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100 000 urbanites to get food aid
Government, working with development partners, has intensified the provision of food aid in all parts of the country, including the less privileged in urban areas, to ensure that no one dies of hunger...Published: 6 hrs ago | 558 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt reduces farm sizes
Government has streamlined the sizes of all individual farms in the country's five ecological regions, in a move that will see more people having access to land after failing to benefit from the land ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Kariba water challenges worsen
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has further reduced the allocation of water for power generation at Kariba hydro-power station for 2020, which will result in suppressed electricity supplies from the...Published: 6 hrs ago | 669 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe recession deeper than thought?
Nyasha Mutseyekwa, a minivan transporter in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, cannot afford new tyres for his ramshackle kombi, selling at US$45 for a good second hand.Whether he opted to pay in US c...Published: 18 hrs ago | 734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Industry capacity utilisation to fall to 27%
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has projected that industry's capacity utilisation will fall to 27% this year if the government does not change its policy direction.According to...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:44hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's economy most vulnerable in the region'
ZIMBABWE'S economy is vulnerable, with its growth trends now 2% below the average of sub-Saharan Africa's economic expansion, partly due to exchange rate misalignment, volatile weather patterns, and u...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secures more maize from Uganda
ZIMBABWE has secured maize from Uganda, a development that will go a long way in reducing mealie-meal shortages that have been exacerbated by recurrent droughts over the last three years. Pres...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Fresh Zanu-PF factional fights crippling economic recovery
THE factional fights which have erupted yet again in Zanu-PF following the suspension of youth league leaders betrays the ruling party's pre-occupation with power struggles at the expense of an implod...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
WFP rebuts govt 'lie'
SECRETARY for information, Ndavaningi Mangwana yesterday came under fire after he claimed that the picture of a haulage truck submerged in water which is doing rounds on social media platforms belonge...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:26hrs | 663 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube backs wage increase calls
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has backed calls for public and private sector wage increases to cushion workers from price escalation linked to foreign currency exc...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 815 | by Staff reportert
Dam bursts after torrential rains wreak destruction across Zimbabwe
A community is in distress in Silima Village in Mangwe, Matabeleland South, after their main source of water, Fakanye Dam, burst on Wednesday morning after several days of torrential rains.Rai...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:30hrs | 1973 | by Staff reporter
Drought leaves citizens desperate to feed their families
The drought that the country is currently grappling with has made it very difficult for citizens to provide food for their families.This is contained in the Zimbabwe Peace Project latest repor...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 13:33hrs | 462 | by Stephen Jakes
Govt emphasises need to capacitate State disaster management agencies
THE Local Government ministry has emphasised the need to capacitate the State's disaster management division, the Civil Protection Unit (CPU), and other agencies to prevent continued flood-induced los...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:54hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Constitution amendment a reversal of the gains achieved through constitution - ZPP
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.2) Bill is largely a reversal of the gains that were achieved thro...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 06:43hrs | 297 | by Stephen Jakes
This is how Zimbabwe's economy will overcome its hurdles
Zimbabwe's economy will overcome the numerous hurdles which lay before us on the path towards prosperity. These obstacles are patent, and in some cases potent. But with hard work, proper plannin...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 21:49hrs | 2415 | by Prof Mthuli Ncube
Cattle slaughters decrease 11%
THE total number of cattle slaughtered last year decreased by 11% to 236 781 compared to the previous period, in the wake of a tightening operating environment characterised by uncertainties over pric...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Employers oppose blanket minimum wage
EMPLOYERS have said they prefer a sector-specific wage review mechanism as opposed to a national minimum wage policy being advocated by social partners under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF). ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds marooned in Binga as heavy rains persist
Hundreds of villagers are marooned along rivers and low-lying places in Zimbabwe's remote Binga District in Matabeleland North province where heavy rains have been pounding the area in the last three ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1810 | by Staff reporter
BREXIT like Britain or breakaway like Matabeleland
Undoubtedly, the resounding success of BREXIT shows that many nations under the sun, big or small, are now seeking to restore or maintain their independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and be ...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1147 | by Israel Dube
Mushosho retires from Old Mutual
OLD Mutual Zimbabwe group chief executive, Jonas Mushosho has retired from the conglomerate after reaching the retirement age.Mushosho served as CEO for over seven years.NewsDay Business r...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1739 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to import GMO maize
Zimbabwe finally has a solution to the maize shortage which had created room for roller meal to be diverted to the black market at exorbitant prices. Zimbabwe faces a maize supply deficit of between 8...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2273 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Catholic Bishops calls for emergency relief
CATHOLIC Bishops from Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi have called for emergency relief and offered "solidarity and spiritual proximity" to the three countries in the wake of hunger, political challenges a...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 07:09hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Bosso close in on veteran trio
HIGHLANDERS are keen on their former sons Mkhokheli Dube and Obidiah Tarumbwa as well as former Kaizer Chiefs striker Mitchell Katsvairo with coach Mark Harrison expressing satisfaction with the trio'...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi inflow to ease power cuts
IN a development likely to light the spirits and hopes of the nation, long plagued by crippling power cuts, latest official data shows water flows along Zambezi River, towards Kariba Dam, has picked u...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 2023 victory assured, but vigilance is key
Three years before the next election, a think-tank based in an unlikely country has foretold what many serious minds already know — that Zanu-PF will win the 2023 elections. Only by sabotagi...Published: 10 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fears an uprising against Mnangagwa govt
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu-PF's continued hold on power, the ruling party has admitted.The country is going through one of the worst economic crises si...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 14:54hrs | 5872 | by Staff reporter
ZPP remembers January 2019 stay away violence
The Zimbabwe Peace Project in its latest Januiary 2020 report has remembers the January 2019 stay away which resulted to state sponsored violence that claimed 17 lives as the citizens took to the stre...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 12:17hrs | 439 | by Stephen Jakes
US dollar payouts spread to Insiza
MORE than 2 461 households from Insiza, in Matabeleland South province will receive monthly payouts of US$9 per person in each household with effect from this month as part of alleviating food shortag...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 2466 | by Staff reporter
Zacc corners GMB workers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has cornered officials at the Grain Marketing Board and discovered that some employees were allegedly channelling as much as 10 000, 20kg bags Government...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:59hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Uncertified mealie meal floods Zimbabwe
AUTHORITIES have raised a red flag over numerous maize meal brands, mostly imports, which have recently flooded the local market, saying some of them might be hazardous to consumers' health.Co...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 638 | by Staff reporter
Cursed by time, imprisoned by lament
Trauma can be really traumatic.Its after-effects often stubbornly linger like a skunk's stench.It can also be both unforgiving and haunting.Bishop Lazi knows full well the colo...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:48hrs | 72 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe steps up grain imports
Maize imports have been stepped up to 110 000 tonnes per month to guarantee food security, especially at a time when the 2018-2019 drought - regarded by the United Nations as the worst in 40 years - i...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:46hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
US predicts Mnangagwa victory
A United States-based strategic think-tank, which has strong links to MDC-Alliance vice president Mr Tendai Biti, has tipped President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "resoundingly win the 2023 elections" in a ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 05:45hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
'Stop mourning over sanctions,' says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should use its God-given resources, including the skills of its people, to develop the country and stop mourning the negative impact of sanctions imposed by the West, President Mnangagwa said...Published: 08 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 3687 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa tells police to deal with machete gangs decisively
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the country's security sector to decisively deal with illegal gold miners and robbers who are terrorising Zimbabweans with machetes.Mnangagwa's direct...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 13:20hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pledges reforms, fair food aid distribution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to depoliticise food aid and speed up political and economic reforms to help Zimbabwe rejoin before year end the family of nations as an equal partner....Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:21hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says no to food politicisation
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has given assurances there shall be no politicisation of food distribution in a country facing massive starvation due to drought.Addressing members of the diplomat...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 426 | by newzimbabwe
Govt sets up food aid database
GOVERNMENT has created centralised databases for developmental partners to ensure transparency in distribution of food relief to vulnerable communities and curb incidents of double dipping. In...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:47hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to repossess underutilised farms
Government will in the near future consider repossessing underutilised farm land and allocate it to other potential beneficiaries, Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Perrance Sh...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
'ZANU PF Youth leaders pose threat to national food security'
Suspended ZANU PF Youth leaders Tsenengamu and Lewis Matutu have been accused of being a threat to national food security after they accused Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe Boss Tafadzwa Masarar...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 09:10hrs | 2250 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa wants Zanu-PF leaders to spend more time in communities
President Mnangagwa has declared 2020 as a year of productivity and challenged ZANU PF leaders to spend most of their time with communities monitoring the implementation of life-transforming projects....Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 05:56hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host high-level UN conference on SDGs
Zimbabwe will at the end of this month host the high-level Sixth Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD).In that regard, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 19:16hrs | 759 | by Xinhua
WATCH: Mnangagwa's remarks at explosive Politburo meeting
The ZANU-PF Politburo is underway in the capital, in his opening remarks, the party's First Secretary, President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged the party to be more hands-on in supervising government and to...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 15:10hrs | 7047 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo community, EMA in sustainable wetlands utilisation
Masvingo community and the Environmental Management Agency has embarked into a sustainable utilisation of wetlands.This was revealed by Minister of Environment, Climate, Tourism and Hospitalit...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 10:15hrs | 257 | by Stephen Jakes
Lewis Matutu, Godfrey Tsenengamu sued over press conference
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) Boss Tafadzwa Masarara has announced that he is instituting legal proceedings against ZANU PF Youth leaders Lewis Matutu and Godfrey Tsenengamu over allega...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 09:55hrs | 3182 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe sugar company Tongaat Hulett to harvest maize
THE harvesting of irrigated maize in Chiredzi grown by Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe in partnership with the Masvingo Development Trust (MDT) is set for next week.The two parties planted 327 hectare...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges government to be in touch with communities
INFORMATION, Publicity & Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsavangwa said Cabinet on Tuesday held is first Cabinet meeting for the year 2020 in the Cabinet room at Munhumutapa office...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:48hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Low Zimbabwe maize seed sales point to another poor harvest
Zimbabwe could be heading for another poor harvest in the 2019/20 season after the country's biggest maize seed producer SeedCo said it had recorded a 24% drop in sales for the 9 months to December 20...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:40hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Businessman denies Zanu-PF youths corruption claims
Chairman of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ), Tafadzwa Musarara has refuted allegations made against him by ZANU-PF Youth League leaders, that he was diverting maize meal to the black ...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:39hrs | 2237 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans freaks over mealie-meal crisis
Long-suffering Zimbabweans yesterday made an imposed plea to the government to work harder to end the biting shortages of mealie-meal in the country. This comes as millers were yet to receive 50 000 t...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 06:26hrs | 2567 | by Staff reporter
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