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8 millions of Zimbabweans still need of food aid
A staggering eight million Zimbabweans remain in urgent need of food assistance following severe crop failures caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon and an extended drought that disrupted food pro...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 10:13hrs | 47 | by Staff reporter
Mobile phones, beds, and hoes top Zimbabwe household ownership
Mobile phones, beds, and agricultural tools such as axes and hoes are the most commonly owned household items in Zimbabwe, according to the latest Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) for 202...Published: 17 Jun 2025 at 07:16hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Former UK Mayor showers praises on Mnangagwa
Former Corby Town Mayor Tafadzwa Chikoto, a UK-based Zimbabwean national, has sparked debate after expressing strong support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF government, describ...Published: 12 May 2025 at 08:45hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
885 import permits granted to ensure food security in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean Government has issued 885 import permits to 423 private companies to address food security challenges caused by this year's severe drought. The move aims to bolster the private sector's...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 06:43hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Normal to above-normal rainfall still expected in ZImbabwe
Zimbabwe's Meteorological Services Department (MSD) has reaffirmed its forecast for normal to above-normal rainfall during this year's summer cropping season, despite reports suggesting a potential we...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:03hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water quality questionable
Bulawayo is currently experiencing one of its most severe water crises in recent years, with over 88 percent of residents expressing dissatisfaction with the quality of water supplied by the local aut...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:42hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
5,4 million Zimbabweans battling hunger
ABOUT 5,4 million Zimbabweans are battling hunger this month amid the free-falling local currency and the El Niño-induced drought, World Food Programme (WFP) data has revealed. In its Fe...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:34hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's urban majority have no access to basic water
Most households in urban centres have no access to basic water and only 48,4% having that access amid fears this will result in outbreak of diseases.Latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Co...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 11:03hrs | 17 | by Stephen Jakes
Only 22,2% urban households involved in urban agriculture
About 22.2% of households were involved in urban agriculture.This is revealed in the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2023 report which noted that therefore, the Government...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 24 | by Stephen Jakes
Open defecation rife in Gwanda
RESIDENTS of Gwanda urban still practise open defecation, according to a latest Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) 2023 exposing poor investment on sanitation services."Atten...Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:10hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'4,1 million Zimbabweans food insecure'
AT LEAST 4,1 million people are in urgent need of food aid as low production and a high cost of living take a heavy toll on Zimbabweans, a new food security report has revealed.According to th...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:30hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Half of Zimbabwe's urban population are lodgers - report
Zimbabweans continue facing an acute shortage of affordable housing options amid indications that at least half of the country's urban population lives in rented accommodation.This is accordin...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa outlines US$4.3 billion plan to end energy crisis
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has mocked the Zanu-PF led government for failing to roll out a contingent blueprint to deal with power outages while outlining a f...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt draws down US$311m from IMF kitty
ZIMBABWE has drawn down US$311 million from the US$958 million it was allocated under extra Special Drawing Rights by the International Monetary Fund in August last year, an automatic allocation along...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is ED honestly proud of his five years in office?
All too often I encounter disturbing media reports of ordinary Zimbabweans being callously arrested and hauled before the courts for ostensibly "undermining the authority of/or insulting the president...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 12 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
March by-elections inconsequential
IMMEDIATELY after President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the March 2022 by-elections, he started the week by firing his State Security minister Owen Ncube in dramatic fashion. The decision stole the ...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:15hrs | 2 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Economist questions govt use of IMF money
A LEADING economist, Gift Mugano has questioned government's plans to disburse substantial amounts drawn from the nearly US$1 billion special drawing rights (SDR) from the International Monetary Fund ...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
US$1bn SDRs to be used over three years
The US$958 million worth of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) allocated to Zimbabwe by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be used over a three-year period, with US$311 million expected to be relea...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt to borrow US$1,4bn
GOVERNMENT has announced a plan to borrow ZW$146,8 billion (about US$1,4 billion) in 2022 to fund various infrastructure development projects.This debt would add to the existing stock of US$13...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:42hrs | 22 | by Staff Rporter
UN special envoy turns down Zimbabwe govt security
UNITED Nations (UN) special rapporteur Alena Douhan this week turned down offers by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to pamper her with executive luxuries as she began her 10-day mission in Z...Published: 22 Oct 2021 at 19:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Old people's homes turn into poor families' dumping grounds
BANANA bread was served at a recent birthday party at Melfort Old People's home, where a group of residents mustered a raspy happy birthday tune.Just a week after arriving at the facility, Rod...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Eradicating extreme poverty critically essential
The World Bank Economic Update on Zimbabwe released in June 2021 contains some worrying trends on the increase in extreme poverty in the country. The report points that the number of extremely poor re...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:27hrs | 12 | by Victor Bhoroma
US$3,3 million lifeline for Mbare
AT least 15 000 vulnerable people in Harare's populous Mbare suburb will benefit from a US$3,3 million package from humanitarian organisations.GOAL Zimbabwe, working with Childline and Musasa ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Financial distress to persist for Zimbabwe's urban poor'
USAID food security unit, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), says most urban families in Zimbabwe are expected to remain in financial doldrums due to skyrocketing cost of living....Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poverty reaches alarming levels
ABOUT 1.5 million people living in Zimbabwe's urban centres plunged into alarming penury after their livelihoods were disrupted by the outbreak of Covid-19 and restrictions which were enforced to cont...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2,4m urban households food insecure: ZimVAC
APPROXIMATELY 2,4 million Zimbabweans in urban areas are struggling to meet their basic food needs, the latest report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) has revealed.I...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 impacts rural and urban migration trends
The Covid-19 lockdown has significantly impacted on migration trends in Zimbabwe with a recent study revealing that about 12 percent of people have moved from urban to rural areas.The findings...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's severe food insecurity levels up 27%
ZIMBABWE's severe food insecurity levels have risen to 27% against the backdrop of the Covid-19 induced economic hardships, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) has said.This is ...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 erodes household income, buying power
The Covid-19 induced lockdown has eroded household income leading to a subsequent depreciation of consumer buying power for essential commodities, Round 2 findings of the Poverty, Income, Consumption ...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records surge in household aid
ZIMBABWE has recorded an increase in the number of households receiving food aid among other forms of support from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as hunger and the harsh economic climate takes ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans living in extreme poverty increase to 6 million in 2019
The number of poor people in the country increased to 8.9 million in 2019 - more than half of its estimated population - from 8 million in 2017 while those living in extreme poverty increased to 6 mil...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 17:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chasi turns to renewable energy
Energy minister Fortune Chasi has called on players in the private sector to collaborate with the government and invest in renewable energy to offset the power deficit in the country.Chasi's c...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Urban poverty on the rise in Zimbabwe
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says over 1,5 million Zimbabweans in the urban areas will be food insecure this year as the country continues to suffer the effects of the economic downturn and a crippl...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa extends US$3,2bn begging bowl
ZIMBABWE - with 7,5 million people or half the population in need of food aid - is appealing for US$3,2 billion emergency assistance to avert a humanitarian crisis characterised by hunger and a crumbl...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Govt should not hide Zimbabwe's food security status
CLAIMS by Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza this week that the country had adequate food stocks to cater for vulnerable households cannot go unchallenged, given the current harsh weather...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 2 | by Editorial - newsday
Bread, sugar and mealie-meal prices up
PRICES of some basic commodities, including bread, sugar and mealie-meal, have gone up over the last month, marginally raising the cost of living for urban households.Figures from the Consumer...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru vows 'I will not quit Zanu-PF and government'
IN a brazen act of defiance, Vice-President Joice Mujuru yesterday described as ridiculous and unfounded allegations that she was part of a cabal within Zanu-PF that was pushing to topple President Ro...Published: 09 Dec 2014 at 07:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru issues a Press Statement - Full-text
PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE HONOURABLE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, AND MEMBER OF THE RULING PARTY, ZANU-PF - HONOURABLE DR. JOICE TEURAI ROPA...Published: 08 Dec 2014 at 22:36hrs | 1 | by Joice Mujuru
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