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Millers sell subsided maize at +200% profit
MILLERS are allegedly engaged in massive corruption, where they access cheap maize from Grain Marketing Board, mill a small portion and then divert the rest to rural areas especially those near the co...Published: 7 hrs ago | 95 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube misses fiscal reform targets
ECONOMIC reforms and austerity measures being spearheaded by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) have gone off the rails after it emerged the central ban...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar and the quest for redemption
A NEW currency is in town and this week we witnessed its physical manifestation exactly four-and-a-half months after its official return. Since February, however, the near-return was almost predictabl...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 140 | by Respect Gwenzi
What is the role of V11, V23 forms?
IT is the constitutional mandate of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ensure that, at every election or referendum, whatever voting method is used, is simple, accurate, verifiable, secure and...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Gwayi-Shangani Dam project allocated $400m in Budget
THE Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North province, one of the strategic development projects under the water and sanitation cluster, has been allocated $400 million in the 2020 National Budget, th...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Huge demand for cash
Depositors, who formed long queues at banks and building societies, were withdrawing new coins and notes yesterday after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) released the first $30 million on Monday, bu...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:25hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
NSSA rot sucks in another minister
FORMER Public Service minister Sekai Nzenza allegedly ordered State pension manager, National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to pay $1,8 million to a group of local experts she handpicked to unpack ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:27hrs | 5105 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe readies mass wildlife migration
Zimbabwe is planning an enforced mass migration of wildlife away from a park in the country's south, where thousands of animals are at risk of death due to drought-induced starvation.At least ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 252 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe government deluded about doctors
This has been one of the most deluded period for the Zimbabwe government – even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards — firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economic...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1084 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe teachers to work Mondays and Fridays only
Teachers will now work a two-day week after galloping inflation shrivelled their wages, a union said.The Zimbabwe Teachers Association (ZIMTA), the biggest teachers' union in the country, said...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:31hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
STI cases spike in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a 9,81 percent increase in the number of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) cases in the second quarter of the year with the National Aids Council (Nac) calling for increased ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:36hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe population to hit 21,4 million
Zimbabwe's population is projected to hit 21.4 million by 2032 from 13.4 million in 2012 as the country undergoes demographic changes that could be beneficial to economic growth and development, accor...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 13:23hrs | 2506 | by Staff reporter
Deluded govt wants to invite back Zim doctors in diaspora, yet can't even care for local practitioners
This has been one of the most deluded weeks for the Zimbabwe government - even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards - firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economically ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2720 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MPs join the Zanu-PF gravy train
MDC Alliance MPs who went to Parliament on a pro-poor campaign ticket were this week part of hundreds of parliamentarians who blew $5 million at the resort town of Victoria Falls in the name of pre-bu...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:01hrs | 1102 | by Sibanengi Dube
UK cranks heat on Mnangagwa
A UNITED Kingdom (UK) special envoy yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to introduce genuine economic and political reforms in order to turn around its stuttering economy....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 5227 | by Staff reporter
UK presses Mnangagwa over reforms
A UNITED Kingdom (UK) special envoy yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to introduce genuine economic and political reforms in order to turn around its stuttering economy....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1305 | by Staff reporter
Delta Beverages lager volumes plunge 40%
Listed beverages brewer, Delta Corporation Limited (Delta) has reported a 48% tumble in lager beer volumes during the half year period ending September 2019, as the bluechip company continues to feel ...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:48hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in MDC Alliance over congress losers
MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has been rocked by fresh chaos over the incorporation of some members into the provincial executive. The resolution to incorporate members into the province was ...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:45hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Potraz invites more mobile network operators
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says it is accepting proposals from local and external investors interested in operating mobile network operators as space f...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Prince Harry invests in Matusadonha
Britain's Prince Harry is the president of the African parks, a company that has acquired a stake in Matusadonha National Park in Mashonaland West Province. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Auth...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1965 | by Staff reporter
'We're improving people's lives' insist Mthuli Ncube - a mirage, add hypocrite to sanctions list
The dishonest way Zanu PF has continued to hold the sanctions debate is an outrage!"The impact has been severe and anyone who thinks that sanctions are not harming the economy is surely not te...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 17:18hrs | 1970 | by Nomusa Garikai
Government, civil service find each other
Cases of absenteeism and non-performance by civil servants have markedly declined following the increased frequency of impromptu inspection visits by the Public Service Commission (PSC).Public...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 1166 | by Staff reporter
'We're going to improve lives of our people,' says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabweans are bearing the brunt of soaring prices of basic commodities and cash shortages. They are also worried about the continued loss of value of the Zimbabwe dollar. To date, Government's auste...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
Teacher 'hangs' self in bedroom
A TEACHER at Coghlan Primary School in Bulawayo allegedly hanged herself in her bedroom. Ms Sibhekinkosi Moyo (35) from New Magwegwe suburb was found hanging from a roof truss by her father on...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1795 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions are anti-peace in Zimbabwe
The issue of sanctions and how they have impacted the social and economic welfare of the generality of Zimbabweans is of great relevance to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. Fi...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 139 | by Geoffrey T. Chada
Mnangagwa fires 80+ striking doctors ….As they snub disciplinary hearings
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa government has reportedly fired more than 80 doctors who snubbed disciplinary hearings sitting at central hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo on Friday to try them over t...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 16:41hrs | 7525 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe de-dollarization & other countries experiences
Zimbabwe suspended its local currency on the 9th of April 2009 and adopted a basket of multiple currencies such as the South African Rand, British Pound, Botswana Pula, Japanese Yen, Euro and the Unit...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 13:41hrs | 5147 | by Victor Bhoroma
Govt moans it doesn't have money, but expects impoverished citizens to have money for ever-increasing tariffs!
I am not much of an economist, but the manner in which the Zimbabwe government is seemingly unapologetically overburdening its already suffering citizens with ever-increasing tariffs leaves me with a ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 08:43hrs | 2673 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa facing massive pressure to reshuffle cabinet
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is facing enormous pressure from senior Zanu PF officials and the military to reshuffle cabinet and fire some senior government officials for failing to stem the economic ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 5270 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube seeks to broaden tax base
THE 2020 National Budget will focus on enhancing revenue collection through advancing the ongoing Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and other administrative reform initiatives meant to broaden the tax base a...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:45hrs | 2747 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt scrambles to save US$1bn Chinese deals
GOVERNMENT officials were this week nervously scrambling to salvage three big Chinese-funded infrastructural projects totalling US$1,324 billion, which are on the verge of collapse after US$10 million...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF leaders are clueless' - established this 20 years ago, ask why they're still in power
"It is time that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance Mthuli Ncube wake up to reality. Both Leaders do not have a strategic and plausible solution to the economic problems prevailing in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2091 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows 66%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit, which represents an outflow of domestic currency to foreign markets, narrowed by 66% to US$670 million between February and September this year compared to the same period la...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Record-breaking temperatures for Chiredzi, West Nicholson
The scorching heat sweeping across the country since the last few days has resulted in areas like Chiredzi in Masvingo and West Nicholson in Matabeleland South recording extremely high temperatures th...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 05:49hrs | 1520 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poverty threshold levels increase by 200% in 6 months
Latest data released by ZimStat shows that poverty threshold levels for a family of five increased to ZW$883 in September from ZW$725,3 in August.In growth terms, the movement represents a 22%...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe resumes SA flight after settling debt
South Africa has reinstated permission for Zimbabwe's national airline to fly into Johannesburg after the company was banned from using SA airports over unpaid fees.State-owned Air Zimbabwe's ...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 11:51hrs | 2305 | by AFP
Gang violence rattles high school
Parents of pupils at Kwekwe High School are mulling transferring their children from the school following reports of gang violence and indiscipline that have reached alarming levels at the school....Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Cement sales plummet
REGIONAL cement maker Pretoria Portland Cement says cement sales at its Zimbabwe unit went down between 30 and 35 percent in four months ending 30 July due to a challenging economic climate that has s...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 05:42hrs | 3686 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwean model tortured in South Africa, peri peri put in her privates
In a bizarre fit of rage two Zimbabwean women and a well-known musician are seen in a video that has gone viral putting powdered peri peri into a young model's private parts as they assault her. The i...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2892 | by Staff reporter
Impounded Air Zimbabwe plane released
A team of negotiators dispatched to South Africa by Air Zimbabwe, has brokered a deal that saw the release of the Boeing 767-200 yesterday which had been impounded by the Airports Company of South Afr...Published: 26 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube faces criminal prosecution
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has been petitioned to charge finance minister Mthuli Ncube with criminal abuse of office over a series of actions that have caused Zimbabweans financial losses in th...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:10hrs | 4678 | by ZimLive
Massive layoffs rock Zimbabwe financial sector
MORE than 300 workers in the financial services sector have been laid off in the last two months as companies rationalise their cost structures in a tough operating environment amid economic recession...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:35hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
BCC extends water shedding period to 72-hours
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expanded its weekly water shedding programme from 48 to 72 hours as water levels continue to decline in the city's supply dams. Addressing the media yesterd...Published: 24 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 944 | by Staff Reporter
Options Trading - What is it?
The process of trading stocks, shares, and securities, can be difficult enough and challenging enough to wear as a new trader. Within the world of trading, there are a number of different types of sec...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 21:17hrs | 1481 | by Staff Writer
Interpol snubs ZRP over G4O
ZIMBABWE Republic Police Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga yesterday revealed that the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) was not willing to assist Zimbabwe extradite certain sus...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:07hrs | 3409 | by Staff reporter
Met Dept rules out heat wave
ZIMBABWE has been experiencing extremely high temperatures beginning Monday with Beitbridge recording 44,5º Celsius. The Meteorological Services Department (MSD), however, said temperatures would coo...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 11:05hrs | 2729 | by Staff reporter
Economy facing new de-industrialization wave
Zimbabwe's hyperinflation and the general economic decline are now posing serious viability challenges for the local industry. This will be a second phase of de-industrialization in a space of 2 decad...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:34hrs | 2217 | by Victor Bhoroma
Pravin Gordhan is a serious liability in 'New Dawn'
It can no longer be avoided Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has become a serious liability to President Cyril Ramaphosa's "New Dawn", says the writer. File picture: ReutersThis week ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 16:04hrs | 2218 | by Sifiso Mahlangu
Mnangagwa's rejection of election Sabbath correct
After their meeting in Harare 15 days ago, the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) released a paper, Call for National Sabbath For Trust and Confidence Building, which essentially sugges...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
'Tortured' vendor dies in prison
A Harare vendor died in remand prison yesterday after he was allegedly tortured by police, triggering an angry reaction from human rights defenders.Tafadzwa Hilton Tamangani was one of the 11 ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:53hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
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