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Biti blasts 'Mnangagwa nonsense'
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has described Wednesday's brutal disruption of party President Nelson Chamisa's Harare address to his supporters as nonsensical and a typical President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2889 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe no safe haven for Homosexuals
Ten percent of Zimbabwe's population are estimated to be gay or lesbian – they are simply born like this. However, only few dare to disclose their sexual orientation as homosexuality is largely reje...Published: 10 hrs ago | 185 | by Staff reporter
MDC never staged an 'illegal regime change' (coup) in Zimbabwe, but it was ZANU PF itself - so why repress the opposition?
The gruesome events of yesterday (21 November 2019) in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, whereby scores of innocent people - mainly bystanders - were reportedly brutally beaten up by police officers, ou...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2028 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 | 2887 | by ZimLive
Police disperse rowdy Chamisa supporters in Harare
POLICE had to disperse rowdy MDC-A youths gathered yesterday morning chanting songs, disrupting business and harassing vendors along Nelson Mandela Avenue and First Street in Harare after their party ...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:01hrs | 1511 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF grand heist, autocracy writ large
IN the aftermath of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's budget that sounded more like was crafted in some Western world capital and delivered in Harare, many people may have missed the assault on our parl...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:01hrs | 1396 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Tendai Biti rekindles $15 million insurance claim
MDC vice-president Tendai Biti has rekindled his $15 million retirement claim against First Mutual Holdings Limited (FMH) after the insurance company said it would only pay him less than what was agre...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 08:00hrs | 2384 | by Staff reporter
We are stuck in a (Zanu PF and MDC) 'man-made crisis' - they cannot be man-made solution too
"For months now, we have been asking our African brothers and sisters to look into the man-made governance crisis in Zimbabwe and help us restore the dignity of citizens," said MDC President, Nelson C...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 07:47hrs | 718 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa courts the world
THE international community should embrace Zimbabwe as it forges ahead with its engagement and re-engagement drive to attract global capital to rebuild the economy, President Mnangagwa has said. ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:42hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa's MPs reducing Second Republic into one big circus
THE animosity between the two political adversaries, the ruling Zanu PF party and the opposition MDC, who have perpetually been trading barbs in Parliament, has now degenerated into a farce and turned...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 18:50hrs | 2823 | by NewsDay Comment
Former minister revisits Solomon Mujuru's death
IN his yet to be released autobiagraphy, former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube (pictured), has reiterated claims that the late Retired General Solomon Mujuru could have been murdered after a polit...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 4315 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt squanders US$10.6 billion
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government spent over US$10 billion in unbudgeted public finds, and now wants Parliament to okay the unexplained expenditure, raising the ire of opposition members of Pa...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Ncube's budget gets thumbs down
Zimbabwe's month-on-month inflation rate quickened to 38,75% in October from 17,7% the previous month as analysts warned that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget will be rendered useless by so...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Government underfire over MZWP
THE Matabeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT), a technical partner in the ambitious project to draw water from the Zambezi River to Bulawayo, has accused government of frustrating its efforts to woo pri...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Prophet 'Bomber’ Ngwenya says he is not a witch
IN every decade rock and roll, things change with time and start to get very serious and every once in a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants in order to fully prosper.That is in simplic...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti dismisses Ncube's budget as 'cocktail of cowardice, falsehoods'
The MDC on Thursday dismissed Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget statement as a "cocktail of cowardice, deception, delay and delusion."Ncube announced a ZWL$63.6 billion budget which he said also mark...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:19hrs | 2631 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs refuse to recognise Biti
ZANU-PF MPs who are members of Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Friday reportedly walked out on chairperson Tendai Biti "questioning his legitimacy".The Public Accounts Committee (PAC...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 19:15hrs | 1507 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni removed from chieftainship
Information coming from Matabeleland North indicate that Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Nhlambabaloyi has been removed as Chief by the Matabeleland North Provincial Chief's Council. R...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 16:26hrs | 12714 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti asked to recuse himself
Parliament's Public Accounts Committee hearing into Command Agriculture and Sakunda was aborted this morning after Zanu-PF legislators asked Mr Tendai Biti to recuse himself from chairing the committe...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 19:22hrs | 5801 | by Staff reporter
George Charamba opens up on Mthuli Ncube's space satellite
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba says the government of Zimbabwe has partnered with some Japanese University in launching the space satellite. Charamba said the project is a priority ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 10:16hrs | 4205 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga coup generals declare war on Mnangagwa
VANCOUVER - Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga's military generals who were key in executing the November 2017 coup against President Robert Mugabe, have allegedly declared war on Presid...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:48hrs | 50861 | by Nancy Mabaya
What they said about 2020 budget
FORMER Finance minister and now MDC vice president Tendai Biti:"A budget of $63 billion is an illusion and unachievable, but also reflects extent of hyperinflation. The Pre-Budget Strategy Pap...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 2322 | by Staff reporter
Cross now smelling the coffee, but....
IN the Bible, there is a story of the prodigal son who demanded his share of his father's estate, which the father gave him. Shortly after being given his inheritance, the son runs off and squanders t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 911 | by Amos Mazambani
Matebeleland South police ban knobkerries
POLICE in Gwanda, Bulilima and Mangwe districts of Matebeleland South have imposed a three-month ban on the carrying of knobkerries and catapults, among other "weapons", citing increased crime in the ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
MDC, politically disorganised
The recent claims by MDC that they have dropped the challenge of 'illegitimacy' of President Emmerson Mnangagwa that they have been capitalising on since he assumed office in 2018 clearly reveals how ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 14:41hrs | 1912 | by Peacemaker Zano
Chamisa appoints Lynnette Karenyi as MDC President
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has appointed Lynnette Karenyi as the Acting President of the Movement For Democratic Change.Chamisa is away attending the Progressive Alliance Forum, a g...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 10:44hrs | 16076 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti sent cracking?
Revered economic analyst, Brighton Musonza, has said the return of the Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL$) has sent economic arrivalists such as Tendai Biti cracking with no technical argument against it....Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 20:39hrs | 13249 | by Staff reporter
Sasai exhibits at Africa's top tech conference
Sasai, the new all-in-one App from Cassava Fintech International (CFI), is exhibiting at AfricaTech, the fintech and digital expo that runs concurrently with AfricaCom, the continent's largest telco a...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 13:37hrs | 702 | by Agencies
Is Biti crafting the US Policy on Zimbabwe?
A well placed source close to Tendai Biti has revealed that the MDC Co-Vice President actually crafts US policy on Zimbabwe.According to the source, the US Embassy regularly consults Biti on w...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 11:59hrs | 2496 | by Felix Kundishora
Parly summons minister over doctors' strike
Parliament has demanded a ministerial statement from Health minister Obadiah Moyo explained the state of the country's health delivery system after government fired over 280 doctors recently. ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address urban councils
URBAN local authorities are set to brief President Mnangagwa on how they are embracing Government programmes while working to ensure that the nation attains an upper middle-income status by 2030, an o...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament ratifies UK agreement
The National Assembly yesterday ratified the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Eastern and Southern Africa states and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland aimed at p...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Do's and Don'ts of Las Vegas Day Clubs
From tasty buffets, 24-hour casinos, world-class entertainment to endless rows of clubs, you can bet that Las Vegas has it all. The Strip is famous all over for late-night parties that last through th...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:45hrs | 423 | by Staff Write
Biti fumes as Sakunda Holdings boss dodges parly hearing
Command Agriculture benefactor, Sakunda Holdings, yesterday snubbed grilling by the Tendai Biti-chaired Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over allegations that the company received over US...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces mealie-meal shortage
ZIMBABWE faces mealie-meal shortages after government cut maize supplies to local millers by 40% citing funding constraints.Millers get maize from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) although gove...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:24hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government deluded about doctors
This has been one of the most deluded period for the Zimbabwe government – even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards — firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economic...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1088 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The source of the Zimbabwean people's misery
All of Zimbabwe is talking about the US sanctions and depending where you come down on the political divide you will have different views on it.Everyone knows the current economic reality faci...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 11:29hrs | 1777 | by Chipochashe Mariga
UK to snatch fired Zimbabwe doctors?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says his government will fast track visa applications for foreign doctors and nurses - opening new opportunities for over 500 Zimbabwean doctors facing the sack fo...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:32hrs | 2932 | by Press Association
Zanu-PF trounce MDC in Tsholotsho and Wedza council by-elections
Zanu-PF had a clean sweep in council by-elections held on Saturday - two in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North, and one in Wedza, Mashonaland East.Amid biting poverty and a collapsed economy, the ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:32hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers to work Mondays and Fridays only
Teachers will now work a two-day week after galloping inflation shrivelled their wages, a union said.The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the biggest teachers' union in the country, said...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:31hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti should not be allowed to investigate others when he is under investigation
The person who is supposed to be in charge of discovering corruption in parliament is under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly instructing the National Socia...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7680 | by Mhungu Mushoga
Currency reforms can work if Zimbabweans want them to
YESTERDAY (November 11, 2019) the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) started the process of injecting new notes into the financial system to improve the level of physical cash in circulation.This ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:55hrs | 782 | by Anthony Matutu
Zimbabwe's money merry go-round
Zimbabwe is trying everything in the book to address a currency crisis that has undermined its productive capacity and threatened its economic sustainability. But its measures so far seem to have had ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
MPs challenged over Matabeleland Zambezi Water Project
Legislators from across the political divide, who hail from Matabeleland have been urged to unite in rejecting the 2020 budget if it does not address the need to implement the long mooted project to p...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
An open letter to President Mnangagwa
Your Excellency,Since your ascendency to the realms of power in November 2017 I have been monitoring your progress with keen interest.Mr President, today I will not write about the inc...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:42hrs | 555 | by Moses Julias wekwa Chibaya
SA miner to sink US$1m in Zimbabwe
SOUTH African mining company, Ingeli Minerals has made an initial investment of R10 million in alluvial gold mining in Shamva and the investment is expected to be scaled up to US$1 million, Sunday Bus...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:30hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Comedian Nceku ventures into music
ZIMBABWE's celebrated gospel comedian, Nceku, who is settling well at his new base in South Africa has ventured into music and released his first single titled Wethembekile. The song, whose re...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:06hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions ZUPCO buses in Bulawayo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa this morning commissioned 76 Zupco buses at a colourful ceremony held at the City Hall parking lot in Bulawayo.The President said most of the buses will service ru...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 16:13hrs | 6913 | by Staff Reporter
Deluded govt wants to invite back Zim doctors in diaspora, yet can't even care for local practitioners
This has been one of the most deluded weeks for the Zimbabwe government - even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards - firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economically ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2732 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa envisions 7% economic growth
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, presently presiding over an imploding economy, is anticipating an ambitious average national economic growth rate of 7% per annum during his tenure."We shall acce...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 06:00hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
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