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Mthuli Ncube sticks to his guns
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has stuck to his guns, maintaining that the country is going to achieve 3 percent economic growth for 2020 in the face of independent f...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:33hrs | 2068 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls Telecel debt equity swap
TELECEL International (TI), a State-owned vehicle which owns 60 percent of Telecel Zimbabwe (TZ), is considering converting the US$90 million debt owed by the mobile network operator into equity, a mo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 171 | by Staff rpeorter
Met Office forecasts wet weekend
Heavy rains, damaging winds, lightning and flash flooding are expected from today up to tomorrow across the country. In a statement yesterday, the Meteorological Services Department (MSD) said...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:38hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: EU, US and post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
THE United States of America (USA) has two forms of sanctions relevant to Zimbabwe. The first is imposed by Executive Order, with the President using powers under the International Emergency Economic ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 191 | by Derek Matyszak
Jonathan Moyo loses Mazowe farm
FORMER Cabinet Minister, Jonathan Moyo is breathing fire after Lands Minister, Perrance Shiri grabbed his Mazowe farm in Mashonaland Central under unclear circumstances.In High Court papers, M...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2358 | by newzimbabwe
Vegetables shortage hits Bulawayo, is it Mnangagwa inspired?
BULAWAYO is experiencing a shortage of vegetables due to water shortage, Chronicle has established. This has pushed prices up while removing vegetables from menus of most homes and restaurants. ...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:01hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
AU steps up efforts to engage West on sanctions against Zimbabwe
The Africa Union is determined to engage the West over illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe in an effort to ensure instability threatening the region is thwarted. The union has since dispatched its P...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:59hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter
Government controls fuelling the black market
Business at the country's parallel (black) market for foreign currency and other commodities has never been as brisk. Billions of dollars in local or foreign currency exchange hands on a daily basis i...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:07hrs | 3871 | by Victor Bhoroma
Anthrax outbreak in Masvingo province
Masvingo has been hit by an anthrax outbreak with official figures indicating that more than 40 cattle have succumbed to the disease while at least 60 people have been affected.Masvingo depart...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1026 | by Staff Reporter
Mohadi loses 271 cattle to drought
AT least 16 000 head of cattle have succumbed to drought in Matabeleland South amid growing fears of a looming water shortage in some parts of province as water bodies are fast drying up.Cattl...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 13:36hrs | 2437 | by Staff Reporter
16000 cattle die in Matabeleland South
AT least 16 000 cattle have succumbed to drought in Matabeleland South Province, amid growing fears of a looming water shortage in some parts of the provi...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 06:40hrs | 2037 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers need to be economically empowered so as to fearlessly stand up against government enslavement
A few days ago I was talking to my neighbour - who is a teacher - on the collective job action proposed by the two main teachers' unions in the country - who have called upon their members not to turn...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1294 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Farming inputs delayed
Several farmers who have signed up for the agro-yield schemes being facilitated by a local bank are yet to receive fertilisers resulting in long queues at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) Bindura depot...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1529 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean economy simplified
Issues concerning the economy are vital for any given country's revolutionary and evolutionary path since they are at the core of all movements. Most importantly an economic policy justifies the trans...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1291 | by Terence Simbi
First minister of Agriculture Denis Norman dies
Zimbabwe's first minister of Agriculture Dennis Norman died in Oxfordshire in December last year, reports from England have said.Norman also famed for being part of the initiation of the Beira...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 13:51hrs | 2664 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe records spike in fish sales
ZIMBABWE'S fish export volumes increased by 37% to 2 318 tonnes between January and September 2019, driven by fresh water frozen fish and frozen tilapia, according to a Livestock and Meat Advisory Cou...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 13:50hrs | 1506 | by Staff Reporter
Guruve South legislator bemoans loss of life at Eureka
GURUVE SOUTH legislator Patrick Dutiro has condemned the police and security guards for chasing away artisanal miners at Eureka mine ,Guruve which resulte...Published: 05 Jan 2020 at 19:49hrs | 2576 | by Paul Ndou
Caster Oil vows to end fuel crisis
Oil Castor vowed to end Zimbabwe's fuel crisis encouraging farmers to invest in castor bean farming to generate bio diesel production.Portia Maposa the founder of Oil Castor reveal that caster...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 20:45hrs | 3639 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Currency stability tops RBZ priorities -
Reducing inflation and maintaining a stable exchange rate are the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s top priorities in the new year to bolster President Mnangagwa's drive to increase production, grow th...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 00:28hrs | 3701 | by Staff Reporter
Cassava reports first set of half year results post demerger from Econet
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Listed entity Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited (CSZL), which has business interests in mobile money, digital banking, insurtech a...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 13:38hrs | 1245 | by Agencies
Shake-up looms at Zesa
Zesa Holdings has been set tough performance standards and goals in both energy supply and administrative efficiency, with the Government taking an active role in monitoring progress. This was...Published: 31 Dec 2019 at 09:57hrs | 5003 | by Staff Reporter
Plans on course for early cloud-seeding
GOVERNMENT is weighing the option of introducing early cloud-seeding to aid rainfall if the current dry weather patterns persist. Most parts of the country are experiencing a dry spell that has ...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1212 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese tour Mnangagwa's farm
While Zimbabweans were enjoying Christmas on Wednesday, the First Family was busy at its Pricabe Farm in Sherwood on the outskirts of Kwekwe, hosting a Chinese delegation that wants to invest in the a...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 10:32hrs | 6003 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe to resume livestock imports
Government is discussing the possibility of resuming importation of live cloven-hoofed animals and related products from South Africa pending a full resolution of the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outb...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:02hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sticks to Polad
AN air of camaraderie characterised the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) meeting in Kwekwe yesterday to mark National Unity Day. The meeting started at mid-morning at President Mnangagwa's farm, with...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:42hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt takes plunge to compensate white farmers
ONE of the most interesting developments in the recent budget statement is government's decision to compensate former white farmers after nearly 20 years following the 2000 land reform programme. The ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:39hrs | 168 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Its flawed macro-economic governance systems, Stupid!
PUBLIC Accounts Committee (PAC) chairperson, Honourable Tendai Biti is not only an accomplished lawyer but has also authored a book with Greg Mills and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 14:44hrs | 272 | by Jameson Dapi
PHOTOS: Polad members descend on Mnangagwa's farm
Members of Polad dialogue have arrived at President Mnangagwa's Sherwood Farm in Kwekwe for unity day celebrations.Speaking to the me...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 09:03hrs | 5763 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube promises 'more fuel' this festive season
Government has put in place measures to ensure the festive season cheers will not be dampened by shortage of essential goods including fuel that have previously dogged the economy, says Finance and Ec...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1653 | by Staff Reporter
Auxillia Mnangagwa rolls out donkey project in Matabeleland South
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa, through her Angel of Hope Foundation, this week distributed small grains and rolled out a donkey project in Matabeleland South as part of measures to augment draught...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 07:54hrs | 2095 | by Staff Reporter
Farmers urged to boast their livestock life with stock feeds
Farmers in the drought prone Matabeleland south have been challenged to boast the life of their livestock by buying stock feeds.The call was made by the Organisation of Rural Association for P...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 10:29hrs | 1064 | by Stephen Jakes
Massive cattle deaths irk Matabeleland South farmers
Villagers in Matabeleland South have cried foul over massive death of their cattle due to prolonged drought and their failure to purchase stock feed as a ...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 16:04hrs | 1735 | by Stephen Jakes
ZANU PF conference lived to its billing
The just ended ZANU PF 18th National People’s Conference which was held at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province has proved that the Party really means business and is committed to the ...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 13:43hrs | 2750 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa warns bureaucrats
Bureaucrats causing unnecessary delays in implementing Government programmes should either reform or face the chop, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Officially closing the 18th Zanu-PF Na...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:04hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Play time is over, says Mnangagwa
BUREAUCRATS causing unnecessary delays in implementing Government programmes should either reform or face the chop, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Officially closing the 18th Zanu-PF Na...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1679 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs set to lose farms
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned his government was going to seize tracts of land from multiple farm owners and further trim the sizes of some farms to leave owners with a "reasonable" size of ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:19hrs | 3298 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF ready for victory in 2024 elections
ZANU-PF, united under President Mnangagwa, is ready for the 2023 elections in which it is confident of recording a shattering victory, party national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri said yesterda...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:01hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on cash
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said there is no going back on the reintroduction of the local currency as he warned those who hoard cash and deal in foreign currency that the law will soon catch up wit...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in election mode
ZANU-PF members are already in election mode ahead of 2023 polls as evidenced by their endorsing of President Mnangagwa as the party's presidential candidate in the next election, national chair Oppah...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
'Air Zimbabwe to relaunch in 2020 with 5 planes'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says Air Zimbabwe will take off in earnest in 2020, with five planes.Ncube also told the National Assembly that Treasury was also going to assume the airline's to...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho farmers urged to plant drought-resistant crops
FARMERS in Tsholotsho district, Matabeleland North, have been urged to plant drought-resistant crops such as sorghum and millet as a mitigatory measure against climate change which has seen the area r...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
'Tribalist' Shiri speaks on farm downsizing
THE land allocation process does not allow the minister responsible for lands to exercise preference on both the identification of farms to be downsized and prospective farmers to be allocated that la...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:20hrs | 993 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference: Feasting amid famine
There will be a feast befitting a king. There will be eating and drinking for close to 10 000 people.In the midst of such bountiful supply, the feast will take place among many hungry stomachs...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Farmer loses 10 cattle to lightning
A GWANDA farmer lost 10 head of cattle and two goats after they were struck by lightning. Ward 9 councillor Mozitha Moyo confirmed the incident which occurred in his area on Friday afternoon. ...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 19:58hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
431 land barons face arrest over irregular sale of state land …Gvt says US$3 billion lost in the process
Government says 431 land barons face arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission over the irregular sale of land after a commission of inquiry on the sale of state land in and around urban areas...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 17:59hrs | 1842 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean tobacco hectarage drops
AT least 35 998 hectares of land have so far been put under tobacco in the 2019/20 summer cropping season, down from 42 010 hectares that had been planted during the same period last year, statistics ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:45hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Destructive rains expected
THE Meteorological Service Department (MSD) has predicted heavy rains and strong winds that may uproot trees and damage buildings in the southern part of the country up to Thursday. In a state...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Vaya Tractor seals strategic partnerships
Cassava Smartech's EcoFarmer Vaya tractor has clinched strategic corporate partnerships with CBZ, the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) and farm equipment suppliers William Bain and Agricon to provi...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:40hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Still waiting for the rains
Old man Jaricha craned his head looking up to the skies as if looking for answers, we are into the second week of December and still no rains. Tobacco seedlings are still in nursery beds, well...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:18hrs | 692 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
We want 'Samson' back in our butcheries
Some unscrupulous meat outlets countrywide especially beef are selling meat from carcasses of disease stricken cattle. Others are retailing beef from stolen beasts resulting in some unfortunat...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:17hrs | 621 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
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