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Zimbabwe millers, retailers in stand-off over mealie meal
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says mainstream retail shops have low stocks of mealie meal because they want the product on credit terms at a time the exchange rate is volatile....Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:38hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube feels heat
THE government's ambitious growth projections are unlikely to be met because of protracted blackouts, which have stifled exports and further weakened the local currency.In December last year, ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:17hrs | 1221 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Unleashing the Beauty of Matopos - A Journey from Bulawayo to Maphisa
As a nature enthusiast and adventure seeker, I am always on the lookout for new destinations to explore. One such place that caught my attention recently is Matopos, a beautiful region in Zimbabwe kno...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 10:56hrs | 1731 | by Mncedisi Nyathi
Zimbabwe targets net wheat exporter status
GOVERNMENT has revised upwards the winter wheat production target of 85 000 hectares to 90 000 hectares as the country is positioning itself to be a net exporter of wheat in the region.To date...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's maize harvest impressive'
Zimbabwe is food secure having already maize stocks that will last for the next 5,5 months with the bulk of the summer harvest still being gathered and delivered while wheat stocks will last until the...Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique to adopt Pfumvudza model
Mozambique intends to adopt Zimbabwe's successful Pfumvudza farming model to improve crop output at household level in that country, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has said.The model is cli...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hosts Nyusi at Sherwood farm
President Mnangagwa and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi are at Pricabe farm, Sherwood in Kwekwe where are they touring the farm. The farm, which is owned by President Mnangagwa has sev...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:38hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Let's support our school children by paying their school fees
Here I was walking lackadaisically towards our forlorn and miserable Chinehasha Shopping Centre on Friday. The much-remembered and never to be forgotten 2023. Ahh isn't it the same year of the g...Published: 18 May 2023 at 21:05hrs | 332 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Are investors in African equities poised for wins amidst global turmoil?
It has been a tumultuous first quarter of 2023, and African equities have not been spared.Global markets started the year on a very positive note, with the S&P 500 up 9.0% at its peak in e...Published: 12 May 2023 at 11:17hrs | 316 | by Rami Hajjar, portfolio manager of the Allan Gray Africa ex-SA Equity Fund
Zesa dedicates 120MW for winter wheat farming
With planting of the 2023 winter wheat already underway in some parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has pledged to provide uninterrupted electricity to farmers to al...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Load shedding to further ease in Zimbabwe
THE country's power generation capacity continues to improve with Government announcing that the synchronisation of Hwange Unit 8 is slated for 16 May, a development that is expected to ease load shed...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:56hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
Govt orders wheat to pay back loans
GOVERNMENT has ordered wheat farmers in Mashonaland East Province to pay back loans extended to them by financial institutions.The farmers had said they were failing to settle the loans due to...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 06:58hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 81 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe's capital Harare among bottom 10 worst liveable cities
A leading research firm has ranked Harare among the bottom 10 worst liveable cities based on the Global Liveability Index, reflecting the country's socio-economic crisis which has caused dilapidation ...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:44hrs | 4512 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes Dr Masuka a non-constituency MP
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has revealed that he has exempted Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka from distractions of constituency politics to solely focus...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa' govt says no one will starve
GOVERNMENT has said it will provide enough food to all Zimbabweans in need amid heightening concerns that drought might revisit the country. Responding to questions in Parliament last we...Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:52hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa turns to Bible verses
ZIMBABWEANS have a collective duty to modernise, industrialise and grow the country's economy, which is now "on an irreversible economic growth trajectory", while the youth and women should take advan...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 12:08hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zinara, DDF and devolution to fund rehabilitation of roads
GOVERNMENT will soon start injecting more funds towards road rehabilitation as the rainy season that had stalled works is coming to an end.Most of the country's roads are in a bad state and ha...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe parliament built on private land
IN January we published a story saying part of the land on which Zimbabwe's new US$140 million Parliament and the planned US$60 billion ultra-modern Cyber City in Mt Hampden on the outskirts of the ca...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 1899 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has failed the youths, through Mutoriro and Kambwa
As far as Zimbabwe is concerned things are not appealing ranging from economic, social to political discourse. The government of Zimbabwe is supposed to start now to lay out robust and effective mecha...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:11hrs | 185 | by General Franco
Mnangagwa claims that there is no place for incompetence
INEPTITUDE and poor performance in local authorities and State-owned enterprises are unacceptable and have no place in the Second Republic which will soon be implementing an Accelerator Model to quick...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:27hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Parly shielding govt from legislative scrutiny, says Chamisa's MP
HATCLIFFE legislator Allan Markham says Parliament is protecting cabinet and the President from answering crucial questions, after Treasury for the fourth time failed to answer questions on the shareh...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:58hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Dam levels break records
THE major interior dams currently hold 92 percent of their combined capacity with almost 65 percent now full as a result of the good rainy season.This ensures enough stored water for irrigatio...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 06:54hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
'US$2 billion pumped into irrigation revamp'
ABOUT US$2 billion has been injected to revamp Zimbabwe's irrigation infrastructure since 2020, a government official told businessdigest this week.Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rur...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
4 000 new Zesa transformers to light up more areas
Another 4 000 transformers have been bought by ZETDC with 1 000 new service vehicles in the pipeline as Zesa and the Government accelerate the connection of more businesses and households to the...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dam levels rise to 87%
ZIMBABWE will be able to put more crops under irrigation, while water challenges faced in some urban areas will be considerably minimised this year as major dams now hold 87 percent of their capacity....Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:18hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'bound by blood'?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, are "bound by blood" and often laugh off "idiots" who try to sow divisions between them by alleging a non-existent rivalry....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 04:59hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
'Belarus equipment to spur Zimbabwe agric'
The US$66 million agricultural equipment deal entered between Zimbabwe and Belarus last week is expected to further boost agricultural productivity, ensuring national food security and restoring Harar...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maize harvest to hit three million tonnes?
Zimbabwe is poised to record its largest-ever maize harvest this year, with preliminary assessments indicating that production could hit three million tonnes.The previous record maize haul was...Published: 05 Feb 2023 at 08:25hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa associate biggest winner in Zimbabwe-Belarus deals
ZIMBABWE'S honorary consul to Belarus Alexander Zingman, a close associate to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed t...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:13hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
Belarus deals help bust Zimbabwe sanctions
A STRING of bilateral agreements that were signed between Zimbabwe and Belarus this week and in 2019, have helped the country bust sanctions not only in the agriculture sector which is on the rebound,...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | 363 | by Staff Reporter
Belarus credited for Zimbabwe's bumper wheat harvest
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has attributed the country's bumper wheat harvest last season to the modernisation and mechanisation of the country's agriculture sector thanks to machinery and equipment from Bela...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Spilling Umguza dam reignites hope for good harvest
THE spilling of Lower Umguza Dam in Matabeleland North province has brought smiles among farmers and rekindled their hope of recording a bumper harvest. Lower Umguza Dam is a major source of p...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1723 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa food security claims raise dust
POLITICAL analysts have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of misleading the world at the Feed Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal, early this week where he said Zimbabwe was food secure.They sa...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 00:09hrs | 2504 | by Staff Reporter
US$275m for new GMB silos
The GOVERNMENT plans to spend more than US$275 million over the next three years to construct new Grain Marketing Board (GMB) silos, as well as renovate and modernise old ones countrywide to cater for...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 12:13hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
ZESA switches off Harare industrial area
HUNDREDS of industrial workers in Harare's busy Workington area have been laid off by different companies struggling to operate due to an electricity crisis that has seen the area going almost a month...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1564 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt claims to have delivered 600 000 jobs
NEARLY 600 000 new formal jobs have been created in various sectors from 2018 to date, an indication that the formal economy is growing in tandem with increased economic activity, latest figures from ...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:39hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
National dam levels start to rise
The national dam level has risen to 81,2 percent compared to 57,9 percent normally expected during this time of the year following the rains that have pounded the country.Most cities and towns...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 21:02hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa goes on annual leave
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has commenced his annual leave after a busy year that saw his government implementing various developmental programmes.The man who is known for leading from the fr...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 07:53hrs | 1426 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe records its highest wheat harvest ever
Zimbabwe has reached a record breaking figure of 375 000 tonnes of wheat harvested this year only. Its the first time for the nation harvesting such a lar...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 05:57hrs | 1381 | by Mzingaye Nxumalo
Analysis of the 2023 national budget
The Zimbabwean government presented a ZW$4.5 trillion budget (21% of 2021 GDP) for the 2023 fiscal year. The government expects to collect revenues totaling ZW$3.9 billion (18% of GDP), thus resulting...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:15hrs | 857 | by Victor Bhoroma
Causes of food inflation in Zimbabwe
The World Bank recently released a report of the countries hardest hit by food inflation in the world. Zimbabwe tops that list with food inflation of 353% in the month of August 2022, beating Lebanon ...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:11hrs | 1347 | by Victor Bhoroma
Minister allays bread shortage fears
HIGHER and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwira says the country will not experience wheat and bread shortages because it has 13 months wheat supply, signifying a good wheat harvest.Respon...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:36hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe power shortages will end in 2023
THE authorities will take extraordinary measures, including the removal of all barriers hindering investment in the energy sector, to ensure that Zimbabwe does not face severe power shortages next yea...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:53hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war exposes Zimbabweans
A new report shows that over 89 000 Zimbabweans have migrated to seek opportunities in other places within and outside the country between August and September this year with food insecurity due ...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1794 | by Staff reporter
US$1,5m biscuit plant opens in Bulawayo
AGRO-PROCESSING factory, Flynote Investments Private Limited, has channelled more than US$1,5 million towards the establishment of new biscuit and stockfeed manufacturing units.Flynote Investm...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 5 years after Robert Mugabe - so, what has changed?
A climate of fear still lingers in Zimbabwe, five years after long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was deposed. As the country marks this milestone, few people are willing to speak openly about whether the g...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 17:18hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to build new prisons
The GOVERNMENT is committed to upgrading prison facilities and building new prisons to improve living standards of inmates in line with global best practices in jails and correctional systems, Preside...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:35hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa donates farming equipment, bus to Solusi
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday donated an assortment of equipment that will help transform the Seventh Day Adventist-run Solusi University in Figtree, with the consignment including tractors with ploug...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
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