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Ncube, Mangudya policy tussle on monetary policy statement
POLICY efficacy doubts - both fiscal and monetary - in supporting a liberalised foreign currency market, effectively discarding the 1:1 US dollar-bond note/RTGS dollar peg, have arguably been the main...Published: 19 hrs ago | 461 | by Brett Chulu
Mnangagwa calls on Chamisa to stop grandstanding
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the MDC-Alliance to join the national dialogue process and stop playing theatrics at the expense of suffering Zimbabweans.Mnangagwa said this at a be...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:47hrs | 10028 | by Ndou Paul
'G40 has taken over MDC-Alliance'
The late MDC-Alliance leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, died almost a pauper but could have still died a billionaire if he had sold out the struggle for selfgain, the former Prime Minister's aide has said. ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 17:55hrs | 7369 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Regional support thwarts regime change agenda
Zimbabwe has recently been on an onslaught from the West, who have been using local opposition parties and Non-Governmental Organisations in attempts to destabilise the country. The actions of the opp...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 10:46hrs | 1328 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Zimbabwe economy plunges into VUCA environment
Business leaders are frustrated with the inability to anticipate and handle the country's fragile and toxic economy which continues to implode, a situation which has left them in distress.This...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:59hrs | 1717 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader's freedom bid deferred
RULING on the application for discharge by MDC Alliance youth leader and Highfield West legislator, Happymore Chidziva, accused of inciting violence ahead of last year's elections, was on Monday defer...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's wife funded the breakfast 'Prayer Meeting'?
On the 6th of February 2019 the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, HE ED Mnangagwa, convened a meeting at State House for all Presidential contestants in the 2018 elections to discuss the framewor...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:47hrs | 15633 | by Staff reporter
Councillor's widow in race to replace husband
THE widow to former MDC Alliance councillor Hapson Ncube is among five party members vying to replace him in the Ward 28 by-election in Bulawayo. Ms Meliqiniso Sithole together with Ms Nomagug...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:28hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
T.B. Joshua's message to Nigeria before 2019 elections
Prophet T.B. Joshua has given both a message of hope and warning to Nigerians regarding the upcoming presidential elections. "I want to tell you that no matter the situation, be calm; Go...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 3296 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
Court orders council to pay $460,000 to ex-manager
THE Harare City Council could find itself forking out $460 800 as compensation to former business ventures manager, Gadzamoyo Dewa after the latter sought to register an arbitral award granted in his ...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
NPA chief contests transfer
FORMER director of economic crimes in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), chief law officer Chris Mutangadura, is suing Prosecutor-General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi at the High Court over his decision t...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Activist who called for mass protest speaks out
Losing Bulawayo South Member of Parliament Josphat Mzaca Ngulube who was arrested during the army crackdown following the #ShutdownZimbabwe protest has spoken out for the first time since he was grant...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 3384 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa still hopeful about joining Commonwealth
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has scoffed at reports that an influential British lawmaker wants the UK to withdraw its support for Zimbabwe's application the Commonwealth.Mnangagwa told French tele...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1142 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa rejects conditional offer from Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has demanded a "credible, neutral, and recognisable" mediator to present a plan for negotiations with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the worsening political and economic...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:07hrs | 7995 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa digs in on Mnangagwa talks
Pressure mounted on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa last week to engage in dialogue to solve the country's worsening economic and political crisis.Chamisa ignored ...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1429 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots to embarrass Chamisa at congress
The clampdown on the ring leaders of the national shutdown that left a trail of destruction and over 12 civilians dead at the hands of security forces across the country is a Zanu-PF ploy to target MD...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 6369 | by Staff reporter
How to combat electoral fraud
This article proposes and outlines a possible solution to the problem of electoral manipulation in Zimbabwe. First, it explains the problem. Second, as a solution, it proffers a unique form of caretak...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1341 | by Zachariah Mushawatu
Government running scared
The teachers' job action has now shaken the corridors of power. The Public Service Commission, PSC, has confirmed that teachers' job action has brought business to a halt in our schools country wide. ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:07hrs | 2268 | by ARTUZ
Political Polarisation our enemy, dialogue is the answer
Zimbabwe is reeling under the brunt of political polarisation and electoral hangover. The ripple effects are hard hitting the ordinary man on the street and scuttling any efforts to revive the economy...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | 114 | by Brightface Mutema
Charamba urges Chamisa to drop his opposition to dialogue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson yesterday said the leader of the opposition MDC Nelson Chamisa "risked missing the bus" if he failed to pitch up for talks.This comes as under-fire ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 14:29hrs | 6070 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa dialogue hits dead end
AN ad hoc meeting of last year's presidential candidates, which President Emmerson Mnangagwa hastily convened on Wednesday in an effort to lay the groundwork for national dialogue, ended in futility a...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:55hrs | 2117 | by Staff reporter
It's most dangerous not to know where we are
It's self-evident that the situation in Zimbabwe is very much unsettled at the moment, but to go on to deconstruct it and reconstruct it to suit one's political narrative of the present is mendacious....Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:47hrs | 384 | by Conway Tutani
Mnangagwa's dialogue stance a step in right direction
Multi-party democracy has been entrenched in Zimbabwe, yet the system has been missing one crucial part - dialogue among political parties and players. We note that President Mnangagwa is pret...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 98 | by Editorial - The Herald
Mnangagwa, Chamisa commit to dialogue?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated that his door was open for dialogue to move the country forward and benefit Zimbabweans, in line with his approach for a broad-based and inclusive national int...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says climate necessary for dialogue not in place
A FRESH political crisis may be brewing in the country after opposition leader Nelson Chamisa snubbed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's talks-about-talks gathering at State House yesterday, as authoritie...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 3556 | by Staff reporter
Opposition, West respect Zimbabweans' vote
On 30 July 2018, Zimbabweans went to the polls looking for their best foot forward. While the other 22 Presidential aspirants laid bare their intentions during electioneering, the incumbent and ultima...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 10:11hrs | 3817 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Mnangagwa tells opposition parties to accept poll results and move on
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on all opposition political parties to accept his victory in the July 30, 2018 election and join him to fight sanctions so that the country can move forwa...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF cannot convene talks'
POLITICAL and civic society activists have called for a neutral mediator to lead interparty talks, which they say should be all inclusive and not led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The remark...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1182 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wins court challenge
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday had the last laugh after the Constitutional Court (Concourt) ruled that an application challenging his appointment to the esteemed offices was filed out of ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Valentine's treat for maskandi lovers
The countdown to the day reserved to celebrate love, February 14, has begun with its traditional colours - red and white - set to be the most worn in the coming week. The overrated day has in ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 22:43hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa snubs 'dialogue' with Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa invited opposition leaders to a meeting on Wednesday to draw up terms for a national dialogue, he said, following a brutal crackdown on anti-government protests.So...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:22hrs | 1048 | by Reuters/ZimLive
National Dialogue in Zimbabwe
The third window for national dialogue in Zimbabwe has opened as expressed by the President's recent tweet following his return from state visits to four Eurasian countries in mid January this year. T...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 11:40hrs | 4192 | by Terence Simbi
Mugabe's 'party' blast Mnangagwa dialogue calls
The National Patriotic Front has dismissed the Indaba called by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for heads of political parties who contested in 2018 Presidential elections to converge at the State House ...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:09hrs | 6504 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops, accomplices mine robbery case postponed to next Friday
GWERU regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa last Friday postponed to next Friday the trial of two police officers based in Mberengwa, who allegedly ganged up with 14 accomplices and raided a Chinese min...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe face potential SA clash
ZIMBABWE will today discover their opponents for the 2019 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Group II, with a clash against neighbours South Africa being possible, as the two sides feature in the same group of t...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2298 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader seeks discharge
LAWYERS representing MDC Alliance youth leader and Highfield West MP Happymore Chidziva, accused of inciting violence ahead of last year's elections, on Monday applied for discharge at the close of th...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa snubs Mnangagwa's State House invitation
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has snubbed an invitation by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to attend an Indaba on Wednesday to discuss a framework for National Dialogue and Interaction. Pres...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 16990 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Mnangagwa invites opposition leaders to State House
President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has invited opposition political party leaders who contested as Presidential candidates during the 2018 harmonised elections to meet him for dialogue at Sta...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 18:36hrs | 21526 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's ingenious intelligence services and a liability Head of State
That shocking erroneous diagnosis grossly lacking real intelligence! Deliberate or otherwise! The inability to see and act on that daily shimmering hot potato pot since the first of August 2018! ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1235 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mthuli Ncube, Ziyambi defend Khupe's $1,8m claim
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, together with his Finance and Economic Development counterpart Mthuli Ncube, have both entered appearance to defend a $1,8 million po...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 1995 | by Staff reporter
Mine robbery gang members denied bail
The trial of eight Zvishavane men, who allegedly raided a Chinese mining company in Zvishavane recently failed to kick off in Gweru on Friday as the State is waiting for documents from their court of ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:58hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe how long?
It goes without saying...Africa has economic, constitutional, political struggles that appear endlessly to come out of the depressed conditions her leadership is taking her through. African ci...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 283 | by Manyevere M Andrew
Chamisa turns 41
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has turned 41 today, nearly breaking the internet as thousands of Zimbabweans took to social media to wish him a happy birthday.Political activist Acie Lu...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 13:55hrs | 2083 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Cllr threatens Town Clerk, Management
The recent full council meeting was almost reduced to a quarreling show contest due to heated debates that saw a Zanu-PF councilor for Ward 10 Sengerai Manyanga moving a notch higher by threatening a ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 06:18hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing councillor gets nod to initiate twinning deals
Government has set in motion an urban councils twinning initiative which will see councils benefit from cities in developed countries by engaging a United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean in a bid to improve ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:52hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa must find each other now
THIS is for the two protagonists of Zimbabwe's national politics — President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa: stop with the procrastination, swallow your pride and get with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:11hrs | 355 | by Gabriel Manyati
Top officials cornered in $9m probe
AN investigation into the abuse of over US$8,7 million at the Unified Council Pension Fund (UCPF) has claimed the scalp of fund manager Benjamin Chiyangwa, while four others have voluntarily stepped d...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:09hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
No democracy is a finished product
One day, if they follow instructions, Africa's new democracies will grow up to be "real" like those of Western Europe and North America. This assumption makes little sense — but it influences the wa...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:47hrs | 190 | by Steven Friedman
DA leader's condemns Zanu PF barbarism lost its sting - he never criticised MDC betray
"The stability of Zimbabwe is critical to the stability of our region. The protection of democratic rights in Zimbabwe is critical to the advancement of democracy throughout the region. But more impor...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 09:15hrs | 653 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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