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A bottle of cooking oil and sugar is all they need
Did Gogo Siboniso eat anything today, may be yes but maybe not since the aged do not go up the nearest anti hill to announce their predicament. Rather, they die silently pretending all is well with th...Published: 13 hrs ago | 254 | by Thomas Murisa
BCC hikes stands prices by 50%
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has hiked by 50% the cost of residential stands to hedge against inflation and lifted the suspension it had imposed on prospective homeowners buying stands using RTGS d...Published: 23 hrs ago | 824 | by Staff reporter
Political party leaders must be exemplary
Address by His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, E. D. Mnangagwa, at the launch of the National Political Actors Dialogue at the Harare International Con...Published: 24 hrs ago | 107 | by E. D. Mnangagwa
RTGS$ is our domestic currency, says Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday told Parliament that his midterm budget statement earmarked for July will be announced in RTGS dollars as opposed to United States dollars which was the currenc...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:26hrs | 2893 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs slap government with US$20 000 lawsuit
Three MDC Members of Parliament Lynette Karenyi, Thabitha Khumalo and Amos Chibaya have slapped governement with lawsuit demanding more than $20 000 as compensation for violation of fundamental rights...Published: 17 May 2019 at 12:24hrs | 3713 | by Mandla Ndlovu
When the boom comes - A What-if Scenario Analysis
I would like to carry out a What-if Scenario Analysis (WISA) based on the prediction of a positive change in the outcome of the Zimbabwean economic performance. In Project Management we use WISA to pr...Published: 17 May 2019 at 08:46hrs | 1299 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
SA sets tough terms on US$1.2bn Zimbabwe loan request
Zimbabwe's debt-ridden government is in a dilemma after South Africa asked her northern neighbour to securitise mineral proceeds in exchange for a US$1,2 billion (R17billion) bailout package, it...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:21hrs | 3744 | by Staff reporter
BCC to give residents 30-day rates objection period
RESIDENTS still have a chance to reject the increase of rates by the Bulawayo City Council as the local authority has to wait for a 30-day objection period before sending the proposal to Government fo...Published: 16 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays US$64,4m to white farmers
Government has to date paid US$64,4 million to 93 white former commercial farmers for the improvements they made on reallocated farms, a senior official has said.Presenting the Ministerial sta...Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:46hrs | 3667 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to rebase economy after adopting new currency
Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, announced the rebasing of the economy on Wednesday, following the adoption of a new currency earlier this year, and said growth would be slowed this year by a drought a...Published: 15 May 2019 at 22:02hrs | 6289 | by Reuters
Zimra moves on amnesty headache
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is working on legislation which will help the tax collection agency reconcile recent tax amnesty transactions amid revelations that business is losing millions i...Published: 15 May 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Council to increase rates by 42%
Bulawayo City Council wants to increase rates by 42% without consulting residents leaked council minutes have revealed.The minutes which are written CONFIDENTIAL say: In response to a point ra...Published: 14 May 2019 at 13:59hrs | 2072 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gweru mayoral mansion turned into exclusive lodge
GWERU City Council has set plans to turn the mayoral mansion into an accommodation and events centre in a bid to boost revenues for the cash-strapped local authority, a senior council official has sai...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:38hrs | 3209 | by Staff reporter
Zinara ropes in CID
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is working with the Criminal Investigations Department anti-corruption team to investigate all its revenue streams as part of efforts to curb corrupt...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Import substitution: best remedy to high import bill
Zimbabwe imported goods worth $6.85 Billion in 2018, a 38% increase from 2017. That import figure can go up by 30% if smuggled merchandise and under declared imports at the country's border posts are ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:15hrs | 369 | by Victor Bhoroma
Town clerk, senior officials schemes to increase their salaries
BULAWAYO Town Clerk Mr Christopher Dube and senior workers who fall under the council "executive group" have had a cap on their salaries and allowances removed, a move that will see their perks review...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
MDC council in massive rates hike
THE Bulawayo City Council has unilaterally increased rates and tariffs by 42 percent, despite objections by residents who had resisted the proposal during consultations held last month.The mov...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Pan African Parliament considers engaging civil society organisations wider
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) members have requested the Bureau to consider civil society organisations from other countries rather than always using South African based ones.While debating...Published: 11 May 2019 at 18:53hrs | 335 | by Staff Reporter
MDC calls Khaya Moyo offside
THE difference between the MDC and Zanu PF is that we, in the MDC, represent the people of Zimbabwe. We care about the challenges that the people of Zimbabwe are facing.The cost of living is g...Published: 09 May 2019 at 18:57hrs | 2768 | by Jacob Mafume
WATCH: Mnangagwa boasts about sabotaging MDC run urban councils
A video of president Emmerson Mnangagwa boasting about how Zanu-PF ensures sabotage in MDC run urban councils has gone viral.In the footage, Mnangagwa tells a crowd that if they vote for MDC i...Published: 09 May 2019 at 10:08hrs | 8868 | by Methusi Ncube
Gweru revives Go-Beer
Gweru City Council has moved to revamp its beer concern, Go-Beer Breweries, after unbundling it into three business units expected to be operational by the end of the year, a senior council official h...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:53hrs | 697 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar' talks gain momentum
PROMINENT industrialist and Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) member, Mr Busisa Moyo, has pleaded with Zimbabweans to have confidence in the ongoing processes of resolving prevailing currency distor...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1743 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fulfils Mbare promise
President Mnangagwa yesterday toured Matapi Flats in Mbare, Harare, to inspect renovations being undertaken by the Government as his administration fulfils its promise to refurbish the dilapidated hos...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Gurira, Whitaker to feature in 'Mnanagwa' film
Zimbabwe-born United States-based actress Danai Gurira and American actor Forest Whitaker will join local stars for the upcoming documentary, "The Rise of Emmerson Mnangagwa". The film is bein...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa betrays himself at Tsvangirayi's memorial
The global policy community has focused on the political challenges facing the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and paid little attention to the economic challenges.Yet without...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:07hrs | 8595 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Gweru partners Holiday Inn to build hotel
Gweru City Council has partnered Holiday Inn to construct a hotel in the Midlands capital, a senior council official has said.Acting finance director Owen Masimba said the local authority was ...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | 818 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe still committed to migration to digital analogue'
ZIMBABWE is still committed to migrating from analogue to digital broadcasting but scarcity of foreign currency is hampering progress, a Cabinet Minister has said. Giving a public lecture at G...Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF admits failure
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is struggling to deliver on its election promises, nearly 10 months after winning a controversial election in July last year.Riding on the c...Published: 05 May 2019 at 17:19hrs | 16442 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillors demand 250% salary increase
COUNCILLORS, including mayors of various cities across the country have through their umbrella body, the Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) demanded an allowance increase of more than 250 p...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:17hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
White farmers compensation to be done before year end
THE Government has started working on modalities to compensate former white commercial farmers who lost land during the country's agrarian reform programme on improvements they made on the farms with ...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:14hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Mugaba denies links with Mugabe sons
The persisting economic hardships bring no joy to the showbiz industry with a number of local arts promoters raising red flags over the situation, which they say has brought misery to the creative sec...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:53hrs | 12657 | by Staff reporter
You are on the right path Mthuli but....
I can't help but feel sorry for Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube.By now the economy should have been showing signs of stabilising.Experts say for the fi...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:44hrs | 4190 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Dr Mangudya's reappointment welcome
The reappointment of Dr John Mangudya by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for a second five-year term as Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, and thus the custodian of the national monetary policy, w...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:29hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Discipline key to new Zimbabwe economy
As Minister of Finance, I often feel frustrated that we don't live in a perfect world with perfect conditions. So many factors are out of our control; from natural disasters, to global events; from oi...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:26hrs | 356 | by Professor Mthuli Ncube
Mnangagwa spends $100 000 on talks
GOVERNMENT had by end of March spent at least $100 000 on luxurious hotel accommodation and meals for the losing July 30 2018 presidential election candidates involved in a dialogue process initiated ...Published: 03 May 2019 at 20:39hrs | 4105 | by Staff reporter
Discipline key to new economy
As Minister of Finance, I often feel frustrated that we don't live in a perfect world with perfect conditions. So many factors are out of our control; from natural disasters, to global events; from oi...Published: 03 May 2019 at 15:22hrs | 1806 | by Professor Mthuli Ncube
Simon Khaya Moyo not qualified to comment on President Chamisa's speech
The difference between the MDC and Zanu PF is that we represent the people of Zimbabwe. We care about the challenges that the people of Zimbabwe are facing.The cost of living is going up by th...Published: 03 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 4052 | by Jacob Mafume
Harare offers workers 5% pay cushion
Harare City Council has opened talks with its workers for a cost of living adjustment following a recent spate of price hikes that have eroded workers' incomes.Minutes of the council's joint f...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:50hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
900 white Zimbabwe farmers register for compensation
AT least 900 white former commercial farmers who lost land during the country's agrarian reform have registered for compensation as Government intensifies efforts to pay them for improvements they mad...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:41hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube says 'TSP reforms led to growth'
Implementation of reforms under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) has averted the economy from being weakened by adverse exogenous factors, Finance and Economic Development Minister Profe...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:32hrs | 460 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to float infrastructure bond
Government will float an infrastructure bond and turn to private-public partnership (PPPs) to raise funding amid revelation that at least US$14bn is required to rehabilitate Zimbabwe's infrastructure....Published: 02 May 2019 at 19:25hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
Workers not intimidated by Mnangagwa govt threats
IN SPITE of the hair-raising threats issued by Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema on Monday, government has been told to brace for wildcat protests as the country's embattled workers demand solutions ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:12hrs | 2934 | by Staff reporter
Residents stop paying bills after water disconnections were outlawed
BULAWAYO City Council says payments for water bills have dropped sharply since the High Court blocked local authorities from disconnecting water over non-payment.The Court ruled last year that...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:00hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Gweru to decommission Gwenoro Dam
Gweru City Council has announced plans to decommission its major supplier, Gwenhoro Dam, by October as the water source is left with only six months' supplies, a senior council official has said....Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:50hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Communist Party May day Statement 2019
Revolutionary Greetings to all Zimbabwean working people from the National Steering Committee of the ZCP. As Proletarian Internationalists we extend our revolutionary greetings to workers, communists ...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 14:07hrs | 1821 | by ZCP
Zimbabwe sends Netball team to Uganda
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that the Zimbabwe senior netball squad, Zimbabwe Gems leave for Uganda on Wednesday on government fully funded frien...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 13:41hrs | 1098 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bulawayo residents attack MDC's 'authoritarian' mayor
RESIDENTS here have taken a dig at Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni for rejecting objections to his mooted tariff hike.The city fathers have been conducting supplementary budget consultative meeti...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 16:58hrs | 4813 | by Staff reporter
The nexus between confidence and economic growth
A change in the Zimbabwean government in November 2017 was somewhat a confidence booster in the economy as the new administration announced business oriented policies and went on an overdrive to re-en...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 08:45hrs | 779 | by Victor Bhoroma
Bulawayo residents vow to resist BCC rates hike
BULAWAYO residents have reacted angrily to threats by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to forge ahead with rates and tariff increases due to runaway inflation despite resistance from ratepayers....Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1397 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must urgently act on worsening economic crisis
THE political and socio-economic crises in Zimbabwe is slowly edging towards the tipping point as espoused by the Registrar-General (RG) Office's failure to issue passports and standard national ID ca...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1113 | by Editorial - Newsday
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