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Zimbabwe clothing sector wants colonial era SA deal implemented
CLOTHING sector players have urged government to implement a colonial era Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) it signed with South Africa in 1964 in a bid to boost the local industry.Zimbabwe Clot...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1793 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs the best brains Zimbabwe can produce
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently in New York, United States of America, for the 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly. On Friday, he had an interview with CNN's Christi...Published: 15 hrs ago | 155 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's party has not disbanded
The Eunice Sandi Moyo-led National Patriotic Front yesterday dispelled claims by a rival faction of NPF led by retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri that the party has been disbanded because it ...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:22hrs | 4103 | by Staff reporter
Zapu spokesperson raps MDC Alliance for walking away from Mnangagwa
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Thembani KaMaphosa has rapped the MDC Alliance legislators for walking out from President Emmerson Mnangagwa in parliament at the same time when the party's Harare Mayor is...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:40hrs | 1703 | by Stephen Jakes
African academic economists are a dangerous threat to Africa's future
It is sad, indeed dispiriting to read Professor Ayittey's article "Africa's Reform Conundrum and Zimbabwe's Tragedy", published in "The Zimbabwean" of 21st September 2018.You may think that to...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:39hrs | 618 | by David Barber & Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Police escalate fight against vendors
POLICE yesterday reinforced their security, with some police details getting onto the streets armed with AK-47 rifles, as the law enforcement agency upped its effort to evict defiant vendors from Hara...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:28hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to ensure citizens participate in governance issues
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been urged to ensure that there is citizen participation in governance issues as well as demilitarise and de-politicise functional commissions so that they are effecti...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
President Mohadi relives White City bombing
ACTING President Kembo Mohadi yesterday, for the first time, poured his heart out about "painful permanent mental scars'' that he sustained during the dastardly White City Stadium bombing attack in Bu...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:17hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Brutalising vendors must stop
The Zanu PF government’s obsession and decision to evict vendors from the city centre is barbaric contemptuous and disrespectful. It is not the solution...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 16:53hrs | 3280 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
ZLHR celebrates United Nations International Day of Peace
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has joined the rest of the world in commemorating the United Nations International Day of Peace and calls upon Zimbabweans to commit to peace, fostering nation...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:01hrs | 82 | by Staff Reporter
Cop up for assault
A POLICE officer from Ross Camp in Bulawayo has been taken to court for assaulting a troublesome passenger who had been reported by a motorist for refusing to pay a fare.Nelson Munsaka (40) pl...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must not waste time fighting Mnangagwa'
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira has called for unity in the province, saying there was need to end "political dogfights" and focus on development. ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 2027 | by Staff reporter
ED means Business
By now, we all know President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra by heart: Zimbabwe is open for business! We have heard it countless times since the beginning of the new dispensation in November 2017. I alwa...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:56hrs | 3314 | by Mike Tawanda
Mnangagwa opens probe into army killings
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday swore in the team which will investigate the post elections violence which resulted in the death of at least six people, after the army used live ammunition to b...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | 2964 | by Staff reporterq
Mindset shift key to policing: Mathema
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) needs a paradigm shift and the necessary resources, including adoption of information communication technologies to combat 21st century crime, new Home Affairs minis...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Harare needs $1 billion to end water woes
HARARE needs over $1 billion to end water and sewer reticulation challenges, which are the source of recurrent cholera outbreaks currently blighting the nation, newly-elected mayor Peter Gomba said ye...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints top ally as State Security minister
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed his long-time ally Owen Ncube to the powerful position of Minister of State for National Security in the President's Office.Ncube, a Mnangagwa ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1903 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints ONLY 1 permanent secretary from Matebelenand
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed new permanent secretaries for ministries, reassigned some and retired others as his Government takes the Second Republic into motion. Long time Information, Pub...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 5903 | by Staff reporter
August 1 violence, probe team sworn-in
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn-in a 7-member Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 Post-Election Violence that occurred in Harare CBD and led to the death of six people.The Commissio...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 15:41hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi documentary deemed to be carrying inflammatory information
Author of the Gukurahundi documentary - Gukurahundi Genocide 36 Years Later - Zenzele Ndebele was on Monday summoned by police over the project that is deemed to be carrying inflammatory information....Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor remains unfazed
Newly-elected Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reacted to what he termed a crackdown on his person by some residents and activists, declaring that he was going to work for the development o...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1579 | by Staff reporter
Let's work beyond call of duty, says Mliswa
NEWLY-appointed Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Mary Mliswa says the province will develop through consolidation of agriculture, mining and tourism. This, Minister Ml...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes flood Zimbabwe border towns
The Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association has called on Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to investigate the source of bond notes and other currencies that have flooded the bl...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 3388 | by Staff reporter
Teachers lives exposed to cholera - Majongwe
Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe secretary general Raymond Majongwe has said teachers lives are seriously exposed to cholera at their schools."The PTUZ maintains teachers lives are needl...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 760 | by Stephen Jakes
Hopewell Chin'ono at it again: Should apologize to the women of Zimbabwe
After technically plagiarizing the 'Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant', Hopewell Chin'ono is at it again. He abused and underrated all women of Zimbabwe some few days ago when one media published his piece...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:47hrs | 838 | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe police detain journalist for 3 hours
Freelance journalist Columbus Mavhunga was detained for close to three hours during a police crackdown on vendors in Harare on Sunday 16 September. Mavhunga was detained after he refused to de...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 11:43hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF committed to human rights'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, who served as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chief elections agent in the July 30 poll, last week met with NewsDay reporter Blessed Mhlanga for an interview where he ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Zivhu calls for probe into cash vending
CHIVI SOUTH legislator Killer Zivhu (Zanu-PF) feels the government and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) must investigate circumstances resulting in the current cash crisis in the formal banking syst...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
China will continue supporting Zimbabwe projects
OUTGOING Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Huang Ping says China will continue to support several projects they initiated in the country, including the construction of a proposed new Parliament building ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:09hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
ZimTrade urges value-added trade
ZimTrade, Zimbabwe's export promotion institution, has called for the deepening of valued-added manufacturing on current exports to Germany to diversify the country's export basket and scale up global...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:57hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Zimra ordered to refund Zimplats $9,5m
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has been caught on the wrong side of the law in collecting revenue and the High Court has ordered it to pay back $9,5 million it unlawfully garnished from a local mi...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Hefty perks for Obert Mpofu and other fired old gurad
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown a lifeline to his fellow comrades-in-arms whom he dropped from his Cabinet more than a week ago by giving them plum jobs at the Zanu-PF headquarters, complete w...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:37hrs | 6462 | by Staff reporter
Poor urban service delivery leads to disease outbreak
POOR service delivery in towns and cities has been the major cause of diseases such as cholera and typhoid.It is a pity that residents in most urban centres in the country have since the turn ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot do it alone
Command Agriculture has put the country on the path of food self-sufficiency, increased rural incomes and better living standards.Agriculture's influence, as a sector which supplies 60 percent of ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | 281 | by Munyaradzi Mlambo
How ZIMRA calculates duty on imported clothing items and shoes
Any person who imports items of clothing and shoes is required to make a declaration of the nature, quantity and value of the items. ZIMRA reserves the right to accept the declared values ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2778 | by ZIMRA
Govt rolls out Cholera vaccines
In the coming weeks, Government will begin administering cholera vaccines in selected suburbs in order to contain the current outbreak that has claimed more than 28 lives in the past two weeks, a Cabi...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 07:39hrs | 491 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's reckless spending, corruption can hinder new Cabinet fortunes
ELECTIONS have come and gone in Zimbabwe and the new Cabinet is now in place, both Parliament and Senate are now in their respective houses, with the President also now in office.What Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:25hrs | 806 | by David Mhlanga
Mnangagwa's business empire
Reputedly 'Zimbabwe's richest' man, no amount has been attached to Mnangagwa's wealth, which has allegedly also been supplemented by illicit mine deals in the DRC Congo.Zanu-PF heir-in-waiting...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 7337 | by Staff reporter
Judges should not run elections
On 11 September 2018, a video circulated on social media showing some opposition politicians in Parliament chanting: "mbavha! mbavha!" as Justice Chigumba entered the Parliament chamber to conduct the...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 2390 | by Tererai Mafukidze
CSOs hold government accountable for avoidable cholera deaths
THE Civil Society Health Emergency Response Coordinating Committee (CSHERCC) is saddened to learn of the unnecessary deaths of several people across the country, who have recently succumbed to the dev...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 13:56hrs | 468 | by Stephen Jakes
Lifeless, hopeless, clueless Dembare
Dynamos 0 - 0 Chapungu NOT even Kingston Nkhatha's debut, and the return of head coach Lloyd Mutasa from national duty, could breathe life into the faltering Glamour Boys who staggered to a draw i...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:09hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Tharisa plan next move as Zimbabwe opens doors again
PLATINUM group metal (PGM) and chrome miner, Tharisa, is taking a low-risk approach to a high-risk country with the investments into Zimbabwe, it has announced this year.For almost 30 years, Z...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1721 | by miningmx.com
Chamisa visits cholera victims
Today MDC president Chamisa visited the cholera affected area of Glen View where he interacted with the affected community members and families. His first port of call was the Glen View Clinic before ...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:18hrs | 2094 | by MDC Communications
Devolution expected to take centre stage in Parliament
THE public outreach that led to the crafting of the new Constitution in 2013 saw the birth of devolution of power. A majority of provinces advocated for the system of governance which was one of the i...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 414 | by Staff reporter
Time for Bulawayo to reclaim lost glory: Modi
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister, Raj Modi, has said the new dispensation offers Bulawayo an opportunity to reclaim its former glory as the industrial hub of Zimbabwe. Himself a prominent busines...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:55hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
20 dead
Government has declared the cholera outbreak in Harare a state of emergency as numbers of people dying or falling sick from the bacterial infection rise. By mid-morning yesterday, 20 people had been c...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Cholera declared emergency
Government has declared the cholera outbreak in Harare a state of emergency due to the rising number of people dying or falling sick from the bacterial infection, which is also fast spreading througho...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 14:51hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland has been captured
Mzukulu Chamisa, listen to this noble advise: pick up your toys, call all your friends and go back to Harare before tribal fires that you are stocking in Bulawayo consume you. Bulawayo is not a play g...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 15:13hrs | 4498 | by Israel Dube
A few suggestions to the knowledgeable Prof Mthuli Ncube from a keen fellow Economist
I am grateful that the key Ministry of Finance has been judiciously assigned to Prof Mthuli Ncube at a time such as this. I believe the Minister is well on course to transform the country's economic f...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2921 | by Prosper Munyedza
Suggestions to Prof Mthuli Ncube from a keen fellow Economist
I am grateful that the key Ministry of Finance has been judiciously assigned to Prof Mthuli Ncube at a time such as this. I believe the Minister is well on course to transform the country's economic f...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1315 | by Prosper Munyedza
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