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Zimbabwe unveils industrial growth blueprint for automotive sector
The Zimbabwe Industrial Reconstruction and Growth Plan (ZIRGP), a targeted economic manufacturing initiative, has outlined key strategies to boost domestic production of buses and trucks. Running from...Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:52hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean exporters granted duty-free access to UK markets
Zimbabwean exporters have been encouraged to explore new markets and boost exports through the United Kingdom's Eastern and Southern Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (UK ESA EPA), which offers si...Published: 16 Sep 2024 at 13:36hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
ZiG manipulators face stiff sentences
Cabinet considered the report on basic commodities prices and availability and issues constraining local industry as presented by the Honourable Vice President Gen (Rtd) Dr CGDN Chiwenga. On m...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 11:24hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to issue withdrawal letters for underutilised farms
the Government will soon issue letters of withdrawal to anyone found to have been underutilising farms allocated under the Land Reform Programme, a senior Government official has said.The Land...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's billion-dollar petroleum pipeline project on course
PROCUREMENT of equipment that will be used in the construction of Zimbabwe's second petroleum pipeline project valued at over US$1 billion is on course, the deal maker of the lucrative project told th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 11:46hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe airports underutilised
THE country's airports are reportedly running at an average capacity utilisation of 27%, according to the Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ).ACZ chief executive officer Tawanda Gusha told News...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt guns for maximum land utilisation
Government has put in place several maesures, such as penalising multiple land owners and re-allocation, to ensure that every piece of agricultural land is fully utilised, NewsDay Farming reported....Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF ineptitude created power crisis
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the power crisis bedevilling the country is a symptom of the ruling party's lack of foresight, corruption and energy policy i...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives for Matabeleland South visit
MATABELELAND South will be under the spotlight as President Mnangagwa is today expected to commission the Blanket Mine Central Shaft in Gwanda District during his two-day visit to the province....Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mtshabezi greenbelt transforms rural agriculture
AN 87-year-old dream turned into reality following Government's bold move to transform Mtshabezi Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, into a greenbelt in line with the Second Repu...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses hope on reforms
OPPOSITION parties have lost hope of the country holding free and fair elections next year in the absence of electoral reforms.Some of the political parties have predicted a disputed poll as g...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
More than 260,000 on waiting list for land, says Minister
Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka has said at least 260,000 people are on the waiting list to be allocated farms.Masuka was speaking during a field day in Kwekwe, before putting unproductive...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lake Gwayi-Shangani to supply water to Bulawayo for 80 years
Completion of the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project will ensure reliable water supply to Bulawayo for the next 80 years, while weaning off some of its supply dams in Matabeleland South to cater for developm...Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive continues to pay off
Zimbabwe continues to reap economic dividends from its engagement and re-engagement drive, with French President Emmanuel Macron facilitating the rehabilitation and upgrading of the historic Great Zim...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should prioritise returnees in land allocations
LAST week, I came across two seemingly unrelated media stories that forced me to consider the link between land governance in Zimbabwe and the migration crisis affecting Zimbabweans resident in neighb...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:29hrs | | by Admire Mjamaru
80-year Mtshabezi dream comes to life
MTSHABEZI Irrigation Scheme in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South, had been a pipe dream for over 80 years, but is now up and running, as has become the norm under the Second Republic.Last ye...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Domestic airports rehab forecast to boost tourism
PLAYERS in the tourism industry have welcomed the ongoing airports rehabilitation programme by the Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) saying this will complement efforts to grow the tourism sector to ...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes after unutilised farms
GOVERNMENT has said underutilised land will be repossessed and redistributed to people on the waiting list during the on-going land audit to flush out multiple farm owners.Farms allocated to i...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blocked from seizing Jonathan Moyo's farm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has suffered a major blow in its retributive bid to seize Jonathan Moyo's Mazowe farm after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the exiled former cabinet...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gweru housing backlog balloons
GWERU's housing waiting list has ballooned to over 35 000 at a time when council has said it does not have residential stands on offer, Southern Eye has established.A 2021 report on housing in...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt set farm production reports due date
The Government has set February 15 as the date by which all A1 and A2 farmers must submit farm production reports every year.It is believed that this could help identify underutilised land....Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Agriculture as the trigger to industrialisation
"The sacrosanct cornerstone and golden thread upon which any successful productive economy can be built is the legal protection of private property ownership."We all know that Zimbabwe's agric...Published: 03 Jan 2022 at 05:56hrs | 6 | by Vince Musewe
Govt repossesses idle farms
Government has withdrawn offer letters from two farmers in Manicaland Province who were not utilising the land. The land amounts to more than 600 hectares, which were acquired under the Land R...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 05:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Dry Port operating at 65% capacity
THE Zimbabwe Dry Port facility at Walvis Bay in Namibia is operating at between 65% and 70% of capacity due to lack of support from the local business community, the company's acting area manager Just...Published: 20 Oct 2021 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to increase intwasa acreage
SENATORS have pleaded with the Agriculture ministry to increase the land under the Pfumvudza/Intwasa programme from the current half an acre to at least one acre for all targeted farmers for improved ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Use it or lose it, Zimbabwe new farmers told
Zanu-PF women's league boss Mabel Chinomona, who is also Senate President, has been told to utilise her farm in Chirumhanzu, Midlands, by her juniors as she risks losing the property, in what is seen ...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema invites regional opposition leaders to inauguration
Zambia's incoming president Hakainde Hichilema sent dozens of invitations to foreign leaders for his inauguration on Tuesday, but breaking with tradition, he is also inviting opposition leaders from Z...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt identifying underutilised farms
THE Government has come up with a comprehensive criterion to identify land to accommodate more than 250 000 people who have applied, given that most of the farms have been taken up, a Cabinet Minister...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
EFF urges Zimbabweans not to use contraceptives
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has discouraged Zimbabweans not to use contraceptives, saying the country needs more people to fully harness its abundance as well as underutilised resourc...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK company proposes US$850m fuel pipeline for Zimbabwe
A UNITED Kingdom-registered oil company with strong South African links, Coven Energy Limited, has tabled an ambitious US$850 million investment proposal to construct Zimbabwe's second fuel pipeline i...Published: 03 Jul 2021 at 21:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Plea to finish Matebeleland South development projects
Zanu-PF Matebeleland South Province wants Government departments to finish outstanding development projects.The initiative is meant to enhance development within the province as the country su...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF urges urgent completion of projects
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South Province has engaged Government departments in order to speed up completion of outstanding development projects.The initiative is meant to enhance development within...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths gun for party bigwigs
Zanu-PF youths in Manicaland province are plotting to invade farms belonging to the ruling party's secretary for finance Patrick Chinamasa and former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, it ha...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths target bigwigs' farms
Zanu-PF youths in Headlands are reportedly eyeing farms allocated to party bigwigs in the constituency, among them former Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa and former Agriculture minister Joseph Made...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government to avail land
ZIMBABWE agricultural land backlog stands at over 200 000 and the Government will soon be availing the land to potential beneficiaries once modalities on the land audit are complete, a Cabinet Ministe...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks declare 99-year leases worthless
LOCAL banks are demanding personal assets, including houses as collateral to finance agriculture, amid the unresolved confusion over the bankability of 99-year leases.Banks say the risk of fin...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional medicine practitioners bemoan underfunding
TRADITIONAL medicine practitioners on Tuesday bemoaned underfunding towards research and the manufacture of traditional medicines, which has resulted in lack of recognition of their practice in the he...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC calls for Dendairy product boycott
MDC Alliance is calling on Zimbabweans to boycott Dendairy (Pvt) Limited products to protest the company's bid to dislodge some 12 500 Chilonga villagers from their Chiredzi ancestral land to make way...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We will seize farms, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government will repossess land from multiple farm owners, which will be redistributed to youths.Mnangagwa told mourners at the burial of former ...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says youths will be prioritised in new land offers
Youths will be prioritised when the Government begins redistributing vacant and underutilised land that has been identified through the recent land audit, President Mnangagwa has said.In his e...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government to repossess underutilised irrigation schemes
GOVERNMENT has come up with a Statutory Instrument that will see it repossessing underutilised land at irrigation schemes. The SI, which is expected to be gazetted soon, will result in members of irri...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'We are ready for COVID-19'
DOCTORS in private practice say they are ready to support government in its fight against COVID-19, but have urged the State to move with speed to utilise all dormant council clinics in order to incre...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt plans 5-year 200k housing project
GOVERNMENT yesterday said plans were underway to construct 200 000 houses throughout the country in the next five years, most of them skyscrapers in a bid to reduce Zimbabwe's housing backlog....Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions maintaining discipline on Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa must listen to what the people are saying. We have had election disputes in Zimbabwe since time immemorial. They became more pronounced in 2000 when the late MDC founding ...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | | by Worried
Govt moots downsizing stands in low-density areas
GOVERNMENT is considering cutting the sizes of stands in low-density suburbs to create room for more human settlement saying there was a lot of space which was underutilised.The move, which is...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt acts on corruption in land distribution
Government has reviewed the policy on allocation of vacant land and restructured the Provincial and District Lands committee to curb rampant corruption, legislators have heard.Lands, Agricultu...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe minister takes up #JohnVul'gate challenge
THE South African John Vuligate challenge has taken Zimbabwe by storm, with a local minister joining in the frenzy.Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka mesmerised g...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents turn to sewer water
A HEALTH disaster looms in Umguza district after Mbundane residents, banned from fetching water from boreholes in Nketa 8, have resorted to sewer dams as Bulawayo's water crisis gets worse.Mbu...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
We cannot afford to have idle, unproductive land - Mnangagwa
Address by His Excellency, President Mnangagwa at the official opening of the inaugural Zimbabwe Agricultural Show at the Harare Showgrounds on Friday....Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:44hrs | | by Emmerson D Mnangagwa
Mnangagwa calls for innovation in agriculture
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says players in the agriculture sector should employ modern technologies to enhance productivity, boost food security and nutrition. Innovative solutions, he said, should h...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
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