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ZPP raps Minister Mthuli Ncube over his space satellite budget
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has rapped Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube for budgeting for space satilite at a time when majority citizens are wallowing in perpetual poverty due...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 13:55hrs | 2179 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's food crisis exposes Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is facing one of the most serious food crisis in its history. The MDC is concerned at the lack of government response to the hunger that is befalling the nation as it continues to skirt aroun...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1417 | by Rusty Markhan
Mnangagwa cannot run for third term without a referendum
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu last week raised the prospect that the party could change the country's constitution to remove the presidential term limits clause.The amendmen...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 09:04hrs | 2000 | by Veritas Zimbabwe
Bad luck haunts Mnangagwa govt
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has been unlucky as some of its strategies to address the economic challenges bedevilling the country had bee...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 3713 | by Staff reporter
Patrick Zhuwao speaks on his relationship with Robert Mugabe
Facebook reminded me about a picture that I posted of President Mugabe and I when he visited my Zhuwao Livestock cattle stand at the Harare Agricultural Show in August 2013. Whilst the recollection in...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 12:04hrs | 8352 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Zimbabwe needs commodities exchange markets
The recent revelations by the Zimbabwean government that the country loses over 30 tonnes of Gold (Worth around US$2 billion) to South Africa and other world markets, through smuggling every year are ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:14hrs | 783 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zanu-PF must introspect, address bread and butter issues
THE ruling Zanu-PF party holds its 18th Annual National People's Conference at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East province next week amid a plethora of challenges confronting the country and re...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 153 | by chronicle
Matabeleland North is open for business
Matebeleland North is open for businessZimbabwe is endowed with several majestic wonders and investment opportunities which require an open mind that sees beyond the negative media onslaught a...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:16hrs | 1276 | by Nicholas Ncube
World Bank rules out financial bailout to Mnangagwa
THE World Bank (WB) has ruled out a possible financial bailout to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for now, saying Zimbabwe will only continue to benefit from technical assistance, analytical...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:44hrs | 5544 | by Staff reporter
Does the people's land belong to the state or the government of the day
IN a recent article I attempted to explain the historical background of land ownership in this country, which was introduced by colonists and has since been inherited and accepted as the norm by today...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:15hrs | 384 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Ostrich mentality destroying Zimbabwe
United Nations special rapporteur on the right to food Hilal Elver's preliminary report following her 11-day fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe is a poignant reminder of everything that has gone wrong w...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:10hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference: The place to be
ZANU-PF will be holding its 18th National People's Conference from 10 to 15 December 2019, at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East Province. This event is not just a mere gathering, but t...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:57hrs | 144 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Ordinary Zimbabweans say 'THE' Government rather than 'OUR'
Zimbabwe is buffeted by lack of cohesion, it is buffeted by incapacitation, and it is buffeted by intra-party politics, indecisiveness and inconsistencies.Political & Economic Indicators...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 12:47hrs | 2583 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Bring back the multi-currency regime, says Biti
FORMER Finance minister and Harare East legislator Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe needs to reintroduce the multi-currency regime, seek debt cancellation and liberalise the fuel industry, among other interv...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:54hrs | 2774 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube burns his house to smoke out a rat
The 2020 national budget statement announced by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube a fortnight ago was telling in more ways than one. The professor had no qualms to nail his govern...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:43hrs | 1466 | by Cliff Chiduku
Government to avail buses for school children
GOVERNMENT is working on availing special buses to transport children to school and back in response to a request by junior Parliamentarians. Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister, ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:37hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on brink of man-made starvation, UN rights expert warns
Despite the constitutional protection of the right to food and a sophisticated set of human-rights based national laws and policies, man-made starvation is slowly making its way in Zimbabwe, said the ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1408 | by Ms Hilal Elver
'Expect steady economic recovery by December 2019' - nonsense, none as long as we remain a pariah state
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:52hrs | 1798 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF leadership confident ahead of indaba
THE Zanu-PF leadership is confident that its national conference will be a success. The conference will be held at Goromonzi High School, Mashonaland East Province, from December 10 to 15. The...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe doctors to get 'mushikashika' cars from govt - can this absurdity ever get any worse?
As the Zimbabwe government ups the ante in its concerted efforts in dehumanizing and degrading the people of this country - through its brazenly heartless and cold-hearted economic policies that have ...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 18:37hrs | 1361 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fresh start for NRZ recapitalisation project
Cabinet has ordered the retendering of the National Railways of Zimbabwe recapitalisation project following the cancellation of the US$400 million deal last month. The deal, involving th...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF-MDC tiff set to spill into Parliament sitting this Tuesday
THE tiff between Zanu-PF and opposition MDC supporters could spill into parliament sitting during resumption this Tuesday with National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda yet to find a solution to the acr...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:50hrs | 841 | by newzimbabwe
Why Joice Mujuru failed to succeed Mugabe
FELLOW compatriots, where is madam Joice Mujuru? Is it game over for madam Mujuru? I posit that if she is to do her homework she can still maintain her political relevance. At a fireside conversation ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 2860 | by Nyasha Machimbira
Duty, permit requirements on grain, flour imports removed
GOVERNMENT has suspended customs duty and scrapped import permits and licences for grain, maize meal and wheat flour with immediate effect to plug potential food supply gaps and counter the effects of...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:21hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
2020 Budget Hits and Misses
Zimbabwe's 2020 National Budget was presented amid high expectations from the market on the urgent need to turnaround the fortunes of the waning economy, restore incomes, and improve productivity and ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1267 | by Staff Reporter
'Democratic space shrinks under Mnangagwa rule'
ZIMBABWE's democratic space continues to shrink under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule despite government claims that several good laws have been crafted or aligned with the Constitution in line wi...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 07:00hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Why do war veterans want preferential treatment?
AS much as we would want to always support our fellow country folk who sacrificed their life and limb fighting for the liberation of this country, we sometimes find it difficult to accept some of thei...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 668 | by NewsDay Comment
Donkeys face population collapse due to skin trade
Donkeys are in a state of global crisis with the animals facing population collapse across a number of countries as traders target their skins to export as an ingredient for ejiao, a traditional Chine...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:57hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
MPs in near fist-fight over Command Agric
TEMPERS flared yesterday as legislators nearly fought each other when Chegutu MP Dextor Nduna (Zanu PF) and his Mberengwa North counterpart, Tafanana Zhou disrupted a Public Accounts Committee meeting...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:22hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
Firm faces blacklisting over Zimra scandal
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) has warned that a company that supplies government with vehicles risks being blacklisted if investigations establish that it was involved in smu...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:48hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Best path to a prosperous Zimbabwe
The starting point in the journey to a prosperous Zimbabwe is to understand the nature and character of Zimbabwe's problems. The country has inextricably linked, seemingly intractable, political and e...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:47hrs | 68 | by Arthur Mutambara
Zimbabwe war vets now want own bank
WAR veterans now want government to establish a bank for them and build a specialised hospital to exclusively treat the over 25 000 remaining former liberation war fighters.The issue was revea...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:40hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Khupe ally dismisses Polad
Former Nkayi South legislator and Bulawayo businessman, Abednico Bhebhe has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of running down the economy and challenged him to admit failure.Bhebhe, who is ...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
EU not happy with pace of Zimbabwe reforms
European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkkonen says Brussels is not happy with the pace of reforms in the country, especially the realignment of laws to the constitution.Olkkonen (T...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
South Africa reignites historical bonds of unity
Something unprecedented happened on November 18, 2019 in South Africa.For the first time in many years, a neighbouring country took it upon itself to hold a convention to pragmatically explore...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:10hrs | 126 | by Ranga Mataire
Food aid for Zanu-PF supporters only, says MP
Zanu-PF Chiredzi West Member of Parliament (MP) Farai Musikavanhu has defended his stance to deny opposition MDC members and supporters access to government-run food aid scheme, saying people who did ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1765 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs disrupt meeting chaired by Biti again
ZANU-PF MPs Friday again disrupted a committee meeting chaired by MDC legislator Tendai Biti, insisting they did not recognise the politician's leadership of parliament's Public Accounts Portfolio Com...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2806 | by newzimbabwe
Parliament walkouts: MPs must serve the national interest
ZANU-PF legislators' decision to boycott the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) sitting where Sakunda Holdings was expected to give oral evidence regarding how the US$3 billion...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:12hrs | 980 | by Nyasha Chingono
'Stringent capital controls spook Zimbabwe investors'
AFRICAN insurance group Hollard Companhia de Seguros says it has been eyeing investing in Zimbabwe for close to two decades, but tight capital controls have been forcing it to delay its entry, a top c...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:06hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots MDC carnage
ZANU-PF has reportedly set in motion plans to purge MDC chairpersons of parliamentary portfolio committees using its majority in the august House, setting the stage for another bruising fight between ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:06hrs | 436 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa caps 3149 MSU graduates
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today capped 3149 graduands at the 20th congregation of the Midlands State University (MSU) graduation ceremony in Senga, Gweru.Of the 3149 graduands, 771 were post-graduate studen...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:02hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Pastor Mboro claims credit for rainfall in Zimbabwe
Incredible Happenings church leader, self-proclaimed prophet Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng on Friday said the downpours of rain being experienced in South Africa and Zimbabwe were a result of his publicis...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 352 | by African News Agency/ANA
SB Moyo sanctions backtracking
In what seems to be a major U turn, by the Zimbabwe Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, S. B. Moyo, whilst writing in the EU Observer. He seems to have finally read the script a...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 12:53hrs | 5701 | by Thabo Makuyana
Import duty on basics removed
Government has removed import duty on maize and wheat, among other basic commodities, as it seeks to ensure affordability of essential foodstuffs and to mitigate the effects of the drought experienced...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2849 | by Staff Reporter
JETGATE: 'Mnangagwa uses luxury jet to loot diamonds and foreign currency'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa seemingly sensing his imminent boot from power, is allegedly involved in grand looting of the country's scarce foreign currency coffers and resources using his chain of hi...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 07:37hrs | 13174 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Zanu-PF MP vows to starve MDC supporters
CHIREDZI West legislator Farai Musikavanhu (Zanu-PF) on Sunday vowed to deny MDC supporters food aid and government-sourced agricultural inputs, and put paid to long-standing allegations that the ruli...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:06hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa has failed to improve the economic prospects of Zimbabwe?
It is now more than two years since President ED Mnangagwa assumed power with an ostensible mandate from his backers to improve the country's economic fortunes, the nemesis of his predecessor, RG Muga...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:03hrs | 575 | by Martin
Nothing hopeful about Chamisa's HONA
The much hyped, but shallow, so called ‘Hope of The Nation Address', (HONA) by opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa had nothing new in it that Zimbabweans could actually hold on to, and believe t...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2448 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Biti slams 'amateurish' accounting
Former finance minister Tendai Biti said the omission of Chinese development assistance in the 2020 budget statement was "amateurish" after China made a strong protest on Tuesday.The Chinese e...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:21hrs | 3278 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe army, police morale hits rock bottom
Parliament yesterday heard that soldiers and police officers' morale had hit rock bottom due to a shortage of food and uniforms, with a meagre 39 cents being spent on each soldier's daily diet, causin...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:45hrs | 3079 | by Staff reporter
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