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Zimbabwe Airways loses one plane over delayed payment
Zimbabwe Airways, the controversial new state-owned airline being built with the help of aircraft retired by Malaysian Airways has lost one of the four Boeing 777-2H6(ER) aircraft that it had targeted...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1861 | by zimlive
Chamisa must know demos will not take Zimbabwe forward
IT is within MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his party's rights to stage demonstrations against what they term a "stolen vote" and the state of the economy.However, the majority of the citizens ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2900 | by Editorial - newsday
Zambezi Gas, Coal Mine appeals to Govt
Zambezi Gas and Coal Mine has implored Government to expeditiously resolve a dispute in which it is accusing Makomo Resources of encroaching into 11 200 hectares of its Hwange-based concession....Published: 21 hrs ago | 860 | by Staff reporter
Barking at the wrong tree
It all came down to me in the strangest place of all the places one can imagine. There I was, sitting in my Chinese class where I came to the realization that that My President - E.D Mnangagwa is bark...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1606 | by Nicholas Nhau
'Zanu PF MPs trying to scuttle Hwange probe'
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines, Temba Mliswa has accused some Zanu PF MPs in his committee of trying to throw spanners and scuttle efforts to investigate alleged underha...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Greed, graft major undoings for Zimbabwe
Over the years, the Zanu-PF leadership has taken the country and its citizens down a bottomless pit where recovery is proving very difficult.Since independence from the British in 1980, when t...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 11:52hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
Skeletons tumble as MPs begin investigation
FORMER Mines deputy minister Freddie Moyo has become the latest politician to be linked to the demise of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), a development that left the lives of thousands of famil...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:54hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
Opinion: Perspective . . .
SEEING things in perspective has never been more important in Zimbabwe. If we fail to do so, our view of the current problems we are encountering will be distorted and we may all make decisions we lat...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:49hrs | 117 | by Eddie Cross
Chief Justice on laxity in corruption cases
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday breathed fire over some magistrates' lackadaisical approach to high profile corruption cases, which has resulted in the collapse of cases and unjustified release of...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:36hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft fight unconvincing
FOR splurging £16 million (US$21 million) on pricey jewellery and vintage wines over a decade, a British woman became the first target of a law seeking to dissuade criminals from enjoying their ill-g...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:46hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sets privatisation timelines
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has set timelines for the disposal and partial privatisation of a number of state-owned enterprises, as part of a raft of measures to revitalise Zimbabwe's fragile econom...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | 4405 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe - ZimAirways merger talks collapse
MERGER talks between flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and the dodgy Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) to create a merged state-run airline have collapsed after a nominee shareholder demanded to be paid ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1450 | by Staff reporter
Leisure resort forced to close by raw sewage
BULAWAYO's collapsing sewerage system has been blamed for the closure of one of the city's prime tourist attractions, Umguza Yacht Club, as raw affluent from treatment plants is being discharged into ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2377 | by Brian Sedze
One year after Mugabe: A revolution still not televised
On November 15, 2017, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's longest serving ruler was confined to his private residence in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale in Harare, Zimbabwe. This came as armed soldiers took c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 637 | by Takura Zhangazha
Open letter to the president Mnangagwa
Dear ED, It is with great disappointment, broken heart and shattered dreams that I write to you as the Head of this great state Zimbabwe. Today marks a complete year since the former pre...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 20:25hrs | 5627 | by Mberi Prince
A timeline of how Zimbabwe lost its currency
Today, November 14, marks the 21st anniversary of "Black Friday", the day the Zimbabwe dollar crashed in 1997.We track the Zimdollar's collapse from that fateful November day, and the many des...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 3143 | by newZwire with The Source
1 year after Mugabe fall, Zimbabwe asks 'What has changed?'
One year ago the unthinkable happened in Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe fell from power.Tanks rolled in the streets of the capital, Harare, on November 14, 2017, and the military put Mugabe under hou...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:25hrs | 1957 | by AP
Lonely country - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
A new Zimbabwean investment drive has been taking place in the UK with a delegation led by Priscah Mupfumira, Minister of Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry. She offered a few hollow banali...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1051 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Money is the root of all evil
We all use money every day and yet few of us really understand what these bits of paper or cotton or simply figures in a ledger really mean. But we know the stuff is important.In economic term...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | 990 | by Eddie Cross
Mthuli Ncube tax evokes memories of 2008 crisis in Zimbabwe
When Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a comparatively youthful, Cambridge-trained economist as finance minister in September, he gave him an almost impossible task: repay billions of ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:25hrs | 1136 | by Bloomberg
Commodity broker Kelvin Mazhandu to build Mqabuko plaza
Zimbabwean born commodity broker Kelvin Mazhandu is set to construct the biggest mall in Bulawayo in honour of the later Father Zimbabwe Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo.Mazhandu who is based in ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 19:19hrs | 3689 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Polygamist ALMOST DIES during sex with churchmate
SEX took me to the ER! (Emergency Room).That's what happened to a polygamous Bulawayo man who is also a member of a popular Apostolic sect was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after he...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:18hrs | 6860 | by Staf reporter
We are caught between rock and the abyss and lack Odysseus insight to escape
Zimbabweans are well and truly caught between a rock and the deep blue sea, they either have to confront the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF regime and demand meaningful political change or continue to...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 19:23hrs | 2220 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe must set a clear development agenda
First and foremost, Zim is poised with toxic politics. We must deal with our politics first before we table economic matters. , it is important to admit that we have a crisis so that whoever comes on ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:27hrs | 507 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu-PF costs balloon
Zanu-PF's salary bill has increased substantially after a decision was made to accommodate bigwigs left out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lean Cabinet as full time party employees.Mnangagw...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:04hrs | 3399 | by Staff reporter
'I am taking Zimbabwe to Canaan,' said ED - rigged elections and dragged us into hell-on-earth
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rewarded one of the biggest indigenous churches, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), with a tractor and other agricultural inputs for overwhelmingly voting for him and h...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4890 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa fingered in Hwange colliery collapse
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sucked into the Hwange Colliery debacle after revelations that he and Minister of Mines Winston Chitando were captured by a person called Shepherd Tundiya who has...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 08:44hrs | 5524 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Truth the medicine for a sick nation
"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 403 | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj
Children of War Vets bay for Masiyiwa's blood
Children of War Veterans Associations has came out guns blazing accusing Strive of corruption and manipulating shareholding of a number of companies in a dubious manner. Read the full open letter to M...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | 3838 | by Mandla Ndlovu
You shall not crucify Zimbabwe on a cross of bond notes
RECENT dramatic events arising from allegations that certain officials of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) have been involved in currency malfeasance using the bond note as their lever to execute tr...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:08hrs | 3292 | by Colls Ndlovu
General Mujuru wanted to kill Masiyiwa
The late General Solomon Mujuru wanted to kill Econet Guru Strive Masiyiwa, the NPF Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has alleged."President Mugabe said, in his interview with the Indep...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 11:30hrs | 12440 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe has oil and gas - a blessing but only if share by all and not looted by few
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially announced oil and gas deposits discovery in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central province, following a study carried out by an Australian company, Invictus Ener...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 07:30hrs | 819 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa must deal with economy to avert collapse
BAKERS will today increase the price of bread to $1,40 following a government commitment to avail 80% of their foreign currency requirements.This came hardly a week after government last weeke...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 288 | by Editorial - newsday
Queen Bee a fictitious character created to defuse tension in the country
Prior to the stage managed appointment and termination of Gerald Matumanje aka Acie Lumumba I wrote a piece titled 'President ED Mnangagwa is Finished'. I demonstrated that Zimbabwe was ripe for...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 3077 | by Don Chigumba
Strive Masiyiwa joining Mnangagwa's government?
Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa's wife, Tsitsi, has sparked internet rumours that the mogul may be joining Mnangagwa's government in some capacity.Writing on Twitter, Tsitsi said: "I read about...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 09:25hrs | 16506 | by Staff reporter
Odds against Chamisa
Voltaire had seen right when he said 'God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh', hence, every Zimbabwean must loosen up and pay particular attention to Zimbabwe's God given...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 07:23hrs | 4394 | by Caitlin Kamba
'Zimbabwe is one of the poorest nations' says IMF - our prize for being mental couch potato
Mankind is a creature of reason, it is our ability to think that have made us the most dominant creature on earth. But just as having feathers is the common characteristic that has enabled bir...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 18:23hrs | 1967 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa on high alert
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned members of Zanu-PF's political bureau - otherwise known as the politburo - from bringing cell phones to meetings, in what analysts say is indicative of the deep...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:34hrs | 15503 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa restructures Scholarships Department
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is restructuring the Department of Scholarships as his administration seeks to give top priority to areas of critical skills in line with the Government's vision premised ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 09:13hrs | 3047 | by Staff reporter
The real cause of Zimbabwe's economic collapse
Zimbabwe's problems are not exclusive to Zimbabwe, they are actually the same as in all Africa's other 53 nations. 9 out of 10 of all Africans live on less than US$5 a day, nearly half on under $1.90....Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | 11699 | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa bans cellphones at Politburo meetings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has banned members of Zanu-PF's political bureau - otherwise known as the politburo - from bringing cell phones to meetings, in what analysts say is indicative of the ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 06:09hrs | 4821 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits out at 'foreign medical trips'
FOREIGN trips to seek specialised medical attention by Zimbabweans are bleeding the country of the much-needed foreign currency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Writing in his weekly col...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 06:00hrs | 6231 | by Staff reporter
Satanism scare at Minda
SUSPECTED satanism cases have rocked one of Matabeleland South's prestigious boarding schools, Minda Girls High at Maphisa Growth Point in Kezi with reports that more than 60 pupils have allegedly bee...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:40hrs | 1041 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda councillor pledges to attend to Hlalani Kuhle residents problems
Gwanda Ward 8 Councillor has pledged to attend to the plight of Hlalani Kuhle residents who now live in fear of having their houses collapse on them due to open cast mining at Imani mine.This ...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:32hrs | 206 | by Stephen Jakes
Origins of the Zimbabwe crisis
This article was first published by hsf.org.za.Zimbabwe is experiencing a cumulative breakdown. Living standards, life expectancy and production have plummeted while political oppression h...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:11hrs | 5823 | by Teddy Brett and Simon Winter
Mnangagwa's command policies spark off market turmoil
GOVERNMENT'S commandist strategy to contain currency volatility and the rising tide of price increases ravaging Zimbabwe are likely to worsen an economic crisis that has persisted for decades while da...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:25hrs | 2664 | by Staff reporter
US dollar payment of salaries dilemma
WITH the economic meltdown continuing to erode salaries, many employees are now searching for ways of preserving their earnings and many are now demanding payment in US dollars. Unions have al...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:36hrs | 2241 | by Davies Ndumiso Sibanda
President ED Mnangagwa is finished
The day Tuesday 23 October 2018 will never be forgotten in the economic history of Zimbabwe. It shall be remembered as a 'dark' day, a day when ZANU PF government officially announced the collapse of ...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 09:49hrs | 29466 | by Don Chigumba
Desperate Chamisa now wants a transitional govt
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday proposed a transitional government for the country, which he said would resolve the issue of legitimacy and have sufficient buy-in from Zimbabweans to deal...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 06:49hrs | 5192 | by Staff reporter
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