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Zimdollar gains against the US dollar
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe held its weekly foreign currency auction today, which saw the local currency maintain its appreciation trend against the US dollar after it gained 0.26% to 81.4965 from 81...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2426 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga pledges to improve the working conditions of health workers
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga who is also the country's Health Minister has pledged to improve the working conditions of public sector health workers.This comes as the Health Apex Counci...Published: 7 hrs ago | 652 | by Staff reporter
Rushed Zim Dollar introduction cost the economy
The Zimbabwean government recently gazetted the Finance Bill (H.B.4 of 2020) which validates the fiscal changes that were tabled in the Mid-Term budget review in July 2020. The Bill amends the Gains T...Published: 7 hrs ago | 397 | by Victor Bhoroma
Government and household budgets are not the same
We often talk about the national debt as though it is the same as the burden of debt shouldered by households.But the two couldn't be more different."People think 'paying down the debt...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1371 | by Erick Matotoba
Govt salary talks collapse
GOVERNMENT salary talks broke down last week, with teachers saying they will boycott classes when schools reopen for examination classes next week as a result.The Apex Council, an umbrella bod...Published: 19 hrs ago | 4438 | by Staff reporter
What is Khupe up to?
WEEKEND reports that the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe had claimed the MDC Alliance title exposes confusion in that party. It speaks to desperation on the part of the MDC-T to seek legitimacy. But to w...Published: 19 hrs ago | 2978 | by Staff reporter
Global trade unions rally behind ZCTU
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has set aside tomorrow, September 23, for global mass protests in solidarity with the poorly-paid Zimbabwean workers.In a statement, Zimbabwe...Published: 19 hrs ago | 739 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hails ZCC Mutendi
The Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo has praised Zion Christian Church (ZCC) Mutendi and its leader Bishop Nehemiah Mutendi for initiating projects aimed at engendering socio-economic transformation amo...Published: 19 hrs ago | 599 | by Staff reporter
'Worn out US dollar notes notes acceptable'
BADLY damaged, dirty or even torn United States dollar notes remain valid for all transactions and can be exchanged as legal tender. This comes as some businesses and individuals have been rej...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has an undying love for lies, propaganda
LIES and threats have now become the order of the day for the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government.Since his inauguration, people have been subjected to gross human rights violations, t...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1324 | by Toedza Fungai
ZACC busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 585 | by Staff reporter
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1354 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mystery surrounds Mnangagwa meeting with sheik
MyStery surrounds the recent visit to Zimbabwe by a top United Arab emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, who arrived in Harare last Sunday to reportedly discuss invest...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Parliament wants daily forex auctions
PARLIAMENT says the central bank must hold foreign currency auctions daily rather than weekly to ensure the stability of the Zimbabwe dollar.Over the last three weeks, the local unit has margi...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
How Lionel Messi became a billionaire
LIONEL Messi made history last week after becoming football's second billionaire - topping Forbes' richest athletes list ahead of rival Cristiano Ronaldo.While Ronaldo achieved the feat first,...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 2883 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Corruption Commission busts US$3m Covid-19 racket
SENIOR Government officials reportedly connived with private suppliers to siphon US$3 million from Treasury by inflating prices for Covid-19 consumables, it has been learnt.The matter is being...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:44hrs | 248 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 225 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa tells Zanu-PF that 'soldier needed to silence nurses'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told a Zanu-PF central committee meeting in Harare that he appointed Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to head the Health portfolio to sort out striking doctor...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 6609 | by Staff reporter
Teachers declare incapacitation ahead of schools reopening
THE opening of schools for examination classes after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has been dealt a blow after teachers declared incapacitation.Government announced Grade Seven, Ord...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:24hrs | 2237 | by Staff reporter
War vets sue Mnangagwa
A WAR veterans group has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court seeking the nullification of the recently signed US$3,5 billion deal by government and commercial white farmers who lost their land...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 5603 | by Staff reporter
Investors wary of Vic Falls bourse
EXPERTS say the success of the impending Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFSE) will depend on whether foreign investors will be allowed to easily repatriate their investments.In July, Finance m...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:07hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
Fresh scandal rocks ZESA
AN external audit has unearthed a massive scandal implicating a senior Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) executive who allegedly prejudiced the struggling power utility of millions of dolla...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 2411 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda fingered in controversial appointment of ZINARA board member
Reeds Dube, the losing ZANU PF candidate for Hwange Central has been appointed to the ZINARA board. Dube is a business man and politician who has contested 3 times under the ZANU PF banner and i...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 14:56hrs | 2352 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe's recalls a drain to the fiscus
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) last week disclosed that it required about US$18,5 million to be able to run by-elections, a process that should be done by December 5.Most of the by-el...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:07hrs | 1614 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Mthuli denies policy consistency reports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday denied that there were policy inconsistencies in the country, claiming his austerity measures were simply "reforms" aimed at bringing back stability to the econ...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
When a Nguni Kingship chases his own agenda to undo other Ndebele Kings
We have been saying it for a long time that the Nguni Kings are chasing their own agenda but will want to ride at the backs of the Ndebele populations so that they get recognition by Zanu Government. ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:11hrs | 1832 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabwe inflation eases to 761%
ZIMBABWE'S year-on-year inflation rate for the month of August eased to 761,02% from 837,53% reported in July, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said. "The year-on-year inf...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to regain strength
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe allotted its highest foreign currency to date at the weekly foreign currency auction today as the local currency continues to regain strength. The Zimbabwe do...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:40hrs | 3345 | by Staff reporter
Hon Biti attempting to ensnare Prof Ncube, Dr Mangudya for political gain
FORMER Finance and Economic Development Minister, Honourable Tendai Biti is one of the very few political figures within the country's multiple opposition parties who appear to understand their respon...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 11:34hrs | 3932 | by Nathan Gurira
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fingers Ecocash as behind spiralling prices of basic commodities
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the steep price hike for basic commodities experienced in the country in recent months was the creation of mobile money giant, Ecocash.Addressing the Zanu...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:08hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Meet the CIO Boss who specialises in chemical weapons and nuclear energy
In January this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed a new Co-Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Organisation, Dr Gatsha Mazithulela. While the DDG has been silent since...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 11:47hrs | 14762 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Omalayitsha falsifying papers, claims Zimra
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says clients using the Beitbridge Border Post are deliberately falsifying declaration submissions under its pre-payment and pre-clearance facilities, prejudicing...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Zimra increases cargo check enforcement at border post
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says its increased enforcement of cargo checks at Beitbridge Border Post has exposed rampant abuse of import laws, which was prejudicing the State of millions of...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube unveils foreign currency income tax thresholds
Treasury has unveiled foreign currency denominated income tax bands that will see the tax free threshold pegged at US$350 while the highest bracket will be for those earning more than US$15 000 per mo...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 4341 | by Staff reporter
High ranking UAE official jets in
A high ranking United Arab Emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, arrived in the country yesterday to discuss various investment opportunities with President Mnangagwa, ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Fact finding mission that never was
We are back to square one... It took six months for Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) to release the official 2008 election results with Patrick Chinamasa then Legal and Justice Minister insi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:23hrs | 1168 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Woman in hot soup over a $1
A Bindura woman is in soup after she assaulted her friend over a US$1 change.The matter came to light at Bindura magistrates courts on Friday where Mary Kwainona (26) appeared before magistrat...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 08:14hrs | 916 | by Simbarashe Sithole
US$23m 'vanishes' from NRZ
A top National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) official has been accused of misappropriating US$23 million in what insiders say could be a glimpse of the financial rot at the struggling parastatal....Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:25hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 348 | by Admire Dube
Zimbabwe will be exporting power by 2023, says Zhemu Soda
Muzarabani North Member of Parliament, Honourable Zhemu Soda, was last month appointed Energy and Power Development Minister. Before his appointment, he was relatively unknown to many Zimbabweans desp...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa felt Chin'ono 'crossed the line'
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has narrated how President Emmerson Mnangagwa was infuriated following a series of articles he had written exposing how the first family was corruptly benefiting from gove...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:01hrs | 7624 | by newzimbabwe
ANC- ZANU- PF bromance in Harare a no show
The entire week, Zimbabweans everywhere had adrenalin pumbing through their beings in great anticipation of the much-hyped ANC- Zanu PF meeting at the very headquarters of the latter in Harare....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 837 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Stability of prices brings relief
Prices of basic commodities are stabilising and marginally decreasing on selected items, arresting the volatility and speculative behaviour which characterised the market before the introduction of th...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 07:36hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Gono bitter and lonely outside Government
After a lengthy period of hibernating from the media spotlight, Gideon Gono, the former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor resurfaced in a twitter interview with Alpha Media Holdings' Trevor Ncub...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 09:45hrs | 6688 | by John Mhazo
Govt adopts quarterly salary reviews
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said government had now resolved to review civil servants' salaries after every three months to hedge against runaway inflation rate.Ncube announced the...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:32hrs | 5036 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe political squabbling cripples business'
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has called for political dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, saying the standoff between the two main...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe striking terribly hard in death
LAST week marked the first anniversary of the death of Robert Gabriel Mugabe, independent Zimbabwe's first president. Arguably one of the world's most shrewd and controversial politicians, the "larger...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
Chinese Hwange blitz a minister's directive
THE shock decision by the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) to grant two Chinese mining firms the greenlight to drill and explore for coal in the giant Hwange National Park w...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2761 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe warns citizens against applying for international jobs
The Zimbabwean government has warned its citizens against applying for international jobs as they may fall into traps of criminal syndicates disguising as employment agents.This follows recent...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:55hrs | 16471 | by Staff reporter
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