HARARE – Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo has fired barbs at government initiated Command Agriculture programme saying the programme has brewed the ongoing tiff between senior government officials. The $500 million scheme was initiated by government at the start of last year in a bid to generate food self-sufficiency. President Robert Mugabe is on record…
HARARE – Government has increased petrol blending from 10 to 20 percent due to increasing supplies of ethanol. In March, government reduced to five percent from 15 percent the mandatory amount of local ethanol to be blended with petrol as heavy rains affected sugarcane fields. “It is hereby notified that, in terms of section 4…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe slowly but surely inches towards the 2018 national elections, an all-too-familiar picture is emerging: it’s President Robert Mugabe versus Morgan Tsvangirai again. This has been the story of Zimbabwe elections since 1999 when the popular MDC leader swapped his trade unionism jacket for the wretched politics of this country. Mugabe, believing…
HARARE – The Daily News of yesterday revealed that Zanu PF seems to be developing cold feet on threats made in April that the police would be brought in to investigate Eunice Sandi-Moyo and Sarah Mahoka in the event that they do not make good on their alleged acts of omission or commission. Sandi-Moyo, the…
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund has repeated its calls for President Robert Mugabe’s broke government to retrench its workers further in line with reforms aimed at reducing its huge wage bill. This comes after the executive board of the IMF concluded the Article IV consultation with Zimbabwe this week. The IMF said Zimbabwe must…
HARARE – Former education minister, Aeneas Chigwedere, is widely regarded as a hard-nosed traditionalist steeped in African cultural norms. The case currently at the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe in which Chigwedere is being accused of witchcraft by his son, has further reinforced the perception that the ex-education minister is still stuck in old-world culture. It…
HARARE – More than 10 traditional groups are expected to clash in the Bulawayo Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance Festival provincial contest to be held at Manor Hotel in Bulawayo tomorrow. Sekunjalo maAfrica were winners of last year’s edition of the provincial contest which was hosted by Habane Bar in Esigodini. They represented Bulawayo at the…
HARARE – UnitedD Arab Emirates conglomerate Albwardy Investment (Albwardy) has called off its multi-million dollar deal with the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed hospitality concern, Meikles Limited (Meikles). This was after the Dubai firm — owned by billionaire Ali Albwardy — had expressed interest to buy the entire shareholding in Meikles with a market capitalisation of $61…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s airtime levy missed its January target of $4 million after the country collected only $3 million due to worsening economic conditions. The government introduced a five percent levy on all airtime purchases for mobile telecommunications firms in 2014 as part of strategies to bolster its dwindling revenue streams. However, the deteriorating economic…
VICTORIA FALLS – Zimbabwe’s manufacturing industry was saved from total collapse by the imports ban policy implemented by the government exactly a year ago, a new study has shown. The country, through Industry minister Mike Bimha introduced Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 (SI64) to help resuscitate local industry, but the move sparked international debate after…
