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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 | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bread price goes up in Zimbabwe
THE bread shortage that has been largely described as artificial and temporary by market players hit the market over the past few days as bakers increased the price of the product.Some retaile...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's central bank moves to control price of bread
Zimbabwe's central bank said Monday that the price of bread will go down after it held talks with an association of bakers.Governor John Mangudya said bakers had complained over lack of access...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 18:56hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should always play a track from Simon "Chopper" Chimbetu's album Survival - it is informative and educative.This is a well-choreographed song wh...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Leonard Koni
'There is no reason for bread shortage' Musarara
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) national chairman Tafadzwa Musarara, however, said there is no reason for the country to experience bread shortages as there is adequate wheat in the count...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 10:21hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bread in short supply as bakeries demand US$
BREAD is in short supply in some parts of the country as some bakeries are demanding payment in United States dollars only.Tuckshop owners in Harare yesterday told NewsDay Weekender that they ...Published: 04 Jun 2022 at 19:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Food security headache hits Mnangagwa government
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is facing potential bread shortages as wheat supplies dwindled sharply over the past few weeks.The looming shortage and hike in wheat prices was t...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 17:48hrs | 14 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bread price shoots to US$2 in Zimbabwe
A STANDARD loaf of bread now costs more than US$2 after its price shot up by 30% to $345.This follows an increase in the price of flour seven days ago by 17%.The Grain Millers Associat...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube rules out US$ dollar payment to farmers
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has ruled out paying farmers in United States dollars for maize deliveries, but said there were exceptions for those growing export-oriented cropsThere are wider ...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:38hrs | 9 | by Staf reporter
Russia-Ukraine war and the Zimbabwe daily bread
The current Russia military onslaught will not only destroy lives and infrastructure in Ukraine, but also bring unprecedented food insecurity and social upheavals to the rest of the world. This will d...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 15:09hrs | | by Tafadzwa Musarara
Russia-Ukraine conflict affects Zimbabwe's daily bread
THE ongoing Russian-Ukraine tiff will impact negatively on global wheat supply.Both Russia and Ukraine, once jointly dubbed the "breadbasket of Europe", account for 25 percent of the world's w...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bread shortage looms
ZIMBABWE is facing a massive shortage of bread and possible price increase for the vital commodity occasioned by a massive decline in global wheat supply after major producer countries were heat by dr...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF teaches Bulawayo residents to make bread
MORE than 100 people in Bulawayo were on Tuesday trained on how to make bread using Dutch ovens as part of Zanu-PF's economic empowerment projects. Zanu-PF last month launched empowerment proj...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rolls out bread-making workshops
There was a massive turnout at the Zanu-PF community bakery training programme that was held at the party's provincial offices in Marondera on Friday.Scores of party supporters, mainly women f...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Government starts recapitalising small bakeries
THE Government has identified eight small to medium enterprises (SMEs) bakeries for recapitalisation as it moves to resuscitate the depressed bread-making industry.Women Affairs, Community and...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs monkeys, baboons says Perrence Shiri
CHAOS reigned supreme in Parliament yesterday after Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri described MDC MPs as "baboons and monkeys" for seeking answers on the missing $3 b...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Bread riots hit Harare
There was chaos at a Harare bakery on Tuesday morning when citizens broke into fist fight over bread as shortages in the City worsen.An eyewitness who spoke to this reporter said the only mill...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bush bakery closes 24 hrs after commissioning
A RUDIMENTARY bread oven that was officially opened by two ministers in Makonde amid pomp and fanfare has been closed barely 24 hours after it became operational.When NewsDay visited the place...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, saying the country...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate upward pressure on
Exchange rate upward pressure onTHERE were signs this week that the grey market was slowly returning from its brief sabbatical following the monetary policy dawn raid of June 24 that called out th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Brett Chulu
Bread crews promoting bread shortages for self gain
The bread delivery van crews from the country's three main bakeries are feeding the prevailing bread shortages for personal gains, the Harare Post has established. During the weekend, this pub...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
PHOTOS: ED bakery Pfee
Photos of Zanu-PF members baking break have gone viral on social media.Yesterday we reported that Zanu-PF members will soon run bakeries in every ward to deal with the increasing price of brea...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 20:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF to bake bread for Zimbabweans
ZANU PF members will soon run bakeries in every ward to deal with the increasing price of bread and the shortages of wheat affecting the nation. ZANU PF has announced that Members ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 15:06hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF's power obsession in hunger-stricken nation
THE acquisition of a huge assortment of weapons and ammunition at a time the country's economic crisis is deepening is reflective of government's misplaced priorities, as well as President Emmerson Mn...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers strike Lobel's Bakery and get away with 500 loaves
A routine shift for a bread delivery crew in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, turned awry after a gang of armed robbers pounced and escaped with 500 loaves.The bread is valued at roughly RTGS$3 000...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 20:31hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Lobel's shuts down Bulawayo plant
Lobel's bakery on Tuesday indefinitely closed its Bulawayo plant, just days after shutting down its Harare operation.Officials at the bakery said they had exhausted their flour stocks and had ...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 16:55hrs | | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe left with 30 days' wheat supply
THE country is only left with one month's supply of wheat as another consignment remains holed up at Beira Port in neighbouring Mozambique awaiting payment before it can be released, the Grain Millers...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread shortages loom
A bread shortage is looming after local millers ran out of wheat due to foreign currency shortages to import the cereal. The country has been facing challenges in wheat availability of late in...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Cyclone Idai affects wheat importation
Cyclone Idai has negatively impacted on the transportation of wheat from Mozambique into the country, with 100 trucks stuck at Beira due to poor road network, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that fuel and wheat shortages already fixed
Government has made significant headway in dealing head-on with various challenges affecting the economy, and has since addressed fuel and wheat challenges, while satisfactory progress has been made i...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex woes blamed for bread shortages
The National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe has attributed the shortages of bread on the market to the lack of foreign currency to import wheat to make flour.The association's president Mr Ngo...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 23:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ releases $2,5m for wheat imports
Government has moved in to secure 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat worth $12,2 million with a 20 percent down payment following threats by an international supplier to cut off the deal citing Harare's de...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to discuss banning Chamisa from next two elections
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will be prevented from contesting the next two Presidential Elections if Zanu-PF-aligned war veterans have their way.In shock pronouncements on Tuesday, the Zimbabwe ...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by ZimLive
National Foods switches off wheat milling machines
ONE of the biggest millers in the country, National Foods Limited (NFL) says it will today switch off its wheat milling machines, citing non-payment of its foreign suppliers, with the country facing p...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wheat deliveries to improve as trucks rescue NRZ
THE country's wheat reserves are set to improve as tonnes of wheat have started trickling into the country courtesy of haulage trucks hired to complement efforts by the National Railways of Zimbabwe (...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must deal with economy to avert collapse
BAKERS will today increase the price of bread to $1,40 following a government commitment to avail 80% of their foreign currency requirements.This came hardly a week after government last weeke...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
No hunger threat yet, says Zimbabwe Govt
DEPUTY Lands and Agriculture minister Vangelis Peter Haritatos has assured the nation that there were no threat of hunger despite wheat and soyabeans shortages as the country had sufficient grain rese...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Government warns on price hikes
THE Government has directed that prices of basic commodities increased without justification be reduced immediately, as it moves to bring sanity on the market. Retailers are hiking prices of b...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Early sunset to the false start of a stolen election
The past few days have been an indictment to Zanu PF, its politics of falsehoods and the habit of stealing elections.Developments have exposed the pretenders in Zanu PF, that the talk of refor...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 11:02hrs | | by Clr Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Millers resort to flour rationing
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has resorted to flour rationing to avert possible bread shortages as the country battles a crippling shortage of wheat, its worst cereal crisis since i...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government avails funding for wheat importation
The government through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has intervened to avert a pending bread shortages by availing foreign currency towards the importation of wheat in a move that has been hailed by th...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa moves to stabilise prices
Government has started working on a cocktail of measures to ensure stabilisation of prices of essential commodities and their availability, an official said yesterday. Early this month, Govern...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread shortages hit Zimbabwe
Bread supplies have declined drastically giving rise to shortages as bakers grapple with bottlenecks in the availability of flour. A survey showed that some retail outlets were running out of ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Perrance Shiri rules out bread shortage
Government has ruled out the possibility of bread shortage in the country as mechanisms have been put in place to import wheat in the short-term. Further, Government wants to boost wheat cropp...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should prove his mantle
From his first coming as President - in November last year - Emmerson Mnangagwa has sought to portray himself as a Statesman, a man who would put the needs of the nation first and rise above the poiso...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
Millers turn to NGOs for rescue package
Local millers have turned to international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to secure $100 million required for the importation of rice, wheat and other grains amid a worsening foreign currency c...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bread shortage averted
The milling industry has received a boost after it took delivery of 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat, which is enough for three weeks, to avert a potential bread shortage.The wheat was imported f...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bread shortage scare grips Zimbabwe
THE government is racing against time to avoid a potential bread shortage by providing much-needed foreign currency to pay for wheat imports.Since the country started experiencing foreign curr...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by TimesLive
Bread shortages loom
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has warned that the country faces imminent bread shortages if millers do not get an urgent allocation of forex to import wheat, as there is only three week...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
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