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Why the military supports Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's military deployed in several areas of the capital, Harare, Monday, to put down anti-government demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.This is the second ti...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 13:07hrs | 3149 | by AP
War veterans threaten businesses against price hikes
War veterans have threatened to "deal" with business people who are they alleged were making massive profits through "unjustifiable" increase of prices.This comes after President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:23hrs | 1980 | by Staff reporter
It's more than winning an election
There are very important lessons which can be learnt from the recently held elections in DRC.I would like to congratulate Felix Tshisekedi leader of the Opposition for winning the DRC poll. Ku...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 06:57hrs | 763 | by Leonard Koni
Mugabe's ex-aide spills the beans
A former aide of ousted president Robert Mugabe has spilled the beans from his foreign base, saying Zanu-PF has serious divisions that do not always play out in public.Lawrence Kamwi, who serv...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:38hrs | 13438 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to disband Zacc
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has initiated a process to restructure the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) which will see commissioners being forced out.The development comes amid alle...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:35hrs | 2338 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns businesses against price increases
Fuel prices more than doubled at midnight on Sunday following a shock announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.A litre of petrol is now $3,31, up from $1,38 while diesel is now selling for...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:33hrs | 1149 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa on the edge
Mass protests proposed by the combined force of civil servants, labour unions and the opposition MDC Alliance have plunged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party into panic, amid fears the...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1593 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga once held Mugabe hostage in his office for 4 hours
LAWRENCE Kamwi, who held a top position as Mugabe's Principal Private Secretary said his former boss' sins are exaggerated as he was not responsible for everything that came out of his Government....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | 12319 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife broke the ice, not the strike - doctors
Zimbabwe government hospital doctors have been on strike for the past 36 days, plunging the public health sector into deep crisis, which has led to the near-collapse of the health delivery system. But...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:56hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Growing unrest exposes official posturing
FAILURE by government to address the unrelenting currency crisis has come back to haunt the country as evidenced by widespread unrest triggered by the rising cost of living.Finance minister Mt...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:00hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Military looms large in Zimbabwe power matrix
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been extensively restructuring the army ever since assuming power through a millitary coup in 2017, confirming that the security apparatus remains deeply steeped in th...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:56hrs | 2534 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga slams use of social media to cause panic buying
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has castigated abuse of social media to cause panic buying of fuel and other basic commodities. Officiating at the launch of the second phase of the centr...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:23hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tried to deport Beatrice Mtetwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa led a ZANU PF election war room team that tried to deport to prominent Human Rights Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to her country of birth Swaziland during the height of the 2013 ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 07:19hrs | 5777 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Putin moots military base in Zimbabwe…….as Mnangagwa begs for Moscow bailout package
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER/HARARE - Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has reportedly set his eyes on opening a Russian strategic military base in Zimbabwe, as Moscow ratchets up her new foreign policy in Afri...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 06:29hrs | 13116 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
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Chiwenga slams panic buying and hoarding tendencies
Acting President Retired General Dr Constantino Chiwenga says panic buying and hoarding tendencies are fuelling shortages and price distortions.Dr Chiwenga was speaking at the launch of the se...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:12hrs | 3795 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's foreign trip ill-timed
TO most Zimbabweans following the unfolding political and economic drama in the country, reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to fly out next week and will be away for two weeks, came as a ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:22hrs | 929 | by Editorial - newsday
Mnangagwa's Cabinet fails to sit
Cabinet failed to sit on Tuesday despite the fact that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had to cut short his annual leave to attend to a crippling strike by doctors in public hospitals.Cabinet is ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Delta hikes beer prices
Beverages giant, Delta Corporation, yesterday announced new recommended wholesale and retail prices for its clear beer products that are sold across the country, a move that has resulted in a 25 perce...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe highlights for 2018
January ED visits sick TsvangiraiApart from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the home of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, another highlight for January 2018 was the arrest of se...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga is midwife of new dispensation'
Family of God Church founder and leader Andrew Wutawunashe has described Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as the midwife of the new dispensation.Chiwenga, 62, led the military takeover in Z...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:05hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe heads for shutdown
Government could be headed for a complete shutdown if it does not urgently address the concerns of its employees who are downing tools to press for better pay and improved working conditions, analysts...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:05hrs | 5808 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa on the edge over unrest
Mass protests proposed by the combined force of civil servants, labour unions and the opposition MDC Alliance have plunged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party into panic, amid fears the...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:26hrs | 7591 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU raises red flag over Mnangagwa's wife
Government has been accused of wantonly breaking labour laws by resorting to the use of political offices and unelected people to lead talks with its workers.Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:23hrs | 3792 | by Staff reporter
Doctors' strike: Lives on ropes as lies, arrogance blot hope
Timothy Kafiramberi (not his real name) is visibly desperate and scared as he carries his ailing son who cannot walk due to an unexplained sickness. He has been moving from one room to another along t...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:16hrs | 853 | by Vanessa Gonye
Zimbabwe teachers' union strike starts Tuesday
THE country's largest teachers' union has declared its members will not turn up for work when schools re-open this Tuesday, NewZimbabwe.com reported.In a statement Saturday, the Zimbabwe Teach...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:04hrs | 2023 | by newzimbabwe.com
'ZSE downward trend likely to persist'
The downward trend that has characterised the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange since October last year is likely to persist in 2019 as the allure of protecting value wears off, analysts have said.The Z...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:47hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Delta debacle: Dialogue key
The debacle between Government and Delta Corporation over the latter's announcement that it intended to price its products in foreign currency, brings to the fore the dire need for a social contract b...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:43hrs | 312 | by Africa Moyo
Solve doctors' grievances ASAP
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has reportedly been forced to cut his vacation short due to the worsening health crisis, needs to address the doctors' grievances immediately.Zimbabweans are ...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:11hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Beer prices up +100%
Beer drinkers may now need to think twice before downing the so-called wise waters.This follows the steep increase in the price of clear beer – by more than 100 percent – hours after Delta...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:09hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails to end doctors' strike?
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's surprise intervention yesterday into the crisis in the health sector failed to end the strike by junior doctors, which has dragged on for the past 35 days.Mnang...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:12hrs | 2129 | by Staff repoirter
Ministerial delegation to meet civil servants
A HIGH-powered ministerial delegation will on Monday meet civil servants' representatives in Harare to discuss the prevailing challenges faced by Government workers. Acting Minister of Public ...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:05hrs | 483 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa plots opposition clampdown
THE panicky government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly put its security arms on high alert as part of measures to clamp down on leaders of opposition parties, non-governmental organisat...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 5080 | by Staff reporter
'Intern' doctors threaten to snub disciplinary hearings
THE over 500 suspended junior doctors at public hospitals have vowed to snub disciplinary hearings scheduled for today at their various work stations around the country and continue with their industr...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
Striking doctors are hypocrites, claims Chiwenga
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has described the striking doctors at public health institutions as hypocrites who are lying under oath.Addressing government officials during a visit to ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:26hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
Hospitals CEOs, directors leave suspended
THE Government has suspended leave for chief executive officers and directors at public health institutions. In a letter addressed to chief executive officers yesterday, Permanent Secretary in...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:17hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga power: Delta reverses forex decision
Delta Corporation has reversed a decision to sell its products in foreign currency after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday assured the beverage manufacturer it would provide the forex requi...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga claims that 'Vision 2030 is on track'
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga says nothing can stop Zimbabwe from attaining middle income economy status even before the year 2030 given the resilience of the Zimbabweans people....Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 15:35hrs | 1087 | by Staff reporter
Doctors vow to continue their month-long industrial action
Striking junior doctors have vowed to continue with their month-long industrial action despite claims by government that the two sides have reached a consensus on the majority of their demands....Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 14:54hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa panics
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to cut short his vacation to deal with the crisis in the health sector where junior doctors have been on a month-long industrial action, which is costing l...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 12:46hrs | 11542 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce 'extraordinary' meaures
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon announce "extraordinary" measures aimed at ending the crisis in the country's public health system as the government claims an opposition hand in the ongoing str...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 10347 | by newzimbabwe.com
Mnangagwa aborts annual leave
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to report for duty, hardly a week into his annual leave, as the crisis in the country continues to deepen, with his deputy Constantino Chiwenga failing to ...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
It's time to just re-dollarise the Zimbabwe economy
THE recent announcement by one of country's stock market leaders, Delta Beverages, that it will be selling its products in United States dollars starting tomorrow should be a wake-up call to governmen...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 981 | by Editorial - newsday
Chiwenga bans demonstrations at hospitals
GOVERNMENT will not allow any demonstrations at hospitals by the striking junior doctors, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. In a statement he released when he was Acting President ...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:55hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers fail 2018 ratings
As Zimbabweans waved goodbye to 2018 yesterday, and awaited with much trepidation the dawn of the new year, in the light of the country's deepening economic woes, the Daily News - as per its rich annu...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga dismayed by doctor's stance despite concessions
The Government is dismayed by junior doctors' continuation of industrial action despite authorities meeting the majority of their demands. Government has met eight out of 10 initial demands ma...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:19hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga claims govt has met junior doctors' demands
The government says it has met almost all the demands by junior doctors who withdrew their services at beginning of last month, but will not concede to payment of salaries in US dollars.Briefi...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:02hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismayed by doctor's stance
The Government is dismayed by junior doctors' continuation of industrial action despite authorities meeting the majority of their demands. Government has met eight out of 10 initial demands ma...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 5467 | by Staff Reporter
Kanyemba floating bridge to enhance trade
Zimbabwe's trade relations with Zambia and Mozambique are set for a major transformation following the finalisation of a floating bridge at the Kanyemba Border Post.The multi-million dollar pr...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 14:02hrs | 3418 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's bid to replace striking doctors hits brick wall
Government attempts to hire recently qualified doctors to replace striking medical professionals in Zimbabwe hit a wall as graduates snubbed the state's offer.The country has two medical schoo...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:45hrs | 5267 | by Business Day
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