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Rigging an election is something and jigging economics is the other - Biti
MDC Alliance Principal Tendai Biti has warned that rigging of an election is something else while jigging the economy is something else which is not easy to achieve.The remarks are in referenc...Published: 12 hrs ago | 3581 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa despises Mafia coloured politics
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has again scoffed at Zanu-PF plans to create an official leader of the opposition position, saying he does not need a job.He insisted that and that it is the 95% une...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3062 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to amend Constitution to save Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to amend Zimbabwe's Constitution to recognise "official opposition" in a move critics say is meant to soothe MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, NewsDay reported....Published: 15 hrs ago | 6635 | by Staff reporter
Problems mount for Zanu-PF Manicaland province
ZANU-PF supporters in Chipinge district have demanded the ouster of party provincial vice-chairperson Dorothy Mabika accusing her of creating parallel structures as political infighting rages on in Ma...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Row over new Harare roundabout
A row over a new roundabout shows the deep political divide persists in Zimbabwe, two months after disputed polls.The roundabout on Harare Drive – the road that rings the capital - has captu...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 11:47hrs | 9276 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Churches, CSOs press panic button
Churches and civic society organisations have expressed concern at the rate at which Zimbabwe is plunging into political and socio-economic decay following the disputed July 30 elections and slammed c...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:16hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Widen commission's probe to Zec, army
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently swore in a seven-member commission which will investigate the August 1 violence and egregious shooting of civilians. At least seven people were killed and scores ...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:13hrs | 545 | by Moses Tofa
Zimbabwe way past time for boldness
ZIMBABWE needs economic reforms. That has been clear for the last decade or so. In fact, what has not been clear is why a country that so desperately needs a change in economic direction has continued...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:07hrs | 152 | by Editorial - newsday
Zimbabwe's currency options
IT goes without saying that pursuant to the adoption of the multi-currency system in Zimbabwe in January 2009 until about 2015, one could withdraw up to US$5 000 from an automated teller machine. Over...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 07:28hrs | 8073 | by Colls Ndlovu, Economist
Mnangagwa will not follow Mugabe's ways
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will chart a different path from that of his much-criticised predecessor - former leader Robert Mugabe - adding that he will only serve the two terms permitted by ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:30hrs | 2417 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube striking the right note
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has hit the ground running, infusing some urgency into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in dealing with Zimbabwe's multi-layered economic crisis.Ncub...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1120 | by Editorial - The Standard
Mnangagwa and Chamisa MPs fume over deferred vehicles
Legislators from both Zanu-PF and the MDC have expressed anger at the government's decision to suspend the purchase of new vehicles for them - with the money budgeted for that now earmarked to fight t...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:21hrs | 4043 | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage in streets of Harare
Raw sewage flows freely in some streets of Zimbabwe's capital, posing a deadly challenge to the recently elected president who has promised the troubled country a new dawn.A cholera outbreak h...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 12:28hrs | 4176 | by AFP
'Mthuli Ncube should grow a thick skin'
Prominent economist and former MDC executive member, Eddie Cross, has urged the new Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, to grow a thick skin and resist executive pressure to push him to spend more than wh...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:30hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Brutalising vendors must stop
The Zanu PF government’s obsession and decision to evict vendors from the city centre is barbaric contemptuous and disrespectful. It is not the solution...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 16:53hrs | 3295 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Chamisa's MDC anniversary celebrations next week
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has rescheduled its 19th anniversary celebrations to next week at Gwanzura Stadium after a ban on public gatherings due to a cholera outbreak.Chamisa, last week, cal...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:40hrs | 5023 | by Staff reporter
Is it time for Africa to teach Europe what democracy and passive racism are?
Picture it. The aftermath of a national election, where senior international observer from a leading European country declares of the election process he has just witnessed: "In all the many election ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1151 | by Anonymous
Anxiety as Mnangagwa 'visits' RBZ
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa made two surprise visits to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday, which generated a lot of anxiety among staff and the public after he spent a combined four hours at th...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:11hrs | 8506 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate of US Dollar passes 100%
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has claimed that the rate of exchange of US$ to Bank transfer in Zimbabwe has reached +100%.He said this means that if one have US$100 hard cash an...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 6727 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa to pile pressure on Mnangagwa
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance says it will soon announce its shadow cabinet and that it will maintain pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF party to dialogue over the problems...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 2448 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa battles open rebellion
A REBELLION in the MDC-Alliance led councils over imposition of mayoral candidates has gone out of hand forcing the party's leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who is being labelled a dictator, to summon all co...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Currency reform answer to Zimbabwe's economic woes
THE success of the new Government's effort to transform the country's economy, both in the immediate and future term hinges on addressing the currency reform problem. The vision of the Government is t...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 338 | by Bongani Ngwenya
Forex crisis vexes Mnangagwa
AROUND mid-day on Tuesday, a decorated procession blasted off State House, its lash green lawns and flowering jacaranda trees complimenting to give breathtaking scenery.It was a long processio...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | 5124 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes maiden UNGA appearance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will make his maiden appearance at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) which opened on 18 September 2018. The first day of the high-level Genera...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 16:02hrs | 1283 | by Elijah Chihota
Zimbabwe stops luxury car purchases for cholera fund
Zimbabwe's government has suspended plans for ministers to buy luxury vehicles as the country continues to deal with a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 30 people.Last week, Finance M...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:16hrs | 2703 | by BBC
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | 5622 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council to apologise to Econet
The Harare City Council has said it will apologise to Zimbabwe's largest mobile telephone company Econet Wireless after municipal officials attempted to steal humanitarian aid meant to stem Zimbabwe's...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 3364 | by Staff reporter
Corporates and cholera philanthropy
IT was recently reported that Econet Zimbabwe founding chief executive officer and now majority shareholder, Strive Masiyiwa issued a social media statement that questioned the transparency of the use...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 184 | by Takura Zhangazha
Those fighting against Mthwakazi restoration are traitors - activist
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has described all those who are challenging the restoration of Mthwakazi as traitors."Those who are fighting against the restoration of Mthwakazi are clear ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 302 | by Stephen Jakes
Econet launches Cholera Crisis Fund
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe's banking subsidiary Steward Bank, yesterday launched a $2 million National Cholera Crisis Fund that is meant to raise funds for the cholera crisis that has engulfed some part...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
$6000 salary for MPs
The Members of parliament have reportedly put forward a proposed MP salary of $6000 per month.The parliament has 210 members of parliaments and this calculates that there will be a parliamenta...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 11:07hrs | 6519 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe economy in safe hands
THE appointment of a leaner Cabinet by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only welcome, but also goes a long way in demonstrating that the President listened to the people, mindful of the need to man...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1229 | by Daniel Ngwira
Long fuel queues resurface
Long fuel queues resurfaced in Harare and other parts of the country yesterday as most service stations went dry, with many motorists resorting to panic buying.Motorists queue for fuel at a se...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1157 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes flood Zimbabwe border towns
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association has called on Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to investigate the source of bond notes and other currencies that have flooded the bl...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 3407 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa's turning point
PRAGMATISM. That could be the word we were looking for to describe President Mnangagwa's approach and philosophy as he conducts business as leader of both Zanu-PF - the ruling party - and Government. ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 2671 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Chamisa's MPs walk out on Mnangagwa
THE government has secured $500 million in foreign credit facilities to ease a cash crisis that has crippled local industry, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday at the official opening of the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Stench of sewage in cholera-hit Harare
Zimbabwe is struggling with its worst outbreak of cholera in a decade, which has killed at least 28 people. An emergency has been declared and public gatherings banned in the capital, Harare.L...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:40hrs | 1573 | by BBC
Outrage over govt spending
Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over the government's poor planning and unnecessary expenditure at the expense of preventing medieval diseases like cholera, which has so far claimed the lives of at...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:30hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Schools should close shop to avert the cholera crisis
Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe, ARTUZ has concluded its research on the state of preparedness of schools to handle the cholera outbreak. Our Schools are not safe and have no capacity to...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 14:05hrs | 1187 | by ARTUZ
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 2741 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cholera fund 'fraud', Harare City Council workers suspended
SOME Harare City Council officers have been suspended from work with immediate effect following allegations of overcharging for goods and services to cash in on a $10 million donation from Econet Grou...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Anger on social media over Mugabe, Grace chartered flight
Zimbabweans have reacted angrily on social media after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government reportedly chartered a plane for former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, who flew to Singapo...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:25hrs | 4226 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Khupe bemoans cholera outbreak
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Thokozani Khupe hsa lamented the outbreak of Cholera especially in Harare urging the stakeholders and well wishers to chip in to curb the problem....Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 09:03hrs | 1564 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa now talking dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "come to the negotiating table" or face the real prospect of driving the country down the abyss.In a...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 7770 | by Staff reporter
Govt implored to ratify African laws on democracy
HUMAN rights lawyers have implored government to ratify and domesticate provisions of the African Charter that deals with democracy, elections and good governance in order to end the trauma of dispute...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu calls for probe into cash vending
CHIVI SOUTH legislator Killer Zivhu (Zanu-PF) feels the government and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) must investigate circumstances resulting in the current cash crisis in the formal banking syst...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Beyond the fiscal policies, long term national vision is required
The political drama and the rituals that come after elections have come and gone. It is time to hit the ground running and get the country back to normalcy. The new Cabinet is well aware of the challe...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 70 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee ( DCCC)
We have set up a Diaspora Cholera Crisis Committee (DCCC ) composed of the following people who are championing various fundraising activities to end this Cholera Outbreak.Caroline Nyakudya - ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 154 | by DCCC
Mthuli Ncube's mission impossible?
While everyone in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet is expected to hit the ground running, it is Finance minister Mthuli Ncube who has the most difficult mission to accomplish.Mnangagwa r...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:34hrs | 2320 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs challenged to forego cars
ZANU-PF MPs have called on colleagues in Parliament to forgo their perks including top-of-the-range vehicles worth over $20m that government is set to buy them and channel the resources towards combat...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:31hrs | 3386 | by Staff reporter
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