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Cletus Mushanawani in GURUVE Zimbabwe has attracted over $3 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) in the past seven weeks, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters from four districts of Mashonaland Central Province at Siyalima Primary School here yesterday at his inaugural provincial rally, the President said it was no longer business as usual […]

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter— President Mugabe has assured farmers and other stakeholders that Command Agriculture remains a key Government priority programme aimed at revitalising the country’s agro-processing industry, and will be prioritised this season. Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda issued a statement yesterday on behalf of the President, saying Cabinet remained resolute […]

Sydney Kawadza Senior Reporter— President Mugabe yesterday hailed Zimbabweans and Zanu-PF supporters, in particular, for heeding the call to participate in the hugely successful Command Agriculture Programme.

Sydney Kawadza Agriculture Focus A story originating from international news agency, Reuters, crept into the pages of the local Press, ostensibly for its message; raising doubt on Government’s Command Agriculture Programme.

Auditor-General Mrs Mildred Chiri Felex Share Senior Reporter— THE Command Agriculture Programme will be subjected to an audit by the Auditor-General’s Office to ensure transparency and accountability, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has said. This comes amid revelations that by the end of June, $2,4 million of $32 million disbursed

Felex Share Senior Reporter— Cabinet approved the Command Agriculture Programme on July 20 last year, so the initiative cannot be reduced to fodder for succession politics, the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has warned. The Cabinet decision, the office said in documents exclusively availed to The Herald, binds every

Sydney Kawadza Senior Reporter Government has reviewed downwards the hectarage set under Command Wheat to ease the pressure on farmers who are seized with harvesting maize planted under Command Agriculture, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.

Zvamaida Murwira in HARARE and Africa Moyo in VICTORIA FALLS— FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday rebuked Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo over his attacks on Government’s Command Agriculture Programme, equating him to a barking dog that would not derail

Patrick Chinamasa Special Correspondent THE headline article of The Standard newspaper raised a number of issues regarding the design and implementation of the Command Agriculture programme.

Takunda Maodza Assistant News Editor— YOUTH, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwao yesterday shocked many when he failed to locate the Command Agriculture Programme within Government’s economic blue-print, Zim-Asset, as he accused The Herald and its sister papers of highlighting Command Agriculture to

Trevor Shiri Correspondent The adulteration of the Command Agriculture Programme, (CAP), as an “ugly culture” by some senior politicians who should know better is quite troubling, if not unsettling.

Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau— Zimbabwe’s successful Command Agriculture Programme is panacea to hunger and poverty in Africa if replicated by countries facing external threats such as economic sanctions, visiting Namibian provincial governor Ambassador Dr Samuel Kaveto Mbambo has said. Dr Mbambo, the governor for Kavango East,

President Mugabe yesterday brought the eastern border city of Mutare to a standstill as he moved in with the juggernaut of the Presidential Youth Interface programme.

Runyararo Muzavazi Herald Reporter The Parliamentary portfolio committee on Lands, Agriculture and Irrigation Development has proposed that the Command Agricultural programme which was scheduled to be implemented for three years be extended to 10 years.

From George Maponga in ZAKA Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Shuvai Mahofa has challenged people in the province to take advantage of the recently completed Tokwe Mukosi Dam and make sure the province becomes Zimbabwe’s breadbasket through irrigation.