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Land reform a game changer, says ZDF
The Land Reform Programme is a game changer in Zimbabwe's economy that has resulted in the positive transformation of people's livelihoods. This was said by Zimbabwe National Army director civ...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
The clarion call is - back to the fields.
The Second Republic, a new Genesis, a new dawn. This year the Pfumvunza programme is an inputs galore. No household shall retire to bed on empty bellies. The whole of Zimbabwe wanna be a one g...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:19hrs | 14 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
War veterans children get gold claims
CHILDREN of war veterans have started reaping the fruits of the country's independence amid revelations that Government has given them an opportunity to be economic actors.Through their organi...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Pfumvudza is what the doctor ordered
This-PFumvudza programme, where ever the idea came from is what the doctor ordered. The rains are falling abundantly adding to the success story of the project. Wherever you go countrywide, the maize ...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:05hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
'Zanu-PF bond with ANC unshakable'
ZANU-PF and the African National Congress (ANC) will not succumb to machinations by the opposition MDC Alliance and G40 remnants to split them as the revolutionary movements are not rookies to such sh...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
War vets endorse Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association has endorsed the candidature of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the 2023 harmonised elections in a show of confidence in his leadership. ...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will retain bread basket status
Zimbabwe has the potential to retain its status as a breadbasket for the Sadc region if farmers embrace Government policies such as Command Agriculture and maximise the use of local resources, Vice Pr...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 13 | by Lloyd Msipa
Freak accident mars Heroes Day celebrations
HEROES Day commemorations in Beitbridge town were yesterday marred by a freak traffic accident that left four people, including the driver, seriously injured.The driver identified as Jildah Ml...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to retain its bread basket status
Zimbabwe will soon retain its bread basket status. Being found in a landlocked country with a friendly climate. Zimbabwe's land makes it suitable to plant various nutritious crops. Climatic conditions...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 12:10hrs | | by Rudo Saungweme
We don't trust Zim with investment just yet says Netherlands
NETHERLANDS ambassador to Zimbabwe, Barbara van Hellemond says the African nation still has a long way to go before it can be trusted with investment from her country.Speaking at a business to...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Command Agriculture requires $1,3 billion
Zimbabwe's main agro-import substitution programme, commonly referred to as Command Agriculture, requires close to $1,3 billion to take off as the country steps up efforts to raise local production an...Published: 27 May 2018 at 10:08hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to regain bread basket status, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said Zimbabwe was on track to regain its bread basket status owing to the highly successful Command Agriculture Programme. Speaking at the burial of Sekuru Phinea...Published: 17 May 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga rallies farmers
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has rallied farmers to put maximum effort on the land as agriculture is the backbone of the economy.Addressing thousands of people gathered for a field day ...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reaps from Mugabe
The 2000 land reform program will forever be remembered as the fatal blow that brought Zimbabwe to its knees as a result of its repercussions which were politically, economically and socially catastro...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 15:22hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Perrance Shiri threaten 'settlers'
Government has ordered illegally resettled farmers to immediately vacate the farms or face the full wrath of the law.Briefing journalists after a meeting with Ministers of State for Provincial...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
God did it all for Zimbabwe
KUDOS to God's handiwork in using the military in this country as a primary tool in wrenching open a strong-room door to release a political stabilisation intervention latent with unlimited opportunit...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Stephen Mpofu
320 jobs created in Maphisa
ABOUT 320 jobs have been created at the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) Antelope Estate in Maphisa, Matobo District, alone through revitalised agricultural production, Acting Presi...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Zim can now restore its bread basket status,' says Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe has said that Zimbabwe would soon regain its status of being the "bread-basket of Africa" after the country recorded a bumper maize harvest this year.Mugabe said this w...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 12:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Failed Mugabe cannot lecture us on coalition - PDP
President Mugabe is a little big man who cannot lecture us on any subject let alone give advice on how the democratic contingent must remove him from power.The fact of the matter is that Mugab...Published: 17 Jun 2017 at 10:14hrs | | by Jacob Mafume - PDP Spokesperson
Church In Zimbabwe don't fold your hands take your role
I believe in unity and oneness. If you don't honor unity you are an enemy of progress in any society. Progress is a good legacy or inheritance we should build for our future generation. The tomorrow i...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:03hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Church In Zimbabwe don't fold your hands take your role
I believe in unity and oneness.If you don't honor unity you are an enemy of progress in any society. Progress is a good legacy or inheritance we should build for our future generation. The tomorrow is...Published: 09 May 2017 at 15:58hrs | 1 | by Enos Denhere
MDC-T dream of a $100 billion economy
Daily News staff writer Blessings Mashaya speaks to the opposition MDC shadow Finance minister Tapiwa Mashakada. Below are excerpts of the interview.Q: Do you think Finance minister Patrick Ch...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs express gratitude to Mugabe
Chiefs from different parts of Zimbabwe have hailed President Robert Mugabe for his able stewardship of the country.Speaking to the reporters at the 37th independence anniversary celeb...Published: 18 Apr 2017 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches drag police to court
ZIMBABWE DIVINE DESTINY23 September 2016Dear Sir or Madam INVITATION TO A PROPHETIC DECLARATION SERVICE IN HARARE: SATURDAY 1 OCTOBER 2016Zimbabwe Divine Destiny (ZDD) co...Published: 23 Sep 2016 at 12:07hrs | | by Bishop Ancelimo Magaya
'Mugabe surrounded by liars, crooks'
Outspoken Zanu-PF provincial executive member for Mashonaland East, Energy Mutodi, says President Robert Mugabe's advanced age and his seemingly lack of appetite to resolve the succession issue are co...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
We are on the right track, says Gen Chiwenga
This week we publish the final instalment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga's, interview with The Sunday Mail Editor Mabasa Sasa and Repo...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 08:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to reclaim bread basket status in four seasons'
Zimbabwe will stop importing grain and reclaim its bread basket status within the next four seasons because of the initiatives undertaken by government to boost output, vice-president Emmerson Mna...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
2016 Economic Growth possible
Zimbabwe is able to resuscitate its economy in the coming year. It is worrisome that analysts were denouncing the 2.7 percent economic growth that came out in the budget strategy paper that was prepar...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 11:12hrs | 2 | by Chido Chikuni
Youth's exuberance; key to agro revitalization
Calls by the youths from Zimbabwe's agricultural colleges to repossess underutilized land has the potential to bring about the vibrancy necessary for catapulting revitalization of agriculture an...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Honest Mashoko
Zimbabwe - From bread basket to beg basket
THOSE of us who grew up in Rhodesia knew from an early age that the foundational pillars of the strength of the Rhodesian economy lay in agriculture, mining and manufacturing.So strong was Rho...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 13:36hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Grace Mugabe wins farming award
The Grace Mugabe Foundation, which owns land in Mazowe, has won this year's Land Reform Top Producers Field Tours award.The accolade is administered under the Special Projects Desk in the Off...Published: 28 May 2015 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC vindicated over land issue
The MDC has always advocated for responsible land and agriculture management and a comprehensive agrarian reform programme as means to ensure food security for all the people of Zimbabwe regardl...Published: 05 Jan 2015 at 16:01hrs | | by MDC-T
Mutasa accuses media of tarnishing his 'good' image
Zanu PF secretary for administration and Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa says he is a highly misunderstood politician who is nonetheless "very peaceful and loving".Speaking at a P...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Land is key to the nation's survival
Most revolutions, at least which I know were primarily premised on land, for land defines a nation's space which it has to safeguard and bequeath to its posterity. Never doubt the possibility of w...Published: 13 Jun 2014 at 09:42hrs | | by Muchadura Dube
Zim@34: time to reflect on the gains of independence
At 34, Zimbabwe has made tremendous strides visible to even the most hardcore critics. Tangible improvements in the nation's well-being have characterized the last three decades, borne from the se...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 10:30hrs | 2 | by Caitlin Kamba
MPs want Aippa amended
Legislators this week spent time debating the motion moved by MDC legislators to align laws to the new Constitution.The new Constitution which was passed in March after the referendum....Published: 24 Nov 2013 at 12:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must start debating the country's future
This contribution is motivated by my profound and unquestioned love for my country and the equally deep fears Zimbabweans now harbour regarding its future.The Zimbabwe 2013 harmonised electio...Published: 03 Nov 2013 at 09:13hrs | | by Elias Mudzuri
Is Tsvangirai an enemy of progress?
Is Tsvangirai an enemy of progress? Or does he just hate anything that advances the lives of Zimbabweans?If not, where did he get the audacity to tell his supporters at a rally at the Zimbabw...Published: 07 Jun 2013 at 10:06hrs | | by Fortious Nhambura
Xtreme Opinion - Sweet life after death (of Zanu-PF)!
In Zimbabwe, it is taboo to discuss one's inevitable death, let alone celebrating prospective demise of another being. Death is so much loathed. Those 'permitted' to predict it are a thrifty few who a...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
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