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Zimdollar return premature, says Gono
FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has said the reintroduction of the Zimbabwean dollar, which has been rapidly losing value since its re-introduction in June last year, was pr...Published: 13 hrs ago | 5769 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean state capture
In my weekly political review show on the Gambakwe media platform two Sunday ago, we discussed about the planned demonstration on the 31st of July 2020. During the interview I invok...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3604 | by Terence. T. Simbi
EIU predicts tough times ahead for Zimbabwe
LONDON-BASED Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) has predicted a gloomy economic outlook for Zimbabwe in the next four years owing to failure by government to manage the tumultuous political and economic...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1330 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube misleading Mnangagwa, says Mashakada
FORMER Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada has accused Finance minister Mthuli Ncube of misleading President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the nation through his continued de...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:12hrs | 1646 | by Staff reporter
Jealous man douses ex-wife and son with petrol, sets room alight
A 26-year-old Bulawayo woman miraculously escaped from her burning bedroom and rescued her four-year-old son after her jealous ex-husband allegedly doused them with petrol before torching the room the...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:08hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Motorists plead for fuel dual pricing
Government should come up with legislation that makes it mandatory for service stations to sell fuel in both foreign and local currency in line with the prevailing exchange rate, motorists have said. ...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:07hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Analysis of Dual Pricing Policy (SI 185 of 2020)
The Zimbabwean government gazetted Statutory Instrument (SI) 185 of 2020 on the 24th of July 2020. The latest regulation compels sellers of various goods and services to display, quote and offer price...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2874 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe govt's clamp down on protestors a recipe for disaster
The country's constitution allows people to demonstrate and express their grievances anywhere or whether such demonstrations have been called by self-styled activists or have been endorsed by oppositi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 15:12hrs | 1557 | by Leonard Koni
Decaying infrastructure drags Zimbabwe to Stone Age
ZIMBABWE is lagging behind other regional countries in infrastructural development and would require huge investment to build robust infrastructure and catch up with continental leaders, a new report ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:17hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in top 10 best wildlife conservation destinations
ZIMBABWE is one of the 10 countries in the world with the best wildlife conservation methods, according to a research by Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in partnership with Pan...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tells off Malema
ZIMBABWE will not be lectured by misinformed and misguided regional parties such as the South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on anything as the country is not a province of South Africa. ...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 8813 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans labour under Zanu-PF debt concrete slab
ONE thing that makes me smile when I think constitutional democracy an elected government that shows unwavering love for its citizens. In perfect liberal or social democracies, elected governments fea...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:56hrs | 252 | by Rejoice Ngwenya, Comaliso
'Private sector now controlling Zimbabwe State'
AFRICAN Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) says Zimbabwe has been taken over by the private sector, a situation that has left the State fragile and vulnerable to corruption.Sp...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:38hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Government should stop crying wolf
THE more things change, the more they remain the same. Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Demagogues throughout history have perpetuated the idea of an us vs them.It...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 144 | by Maverick Maphosa
Shiri died in his car while trying to get help
LANDS, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri, pictured, died in the wee hours of yesterday, days after his driver succumbed to the lethal coronavirus that is fast getting o...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:31hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
No power cuts till year end, industry assured
INDUSTRY is assured of consistent power supply after State power utility Zesa Holdings said it will not effect load shedding until end of this year despite recent significant increase in demand for el...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:30hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe plans to buy smaller aircraft
National airline Air Zimbabwe is working on acquiring smaller aircraft to service local routes as part of efforts to enhance connectivity within the country and boost domestic tourism. At an o...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:27hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
2020 Mid Term Budget Hits and Misses
The 2020 mid-term budget and economic review was delivered amid high inflation levels and declining economic productivity that has been worsened by the Corona Virus pandemic. The Zimbabwean economy is...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:38hrs | 1145 | by Victor Bhoroma
Govt approves dual pricing
GOVERNMENT has authorised the pricing of goods and services in both the local currency and the United States dollar, barely a year after ditching the multi-currency regime."It is hereby notifi...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:49hrs | 1654 | by Staff reporter
Was the shutting down of mobile money, ZSE a necessary evil?
ON June 26, 2020 the Information ministry announced in a tweet that all mobile money transactions and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) would stop transacting forthwith.The authorities halted ...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2667 | by Admire Maparadza Dube
Gwekwerere reveals agony under Gorowa
FOURTEEN years have passed since a virtually unknown young striker called Evans Gwekwerere made a storming entrance onto the domestic football scene and set tongues wagging with his goal-scoring prowe...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:04hrs | 1999 | by Staff reporter
July 31 will definitely come
Well, July 31 is now five days away; it will come and go largely without incident, but it simply represents the largely mutating strategies of the country's sworn enemies.EONS ago, on one fine...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 1967 | by Bishop
Man kills brother in a domestic dispute
Police in Mashonaland Central arrested a Centenary man who bashed his brother to death in a domestic dispute on Tuesday.Deputy police s...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 19:13hrs | 2908 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe is a failed State, says ZCTU
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions president Peter Mutasa yesterday described the country as a "failed State" given the high poverty levels, decaying infrastructure, the odious debt situation caused mo...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 08:35hrs | 5052 | by Staff reporter
Digital trade is the next big thing in Africa
Wamkele Mene was recently appointed Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. Because of COVID-19, free trade for countries that have ratified the agreement did not beg...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 07:57hrs | 295 | by Kingsley Ighobor
African authorities deploy KC Wearable Smart Helmet to combat spread of COVID-19
With over 720,000 confirmed cases across Africa, COVID-19 has already claimed almost 16,000 lives. In their efforts to reduce the devastating impact of the disease, several national authorities have p...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1536 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe tumbles on business rankings
ZIMBABWE, in the throes of its worst political and economic crisis in more than a decade, has the highest country risk in the whole of Southern Africa, a report has revealed.The country is con...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:21hrs | 3751 | by Staff reporter
Man fined for beating up 'cheating' lover
A VICTORIA Falls man who used a piece of hosepipe and stick to assault his girlfriend after he discovered that she was cheating on him has been fined $1 000 for domestic violence.Praymore Tshu...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:17hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Bindura man axes wife, kills self
Villagers of Retreat farm, Bindura were left shell shocked after a 41 year-old villager axed his wife over a television dispute on Monday.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspecto...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 13:57hrs | 2637 | by Simbarashe Sithole
African judges condemn Justice Malaba's directive
The Africa Judges and jurists Forum (AJIF) has today expressed a firm view that paragraph 2(iv) of the Hon Chief Justice Malaba's memorandum of 16 July 2020 in its original or amended form, directing ...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 15:56hrs | 7539 | by Africa Judges and jurists Forum
African Development Bank set to join landmark $20 billion Mozambique LNG financing
The African Development Bank has concluded its bid to co-finance the construction of Mozambique's integrated Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant by signing a senior loan of $400 million for the transfor...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:23hrs | 835 | by Stephen Jakes
'No freebies under Mnangagwa regime'
Mechanisation and irrigation projects initiated by Government are not for free and beneficiaries will be expected to pay back loans, with all loans being issued through banks using banking criteria of...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 08:57hrs | 747 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to handle 31 July protesters as terrorists'
JITTERY authorities have once again warned the opposition and civil society groups planning to hold unsanctioned mass demonstrations on July 31 that they will be treated like terrorists and likely end...Published: 20 Jul 2020 at 17:54hrs | 2684 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's rule in danger'
A BRITISH think-tank has warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's continued hold on power faces significant challenges unless his government acts to end the country's worsening political and economi...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 17:59hrs | 19751 | by Staff reporter
We have Epsteins and Ghislaine in homes: capital punishment is befitting to paedophiles!!
Last week, we saw how Virginia Giuffre-Roberts got her last laugh. At last the notorious Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested by the FBI for counts of perjury and recruiting under-aged girls for prostitutio...Published: 18 Jul 2020 at 18:31hrs | 1026 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mnangagwa's govt piles more misery on transacting public
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday piled more misery on the transacting public by introducing a 2% intermediated tax on foreign currency electronic transactions with effe...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 2661 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube avoids supplementary budget
GOVERNMENT has remained vague on how it plans to provide safety nets for vulnerable citizens despite the growing social needs in the economy as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday failed to table ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:45hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax extended to forex transactions
Treasury has extended the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax, more commonly known as the 2 percent tax, to foreign currency transactions. Earlier this year, Government legalised the use of the U...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's reality check
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube will today present the Mid Term Fiscal Statement.The outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which is also known as Covid-19, disrupted business both in the public and...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 4948 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must ban sale of alcohol, says ZimPF
OPPOSITIOn Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has called government to consider a ban on the sale of alcohol in the country during the COVID-19-induced lockdown in order to reduce cases of alcohol-related ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Man kills wife, dumps body in river
POLICE in Mutoko, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for a 37-year-old man who allegedly murdered his wife before dumping the body in a nearby stream after a heated domestic dispute....Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
Eyebrows raised as Mohadi opens US$1,8m bridge
VICE-PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi yesterday stood in for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to officially open a bridge constructed at a cost of US$1,8 million in Mvurwi, Mashonaland Central province, with expert...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
June inflation races to 31,66% as prices of goods skyrocket
Prices of goods and services in the country skyrocketed in the month of June with the month-on-month inflation rate for the month racing to 31,66 percent, according to Zimstat. This is a gain ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:41hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's real GDP to contract 15,5%'
ZIMBABWE'S real gross domestic product (GDP) is seen contracting by 15,5% in 2020 as the foreign currency shortage, limited investment, company shutdowns, soaring inflation and lockdown measures to st...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:25hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar depreciates 4.37% to 68.89 to the real dollar
The local currency depreciated a further 4.37% to the dollar to 68.8879 at the fourth auction as the spread between bids narrowed significantly to just 21 from 35 last week and 65 at the first auction...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 19:06hrs | 1517 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants Old Mutual out of Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, fungibility at risk
Zimbabwe's ruling party wants Old Mutual's listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange terminated, an official said, clarifying a weekend statement in which it called for the company to be "ejected" from t...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 11:43hrs | 3129 | by Bloomberg
Time to redeem Zimbabwe from its political & economic strangulation
The levels of failure by this Zanu PF regime has no comparison. The people have lost faith in the ruling party and whatever the party touches it slips like an eel, hence the majority can no longer tru...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 07:53hrs | 784 | by Leonard Koni
Gold stamp mill invades school grounds
VILLAGERS in PFungwe are up in arms with a gold mine that set up its milling plant at Dindi Mission School grounds.More than 300 villagers have since petitioned the relevant authorities, sayin...Published: 13 Jul 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
It is time for Mthuli Ncube to go
Finance minister of Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube, PhD (cantab), has become the poster child of everything that is wrong with the management of affairs in Zimbabwe. He must go. Then and only then, will Zimba...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 10:58hrs | 5191 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Justice Mangota in maintenance row
THE estranged wife of High Court judge David Mangota has approached the courts seeking a variation of her $500 monthly maintenance fees which she is receiving from the judge, saying it was not suffici...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:13hrs | 2820 | by Staff reporter
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