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Why not Saviour Kasukuwere?
As 2020 begins it drags with it a nagging pertinent question which 2019 posed to our national politics; one we must reflect upon with all the hopes and aspirations a new year inspires. Why not Saviour...Published: 07 Jan 2020 at 18:17hrs | 8945 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Mnangagwa fired corrupt Zacc
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that he fired the previous Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chaired by Job Wabira because the commissioners were corrupt.Mnangagwa said this on ...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:18hrs | 10522 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa tells Mnangagwa that he will not rejoin Zanu-PF
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa (Independent) last week told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he would not rejoin Zanu-PF because it was "infested with corrupt" members.Mnangagwa had told the ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:49hrs | 2242 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga breathes fire!
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has threatened to weed out land barons saying they have allegedly invaded and hijacked cooperatives in Zimbabwe.Speaking at the International day of coopera...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 13:32hrs | 29300 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Warn' is President Mnangagwa's Word of the Year.
To warn is to give notice, advice, or intimation to a person or group of people of danger, impending evil, possible harm, or something unfavorable. Since taking office, the President of Zimbabwe has i...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:05hrs | 2014 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa ally says, 'We've thieves among us'
Zanu-PF national chairperson Oppah Muchinguri yesterday admitted that the ruling party has been hijacked by high-profile criminals using the party name and their proximity to the centre of power for s...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 19:18hrs | 3455 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs set to lose farms
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned his government was going to seize tracts of land from multiple farm owners and further trim the sizes of some farms to leave owners with a "reasonable" size of ...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:19hrs | 3298 | by newzimbabwe
Jury still out on Mnangagwa
IF Zimbabwe were a normal country, revelations that ruling party bigwigs and politically-connected land barons, housing co-operative leaders and property developers illegally sold $3 billion worth of ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:00hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
'More parties to join Zanu-PF'
MORE political parties in the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) are set to join or re-join Zanu-PF following in the footsteps of Brian Mteki, the ruling party spokesperson said yesterday.Zanu-...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:03hrs | 1151 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF land barons exposed, what next?
FOR years it has been a public secret that Zanu-PF bigwigs and government bureaucrats, together with all their associates across the Zimbabwean society have been behind the often chaotic urban housing...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:00hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts land barons on notice
Government will stand with people who were duped by land barons in urban areas and punish the culprits, President Mnangagwa has said. He said the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the s...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 07:51hrs | 3065 | by Staff Reporter
'My hands are clean' says Kasukuwere
Former Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he is not guilty of the US$ 3 Billion that has been reportedly lost to land barons due to illegal land deals involving state land. When...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 13:51hrs | 10797 | by Mandla Ndlovu
431 land barons face arrest over irregular sale of state land …Gvt says US$3 billion lost in the process
Government says 431 land barons face arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission over the irregular sale of land after a commission of inquiry on the sale of state land in and around urban areas...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 17:59hrs | 1841 | by Staff Reporter
12 land barons arrested
Twelve suspected land barons in Harare accused of duping desperate home seekers and illegally selling land have been arrested as police intensify its operation targeted at weeding out illegal sales....Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:34hrs | 3388 | by Staff reporter
Introduction of new currency a piecemeal solution
DURING the 2020 national budget presentation in Parliament last month, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube held up a note of the new Zimbabwe dollar and proudly announced that it was tough and resilient....Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Police pounce on land barons
POLICE in Harare have arrested eight land barons, including a former MDC councillor, as part of government efforts to bring sanity in the allocation of residential stands in the capital.Police...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
Expired products on shop shelves, streets
EXPIRED products are finding their way into households as unscrupulous retailers are duping their clients, The Sunday Mail Society has established.Goods ranging from dairy products, beverages,...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:49hrs | 245 | by Staff rpeorter
Gold Baron's murder trial starts at High Court
GOLD dealer Baron Dube who allegedly shot and killed a member of a rival mining gang in the area last year following a dispute has appeared in court in a case that opens the lid on looting and the rei...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Matopo Small Scale Miners tributaries beneficiaries at Logger heads With Police and Falcon Gold Proxy
According to the Matopo Small Scale Mining Trust's members, the ZRP officers are making it difficult for them to fully utilize the mining production on their tributaries. This is due to Joseph Mupasi ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 17:29hrs | 776 | by Enos Denhere
Come for more cash: RBZ
Banks have to continuously draw cash from the central bank to ensure uninterrupted supply to depositors, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has said.New cash and coins - ...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:03hrs | 2005 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Malema of G40 links
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi says South African opposition leader Julius Malema must not interfere with the internal politics of Zimbabwe because he is tainted by his association...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:50hrs | 7236 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa threatens cash barons
Zimbabwe's economy will rebound next year, as Government has set a solid foundation for growth despite being plagued by the worst drought in four decades in the 2018/2019 season, President Emmerson Mn...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:25hrs | 635 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says economy to rebound in 2020
Zimbabwe's economy will rebound next year, as Government has set a solid foundation for growth despite being plagued by the worst drought in four decades in the 2018/2019 season, President Emmerson Mn...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:20hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to embark on a brutal clampdown against cash barons
THE government has warned that it would embark on a brutal clampdown against cash barons and unscrupulous bank officials who are diverting money to the black market, the Daily News reports.Thi...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:16hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
Council to unleash JOC on space barons
HARARE City Council has engaged the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to depoliticise Mupedzanhamo market in Mbare and deal with interference mainly from politicians.The local authority said it w...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Huge demand for cash
Depositors, who formed long queues at banks and building societies, were withdrawing new coins and notes yesterday after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) released the first $30 million on Monday, bu...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter
Let's embrace new Zimbabwean dollar notes
WE welcome the roll out of the new Zimbabwe dollar five and two dollar notes, which begin circulating today and urge the nation to embrace them as the country takes another major step in its currency ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1655 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens help desk for small-scale miners
MINES minister Winston Chitando has revealed that government has opened a special department in the Mines ministry to deal with issues relating to small-scale miners, popularly known as makorokoza....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
New $5 notes, $2 coins to stop cash barons
New $5 notes and $2 coins will be in circulation within a fortnight to ease cash shortages that have resulted in cash barons charging premiums of up to 60 percent and the unscrupulous breaking of the ...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:48hrs | 3063 | by Staff reporter
More cash barons' bank accounts frozen
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said it has frozen idle funds in bank accounts that were being used to hurt the domestic currency and driving price increases and exerting pressure on inflation....Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:14hrs | 3969 | by Staff reporter
Gold Baron turns to God
There is common wisdom that "change" is the only constant in life and nothing else. This view is borrowed from an ancient Greek philosopher and means that there is nothing in life which is stationary ...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:37hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime's attempt to mis-locate Zimbabwe's problems
Today, the regime in Zimbabwe has bussed the hapless victims of its unmitigated cluelessness in a vain attempt to mis-locate the country's problems in far-away Europe and Washington.As the hun...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | 896 | by Luke Batsirai Tamborinyoka
Mnangagwa ally swoops on US$500m platinum project
Commodities baron Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Landela Mining Ventures has emerged as the new joint venture partner in the Russian-led Darwendale platinum mine project, which has also roped in former Impala ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:33hrs | 2887 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to implement Motlanthe Commission recommendations
Government is in the process of implementing recommendations made by the Motlanthe Commission after the August 1, 2018 violence that left six people dead and will prosecute those responsible when inve...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF suspends Harare, Bulawayo restructuring
Daily NewsZanu-PF has suspended its restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo provinces despite completing the setting up of District Coordinating Committees (DCCs) in the capital city. Las...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 16:19hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Councils must consider housing provision as core business
SEVEN desperate homeseekers were recently arrested in Marondera after they invaded a farm belonging to the town's municipality. Led by their co-operative leaders, the residents immediately parcelled o...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:51hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
Violence at Zanu-PF DCC elections
The Zanu-PF internal elections to select members of the district co-ordinating committees (DCCs) held in Harare at the weekend were marred by violence, intimidation and allegations of vote-rigging....Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
Powerless Zesa blacklists debtors
ZESA Holdings has embarked on a nationwide blitz on defaulters and is blacklisting them so that they cannot open new accounts using different addresses. In an interview, ZESA spokesperson Mr F...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:50hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Council failures rooted in legislative deficits
ZIMBABWE is burning while the central government dithers. For the second time in less than a decade residents in urban areas are feeling the effects of murky local government administration as Preside...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 127 | by Cliff Chiduku
Chitungwiza regularises illegal structures
Municipality has initiated a housing regularisation exercise so as to avoid demolishing illegal structures, acting town clerk David Duma has said.Duma said the exercise started yesterday....Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
The president's accounts bruised by Reserve Bank, PFEE to money barons
The freezing of accounts of Queen B and his side kicks shows that the president is now serious. The steps taken shows a serious willingness by the president to steer the country back to its previous g...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 9161 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Stop corruption in its tracks
The mobile cash-out agent why are you 'robbing' the poor? Forget about robbing Peter to pay Paul you are stealing from the transacting public. The surrogate parent company offering the service...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 19:47hrs | 774 | by Tondorindo
Zanu-PF official threatens to expose cash barons
Zanu-PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu has threatened to expose the name of two prominent individuals behind the spiraling exchange rate betwe...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 15:50hrs | 5576 | by Staff Reporter
EcoCash suspends 4 000 agents
The country's largest payment platform, EcoCash, has suspended over 4 000 of its agents on allegations of participating in the now rampant trend of charging excessive premiums for customers intending ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 06:49hrs | 2034 | by Staff reporter
Chitown mayor assaulted over town clerk suspension
Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko (MDC Alliance) was severely assaulted by suspected Zanu-PF activists who stormed council offices yesterday as he tried to serve Town Clerk George Makunde with a letter...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:13hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF thugs brutally assault Chitungwiza Mayor
Chitungwiza Mayor Clr Lovemore Maiko was today brutally attacked by bussed Zanu PF thugs inside the municipality's Town House today.The Mayor sustained injuries and is seeking medical attentio...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 16:10hrs | 1556 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chitungwiza graft exposed
A call by Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole for a forensic audit on the council's operations by the auditor-general Mildred Chiri has opened a can of worms with many people reportedly volunteering ...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:58hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Who Owns England?
Who Owns England? The question sounds oblique, when one considers the country's documented long history of "civilisation". One would think that, by now, this question should have long been settled. Ye...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 146 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid on course
Zimbabwe's foreign policy in the Second Republic is anchored on ensuring the country regains its past glory by integrating into the community of nations after years of isolation typified by the First ...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:33hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Commissioners to investigate Obert Mpofu named
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has constituted a Commission of Inquiry to investigate Zanu-PF secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu and other individuals fingered in corrupt dealings by the ZANU-PF Y...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 20:08hrs | 2916 | by Staff reporter
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