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POSB starts selling Belarus tractors
People's Own Savings Bank (POSB), one of the financial institutions selected by the Government to facilitate the resale of Belarus tractors to Zimbabwean farmers, has announced that the equipment is n...Published: 14 Mar 2025 at 17:28hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa praises Akinwumi Adesina
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has congratulated Dr Akinwumi Adesina for his outstanding leadership at the helm of the African Development Bank (AfDB), marking the end of his decade-long tenure as presi...Published: 08 Feb 2025 at 12:40hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ZimSat-2 satellite launches
HARARE - Zimbabwe's agricultural landscape, mineral exploration capabilities, and urban planning efforts received a transformative boost yesterday as the country's second earth observation satellite, ...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi attends inauguration of Mexico's first female president
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday represented Zimbabwe at the historic inauguration of Mexico's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum. The ceremony, held at the Legislative Palace of San Láza...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hopeful Zimbabwe economy will turn around in 2024
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has predicted Zimbabwe's moribund economy will turn around this year following the recent discovery of oil and gas near the country's border with Mozambique and Zambia and...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe stirs debate from the grave
YESTERDAY marked four years since former President Robert Mugabe passed on, leaving behind an indelible mark on the nation's political landscape.Mugabe passed away on September 6, 2019 in Sing...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland youths get farms
Twenty-one youths from Mashonaland West Province received A2 Permits under the Presidential 10ha Scheme that seeks to mainstream the participation of youths in agriculture and form a key pillar in the...Published: 06 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Placements for 5 000 youths in agriculture
Up to 5 000 youths who graduated in Kwekwe last year after undergoing the provincial youth development skills programme will be placed on farms to boost their involvement in agricultural activities an...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:15hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'don't be left behind'
LOCAL investors should not be left behind Zimbabwe's economic drive, which is expected to put them at the forefront of the ongoing transformation, modernisation and industrialisation, President Emmers...Published: 26 Aug 2022 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Another dam for Matabeleland
A new 98 million cubic metre dam is being built by the Government in Nkayi district, making it the third major water body under construction in Matabeleland.The Government, through the Zimbabw...Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Young Women for ED spreads wings to Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Monica Mavhunga has congratulated Young Women for Economic Development for launching the provincial chapter and encouraged t...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says youths to get more support
The Government is cognisant of the ever-changing global trends and will take full advantage of every opportunity to provide young people with opportunities for growth and participation in the broader ...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Has farming in Zimbabwe become so sexy?
A NEW refreshing dimension has come into farming. On social media one witnesses a revolution that the country never anticipated. More and more young people are posting their work on the farms on onlin...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SABC blind to progress, Peter
A few days ago, I wandered into a Twitter discussion between Peter Ndoro and a gentleman called Selwyn Nkomo and various other people.The discussion I stumbled upon was about the apparent bias...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 09:23hrs | 5 | by Stembile Mpofu
Storm over farm invasion
A RUWA commercial farmer lost his farm on Friday after a government official evicted him with the help of the police.Martin Grobler, whose Protea Valley Farm is situated about 40km east of Har...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Empower Bank opened it's doors for youths in Bulawayo and Surrounding Provinces
Empowerment bank is geared to transform the livelihoods of many entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe. On the 11th of March 2018 the bank officially opened its doors in the city of Kings . The occassion was grace...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
Research key to economic development: Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to continue supporting the Research Council of Zimbabwe to ensure it remains more robust in the co-ordination, promotion and supervision of research in the cou...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 15 | by IRIN
Is Zimbabwe ebuilding or establishing a new economy?
THE struggle to figure a way forward continues. The fire-fighting approach is the order of the day. Despite the various economic policy directions by the government, there is lack of clarity on where ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 06:05hrs | 4 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa takes economic gospel to China-Africa summit
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday pledged a cocktail of economic reforms set to improve the investment climate and enhance policy clarity, consistency and predictability. In his address at the 2018 Summit...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo believes in magic
Former Higher Education minister, Jonathan Moyo, has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning to rig this month's harmonised elections through the use of ballot papers desi...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 14:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
$500m for summer cropping season
CLOSE to half-a-billion dollars has been secured for the 2018/2019 summer cropping season, as Government works towards food security and ensuring that the country's agro-based economy gets back on the...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa expects China visit to spur economic growth
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his State visit to China has been very successful and has given momentum to Zimbabwe's thrust of rebuilding the economy .The State visit began on Monday a...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:09hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
State visit a huge success, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his State visit to China has been very successful and has given momentum to Zimbabwe's thrust of rebuilding the economy.The State visit began on Monday an...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Cellphone farmers' have no room in Zimbabwe
While President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been making corrections on most disastrous policies former president Robert Mugabe was pursuing, his next call should be to bring order on the farms...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 11:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt secures $37 million for Gwayi-Shangani Dam
THE construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North is set to resume after Government secured $37 million to clear arrears owed to the contractor and lay the ground for the beginning of t...Published: 03 Jun 2017 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to all disposessed Zimbabwean farmers
The Issue of Compensation, the Compensation Steering Committee and the Valuation Consortium (Valcon) Dear All After 17 years, the compensation i...Published: 09 May 2017 at 16:35hrs | 1 | by Ben Freeth
Fired workers to be re-instated
THOUSANDS of workers who were retrenched when most companies embarked on massive job layoffs in the last two years are set to be re-engaged mainly in agro-processing companies that are gearing for...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo torches storm - report
Criticism of the Command Agriculture scheme by Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo, should be reined in as it is a direct attack on President Mugabe and the e...Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo attacks Mugabe -- analysts
Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Jonathan Moyo has landed himself in trouble over his sustained criticism over government sponsored Command Agriculture project....Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 04:26hrs | | by Staff Reporter
A brief focus on Zimbabwe's economy and its outlook
A plethora of policy pronouncements, substantial de-industrialisation and some remarkable and controversial economic events over the years in Zimbabwe have given rise to the question; 'Does Zimbabwe h...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 11:48hrs | 1 | by Shame Mugova
Good rains, command agriculture raise hopes of economic
The current good rains have inspired hope among Zimbabweans that a strong performance by the agriculture sector will see the country achieving the projected 1.7% economic growth rate this year....Published: 05 Jan 2017 at 20:12hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe poised for economic development
Zimbabwe is readying itself for a major economic take-off, considering that its structure of the economy is well balanced, with it's the major contributors to the gross domestic product being mining, ...Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Mandarin, Swahili in Zimbabwe's new education curriculum
GOVERNMENT plans to introduce Chinese, Swahili, Portuguese and French in the new primary and secondary education curriculum.Addressing delegates at a Ministry of Primary and Secondary Educatio...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Melody Mashaire
US agenda exposed
It is actually a shame how the US are continuing to worsen the development of Zimbabwean economy through their illegal sanctions. Economic sanctions were imposed on Zimbabwe in 2003 after the US gover...Published: 15 Mar 2016 at 13:45hrs | 1 | by Chido Chikuni
Drought threatens to worsen agro - based economy of entire Southern region
ZIMBABWE's agro-based economy is bound to be negatively affected by the drought facing the region South of the Zambezi River, a region comprising South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland...Published: 09 Mar 2016 at 05:37hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
COP 21 Agreement; a door of hope, introspection
The Conference of Parties session 21 (COP 21) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came to a close in the French capital of Paris on 13 December 2015 after more tha...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 14:41hrs | 2 | by Tendai Biti
Revitalizing the agricultural sector commendable
The State of the Nation address by President Robert Gabriel Mugabe on Tuesday 25 August 2015 outlined a ten-point economic growth plan which cannot be ignored. The revitalization of the agricultural s...Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 09:35hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Let's boost our grain reserves
It is quite startling that our grain reserves have a deficit of 382 000 tonnes of maize. The general manager of the Grain Marketing Board revealed this sad news to parliament recently. He said the...Published: 08 Jul 2015 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by John Sigauke
'Zimra must probe Zanu-PF bigwigs'
Former Hurungwe West legislator Temba Mliswa has dared Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner general Gershem Pasi to collect taxes from elite politicians like Environment minister Savior Kas...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 21:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: A revolutionary icon who lost his way?
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe turned 91 on Saturday and his ruling Zanu PF party plans to hold a lavish party - replete with musical concerts - in his honour.In power for more than three decades, th...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Agencies
Zanu-PF to intensify land grabs
ACTING President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday announced that government will soon intensify its land grab targeting the few remaining white farmers, multiple farm owners and reduce farm sizes, a...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's misleading gift of oratory
It was New Zealand's great writer, Frank Sargeson, who once said "There is no talent as deceiving and dangerous as the gift of oratory". Sargeson has been proven right by many politicians in our m...Published: 04 Nov 2014 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
New Farmers must be thankful
If there is a group of people that must be eternally grateful to the government of Zimbabwe, it must be none other than the new farmers. The government has done tremendous favours for them since t...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by John Sigauke
Grade 7 pupils to write five subjects
AGRICULTURE has been introduced as an examinable subject at Grade 7 with effect from 2015, bringing to five the number of subjects written by final-year primary school pupils.The subject had ...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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