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Covid-19 saves Zimbabwe millions
THE Covid-19 pandemic has achieved what the government has failed to accomplish for decades: drastically slash the amount of money spent on foreign travel.According to the latest consolidated ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3049 | by Staff reporter
Pensioner sues over US dollar savings
AN 86-year-old pensioner is challenging the constitutionality of the statutory instrument (SI) that converted United States dollar balances to Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) accounts, which resulte...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2106 | by Staff reporter
FCA account holders fail to withdraw cash
INDIVIDUALS with nostro foreign currency accounts (FCAs) in Zimbabwe are failing to withdraw US dollars from banks, a development which undermines public confidence and trust in the financial system....Published: 6 hrs ago | 3445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police in distress
THE officer commanding police in Harare yesterday appealed to Zimbabwe Republic Police commanders to provide transport and accommodation to junior officers who are facing eviction from their rented ac...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1620 | by Staff reporter
The truth about coup rumours in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is awash with speculation, innuendo and rumours of a coup following a statement against corrupt leaders by the army General during a burial of a national hero Nleya, with even left some...Published: 8 hrs ago | 2449 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
So much lies and distortions in Zimbabwean history - the true story needs to finally be told
When renowned pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey famously said, "A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots", he had a very valid point, as indeed,...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 14:27hrs | 1758 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Joshua Nkomo: A dream deferred but still attainable
Joshua Nkomo, perhaps like many great men and women before him saw a dream for Zimbabwe, one that would have seen the country cross over from colonialism to the proverbial Jordan. Born in 1917 he dedi...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 18:06hrs | 851 | by Lt Col JZ Dlamini
Striking nurses' issue taken to government
THE Health Service Board (HSB) yesterday said it had submitted the demands of the striking health workers to government and was still awaiting a response.HSB chairman Paulinus Sikosana made th...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2513 | by Staff reporter
Key concerns on the Forex auction system
The Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is cautiously yielding to free market demands for the complete liberalization of the foreign exchange market and scrapping of various consumption subsidies that were...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4695 | by Victor Bhoroma
Plot to destabilise Zimbabwe economy exposed?
AS Government intensifies efforts to close channels that are fuelling the black market and other illicit financial activities, it has emerged that some foreign nations and individuals have been trying...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF united behind Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF is united behind President Mnangagwa as the party's sole 2023 Presidential candidate and will not yield to external or internal pressures imagined by its detractors now and in the future, Poli...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's new currency system adequately funded'
Zimbabwe has sufficient foreign currency reserves to sustain the reintroduced foreign currency auction system, the state-run Sunday Mail reported, citing Central Bank Governor John Mangudya.Ma...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:44hrs | 1172 | by Bloomberg
'Mobile money suspension will bury Zimbabwean economy'
THERE is a debilitating mixture of chaos, confusion and panic among both consumers and businesses across the country, after the government made a surprise announcement late on Friday evening that it w...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:41hrs | 1932 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a fresh start and a people's government!
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zimbabwe needs a fresh start and a people's government after the Zanu PF government has successively failed to ruin the country for 40 years now."Zi...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1741 | by Stephen Jakes
EcoCash ignores govt ban amid
ECOCASH has continued offering its services despite a shock government ban on mobile money services on Friday.The government said it had suspended all mobile money services as it battles again...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1436 | by Thandekile Moyo
RBZ confirms mobile money ban but keeps platforms open for small transactions
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has suspended all money agents from mobile financial transactions but the general public can still continue to transact using the platforms.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
'US$1 billion to back Zimbabwe forex auction'
Local banks have $1 billion in foreign currency accounts (FCAs) while the country has healthy inflows to sustain the newly introduced forex auction system that replaced the interbank with effect from ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya suspends mobile money agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has suspended mobile money agents from facilitating mobile financial transactions and has placed restrictions on merchant transactions.This follows a pronouncement...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3627 | by Staff reporter
Govt suspends EcoCash, 3 other platforms
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended all monetary transactions on mobile money platforms "to deal with malpractices, criminality and economic sabotage perpetuated by the wolves in sheep sk...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:03hrs | 1092 | by Staff reporter
Biti itching for a fight with Mthuli Ncube's ministry
THE Tendai Biti-led Public Accounts Parliamentary Portfolio committee on Friday advised Finance ministry officials to complete the legality of its overspending of US$10.6 billion from 2015-2018 before...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 16:59hrs | 1703 | by Staff reporter
If only RBZ could listen
Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), On the 30th of December 2019 I wrote to the governor of (Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe) RBZ, the Ministry of Finance and the government that the growth of a dominating mobil...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 09:33hrs | 3018 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mobile money brewing storm
Suspension of mobile money transfer platforms is one of the latest unorthodox means of chocking the people of Zimbabwe. The clueless government is running away from the actual problem and culprits deg...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:56hrs | 2495 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Mobile money services banned
THE Government has suspended phone-based money transactions with immediate effect as investigations into allegations that they fuel black market transactions that have caused runaway inflation gather ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Venda King fingered in R2 billion bank heist
South Africa's Vhavenda King Khosikhulu Vho-Toni Mphephu Ramabulana has been fingered as a beneficiary of the R2 billion VBS Mutual Bank heist that seen Sipho Malaba the nephew of Chief Justice Luke M...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4148 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe suspends phone based mobile money transactions - Fulltext
The Statement of Suspension on Monetary Transaction on Phone-Based Mobile Money TransactionsThe government of Zimbabwe has with immediate effect suspended all mobile money services and trading...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 19:41hrs | 7637 | by Staff reporter
Security guard steals VID money
A 21-YEAR-OLD Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) Rusape, security guard was jailed for 18 months after he broke into VID's accounts office and stole a cash box containing $7200 bond.Leonard A...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 15:18hrs | 1312 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Fresh land seizures target white farmers
SENIOR government officials have put in motion plans to grab productive white-owned farms in Mashonaland West, with Provincial Affairs minister Mary Mliswa spearheading the action.Sources in t...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:54hrs | 8355 | by Staff reporter
How RBZ, govt sabotaged plans to restore Zimdollar
UNITED States $75 allowances and allowing retailers to trade in forex show a government shifting into reverse gear, possibly ditching two years' worth of policy steps to end dollarisation.The ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 6341 | by Staff reporter
Stampede as office burns at NRZ 24-storey building
A WOMAN was yesterday rushed to hospital after inhaling smoke while scores were evacuated from the 24-storey National Railways of Zimbabwe's Parkade Centre in Bulawayo's city centre following a fire i...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:56hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
Radical Economic Structural Transformation REST (part 5 of 10)
There is no doubt that without a fundamental structural transformation of our economy from a dualistic enclave economy, whose economic activity is mainly driven by the production of primary products, ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 280 | by Vince Musewe
The truth behind Temba Mliswa, Paul Westwood and Never Katiyo contested case
There has been a talk about Temba Mliswa and Westwood and the criminal activities Temba is alleged to have committed abusing ZANU PF and the first family then. A lot of complaints were lodged and accu...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:47hrs | 2000 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Zimbabwe needs bailout or political breakthrough'
Zimbabwe cannot revive its economy without an international bailout, but any bailout is most likely to come with political and economic conditions attached to it. This comes as the economy is forecast...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Will IPL 2020 be canceled?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought to a standstill many sporting events globally. The India premier league (IPL) has not been spared. Cricket fans in India can only hope that the league will take pl...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:54hrs | 584 | by Staff writer
MDC jecha boys' tendency for mindless destruction
A walk along Harare's Simon Muzenda Street (formerly Forth Street), past a City of Harare paid parking lot, reveals a rusting body of a bus parked near the eastern part of the municipal space. ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1864 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Forex exchange auction trading system off to a good start
The foreign exchange auction trading system has made a good start when it kicked-off in Harare today (June 23, 2020), without any great difficulty.On its first day, bids worth about US$11,4 mi...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:33hrs | 3022 | by Nathan Gurira
Zimbabweans should stand up against parasitic sadistic ZANU-PF regime
It has never been doubtful, nor debatable, that the Zimbabwe regime is one made out of some of the most soulless, ruthless, and ungodly people on the face of the planet - who have no qualms at all in ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:30hrs | 455 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mutsvangwa disowns Twitter account
War veteran's leader Chris Mutsvangwa Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa has disowned Twitter accounts in his name saying they are creations of self-exiled G40 kingpin Jonathan Moyo.This comes after ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:47hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Self service and saving lives
On the 17th of June health workers woke up to realise that their already compromised salaries had been further cut spurring them into an immediate industrial action that started at Parirenyatwa Group ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1141 | by Godard Thabani Bvungidzire
Banks, Govt agree on allowances' modalities
BANKS have agreed with the Government on the modalities of the opening Foreign Currency Accounts (FCAs) for civil servants at zero costs and also to charge minimal costs so that the US$75 is not demea...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Theatre in USA politics: A threat to aspiring democracies
THEATRE has been part of cultural socialisation since time immemorial. It has always been employed to convey messages of various purposes. Theatre is packaged with humanity, psychology, motivations, c...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 172 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa's govt sets surveillance cameras in cities
Zimbabwe is planning to link its proposed National Data Centre with databases and information from the country's key economic players and state institutions as the country prepares for the creation of...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:48hrs | 5596 | by Dumisani Ndlela
Zimbabweans must desist from negativity before it spreads like a disease
LAST week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya, announced the introduction of a foreign exchange auction trading system with effect from June 23, 2020, which effectively means th...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 21:05hrs | 1243 | by Toby Sithole
Senior MDC Alliance officials didn't loot party funds, claims Coltart
STATEMENT ON FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT IN MDC-ALLIANCEI have noted with concern the allegations by Mr Mashakada reported in The Herald of the 16th of June, 2020 alleging tha...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1745 | by David Coltart
Zimbabweans must desist from negativity before it spreads like a disease
LAST week, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, Dr John Mangudya, announced the introduction of a foreign exchange auction trading system with effect from June 23, 2020, which effectively means th...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:32hrs | 288 | by Toby Sithole
Biti tells Mthuli Ncube to resign
MDC top politician, Tendai Biti says Mthuli Ncube should apologise to Zimbabweans and gracefully resign as Finance Minister after almost single-handedly messing up the national economy through a slew ...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:37hrs | 4844 | by Staff reporter
Police, army cannot deny daylight atrocities
IF denials by the Zimbabwe National Army and the Zimbabwe Republic Police are to be taken for truth, our country has certainly become a dangerous place to live and invest in, where marauding bogus arm...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 965 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Mnangagwa told to fix politics to save economy
BOTH political and economic experts have implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF to move with urgency to resolve Zimbabwe's long running political crisis if the deepening local economic rot ...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:19hrs | 5988 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe instability blights Common monetary Area prospects
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe's economic crisis, characterised by currency volatility, 785% inflation, a gargantuan debt stock estimated at US$10 billion and dwindling exports, hin...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's US dollar allowance to stimulate economic activity'
GOVERNMENT'S move to pay civil servants a United States dollar allowance may stimulate economic activity in the shortterm, but will expedite re-dollarisation, economic analysts have said.Gover...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
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