10:48hrs | 2721 | by Agencies
Corruption stifles economic growth
United States Agency for international development (USAid) country director, Stephanie Funk (SF), says failed economic policies and corruption, and not Western sanctions, are hindering Zimbabwe's econ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extols US, Donald Trump
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has praised United States President Donald Trump for allowing an American company to supply farming equipment to Zimbabwe in support of the country's agricultural mechanis...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:16hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
US worries over abuse of women in Zimbabwe and not blacks in America
THE United States has expressed concern over the State-sponsored violence and political persecution of women in Zimbabwe and called for investigation and prosecution of perpetrators.This follo...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
America gives US$18 million Coronavirus funding to Zimbabwe
The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has committed an additional $10 million in response to COVID-19. The funds will go to the World Food Progra...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 12:37hrs | 872 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How strong democratic values help defeat a pandemic
If ever the world needed a reminder of the critical importance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is it. The coronavirus knows nothing of national boundaries, ...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:56hrs | 206 | by Brian A. Nichols, United states ambassador
Mthuli Ncube yet to release COVID-19 funds
GOVERNMENT's incapacity to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus in the country was exposed in a case currently before the High Court where the Health ministry disclosed that Treasury has not yet ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Red Cross embraces Covid-19 measures
The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) is continuing with its food distribution programme in vulnerable communities despite the 21-day lockdown that was imposed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to slow ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:34hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
US donates US$470,000 to combat COVID-19
THE United States yesterday pledged US$470 000 to combat COVID-19 in Zimbabwe and to complement World Health Organisation (WHO) efforts to prepare large-scale testing for coronavirus in the country....Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:43hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 testing to decentralise
Government is decentralising laboratory testing for coronavirus specimens with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo joining the National Reference Laboratory in Harare ...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:35hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
TB-related deaths increase in Bulawayo
THE City of Bulawayo has recorded an increase in the number of tuberculosis (TB) and TB-related deaths at its clinics.According to the latest council minutes, in January this year the local au...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:21hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Questionable USAid donation to Zimbabwe parliament
Parliament is set to renew its partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) after the expiry of a previous agreement in July last year. USAID mission directo...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
New dam commissioned in Plumtree
A newly constructed dam has been commssioned in in the Bulilima District of Matabeleland South courtesy of Amalima , an organisation funded by the USAID.The newly commissioned dam is called No...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 15:05hrs | 925 | by Stephen Jakes
Trump proposes 21% cut in US foreign aid in budget proposal
President Donald Trump will propose cutting billions of dollars in US foreign aid in his fiscal 2021 budget while seeking an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China and Rus...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 05:26hrs | 141 | by Reuters
Zimbabweans freaks over mealie-meal crisis
Long-suffering Zimbabweans yesterday made an imposed plea to the government to work harder to end the biting shortages of mealie-meal in the country. This comes as millers were yet to receive 50 000 t...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:26hrs | 2763 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's maize supplies critically low'
NATIONAL maize supplies are critically low as a result of the poor 2019 harvest and limited ability for imports, USAid's food security arm has said.The poor 2018/19 season as a result of droug...Published: 04 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Does SB Moyo live on earth?
For those who may not remember, Sibusiso B. Moyo, (PhD) is the man who became the face of the November 2017 coup. As I write, after his spate with the United States ambassador, Brian Nichols, I am beg...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1174 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mugabe coup announcer distanced himself from US ambassador attack?
Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo told Western diplomats before and after making an intemperate rant against the United States ambassador last week that he was not the originator of the statement...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:34hrs | 18284 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuse and bullying of own citizens pushing them right into the arms of the USA
As tensions between the beleaguered Zimbabwe government and the United States of America (USA) ambassador Brian Nichols continue to intensify - especially, in the wake of the latter's recent flat deni...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1986 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabwe ill treating its citizens'
The government of the United States was blunt, candid and unwavering about the status of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe on October 2, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:15hrs | 844 | by Pearl Matibe
Zimbabwe tour operators accuse Botswana of unfair business practice
ZIMBABWE'S tour operators have alleged unfair business practices by their Botswana counterparts, whereby they bring their clients straight to the country instead of letting them do that on their behal...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 07:19hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1642 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Honeymoon over for anti-Mnangagwa NGOs
The Aid Coordination Policy approved by Cabinet recently, aimed at ensuring consistency and harmonisation of development partners' activities to promote transparency, will not only promote economic gr...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 363 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Starvation to hit Zimbabwe
Food security is a matter of strategic national importance. Issues of food security affect us all regardless of colour, Creed and political affiliation. The issue of food security caused migrati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 09:42hrs | 3371 | by Nicholas Ncube
Zimbabwe to be food insecure by September, says USAid
MOST of the country’s districts will be food insecure by September due to a poor 2018/19 harvests and "escalating" macroeconomic hardships, a food security report by the United States Agency for Int...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
MDC linked Amnesty International Zimbabwe suspended over corrupt
Amnesty International Zimbabwe, which was exposed in an audit that unearthed serious fraud and mismanagement involving millions of United States dollars has been suspended from its mother body, Amnest...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:43hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
US foreign policy prefers Kenya
Kenya is "one of our key friends in Africa - nay, in the world," said a confident, pleased United States (US) assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor P Nagy, at a May 9 briefing in Was...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 359 | by Pearl Matibe
US shows hand in potential destabilisation of Zimbabwe
The United States of America (USA)'s latest "Zimbabwe Travel Advisory" to Americans intending to visit Zimbabwe, and those in Zimbabwe, is couched as a routine cautionary statement, yet it is laden wi...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:22hrs | 2220 | by Staff reporter
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