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Zimbabwe farmers push for localisation of tobacco beneficiation
The Tobacco Farmers Union Trust (TFUT) is calling for the localisation of tobacco beneficiation to help mitigate losses caused by adverse weather conditions and soaring production costs in Zimbabwe's ...Published: 28 Oct 2024 at 07:09hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
GWM Tanks invade Zimbabwe
AS Zimbabwe's automotive landscape continues to evolve, the vehicle that has captured my attention, as well as that of driving enthusiasts, is the GWM Tank 500. It has invaded Zimbabwe, courtesy of Zi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 13:31hrs | 10440 | by Andrew Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
UK care firm charged workers from Africa thousands more than cost of visa
A CARE company serving NHS patients has been charging migrant workers from Africa thousands of pounds to work in the United Kingdom when the cost of a visa is only a few hundred pounds, The Guardian h...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Farmers expect decent harvest
FARMERS are now expecting to get a decent harvest following the weakening of the El Nino phenomenon which was expected to cause severe drought in most parts of Southern Africa including Zimbabwe....Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZimDaily recycling a discredited historical myth
While most progressive Zimbabweans are genuinely outraged by renegade political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's calculated and determined assault on democracy at the behest of forces of darkness by disru...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 09:32hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Former MDC senator blasts Mthuli Ncube over wealth tax
FORMER MDC senator for Matabeleland North Chief Ndlovu has blasted the Finance Minister over the wealth tax he imposed during the announcement of the 2024 national budget."I want to believe th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 09:56hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Cops in court over stolen Presidential inputs
TWO police detectives appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday charged with criminal abuse of office after they took bribes to conceal the theft of Presidential farming inputs.Nelson...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 cops arrested for US$700 bribe
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested two detectives for allegedly demanding and receiving more than USD700 for them to recover 20 instead of 75 bags of fertilisers stolen from the Pres...Published: 29 Nov 2023 at 15:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Fake permits land man in court
A MAN from Harare has appeared in court on allegations of defrauding six people, mostly contacted through WhatsApp groups, of US$1 700 after misrepresenting that he could process permits to enable the...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
ZAA Australia relaunches
After a three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australia edition of the Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) is back for its fourth season, boasting a remarkable list of nominees across 12 ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 14:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lines up 40 000 tonnes maize exports
Zimbabwe is ready to resume grain exports this year with initial exports of 40 000 tonnes of grain to East Africa from the substantial surpluses grown by the farmers as the Second Republic's agricultu...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets US$ 1,6bn tobacco exports
Zimbabwe has so far exported over 98 million kg of tobacco since the start of the marketing season as the country makes strides towards achieving its target of over US$1,6 billion in total exports, a ...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Witness Dube slams 'opposition demigods'
Politician Witness Dube, the former national information and publicity secretary of the MDC led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, has delivered a scathing critique of opposition parties in Zimbabwe. He ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
This & that with Mal'phosa: When the honeymoon is over
I was in a train the other day, which happened to be stationary for over an hour because of load shedding. Most of the passengers look restless; some were shouting their lungs out; others were mummeri...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Ramapho$a Dollar Gate: The truth and the lie$
'Rumours are carried by haters, spread by fools and accepted by idiots' - Ziad K. Abdelnour.I am not in the habit of arguing with idiots because I know they will drag me to their level and bea...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 18:44hrs | 9 | by Mzilikazi Wa Afrika
Biti Parliament return stalled
PURPORTED People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general Benjamin Rukanda has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court challenging Justice Amy Tsanga's ruling which nullified the exp...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Record maize harvest since Land Reform Programme expected
Zimbabwe is set for a record maize harvest since the Land Reform Programme, with 2,8 million tonnes expected to be delivered to the Grain Marketing Board, in a development that is expected to drive ec...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains expected to continue
Zimbabwe can expect another wet weekend with heavy downpours, particularly to the north of the watershed, the Meteorological Services Department advised yesterday. Farmers were advised to harv...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:27hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Umkhuba omubi ngokukhuzwa kuka Bayethe/ Bayede!!!!
Ngiyabingelela Mthwakazi kaNdaba, Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi, Mthwakazi omnyama, lina bonduku zibomvu, izindlela zimhlophe. Kuleshlava esesangena shiqe esizweni seMbabala sadala umonakalo omkhulu n...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 19:32hrs | 6 | by Nkonzo Mathanda
Zimbabwean man sentenced to two life terms for SA murders
"He is a cruel and cold-hearted individual who shows no remorse."Judge Judith Cloete slapped the convicted murderer known as "the Table Mountain killer" with two life sentences in the Cape Tow...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heavy rains leave Zimbabwe farmers concerned
FARMER'S organisations have expressed concerns over the incessant rains that have pounded the country for the past few days as they have the potential of ruin their crops.Most parts of Mashona...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 13:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso target Chicken Inn star
Premier Soccer League side Highlanders are set to invade the player market in a bid to replace the players that have moved on in search of greener pastures.Bosso lost Prince Dune, Mitchell Kat...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mother, baby drown while attempting to cross flooded river
IN a tragic incident that has left the whole community shell-shocked, three Buhera villagers including mother and baby, drowned while attempting to cross a flooded river in Buhera on Wednesday....Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean accused of attacking 10 hikers and murdering 2 in Cape Town
The double-murder trial of the alleged "Table Mountain killer" is set to resume next Monday in the Cape Town high court.Thirty-five-year-old Zimbabwean national Blessing Bveni is accused of at...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Bin it for Zimbabwe' launched
Dunedin Hospital staff are banding together in a bid to help people affected by Cyclone Idai, which devastated swathes of Southern Africa last month.The natural disaster caused serious flooding ac...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:25hrs | | by Brenda Harwood
Mnangagwa building Zimbabwe block by block
The fascination with negativity and self-hate is creating an artificial but widely accepted false narrative that everything in Zimbabwe is going backwards and that Zimbabwe is at its worst time....Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:47hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
2018 tobacco selling season opens today
The 2018 tobacco selling season starts today, with stakeholders in the industry expecting a smooth season. Auction floors will open today, while contract sales will start tomorrow. Farmers are expecte...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diamond field trespassers arrested
TWENTY-ONE foreigners, activist Farai Maguwu, and two drivers who trespassed into the Chiadzwa diamond fields on Friday were yesterday fined US$100 each by a Mutare magistrate.Among the 24 wer...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
All Blacks 57 - 0 Springbok
The All Blacks eclipsed their record for a winning margin against a Springbok team that was notched the previous time these teams met as they routed their old foe 57-0 in a Castle Lager Rugby Champion...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:18hrs | 4 | by Supersport
Inina lumiyani indoda amaphambili ngoba likhandwe lilenye indoda
KULENINA leNtabazinduna elixhanxathe laxhanxatha umkalo amaphambili ngemva kokuficwa litshisa uthando lejaha lakomakhelwane, uMthunywa uyakuveza lokhu lamhlanje.Lesi simanga sitshiye izakhamiz...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 16:07hrs | | by Umlobi
Ex-CIO sucked in money laundering case
A Harare man who imported a BMW vehicle into the country on behalf of his United Kingdom-based cousin testified in the case of a former district intelligence officer, Mbereki Mbizo Nyathi, who is ...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean student swept out to sea in South Africa
Port Elizabeth - A 22-year-old Zimbabwean man studying in Port Elizabeth was swept out to sea in rip currents on Sunday afternoon, NSRI spokesperson Chris Lambinon said.According to ...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 07:17hrs | | by news24.com
Umbiko Wabadala Bendlunkulu Yako Khumalo, Owesizwe Sikamthwakazi
Mahlabezulu!! 1) Siyaphinda njalo, akekho osebekwe ubukhosi bukaMzilikazi obesizwe samaNdebele, uMthwakazi, manje.2) Ithole likhona endlini yeNkosi uLobhengula njengoba kwabikwa esikhu...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 12:09hrs | 1 | by AmaNtungwa
Mujuru's impending trip to Chatham House where she hopes to impress her British benefactors
THE Tongas have a good saying: Hearts are not far from concord when noses have already fraternised. Let me open my gonamombe, pull out the lid of the cow-horn canister, so you the reader and me, c...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 12:29hrs | 6 | by Nathaniel Manheru
'You are Angel Gabriel' recite Police recruits N Korea style - Zim will never be DPRK
I have heard of the mind numbing praise singing of such tyrants as the Supreme Leader Kim Ilsung of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) where soldiers would stand attentively first thing ...Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Man sentenced to 175 hours community service for bashing brothers
A Harare man will perform 175 hours of community service after he assaulted his brothers during a family dispute.Allan Dune was fined $200 when he appeared before Harare magistrate Jessy Kufa ...Published: 29 May 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Robbery suspects dragged to court
Four men appeared in the Keetmanshoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday in connection with a robbery at farm Muller Rus in the Aroab area on Monday.The New Era reported that Tutu Komako, 54, John...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vapostori arrested in Namibia
A joint operation between the Namibian police and immigration officials that targeted foreign-owned churches in Windhoek led to the arrest of 42 foreigners on Sunday – after they were found to be i...Published: 22 Jul 2015 at 10:38hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai takes MDC-T fight to UK
Opposition leader and MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai will, this week, take the acrimonious fight for control of the opposition party to Britain.Tsvangirai is expected to address renowned B...Published: 22 Jul 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
The future of opposition politics in Zimbabwe with Dr Tsvangirai
My good friend from Zambia once recounted to me a stormy encounter between President Sata and a dismissed senior Patriotic Front party official who proceeded to join the opposition Movement for Multip...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Proud to be African
Dear EditorI get ridiculously annoyed, yet amused by the narrow-minded and condescending attitude most people in the Western world have about Africa. Their perception is skewed by non-obje...Published: 26 Jun 2014 at 10:36hrs | | by Kufakunesu Mawira
Mercedes-Benz Unimog: Around the world with the Unimog
Since April 2013, a Mercedes-Benz Unimog 1300 L has been a new home on wheels for Jennifer (36) and Peter Glas (41). They are undertaking a protracted honeymoon trip in their "mobile home", ...Published: 19 Feb 2014 at 16:22hrs | | by Jerome Dale Raman
Meet the Tuaregs - Expelled from Libya, then hijacked by al-Qaeda in Mali and Niger
Award-winning Al Jazeera filmmaker May Welsh captures the complex conflict and events in Mali and Niger, as seen unfolding from within the Tuareg communityOrphans of The Sahara is a documentar...Published: 09 Jan 2014 at 07:57hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Tough first day on Dakar Rally for Ford
Stage 1 – 5 January 2014 Rosario to San Luis, Argentina Stage distance:Liaison – 629 km, Special Stage ââ‚...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 06:24hrs | 6 | by Tech Reporter
Nissan Patrol ambassador ready to tame Africa
• Nissan Patrol is vehicle of choice for Eben Delport • Popular safari tour guide leads 3 000 people per year throug...Published: 25 Sep 2013 at 07:20hrs | | by Tech Reporter
Cecil John Rhodes: Keeping watch over his remains
A story is told of a young Zimbabwean who finds himself in America, finds himself part of a white American crowd. He sticks out, thereby attracting some attention. After a while one white American ap...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 10:39hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Team Ford Racing prepares for 2014 Dakar Rally with intensive test session in Namibia
- Nine-day test session takes place near Walvis Bay - Full shake-down test and set-up with key supplier partners -...Published: 18 Sep 2013 at 15:19hrs | | by Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd
Toyota Motorsport Prepares for 2014 Dakar Rally in Namib Desert
Lauberville Camp, Walvis Bay - A week of concentrated testing in the Namib Desert near Walvis Bay has taken Toyota Motorsport South Africa a big step forward in their preparations for the 2014 Dakar ...Published: 12 Aug 2013 at 13:30hrs | | by Delia Jackson
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