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Black market running amok
Claims by under-pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube that his much-criticised policies will start bearing fruit towards the end of the year look increasingly nonsensical, as the wobbly Zimbabwe doll...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:21hrs | 2395 | by Staff reporter
MDC conspiracy exposed
The recent spate of alleged abductions in Zimbabwe has sent social media into over drive with opposition leaders, namely MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa and his Spokesperson, Dr Nkululeko Sibanda laying th...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 2490 | by Claver Nyuki
New Zimdollar the worst-performing currency in the world
If you thought Argentina's currency crisis was bad, spare a thought for Zimbabwe.Measures to protect the Zimbabwe dollar - including sky-high interest rates - seem to be coming to naught....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:41hrs | 2859 | by Bloomberg
Churches lose confidence in Mnangagwa economic policies
The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) yesterday said they have lost confidence in the current economic reforms being implemented by President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration amid a d...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:15hrs | 1667 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube a failure, says Coltart
MDC Alliance treasure general and former education Minister has laid into Finance minister Mthuli Ncube describing him as an academic minister with no political constituency and pandering to the whims...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 10:45hrs | 3056 | by Staff Reporter
In Zimbabwe, surviving means improvising, and some luck
In crisis-stricken Zimbabwe, where prices are soaring, the local dollar is plummeting and time is always short, even a trip to the gas station can be an adventure in the struggle to survive.Fi...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 679 | by AFP
Zanu-PF moves to seal Zivhu's fate
Zanu-PF Masvingo provincial executive is moving to seal the fate of embattled Chivi South MP Killer Zivhu, despite the party's national disciplinary committee, headed by chairperson Oppah Muchinguri s...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | 2216 | by Staff reporter
Abuse of mobile money platforms symptomatic of a failed currency regime
IT is a good thing that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Corruption (Zacc) has finally taken interest in the stinking corruption that has been going on through some mobile money platforms on which members...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 346 | by Editorial - Newsday
Mnangagwa deploys soldiers to hospitals
Government has moved to avert possible disruption of services at hospitals by deploying medical professionals from the uniformed forces so that they attend to patients. Health professionals ha...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to roll out more demos
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC is priming its membership for another wave of demonstrations to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to urgently address the country's deteriorating so...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 00:49hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike expected in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is expected to increase petrol and diesel prices after a strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility removed about 5% of global supplies, an attack the US ha...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:18hrs | 4439 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing, despite tensions caused by a brutal repression of protests, the country's foreign minister says.Since the military-backed ouster of...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 813 | by AFP
Graca Machel: Appreciate Mugabe's role in Zimbabwe
FORMER Mozambican First Lady Graca Machel has urged young people to appreciate the role played by the country first black leader the late former President Robert Mugabe who died last week in Singapore...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe: The socio-genesis, posterity of Pan-Africanism
My heart agonisingly aches in sullenness for Robert Gabriel Mugabe's demise. While weeping can only endure for a while, Mugabe's passing on offers a solid premise to recollect and curate the mortality...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 116 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Mugabe's body to be kept in Zvimba?
The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe is being kept in his birthplace, after a sparsely-attended state funeral at in the capital Harare.African leaders hailed Mr Mugabe as a li...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 23:51hrs | 7422 | by BBC
Zanu-PF supporters snub Mugabe funeral
African leaders have hailed Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe as a liberation hero at his funeral in the national stadium in the capital Harare.Current Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mn...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 14:43hrs | 5525 | by BBC
Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans, says Kasukuwere
SELF-EXILED former minister Saviour Kasukuwere believes ex-president Robert Mugabe's death must unite Zimbabweans to fix the economy, adding that blaming the departed strongman will not bring solution...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:02hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobia dishonour Pan Africanism ideology
Few weeks ago winds of xenophobia started blowing, leading to loss of life, destruction of property and causing some severe wounds. This time around xenophobia erupted in Gauteng province which is the...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:54hrs | 233 | by Matora Hupile
Zimbabwe's MPC, RBZ boards face a daunting task
The new Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) boards face a daunting task in dealing with the country's monetary problems and bring the much-needed stability and confidenc...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:02hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
The emptiness of an ending
A DAY dawned with an early call.Mugabe was dead. And then, nothing. Nothing at all in my heart and mind.Just a gaping, blank canvas, waiting for a clear script to form out of the moras...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 782 | by Amanda Hammar
Is Harare really like Tripoli without war?
ACCORDING to the recently released The Global Liveability Index 2019 by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Harare ranks 134 out of 140 cities around the world in terms of liveability, faring only ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya faces daunting task
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya will soon present his mid- term Monetary Policy Statement, tasked with introducing a cocktail of measures to instil confidence in the market amid a deep...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1587 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 334 | by Enock Muchinjo
Bindura trio in court over Mnangagwa 'insults'
THREE people have been dragged to the court and charged with insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa as authorities continue to crack down on dissent.The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:05hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo runs out of mealie-meal
SHOPS in Bulawayo have run out of mealie-meal, a development that has forced some retail outlets in the country's second largest city to ration the staple commodity.The shortage has allowed so...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 11:16hrs | 2893 | by New Zimbabwe
Three people people dragged to court over Mnangagwa
THREE people have been dragged to the court and charged with insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa as authorities continue to crack down on dissent.The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 08:31hrs | 979 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's supporters demand military training, guns
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa should consider recruiting youth for military training if he is entertaining any thought to taking power in Zimbabwe, the party's supporters in Matabeleland North have said....Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1807 | by newzimbabwe
Steep EcoCash charges hit small traders
Traders at Mbare Musika are experiencing reduced sales due to demand for cash and the percentages charged on sales done using EcoCash of between 38 percent to 40 percent. A survey show that so...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 499 | by Staff reportetr
Turning around Zimbabwe's economy will require more than technocratic approaches
TURNING around Zimbabwe's economic fortunes will require more than technocratic approaches and government should urgently create platforms for an inclusive and sustained dialogue, says a new report by...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:54hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Twice, Mugabe could have saved Zimbabwe
IT is a ubiquitous moral principle that cuts across most of Africa that people should not speak ill of the departed. Zimbabwe has an idiom to this effect and so do many other African nations. The prin...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:48hrs | 939 | by Learnmore Zuze
UZ blasted over command mourning
We cannot allow a shift from command agriculture to command mourning. This time we are ready to make sure that as they bury Robert Mugabe they also bury the dictatorial tendencies he planted in this c...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 12:36hrs | 3090 | by Ashlegh Pfunye
'Govt rhetoric worsening Zimbabwe economic situation'
TURNING around Zimbabwe's economic fortunes will require more than technocratic approaches and government should urgently create platforms for an inclusive and sustained dialogue, says a new report by...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:25hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Did Mnangagwa really not know that Zhuwao was in ‘exile’?
It was frightening to hear that E.D. Mnangagwa did not know that Patrick Zhuwao was in "exile" and feared what the government would do to him if he return...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 05:53hrs | 4969 | by Vusa Sigola
PPC turns to solar as power cuts bite
IN anticipation of rising energy costs and the challenge of sustainable supply across Africa, regional cement maker PPC is considering implementing solar photovoltaic (PV) at its factories starting wi...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:49hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
The Elders meet Mnangagwa, Chamisa and Zimbabwe opposition leaders
The Elders, an independent group of global leaders who advocate for peace, justice and human rights met with Mnangagwa, Chamisa and opposition leaders in Harare over the weekend and said only real nat...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:48hrs | 5356 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crisis: Time for second govt of national unity?
ZIMBABWE is going through its worst socio-economic and political crisis in two decades. Crippling daily power outages of up to 18 hours and erratic supply of clean water are just some of the most obvi...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:41hrs | 804 | by Tapiwa Chagonda
Renewed push for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
RESPECTED Roman Catholic Church cleric Father Fidelis Mukonori has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to start talks with MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to change Zimbabwe's fortunes, joining a growing...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe left many unresolved issues, says Zipra veterans
THE Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army Veterans Association (Zipra VA) has said former President Robert Mugabe (pictured), who died on Friday last week, has left behind a number of unresolved issues...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:46hrs | 621 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Mugabe: Dashed hopes and economic chaos
WHEN Robert Mugabe was deposed as Zimbabwe's President in 2017, Karen Sundirai was convinced the country would quickly recover from years of economic turmoil and authoritarian rule.Nearly two ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 129 | by Reuters
Mthuli Ncube: Fixing Mugabe's mess
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube may not have realised quite what he was letting himself in for when he took the job of Zimbabwe's Treasury boss in September last year.With his impeccable CV - he...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:50hrs | 693 | by Financial Mail
Firms fork out US$15m for power imports
Over 20 local firms have signed up to Zesa's facility to ring-fence electricity imports and are contributing up to US$15 million a month as they seek to avoid widening losses due to long hours of load...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:44hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree goes for a month without electricity
Zesa has restored electricity supplies in Plumtree ending a month-long blackout that also saw the border town running dry.The electricity crisis was blamed on a damaged transformer and theft o...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
The method behind the protest madness
As international business leaders and politicians gathered in Cape Town last week for the World Economic Forum on Africa (WEF), xenophobic violence erupted in parts of South Africa.Ghoulish im...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 89 | by Wendy Nyakurerwa- Matinde
Robert and Grace Mugabe's US$1 billion fortune
Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace built up a huge personal fortune and property empire while their countrymen suffered in the starvation and grinding poverty that his brutal regime brought about....Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 2845 | by Mail Online
Mugabe's relatives divided over the location and nature of the funeral
Officials and family members are arguing over the arrangements for the burial of Robert Mugabe, the former Zimbabwean president who died in Singapore last week aged 95.High-ranking members of ...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 21:07hrs | 7665 | by Staff reporter
Key milestones in Mugabe's life
1924 - Robert Mugabe is born on February 21 in what was then British-ruled Southern Rhodesia.1940s-1950s - He is educated at Catholic schools and attends South Africa's University of Fort Hare...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:15hrs | 1788 | by Reuters
Bob: As divisive in death as he was in life
ROBERT Mugabe, the former President of Zimbabwe, has died.Mugabe was 95, and had been struggling with ill health for some time. The country's current President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced Mug...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 10:11hrs | 603 | by Roger Southall
RG Mugabe is gone but his dark side still haunts Zimbabwe?
I offer my condolences to the son of soil, the icon of Zimbabwe's liberation, a pan africanist,..... and an emancipator of our nation. May his sould rest in eternal peace.These words I utter w...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 10:26hrs | 616 | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Robert Mugabe: A leader loved and hated in equal measure by Zimbabweans
Longtime Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has died. He was 95.Loved and hated in almost equal measure by Zimbabweans, the former teacher was best known for leading Zimbabwe to independence, ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 08:38hrs | 528 | by Compiled by Alet Janse van Rensburg
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