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Board members are to blame for company failure
The Zimbabwean government is battling to contain the never ending problem of company shutdowns which is now prevalent in Zimbabwe. Some of the companies have either folded or are in intensive care the...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 11:40hrs | 931 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Charamba and the Pfeesident
WHOEVER said the more things change, the more they remain the same was not far off the mark, at least in relation to Zimbabwe. We have a whole regime pretending to be a new dispensation but st...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:21hrs | 3617 | by Hon Criss
Air Zimbabwe's Embraer delivery imminent, two B777s on way
AIR ZIMBABWE is on the brink of replenishing its fleet amid indications that the national airliner would take delivery of an Embraer ERJ 145 tentatively in the next two weeks.It has also emerg...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:27hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
New voice charms ZBCtv viewers
There is a new kid on the block at ZBCtv. Hazel Zisanhi, who exudes cool confidence, has within a short space of time charmed ZBCtv viewers during the weekend bulletins. The delectable and "fore...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law has case to answer, rules court
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simba Chikore's application for discharge at the close of the state case has been dismissed by a Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba for lack of merit....Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 21:41hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's mounting foreign trips expose him
I will not allow the raging debate and shaming of the chief ruler's penchant for frequent and extravagantly lavish travels without my pound of flesh. Not even that I am a Shylock, but the extr...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 13:44hrs | 3402 | by Makaita Noel Mutasa
Mnangagwa luxury jets torch storm
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was yesterday grilled in the Senate by opposition legislators over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's penchant to travel in hired luxurious private jets when the country is s...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:41hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's profligacy an antithesis of austerity mantra
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under the spotlight for his profligate spending on foreign trips whose value to the country is yet to be justified by a government that has been touting the "aust...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:08hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe reduces prices
The National Airline Air Zimbabwe has announced discounted rates on selected routes to celebrate reaching a milestone of 5 000 followers on Twitter."We're on 5000 followers on our Twitter plat...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 09:20hrs | 9923 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Econet goes full force in search of Cyclone Idai survivors
ZIMBABWE's largest telecommunications firm, Econet Wireless, says it has deployed the full might of its organisational capacity in search of survivors of the recent Cyclone Idai. In a st...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:47hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies 3rd private jet inside a week
President Emmerson Mnangagwa risked fresh public wrath on Monday after hiring a luxury jet from the United Arab Emirates – his third inside a week – to fly him to South Africa.The Airbus A...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 15:55hrs | 3084 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa is a worse devil than Mugabe
Mnangagwa took over the presidency of Zanu PF and Zimbabwe in the background of a November 2017 coup that toppled long serving president Robert Mugabe. The people of Zimbabwe and the inter...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:55hrs | 8707 | by Frazer Muzondo
'Payments shall be in US dollars'
International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade association which represents interests of the world's airlines, has issued a directive to local travel agents that all remittances of amounts du...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 2864 | by Staff reporter
'Using Air Zimbabwe will pose logistical problems for Mnangagwa'
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications, George Charamba (GC), has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa will continue to use hired private jets for...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 14:10hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Airways planes 'repossessed and resold' - source
Malaysian Airlines has repossessed four planes which had been sold to Zimbabwe Airways, the ill-fated Air Zimbabwe proxy, informed sources said.Former President Robert Mugabe personally negoti...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2501 | by ZimLive
Mugabe Aeroplanes sold for $12.5 million
Zimbabwean based German aviation expert Jerry Haas has reported that the two airlines belonging to the Mugabe-linked and now defunct Zimbabwe Airways have been put up for sale in Malaysia.Haas...Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 19:32hrs | 11398 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 4018 | by Staff reporter
Boeing sucked into Zimbabwe Airways saga
The world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of aircraft and other equipment - Boeing - has been sucked into the Zimbabwe Airways saga where the son-in-law of former president Robert...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 05:02hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo predicted the split of Zimbabwe in 1986
Just 6 years into the so called independence of Zimbabwe, Dr Joshua Nkomo mentioned among other things, genocide, tribal hate and unfettered corruption as ticking bombs that would cause Zimbabwe implo...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 09:11hrs | 8368 | by Israel Dube
How Mugabe's son in-law milked Air Zimbabwe staff
Zimbabwean engineers maintaining aircraft in Malaysia went for months without being paid their travel and subsistence allowances after former Air Zimbabwe chief operating officer, and later chief exec...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:43hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe Airways: The untold story
Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Mr Simba Chikore used his family ties to manipulate processes, corrupt people and enter into shady deals involving several stakeholders during his time at ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | 2264 | by Tichaona Zindoga
State witness exonerates Mugabe's son-in-law
A POLICE officer who was called in to testify against, former President Robert Mugabe's son-in-law Simbarashe Chikore on charges of unlawful detention, has instead exonerated the former Air Zimbabwe c...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:56hrs | 1744 | by newzimbabwe
Government responds to Air Zimbabwe's collapse
The government has announced that it is pinning its hopes on the Administrators of Air Zimbabwe who are working on a reconstruction exercise for the struggling airline.This was revealed by the...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 12:05hrs | 3011 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mbuya Nehanda grounded, Air Zimbabwe apologises to passengers
AIR Zimbabwe has apologised to passengers following its failure to service its routes on time last Sunday leaving passengers booked on flights from Harare to Bulawayo and Johannesburg to Harare strand...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe collapses
The national airline Air Zimbabwe has been operating one aircraft the B767-200ER and the plane is suffering from an engine technical failure it has emerged. In a statement issued on Thursday, ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 10:05hrs | 9322 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Air Zimbabwe plane leaves 4 hours early, passengers stranded in SA
Struggling national carrier Air Zimbabwe left its passengers stranded in Johannesburg on Tuesday night - by flying out four hours early.Flight UM462 was not due to depart OR Tambo Internationa...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 19:11hrs | 5218 | by ZimLive
Ethiopian Airlines team expected for Air Zimbabwe deal
An Ethiopian Airlines team is expected in the country next month to start negotiations for the proposed partnership deal between Air Zimbabwe and Africa's biggest and most profitable airline.E...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1132 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe delays by 16 hours
Air Zimbabwe passengers booked on flights from either Harare to Bulawayo or from Johannesburg to Harare on Sunday were stranded for hours after the struggling airline failed to service the routes on t...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe aviation in slow, but positive climb
LAST week, the local skies welcomed the arrival of the restructured fellow southern African carrier, Air Tanzania.The airline re-launched flights to Harare after close to two decades of no dir...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:28hrs | 438 | by Benjamin Manzini
Mnangagwa justifies costly foreign trips
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will continue travelling abroad as part of his re-engagement efforts and his trips must not be assessed from a cost perspective, but from benefits accrued, his office has said. ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter
Revamp for JM Nkomo Airport
GOVERNMENT is working on the second phase of refurbishment of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo which will see the erection of a control tower, among other facilities. ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:33hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Millions spent on Mnangagwa's trips
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's penchant for travelling in state-of-the-art airplanes has come at a huge cost to the taxpayer, thus undermining his government's 'austerity for prosperity' mantra....Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 14:24hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
Air Tanzania to relaunch Harare, Dar es Salaam flights
AIR Tanzania is set to relaunch flights into Harare from Dar es Salaam this Friday at a time other airlines are pulling out of the country, citing currency challenges."Get to explore the beaut...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:04hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and his love for expensive jets
At a time when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is implementing austerity measures that have only brought more suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behaving as if he is from...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 5360 | by Benjamin Manzini
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:55hrs | 263 | by Victor Bhoroma
Can Air Zimbabwe be run profitably?
Air Zimbabwe was placed under reconstruction on 4 October 2018 after operating for over 51 years in the skies. The airline has debts of over $350 million that are weighing down any restructuring exerc...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:54hrs | 481 | by Victor Bhoroma
Can Air Zimbabwe be run profitably?
AIR Zimbabwe was placed under reconstruction on October 4 2018 after operating for over 51 years in the skies.The airline has debts exceeding US$350 million that are weighing down the restruct...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 270 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mugabe Airways:- Malaysia rejects aircraft deal reversal
MALAYSIAN Airlines has turned down the Zimbabwean government's request to reverse a deal for the purchase of two Boeing 777 planes and threatened to take legal action for breach of contract, insiders ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:22hrs | 3811 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa offers Air Zimbabwe to Ethiopia?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported to have offered Ethiopian Airlines a de3al to takeover and run the beleaguered and indebted Air Zimbabwe.This was revealed by veteran author and journa...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:06hrs | 8000 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ethiopian Airlines executives confront Mnangagwa
Ethiopian Airlines executives have demanded US$18 million stuck in Zimbabwe during a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mnangagwa met Ethiopian Airlines CEO Ethiopian Airlines Group Chi...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 19:06hrs | 8650 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa under fire over private jets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for using expensive chartered flights at a time when the majority of Zimbabweans are wallowing in poverty.Mnagagwa on Friday flew to Ethiopia f...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:23hrs | 2972 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa secures $500million in lines of credit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday met the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) president Admassu Tadesse, and the financial institution made a commitment to arrange lines...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:51hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's skulduggery will not blight Mnangagwa's reform agenda
The usual opposition cynics are employing all manner of tactics to blight the impact of reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa.However, as is the case with any skulduggery antics, th...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 257 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Ethiopian Airlines offers Air Zimbabwe lucrative partnership deal
The biggest airline in Africa, Ethiopian Airlines has offered Air Zimbabwe a lucrative partnership deal that will see the airline bringing planes, train pilots and also assist the national airliner to...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:10hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet approves parastatal reforms
CABINET yesterday approved a litany of measures meant to strengthen under-performing parastatals such as Air Zimbabwe, the Grain Marketing Board and Zesa Holdings.Addressing journalists soon a...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:17hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe to take over 'Mugabe airline' planes
THE Government on Tuesday effectively killed a shadowy airline established by former Transport Minister Jorum Gumbo with reported links to former First Lady Grace Mugabe.New Transport Minister...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1214 | by newzimbabwe
Breakthrough for AirZimbabwe
The government has announced that it has taken measures to resuscitate the beleaguered national Airline Air Zimbabwe by buying more airplanes to add to the fleet that is currently. In a post-c...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 15:50hrs | 8594 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZACC reconfiguration was long overdue
The acceptance by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of the resignation of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson, Dr Job Whabira and his Commissioners has brought a sigh of relief to th...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 334 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe airports' utilisation below 30%
Capacity utilisation at local airports has slumped to below 30 percent on the back of continued operational challenges facing national airline, Air Zimbabwe.This comes at a time the Civil Avia...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:44hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 221 | by Victor Bhoroma
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