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Zimbabwe expects rains 'from November onwards'
Rains are anticipated to begin in Zimbabwe starting in November, with October expected to remain largely dry, according to Climate Minister Sithembiso Nyoni's briefing to the cabinet on Tuesday. Nyoni...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 09:10hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gifts off-road vehicles to traditional leaders
Harare, September 26, 2024 – President Emmerson Mnangagwa sparked controversy yesterday by distributing off-road twin-cab vehicles to traditional leaders while many families across Zimbabwe face sev...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:57hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe in food crisis by month end'
Zimbabwe has received approximately US$32 million in drought relief aid, with US$31.8 million coming from the African Risk Capacity (ARC) 2023/24 Drought Insurance Payout. ...Published: 05 Jul 2024 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Clash over grazing land in Bulilima
In the face of the El Nino-induced drought, the grazing land conflict in Bulilima, specifically in the Bambadzi ward of Matabeleland South, underscores a pressing issue affecting pastoral communities....Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe livestock deaths to increase
The World Food Programme (WFP) predicts a potential increase in livestock deaths in Zimbabwe in the coming months, surpassing last year's figures. Livestock conditions are fair to poor in many...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 07:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZiG slows price increases in Zimbabwe
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FewsNet) reports that despite the introduction of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, which has brought some stability, prices in United States dollars (USD) re...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean has highest migrants in southern Africa
Zimbabwe has been identified as the largest source of migrants residing in southern Africa, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). This was announced during an official event...Published: 18 May 2024 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High food assistance needs imminent, says USAid
Governments, stakeholders and humanitarian partners should brace for sustained high food assistance needs and potential emergency levels of food insecurity in Zimbabwe and other deficit-producing sout...Published: 16 Apr 2024 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
African countries assisted South African independence; payback is Xenophobic actions: blacks on blacks' violence
I quote from Byo24: Former ANC MP and Abantu Batho Congress Councilor in eThekwini, Makhosi Khoza, says South African natives have been shortchanged. Close quote. This is a statement that could cause ...Published: 14 Apr 2024 at 18:55hrs | 17 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa says Zimbabwe's leadership 'drought' is worse than meteorological drought
Zimbabwe's notable opposition figure, Nelson Chamisa, strongly criticized President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa for the delayed declaration of the El Nino-induced drought as a State of Disaster, which...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks US$2b to avert famine
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday extended the begging bowl to raise over US$2 billion to avert starvation in Zimbabwe after declaring the El Niño-induced drought a state of disaster....Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drought kills 9 000 cattle in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has recorded approximately 9 000 drought-related cattle deaths with over 1,4 million more reported to be at high risk due to lack of pasture and water, the USAid's food security arm has said....Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Southern Africa just had its driest February on record
A swathe of Southern Africa suffered the driest February in decades that wiped out crops, precipitated power shortages and threatened to send already high food prices surging further.Last mont...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 17:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The US should show us some respect
PALESTINIANS who live in Gaza, which has now been literally turned into a hellscape by the Israeli military's firepower, are experiencing untold suffering.While the media in the West calls it ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa engages regional peers over drought
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is engaging his counterparts in Southern Africa, to explore collaborative ways aimed at tackling the effects of El Nino-induced drought.Some of the migratory measures that ...Published: 05 Mar 2024 at 04:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
The maize crop is now on the brink of total loss
Lost in her zen and solitude, the old widow scanned the skies, her elderly eyesight failing her. But, no sign of rain. The skies seem to have put in place 'targeted sanctions' against some majority co...Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:08hrs | | by Tondo Murisa
Food crisis escalates in Matebeleland region
A food crisis is worsening in the Matebeleland region owing to erratic rains with hunger already stalking villagers in drought-prone provinces, including the Bulawayo metropolitan province.Com...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bracing for Cyclone Alvaro
The government of Zimbabwe has said it is taking measures to prepare for Cyclone Alvaro, which formed off the coast of Mozambique. Although the storm initially headed towards Madagascar, there are con...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 08:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for another cyclone
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it has escalated its preparedness as Cyclone Alvaro swilled off the Mozambique coast.The Tropical storm formed off the Mozambican coast near Beira and headed towards ...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:24hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Rains too late to stop Zimbabwe hunger'
A FAMINE monitoring agency says recent rains may have done little to avert a hunger crisis next year as indications show that over a million people are in need of food aid.The prolonged El Nin...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forecasts huge grain deficit in 2024 amid El Nino drought
Zimbabwe's staple maize harvest is expected to halve to 1.1 million tons in 2024 due to an El Nino-induced drought, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Wednesday, flagging a huge grain deficit that ...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia ships 23 000t of fertiliser to Zimbabwe
RUSSIA's giant fertiliser manufacturing company, Uralchem Group, is in the process of shipping 23 000 tonnes of humanitarian fertiliser to Zimbabwe to complement the country's efforts to boost food an...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 05:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
10% increase in wheat harvest this year
The Wheat harvest for 2023-2024 has been projected to reach 10 percent higher than the previous cropping year according to the latest Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) report....Published: 11 Dec 2023 at 08:59hrs | 17 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa caps 2,996 graduands at Nust
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday capped 2 996 graduands at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), among them, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswer...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Depleted local food produce constrains access to income ahead of 2024 season: FEWS NET
The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) has reported that depleted own-produced food stocks, has constrained access to income, and high food prices will likely drive Crisis (IPC Phase 3) o...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 13:26hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's 'prophets of Baal'!
This may help them understand how some in the Christian community have opted not only to dine with the devil but also sell their souls to him - whilst at the same time pretending to be serving God....Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:10hrs | 13 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe food inflation spike cause for concern
High food inflation in Zimbabwe is causing growing concern as it accounts for over a third of households' expenses, according to a report titled "Southern Africa Regional Supply and Market Outlook" by...Published: 30 Oct 2023 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drought looms in southern Zimbabwe
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has issued a weather forecast for the 2023-24 farming season in Zimbabwe, predicting below-normal rainfall in some southern areas, with the possibility of ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The odds were stacked against Chamisa on August 23
Zimbabwe went to the polls last week, weighed down by a cost-of-living crisis and rural food shortages, but the ruling party's 40-year grip on the electoral process suggested it was unlikely to lose p...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opponents praise Bosso defence
AFTER watching his spirited Herentals charges go down 0-1 at the hands of inform Bulawayo football giants, Highlanders, saddened Herentals gaffer Kumbirai Mutiwekuziwa could not help but admire the Pe...Published: 21 Jul 2023 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Youth vote litmus test for Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF-led government faces a litmus test in the August general election, after it failed to deliver on key priority areas affecting the youth over the past years, amid indications of a considera...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar collapse raises concerns
THE Zimbabwe dollar's continued depreciation against the United States dollar has made the macroeconomic climate "volatile", amid an over 30% fall of the Zimbabwe dollar against the greenback th...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Above-normal rainfall predicted for March
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid)'s food security arm, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), has predicted above-normal rainfall for March, a change from th...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube rules out income tax relief
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) says raising the income tax threshold again after the previous one in August would have been too soon because widening this tax relief further is dependent on ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry fails to account for donated fuel
THE Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has failed to account for thousands of litres of fuel donated to the government to alleviate the effects of drought and other natural hazards ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's epic speech on epic day
MEMORY is a site of the struggle. Only in the rubric of yester-year memories can we trace where we have come from so that we use the lessons of the past to forge and sharpen future struggles on the an...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 7 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
NGOs face the chop, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reaffirmed his government's resolve to abolish non-governmental organisations (NGOs) it deems "subversive" and "abusive" to citizens, while pretending to provide...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:25hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's problem is Zanu-PF's intimidation and kleptocracy, not the country's youth
THERE is a certain blindness in understanding the nature of Zimbabwean politics and elections if the problem is mostly attributed to an apathetic youth. A more analytical view includes other consequen...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Tony Reeler
Retail outlets ration basic commodities as Zimdollar weaken
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) food security arm says some wholesale and retail outlets are rationing scarce foodstuffs, as the Zimbabwe dollar continues to depreciate....Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:52hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Govt says Zimbabwe faces deadly famine
Deputy minister of agriculture, Douglas Karoro, has said the drought experienced during the 2021/22 farming season has adversely affected the country's food security situation.In a speec...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'PVO Bill will scare away donors'
INDEPENDENT research body, Sivio Institute has warned that the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill may drive away humanitarian agencies, impacting on food security.Already, foo...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe repossessing unused land from black farmers
Zimbabwe has begun repossessing idle land from black farmers who benefitted from controversial land reforms two decades ago, Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka said Wednesday.People whose far...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 09:25hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Headwinds piling up for Zimbabwe
The United States Agency for International Development (USAid)'s food security arm, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) has warned of below average harvests this year and a shortlived i...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party says to the USA, NATO and their allies hands off Russia!
Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has challenged the right of the USA to implement regime change through the use of extremist groups, terrorism and media manipulation and then establish ...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:46hrs | 25 | by Zimbabwe Communist Party
Zimdollar: The writing is on the wall
THE United States Agency for International Development food security watchdog, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, reported a 20% increase in the price of bread and cooking oil last month....Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prices hikes, weak currency spur hunger in Zimbabwe
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) has warned that Zimbabweans face hunger as prices of basic commodities keep skyrocketing and the local currency's slide continues....Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiefs compile database of undocumented citizens in Matabeleland
CHIEFS in Matabeleland region have started compiling a database of community members who have no national identity documents as part of efforts to address challenges arising from Gukurahundi.T...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED Pfeeee in UK hill Nehanda's head head home
The President of Zimbabweans His Excellence Cde Dr Emerson Dambudzo MNANGAGWA will be gracing the Queen's land in October 2021. There is great excitement amongst Zimbabweans who are hoping to catch a ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:46hrs | 6 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
'Zimbabwean families struggling to buy food'
LEADING consumer bodies have confirmed that residents are experiencing decreased food levels in households on the back of the rising cost of living.This comes following a recent damning report...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe food security remains low,' says USAid
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) food security arm, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) says household food stocks are beginning to run low as the surging cost...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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