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Tendai Biti dismisses Ncube's budget as 'cocktail of cowardice, falsehoods'
The MDC on Thursday dismissed Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget statement as a "cocktail of cowardice, deception, delay and delusion."Ncube announced a ZWL$63.6 billion budget which he said also mark...Published: 3 hrs ago | 500 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to embark on a brutal clampdown against cash barons
THE government has warned that it would embark on a brutal clampdown against cash barons and unscrupulous bank officials who are diverting money to the black market, the Daily News reports.Thi...Published: 3 hrs ago | 329 | by Staff reporter
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: 14 hrs ago | 773 | by Staff Reporter
Former Zinara boss jailed
Former Zinara finance director Simon Mudzingwa Taranhike has been jailed for an effective 15 months after being found guilty of criminal abuse of office. Taranhike abused the Zinara fuel facil...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1094 | by Staff Reporter
14 Nov 2017 - a dark day that moved Zimbabwe to another level of suffering and oppression
I remember - as if it were just a few hours ago - waking up as usual at dawn on the morning of 15 November 2017, then routinely checking my WhatsApp, only to be greeted by a barrage of messages to the...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 13:48hrs | 1810 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZAPU statement on the nursing recruitment saga
ZAPU has been seized with a fact finding mission for the past 4 weeks following an outcry from the citizens of this country over the recruitment of student nurses. The loudest protestations were from ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3363 | by ZAPU Presidency
Mthuli's budget a drop in the ocean
The 2020 budget is out but the future of the country still looks all gloom and not inspiring at all.The budget lacks clarity and is full of deception, lies and falsehoods. After austerity meas...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1534 | by Leonard Koni
2 years after Mugabe ouster in a coup: Zimbabwe in an abyss
"Following the address we made on November 13, 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and The Herald were directed not to publicise, the situation in our co...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1125 | by Staff reporter
'Poor funding compromises Zacc independence'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is poorly funded to independently exercise its duties, leaving it exposed to manipulation and Parliament should make sure it has been allocated a sound b...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zapu activists arrested
ZAPU activists, who on Tuesday forced the temporary closure of the Catholic mission-run St Anne's Brunapeg Nursing School in Mangwe, Matabeleland South province, protesting alleged unfair recruitment ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
Local authorities stifling business growth: Industry
MANY local authorities in Zimbabwe are using archaic laws and municipal by-laws that do not take into account the changing business environment and globalisation, a situation that has made it difficul...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Cabinet reshuffle sparks uproar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s cabinet reshuffle has caused consternation in government and Zanu-PF as officials believe it was motivated by the need to consolidate and retain power rather ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Can new Zimdollar relieve the chronic cash crunch?
Gason Mukuvadzi, a lanky man with boyish looks, sits behind a makeshift desk in Mbare's Mupedzanhamo centre. An umbrella canvas shelters him from the blistering sun as he waits for customers looking t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:19hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle fails to impress
PRESDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet reshuffle last Friday, where he retained tired and incompetent ministers, including those tainted by corruption allegations, and assigned supposedly fresh minds t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
ZACC official seeks to protect house from RBZ
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) general manager Ms Sukai Tongogara has approached the High Court asking for the placement of a caveat on an Alexandra Park home which she benefited from the ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:13hrs | 92 | 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 | 1967 | 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 | 1101 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa to abolish VP post reserved for Ndebeles in Zimbabwe govt?
The toxic politics of tribalism and clanism continues unabated in Zimbabwe as the process of "de- Zezurunisation" and "Karanganisation" of government and all sectors which begun when Mnangagwa (Karang...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:38hrs | 9617 | by Israel Dube
Zacc challenges media
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has challenged the media to assist with investigative journalism that will help the commission to deal with corruption.Addressing journalist in&n...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:36hrs | 915 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chombo appeal hearing on today
The Supreme Court is today expected to hear an appeal by former Finance Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is battling to stop his trial on charges of criminal abuse of office. Chombo (67), is seek...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says inputs scheme abusers will be punished
President Mnangagwa has warned farmers that abuse inputs being allocated by Government under the Command Agriculture programme and the Presidential Inputs Support Scheme that they will be punished sev...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:30hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
MDC to humiliate Mnangagwa today...again
The MDC Members of Parliament are highly expected to implemented their Congress resolution not to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he arrives in parliament for the budget presentation by Fi...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:02hrs | 5392 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC losing ground in Matebeleland
The Nelson Chamisa-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) continues to lose ground in Matebeleland, a region once considered the party's stronghold in the early 2000s.Until 2013, the MDC was...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:42hrs | 2639 | by Staff reporter
Mass resignations hit Zinara
At least 12 top executives have resigned from the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) in protest over alleged interference, endemic corruption, harassment and threats from some board member...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:43hrs | 4389 | by Staff reporter
War vets boss in trouble for scorning anti-sanctions march
A WAR veterans' provincial leader in Masvingo is in trouble with colleagues after he openly dismissed a recent government sponsored anti-western sanctions national protest that was presided over by Pr...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 1450 | by newzimbabwe
Mphoko's trial in false start
The trial of former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko on criminal abuse of office charges hit a brick wall yesterday after his lawyer Mr Zibusiso Ncube applied for exception without notice. It...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
ZESA's corruption & incompetence an unwarranted burden on Zimbabweans - need for urgent accountability
As I write this article, we are just seated, or milling around, incapable of engaging in any meaningful productive work. Why? Because there is no electricity - which, we desperately need for our effec...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:58hrs | 1914 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chombo declares war on corruption
NEWLY-APPOINTED Local Government deputy minister Marian Chombo says she has put all her political setbacks behind and will focus on the key mandate assigned to her to eradicate corruption in local aut...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:22hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Is there any difference between Zanu Pf and MDC Alliance ?
MDC became a formidable opposition party because there was no major political party to challenge Zanu Pf .Their grand entrance into the political arena was witnessed in their first participation in Pa...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 18:36hrs | 1047 | by AT Kadada
'Inflation is because TSP failed to factor in drought' - yeah right, sell-out whitewashing Zanu PF tomb
Zimbabwe is well and truly stuck in this hell-on-earth mess! What makes our situation so, so frustrating about it is this is a man-made mess. For the last 39 years and counting the ruling party, Zanu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2814 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zacc suspends investigations officer
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has suspended one of its investigations officers.In a statement released Sunday 10 November, Zacc said, "The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission would l...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 22:02hrs | 4418 | by Staff reporter
Sinking ship
With almost half the population now registered for food aid, the government is taking decisive action to deal with the threat - not by providing food for the people but by fattening up the army and po...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 18:20hrs | 1870 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Mnangagwa to axe bigwigs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is planning to make further changes to his Cabinet after last Friday's mini-reshuffle that saw some ministers being redeployed and new deputies appointed, it has emerged....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 09:02hrs | 10451 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti should not be allowed to investigate others when he is under investigation
The person who is supposed to be in charge of discovering corruption in parliament is under investigation by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) for allegedly instructing the National Socia...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7625 | by Mhungu Mushoga
Practise what you preach
We preach from the scriptures but very often find our practices to be in conflict with our gospels. I am not a saint either. Politicians campaign with assurances to bring "heaven" to our country, yet ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:51hrs | 171 | by Prosper Tingini
Mnangagwa's wife dragged into Buyanga's case
FIRST lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's name has been dragged into the messy wrangle between businessman Frank Buyanga and his former girlfriend over the custody of their child following the leaking of an aud...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:49hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Does SB Moyo live on earth?
For those who may not remember, Sibusiso B. Moyo, (PhD) is the man who became the face of the November 2017 coup. As I write, after his spate with the United States ambassador, Brian Nichols, I am beg...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:48hrs | 1132 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Kasukuwere, Mnangagwa govt tussle for private home's title deeds
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has made a step forward in a bid to recover title deeds to his Mutare home which was forfeited by the state after he failed to return home for his co...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 5751 | by newzimbabwe
Policy inconsistency dogs economy
ZIMBABWE is again back in the jaws of policy inconsistency and discord, which characterised the late president Robert Mugabe's administration, pushing away foreign direct investment as a result, analy...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:44hrs | 78 | by The Standard Editorial comment
Latest on Form One e-enrolment process
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has urged the rural populace with no access to mobile networks and broad transmission to approach their primary schools in order to access the Electroni...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:33hrs | 484 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes roads scandal
THE Harare City Council has suspended director of works, Engineer Isaiah Chawatama and finance manager, Mr Godfrey Kusangaya — at a time when the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is invest...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe study proposes sanctions-busting measures
GOVERNMENT should intensify re-engagement with the West and pursue trade with fellow African countries, Latin America and Asia to counter and minimise the damaging impact of sanctions, a study by loca...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Be careful what you wish for
When American divas such as the Kardashians buy dogs, they make sure they are either Chihuahuas or Poodles, and this is not fortuitous.To them, these relatively dwarfish dogs, if you can call ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:28hrs | 79 | by Bishop Lazi
MDC's focus on Economic Reform is like putting the Cart before the Horse
It is common knowledge that closed societies need reform in many areas but which ones? In my opinion, for a society to open up, it will need reform intellectually, politically, constitutionally, insti...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 14:41hrs | 1294 | by Sam Wezhira
Why do we support the Devolution of Power
Devolution Lecture Series 1:Devolution of power, both as a development and political strategy has been successful throughout the world in preventing, managing and resolving conflic...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 13:08hrs | 1409 | by Lovemore Moyo
Mnangagwa expands Cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday reshuffled his Cabinet and expanded his administration by splitting the Home Affairs ministry in his second reshuffle since the election in July last year....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens help desk for small-scale miners
MINES minister Winston Chitando has revealed that government has opened a special department in the Mines ministry to deal with issues relating to small-scale miners, popularly known as makorokoza....Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:07hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Gushungo bomber writes to High Court
Zimbabwe People's Front political party president Owen Kuchata, who is serving a nine-year jail term for attempting to petrol-bomb the former First Family's Alpha Omega Dairy Farm in Mazowe, has claim...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:04hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Exit draught enters VP Chiwenga
The vice president of Zimbabwe comrade Constantino Guveya Chiwenga is set to return to Zimbabwe from a hospital in China. This comes after a full recovery of an illness which rumour paddlers have said...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 11:21hrs | 22156 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Top cop in corruption storm
A TOP Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) official has been fingered in a well-orchestrated police corruption scam by a subordinate who has since been granted protection by the High Court after exposing th...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 1189 | by Staff reporter
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