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RELATIONS between Zimbabwe and Belarus have been boosted after the official opening of the Belarusian Embassy in Harare this Monday. With relations between Harare and Minsk stretching for the last three decades in sectors such as agriculture and transport, the two countries are hoping to deepen cooperation after the opening of an embassy in Zimbabwe.…

The continuous assumption by the government of secret debts accrued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is harmful to Zimbabweans as they are forced to pay back these funds, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) has said.

GET VACCINATED, MINISTER REDDY URGES FARMERS 18/04/2021 We urge all of you to get vaccinated, Minister for Agriculture, Waterways and Environment, Hon. Dr Mahendra Reddy encouraged farmers at Nasaucoko, Namataku, Navosa last week.   The Minister was officiating at a tractor handover to Bitovani Farmers’ Cooperative after the group collected their one-third contribution and were assisted under the Farm Mechanisation Programme.   Minister Reddy informed farmers that the Government through the...

Open Democracy IT WAS none to pleasing for citizens when news broke out in November that the central bank would soon offload its debts to taxpayers. The bank plans to transfer several billions of the debt it holds to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development after completing a debt consolidation exercise. The debt reportedly dates back two decades, related to post independence legacy debts, payment obligations for services to government and blocked funds. This is not the first time. Betw...

Zimbabwe: Two Decades of Dithering - Where Is Zimbabwes Agrarian Bourgeoisie? President Emmerson Mnangagwa (second from right), First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and farm manager Patrick Mnangagwa lead the China Lesso Delegation headed by Tang Hai Bo (left) on a tour of their Precabe Farm in Sherwood outside Kwekwe on Christmas Day 2019. 15 December 2020 By Terence Chitapi Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publi...

By Terrence Chitapi It is now exactly two decades since Zimbabwe embarked on the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP) which started with the animated land occupations (locally known as  jambanja) involving contested land expropriation (Cliffe et al. 2011) from approximately 4,500 large-scale white farmers to about 150,000 ‘new settlers on small plots’ (Moore 2015). One objective was to redress the land ownership pattern then skewed to favour the white minority. ‘Fast track’ entails...

Zimbabwean commercial farmer Tommy Bayley rides an old bicycle ahead of war veterans and villagers, who invaded his farm at Danbury Park outside the capital Harare, in this file picture taken April 8, 2000. REUTERS/Howard Burditt/Files Debating Ideas is a new section that aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It will offer...