November 30, 2024
A government minister has said viability of the cattle industry depends on the resuscitation of the Cold Storage Company (CSC) cattle finance scheme, which was the cornerstone of the cattle sector in Zimbabwe before the country embarked on its land redistribution programme. Addressing guests during a tour of…
PARLIAMENT has barred its former clerk, Austin Zvoma, from the august House after his incessant visits to the legislative assembly, where he was forced to leave two months ago on retirement, infuriated senior staff. (more…)
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INTENSE jockeying for positions has erupted in Mashonaland East ahead of the April 30 deadline that was given by ZANU-PF’s national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, for the election of a new provincial leadership to fill a void created by the ouster of Ray Kaukonde’s executive late last…
BULAWAYO – Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) president, Abdul Nyathi, says prospects of a bumper harvest this year have diminished due to floods which have affected crops in most parts of the country. Floods that hit the country in December were followed by a prolonged dry spell that ended…
EXCESSIVE rains in Zimbabwe this season have exposed flaws in the country’s construction industry. Cracks developed and widened on a significant number of the newly constructed houses in several towns and cities. Newly constructed roads have been damaged, and government and local authorities are busy trying to repair…
ZVISHAVANE-based platinum miner, Mimosa Mining Company, is considering expanding its operations, the Financial Gazette’s Companies & Markets (C&M) has established. C&M is reliably informed that the country’s second largest platinum producer is currently carrying out a feasibility study expected to be completed before the end of the first…
THE value of mineral production declined last year to US$1,85 billion, a 6,1 percent decline from US$1,97 billion recorded in 2013, due to lower mineral prices on the international market and disruption in production at Zimplats following the collapse of Bimha Mine. Latest figures from the Ministry of…
FINANCE Minister Patrick Chinamasa has remained largely silent about ZESA Holdings’ request for government to take over the US$114,8 million interest on the Federation-era debt to Zambia. (more…)
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EMBATTLED former ZANU-PF leaders face a cold spell outside of the ruling party, should they be expelled after spending nearly their entire lives in the party. (more…)
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THE search is now on for a new Clerk of Parliament following the retirement end of November last year of Austin Zvoma. Zvoma was retired upon reaching 65 years — the retirement age for officers of Parliament. He joined the legislative assembly in 1979 as a committee…
