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9 000 live-stock deaths in five months
Zimbabwe has experienced a devastating loss of over 9,000 livestock between June and October this year, primarily due to the harsh effects of El Niño-induced drought conditions. The drought has left ...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:55hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Zesa secures 600MW utility batteries
In a significant move to address persistent power outages affecting the region, the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) is actively procuring large utility batteries that will bolster the nat...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:40hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South records 30% livestock deaths
Thirty percent of households in Matebeleland South reported livestock deaths this year due to the El Niño dry weather phenomenon, making it the hardest-hit province in Zimbabwe. The dry spell has sev...Published: 21 Jul 2024 at 10:22hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Stockfeed subsidies for drought-hit livestock farmers
THE Government has stepped in to save the country's livestock situation with a coterie of urgent intervention measures aimed at bailing out farmers from losing their animals for a song to unscrupulous...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'2018 elections were free and Mnangagwa won; Americans know it.' claimed Cross. A lie, dismissed with contempt it deserve
I have heard Eddie Cross say a lot of rubbish over the years but his latest claim that the 2018 elections were free, fair and credible, Mnangagwa won and the Americans knew it; takes the biscuit. He m...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:18hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa exhibits traits of a megalomaniac dictator
ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa and his loyalists in the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have been left in a quagmire as they contemplate what to do to stop the opposition party from tumbling ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 10 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Mnangagwa stole X-Mas
THE year 2023 is ending in the same manner it began: inflicting more hardships on the people of Zimbabwe and with no solution in sight.It has been an annus horribilis of epic proportions. The ...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 17:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Cattle fattening in 90 days
CATTLE fattening is a method of raising livestock that minimises animal mobility, allowing them to gain weight more quickly. Larger animals produce more meat, which can be sold for more money ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Chipo Tachiona
Reservoirs from Beitbridge to Plumtree
GOVERNMENT working with its development partners is setting up water reservoirs along Shashe River stretching from Beitbridge to Plumtree border posts as part of efforts to control cattle movement bet...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Game Sanctuary gets new furry resident
Tshabalala Game Sanctuary on the outskirts of Bulawayo has a new tenant; a three-year-old male lion that was released yesterday to the facility from Hwange National Park.Still nameless, the li...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's desperate power situation points to poor planning
THIS week, Justice minister Ziyambai Ziyambi, in his capacity as leader of government business in the National Assembly and responding to Members of Parliament's concerns about the country's rolling p...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes abuse of devolution funds
DEVOLUTION funds are open to abuse and plunder by unscrupulous institutions and individuals who can easily turn them into feeding troughs at the expense of communities, NewsDay has established....Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zinwa rebrands
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa), a government entity responsible for managing the country's water resources, has roped in other organisations in projects that are expected to benefit the...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition should stop nauseating obsession with foreign intervention
IF there is something stinking high and wide in Zimbabwe's opposition political landscape, it is its love for foreign intervention.In fact, there is a whorish competition in the opposition cir...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The price of bread to humble Mnangagwa
Emmerson Mnangagwa's new dispensation should should always play a track from Simon 'Chopper' Chimbetu's song Survival which is very informative and educative.This is a well choreographed track...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 11:56hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe govt reduces fuel prices
Mandatory blending of ethanol in unleaded petrol has been increased from 10 percent to 20 percent at the end of this month to reduce fuel price increases on the global market and give a relief to ...Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ethanol blending up increased to 20% to kill injectors
Mandatory blending of ethanol in unleaded petrol has been increased from 10 percent to 20 percent at the end of this month to reduce fuel price increases on the global market and give a relief to ...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Car with stolen chickens lands in ditch
A BULAWAYO man has lost over 200 chickens to thieves over the past two months and a man who fled police while driving a car ferrying some of the birds has been arrested.The suspect Tawanda Kas...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean university bans mini-skirts, cleavage on campus
The Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU) has banned the wearing of mini-skirts, shorts and tight-fitting clothing by female students on campus.In a notice to students dated September 3, the...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe debt assumption promotes corruption
ZIMBABWEAN taxpayers continue to be burdened by debt from parastatals which are riddled with mismanagement and corruption, with the latest being the assumption of Air Zimbabwe's huge debt, as governme...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$120m forex allotments backlog cleared
The bulk of the US$120 million backlog in the foreign currency auction allotments has been cleared with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week releasing US$100 million, Governor Dr John Mangudya...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Unresolved economic issues for 2021
The Zimbabwean economy has experienced a period of relative stability since October 2020, even though multiple reforms have to be implemented to attain sustained economic growth. To a larger extent th...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 09:05hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Help in cleaning up urban settlements - Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF has urged all its structures to cooperate with the Government team set-up to bring normalcy to urban settlements that had become feeding troughs for land barons and some councillors. T...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 cases continue to fall
Zimbabwe continues to record progress in dealing with the second wave of Covid-19 infections, with the fifth week of the year and the resumption of the Level Four lockdown recording further falls in t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parly defends clampdown on machete gangs
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Edmond Mkaratigwa has defended the recent deployment of security forces on rowdy machete gangs which he described as "vampires" disturbin...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gloves off on corrupt fatcats: Zacc
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it will dig deep into senior Zanu PF and government officials' feeding troughs, among them Command Agriculture, the National Social Security Authori...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must be intolerant to corruption
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has, on several occasions, indicated that his "Second Republic" government will not tolerate corruption, Zimbabweans have been confronted by a different reality....Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mystery of Zimbabwe's forex market
"Zimbabwe's tobacco sales have reached a record high of 237,1 million kg with a week to go before the selling season ends, official data showed" - Reuters (July 23 2018)."Gold deliveries to Fi...Published: 03 May 2019 at 20:48hrs | 8 | by Chigogwana, Sikhosana and Mashozhera
The new dispensation a replica of Mugabe era
The narrative of the November coup which ushered in President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot be white washed and will remain in the Zimbabwe's history.I now plead with the indulgence of...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Impending drought: Farmers should plan carefully
The Meteorological Services Department (MSD) report released on 28 August 2018 showed that from October to December (OND) 2018 and January to March (JMF) 2019 periods will be characterised by "normal ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 11:36hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
These Elections are a Win-Win for Mthwakazi Voters
Why now? The harmonised elections taking part tomorrow in Zimbabwe present an opportunity for Mthwakazi voters. For the first time since independence, the v...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 23:20hrs | | by BMV
'Boycotting elections is suicidal,' argue Daily News - nonsense, risking all on capricious winning a rigged election is
"A boycott from this month's harmonised elections as mooted by the MDC Alliance can only have an impact if it has the buy-in of all opposition parties," argued Daily News. "The Alliance is bitter...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC partners cpoied from the best constotituion in the world
THE MDC Alliance has been exposed for lack of originality after it copied word for word, full stop for full stop, a section of the South African Constitution in its election manifesto released last we...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition failing democratic test
"WE MDC-T are being cruel to ourselves in candidate selection by allowing strangers a free ride at the expense of our long serving loyal committed cadres. Those with money and connections come through...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:12hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Zimbabwe back to record tourist numbers
ZIMBABWE'S top resort town, Victoria Falls, has received a record number of tourists and healthy forward bookings, according to Africa Albida Tourism (AAT).AAT chief executive, Ross Kennedy, s...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa strategy for Zimbabwe's recovery
The multiple initiatives that President Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's administration has launched may be confusing to a citizenry already buffeted by years of debility and decline.It is thus im...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by George Charamba
Mnangagwa Hypocrisy
Transform Zimbabwe(TZ) has no kind words for Mnangagwa's admnistration in what they perceive as a false promises made by the President when he promised to fight corruption. It has emerged that TZ lead...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Jacob Ngarivhume
ED Mnangagwa Hypocrisy: Transform Zimbabwe
Transform Zimbabwe(TZ) has no kind words for Mnangagwa's admnistration in what they perceive as a false promises made by the President when he promised to fight corruption. It has emerged that TZ lead...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 06:22hrs | | by Transform Zimbabwe
Gross incompetence and corruption on parastatals deadly to the economy
It is quite sad to note that the Auditor General, Mildred Chiri, has for quite a long period of time exposed the gross mismanagement of funds taking place in the most parastatals and local authorities...Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:25hrs | | by Blessing Machiva
New social class, beneficiaries of Zanu PF lootocracy
MDC-T deputy secretary general Tapiwa Mashakada has claimed that the ruling Zanu PF has created new social bases who breathe Zanu PF and depends on its feeding troughs so as to win 2018 election...Published: 21 May 2017 at 08:02hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Steep hikes in Zimbabwe road fines
Long-suffering motorists should brace themselves for yet another steep hike in the cost of driving, with the country's broke government giving notice on Thursday that road traffic fines will rise ...Published: 11 Dec 2016 at 15:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim's saving grace is accepting failure as gracefully as Darwin accepted chimp as cousin
When Charles Robert Darwin, an English naturalist and geologist, published his book On the Origin of Species in 1859 - a little over 150 years ago - proposing his theory of evolution with compelling e...Published: 02 Aug 2016 at 08:41hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
USAID and DAPP partner with communities to improve health and sanitation
With assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Community Water Supply, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Natural Resources Management (C-WASH) activity, communities in ...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 08:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
11 000 families get food aid in Lupane
ABOUT 11 000 families in Lupane are now receiving food aid to mitigate against the drought which has been declared a state of national disaster, the acting District Administrator, Mr Zacharia Jusa, ha...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:10hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda
1 300 cattle killed by drought
CHIPINGE'S resource poor smallholder farmers are accruing huge livestock losses due to drought and diseases, with the latest statistics indicating that more than 1 300 cattle have died in the past few...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU project brings back water smiles to Gwanda rural communities
Drilling, rehabilitation and repair of boreholes is one thematic area in the EU water facility programme that has brought much needed respite to communities in the selected wards of Gwanda North and S...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 10:52hrs | | by Own Correspondent
Zimbabwe companies forced to sponsor Grace Mugabe's birthday bash
ZIMBABWE's financially-troubled state-owned enterprises and parastatals are being forced to part with between US$35 000 and US$120 000 in contributions to First Lady Grace Mugabe's 50th birthday fundr...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 15:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T shadow cabinet deliberates on Zimbabwe issues
Today the alternative Cabinet, which convenes fortnightly, engaged in a five-hour long robust and focussed debate on key national issues affecting the people of Zimbabwe.The issues discussed r...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 15:21hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa, MP
Traffic cops milking motorists of their hard-earned cash
HARARE - Traffic police officers manning the country's roads have devised a sinister plot to "milk" kombi drivers and motorists of their hard-earned cash for free passage on numerous roadblocks ...Published: 19 Oct 2013 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Gideon Gono's farm on fire again
Fire gutted a chicken farm belonging to Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono for the second time in less than two months in another suspected case of arson. The farm is located on the outskirts ...Published: 05 Sep 2013 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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