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MDC Alliance council's grand corruption, shady deals exposed
Corruption and bad governance are rife at Gweru City Council (GCC) and its management has no problem admitting that, albeit behind closed doors.This publication, working in collaboration with ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 795 | by Staff reporter
American investors express massive interest in Zimbabwe
Having long written off Zimbabwe as one of the world's least appealing economies, international investors are beginning to show signs of interest in Zimbabwe, newly appointed Finance minister Mthuli N...Published: 5 hrs ago | 706 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube striking the right note
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has hit the ground running, infusing some urgency into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in dealing with Zimbabwe's multi-layered economic crisis.Ncub...Published: 10 hrs ago | 709 | by Editorial - The Standard
Mthuli Ncube hints on currency reforms
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has hinted to a number of currency reforms to be implemented within the shortest period, among them adopting a market based foreign currency exchange a...Published: 23 hrs ago | 8718 | by Staff reporter
Man lures girl (14) for sex, gives her eggs, polony
A Zvishavane man allegedly lured a 14- year old girl to his house where he gave her eggs, polony and $5 before asking to be intimate with her.Charles Chizu (44) appeared before Zvishavan...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:45hrs | 3765 | by Staff reporter
Sex vendor loses property to client
A prominent Shurugwi sex worker has allegedly lost property worth R2 500 to a client after the two disagreed on payment for sex.Grace Ngwenya (32) who is employed at Unki Mine as a general han...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:26hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Bribe cop still on the run
A GWERU police officer, who allegedly received a $1 320 bribe to facilitate the recruitment of three prospective police officers and was issued with a warrant of arrest in February when he failed to a...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:34hrs | 514 | by Staff reporter
Government disburse $20 million towards fuel importation
GOVERNMENT has disbursed $20 million towards fuel importation as it moves to ease the supply gap across the country which has seen some towns suffering temporary shortages resulting in queues at fuel ...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sweats over funding
NEWLY-MINTED Finance minister Mthuli Ncube this week set sail for the United States, together with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he will engag...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:46hrs | 7111 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to thwart military threat
IN the aftermath of the recent general elections which gave him some semblance of political legitimacy, albeit a hotly-disputed presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now making bold yet r...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:44hrs | 14174 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu looks to revive Zanu-PF business empire
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF is looking to revive its fallen business empire, crippled by gross mismanagement and corruption.In an exclusive interview with the Daily New...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:38hrs | 2709 | by Staff reporter
Anxiety as Mnangagwa 'visits' RBZ
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made two surprise visits to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday, which generated a lot of anxiety among staff and the public after he spent a combined four hours at th...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 8415 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate of US Dollar passes 100%
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has claimed that the rate of exchange of US$ to Bank transfer in Zimbabwe has reached +100%.He said this means that if one have US$100 hard cash an...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 5920 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthuli Ncube's '0% political skills' certainly working
While cholera is highly infectious, positivity can be as contagious too as a counter-measure along with medicinally treating the actual disease.Posted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who has a ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 3480 | by Conway Tutani
Mthuli Ncube faces tough choices
Professor Mthuli Ncube, the new Finance and Economic Development Minister, is a nice man who would not want to ruffle any feathers. But he must be prepared to be branded an enemy by certain individual...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:43hrs | 1132 | by Lovemore Chikova
NetOne to launch hi-tech billing, support system
STATE-OWNED mobile operator, NetOne, is set to launch a state of the art converged billing and business support system which will offer seamless services to all the end users.NetOne says the l...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 780 | by Staff reporter
Corporates and cholera philanthropy
IT was recently reported that Econet Zimbabwe founding chief executive officer and now majority shareholder, Strive Masiyiwa issued a social media statement that questioned the transparency of the use...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 184 | by Takura Zhangazha
Corruption is the main problem in Zimbabwe - Knight
Former ZBC radio Presenter Eric Knight has said corruption is the main vice that has gripped Zimbabwe which needs to be extricated."But seriously, in as much as the cash shortages problem is s...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 970 | by Stephen Jakes
Over $29m mobilised for Zimbabwe cholera
Government has so far mobilised $29 million out of $64,1 million required to fight cholera, amid indications that the outbreak has been contained with the number of patients visiting health institutio...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:29hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance rep runs from stock theft rap
LOSING MDC Alliance Insiza South Parliamentary candidate Honest Mafu is on the run from the police who are pursuing him for three counts of stock theft. Mafu (34) of Mthabisi Village in Filabu...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Bosso's R30 million dream
HIGHLANDERS fans based in South Africa have mooted an ambitious crowd-funding exercise to raise R30 million (about US$2 million) as part of their efforts to help the country's oldest football club cle...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:18hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Ecocash and swipe are gradually being phased out
Former MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has said the Ecocash and swipe method of payment which has become the major methods of payment are now being rendered useless as some shops now dem...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 09:00hrs | 14876 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC legislators disrespecting citizens by appeasing their demi-god Nelson Chamisa
The Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe was yesterday opened by President Mnangagwa amid high expectations from the people of Zimbabwe over the legislative agenda.The Speaker of the House of Assembly...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 08:10hrs | 2622 | by Prosperity Mzila
Mthuli Ncube, Mnangagwa in bond notes U-turn
Both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and new Finance minister Mthuli Ncube have ruled out the immediate return of the decommissioned Zimbabwe dollar, saying the country will for now continue to use bond ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:34hrs | 10671 | by Staff reporter
Gweru chases money changers off the streets
Gweru City Council's blitz against illegal vending has extended to unregistered money changers, with the local authority threatening to confiscate their cash if they resist.Municipal police, i...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy in safe hands
THE appointment of a leaner Cabinet by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only welcome, but also goes a long way in demonstrating that the President listened to the people, mindful of the need to man...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1228 | by Daniel Ngwira
Mixed reactions to Mnangagwa speech
ANALYSTS largely welcomed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address, but felt he had not properly addressed the currency distortions in the market.Economist Prosper Chitambara...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Long fuel queues resurface
Long fuel queues resurfaced in Harare and other parts of the country yesterday as most service stations went dry, with many motorists resorting to panic buying.Motorists queue for fuel at a se...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves cholera fund
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved a budget of nearly $64 million for immediate needs in the fight against dual outbreaks of cholera and typhoid in Harare and other parts of the country, chairperson of ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
'US dollar to anchor Zimbabwe economic recovery'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reassured the nation that the United States dollar will remain the bedrock of Government plans for accelerated reforms to address the multiplicity of challenges besetting the e...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes flood Zimbabwe border towns
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association has called on Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to investigate the source of bond notes and other currencies that have flooded the bl...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 3386 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs walk out on Mnangagwa
THE government has secured $500 million in foreign credit facilities to ease a cash crisis that has crippled local industry, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday at the official opening of the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to continue using multicurrencies
Zimbabwe's use of the multicurrency system will continue until such a time that the country's macroeconomic fundamentals have re-aligned, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said today in his inaugural State...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 19:36hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter
Cholera: Harare City Council caught sleeping on the job
The ongoing cholera outbreak started on 1 September in Glen View 3, Harare and has since spread, killing 30 people with 5 463 cases having been reported to date. As usual opposition elements hav...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 4166 | by Elijah Chihota
Zanu PF hijacks ZWMB
HARARE - There are fears that Zanu PF is hijacking the Zimbabwe Women's Microfinance Bank (ZWMB), after several women were recently turned away from a meeting which took place at a Bulawayo hotel on t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 13:45hrs | 2182 | by Staff Reporter
The truth behind Team Pachedu
Once upon a time, there was a source with credible information online. It started as a mysterious micro-blog, but their simple numbers were objectively verifiable. Even though no one really knew who t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 11:56hrs | 3223 | by Anthony Mkondo
Zimbabwe needs its billionaires back
Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has called for the return of Zimbabwean billionaires to come back home and revive the economy ."Zim needs its billionaires like @Strive Masiyiwa back i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 10:22hrs | 7400 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The Thorns
Dabengwa launches Jill Baker's book, The THornsZapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa opver the weekend launched Jill Baker's Boook titled The THORNS through his Foundation at the Bulawayo Theatre....Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:59hrs | 909 | by Stephen Jakes
Hopewell Chin'ono at it again: Should apologize to the women of Zimbabwe
After technically plagiarizing the 'Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant', Hopewell Chin'ono is at it again. He abused and underrated all women of Zimbabwe some few days ago when one media published his piece...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:47hrs | 836 | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 2731 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1935 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Cholera fund 'fraud', Harare City Council workers suspended
SOME Harare City Council officers have been suspended from work with immediate effect following allegations of overcharging for goods and services to cash in on a $10 million donation from Econet Grou...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1074 | by Staff reporter
'Banks have let Bulawayo down'
A NUMBER of viable manufacturing projects in Bulawayo have remained stagnant and failed to take off for years due to lack of affordable credit lines from banks, entrepreneur and one of Bulawayo's few ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation breach danger zone
Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate rose 0,54 percent to 4,83 percent in the month of August, latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStats) show. This was a marginal uptu...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Econet celebrates 20 years of ZSE listing
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe yesterday reached a major milestone after completing 20 years since its shares were listed and first publicly traded on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE); a month after Zimbab...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:17hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Is MDC really for the people or just opportunistic?
MDC on its inception was more of a Workers party formed by trade unionists led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai. The party eventually grew into a formidable vibrant opposition party with the likes of ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | 2370 | by AT Kadada
Telecel gives away over $30 000 worth of cash prizes
Mobile Operator Telecel Zimbabwe gave away over $30 000 worth of cash prizes for the ongoing Cash Galore promotion, Check and Win promotion as well as the just ended Footie Trivia challenge.Th...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 15:58hrs | 1121 | by Agencies
Bulawayo's Haddon & Sly supermarket shuts down shop
One of Bulawayo's leading giant supermarkets, Haddon and Sly Supermarket has reportedly closed due to operational challenges.According to the workers, the supermarket closed 5 days ago....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 11105 | by Staff Reporter
Anger on social media over Mugabe, Grace chartered flight
Zimbabweans have reacted angrily on social media after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government reportedly chartered a plane for former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, who flew to Singapo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:25hrs | 4192 | by Staff reporter
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