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ZimAlloys set to fire up new furnaces after $40m injection
ONE of the country's largest ferrochrome producers, Zimbabwe Alloys (ZimAlloys) will next month return to production after a new shareholder injected close to US$40 million to revive the company....Published: 14 hrs ago | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to replace Mangudya as RBZ boss?
A GLOBAL recent ranking of central bank governors has given Zimbabwe's John Mangudya the lowest grade amid speculation that he may be replaced as President Emmerson Mnangagwa reshapes his administrati...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 16:03hrs | 2977 | by Staff reporter
Harare rolls out 100-day plan
THE Harare City Council has announced a 100-day plan to ramp up service delivery, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) statement has indicated.The opposition party said the council, led by ma...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 08:17hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must introduce a diaspora ministry
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, it is my sworn submission that your recent resurrection of the War Veterans ministry is suggestive of aberrations. As I see it, the decision is...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | 372 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zec late payment riles vehicle owners
Private vehicle owners have lodged complaints against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for failing to compensate them after hiring their vehicles for the recent election.These vehicles ...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Access Finance shareholders in bitter fall out
Details of a bitter dispute between local financial services firm Access Finance (Pvt) Ltd and its related entities' shareholders have come to light, revealing that the CEO reneged on a deal to sell 1...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 20:26hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to attend Zimbabwe economic conference
President Mnangagwa is set to take center stage at the upcoming Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference (ZEDCON) in Victoria Falls next week.ZEDCON is an annual event that brings together gov...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 08:53hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa slams powerful nations' double standards
President Mnangagwa has strongly criticized the double standards of certain influential nations that publicly advocate for peace, human rights, good governance, and democracy while covertly supporting...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Senior citizen commits suicide over funeral policy debt
A 65-YEAR-OLD Guruve man committed suicide after feeling let down by a funeral policy.Habback Chipuriro committed suicide by poisoning recently.Sources familiar with the incident told ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 13:12hrs | 755 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Shingi Munyeza loses property over debts
BUSINESSMAN and church leader, Shingi Munyeza, is now bankrupt after his upmarket house and an assortment of movable property was attached over debts.The development has turned him into a tena...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 19:42hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Property owners given ultimatum
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) has issued an ultimatum to property owners to pay their bills or risk their properties being attached.HLB spokesperson Dumisani Nsingo said the local authority was owe...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:59hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda mayor pledges to improve service delivery
The newly elected Mayor of Gwanda, Councillor Thulani Moyo, has called on fellow councillors to set aside their political affiliations and focus on serving the interests of the people who entrusted th...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:53hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
African Union becomes permanent member of G-20
The group of the world's 20 leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member, a powerful acknowledgement of Africa as its more than 50 countries seek a more important role on the...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 12:11hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
African Union becomes permanent member of G-20
The group of the world's 20 leading economies is welcoming the African Union as a permanent member, a powerful acknowledgement of Africa as its more than 50 countries seek a more important role on the...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 12:11hrs | 455 | by Staff reporter
Hundreds of white farmers return to Zimbabwe in boost for agriculture
Family after family fled along this dirt road towards Harare as they were evicted from their farms by Zimbabwean war veterans.The road through the country's prime, red-soiled land was a front ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:39hrs | 2765 | by Ben Farmer
Zimbabwe slowing getting back to its feet at 43
IN 1893 my ancestors raised the Union Jack in a place they called Salisbury, in the middle of what is now called southern Africa. That is 130 years ago and for the next 87 years this tiny group of whi...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 321 | by Eddie Cross
Time for action, Mr Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa began his second and final term yesterday with the daunting task of uniting the nation after a disputed poll which observers said did not meet regional and international b...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business calls on presidential poll loser to concede defeat
ZIMBABWE'S industries this week called for a peaceful post-election period, as they made a passionate plea to frontrunners in the presidential poll to concede defeat and help the country focus on rebu...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:12hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo 'fights' in Zec's corner
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has commended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for demonstrating its "independence and professionalism" despite being condemned by several obse...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | 2191 | by Staff reporter
The odds were stacked against Chamisa on August 23
Zimbabwe went to the polls last week, weighed down by a cost-of-living crisis and rural food shortages, but the ruling party's 40-year grip on the electoral process suggested it was unlikely to lose p...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 12:51hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Mumba's behaviour unheard of, says Chissano
FORMER Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano says he has "never heard of" a foreign election observer mission criticising a sovereign country's legislative framework during polls observation.H...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 09:56hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa are both setting Zimbabwe up to fail
Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Zanu-PF's incumbent president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, are setting Zimbabwe up for failure, no matter who actually wins.Chamisa has ca...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 07:54hrs | 385 | by Lenin Ndebele
ZEC did it's best under very difficult and unprecedented conditions
LIKE GOD, ZEC MUST BE IN IT FOR EVERYONE: THIS TIME ZEC DID ITS BEST UNDER VERY DIFFICULT AND UNPRECEDENTED CONDITIONS FOLLOWING THE SITTING OF THE NOMINATION COURT ON 21 JUNE 2023It's one thi...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 19:44hrs | 345 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe remains polarised
ZIMBABWEANS on Wednesday exercised their right to vote by participating in the harmonised elections.The elections were fraught with technical and logistical glitches, but the results showed th...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 16:51hrs | 316 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zanu-PF's vote lead grows
Partial results from Zimbabwe's parliamentary election suggested the ruling party's lead was growing on Friday, but election observers said the vote did not meet international standards and was conduc...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 16:39hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe braces for close election as early parliamentary results come in
Early parliamentary results in Zimbabwe showed the ruling party and the main opposition neck and neck on Friday, after an election in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF party was widely expe...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:00hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Father-in-law cheats death over debt
Failure to control temper turned dangerous for a Plumtree man who went haywire with a kitchen knife and a scotch cart rim at a local house demanding his debt.The matter came to light at Plumtr...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:32hrs | 308 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe election results start to trickle in after delays
The first constituency results emerged on Thursday in Zimbabwe's election after delays forced a second day of voting in a small number of neighbourhoods and civil society activists were arrested....Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1241 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube says development to continue in Cowdray Park
ZANU-PF candidate for Bulawayo's Cowdray Park, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has paid tribute to the electorate in the constituency for coming out in large numbers to vote in Wednesday's harmonised election...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1303 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is going to win the Zimbabwe election by a big margin
More than 10,000 people, many clad in bright yellow, gathered on Monday for a climactic show of support for Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa ahead of tense general elections.The sou...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:28hrs | 10 | by Stafff reporter
'CCC to dump Zimdollar'
NELSON Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it will promptly, albeit temporarily, dump the Zimbabwe dollar for the United States dollar if elected as the new government.Speaking ...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 11 | by Stafff reporter
Joachim Chissano attends Mnangagwa rally
Former Mozambican president Joachim Chissano on Saturday attended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's star rally in Midlands amid reports he would also attend opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa's own ral...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says foreign observers must not come with predetermined conclusions on Zim polls
Foreign election observer missions should be open-minded and must not come with predetermined conclusions to discredit Wednesday's polls, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this yesterday wh...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Joachim Chissano to attend Chamisa's rally
Former President of Mozambique, Joachim Chissano is attending Zanu-PF's last presidential star rally in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's home province of Midlands.Chissano is one of most illustr...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:40hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar depreciation scares Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube is concerned about the depreciation of the local currency against the greenback as he drafts the national budget for 2024, fearing Zimbabwe's fis...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 18:10hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
'SADC will not choose leaders for Zimbabweans'
ZIMBABWEANS must elect leaders of their choice in the upcoming harmonised elections, Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) chief election observer and former Zambian deputy president Never Sekw...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 07:04hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nampak cashes in on Zimdollar scarcity
PACKAGING materials supplier Nampak Zimbabwe says it has benefited from improved United States dollar collections during the third quarter ended June 2023 on the back of constrained local currency liq...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's external debt gives Treasury headache
TREASURY says taking over Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s external debt will make budget financing for the 2024 fiscal year difficult.On June 15, President Emmerson Mnangagwa issued Statutory...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pleads with Zimbabweans to embrace Zimdollar
TREASURY boss Mthuli Ncube has pleaded with Zimbabweans to embrace the local currency for the country to achieve growth and stability objectives of National Development Strategy 1 economic blueprint....Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Shingi Munyeza threatens Mutemererwa's lawyer
The debt row pitying Marjorie Mutemererwa and Shingi Munyeza escalated this week with the ex SeedCo public relations manager's lawyer filing a police report against the businessman for allegedly swear...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:54hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe workers scoff at reviewed tax threshold
WORKERS have scoffed at government's latest review of the tax-free threshold to $500 000 effective this month, saying there is nothing to celebrate when the majority are earning below that figure....Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe needs healing
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has just released its extensive election manifesto outlining its vision for transforming Zimbabwe if elected into power.The 100...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Vandalism derailing Zimbabwe railways'
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) says it has turned the corner and is making profit, but bemoaned vandalism of its assets.This emerged during an annual general meeting held on Monday in Bul...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC manifesto: Great in theory, tricky in practice
The 100-page manifesto covers a broad range of issues from economic reforms social services to governance.THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has just released its...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to clear its foreign debt by the end of 2025
ZIMBABWEAN Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says Harare will do all it can to clear its foreign debt by December 2025 to open fresh lines of credit that would help in revamping the floundering economy....Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe loses more than US$23b through IFFs
Zimbabwe lost more than US$23 billion through illicit financial flows (IFFs) between 1980 and 2018, a new report compiled by the African Development Bank (AfDB) shows.Other sources, however, s...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Landlord vs lodger: The battle continues
"LANDLORD fatally stabbed by lodger over rent!" screamed a newspaper headline.In 2021, Prayer Banda (22) of Mbizo 18 in Kwekwe, was fatally stabbed by his lodger Victor Moyo (24), following a ...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
FlySafair, Cemair enter Zimbabwe market
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has approved applications from the South African low-cost carriers FlySafair and Cemair to start flying into Harare and Victoria Falls.The aviat...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mr President, stop being blind to the obvious things
GOOD day President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, ancient wisdom has it that a guest sees in a minute what the host will have been blind to for a lifetime. Oftentimes, successive generations stu...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 06:50hrs | 4 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mnangagwa can't preach peace when his government is doing exactly the opposite!
It is well and good when the president of a country makes a habit of preaching peace and unity whenever and wherever the opportunity presents itself.Surely, what right-thinking citizen would b...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:55hrs | 4 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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