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Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo bans Harare companies from its tenders
THE Bulawayo City Council will consider awarding all tenders for the provision of goods and services to the local authority to companies operating within its jurisdiction as part of its efforts to ens...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1076 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora speaks on MDC demos
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has called upon the MDC members to join the demonstrations despite governments warning that they will respond harshly...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 08:07hrs | 2099 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hold Mnangagwa's govt to account on mega deals, says Mudenda
SPEAKER of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda has urged government to fight inertia, whereby deals worth billions of dollars are signed every time, but not implemented on time or never."Let us fight th...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:06hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
I'm not a dictator, claims Chamisa
MDC president Nelson Chamisa, has rubbished accusations that he is a dictator, saying he is only out to protect his party from Zanu-PF's bid to overtake MDC party mayors.Chamisa recently axed ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 13:49hrs | 3700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa head for showdown
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to proceed with his party's anti-government demonstrations despite threats of a ruthless crackdown from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.C...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:50hrs | 10920 | by Staff reporter
ZBC implored to help re-brand Zimbabwe
Government is committed to the decentralisation of services and functions in line with its policy on devolution meant to improve efficiency and bring development to every part of the country, Informat...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:25hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Tabitha Khumalo clash over Kambarami
The Bulawayo deputy mayor fiasco has created an acrimonious fight between MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and National Chairperson Tabitha Khumalo.The facts are that Welshman Ncube...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 17:15hrs | 4572 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New structure for Zimbabwe public service
The Public Service Commission is examining the roles, functions and mandates of Government ministries and departments as part of a process to come up with a new civil service structure.Governm...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:44hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Biometric register for civil servants
GOVERNMENT is going to put in place a time-lined raft of measures which include developing a biometric register of all civil servants on Government payroll as it moves to tighten screws in its quest t...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:03hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blasts Zanu-PF Youth League
ZANU-PF President and First Secretary Mnangagwa has described the party's Youth League as lethargic and invisible with regards to mobilising and organising its constituency for full participation in t...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 19:30hrs | 1953 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Deputy mayor gets 7-day ultimatum to step down
MDC Alliance has given Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami a seven-day ultimatum to step down from his position or face expulsion for defying a party directive on the election of the deputy mayor....Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 05:28hrs | 1553 | by Staff reporter
$17m debt chokes Justice ministry
JUSTICE secretary Virginia Mabiza last week told Parliament that her ministry was saddled with debts of over $17 million, some of which dated back to the drafting and adoption of the country's Constit...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:49hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Modi names Bulawayo shopping mall after Mnangagwa
South Member of Parliament Rajesh Kumar Modi - popularly known as Raj Modi, is probably one of the most loved parliamentarians in the city.This is largely because of the corporate social respo...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 20:56hrs | 5066 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs Posap and not Esap
This article was extracted from Professor Jonathan Moyo's address to the Open Forum meeting in Bulawayo 27 years ago....Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:16hrs | 917 | by Dr Jonathan Moyo
CSCJF challenge citizens to monitor how 2% tax is used
The Civic Society and Churches Joint Forum has challenged citizens to unit and monitor how the government uses the 2% tax which it has imposed on every electronic transaction they make.Finance...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 14:45hrs | 476 | by Stephen Jakes
Angry residents force MPs to end budget consultative meeting
MEMBERS of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Economic Development were yesterday forced to prematurely end a national budget consultative meeting in Gwanda after residents c...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:48hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor unhappy with road closure
Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni has raised concern over the way the law enforcers conducted themselves in closing a road in the CBD which was a perceived hub of illegal money changers, popularly known he...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 14:13hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa introduce performance dashboards for ministries
The government is set to introduce performance dashboards to monitor and keep in check progress being made by ministries as well as performances of provinces as devolution takes shape.While Pr...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 18:41hrs | 4166 | by Staff reporter
Devolution to fight 'marginalisation'
"When we finish the July 30 elections, when we win, the Second Republic will come into place. Under the Second Republic, each province will have its own economic planning programming from ward, to dis...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:38hrs | 153 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Mbonisi Gumbo of MRP gives his 2018 election analysis
Mbonisi Gumbo of MRP offers a post-mortem and surgical assessment of the 2018 Elections. Mbonisi Gumbo is MRP's founding Secretary for Information and Publicity. In this wide ranging interview we are ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:33hrs | 264 | by Thulani Nkala
Supporting Zimbabwe's devolution plans with devolved blockchain
The aim of devolution that the government of Zimbabwe plans to implement is to arrest economic decline and set the country on a path to sustained recovery and growth while Zimbabwe remains a unitary s...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 09:43hrs | 1348 | by Donald Mudenge
Mavhima blasts Kwekwe mayor
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima has expressed disappointment with Kwekwe mayor Angeline Kasipo's failure to attend meetings to discuss issues affecting residents in the city....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:56hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Chinese taking advantage of Zimbabwe, says senator
MDC Alliance senator Lillian Tiumveos has accused Chinese of taking advantage of Zimbabwe's crisis to swindle the nation of its resources.Timveos made the remarks during debate in parliament....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1111 | by Stephen Jakes
Provincial councils must be responsible for social-economic development of their provinces
MDC Alliance senator Lillian Timveos has said the provincial councils must be fully made responsible for the econpomic development of their provinces according to the clauses in the constitution....Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:42hrs | 71 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe govt notorious for over spending - senator Mwonzora
MDC Alliance senator and secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has said Zimbabwean government of Zanu PF is notorious for over spending year in year out. Speaking in parliament Mwonzora said...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | 418 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Army Commander hails traditional leaders' role in development
Zimbabwe National Army Commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Chimonyo has hailed the symbiotic relationship between traditional leaders and the army in fostering peace and development within the communit...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:33hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
'Modi scales up Mnangagwa bootlicking'
Mthwakazi Republic Party has accused Bulawayo South MP Raji Modi, the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, of bootlicking President Emmerson Mnangagwa to another dimension.Party Pre...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:17hrs | 9030 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's vision on devolution welcome
Mwenezi Zanu-PF legislator Priscila Moyo has welcome President Emmerson Mnangagwa's approach on the issue of devolution, the concept which former President Robert Mugabe was reneging to implement ...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 14:12hrs | 1544 | by Stephen Jakes
Gwanda tribal clashes, Gukurahundi commission speaks out
The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has expressed concern over continued reports of violent clashes in the artisanal mining sector in Matabeleland South Province amid revelat...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2406 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged universities to stop taking pride in high enrolment figures and glamorous infrastructure and focus on providing answers to the country's aspirations. He said t...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3278 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets up technical devolution committee
GOVERNMENT has set up four technical teams to monitor and evaluate the implementation of projects with one of the committees tasked to ensure that resources are distributed equitably across provinces ...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 06:50hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
MRP blasts Mangwana over devolution remarks
Mthwakazi Republic Party president Mqondisi Moyo has blasted Zanu Pf secretafy for legal affairs paul Mangwana following his remarks that devolution is not foe Matabeleland alone. " We read with utmos...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 19:20hrs | 1912 | by Stephen Jakes
Devolution not a Matabeleland issue, says Mangwana
ZANU PF secretary for legal affairs Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana on Tuesday said the narrative that the concept of devolution was a Matabeleland issue was wrong, and that it was being spread by secessioni...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:57hrs | 1975 | by Staff reporter
Prices hikes unjustified: Minister
GOVERNMENT is coming up with appropriate interventions to address the recent wave of price increases which it says are largely unjustified. This comes amid indications that the country's indus...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:44hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Call for rural industrialisation
The business community here says the Government must embark on a massive rural industrialisation programme in line with the concept of devolution. Great Zimbabwe Chamber of Business (GZCB) pro...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 05:37hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's senators snub Mnanagwa speech debate
SENATE yesterday sat for only 25 minutes after just two senators from Zanu PF contributed to the debate on the motion in reply to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation (Sona) address, whi...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:30hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora questions possibility of provincial councils being sworn in soon
MDC Alliance senator Douglas Mwonzora has questioned the possibility of the provincial councils as enshrined in the new constitution being sworn in soon considering the government's dragging of feet i...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1147 | by Stephen Jakes
97 nurses graduate at Hwange Colliery Hospital School of Nursing
97 nurses have graduated from the Hwange Colliery Hospital School of Nursing after successfully completing their training.After a six years of failing to host the graduation owing to var...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 11:09hrs | 1349 | by Staff Reporter
IAC offers continuous development course
The Institute of Administration and Commerce (IAC) has undertaken to train accounting officers from local authorities and state parastatals to ensure efficiency and accountability when provincial econ...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 11:03hrs | 1040 | by Staff Reporter
Embattled councillor in forgery storm
CONTROVERSIAL councillor for Ward 24 in Bulawayo, Arnold Batirai has been accused of forging MDC Alliance's chief of staff, Mr Sesel Zvidzai's signature which saw him participating in the 30 July harm...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 19:16hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
Senator SK Moyo hails Mnangagwa
Matabeleland South Senator Simon Khaya Moyo has hailed President Emmerson Mnangagwa on his State of the Nation address which he said was loaded with a lot of promises."We the Members of Parlia...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 09:21hrs | 1673 | by Staff Reporter
Graft remains Zimbabwe's national sickness
The aftermath of one of Zimbabwe's most remarkable harmonised elections in recent history has been marked by a heightened sense of national anxiety.There is a curious mixture of great hope and...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:01hrs | 195 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwe State Universities must also open for business: Part II
The first installment on subject above, acknowledged the provincial economy concept being emphasized in the devolution agenda of the second republic and called for a leadership of state universities, ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | 1126 | by Enock Jonathan
Command Agriculture has done well, says Mliswa
Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has hailed the government over the successful command agriculture which he said has so far done well."Command Agriculture has done well and I do not think there ...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 08:33hrs | 573 | by Stephen Jakes
CSOs, churches demand Devolution Bill public hearings
MATABELELAND civic society organisations (CSOs) and churches are calling on political players to steer clear of the devolution process, which they say should be Parliament and citizens-driven....Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:18hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Masvingo richest province, says Chadzamira
Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Ezra Chadzamira has challenged people here to take advantage of the impending devolution to promote socio-economic development. He said Masvingo was the richest pr...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:54hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
'Teacher training numbers to double'
Government will double the number of teachers it is training and the failure by the economy to absorb them at the moment is only temporary, a Cabinet Minister has said. Higher and Tertiary Edu...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:48hrs | 575 | by Staff reporter
Freedom fighters urged to document war experiences
FREEDOM fighters and war collaborators should document their liberation war experiences and create a data base of war veterans for the benefit of young and coming generations.The history would...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa offer by Mnangagwa meant to disarm him - Mabhena
Zimbabwe Communist Party secretary general Ngqabutho Mabhena has said the officer by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is meant to disarm him."The offering of ...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:31hrs | 4202 | by Stephen Jakes
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