GMB providing shoddy services to farmers in time

By Patricia Mashiri The Zimbabwe Grain Marketing Board (GMB) is failing to deliver services to farmers throughout the country. This is evidenced by the late delivery of inputs from the Presidential Scheme that were supposed to have been delivered to the farmers countrywide. The inputs comprise of 10kg maize seed, 50kg Compound D fertilizer, 50…

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Vendors against the 48hr ultimatum to vacate Harare CBD

By Joyce Mukucha The Vendors Initiative for Social Economic Transformation (VISET) and Citizens Manifesto urged the Government to offer vendors alternative sites to carry out their trade without arresting or prosecuting them. The two organisations condemned the ultimatum which gives vendors and pirate taxi operators 48 hours to vacate the streets in all towns and…

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JSC Russian Export Centre Joins Afreximbank as Shareholder

JSC Russian Export Centre (REC) has become the latest international financial organisation to join the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) as a shareholder following its successful subscription to Class “C” shares of the African multilateral trade finance bank The shareholding, which became effective on 29 December 2017, followed discussions between the Bank and Russian officials during…

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Attaining energy sector vision impeded by challenges

By Byron Mutingwende   The noble undertaking of working towards the vision of achieving universal access to sustainable energy in Zimbabwe is being impeded by a plethora of challenges that require urgent attention.   This appeared at a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy held in the Senate Chamber with the minister…

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An analysis of the Thursday police force plugging

By Farai Chirimumimba   On Thursday, over 30 senior police officers from the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner to Deputy Commissioner-General were given their walking papers signed by Acting Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga. This plugging although lawful comes after Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri is on leave pending retirement as the authorities try to “clean up” the Zimbabwe…

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Mupfumira markets Zimbabwe as a safe tourist destination at FITUR

By Byron Mutingwende   Prisca Mupfumira, the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry has used the International Tourism Fair in Spain (FITUR) to market Zimbabwe as a safe tourist destination.   The platform to address the delegates was her maiden international engagement as the new minister of tourism and especially so in Spain – a…

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Social Media and National building in Zimbabwe

By Pauline Hurungudo Within the political discourse, many strategies have been used to bring about change and push the development agenda throughout the world. Social Media networks have emerged as effective tools and have since synthesised the globe and people by bridging the continental distance influencing national discourses. Their political role is no longer debatable…

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Dialogue the best approach towards solving the Palestinian question

By Byron Mutingwende   The Palestinian question can only be addressed adequately through dialogue, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda has said. He made the call during the courtesy call by Taghrid Senouar, the Ambassador of Palestine at Parliament Building on 16 January 2018.   “Dialogue is the best approach to the Palestinian…

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Mnangagwa in dress rehearsal regional tour ahead of AU meeting

By Farai Chirimumimba President Emmerson Mnangagwa and team have been forced to do clean-up after ascending to power through the help of a coup and impeachment proceedings that forced Mugabe to resign November 2016. The Harare government has in recent weeks been forced to explain its legitimacy mainly stemming from a number of tweets  by…

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Harare City cements partnership with Munich

By Audrey Rundofa Germany delegates paid a courtesy call to the Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni to enhance the existing partnership with the City of Munich. Cllr Manyenyeni met with urban development planning head of mobility section Geiorg-Friendrich Koppen, town planning project management urban history Gerhard Gross and business development emerging markets for Green City Project…

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Chitando lays out mining sector revival plans

By Byron Mutingwende   Winston Chitando, the technocrat that President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed as minister of mines and mining development has laid out a revival plan for the sector.   Chitando revealed that during the deliberations on oral evidence from his sector, boards and parastatatals on the ministry’s plans and programmes to address the urgent…

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Children with severe multiple disabilities enjoy a rare treat from ZPHCA

By Byron Mutingwende   The Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association (ZPHCA) gave children with disabilities a rare treat when it threw a belated Christmas party for them and donated some goodies.   “Some of these do not appear in public. Our friends from China and Mimosa Mining Company donated some groceries, clothes and foodstuffs…

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Tourism drives economy if sector players harness new tactics

By Byron Mutingwende   There is need for a paradigm shift in the approach of doing business within tourism since the sector has great potential to revive the economy.   In her address at the briefing meeting with stakeholders on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Support facility, Prisca Mupfumira the minister of tourism and hospitality…

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‘Take good care of environment’, ministers of state urged

By Joyce Mukucha The Government of Zimbabwe is looking forward on how a 100-day quick wins programme is faring in response to the directive of His Excellence President Emmerson Mnangagwa to all government organs to implement the initiative, Cabinet minister has said. Speaking during the meeting with the ministers of state on the 11th of…

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Chinese outbound tourism among UNWTO activities at FITUR

The UNWTO Awards on Innovation and Excellence in Tourism, African and Middle East tourism development and the Chinese Market among the activities of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) during the 38th edition of the Madrid International Tourism Fair (FITUR, January 17-21), the yearly kick-off for the world’s leading tourism meeting points. A workshop on Chinese…

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Hon Betty Nhambu-Kaseke: MP with a difference

By Byron Mutingwende Honourable Betty Nhambu-Kaseke, the Member of the House of Assembly for Kuwadzana was catapulted into Parliament on a ruling party Zanu (PF) ticket in 2015 following by-elections in the constituency but has brought considerable development in the short space of time she has been in charge of the area. Spiked Online Media…

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