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CHAIRPERSON of the parliamentary portfolio committee on land and agriculture Justice Mayor Wadyajena has been implicated in the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (COTTCO) looting scandal after allegations police raided a warehouse that he used to store inputs meant for distribution to farmers. Sources said police officers raided the warehouse at …

In a surprise turn of events, the ruling Zanu PF party has accused opposition political parties of fraudulent activities during voter registration processes in an attempt to rig next year’s elections. The ruling party is the one normally at the centre of vote rigging allegations with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-introduced the dreaded Border Gezi national youth service programme, now known as Youth Service in Zimbabwe, ahead of general elections next year. Derisively referred to as Green Bombers because of the colour of their uniform and their aggressive nature, graduates from the controversial youth training have …

Zimbabwe’s Response To The Covid-19 Pandemic, Report On The Procurement & Rollout Of Vaccines Cabinet received an update on the Country‘s Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic and a Report on the Procurement and Roll-Out of Vaccines,  as presented by the Chairman of the Ministers’ COVID-19 National Committee, Vice President and …

GOVERNMENT is mulling a new law to mitigate rampant land degradation and dam siltation across the country, Davis Marapira, the Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development deputy minister said last week. The siltation of dams has been blamed for high levels of environmental degradation, which is one of the …

The government on Monday lit the fuse for a fresh showdown with its workers after it re-tendered a 100 percent pay rise for civil servants in the Zimbabwe dollar component of their pay, which workers already rejected. Talks between the government and public sector unions ended in stalemate in Harare …

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has granted a much-needed headline tariff adjustment to telecommunications companies amid rising input costs. The last headline tariff review for the telco industry was done close to a year ago, in September last year. However, rising inflation, a weakening local currency …

The Government is aware of the current economic challenges and is seized with implementing several corrective measures to provide both short and long- term relief to citizens, Central Bank Governor Dr John Mangudya said yesterday. A run-away parallel market exchange rate, increasing appetite by business to benchmark prices of goods …

With runaway inflation eating into incomes, staple foods have vanished from the tables of Zimbabweans like Emina Chishangwe, who lives in Chitungwiza, a poor dormitory town south of the capital Harare. “I can’t remember the last time I ate meat. It has become a luxury for some of us,” said …

Innovation and agro-industrial parks at institutions of higher learning are an important tool for agricultural value addition and competitiveness as well as a strategy to support the development of a multiplicity of agricultural food value chains, President Mnangagwa has said. He said strategic national institutions such as universities and tertiary …