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Kasukuwere to form Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU) in 2023
PRETORIA/HARARE - Former Zanu PF political commissar and cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, is plotting to form a Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU), if he wins the country's 2023 presidenti...Published: 7 hrs ago | 4144 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
Once cash economy is taxed, who needs cash
There never was any possibility of keeping the bulk of the new notes and coins out of the informal sector, or at least the bulk of the first batches released to banks, since the main reason why most p...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:28hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
NRZ orders 100 freight cars from Russia
National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has awarded a contract to Russia's United Wagon Company (UWC) to supply 100 freight cars.Delivery of the 1,067mm gauge railcars is scheduled within 12 month...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 20:04hrs | 1908 | by Staff reporter
China tells Zimbabwe President to resign or retire
This article was first published on Spotlight Zimbabwe. PARIS/CAPE TOWN - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has all...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 07:41hrs | 61056 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
'Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe scoring own goals'
ZIMBABWE is facing a myriad of challenges, including a huge debt overhang which is a stumbling block to new financing, hyperinflation that has eroded people's disposable incomes, and general economic ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:18hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in debt distress
LACK of transparency in public debt management and the failure to comply with legal stipulations are now manifesting in depressed fiscal space and low domestic resource mobilisation, analysts have sai...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:15hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
How Masisi outsmarted the Khamas
Mokgweetsi Masisi's decisive victory in the recent Botswana elections over a coalition backed by his former boss, Ian Khama, is the culmination of an astonishing 10-year political career. Morp...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:55hrs | 1176 | by Barry Morton
POLAD rallies nation to fight illegal sanctions
THE Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) yesterday rallied Zimbabweans across the political divide, colour and creed to stand together and fight illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West. POLA...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:36hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Fabian Zulu vows to ensure Chipangano survival
Hwange FC legend Fabian Zulu has vowed to do everything in his power to ensure Chipangano survives relegation this season. The ex-Hwange midfielder, who is now in the Notwane FC management str...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Bosso denied free kicks in Dynamos half
MIDLANDS-based referee Munyaradzi Majoni almost spoiled Sunday's blockbuster Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clash between Dynamos and Highlanders at Rufaro Stadium with some embarrassing officiati...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks to extract diesel from coal
Zimbabwe is working on the possible production of diesel from its vast untapped coal resources in the Zambezi Valley, with the first feasibility study expected at the end of the month. Althoug...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:41hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
China to fund more projects in Zimbabwe
China says it is considering fresh funding for new projects in Zimbabwe that should help in the economic development of the country, an official has said.China's Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:36hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa alienates China
As President Mnangagwa goes through his pantomime head of state role, flying off all over the place in expensively-hired planes, Zimbabwe slips into mass starvation and hopelessness impelled by incomp...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 17:13hrs | 6333 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zesa gets lifeline
The government has suspended for two years customs and excise duty on spares and equipment imported by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) in a move that is set to bring relief to the str...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
China still committed to financing Zimbabwe projects
THE African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (Afrodad), together with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd), this week held a multi-stakeholder public debt conference to di...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF leaders are clueless' - established this 20 years ago, ask why they're still in power
"It is time that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance Mthuli Ncube wake up to reality. Both Leaders do not have a strategic and plausible solution to the economic problems prevailing in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2087 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Outcry over exorbitant electricity charges
Consumers are angry over the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority billing, amid fears that the power utility is charging more than what is being used on the prepaid meter system.Since the Zim...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 3097 | by Staff reporter
'Govt should renegotiate social contract with citizens'
GOVERNMENT has been urged to renegotiate the social contract with its citizens after it failed to reinvest collected taxes into human development initiatives.Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Dev...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:48hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
SADC protest against UN cites unfair trade restrictions
Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe are going to submit protest documents that will allow them to legally trade in their elephants, rhino and giraffes. The three countries are declaring themselves independ...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2220 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zesa vending system crashes
THE Zimbabwe Transmission Distribution Company (ZETDC) has directed consumers to revert to physical banking halls to purchase electricity tokens following technical glitches which have crippled its pr...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3293 | by Staff reporter
Our loquats our fish, devolution for development
The month of October in Mash. Central comes with a lot of forest goodies and wild freebies. Loquats (mazhanje) are now in season and most people are making a beeline for the forest to pick these juicy...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 14:06hrs | 109 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Ian Khama bites the dust
Incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi on Friday won a five-year term in Botswana's elections which saw his ruling party secure more than 51% of parliamentary votes, the chief justice said."Dr....Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:58hrs | 7391 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Mmusi Maimane resigns as DA leader
Leader of South Africa's leading opposition party Democratic Alliance Mmusi Maimane has resigned over irreconcilable differences with the party leadership. Speaking during a press conference a...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 17:28hrs | 6946 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mliswa corruption report to be tabled in Parliament soon
Speaker of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday said the judgment of the Privileges Committee set up to investigate allegations of corruption against Norton legislator Temba Mliswa a...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:55hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Windfall or State capture bait?
An MDC official has revealed that his party has received about US$100 000, from a South African businessman whom he named but whose name will not be published until his confirmation or denial of the c...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:31hrs | 4884 | by Farai Tivatye
'Zimbabwe de-dollarisation is in tatters and with no political shift, no bailout' says expert
Most of us know that Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble. It is only from reading expert analysis that one can start to comprehend the seriousness of our situation. Tony Hawkins a pr...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3603 | by Wilbert Mukori
Dialogue does not mean defeat
WHEN neither side can achieve the upper hand in a game of chess, it is only a matter of time before a stalemate is declared.In a protracted battle in which no one enjoys the upper hand, the qu...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:40hrs | 820 | by Akinola Olojo
Hwange in trouble
Hwange 0-1 Harare City RELEGATION haunted Hwange FC now need divine intervention to avoid the dreaded chop at the end of the season after losing to fellow strugglers Harare City in a Castle Lager ...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:39hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Hwange station needs complete overhaul
SUBDUED power generation at Hwange Power Station is contributing to prolonged load shedding as only four units out of six are operating, general manager for the plant, Engineer Arnold Chivurayise, has...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
600MW Hwange plant takes shape
WORK on the expansion of the Hwange Power Station Stage 7 and 8 expansion is on track with 26 percent ground work having been covered so far, Sunday Business has learnt.The Government contract...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:43hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
The retrogressive nature of Zimbabwe's power politics: 2008-2018
This article seeks to highlight the bad side of power politics drawing examples from two major political parties namely the Zimbabwe African National Union for Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) and the Moveme...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1343 | by Tatenda freeman Murenjekwa
Enjoy donor money but vote Zanu-PF, says Minister
Mutare: People in rural areas should gladly enjoy financial donations by international aid agencies in the form of relief projects but should go on to vote Zanu-PF during election time, Minister of St...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:20hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Hwange 7 & 8 expansion only 21% complete
The Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project is now 21 percent complete, with the first unit set to be commissioned by the end of the first quarter next year. This was said by Finance an...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:46hrs | 16 | by Staff rpeorter
Pushing for a green economy & clean energy
Africa is grappling with myriad environmental and climate challenges, from drought to loss of biodiversity, cyclones and plastics pollution. Africa Renewal's Zipporah Musau spoke with the United Natio...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:27hrs | 1600 | by Zipporah Musau
'You are a sell-outs!' - discredited opposition undermine ED's legitimacy
Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country's opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is pleasing to note that m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1148 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ian Khama endorses opposition ahead of October 23 poll
Botswana's influential former president Ian Khama on Sunday threw his weight behind the opposition, a fierce critic of his when he was leader, in a bid to oust his handpicked successor in the country'...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:40hrs | 2093 | by AFP
Mnangagwa's wife rallies women to take up political posts
FIRST LADY Auxillia Mnangagwa last week said she was worried over the low numbers of women politicians in the country.Addressing female war veterans in Bulawayo on Thursday, Mnangagwa said pol...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station set for US$3,6m refurbishment
Power utility, Zesa, is undertaking a US$3,6 million refurbishment of Hwange Thermal Power Station Unit 6 expected to be complete in December.Completion of the works will pave way for the Zimb...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:58hrs | 156 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mulls all-stakeholders crisis meeting
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is planning an all-stakeholders convention to mobilise mass support to pressure the Zanu-PF government to restore stability in an economy overrun by hyperinflationar...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:34hrs | 2759 | by Staff reporter
Colliery bounces back to profitability
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) is on the rebound after posting a profit of $3,5 million in the first half of 2019, recovering from a loss of $23 million recorded in 2018.The troubled f...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:34hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drafting new coal tariffs
GOVERNMENT has paid tribute to Makomo Resources for keeping the nation's lights on by continuously supplying coal to the Zimbabwe Power Company at a time the country's economy and coal mining sector a...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa - A complete waste of Zimbabwe's time
Listening to Mnangagwa's recent speech in parliament reminded me of the unusually tolerant nature of Zimbabweans. The speech was a follow up to the extremely embarrassing and uninspiring speech at an ...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 12:53hrs | 3518 | by Gus Manatsa
Mnangagwa's govt completes snooping laws
CABINET yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill that will see stiff penalties being levied on citizens allegedly generating and transmitting subversive material mea...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 11:10hrs | 913 | by Staff reporter
Govt to export electricity by 2024
Government is working on a programme to develop energy from mineral resources with a target of becoming a major exporter of electricity by 2024.This was said by the Acting Minister of Informat...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 18:18hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's wife scathing letter to Women's Coalition
The National ChairpersonWomen's Coalition of Zimbabwe13 Bates RoadMilton ParkHarare Dear Madam,It is with utmost shock that I learnt of your statement date...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 14:31hrs | 10002 | by Sithokozile Thabethe - Chamisa
Doctors reject US$150 salaries
Zimbabwe doctors have rejected the Government offer of a 60% wage increase, which would have taken their wages up to US$150 per month.The doctors who staged a demonstration at Parirenyatwa Hos...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:11hrs | 1328 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere to challenge Mnangagwa in 2023 presidential elections
Former president Robert Mugabe's loyalists are coalescing around former Zanu-PF commissar Saviour Kasukuwere amid revelations that he is being positioned to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in t...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:43hrs | 3629 | by Staff reporter
New regulations for Zimbabwean Presidential aspirants
Aspirants who wish to lend the country's top job - that of President - will have to be nominated by at least 1 000 registered voters from the country's 10 provinces and fork out more than the cu...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:08hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Women demand public apology from Chamisa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa must make a public national apology for humiliating his wife Sithokozile in public, a women's rights group has said.The Women's Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) in...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 21:46hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Powerless Zesa blacklists debtors
ZESA Holdings has embarked on a nationwide blitz on defaulters and is blacklisting them so that they cannot open new accounts using different addresses. In an interview, ZESA spokesperson Mr F...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:50hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
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