HARARE – The National Building Society (NBS) has opened a branch at Harare’s Social Security Centre to exclusively serve pensioners during pay-out days. To be opened for five days each month, the centre is already proving to be a novel intervention as it allows the elderly to be served without having to worry about being…
HARARE – The group of prominent people known as The Elders — who use their collective experience and influence to try and achieve peace and justice around the world — will visit the country this week. While in the country, they will meet with the leaders of political parties, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and…
HARARE – An ugly fight has broken out among family and church members of the late mystic preacher, Aaron Mhukuta — who was also commonly known as Mudzidzi Wimbo — and who was famous for having allegedly prophesied six decades ago that Zimbabwe would one day be led by ousted former president Robert Mugabe. Wimbo…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s crunch national elections draw ever closer, the jostling for votes is increasingly taking an ominous tone — with leading presidential candidates and the under-fire chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Priscilla Chigumba, now major targets of social media abuse. This comes as Zec has filed a formal report to the…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe’s crunch national elections draw ever closer, the jostling for votes is increasingly taking an ominous tone — with leading presidential candidates and the under-fire chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Priscilla Chigumba, now major targets of social media abuse. [Adz]
GWANDA – The fall armyworm is threatening food production and the livelihoods of farmers already struggling with pervasive hardships in Gwanda. The fall armyworm has wiped out 30 percent of the maize crop in the province, according to agriculture information portal, Farmers Voice . The larvae form of fall armyworm prefers maize, but can feed…
HARARE – Gold output in Zimbabwe has generated close to a billion dollars in foreign currency receipts in the first six months of this year, the highest level in 10 years, thanks to higher production from small-scale miners, official data shows. Gold is Zimbabwe’s single largest mineral export. Statistics from Fidelity Printers and Refiners, a…
HARARE – MDC Alliance youths yesterday reportedly assaulted freelance journalist Tamuka Charakupa in Harare’s dormitory town of Chitungwiza, the Media Institute of Southern Afica Zimbabwe (Misa) Zimbabwe chapter said yesterday. According to Charakupa, he was assaulted following clashes between MDC Alliance youths and those from Zanu PF. He said the MDC Alliance youths were part…
HARARE – The Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) — a nonprofit, nongovernmental research organisation — will on Friday reveal its final findings how people intend to vote in the crunch July 30 vote. Zimbabwe is heading for a presidential, parliamentary and municipal vote — that will be the first since Robert Mugabe was forced to…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa is grossly misleading the country regarding food self sufficiency, a leading financial research firm has said. Equity Axis said latest trade data show a spike in maize imports. This comes against the background of repeated confirmation by authorities that Zimbabwe is now food self sufficient following a good harvest in…
