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Bulawayo looting had SA flare
Analysts and politicians in Bulawayo have hailed the significant uptake of the national shut down in the second capital, noting that citizens in the city heeded the call due to the unacceptable levels...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1916 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's spokesman scorns Chamisa's devil pastor-ship
THE deadly military and police crackdown against protestors over the past week which left at least 12 people dead was just a "foretaste of things to come", President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesman has...Published: 5 hrs ago | 2544 | by newzimbabwe
Police armed with assault rifles set up road blocks to hunt protesters
The ZRP manned checkpoints on many main roads on Saturday, searching vehicles for protesters allegedly involved in recent anti-government demonstrations.A crackdown by security forces has been...Published: 5 hrs ago | 1199 | by AFP
Delta urged to explore export market
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister Raj Modi says Delta Corporation Limited should consider exploring and fortifying export markets to enable it to boost its foreign currency coffers in the wake of ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 89 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's violence streak
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa - who is easy bedfellows with the NGOs who are doing his bidding - has even been intimating that the MDC-Alliance has the capacity to take up arms.Duri...Published: 6 hrs ago | 220 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Kazakhstan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has landed in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan from Azerbaijan this Saturday evening.He was received by the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Mr Zhenis Kassymbek...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1203 | by Staff reporter
War vets endorse MDC Alliance town chair
Zimbabwe National Liberations of War Veterans Associations (ZNLWVA) national political commissar, Francis Nhando has praised Chiredzi town chairperson Gibson Hwende as an exemplary leader.Hwen...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2293 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor chokes on tear gas, faints
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni was choked with tear gas after police allegedly fired volleys of the toxic substance at him while he attempted to make his way to the official opening of the 2019 legal ye...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:56hrs | 3057 | by Staff reporter
US senators blast Mnangagwa's govt
United States senators Jeff Flake and Chris Coons - who are both members of Washington's influential Senate Foreign Relations Committee - have blasted the government over the heavy handedness of the s...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:50hrs | 1464 | by Staff reporter
Panicking Zimbabwean shoppers besiege supermarkets
Hundreds of panicking shoppers yesterday thronged supermarkets and engaged in panic buying after some of the country's leading retailers opened their doors to the public following three da...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:49hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans need to find each other as a nation
As we begin 2019, there are key lessons from the coup and Zimbabwe's post-coup experiences. The key lessons going forward relate to ethical leadership, public sector performance management, service de...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:00hrs | 91 | by Brian Kagoro
Zimbabwe equities market suspends trade
TRADING on Zimbabwe's equities market was suspended this week after mass protests and civil unrest unnerved investors in a week punctuated by clashes between state security agents and protestors in mo...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:57hrs | 127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe local currency recipe for disaster
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's recent pronouncements that Zimbabwe will revert to using its own currency, a decade after it abandoned the local dollar in favour of a basket of currencies is not feasi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:53hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs a proper team
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now" - African proverb.It has just been six months since Zimbabwe held its general elections and, for the better part of...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 413 | by Cephas Msipa
Death penalty should be abolished in Zimbabwe
Laws and statutes play a pivotal role in the way disputes among people are settled. It is therefore incumbent upon every country to lay down its own justice delivery system to fulfil the mandate of up...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | 213 | by Joyce Chigiya
Blanket Mine meets output target
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says its local operation, Blanket Mine, last year produced 54 512 ounces of gold in line with the projected annual target which ranged between 54 000 and 56 000 ounces. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
UK summons Zimbabwe's London ambassador
THE European Union (EU) condemned disproportionate use of force by the Zimbabwe government Thursday while Britain summoned Harare's ambassador to London as pressure against President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:55hrs | 1658 | by newzimhbabwe
War vets demand civil service overhaul
WAR veterans yesterday demanded an overhaul of the civil service, claiming there was adequate proof that some government workers were aiding the opposition by supporting protests.Addressing jo...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:20hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to put national interest first
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe's political opposition to place the national interest at the centre of its philosophy and actions. The President said this as he delivered a...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:51hrs | 2089 | by Staff reporter
Blanket Mine meets output target
CALEDONIA Mining Corporation says its local operation, Blanket Mine, last year produced 54 512 ounces of gold in line with the projected annual target which ranged between 54 000 and 56 000 ounces. ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:50hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts with Western countries is dead
Zimbabwe is now entering unchartered waters following several deaths of innocent people and arrests of pro-democracy activists and senior opposition figures by security agents in the on-going clampdow...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:10hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Gun-wielding soldiers assault Daily news staff
Gun-wielding members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) yesterday assaulted Daily News drivers who were distributing the country's leading independent paper in and around the capital city.The...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:09hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Govt meets transporters over fares
The government has met transport operators over fare charging systems that take into account measures to stabilise the economy and restoration of normal services to the travelling public.Submi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens consulate in Belarus
Relations between Zimbabwe and the Republic of Belarus have been further taken a gear up through opening of the Zimbabwean Consulate in the Belarus capital, Minsk, today.President Emmerson Mna...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 2693 | by Staff reporter
US alarmed as Zimbabwe targets, beats activists amid unrest
The US embassy in Zimbabwe says it is "alarmed" by credible reports that security forces are targeting and beating activists and labour leaders. A local doctors' rights group says it has treated 68 gu...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2513 | by AP
Mnangagwa's fuel price hike backfires badly
Zimbabweans have reacted with anger and frustration to last week's announcement of a fuel price hike by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.In a televised address last Saturday, Mnangagwa said prices...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:41hrs | 1416 | by Africa News
ZSE charms investors
STOCKBROKERS Association of Zimbabwe vice-president Arnold Dhlamini expects higher trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) due to a rise in inflationary pressures from the recent fuel increases....Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:29hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweShutDown costs economy $300m
The economy could have lost business amounting to $300 million over the three-day forced shut-down that started on Monday and ended yesterday, industrialists have said. Confederation of Zimbab...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:11hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zifa nullifies reshuffling of the Warriors technical team
The appointments of Bongani Mafu and Tonderai Ndiraya, as the Warriors assistant coaches, were also nullified by the Zifa board at their meeting yesterday. While there has been whispers that t...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:10hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zifa suspend Gift Banda for reshuffling the Warriors technical team
JUST a month after coming into power, the Zifa board have been rocked by a tsunami with vice-president Gift Banda being suspended yesterday following a meeting of the game's leaders held in the capita...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:10hrs | 1077 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans urged to ignore Chamisa's MDC Alliance
Business and all other institutions have been challenged to shun the MDC Alliance's acts of hooliganism and take heed of the government security assurance to urgently open shops and allow people to sa...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 20:11hrs | 2612 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crisis: What you need to know
Zimbabwe's anti-government protest strike has entered day three with streets, particularly in Harare, said to be deserted.Here is what you need to know....Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:23hrs | 7648 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for 'calm, peace'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for "calm and peace" as the southern African country entered its third day of protests over the recent fuel hikes.Writing on his Facebook page, the pres...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:10hrs | 2388 | by Staff reporter
Britain warns its citizens in Zimbabwe
Since 14 January 2019 there has been widespread disruption, including violent protests, in many areas of the capital Harare and the cities of Bulawayo, Kadoma, Mutare, and Marondera. Many shops and ot...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 6554 | by UK gov
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe protests 'fizzling out'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday showed little concern about the deadly unrest back home as he continued his widely criticised state visit to Russia and met counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:33hrs | 3741 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe kills commerce and lights, by killing the internet
WHEN the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests, it also plunged homes into darkness because people can't pa...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweShutDown enters day 3
Streets are deserted in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, Wednesday as a general strike continues for a third day to protest the government's decision to more than double the price of fuel.Lawyers f...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3187 | by AP
South Africa 'confident' Mnangagwa govt will 'resolve situation'
The South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is "confident that the measures being taken by the Zimbabwean government will resolve the situation" as protests over fu...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:11hrs | 2882 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe businesses losing millions as shutdown continues
Businesses in Zimbabwe are losing millions of dollars per day as a shutdown protest - called for by the country's biggest labour union body - continues over a sudden 150% hike in fuel prices. ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 21:10hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
8 people shot dead in Zimbabwe protests, claims Amnesty International
Zimbabwe's police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of deadly protest...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 3608 | by AP
Econet declines to comment on internet shutdown
When the Zimbabwean government ordered internet service providers to shutter parts of the web in an effort to curb anti-government protests, it also plunged homes into darkness because people can't pa...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 14:08hrs | 2440 | by Staff reporter
Why the military supports Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's military deployed in several areas of the capital, Harare, Monday, to put down anti-government demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.This is the second ti...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 13:07hrs | 3209 | by AP
Zimbabwe's woes deepen
Not having a currency of its own hasn't stopped Zimbabwe from sliding into a currency crisis.A scarcity of foreign exchange has led to long queues for fuel, bread and medicine and sent prices ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | 1331 | by Bloomberg News
Zimbabwean military chopper fires tear gas at demonstrators
A Zimbabwean military helicopter on Tuesday fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires in the capital on a second day of deadly protests after the government more than doubled t...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:43hrs | 991 | by AP
Panic as soldiers storm houses; assault men and women
Panic gripped the whole country as soldiers are reported to have stormed residential areas and dragged people out of their houses before beating them up and arresting them following Monday's vio...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 10:51hrs | 5033 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High Court sets up commercial division
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will this year set up a commercial division of the High Court to settle commercial disputes, Deputy Chief Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza has said. Officially o...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 111 | by Staff rpeorter
Zimbabwe now has the world's highest petrol price
Police clashed with protesters in the Zimbabwean capital as the main labor-union confederation began a three-day national strike after the government more than doubled fuel prices to the highest in th...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:26hrs | 744 | by Bloomberg
+13 people injured during Zimbabwe fuel rise protests
Police fired teargas as angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks in Zimbabwe on Monday, after the government more than doubled the price of fuel over the weekend.At least...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:06hrs | 610 | by AFP
Fastjet cancels flights to Zimbabwe citing unrest
LOW-COST African airline Fastjet cancelled its remaining flights to and from Zimbabwe on Monday due to political unrest, it said in a statement on Twitter.The airline – which flies from Hara...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa deploys soldiers
A woman with a wounded leg during clashes between protestors and police, is transported in a wheelbarrow to hospitalHARARE: Soldiers deployed Monday to some areas of the capital where police w...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:23hrs | 1978 | by Associated Press
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