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MAIZE seed prices have sky-rocketed, a situation farmers have described as forcing them out of the field. A 25kg bag of seed maize now costs between $30 000 and $42 000, while 50kg Compound D fertiliser now costs US$35 or $17 500; and Ammonium Nitrate is now pegged at US$70 …

THE private sector needs to invest more in health and wellness programmes at workplaces as Zimbabwe pushes its health agenda, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care,  Dr Constantino Chiwenga, said yesterday. He challenged the corporate world to come up with schemes that allow smaller and micro businesses …

DRC-Some 210 Zimbabwean drivers working for J&J Transport Africa have gone on strike in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demanding US$500 monthly health allowances which their employer is allegedly withholding from them. The drivers dumped their trucks at Kasumbalesa Border Post last week and efforts to force them back …

TWENTY-FIVE years after then Local Government minister John Nkomo kicked out the entire Karoi Town Council for poor management while describing them as a bunch of jokers, the local authority has failed to shake off the clownish behaviour tag amid chaos and scandal that has seen seven out of 10 …

ZIMBABWE National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) workers have gone for almost two decades without any salary increase, Parliament heard on Tuesday. This emerged during hearing of evidence before the Health Portfolio committee. The Zimbabwe Educational Scientific and Cultural Workers Union (ZESCWU), on behalf of the workers’ committee, had written to parliament raising …

FORMER speaker of parliament, Lovemore Moyo, will be contesting for presidency against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former ally, Nelson Chamisa, at next year’s elections. Moyo announced this at his United Movement for Devolution (UMD) Party manifesto launch in Njube, Bulawayo on Saturday. He joins a growing list of presidential aspirants …

TOP economist Eddie Cross Monday gave a gloomy image of Zimbabwe’s battered economy but maintained dollarising it will destroy the country’s re-industrialisation drive.  Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com Monday, Cross said although the country’s inflation rate was “worryingly” on the increase, the much-preferred US dollar was not Zimbabwe’s solution to its economic …

The new Marriages Act became law on Friday, a piece of legislation that brings all marriage laws together, makes all marriages equal and finally provides a way to transform a registered customary union into a civil marriage, while making it clear that child marriages are totally banned with those arranging …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced into an embarrassing U-turn on Monday after a row erupted inside Zanu PF over the hero status of the late Major General (Rtd) Godfrey Chanakira. Chanakira, who the permanent secretary in vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s office, died at a Harare hospital on Thursday. During a …

ZIMBABWE’S pariah state tag haunted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent visit to the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland with political analysts equating the journey to a trip of shame. Mnangagwa was one of the four African heads of state who joined the political and business elite in Davos for the …