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Foreign-funded NGO reports partisan distribution of food aid in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has raised alarming concerns over the politicization of food aid distribution in rural areas, with reports indicating that opposition supporters are being systematical...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 09:07hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Why ZANU-PF Wins elections
Since 1980, ZANU PF has lost in two elections. They lost the 2000 referendum which forced the incumbent president to go with the old constitution albeit with later amendments which largely undermined ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 2 | by Moses Moyo
Negative reporting by SA media on new Chinese steel plant in Zimbabwe starts
Workers building the $1bn steel plant for the Chinese-owned Dinson Iron & Steel Company (Disco) claim they are exploited, forced to work in inhumane conditions, and sleep crammed eight to a small ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Goverment rolls out food distribution programme
GOVERNMENT has started distributing grain to needy communities across the country in line with its commitment to ensure that no household starves.The programme targets the elderly, child-heade...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hunger stalks Matebeleland South
HUNDREDS of families in drought-prone Matebeleland South are in urgent need of food aid after poor harvests.To avert a food crisis, a government taskforce has been set up in the province to re...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt assesses food insecurity
GOVERNMENT is in the process of consolidating statistics of able-bodied citizens who are still food insecure in rural areas following a successful farming season where the country recorded a bumper ha...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Human wildlife conflict stops agriculture where hunting brings hope
Co-existing with wildlife can be both a curse and a blessing. The human-wildlife conflict has brought the century-old culture of agricultural production to a sad and difficult end in Bots...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 18:21hrs | 3 | by Emmanuel Koro
Call for urgent road rehabilitation in Nkayi
NKAYI South Member of Parliament Stars Mathe has said road accidents like the recent one that claimed six lives in the area could be avoided if the road was rehabilitated.Six people died while...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Call for urgent road rehabilitation in Nkayi
NKAYI South Member of Parliament Stars Mathe has said road accidents like the recent one that claimed six lives in the area could be avoided if the road was rehabilitated.Six people died while...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa says sanctions wont deter Zimbabwe economic reforms
President Mnangagwa says he understands the hardships that citizens are facing as a result of austerity measures, which have been compounded by natural disasters. He said although the Transiti...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government assures the nation on adequate grain in silos
The deputy minister of Labour and Social welfare Lovemore Matuke assured villagers of Urere in Rushinga Mashonaland Central province last week that there is adequate food in the country's silos to fee...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 19:22hrs | 4 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF-aligned council workers to be fired
UNCERTAINTY has gripped a number of Zanu-PF party supporters employed as casual workers at the MDC Alliance-dominated Marondera Municipality after they received text messages advising them not to repo...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Plumtree highway perimeter fence commissioned
The government through the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe has completed the erection of a perimeter fence for the 100 kilometer stretch of the Bulawayo-Plumtree highway in a move that will signifi...Published: 12 May 2018 at 13:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief disrupts MDC-T tournament in Binga
Cheif Pashu of Binga reportedly disrupted a tournament that was organised by the opposition MDC-T.Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that in Binga South constituency at Pashu area, official from ...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Food for work: Nkayi villagers go for 3 months without pay
Nkayi villagers are reported to have gone for three months without getting their pay under the food for work programme.Zimbabwe Peace Project reported that in Nkayi South constituency at ward ...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF official in soup over aid
FOUR Mhondoro MDC-T party supporters, who were barred from participating in the government's "food for work" programme after holding a private party meeting at one of the member's homestead, are n...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Villagers forced to attend Zanu-PF rallies
Villagers in Chimanimani are reportedly being forced by the village head to attend Zanu-PF rallies of which if they fail they are threatened with unspecified actions.Heal Zimbabwe Trust re...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 08:00hrs | 8 | by Stephen Jakes
Muzarabani ward 2 tells villagers to stop supporting MDC-T
Muzarabani ward 2 has reportedly told the villagers at a meeting that they should stop supporting the opposition MDC-T if they wanted help from the government.Heal Zimbabwe Trust sta...Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 08:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Hwange Colliery workers go for almost three years without pay
Hwange Colliery workers have now gone for almost three years without pay and some of them have received eviction notices from their residences because of failing to pay rentals.This was reveal...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Binga villagers compete for wildfruits with baboons
Starving Binga villagers are reportedly competing for wild fruits known as African Ebony fruit or Nchenje in Tonga for survival.The fruit is said to be in abundance during the dry season and h...Published: 30 Aug 2016 at 08:35hrs | 5 | by Thobekile Zhou
Crippling countrywide water rationing looms in Zimbabwe
Whole of Zimbabwe face severe water rationing as the water levels in dams countrywide continue to dwindle, the Zimbabwe Humanitarian Situation Report has revealed.The report said w...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Command agriculture the way to go for Zimbabwe
The recent announcement by government on the $500 million command agricultural programme where it aims to produce two million tonnes of maize from 400 000 hectares of land, is an indicative that...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 09:17hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Command agriculture the way to go for Zimbabwe
The recent announcement by government on the $500 million command agricultural programme where it aims to produce two million tonnes of maize from 400 000 hectares of land, is an indicative that the g...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
Parents threatened by war vets over 'economy is bad' remarks
Some parents for children learning at Mudavanhu Primary School in Mvurvi were recently threatened by some war veterans at the school for saying they were not able to pay the fees in full because t...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Sam Maphosa
No leadership beyond reproach - Zanu PF UK
Zanu PF UK Chairman Nick Mangwana has said there is no leadership without reproach as long as that leadership always holds itself accountable to its electorate.The remarks are contrary t...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 05:02hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa launches desilting programme
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched the national dams desilting programme amid assurances that the country will attain a food secure position within the next four seasons.The de...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 22:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt to review teachers' leave
THERE is need to review the current framework on vacation leave for teachers as it tends to give them an unfair advantage over other civil servants, since they have three months holiday per year coupl...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Ministry identifies 83 sites for schools
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has identified 83 sites countrywide where schools will be built in different provinces as part of the government's efforts to build 100 more schools thi...Published: 30 May 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Govt to feed more pupils, says Dokora
Government is escalating feeding of school children programme as hunger is now severe, Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has said.At the beginning of the second term,...Published: 28 May 2016 at 18:06hrs | | by Thobekle Zhou
People no longer want Zanu PF- ZimFirst
ZimFirst leader Maxwell Shumba has claimed that the people of Zimbabwe no longer want Zanu PF as it has caused them a lot of misery."People no longer want Zanu PF," Shumba said. "They want peo...Published: 23 May 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MP probes ministry over food for work programme for the elderly
House of Assembly member Trevor Saruwaka has probed the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Services over how it treats the issue of the elderly people being registered under the food for wo...Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Starving Bulawayo residents have never received aide from govt this year- MP
Zanu PF MP for Mpopoma Pelandaba Joseph Tshuma has told parliament that at the time when some Bulawayo residents are facing serious starvation , government has never distributed any food to the city....Published: 20 May 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Efforts in food mobilization commendable
It is known that this year most farmers, both commercial and communal did not harvest much in their fields; hence there is need for massive mobilization of food. However, some sections of the media we...Published: 19 May 2016 at 13:31hrs | 1 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Rampant corruption levels rile Mugabe
President Mugabe yesterday bemoaned rampant corruption in rural and urban councils countrywide, saying the vice had reached alarming levels which threatened the country's moral fabric. The President s...Published: 14 May 2016 at 09:21hrs | 1 | by George Maponga
Chinamasa mulls supplementary budget
THE government might consider crafting a supplementary budget to cushion the country from food shortages induced by drought.Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa hinted the possibility of a suppl...Published: 13 May 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Food for work programme launched in Matabeleland North, Manicaland
The food for work programme has been launched in Matabeleland and Manicaland provinces, aiming to improve food security in the rural communities hard hit by the El-Nino induced drought.In Mata...Published: 12 May 2016 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Unpaid Green Fuel employees face
Workers at Chisumbanje ethanol plant, Green Fuel, said they were languishing in abject poverty after going for over 6 months without salaries.The workers claimed that a majority of them last r...Published: 04 May 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Unpaid Green Fuel employees face
Workers at Chisumbanje ethanol plant, Green Fuel, said they were languishing in abject poverty after going for over 6 months without salaries.The workers claimed that a majority of them last r...Published: 04 May 2016 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Council pays wages in groceries
The cash strapped Municipality of Gwanda is reported to have resorted to settling part of wages it owes to its employees in kind by offering employees groceries.Employees from the Municipa...Published: 27 Dec 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Starvation strikes Binga, villagers survive on wild fruits
MATABELELAND NORTH - VILLAGERS in Binga are reportedly surviving on wild fruits as food gets increasing scarce in the district.According to a local daily, villagers survive on a wild fruit cal...Published: 03 Nov 2014 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Bling Bling Pastors exploiting Zimbabwe's poor,' says Ezra Sibanda
As a true Zimbabwean and concerned citizen l'm deeply worried at the rate companies are closing down in most cities and thousands of people losing their jobs. The company buildings have been taken ov...Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 15:54hrs | | by Ezra Sibanda
Zimbabwe govt introduces food for work programme
Dr Ignatius Chombo, the Local Government Rural and Urban Development Minister says from next month government will introduce the food for work programme as a mitigation measure against food shortage...Published: 10 Apr 2011 at 05:01hrs | | by Byo24News
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