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George Soros' rant, anti-Chinese movement in Zimbabwe
ON January 31, 2022, the founder of "Open Society Foundations", George Soros, who is a billionaire "political philanthropist", made a revealing statement about China that should shine a light on recen...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:47hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Chamisa must call the midwife for a proper re-birth
After the opposition MDC Alliance commemorated its 19th anniversary last Saturday, one hopes that there will be a lot of introspection on the part of its leadership and supporters about their perpetua...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
My DNA is Zanu-PF, says Mliswa
After winning the Norton by-election as an independent candidate in October last year, Temba Mliswa has become something of an enigma through his verbal attacks on opposition parties and apparent ...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Diamond marketer plans to leave Zimbabwe
FIRST Element, the company that has been solely marketing Zimbabwe's diamonds since 2014, says it will leave the country next year and hand over operations to locals following suspicions that it could...Published: 24 Jul 2016 at 09:20hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Marange diamond audit kicks off
THE Auditor-General's Office has commissioned a top auditing firm to investigate alleged looting of proceeds from diamond mining operations in Marange, with the results of the probe expected by Septem...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 07:09hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Third force behind border violence
Police have arrested 71 people in connection with last Friday's violence in Beitbridge, with emerging evidence linking the disturbances to a sinister "third force". Some of the suspects are known poli...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 15:59hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya and Kuda Bwititi
'Great strides in children's rights'
Zimbabwe has made great strides in protecting children's rights with the inclusion of young people's interests in the new Constitution, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. At the openi...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 12:14hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zimbabwe banks start rand, yuan withdrawals
Banks will start issuing the South African rand and seven other currencies on July 1, 2016 and will process Real Time Gross Settlements using that regime from tomorrow (Monday). Other currenci...Published: 19 Jun 2016 at 09:44hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zimbabwe tweaks multi currency regime
Government is urgently formulating a framework to promote use of multiple currencies in its departments, municipalities and parastatals to reduce over-reliance on the United States dollar.The ...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 02:06hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
'Cash crunch is a temporary affair'
Cash shortages in parts of Zimbabwe are temporary as strategies being implemented by authorities will ease the situation soon, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said....Published: 24 Apr 2016 at 14:06hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Chinese blamed for stalling Zimbabwe's economic turnaround
An insidious culture of dishonouring loan agreements has taken root in public and private enterprise and is now affecting Government inter-State economic partnerships.The latest victims of thi...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 10:01hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Tshinga Dube takes over
President Mugabe has dismissed War Veterans Minister Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa from Cabinet, replacing him with his deputy, Colonel (Retired) Tshinga Dube.This follows Ambassador Mutsv...Published: 05 Mar 2016 at 23:14hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi and Lincoln Towindo
War vets cross paths over Mutsvangwa expulsions
THE Bulawayo Province of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association has dismissed the vote-of-no-confidence passed on the organisation's national chairman and war veterans minister Chri...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:38hrs | | by Dumisani Sibanda and Kuda Bwititi
Bonus will be paid without fail - Govt
Government has once again reiterated that the public sector employees' 13th cheque will be paid without fail and dates for the payments will be announced soon.This comes as civil servants' rep...Published: 31 Jan 2016 at 11:06hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zanu-PF resolutions bring positive vibe?
Zanu-PF's 15th Annual National People's Conference recommendations predominantly speak to reviving the economy through Zim-Asset as reinforced by the 10-Point Economic Growth Plan.Drafts prese...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 08:56hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Grace Mugabe waves magic wand
Chimhanda Irrigation Scheme in Rushinga was on the brink of collapse as much of its equipment was in a dilapidated state.Production had ground to a halt, with most of its members facing an unc...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 09:48hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zimbabwe Digitalisation: The full story
Zimbabwe has been preparing to make the inevitable switch from analogue broadcasting to digital terrestrial television in keeping with International Telecommunication Union requirements. We now have s...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 15:09hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi and Lincoln Towindo
Americas, Bishop Bakare and Mujuru link
RETIRED Anglican Bishop Sebastian Bakare allegedly approached former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to explore the possibility of the two opposition characters formi...Published: 13 Sep 2015 at 09:43hrs | | by Brian Chitemba and Kuda Bwititi
MDC-T ruffles Western donors
MDC-T's unwitting revelation that it had been invited to Europe and Australia to receive funding for the 2018 elections has ruffled feathers of the Western donors, who are now scrambling to distance t...Published: 02 Aug 2015 at 09:12hrs | | by Itai Mazire and Kuda Bwititi
Mujuru ally court ruling favours Mugabe
President Mugabe is still required by law to proclaim dates for a by-election in Mwenezi East within 14 days of the notification by Parliament, despite the latest Constitutional Court (ConCourt) rulin...Published: 28 Jun 2015 at 10:16hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Khaya Moyo speaks on suspension of Zanu-PF leaders
Suspension of 39 Zanu-PF leaders on Friday was a mere formality as some of them had pending disciplinary cases dating back to the party's 6th National People's Congress in December 2014, the revolutio...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 13:38hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Fresh bid to suspend Zimbabwe from diamonds member states at next month's meeting
Western countries have launched a fresh bid to vilify Zimbabwe's diamond sector and label the precious stones from Marange as "conflict gems" ahead of the Kimberly Process Intercessional meeting i...Published: 17 May 2015 at 10:44hrs | | by Brian Chitemba and Kuda Bwititi
VP Mnangagwa assassination plot: Forensic detectives called in
POLICE investigations into an alleged plot to assassinate Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa have seen forensic detectives called in, with the results of their probe expected any time from now....Published: 21 Dec 2014 at 07:01hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
VP Mphoko in car accident
Newly-appointed Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday escaped unharmed after his official Mercedes-Benz crashed into a truck on a section of Harare's Enterprise Road.The accident oc...Published: 14 Dec 2014 at 00:09hrs | 1 | by Kuda Bwititi
Zanu-PF official suspended
The Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial executive has suspended its secretary for information and publicity, Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa, for failing to attend committee meetings consistently....Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 07:47hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
'Zanu-PF congress will dwell on issues not tissues'
As Zanu-PF prepares to hold its Congress in December, a committee headed by party National Chairman Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has been mandated to lead the preparations.Kuda Bwititi spoke to...Published: 31 Aug 2014 at 08:53hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zimbabwe eyes $100m from diamond sale
Zimbabwe today begins auctioning nearly one million carats of diamonds at the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE), with anticipation high that the two-week auction will earn the country an average $100 per c...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 09:49hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
US tightened sanctions on Zimbabwe, blocks medicines destined for Harare
The United States has tightened sanctions on Zimbabwe after endorsing "final rule" stringent measures that will see the Office of Foreign Assets Control intercepting funds and goods such as medicines ...Published: 20 Jul 2014 at 07:26hrs | | by Kuda bwititi
Mliswa demands $15m from Rautenbach over 'extortionist' claim
Zanu-PF Mashonaland West chairman Mr Temba Mliswa is now demanding $15 million in defamation reparations from business tycoon Mr Conrad "Billy" Rautenbach for allegedly calling him an "extortionist". ...Published: 13 Apr 2014 at 09:53hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zim delegation set to lure US based Zimbos back home
A high-powered Government delegation comprising Zimbabwe Human Capital officials is expected to leave the country this week for interactive meetings with Zimbabweans living in the United States as pa...Published: 12 May 2013 at 06:08hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Zanu-PF primary election guidelines 95% complete
A marathon Zanu-PF Politburo meeting ended during the early hours of yesterday with the party revealing that it has completed crafting 95 percent of its primary election guidelines.Zanu-PF Sec...Published: 05 May 2013 at 05:23hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Meet Mugabe, the preacher
"All great men have a tendency to be brilliant in diversity," so goes a famous saying.From being a renowned statesman, Pan Africanist, iconic liberator, revolutionary, teacher and intellectual...Published: 24 Feb 2013 at 13:31hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
Mugabe is God-given - Tsvangirai
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday described President Robert Mugabe as a "God-given" leader chosen to guide Zimbabwe into prosperity.While urging Zimbabweans to pray for the President...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Kuda Bwititi and Tinashe Farawo
Tribalism benefited Tsvangirai
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ascended to the helm of the MDC ahead of his late trade union movement superior, Mr Gibson Sibanda, on tribal grounds instead of leadership credentials, it has emerge...Published: 23 Oct 2011 at 07:45hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
The highest Zimbabwean government spender named
PRIME Minister Tsvangirai's Office is reported to be having the highest expenditure on Government travel as it has already gobbled up 42 percent of its 2011 budget allocation despite the fact that the...Published: 24 Jul 2011 at 05:32hrs | | by Munyaradzi Huni and Kuda Bwititi Edited by Moyo Roy
Vultures encircle pension fund
AN attempt by Finance Minister Mr Tendai Biti to "advise" the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to bail out a technically insolvent bank has stirred a storm.Is the Finance Minister pla...Published: 12 Jun 2011 at 09:52hrs | | by Kuda Bwititi
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