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Mnangagwa should now engage Prophet Makandiwa to stop this, 'economic rot'
A shortage of foreign currency has put Zimbabwe in a dire economic situation with little means for short-term recovery....Published: 2 hrs ago | 948 | by Knowledge Hakata
Civil servants demand interbank-rated salaries
Labour unions have said civil servants' bonuses have already been eroded by inflation and urged government to urgently pay their salaries at the prevailing interbank rate.Their demand comes af...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP vows to starve MDC supporters
CHIREDZI West legislator Farai Musikavanhu (Zanu-PF) on Sunday vowed to deny MDC supporters food aid and government-sourced agricultural inputs, and put paid to long-standing allegations that the ruli...Published: 13 hrs ago | 401 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will not talk to Chamisa outside POLAD
President Mnangagwa will not participate in any talks outside the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a home-grown national framework where all political parties are equal and no outsiders are allowed....Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:03hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwas in court
Former Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president and businessman Philip Chiyangwa's two sons - Edmund and Brian - are facing an $800 000 lawsuit for failing to settle a debt from Getbucks Microfi...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 03:58hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Talks poser for Chamisa, Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa will not participate in any talks outside the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a home-grown national framework where all political parties are equal and no outsiders are allowed....Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 03:56hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Harare derby test for Caps
CAPS United face one of their biggest tests in their bid to win the championship this season when they clash with old foes Dynamos in a potentially explosive Castle Lager Premier Soccer League tie at ...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 07:58hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Popular Madzibaba dies in car crash
The apostolic sect has been plunged into mourning following the death of a popular Johanne Masowe eChishanu leader, Madzibaba Edward Manyara. He was 67. Madzibaba Manyara was one of the sect's five-ma...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:03hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash leaves consumers stranded
EcoCash services remained intermittent or non-available yesterday, causing major business losses and much hardship since the platform handles 85 percent of Zimbabwe's transactions and 99 percent of mo...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:02hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to expend 5% fuel levy on Chirundu Highway
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has allocated 5% of the excise duty revenue collected on fuel towards the construction of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway as international...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:35hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Johanne Masowe eChishanu leader dies
Johanne Masowe eChishanu apostolic sect leader Edward Manyara has died.He was 67.The leader popularly known as Madzibaba Edward died upon admission at Avenues clinic yesterday after be...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:32hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Zhuwao's open letter to South Africa leadership
I write to associate myself with Advocate Nelson Chamisa's tweet welcoming South Africa and SADC's mediation in Zimbabwe and his plea for a specific practical solution to set up a donor fund to addres...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 15:41hrs | 3932 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Mthuli Ncube tax minimum raised to $100
Government has increased the minimum taxable amounts for intermediated money transfer tax (IMTT), better known as the 2 percent tax, to $100 from $20 per transaction for individuals as it sought...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:42hrs | 2718 | by Staff reporter
Patients share wards with dead bodies in Zimbabwe
The medical personnel industrial action in Zimbabwe is blamed on the country's crumbling healthcare service, poor governance and corruption.The lack of response of the international community ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:29hrs | 2882 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Behold the 4th Chimurenga!
We do no not seek to dispense ourselves from the past. We are a product of our past. We do not seek to despise our fore bearers because we are where we are because of them. We are part of the revoluti...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:15hrs | 5194 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Fresh woes for 11th born Chief Ndiweni
THE Matabeleland North Provincial Chiefs Assembly has recommended that the process of appointing Ntabazinduna chief be redone after a brother to the incumbent, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni challenge...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1293 | by Staff reporter
'HIV wears a woman's face'
In 2001 at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the former and late UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said "HIV has the face of a woman", and for decades even up to date it still has that face!&n...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1208 | by Nyasha Phanisa Sithole
DeDraw in 17th draw
Dynamos 0-0 Black Rhinos HARARE giants Dynamos failed to capitalise on their superior ball possession at Rufaro yesterday and were held to their 17th draw of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
RBZ Autonomy and Quasi-Fiscal Activities
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Zimbabwean Government that it needs to give autonomy to its central bank if it is to avert the risk of plunging the economy into hyperinflation aft...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1123 | by Victor Bhoroma
Why Mthuli Ncube will fail
While I wish Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube to succeed, the path he has followed is doomed to fail. I will detail the reasons why below. The situation in which he has placed Zimbabwe's finances is not ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:04hrs | 2662 | by Ken Mufuka
Government underfire over MZWP
THE Matabeleland Zambezi Water Trust (MZWT), a technical partner in the ambitious project to draw water from the Zambezi River to Bulawayo, has accused government of frustrating its efforts to woo pri...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to turn Victoria Falls into regional financial centre?
VICTORIA Falls should be turned into a regional financial centre for the Southern African Development Community as its tourism facilities mean it can attract the right clientele that can push the indu...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:25hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Free tillage for villagers
THE Government has come up with a tillage programme where tractors will be dispatched through the District Development Fund (DDF) to till at least one hectare per household to assist farmers whose dra...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:23hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere remembers Chiwenga's coup
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has posted a tweet remembering the November 2017 bloody coup that ended 37 years of the late President Robert Mugabe's iron rule. Said Kasuku...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 15:17hrs | 6426 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa warns corrupt councillors
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday issued a stern warning against corrupt councillors and council officials who divert public funds for personal use, saying Government will not hesitate to punish those cau...Published: 16 Nov 2019 at 08:08hrs | 809 | by Staff Reporter
Industry get-together 'roars' to life with 1920s inspired soiree
Wedding industry experts and professionals from across the United Kingdom gathered in North Yorkshire this week, as part of a wider initiative that seeks to foster a working relationship between the N...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 09:27hrs | 438 | by News Correspondent
Council to unleash JOC on space barons
HARARE City Council has engaged the Joint Operations Command (JOC) to depoliticise Mupedzanhamo market in Mbare and deal with interference mainly from politicians.The local authority said it w...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
Decentralise Command agric inputs distribution, govt told
COMMAND agriculture programme beneficiaries in Mashonaland Central province on Wednesday asked Agriculture deputy minister Douglas Karoro to address challenges they were encountering in accessing inpu...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
8 Beitbridge bodies face pauper's burial
GOVERNMENT officials in Beitbridge, who are grappling with a mortuary crisis following the suspension of morgue services at the 160-bed Beitbridge District Hospital last week, are seeking authority to...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 589 | by Staff reporter
Gweru residents plot siege on council offices
RESIDENTS from Gweru's Mkoba and Woodlands Park high-density suburbs have threatened to protest against the city council's failure to provide water to ratepayers and deal with its dumpsite, which is s...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Councils demand garnishee powers
LOCAL authorities are seeking garnishing powers to deal with defaulting ratepayers who are reluctant to pay their bills in the absence of such authority.This was highlighted at the Urban Counc...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Ecobank, CBZ fingered in new notes, coins withdrawal scandal
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said appropriate disciplinary measures will be taken against Ecobank Zimbabwe and CBZ Bank after two clients withdrew $15 000 and $44 180 respectively from the t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:14hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Mine dispute sucks in MP
A 65-year-old woman from Silobela, just outside Kwekwe, is accusing local legislator Mthokozisi Manoki Mpofu of forcibly taking over her mine. Ms Martha Moyo said she now feared for her life after Mpo...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:13hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
The Budget 2020 - Which way Zimbabwe
In the darkness of the Zimbabwean economy with ordinary people grinding beans using their back Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube casts a very bright light at the end of the tunnel. He said the count...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 23:50hrs | 2048 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'ED is illegitimate' MDC cherry picked - dogmatic folly holding nation to ransom
There is nothing wrong with having an opinion on a given subject but when you doggedly hang on to the opinion regardless of the evidence to the contrary and even paddle the discredited opinion as trut...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:59hrs | 1150 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mthuli Ncube reduces VAT and corporate tax
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube marginally cut corporate tax (24% from 25%), VAT (14.5% from 15%) and increased the tax free threshold to $2 000 from $700 with effect from Janua...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1620 | by Staff reporter
RBZ investigates banks over new currency
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that government through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is investigating allegations of abuse of newly released bank notes. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 08:02hrs | 4975 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cassava Smartech unveils the EcoFarmer Diaspora Agriculture Finance Plan
Cassava Smartech yesterday [Wednesday] launched the EcoFarmer Diaspora Agriculture Finance Plan (DAFP) that is set to allow Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora to remit funds which directly go towards ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1022 | by Agencies
MDC asking Zanu PF to implement reforms - Zanu PF does not need to and will not
It is pleasing that MDC Alliance National Executive Council (NEC) has finally woken up to the reality that Zimbabwe will never ever have free, fair and credible elections without first implementing ge...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1156 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mudenda reverses decision to bar Chamisa's MPs from Parly debate
Speaker of the House of Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda yesterday reversed the ruling he made last month barring MDC Alliance legislators from posing questions to Cabinet ministers due to their refusa...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:33hrs | 1929 | by Staff reporter
Muduhwa rescues Highlanders
Highlanders 1-1 Ngezi Platinum Stars DEFENDER Peter Muduhwa's name was chanted by multitudes of Bosso fans yesterday after his robust performance helped salvage a point for Bosso in a Castle Lager...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:32hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
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 | 533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans fitting of new electric geysers
Government has outlawed the fitting of new electric geysers, but existing geysers can continue to be used. Owners of electric geysers are encouraged to switch to solar, while new solar geysers can hav...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:27hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
NUST lecturers threaten to boycott classes
Lecturers at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) have threatened to withdraw their services in self-funding programmes if the university management does not pay them their outstan...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:41hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address urban councils
URBAN local authorities are set to brief President Mnangagwa on how they are embracing Government programmes while working to ensure that the nation attains an upper middle-income status by 2030, an o...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Armed gang bags US$20 000
A FILABUSI businessman lost US$20 660, R72 300 and $1 100 among other valuables to four men armed with pistols who stormed his home in a pre-dawn raid, police confirmed yesterday. Matabeleland...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans angered by $300 bank withdrawal limits
Zimbabweans finally got access to new low-denomination currency on Tuesday that authorities hope will end chronic cash shortages, but banks maintained an existing weekly withdrawal limit of $300 (US$2...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 18:08hrs | 4008 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to withdraw US$14 a week
Zimbabweans will be limited to withdraw a maximum of ZWL$300 (US$14) a week the State owned Sunday Mail has revealed. The paper said bank account holders should be able to start accessin...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:16hrs | 4961 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Denver plots Dembare pain
CHAPUNGU midfield magician Denver Mukamba is plotting to put up one of his best shows when he comes against his former employers Dynamos in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Ascot Stadium ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:26hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fatcats in tollgates scam
A FRESH storm has hit the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) after the parastatal proposed to award a million-dollar deal to its perennial contractor Univern, a deal seen as a corrupt way ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
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