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Food relief distribution intensifies in Matabeleland South
More than 320,000 people in Matebeleland South Province have received food aid over the last five months as the Government intensifies efforts through its Food Relief Mitigation Programme to assist vu...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:01hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt says 'no shortages of basic commodities'
The Government has dismissed claims of shortages of basic commodities in the formal market, attributing the perceived scarcities to economic agents redirecting supplies to the informal sector. In a po...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:28hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
60% of pupils hungry, feel El Niño pinch
At least three million out of 4.9 million pupils across Zimbabwe have been severely impacted by the El Niño-induced drought, with the government facing significant challenges in consolidating its sch...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 09:07hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Fight for Gwanda mine escalates amid bribery allegations
The ongoing dispute over Vubachikwe Gold Mine has escalated, with major shareholder Forbes & Thompson accusing lawyers representing Fawcett Security Operations - a creditor seeking to ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:16hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa was supposed to be in crashed chopper
The Zimbabwean government has confirmed that the helicopter which crash-landed at an airstrip in Masvingo on Sunday was initially meant to transport President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The President, who wa...Published: 18 Sep 2024 at 08:34hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
Prices soar as new Zimbabwean currency struggles
The launch of Zimbabwe's new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG), has been marked by significant challenges, including a sharp rise in basic commodity prices. Since its introduction on April 5 at an exc...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:03hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Zimta commends govt feeding programme
The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) has praised the government's new school feeding program, highlighting its potential to improve student concentration and reduce dropout rates.In an in...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 09:02hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF violence changes Gutu man's life forever
He was an energetic man, running his own life and fending for his family. He loved and embraced the supposed freedom brought by the country's liberators hence multi-partyism was just one of those frui...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 15:40hrs | 1022 | by Staff reporter
Man admits to stealing underwear to please wife
COURTROOMS are typically places of solemnity and seriousness, but every now and then, a spark of humour ignites, often unexpectedly.Such was the case when a man charged with breaking into a bo...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:56hrs | 837 | by Staff reportrer
Zimbabweans decry sharp increase in mealie-meal price
Villagers across Zimbabwe are facing severe hardships due to a sharp rise in mealie-meal prices, exacerbated by drought conditions. Traditionally, a 20-litre bucket of maize, costing US$3, now transla...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:50hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei rolls out free health services
The Bridging Gaps Foundation (BGF), founded by fuel mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei and his wife Sandra, is making significant strides in transforming communities across Zimbabwe by providing free curative ...Published: 17 Jun 2024 at 08:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mealie-meal readily available'
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has said surveys indicate that grain and mealie-meal are readily available in both the formal and informal markets, with the consumer watchdog expressing a...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Price of mealie-meal has dropped, says CCZ
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says there has been a slight drop in the price of mealie-meal, with the commodity now readily available on the retail market.Prices of mealie-meal shot t...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Maize, mealie meal prices skyrocket
The prices of mealie-meal and maize have gone up by over 100% amid indications that the commodity is fast disappearing from shop shelves as the effects of drought set in.Indications are that t...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ferret members in R22k extortion storm
FIVE members of the Ferret team deployed at Beitbridge to fight cross-border crime have been caught up in a bribery and extortion storm.The team faces charges of demanding money from a B...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grain imports into Zimbabwe liberalised
GOVERNMENT has liberalised the importation of grain at household level as part of a raft of measures aimed at mitigating the effects of the El Nino-induced drought and guaranteeing national food secur...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland villagers appeal for govt intervention
VILLAGERS in Matebeleland region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene and save them from starvation as the food crisis reaches alarming levels.Several villagers have alread...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 11:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's crude path
When things become unbelievably smooth on the trot, you just need to do a reality check by tuning into ZTV, for there you will certainly find the dose that will wake you up from your island siesta....Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:59hrs | 52 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwe millers to import 1,1 million tonnes of maize
Private businesses under the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe will import up to 1,1 million tonnes of maize between now and March next year to augment Government efforts to ensure availability of...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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
Grain millers flag 'artificial' mealie-meal shortages in supermarkets
LOCAL grain millers say they have contingency measures throughout the value chain to ensure adequate mealie-meal stocks to feed the nation.The assurance by the Grain Millers Association of Zim...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe claims to have enough grain in stock
GOVERNMENT has assured the nation that Zimbabwe has enough mealie-meal to feed the people amid fears of a possible shortage due to the predicted El Nino-induced droughtZimbabwe and other regio...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal shortage artificial
MEALIE-MEAL stock-outs in retail outlets witnessed over the last few weeks were a result of "logistical challenges" that were being faced by local milling companies, which have since been resolved and...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:37hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to closely monitor commodity prices'
GOVERNMENT will continue to monitor basic commodity prices and availability of 14 key products to help consumers acquire essential goods at reasonable costs, Industry and Commerce minister Sithembiso ...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:52hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean minister claims that maize meal supply guaranteed
The HeraldThe low volumes of some mealie meal brands that appeared in formal retail shops recently was just a temporary business distribution hitch not caused by any grain shortages, with mill...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 05:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in umpteenth warning on price hikes
GOVERNMENT has for the umpteenth time warned the business community against hiking pricing during the festive season as it works with industry to make sure that there are no shortages during the year-...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 04:55hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Prices go 'haywire' during Zimbabwe festive season
A FRESH wave of price increases on basic goods and services has dampened the festive mood, stealing the cheer away from the majority of the country's citizens already struggling to make ends meet....Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF played ‘dirty' in Binga by-election'
A ZIMBABWE Election Support Network (Zesn) report on the December 9 by-elections has claimed that the ruling Zanu-PF party intimidated voters and used vote-buying tactics to win seats.The by-e...Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 03:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga doles out freebies for votes
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday donated 10 000 day-old chicks, mealie-meal and bread as he canvassed for votes for the ruling Zanu-PF party's Beitbridge West candidate in the Saturday by...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:31hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally suspended by Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has wielded the axe on "rebellious" senior executives in the Midlands province for allegedly de-campaigning the party's candidates ahead of the August 23 and 24 general elections as factional ...Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 17:42hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mom flogs daughter to death
A FURIOUS Shamva woman fatally assaulted her nine-year-old daughter for wasting the family's mealie-meal and cooking oil, which she used to play house with friends.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZR...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Life-changing international hunting benefits the world can't ignore
There is a generation in which wildlife brought clean-drinking water to thirsty humans, built them a school, a clinic, a road that linked them to the rest of the world and created employment.M...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 21:59hrs | 7 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe family basket shoots to ZWL$2,6m
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has reported that the family basket's cost has risen to ZWL$2.6 million due to escalating prices of essential goods, posing a crisis for numerous households acro...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean voters deserve respect
FOR probably the first time in its history, Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party will go into an election without a manifesto in a clear demonstration of its disdain for voters.Zanu-PF, which has b...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 5 | by Kholwani Nyathi
I am a descendant of Allan Wilson, says presidential candidate
The August 23 harmonised elections are fast approaching with just over two weeks left. As The Herald continues to profile Presidential candidates, our reporter Wallace Ruzvidzo (WR), caught up with th...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Crowds scrambling for freebies at Zanu-PF rallies
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Lovemore Madhuku says chaotic scenes of commandeered crowds scrambling for free groceries at the ruling party, Zanu-PF, rallies are a sign of the gove...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF 'deploys drones' to spy on Chamisa's CCC
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday "deployed drones" to spy on the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign launch in Gweru as the August 23 polls campaign heats up.President Em...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hungry, angry Zanu-PF supporters loot mealie-meal at Mnangagwa rally
Angry Zanu-PF supporters looted one truck of mealie meal after information came out that the mealie meal was not going to be distributed as had been promised during the rally at Mucheke stadium, Masvi...Published: 10 Jun 2023 at 18:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe millers, retailers in stand-off over mealie meal
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says mainstream retail shops have low stocks of mealie meal because they want the product on credit terms at a time the exchange rate is volatile....Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal shortage hits Zimbabwe?
ILLICIT deals involving some unscrupulous suppliers and traders have been blamed for creating artificial shortages of mealie-meal in formal shops while the commodity is being diverted to the streets a...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive price hikes throw the Zimbabwe economy into turmoil
THE Zimbabwean government is having sleepless nights over price hikes, which have continued unabated, plunging low-income earners into immense poverty, a snap survey by The NewsHawks.Commodity...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube confronts Osiphatheleni
THERE was drama around Tredgold Building, which houses the Bulawayo Magistrate Courts yesterday, as illegal money changers ran away at the sight of the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Pr...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube sabotaging Mnangagwa re-election bid'
FORMER Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has blamed Mthuli Ncube for failing to tame spiralling prices of basic commodities, which are militating against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-election bid fo...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Forex speculators to face disciplinary action
THE market should expect significant restoration of stability in the pricing of basic goods in response to comprehensive Government measures while disciplinary action will be swiftly meted against bus...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Poisoned meal lands family of 12 in hospital
A family of 12 from Village Two in Umguza District, Matebeleland North province, is lucky to be alive after eating poisoned isitshwala/sadza on Tuesday evening.The family members who were rush...Published: 12 May 2023 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to investigate the latest spate of basic commodity price hikes
A CABINET committee has been set up to investigate the latest spate of basic commodity price increases as Government moves to ensure corrective measures are taken to protect consumers. The int...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Unknown Mashonaland East man declared a national hero
National Consultative Assembly member and former provincial Governor for Mashonaland East, Abraham Kabasa, has been declared a national hero in honour of his immense contribution to the country during...Published: 04 May 2023 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Salary dispute threatens schools opening
OPENING of schools for the second term next week is in jeopardy after teachers warned of disruptions if their salary dispute with government remains unresolved.Teachers are demanding a minimum...Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Businesses ditch Zimdollar
GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to unleash the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on retailers refusing payment in the local currency or limiting the number of items consumers can buy in Zimdollar, whi...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition parties are hyenas, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF chairperson for Matabeleland North province, Richard Moyo has likened opposition parties to hyenas, saying they now want to feast on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's gains that he worked for....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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