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Zimpricecheck wins fourth Value Creation Challenge
Garikai Dzoma of Zimpricecheck won the 2024 Value Creation Challenge, beating 11 other finalists in a competition for budding entrepreneurs at the finale last Friday, winning US$13 000 in total seed f...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 17:07hrs | 187 | by Staff Reporter
ANC engaged in 'delicate' talks with Zanu-PF after disputed poll
South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), is engaged in "delicate" talks with Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe following disputed elections, secretary general Fikile Mbalula has said....Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 22:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'Obama' calls for lasting economic solutions
Aspiring presidential candidate and Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) leader Robert Chapman has described economic policies by the government as gimmicks while calling for the ouster of the ruling pa...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe -SA frosty relations hit new low
RELATIONS between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa continue to deteriorate amid growing anger in the neighbouring country over the immigration crisis at a...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 15:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa too desperate
POLITICAL survival remains democratic when the leader of a country is deriving their power from the masses.Politics remains peaceful when those in power are running a successful economy, with ...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Another term for Mnangagwa will be disastrous
ZANU PF government is failing to put its house in order. The house is on fire. The economy has been collapsing under the watchful eye of Zanu-PF leadership with no sight of ending.The recently...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 13:51hrs | 16 | by Leonard Koni
Longing for a bygone era will not fix Zimbabwe's economy
Social media can be a tool for comedic relief, venting frustration and a means of trolling at the same time. My favourite Social Network is Twitter due to its remarkable interface and ability to conne...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 16:03hrs | 13 | by Dr Farai Nyika. Economics Academic at Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA).
Mnangagwa turns to Polad for economic solutions
EMBATTLED President Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned to Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) members to help him arrest the economic turmoil characterised by sky-rocketing prices of goods and services....Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Help stop xenophobia: Buy Zimbabwe
FEBRUARY 2022 saw the emergence of a vigilante group in South Africa led by one Nhlanhla "Lux" Dhlamini, that launched what they termed Operation Dudula, against foreigners. It viciously targeted Zimb...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:36hrs | 6 | by Innocent Mujeri
Why elections matter in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has its next elections in 2023. That is less than two years ahead. It is imperative that every Zimbabwean should examine why we have elections. What are elections for?What will we ach...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Fay Chung
Chamisa's MDC ready to begin talks with President Mnangagwa
THE opposition MDC Alliance says it is ready to begin talks with Zanu PF to find lasting political and economic solutions for Zimbabwe but is not keen to deal with a rival faction led by its former se...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Economy as the superstructure in Zimbabwe
There were a number of by-elections in Zimbabwe over the last month.One was for the local government in my rural home district of Bikita East in Masvingo province. The others were for the parl...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:57hrs | 7 | by Takura Zhangazha
'Zanu-PF youths will let no-one attack Mnangagwa'
It is four months since the Zanu-PF Youth League decided to attach the phrase "ED will never walk alone" to its commitment to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration through a solidarity march t...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs political solutions for economic problems
Hawkins, an economics professor who founded the Graduate School of Management at the University of Zimbabwe, made the remarks at a recent breakfast meeting hosted by the Institute of Directors Zimbabw...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'The Negotiations'
The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance's new method of keeping sanctions on Zimbabwe, while pretending not to support sanctions is to keep on demanding "Negotiations." Nelson Chamisa said, "I am ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 17:30hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Robert Sigauke remembers Robert Mugabe ouster: A year on
The streets of Harare reminisced the scenes of independence celebrations close to four decades ago. While the incidence of tribal, character and colour differentiation cannot be undone, it is the real...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 12:07hrs | | by Robert Sigauke
Opposing smartly: the business of political reforms
Political commentator Alex Magaisa has said the MDC ran a great campaign, based on the SMART manifesto and at the moment, despite the legitimacy deficit, there is at the very least a de facto governme...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa win paralyses Marondera
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election victory in the July 30 election has left thousands of people distressed in Marondera as they had expected MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to upstage the ruli...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland questions Zimbabwe's democracy
Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) held a multi-stakeholder transition dialogue in Bulawayo to encourage dialogue and citizen engagement towards sustainable political and socio- economic solutions, ye...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 15:14hrs | 4 | by Keith Sithole
Why ED, not NC, already has my vote
Nearly 60 days remain between us and July 2018, the big day slated for Zimbabwe's harmonised elections, but President Mnangagwa, the chess master, is already looking beyond that. Many of us privy to P...Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Paul Charumbira
Mugabe's appeal to sympathy only exposes his many evils
I wonder what part of the human emotion and body that Robert Mugabe and his handlers wanted to appeal to. It was certainly not the brain.(This article first appears on Hopewell Chin'ono Facebo...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 15:21hrs | 5 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
When I met Mugabe behind a wall of fear
On each occasion that I happened to come across him a sense of fear consumed me. One day, in 1989, he visited our school. He looked so presidential and awfully detached behind his bodyguards. Then I s...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Tsvangirai Alliance committees hit ground running
THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC Alliance has set the ball rolling in its preparation for the 2018 elections with its 13 committees holding inaugural meetings to draw their action plans."Half of ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir owner hits back
Bulawayo businessman Garrith Lumsden has been in the eye of a storm after his plans to set up a donkey abattoir in the city were made public.Animal rights groups have come out strongly against...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's Alliance wants Zimbabwe to use rand
THE MDC-Alliance led by Morgan Tsvangirai will join the Rand Monetary Union (RMU) if it wins power in the 2018 general elections, as part of its cocktail of economic solutions to Zimbabwe.Tend...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
How do we attract Zimbabweans in the Diaspora back home?
A political commentator Vince Musewe has said there is Lack of economic solutions to the problems created by Zanu PF amid interventions by various financial institutions have failed to bring back Zimb...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 09:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Needs Economic Solutions Not Livestock Talk Show
Survival of many depend on economic activities. If we would take a critical analysis on how the economy has been performing we can barely say Zimbabwe has literally collapsed economically and there is...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 13:21hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Devolution of power can unite Zimbabwe
When will the government of Zimbabwe pay attention to the needs of the people on special case basis? Zimbabwe is rumored to have a population of around 14 million, with natural resources in abundance,...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 13:26hrs | | by Thabiso Mabhena
The West cannot tell Zimbabwe what to do
The very nations who underdeveloped Africa or their agents must not come here to us as if they are the only ones with economic solutions for the problems we face. We as Zimbabweans will implement ...Published: 16 Sep 2016 at 18:47hrs | | by Vince Musewe
The West cannot tell us what to do
The very nations who underdeveloped Africa or their agents must not come here to us as if they are the only ones with economic solutions for the problems we face. We as Zimbabweans will implement our ...Published: 15 Sep 2016 at 09:30hrs | | by Vince Musewe
The ZANU (PF) kleptocracy will never reform voluntarily
"All political lives unless they are cut off mid-stream at happy junctures always end in failure because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs" Enoch Powell. I said it more than ...Published: 08 Sep 2016 at 11:05hrs | | by Vince Musewe
CZI speaks on demos
Business has called for peace and stability in the country, describing these as a prerequisite for economic growth.The call by business comes in the wake of MDC-T and ZimPF-instigated violent ...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 06:46hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
PDP applauds march against bond notes
PDP applauds all Zimbabweans who participated in today's march against the introduction of bond notes. We insist that the only way out is for Mugabe to step down and the take over of matters b...Published: 03 Aug 2016 at 16:40hrs | 1 | by Vince Musewe
#ThisFlag pastor is nothing but only seeking political relevance
The economic problems that are currently a talk in every Zimbabwean`s lips have driven people into believing and applauding any Tom and Dick who comes over saying that he/she can come up with solution...Published: 24 May 2016 at 14:24hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
Why Zimbabwe remains poor
Previously I wrote on why Zimbabwe is poor. In that article, I postulated that we are poor but rich because most of us have abdicated our responsibility of creating a new Zimbabwe to a political liber...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 11:32hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Ethnicity or tribalism in Zimbabwe: let's dare it to speak about it and find solutions!
It is not worth the effort to find definitions about tribalism or ethnic tensions as this word tribalism in Zimbabwe is embedded in the psyche of all citizens, its meaning and what it means to be diff...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZANU PF dismissals, campaign for People First
While disciplinary action is necessary in ZANU PF when its supporters are going against the principles and ideology of this revolutionary party but some of such disciplinary actions need to be actione...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 18:47hrs | 1 | by Kazamula Matilaya
MDC-T tells Tsvangirai to stop playing smart politics
The opposition MDC-T has reportedly asked its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, to stop playing "smart politics" and lead from the front, in a series of demonstrations aimed at forcing the Zanu PF regime to ...Published: 14 Dec 2015 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No more blame game,' says Tsvangirai
The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has said the blame game is over as it is high time for the biggest opposition political party to offer economic solutions to struggling Zimbabweans.Speaking to th...Published: 13 Dec 2015 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why worry about Zanu PF conference
It has come as bolt from the blue that the MDC-T concerned itself about the Zanu PF's 15th National Annual People's Conference being held in the resort town of Victoria Falls as if it is an extension ...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 15:57hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Will China save Zimbabwe?
I think that there is this wide misconception in Zimbabwe that since the Chinese President has visited, we will see an economic turnaround spurred by Chinese investment. Nothing can be further from th...Published: 02 Dec 2015 at 11:49hrs | 2 | by Vince Musewe
Greeks invented democracy to end autocracy 2500 years on we still stuck on autocracy
"Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed" Martin Luther King Jr. Dr King was spot on and you, Vince, are right to pick this as the big issue o...Published: 11 Nov 2015 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Youth's exuberance; key to agro revitalization
Calls by the youths from Zimbabwe's agricultural colleges to repossess underutilized land has the potential to bring about the vibrancy necessary for catapulting revitalization of agriculture an...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Honest Mashoko
Zanu PF begs Tsvangirai for economic solutions
Newly elected Zanu PF Dangamvura-Chikanga member of parliament Mupfumi has made a passionate plea to MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai to provide government with the "keys to the economy".Mupfumi...Published: 25 Jul 2015 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Empowering the Zimbabwe Parliament
Re-engineering our politics through a systems approach and changeIntroductionParliament is a very impor...Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 06:02hrs | | by Patriotic Jukwa
MDC-T ej*culating on national ambos
Preceding weeks have positioned the MDC-T as a true opposition movement. Not in any way adorable. I apologize to all those who might think my language is a trifle off the radar of satisfactory nor...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Zisunko Ndlovu
It's time for extraordinary solutions
The words we chose establish our life experience. I refuse to accept ordinary thinking and people who keep complaining about how things are in Zimbabwe and yet they continue to do nothing. ...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 06:11hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Is Mugabe set for a mini cabinet reshuffle?
President Robert Mugabe is set to conduct a mini-cabinet reshuffle upon his return from annual leave as a means of putting the brakes on the fast deteriorating economy less than six month after appoin...Published: 20 Jan 2014 at 19:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Only STEM is the solution for employment creation
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) have suddenly become the paradigm shift in transforming many economies of the new global order. Zimbabwe should practically chart that route to ...Published: 28 Jan 2013 at 06:36hrs | | by Tapiwa Kapurura
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