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Zimbabwe govt moves to clear mining licences backlog
The Government is set to lift the suspension on the issuance of mining licences across Zimbabwe, Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Engineer Polite Kambamura announced in the National Assemb...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:43hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
UNDP vows to national climate resilience building
United Nations Development Programs (UNDP) deputy resident representative programs Madelena Monoja hailed their partnership with Nationa...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 16:52hrs | 16 | by Tarisai Mudahondo | Simbarashe Sithole
Government holds workshop on climate service framework
Zimbabwean Government in partnership with United Nations Development Programme is implementing a seven(7) year programme titled "Building the climate resilience for agricultural livelihoods in Souther...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 13:44hrs | 15 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Kasukuwere threatens knockout punch, but doubts persist
POLITICAL analysts say former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere's entry into the presidential election race set for 23 August will eat into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's votes...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to divide the Zanu-PF vote?
SELF-EXILED former Zanu-PF political commissar and Cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has joined the presidential race ahead of this year's harmonised elections set for August 23.Last week, ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa rebrands
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), a government entity responsible for managing the country's water resources, has roped in other organisations in projects that are expected to benefit the...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bees fend off illegal loggers
Tanaka Ngara (39), who lived in Watsomba village in Zimbabwe's Mutasa district, transformed his fortune through beekeeping, which also successfully helped safeguard his area's dwindling forests....Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 11:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Do not buy cllrs, MPs bottled water during events MIHR
BULAWAYO residents have been urged to desist from buying their councillors and legislators bottled water during public events but make them drink the water which the community drink on daily bas...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 10:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Auxilia Mnangagwa more than a hero, she deserves the award
As Zimbabwe prepares to honour their living and non-living heroes in an annually occasion, the president in his wisdom has taken this opportunity to honour some people past and present heroes. ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 23:37hrs | 24 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Pressure group takes ministry to ZMC
MATABELELAND Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has written to the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) complaining about the Environment and Tourism ministry's failure to release the national environmental...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Refuse non-collection a human rights violation'
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has described the failure by the urban councils to collect refuse as a human rights violation because it exposes citizens to health risks.Thi...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Insiza communities face flash floods
THE Insiza Department of Civil Protection (DCP) has urged villagers to desist from building houses near Mayfair Dam in Insiza district in Matabeleland South to avoid being swept away when the dam spil...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces yet another cyclone
ZIMBABWE could be hit by Cyclone Faraji, a name drawn from Kenya, barely a month after tropical Cyclone Eloise left a trail of destruction in Manicaland, Masvingo and Matabeleland Bulawayo provincial ...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 21:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hopeless situation for Ziombabwe civil servants
THE strife within the civil service will remain commonplace, as wages continue to be significantly eroded by the country's high inflation.Critical social services such as health and education ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Normal rainy season forecast
GOVERNMENT will begin procuring inputs this week and distribute them to farmers by the end of the month to enable them to timeously prepare for the 2019-2020 summer cropping season, which experts beli...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive boost for agriculture
Government will begin procuring inputs this week and distribute them to farmers by the end of the month to enable them to timeously prepare for the 2019-2020 summer cropping season, which experts beli...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
White farmer thanks Mnangagwa
Top Chipinge coffee farmer and owner of Farfell Estates Mr Richard Le Vieux has thanked President Mnangagwa for resolving the ownership dispute of a portion of the farm enabling exports of the crop an...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
CSC revival shifts gear up
Government's planned revival of giant meat processor - Cold Storage Company (CSC) - through Bousted Beef Zimbabwe, has reached an advanced stage following revelations that CSC recently received 2 000 ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 08:59hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Global Climate Fund a major breakthrough For Green Projects In Zimbabwe
Long-term changes in the earth's climate system have been significant and are occurring more rapidly than in the past. Continued emissions into the earth's atmosphere are projected to cause further wa...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2 | by Enos Denhere
Global Climate Fund a major breakthrough For Green Projects In Zimbabwe
Long-term changes in the earth's climate system have been significant and are occurring more rapidly than in the past. Continued emissions into the earth's atmosphere are projected to cause further wa...Published: 17 May 2019 at 08:42hrs | 7 | by Enos Denhere
Mliswa goes after Wadyajena...again
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has called upon Parliament to investigate the Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Water and Climate Mayor Justice Wadyajena after the Grain ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:39hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chipinge MP's wife survived by climbing a tree
Chipinge South MP Enock Porusingazi said his wife only survived by climbing a tree.There are fears that the death toll is much higher as some of the worst affected areas had become inaccessibl...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai kills 31, several displaced
At least 31 people have died in Manicaland's Chimanimani district as homes and bridges were swept away by a tropical storm that began on Friday.There are fears that the death toll is much high...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
$7bn needed for cleaner energy in Zimbabwe
A CLIMATE change specialist has said Zimbabwe needs close to $7 billion to mitigate climate change effects by 2030.This was revealed last week in Parliament by director of water and climate ch...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe likely to return some land to white farmers?
The Zimbabwean government is likely to give back some land to white farmers, after a land audit is set to be completed in March.The audit, which is being carried out across the country, seeks ...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:31hrs | | by Business Day
Perm Sec in $250 million probe
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has opened an investigation into how Lands, Agriculture, Water and Climate Permanent Secretary Mr Ringson Chitsiko handled a $250 million contract with an inves...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo launches water documentary
A new documentary commemorating a century of the Matabeleland Zambezi Water project will be launched in December , giving the public a unique insight into the water woes of Matebelelan...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Public funds unaccounted for in post-coup ministry mergers
The merger or demerger of government ministries after recent changes of government has made it difficult to account for assets and public funds, Auditor General Mildred Chiri has said.Merging ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CEO's case opens can of worms, suspended over hunting concessions
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) CEO Themba Moyo was suspended for allegedly being the "stumbling block" in efforts to capture all hunting concessions in the district by private players, accord...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to cut farm sizes
THE government has started a land audit to cut farm sizes, flush out multiple farm owners and correct some of the mistakes from its chaotic land reform programme.The effort is an attempt by th...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Business Live
Tsholotsho Stadium money ‘disappears'
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council (RDC) is setting up a Commission of Inquiry into possible embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars, including $360 000 that was meant for the construction of ...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangwagwa gets cholera vaccine
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa has led cabinet ministers in getting cholera vaccine being administered by Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo in the cabinet room, as a way to encourage th...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 15:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa join hands with white farmers
White farmers in Zimbabwe, under the ambit of the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), have expressed interest in working with the Government and contributing towards the success of the country's agricultu...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
I regret joining Tendai Biti
FORMER vice-president of the Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party Samuel Sipepa Nkomo says his political career, spanning nearly six decades, had so many ups and downs, but the lowest dip was when...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF goes after Mugabe's farms
Former president Robert Mugabe risks losing most of his farms and mining claims as his erstwhile colleagues in the ruling Zanu-PF hit back at the 94-year-old teetotaller for supporting MDC Alliance le...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces El Nino-induced drought
Zimbabwe faces another climate change-induced drought since the 2015-2016 season amid revelations by government that the 2018-19 rainfall season points to an El Nino effect.El Nino is the warm...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:54hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
It's checkmate for Grace Mugabe
Government has invoked legal measures to protect the Mazowe Dam from a takeover by former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe, who has targeted the picturesque area 30km from Harare for inclusion in her spraw...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chivayo donates to charity
INTRATREK Zimbabwe this week donated $100 000 to a charity organisation headed by First Lady Amai Auxilia Mnangagwa and environmental sustainability initiatives being spearheaded by Government through...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bodyguards airlifted to SA
Two of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's security aides who were injured last month when a bomb blast rocked an election campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo have been airlifted to South Afri...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mat South to be turned into green belt, says Chiwenga
The Zanu-PF Government is working on programmes and projects meant to improve the people's lives and this includes the project to transform Beitbridge and its environs into a green belt.Vice P...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe military pledges to respect poll outcome
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) says it will respect the outcome of the July 30 harmonised elections as its conduct is guided by the Constitution. ZDF spokesperson Colonel Overson Mugwisi sa...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe flies into bomb storm
Former president Robert Mugabe returned home yesterday to face a torrent of allegations, inflamed by the recent bomb explosion that rocked the second city of Bulawayo on June 24, claiming two lives....Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lord is with you, prophet tells Mnangagwa
HOLY Word Embassy International Ministries leader Prophet Shepherd said those behind the White City Stadium bombing that claimed two lives and injured 47 were the enemies of the people and will not su...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi airlifted to South Africa
President Mnangagwa yesterday said Vice President Kembo Mohadi and Zanu-PF national chairwoman Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri had been airlifted to South Africa where they were responding well to treatment ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court clips Muchinguri's powers
THE High Court has outlawed the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Raw Water Tariffs) Regulations, Statutory Instrument (SI) 48 of 2016, which gave Environment, Water and Climate minister Oppah Muchin...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Tongaat Hulett
President Mnangagwa last Friday warned Lowveld sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe against resisting accommodation of more indigenous players in sugar cane farming as part of Government's empowerme...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs to miss out on ministerial posts
ZANU-PF is proposing that holders of senior party positions must not be appointed as ministers so that they can monitor the implementation of Government policies and programmes.President Mnang...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
$8 billion for water infrastructure
Zimbabwe requires about US$8 billion to construct 37 major water infrastructure facilities, including dams and water purification structures to meet the increasing demands of the growing urban populat...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporer
Mnangagwa says will protect property rights
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured local and foreign investors that his administration will protect their rights by making conditions conducive for investment.He made the pledge yesterda...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reassures investors
President Mnangagwa has assured local and foreign investors that his administration will protect their rights by making conditions conducive for investment.He made the pledge yesterday in Hara...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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