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Zimbabwe's inflation rate now at 194%
THE annual inflation rate will continue falling and year-on-year inflation will be below 55 percent in July, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) says, confirming trends. ...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:13hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's mansion construction stalls
This means taxpayers' funds have been wasted on a property that Mnangagwa may no longer be keen on living in. The hideous property was being built as part of his state package. Usually the President a...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 7488 | by Staff reporter
Land developer fights Mnangagwa's graft buster
PROPERTY developers, Pokugara have accused officials from the National Prosecuting Authority and Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) housed in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office of interfering with...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:26hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
A call to all Mthwakazi organisations to have unity of purpose
As I extend my greetings to you all, please note that I write to you as a citizen of Mthwakazi, whose identity, values, beliefs are Mthwakazian and whose allegiance is to Mthwakazi. What a journ...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 20:31hrs | 1237 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Ministry compiles absentee teachers' list
The list of teachers who skipped lessons last month has been sent by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to the Public Service Commission while the list of teachers missing from their clas...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, Manangazira passports released
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent), who is being accused of violating COVID-19 regulations, yesterday successfully applied for the release of his passport to enable him to travel to Portugal and Sou...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:10hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
BCC to intensify debt collection through service restriction
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned that it will soon cut water supplies and withdraw other services to residents in rates arrears.In a notice to residents, town clerk Christopher Dube yest...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 453 | by Staff reporter
Constitution changes: Understanding the history and motivation
There are extensive deliberations back and forth in May, June and July 2012, resulting in Copac (Constitution Parliamentary Committee) formally adopting a draft national constitution on July 21....Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 131 | by Arthur Mutambara
Mnangagwa mourns AFZ officers, child killed in chopper crash
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has send condolence messages to the families of two Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) pilots, a technician, and a child who died after a helicopter crashed in Chinyika, Goromonz...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2019 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses Mliswa application
NORTON independent legislator Temba Mliswa's bid to have his case referred to the Constitutional Court has hit a brick wall after a Harare magistrate threw out the request, saying it lacks merit and i...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 20:33hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in domestic violence storm
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa tried to get the police to drop a domestic violence investigation involving lawyer Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, whose wife Emma made a formal police report of alleged s...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2867 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe breaks law for US$50m Covid-19 vaccines loan
Zimbabwe has contracted yet another US$50 million loan from the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to finance its Covid-19 vaccination programme despite government claims it is using internal res...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:15hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Olympiacos target Zimbabwe-linked Arsenal star
Arsenal star Reiss Nelson is wanted on loan by Olympiacos, according to reports.The home-grown talent was handed his Gunners debut as a teenager by Arsene Wenger, before impressing at Hoffenhe...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:10hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Matanga sued over wrongful arrest
A HARARE man has filed a lawsuit against police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga, at the High Court claiming that he was wrongfully arrested and is seeking to be released from custody. Bori...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:14hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Land tenure reform to transform Zimbabwe rapidly
Two historical notes confirm the importance of land tenure and secure property rights. In the world today, only 18% of all agricultural land is privately-owned under freehold title. Yet this small are...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:58hrs | 1114 | by Eddie cross
Notorious robber rearrested
One of Zimbabwe's most wanted armed robbery suspects believed to be part of Musa Taj Abdul's gang, Conwell Junior Kasambarare (26) has been rearrested on allegations of committing a spate of heists co...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe must dollarise again
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s new Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) hit the ground running on March 26, announcing a raft of policy measures to sustain the fragile stability that has seen inflati...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 3340 | by Taurai Mangudhla
Mliswa's ConCourt referral request ruling deferred
HARARE magistrate Tafadzwa Miti Wednesday postponed ruling to next Tuesday in a matter in which Norton Independent legislator Temba Mliswa is seeking referral of his case to Constitutional Court....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water reticulation system set for overhaul
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is yet to order equipment worth nearly US$300 000 for the completion of water reticulation works at Aisleby 1 and 2, nine years after council applied for the loan to implem...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:33hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Hit-and-run driver fined
Hit-and-run driver, Herbert Chakanyuka, was today fined a total of $15 000 by a Harare magistrate for two traffic offences he committed after knocking down a minor at the intersection of Liberation Le...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:13hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Hit-and-run driver nabbed
A HARARE man, who seriously injured a seven-year-old girl in a hit-and-run accident has been arrested after a recording of the incident went viral on social media.Police spokesperson Assistant...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council seek powers to borrow $4 billion
BULAWAYO City Council is seeking authority from the Local Government ministry to borrow $4 billion arguing it has no capacity to fund its 2021 $10 billion capital budget to oil its operations....Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Haruzivishe represents everything wrong about opposition politics
A young member of the MDC formation led by Nelson Chamisa, Makomborero Haruzivishe, was sentenced to 14 months in prison by the Harare Magistrates Court this week for inciting public violence. ...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:16hrs | 344 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimra beats revenue target
Government surpassed its revenue collections' target for the fourth quarter to December 2020 with five out of the 11 revenue heads performing above their quarterly targets while six heads performed be...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 06:46hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt increases Covid-19 vaccination sites
THE Government has introduced more Covid-19 vaccination sites across the country as part of efforts to decentralise the process and decongest existing service points. Wilkins Hospital, which h...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:49hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Govt gazettes Public Finance Amendment Bill
GOVERNMENT last week gazetted the Public Finance Amendment Bill (2021) which seeks to align the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) to the Constitution as well as strengthen parliamentary oversight o...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:32hrs | 372 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa right on new political party
What a week it has been. We hear the taxi driver was fired but he came out saying he was not fired. Saka toziva zvipi nhai vanhu veMasvingo kkkk. Mapombi is proud to be from Masvingo. I love this plac...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:28hrs | 2534 | by Mapombi
'Whipping system gags MPs'
THE whipping system in Parliament has deterred MPs from exercising their oversight role, rendering them ineffective in probing the Executive over opaque loan guarantees and quasi-fiscal activities by ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:19hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Top cop testifies against Mliswa
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa held a media conference at his house without authority from the regulatory officer in violation of Covid-19 regulations, although he had notified the police of his inten...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:12hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
RBZ holds policy rate at 40%
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the recently appointed monetary policy committee (MPC) agreed to maintain the bank's policy rate at 40%, as it fights to avoid a recession through a rate hike t...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive council boss 'flees' to SA
FUGITIVE Harare City Council director of works Isaac Zvenyika Chawatama is suspected to have skipped the border into South Africa.Chawatama is on the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) wanted...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Warrant of arrest for Harare director of works
HARARE magistrate Stanford Mambanje has issued a warrant of arrest for council's director of works Isaiah Zvenyika Chawatama after he absconded court yesterday.Chawatama was supposed to appear...Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | 1292 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa says he informed police prior to press conference
Norton legislator, Temba Peter Mliswa today told the court that he informed the police in writing about the press conference held at his Borrowdale residence in Harare prior to the day of the event....Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 15:35hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa files for referral to ConCourt
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa (independent) has applied for referral of his case where he is charged of breaching COVID-19 regulations to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt).Mliswa was accuse...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:56hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza wage bill exceeds revenue collection, says Minister
LOCAL Government deputy minister Marian Chombo has told Parliament that poor management of funds and a hefty wage bill were crippling Chitungwiza Municipality service delivery.Chombo said this...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:52hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa claims discrimination
INDEPENDENT legislator for Norton, Temba Mliswa is up in arms with the police for electing to arrest him alone while leaving dozens of journalists who attended his ill-fated press conference last mont...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:44hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Bona, hubby get 20ha prime land for a song
Then Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo reportedly facilitated a deal whereby the daughter of the late former President Robert Mugabe, Mrs Bona Nyepudzai Mutsahuni, and her husband, Mr Simbarashe Mutsah...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
AfDB pegs Zimbabwe growth at 4,2%
ZIMBABWE'S economy contracted by 10% last year and is envisaged to grow by 4,2% in 2021 if effective measures are taken to stabilise foreign exchange and avoid excessive money creation, the African De...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:26hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
75% of Bulawayo roads in bad state
AT least 75 percent of Bulawayo's road network has outlived its lifespan, with council revealing that the funds they received from the Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) was a mere drop in the ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:45hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
Augur Investments dismisses land theft scandal
LAND developer Kenneth Raydon Sharpe's Augur Investments has dismissed allegations of misappropriation of council land in its response to the High Court challenging its mention in a land dispute....Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:55hrs | 828 | by Staff reporter
Understanding the Zimbabwe economy
I OFTEN say to visiting experts and diplomats that, if you say you understand Zimbabwe, you have not been here long enough.We are a tiny blip on the global radar but we punch well above our we...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:52hrs | 989 | by Eddie Cross
'New COVID-19 variants a threat to poor African countries'
NEW COVID-19 variants likely to hit Africa might prove difficult to combat due to inadequate health budgets as countries on the continent are failing to recover fromthe economic effects of the pan...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 disrupts TB address progress
BULAWAYO, Midlands, Matabeleland North and South provinces accounted for most tuberculosis (TB) deaths recorded in Zimbabwe last year amid reports that Covid-19 disrupted progress that Zimbabwe had ma...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:45hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa application hearing deferred
NORTON legislator, Temba Mliswa, yesterday had his application for referral to the Constitutional Court of his matter in which he is accused of violating Covid-19 lockdown regulations after calling fo...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 10:44hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
New flour plant for Bulawayo
DIVERSIFIED agro-industrial concern, National Foods is set to install a new state-of-the art US$5 million flour milling plant at the firm's factory in Bulawayo. The new plant, whose installati...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Telecel seeks fresh capital for expansion
Telecel Zimbabwe, the country's smallest mobile telecoms firm, intends to raise fresh capital as it looks to finance expansion of its network, chairman Selby Hwacha said. For many years, shareholding ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's wife likely to abscond trial, says court
THE Supreme Court has thrown out Marry Mubaiwa's application to get her passport back to travel to South Africa for medical treatment, saying she is likely to abscond trial.Mubaiwa is facing m...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 12:22hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Why Chinese model has not benefited Africa
Diverse views have been expressed about the Chinese socio-political and economic model.These range from the Chinese themselves, who, of course, uncritically praise their system as a faultless ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:44hrs | 463 | by Arthur G O Mutambara
Tobacco pricing headache
THE "collapse" of the tobacco auction system has ignited debate on whether minimum auction prices should continue to determine the pricing of contract tobacco.Zimbabwe has a dual marketing sys...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:16hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's son-in-law, daughter struggle to complete mansion
NESTLED on a mountain in the exclusive Umwinsidale suburb on the outskirts of Harare's northeastern periphery, the mansion is immersed in scenic surroundings and there seems to be a seamless connectio...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:21hrs | 3764 | by Staff reporter
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