One of the most popular responses to drought – and disasters more generally – by aid agencies today is insurance. This fits the current development mood, requiring market-based solutions that operate at a distance and work seemingly ‘efficiently’, offsetting the … Continue reading → …
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Zimbabwe’s former finance minister Chris Kuruneri dies aged 73
Kuruneri had a very public battle with diabetes …
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Treasury gazettes new stock trading laws, move to curb speculative forex trading
Harare Bureau TREASURY has promulgated new regulations to operationalise the Government’s directive on tighter conditions on trading of stocks on the Zimbabwe stock Exchange (ZSE). This follows some regulations announced by President Mnangagwa earlier this month. Government identified loopholes in sub-systems of the ZSE’s custodial functions believed to be part of activities fuelling parallel market […] …
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Business Forum to unlock value of livestock for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
ALMOST 2.1million agricultural families are engaged in one or more livestock production enterprises, generating an estimated 19.1 per cent of the agricultural net output every year. In Zimbabwe, the livestock sector is an important source of nutritious food and provides critical inputs for crop production, raw materials for agro-processing industry, income and capital wealth creation […] …
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NOIC distances itself from ‘bogus employees’
Source: NOIC distances itself from ‘bogus employees’ | The Sunday Mail Tanyaradzwa Rusike THE National Oil and Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) has distanced itself from some members of the Zimbabwe Petroleum and Allied Workers Union (Zipawu) that have made allegations of corruption against the parastatal, saying the claims were arising from disgruntled former employees. […]
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Water, power challenges stalk Gwanda residents
Source: Water, power challenges stalk Gwanda residents | The Sunday News Gwanda Town mayor Councillor Njabulo Siziba GWANDA — For the past 10 years, Ms Thembekile Sibanda from Spitzkop North Suburb in Gwanda has been living in a house with no electricity. Some of her neighbours are now using solar power, but with no money […]
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Are the real “EDiots” in Zimbabwe not we who know are being oppressed but choose not to stand up for ourselves?
I am intrigued with the manner in which we, in Zimbabwe, love to always throw barbs at those who blindly support the ruling ZANU PF party, who appear to accept and celebrate the mediocrity and frivolity that the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa regime packages as “development” – even going as far as labeling them, “EDiots”, as […]
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Vicious dogs maul, kill house owner
Source: Vicious dogs maul, kill house owner | The Sunday Mail Bulawayo Bureau A man from Selbourne Park in Bulawayo died when he was mauled by “his” two boerboels in broad daylight, while the third tried to protect him to no avail. Neighbours watched helplessly as the vicious dogs savaged Mr John Gavhera when he […]
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New Covid-19 cases drop to 133, no deaths
Cynthia Mhuru, Online Reporter ZIMBABWE’S new Covid-19 cases dropped to 133 yesterday from 313 on Friday with no deaths and all the cases are local transmissions, according to the Ministry of Health and Child Care. The seven-day rolling average for new cases fell from 213 to 207. A total number of 252 092 Covid-19 cases, […] …
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Timber plantation occupiers face eviction
Martin Kadzere WITH the occupation of prime commercial timber plantations in Zimbabwe’s eastern highlands by some illegal settlers and gold panners escalating, eviction orders may soon be issued out to the invaders to restore normalcy, a Cabinet Minister has warned. In recent years, settlers seeking land for farming and artisanal gold miners have invaded vast […]
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