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Government has earmarked $4 billion under Presidential Inputs Scheme for grain production while it will pay directly, outstanding cotton proceeds delivered by farmers to Cottco among a cocktail of measures being taken to enhance performance of the agriculture sector.
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Zimbabwe got a reprieve after the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) agreed to restructure the US$206 million loan that the Zimbabwe National Road Administration got to refurbish the Plumtree-Mutare Highway in 2011, a Cabinet Minister has said.
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The African Union was thanked by President Mnangagwa on Tuesday for its interventions through the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to strengthen public health capacities in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and other diseases.
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THE Government has called for calm across Masvingo following a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 at Bondolfi Teachers’ College where 18 students tested positive for the novel virus early this week.
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George Maponga in Masvingo Government has transferred the Chiredzi District Lands Officer Mr Honest Mapfumo to Harare over accusations of improprieties in the administration of land allocations in the flash point district. Mr Mapfumo was already under fire over reports of allegedly circumventing the Masvingo provincial leadership in the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, […]
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The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) is for the first time conducting the 2021 Agriculture and Livestock Survey(ALS) electronically using the Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) which is expected to improve data collection monitoring and quality of work.
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The Environmental Management Agency, in conjunction with its stakeholders, has intensified veld fire management awareness campaigns to achieve the minimum target of 25 percent reduction in losses to veld fires in 2021, and ensure aspirations of the National Development Strategy (NDS1) are achieved.
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Joeseph Madzimure and Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Immortalised through bronze, for future generations to gourd from history, the magnificent yet serene statue of Mbuya Nehanda stands tall like a guardian angel caring for the sons and daughters of Zimbabwe as they go about their business in Harare. It’s history cast in stone. If the hands of time could […]
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter The great continent of Africa has now awakened and will tell its own story for the benefit of both present and future generations, President Mnangagwa said as he unveiled the statue of Zimbabwe icon and legend Mbuya Nehanda yesterday. The statue, which was erected at the intersection of Samora Machel Avenue […]
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Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the banking sector are coming up with the nuts and bolts of interest payments on demand deposits to encourage people to deposit money in banks, rather than bury it under their pillows, RBZ Governor Dr John Mangudya told a Parliamentary committee this week. Dr Mangudya […]
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Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter THE GOVERNMENT has successfully repossessed over 80 mining concessions under the “use-it or lose-it” policy and a formal announcement will be made in due course, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando, has revealed. Last year, the Government announced that it was also looking forward to re-sizing some of the […]
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Herald Reporter Zimbabwe wants to join South Africa in the implementation of robust and responsive policies to accelerate the modernisation and industrialisation agenda beneficial to both countries, President Mnangagwa said yesterday when receiving a gift of maize meal for those affected by Cyclone Idai. The 272 tonnes of maize meal, out of 5 625 tonnes […]
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The commissioning of the statue of Mbuya Nehanda at one of the busiest intersections in Harare yesterday should be marking the start of the process of how we interpret our past and how we honour those whose example we wish to follow. We cannot ignore or rewrite our history, although we can pervert it as […]
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Faith Katete and Millicent Mtombeni Africa Day is intended to celebrate and acknowledge the successes of the Organisation of African Unity (now African Union) from its creation on May 25, 1963 in the fight against colonialism and apartheid. It is meant to show the progress that Africa has made, while reflecting upon the common challenges […]
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Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Another 18 vehicles were handed over to chiefs yesterday as part of the on-going programme to ensure that all chiefs were mobile. Handing over the vehicles, President Mnangagwa said all people, regardless of their standing in society, should respect traditional leaders because of the role they play in communities as the […]