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Mnangagwa arrives in Belarus
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has concluded his three-day State Visit to Russia, describing it as very fruitful as evidenced by the number of investment deals that he and his delegation concluded. ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:13hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Russia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is on a mission to deepen bilateral and economic cooperation with Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, has arrived in Moscow for the first leg of the Eastern E...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:34hrs | 2469 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flees to Russia?
President Mnangagwa early this morning left for Russia on the first leg of a whirlwind five-country tour that will take him across Eurasia and then to Switzerland, as part of his international engagem...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:08hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Wrong turn Mr President
Dear Mr PresidentMr President I'm sure someone is giving you very wrong advice. I can't imagine an elected President holding a press conference to dish out misery and poverty to his people. Th...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 3023 | by Munya Shumba
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga once held Mugabe hostage in his office for 4 hours
LAWRENCE Kamwi, who held a top position as Mugabe's Principal Private Secretary said his former boss' sins are exaggerated as he was not responsible for everything that came out of his Government....Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:02hrs | 12444 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF, Jonathan Moyo, Strive Masiyiwa, Lovemore Madhuku, Jealousy Mawarire pentagon gangsters of evil
I am not amused by the discord between, Jonathan Moyo-Strive Masiyiwa, Jonathan Moyo-Lovemore Madhuku, Jonathan Moyo-Jealousy Mawarire that had been engineered by ZANU PF style of leadership. I hate J...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 14:59hrs | 7029 | by Don Chigumba
Dembare likely to retain only 3 players from the previous season
DYNAMOS are likely to retain three players from the previous season for the 2019 season as a number of players have been offloaded while others want out.Valentine Kadonzvo, Kudzanai Dhemere an...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
40 suspended over diamonds theft
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has suspended 40 employees in an intense crackdown meant to halt rampant diamond theft at Chiadzwa, The Manica Post can reveal.Employees from d...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:45hrs | 17768 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ED Mnangagwa will not hatch chickens from fried eggs
President Emmerson Munangagwa managed to openly rig the forgone polls, in a daylight robbery. All his political life after independence crocodile has waited patiently, worked meticulously carving his ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1591 | by Zanda Shumba
Zimbabwe trade deficit drops
Zimbabwe's trade deficit narrowed 37 percent in October last year to $144 million after total exports jumped 25 percent to $449 million largely driven by a 300 percent vault in tobacco shipments, acco...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:39hrs | 200 | by Business Weekly.
Zimbabwe lines up 10 diamond auctions
Zimbabwe is looking at conducting 10 diamond auctions this year, as it seeks to generate more revenue from the gems, the country's minerals marketing agency has said. The targeted auctions are...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:38hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions must go: Zimbabwe's 2019 clarion call
On 21 December 2001 as the sun was directly overhead of the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere during the December Solstice, President George W Bush of the United States of America sealed ...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 13:36hrs | 1128 | by Elijah Chihota
Jonathan Moyo's lies on Masiyiwa exposed?
On Monday exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo wrote a scathing statement on Twitter seeking to expose how Telecoms Guru Strive Masiyiwa funded ZANU PF campaign during the bloody 200...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 13:07hrs | 4592 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe government lacks competent P.R and proper research
From my own assessment and analysis it is important as an academic to make such recommendations and submissions basing on factual writings and credible information to improve the performance of govern...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:06hrs | 257 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu-PF geared to implement resolutions
MANICALAND is geared towards implementing the resolutions made at the 17th Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference to ensure that the province plays its part in growing the economy in line with Vision 2030...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:02hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Accountability is a key tool of Governance
In the donor community, one of the major requirement is accountability and proper management of resources. In the development world, there is what we call, Monitoring process and evaluation and projec...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:38hrs | 333 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zim government lacks competent P.R and proper research
From my own assessment and analysis it is important as an academic to make such recommendations and submissions basing on factual writings and credible information to improve the performance of govern...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:31hrs | 395 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Jonathan Moyo exposes Strive Masiyiwa's Zanu-PF links?
Exiled former G40 Kingpin and Robert Mugabe's spin doctor Professor Jonathan Moyo who had threatened to expose embattled telecoms guru Strive Masiyiwa of being a two-timer who played double standards ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 16:15hrs | 6831 | by Ndou Paul
BREAKING: Jonathan Moyo spills the beans on Strive Masiyiwa
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Jonathan Moyo has come out guns blazing against telecoms guru Strive Masiyiwa. In a series of Twitter thread Moyo revealed how Masiyiwa has always been a staunch supporter of...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 15:53hrs | 20430 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Home-sick Zimbabweans want Mnangagwa to fix the economy
ZIMBABWEANS forced out of the country by the current economic turmoil have pleaded with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to urgently address the economic and political mess back home so that ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:48hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
The primacy of regime survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe crisis has been analysed from varying stand points among researchers. State fragility as analytical and conceptual framework is deployed by the duo of Mark Simpson and Tony Hawkins (2018)...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 678 | by Brian Maregedze
Motlanthe proposed GNU will NOT 'move Zimbabwe forward' - stop trading bronze for gold
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is in a catch-22 situation over whether to implement recommendations of the Motlanthe commission of inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence, which urged him to e...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 15:34hrs | 5921 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
A review of Zimbabwe's trade performance in 2018
ZIMBABWE's exports have been on a steady growth path throughout the year but imports rose at a much even faster pace. In this piece, NewsDay's Mthandazo Nyoni looks at how the country has fared in the...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:14hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
'Economy on recovery path' says Chiwenga - nonsense, not whilst vote rigging curse remains
Zimbabwe is in serious, serious economic trouble. Unemployment has soared to dizzying height of 90% and has been 80% plus for the last 15 years already. There millions of Zimbabweans out there who hav...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 20:48hrs | 2023 | by Nomusa Garikai
Highlanders give up on Nyoni, Muduhwa
HIGHLANDERS are moving forward with their plans for next season without Gabriel Nyoni as well as Peter Muduhwa after contract extension with the two players failed to produce a meaningful outcome....Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:12hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Akbay flies into a Mhondoro 'storm'
ELROY AKBAY, the Dutch mentor, will certainly fly into a storm as he arrives in Mhondoro mid-January. Things are not looking good at Ngezi Platinum Stars, where players' favourite coach Tonderai Ndira...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:02hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants levies, taxes harmonised
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has demanded the harmonisation of mining levies and taxes if the local extractive industry is to be regionally attractive to foreign investors.Speaking durin...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:33hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Botswana firm eyes Zim diamond cutting
DIVERSIFIED Botswana headquartered group Hangana Private Limited plans to establish a diamond cutting and polishing centre in Bulawayo as part of its long-term investment in Zimbabwe. Last wee...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 15:33hrs | 477 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa fears Matabeleland restoration: no one will baby sit him in Matabeleland
"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand". These words of wisdom are attributed to Jesus Christ himself.Zimbabwe is one such Kingdom trying to find balance on shaky t...Published: 24 Dec 2018 at 08:02hrs | 3479 | by Israel Dube
'Peace and healing can only move us forward'
Zimbabwe's Unity Day, which is celebrated on 22 December every year, lays background to the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC).After the political conflict which took place in...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 08:31hrs | 69 | by Retired Justice Selo Nare
Face to face with child abuse - The sad story of an orphan girl child
Shattered dreams. Shattered ambitions. Shattered life. Poverty, misery and dejection is written all over her face as she bears the burden of a heavy child strapped on her back walking down the road we...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 08:20hrs | 619 | by Zvishavane Resident
Mutsvangwa pays tribute to Mnangagwa
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has thanked President Mnangagwa for initiating development projects in Marange. Minister, who is also a Senator for ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:47hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commissions diamond mining plant
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned a Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) crushing plant here, marking the country's transition from alluvial to conglomerate diamond mining as he warne...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to oversee negotiation with striking doctors - Merry Xmas VP, you filthy animal!
"Vice President Constantino Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga has taken over the oversight role on the negotiations between government and striking doctors," reported Bulawayo24.Most people wo...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 07:17hrs | 2843 | by Nomusa Garikai
Best economic models that Zimbabwe government can adopt
Apparently we have the following challenges in our mainstream economy - Production levels are very low ( imports exceeding exports therefore balance of payments affected-&nbs...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 22:17hrs | 2187 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
ManU sacked Mourinho for being 6th; we are the poorest yet can't sack ED, even after 38 years - it sucks!
Manchester United (ManU) is a big football club well known and respected the world over. The team has not been doing well for the last few seasons since the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson as the team ...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 20:21hrs | 3294 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
De Beers snubs Zimbabwe invitation to mine diamonds in Marange
De Beers and Vast Resources will be allowed to explore for diamonds in Zimbabwe, which would make them the first listed companies to mine there in that sector for two years, Mining Minister Winston Ch...Published: 18 Dec 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2501 | by Reuters
China printing new Zimbabwe currency in exchange for oil and diamonds
COLOGNE - China has intensified it's grip, control and access to Zimbabwe's mineral wealth by reportedly demanding diamonds and oil drilling rights from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, as p...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 07:48hrs | 95438 | by Itai Mushekwe
Zanu-PF urged to focus on fixing economic challenges
THE ongoing Zanu-PF national conference must give the party a chance to realign its energies into coherence and come up with responsive strategies to arrest the obtaining economic challenges.T...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 05:32hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sits on $300 million worth of diamonds
State-owned ZCDC is sitting on $300 million worth of Marange diamonds, as the nation continues to bear the brunt of fuel and other essential commodity shortages at the back of an acute foreign currenc...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 06:08hrs | 1879 | by Staff reporter
Marange villagers seek to protect diamonds
Villagers from the mining communities of Marange and Penhalonga have developed community protocols that seek to protect diamonds and gold found in their communities.Community members launched ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 13:11hrs | 763 | by Staff Reporter
Player exodus rocks Dembare
TWO Premiership soccer clubs - Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum Stars - could lose most of their players this pre-season. The pair had contrasting fortunes in the just-ended 2018 season with DeMbare survivi...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 05:29hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
'Need transparency' to end diamond looting, urge Global Witness - ED's answer, Voto fraudulento continua!
"The discovery of huge deposits of diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe, in the mid-2000s came at a time when Zimbabwe was facing crises on multiple fronts," said Global Witness in its recent report....Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 21:25hrs | 990 | by Nomusa Garikai
No leads in Mnangagwa bombing
Investigations into a bomb blast that missed President Emmerson Mnangagwa by a whisker nearly six months ago do not seem to be heading anywhere, with the probe team still to apprehend suspects linked ...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Transformation: Imparting depth to the economy
Last week closed on a very good note.First, Government announced the much-awaited Diamond Policy.This new policy protects the National Interest, while meeting the expectations of the K...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:48hrs | 246 | by President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Bootlicking politics is our major problem
Zimbabwe has for the 37 years bedeviled by politics for the stomach, especially in the ruling party. Political jobs that comes by appointment leaves the appointees and those who have a potenti...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 18:14hrs | 1713 | by Isaac Nkomah
Mnangagwa not doing enough
Mnangagwa has promised to expose and shame people who externalized foreign currency .He declared war on economic saboteurs which we all know is just rhetorics meant to give the impression his governme...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 08:51hrs | 564 | by A T Kadada
The Cult of Rhodes: Remembering an Imperialist in Africa
Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) remains a controversial figure in colonialism and imperialism studies. Paul Maylam's 2005 publication is useful in confronting debates on his role in the colonization of ...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 14:06hrs | 1022 | by Brian Maregedze
Zifa elective congress postponed
ZIFA finally bowed to demands of three candidates vying for board positions to push back by two weeks its elective congress that had been scheduled for tomorrow in Harare. Zifa presidential ho...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:59hrs | 435 | by Staf reporter
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