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'ZANU PF officials tell investors not to bring money until Mnangagwa goes'
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has alleged that some Senior ZANU PF members are dissuading investors from putting any money into the country until President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 24 May 2019 at 09:58hrs | 24803 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Canada miner in talks to buy Zimbabwe gold project
Canada-based B2Gold Corp. is considering buying an idled Zimbabwean gold mine - if it can be exempted from a law that requires producers to sell all the metal to the country's central bank, people fam...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:33hrs | 396 | by Bloomberg
'Mining sector to reap from liberalised inter-bank rates'
ZIMBABWE'S economic crisis continues to deepen, with no signs of recovery in the short to medium term. This has had a devastating impact on industry, resulting in the closure of companies and massive ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:29hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Madinda hires psycho experts
Under-fire Highlanders coach Madinda Ndlovu has engaged the services of professional psychologists as well as former players to try and psych his players as they struggle to free themselves from the s...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Botswana's elephants: myths vs facts
Botswana president, Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi, recently hosted a summit in Kasane for five southern African heads of state to forge a common regional elephant conservation policy. Since Masisi took over it...Published: 23 May 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1542 | by Conservation Action Trust
Zimbabwe passport seekers camp at Registrar's Office
Desperate emergency passport seekers have taken to camping at the Registrar-General's Office in Marondera, but officials are only processing 10 applications per day.A visit to the passport off...Published: 22 May 2019 at 06:18hrs | 3682 | by Staff reporter
Bid to remove Judge Hungwe as a foreign trial judge hits a snag
When Judge Charles Hungwe from Zimbabwe arrived in Lesotho earlier this year to start work on a series of controversial trials, he was given a warm reception in the local media. But since then the acc...Published: 21 May 2019 at 11:46hrs | 2246 | by Carmel Rickard
Zimbabwe teachers' salaries, a mockery
Disgruntled rural teachers have advised government to stop reviewing their salaries in RTGS$ as this does not provide a solution to their economic challenges. It is believed teachers in the co...Published: 21 May 2019 at 07:26hrs | 5337 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in serious trouble As the dialogue makes headway
It was clear to all but Few and some on Zimbabwean left that any unlikely agreement with Chamisa would only lead to further the agenda of regime change. The unconstitutional removal of the constitutio...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:05hrs | 11890 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe business agree on price stabilisation process
BUSINESS organisations have agreed on a process to arrest the economic decline and stabilise prices of basic commodities.At the end of last week, the forex parallel market rates had jumped to ...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2680 | by Staff reporter
'Bosso chairman okayed CEO contract termination letter'
SUSPENDED Highlanders executive committee members, Modern Ngwenya and Israel Moyo have argued that the club has failed to point at the exact stipulations of the constitution that are being used to cha...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:11hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should fully liberalize the petroleum industry
It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the economy due to foreign currency shortages. The rationale for such a subsidy has been to bring price ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:23hrs | 461 | by Victor Bhoroma
Nigerian to play Mugabe role in forthcoming movie
THE choice of renowned Nigerian actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim to play former President Robert Mugabe in the forthcoming movie, The Hero, has torched a storm among local film-makers and among social media use...Published: 18 May 2019 at 15:54hrs | 2644 | by Staff reporter
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1385 | by Benny Gudo
HIV+ man 'commits suicide'
AN HIV positive man from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo has allegedly committed suicide.Baldwin Mthunzi (31) was found hanging in his room by his brother Terrence last Sunday at around 12 noo...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:09hrs | 1185 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mutoko district 'mutiny'
SOME 30 Zanu-PF district chairpersons in Mutoko have petitioned the party secretariat to rein in senior party leaders who they accused of creating chaos.According to a petition dated January 2...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 2492 | by Staff reporter
Tensions boil over at a Zanu-PF Parly caucus forum
TENSIONS boiled over at a Zanu-PF parliamentary caucus meeting on Wednesday morning as MPs confronted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube over the parlous state of the economy and their welfare issues....Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:24hrs | 3486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's white farmers: Who will pay compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zi...Published: 16 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | 1747 | by BBC
Zimbabwean pilot who 'ran away' from gruesome Audi crash to apply for bail
A Port Elizabeth-based pilot who allegedly ran away after he crashed his Audi A4 into pedestrians, killing one, has been arrested and intends to apply for bail.Kelvin Zirema, 31, was identifie...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:21hrs | 5458 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military stake stymies $4bn platinum project
A plan to build Zimbabwe's biggest platinum mine at a cost of about $4 billion is floundering because a military stake in the project has deterred potential backers, according to people familiar with ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:05hrs | 1061 | by Bloomberg
Zimbabwe doctors make fresh demands
THE Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) has appealed to the Health Services Board (HSB) for better conditions of service saying inflation has eroded their salaries.In a letter addres...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:20hrs | 2307 | by Staff reporter
Fidelity dangles incentive for gold
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Limited (FPR) says it will pay an incentive for gold deliveries as government tries to ramp up output of the yellow metal.In a statement, FPR, a subsidiary of th...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:31hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe customers hit back at unscrupulous businesses
Prices of some local products appear to have entered a self-correction mode as consumer demand is said to have declined by at least 40 percent. Just last week, listed beverages giant Delta Cor...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:27hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF fearful of mass demos
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is struggling to deliver on its election promises, nearly 10 months after winning a controversial election in July last year and says it is scared s...Published: 13 May 2019 at 09:07hrs | 9636 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation set to decline?
ZIMBABWE is likely to experience a decline of inflation as the year progresses towards mid-year owing to slackening demand on the market due to customers' limited buying power, economist Dr Gift Mugan...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:45hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's widow appeals sentence
A BULAWAYO woman Aquilinia Kayidza Pamberi, who at one time was among different women suspected to be in a relationship with the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, has challenged a court's decisi...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:51hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Five out of five for ANC
It has been an epic battle at the 2019 national and provincial elections in South Africa with at least 48 parties contesting for the executive and legislative position and positions respectively....Published: 11 May 2019 at 20:33hrs | 1917 | by Daniel Itai
MDC leadership battle escalates dramatically
FORMER Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga advised the MDC leadership to ensure contestations for power which ensued following the death of founding party president Morgan...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:08hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
UZ exam derails Mohadi's protection order trial
Vice-President Kembo Mohadi's application for a protection order which was set to be heard at the Civil Courts in Harare yesterday was once again postponed for the second time after his estranged ex-w...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1591 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe broad money supply jumps 30,64%
ZIMBABWE'S annual broad money supply increased by 30% to $9,85 billion in January, down from $7,54 billion last year, despite efforts by government to keep a lid on money supply in order to lower infl...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:57hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Delta slashes soft drink prices
LISTED beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation, has slashed retail prices for its soft drinks which have been in short supply in the market in the past months. The move is likely to excite consumers...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:52hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mnangagwa boasts about sabotaging MDC run urban councils
A video of president Emmerson Mnangagwa boasting about how Zanu-PF ensures sabotage in MDC run urban councils has gone viral.In the footage, Mnangagwa tells a crowd that if they vote for MDC i...Published: 09 May 2019 at 10:08hrs | 8902 | by Methusi Ncube
'GNU is the solution to disputed elections' - rigged, can't even get that detail right
It has taken nearly 40 years for some people to formulate the outline root causes of the country's economic meltdown and political paralysis - a pariah state ruled by corrupt and vote rigging thugs. A...Published: 08 May 2019 at 00:11hrs | 2567 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
WATCH: Mnangagwa declares ZanuPF superior to Zimbabweans
President Mnangagwa in a 30 second rant that has gone viral and has been widely interpreted to mean only his ZanuPF party is Independent while the rest of Zimbabweans are not, has sparked outrage amon...Published: 08 May 2019 at 00:07hrs | 8325 | by Methusi Ncube
Zimbabweans eating less as economy deteriorates
THE widening gap between prices of food and stagnant wages has led to 44% of poor households in the urban areas spending more of their incomes on food, from 16% in 2016, a USAID official has said....Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF admits failure
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is struggling to deliver on its election promises, nearly 10 months after winning a controversial election in July last year.Riding on the c...Published: 05 May 2019 at 17:19hrs | 16493 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai 'widow' faces jail
A Bulawayo woman Aquilinia Kayidza Pamberi, who at one time was among different women suspected to be in a relationship with the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, is facing jail after a Bulawayo...Published: 05 May 2019 at 12:21hrs | 6648 | by Staff reporter
Local currency long overdue, analysts
The current uptake of about 85 percent in transactions using the local RTGS systems is a clear sign Zimbabwe is now nearing the stage where it might be convenient to introduce a new local currency....Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:45hrs | 3265 | by Staff reporter
You are on the right path Mthuli but....
I can't help but feel sorry for Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube.By now the economy should have been showing signs of stabilising.Experts say for the fi...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:44hrs | 4207 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Discipline key to new Zimbabwe economy
As Minister of Finance, I often feel frustrated that we don't live in a perfect world with perfect conditions. So many factors are out of our control; from natural disasters, to global events; from oi...Published: 04 May 2019 at 20:26hrs | 356 | by Professor Mthuli Ncube
Mnangagwa crack unit probes Zinara
THE Special Anti-Corruption Unit in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has opened a fresh probe into Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) senior managers over multi-million dollar vehicle...Published: 03 May 2019 at 20:57hrs | 2105 | by Staff reporter
Discipline key to new economy
As Minister of Finance, I often feel frustrated that we don't live in a perfect world with perfect conditions. So many factors are out of our control; from natural disasters, to global events; from oi...Published: 03 May 2019 at 15:22hrs | 1810 | by Professor Mthuli Ncube
Chamisa sets up MDC congress appeals committee
AN MDC special committee has been put in place to deliberate on issues raised by some members to the party's national executive council (NEC), who are unhappy about the way the just-ended provincial c...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:57hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Nust student in court for rape
A CIVIL engineering student at the National University of Science and Technology(NUST) is in trouble for allegedly raping a friend and fellow student after luring her to his room with the promise of a...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
'Challenging Mtukudzi's will herculean task'
THE late music superstar and national hero, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi's children may find it difficult to challenge his will and testament lodged with the Master of the High Court early this week, as the...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:47hrs | 4572 | by Staff reporter
48-hour water cuts are back in Bulawayo
Reporters THE Bulawayo City Council has with immediate effect re-introduced a 48-hour water shedding schedule in all suburbs amid revelations the city is among areas that will be hit by severe water s...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube says 'TSP reforms led to growth'
Implementation of reforms under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) has averted the economy from being weakened by adverse exogenous factors, Finance and Economic Development Minister Profe...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:32hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspended, fined for failing to host Cosafa
Zimbabwe has been suspended from COSAFA and fined US$50 000 for failure to honour an agreement to host the 2019 COSAFA Cup.Zimbabwe failed to host this year's regional tournament set for May 2...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:54hrs | 3811 | by Staff reporter
Workers not intimidated by Mnangagwa govt threats
IN SPITE of the hair-raising threats issued by Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema on Monday, government has been told to brace for wildcat protests as the country's embattled workers demand solutions ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:12hrs | 2946 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news
Zimbabwe has once been described as a country blighted by a 'tsunami' of fake news since the beginning of a "new dispensation" following the largely unexpected or seemingly impossible removal of forme...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:31hrs | 1088 | by John Masuku
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