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$3 million food looted: GMAZ
GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has called on government to assist them with security personnel to dispatch 6 700 tonnes of mealie meal to retailers in Bulawayo, saying security threats w...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Poison laced beer deaths
CHIEF Shana of Jambezi in Hwange has expelled a villager who the community accuses of killing four people by lacing their beer with crocodile bile and brains.Villagers in Mulonga accused Never...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
ED the change that exist not!
We have wondered for so long how the events of November 2017 will unfold on the liberation of Zimbabwe's economic front. Is this change still on its way or we are waiting in vain? Are we really open f...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:38hrs | 443 | by Takesure Tazvishaya
Quick austerity measures to avert imminent economic collapse
Austerity is described as sternness, severity of manner or attitude. In other manner it is described difficult economic conditions created by the Government measures to reduce public expenditure. The ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 4044 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Civil servants told to change attitude
Chief Government workers in Mashonaland West risk losing their jobs if they are not up to the task of growing the province's economy, Provincial Affairs Minister Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has said. ...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Accountability is a key tool of Governance
In the donor community, one of the major requirement is accountability and proper management of resources. In the development world, there is what we call, Monitoring process and evaluation and projec...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:38hrs | 334 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mthuli Ncube retires 3 365 green bombers
Government has, with immediate effect, retired 3 365 youth officers who were employed by the Ministry of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation. They will be paid cash in lieu of accrued leave days and ca...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:03hrs | 2447 | by Staff rpeorter
Masvingo war vets rally behind Mnangagwa
WAR veterans here have distanced themselves from the recent protest held by a group of people claiming to be ex-freedom fighters, saying they are fully behind President Mnangagwa's leadership. ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri calls for patriotism and unity
Embattled MDC Vice President Engineer Elias Mudzuri has called for unity among all Zimbabweans as we enter the new year."As we cross over into 2019 let us work towards a united, peaceful and p...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1438 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe farmers call for cloud seeding
Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) has called on Government to consider cloud seeding in the wake of the unreliable rainfall patterns characterising 2018 /19 agricultural season. Some p...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 08:33hrs | 1317 | by Staff Reporter
Mutsvangwa ouster plot latest
THE internal power struggle rocking the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), pitting national chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa and secretary general Victor Matemadanda, is...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 19:34hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
Farmers bemoan high bank interest rates
FARMERS are saying the interest rates being charged by banks are stifling the growth of the agricultural sector.Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers' Union (ZCFU) president Mr Wonder Chabikwa said the ...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:53hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda berates war vets who demonstrated against him
WAR Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has berated some former fighters who challenged his liberation war credentials, saying he cannot be vetted in the streets.Matemadanda was reacti...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1997 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance MPs extort govt, get luxury cars
MEMBERS of Parliament yesterday arm-twisted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube into raising their budgetary allocation by 44% and demanded the latest 4×4 luxury Toyota Land Cruisers, among other perks, de...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:00hrs | 1322 | by Staff reporter
Best economic models that Zimbabwe government can adopt
Apparently we have the following challenges in our mainstream economy - Production levels are very low ( imports exceeding exports therefore balance of payments affected-&nbs...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 22:17hrs | 2189 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Zanu-PF has no agenda for a GNU'
Zanu-PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday officially opened the the ruling party's 17th National People's Conference at Umzingwane High School...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:35hrs | 176 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Surviving under sanctions 101
Cuba was under US economic embargoes for 50 years but managed to erect firewalls around its sovereignty . Zimbabwe needs to do the same - we have the brains and the capacity to do so. The mini...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1485 | by Never Maswerasei
Mnangagwa sidelines Chiwenga
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has effectively ended Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's ambitions for the top post after Zanu-PF structures took the unusual step of endorsing him as the ruling party'...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:23hrs | 9736 | by Staff reporter
Drought ravages Matebeleland South, Masvingo
LIVESTOCK farmers in Beitbridge, Gwanda and parts of Mwenezi districts have reported a marked deterioration in the health of their animals as drought tightens its grip on parts of Matebeleland South a...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 07:10hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa, Wadyajena in fierce war of words
A BLAZING war of words has erupted between outspoken legislators Justice Mayor Wadyajena and Temba Mliswa over control of the influential Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture....Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
War vets plot to block Chamisa
WAR veterans are plotting to force the ruling Zanu-PF party to make a constitutional amendment that will raise the age limit of presidential aspirants from 40 to 52 years, which would effectively bloc...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 06:02hrs | 870 | by Staff reporter
War vets endorse Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association has endorsed the candidature of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the 2023 harmonised elections in a show of confidence in his leadership. ...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:56hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube statement at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Middle Income Countries
STATEMENT BY HON. PROFESSOR MTHULI NCUBE, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ON THE OCASSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON MIDDLE INCOME COUNT...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 19:03hrs | 2285 | by Staff Reporter
Mapfumo must embrace a spirit of patriotism
It's a shame to know that Thomas Mapfumo a Zimbabwean and an American based songwriter and singer utters that the New Dispensation should practice good governance before they call for the removal of e...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:03hrs | 1983 | by Rudo Saungweme
Thumbs up for Mthuli Ncube
THE cost-cutting measures announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube are expected to restore confidence in the economy while also trimming budget deficit, analysts h...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 06:47hrs | 3186 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa left paralysed by a crisis of legitimacy
Last week on November 24 Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Murombedzi - former president Robert Mugabe's village backyard in Mashonaland West - to commemorate his chequered one year in office following his co...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1565 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Supply side intervention key for Zimbabwean Industries
The local industry has been operating below par in the last 20 years. Various policies by the government have failed to reindustrialize the economy with the sector's contribution to GDP falling below ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | 611 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa claiming to be the light in darkness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been telling us ad nauseam that Zimbabweans should not abuse the democratic space which he claims the so-called "Second Republic" has opened up."The advent of ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:35hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Apparently budget presentation was relatively good, but lacks clarity
From Hand to mouth As a development practitioner, my strong analysis is as follows, it appears the current budget presentation is a reflection of hand to mo...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 10:18hrs | 846 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Chamisa isn't the real enemy'
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has challenged his Zanu PF rivals, particularly President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, to stop wasting their energy fighting him, bu...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:23hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget: The good, bad and ugly
In September, while meeting fund managers in New York, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said what the economy needed was a "big bang", a shock to the system. A week later, he brought that big bang; on th...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1745 | by NewZWire
Chiwenga backs Mnangagwa for 2023
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has thrown his weight behind President Emmerson Mnangagwa as Zanu-PF's presidential candidate for 2023, ending months of speculation linking him to the top job....Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 13:09hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa won't rule Zimbabwe, vows Chiwenga
Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday vowed that MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will never take over as president, saying no opposition leader will ever rule the country.Addressing Zanu-PF ...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 09:00hrs | 3639 | by Staff reporter
Presidential Inputs sold in Zambia
UNSCRUPULOUS individuals in Binga District, Matabeleland North Province are allegedly crossing the Zambezi River to sell in Zambia farming inputs they received under the Presidential Inputs Scheme....Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:28hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacies, retailers to lose licences, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said pharmacies that demand foreign currency for medicine and medical provisions will lose their licences.The Head of State and Government said his administrat...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:23hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clamps down on pharmacies
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said pharmacies that demand foreign currency for medicine and medical provisions will lose their licenses.The Head of State and Government said his administrat...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa should cherish national peace,' says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the opposition MDC Alliance should not take the new found political freedom as weakness on the part of government.Addressing thousands who gathered at Murombe...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 15:06hrs | 3741 | by STaff reporter
Key economic expectations from the 2019 budget presentation
As the finance minister prepares to present the 2019 National Budget to parliament on the 22nd of November, a lot is at stake for economic development. In 2016, Zimbabwe's tax revenues were $3.5 billi...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:25hrs | 1137 | by Victor Bhoroma
Biti advises Prof Mthuli Ncube on economics
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti says new minister Mthuli Ncube, who presents his maiden budget statement Thursday, should set an "underlying exchange rate" between the United States dollar and the...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 07:07hrs | 6798 | by zimlive
War vets deny Mutsvangwa plot
WAR veterans in Mashonaland East have refuted claims that they are pushing for Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa's ouster, saying they onl...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | 3387 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa not going anywhere, says Mahiya
UNDER-FIRE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa will remain as ex-fighters' leader and the decision to recall him can only be implemented ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 5388 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Mutsvangwa
WAR veterans in Mashonaland West have recommended the recall of Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association leader Christopher Mutsvangwa, accusing him of being selfish and disrespectful to...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:06hrs | 2256 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga aligned war vets gun for Mutsvangwa
WAR veterans in Mashonaland West province on Tuesday resolved to recall Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association chairperson Christopher Mutsvangwa on allegations of sowing divisions. ...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 3013 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3593 | by newZwire with The Source
Mnangagwa fingered in $1million Potraz fraud
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa instructed disgraced former Minister of ICT Supa Mandiwanzira to transfer $1million to Zimbabwe Football...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 10:45hrs | 5894 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Masvingo slams door on Chiwenga, backs Mnangagwa 2023
Zanu-PF Masvingo Province has passed a resolution endorsing President Mnangagwa as the party's Presidential candidate in the next elections in 2023 to afford him ample time to fulfil his vision of mak...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 5052 | by Staff reporter
Panic as Mnangagwa targets cash barons' bank accounts
BOGUS businesspersons operating briefcase companies that fed on government tender manipulation and kickbacks to amass wealth are reportedly in panic mode after the State said it would use the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 8740 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa allies in nasty fight
The fight between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's allies Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Justice Mayor Wadyajena got nasty last week after the business mogul accused the youthful Zanu-PF legislator of being an...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:14hrs | 2038 | by Staff reporter
Solar energy plant not yet a boon for locals
MANAMA, Gwanda South - Three years ago, in 2015, when the 200-panel mini-grid solar energy power plant was established in this remote and hot rural community, 140km south of Gwanda town and about 20km...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:17hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Bread supplies improve
Bread supplies have improved in most parts of the country due to increased flour supplies, the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has said. Over the past weeks bread has been in shor...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
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