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Mthuli Ncube says white farmers deal is 'confidential'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Allan Norman Markham has insisted that the US$3.5 billion compensation agreement between government and white former commercial farmers should...Published: 14 hrs ago | 4043 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe association to continue fighting SA special permit cancelation
SOUTH AFRICA: The Zimbabwe Permit Holders Association says it has not withdrawn its court challenge against the government's decision to discontinue the Zimbabwe Special Permit.This comes afte...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, China continue to strengthen ties
ZIMBABWE and China continue to engage each other on modern challenges as part of solidifying the long-standing bilateral relations that exist between them, President Mnangagwa said yesterday.H...Published: 15 hrs ago | 71 | by Staff reporter
Kwekwe puts demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold
KWEKWE City Council has put the demolition of illegal tuck shops on hold pending consultations with stakeholders.The local authority had given an ultimatum to illegal tuck shop and gas vendors...Published: 15 hrs ago | 95 | by Staff reporter
Air Force of Zimbabwe gets more women in its ranks
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) is committed to empowering women in line with the country's efforts to uphold gender equity and equality within the workplace, AFZ Commander Air Marshal Elson Moyo has ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 311 | by Staff reporter
'Ideological poverty provoked Joshua Nkomo'
"EMANCIPATE yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds . . ."The late reggae legend Bob Marley's Redemption Song could have been an inspiration to the iconic liberation st...Published: 15 hrs ago | 104 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs face axe in purge
Several Zanu-PF heavyweights are living on borrowed time as the party hurtles towards a potentially divisive congress later this year amid revelations that many will lose their influential positions i...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 2749 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya defends new currency measures
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says recent official exchange rate adjustments will help in mopping excess liquidity in the market and stabilise the currency and inflation....Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:30hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
Date set for Zimbabwe gold coins rollout
GOLD coins that were announced last week as a new measure and alternative to store monetary value, will be introduced into the market mid-this month and will be purchased using both foreign and local ...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:28hrs | 2004 | by Staff reporter
South Africa blow for foreigners, Dudula wins
AS South Africa readies itself to face a legal fight over Zimbabwean Work Permits, the Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi is pressing ahead with the National Labour Migration Policy (NLMP) a...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:27hrs | 2789 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is on irreversible forward march
ZIMBABWE is experiencing increased inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in most provinces, at a time when the world is grappling with multiple economic challenges.This indicates...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:22hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Does Zimbabwe ruling elite have capacity to court spouses without instilling fear?
During a recent conversation with a friend, I expressed how incomprehensible it was that someone with high levels of intelligence would even consider bein...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 21:54hrs | 594 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa's ailing govt splurges millions on ministers
GOVERNMENT will soon splurge millions of United States (US) dollars to buy luxury homes for Cabinet ministers and their deputies at a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:45hrs | 2539 | by Staff reporter
Econet launches 5G in Victoria Falls
Econet Wireless on Friday officially launched its 5G network in Victoria Falls as the listed telecommunications company expands its rollout of the super-f...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 19:39hrs | 1201 | by Agencies
Zanu-PF appeals to industry
Zanu-PF has introduced a programme dubbed Listening Tuesdays, in which it will invite captains of industry and company executives to deliberate on issues bedevilling the country's economy.Thro...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:25hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
Gold coins: Broadening and cementing economic confusion
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe really loves to lie to the people and then start believing its own lies.This thing of gold coins to preserve value does not make any economic logic and I will say ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | 560 | by Brian Sedze
'Zimbabwe's readmission into club of former territories of the British Empire hinges on reforms'
HUMAN rights activists have urged government to implement political and governance reforms if it hopes to be readmitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.Last week, Zimbabwe failed to be ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
'6,4m Zimbabweans living in extreme poverty'
THE latest World Bank report indicates that 6,4 million Zimbabweans are living on less than US$1,90 a day.The report is based on the multilateral institution's Poverty and Inequality Platform ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Disrespect for constitutionalism source of violence
THIS week, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) released its 2021 State of Peace Report based on a survey done in six of the country's 10 province aimed at gauging the mood of nationals a...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Malema praises Chief Charumbira
SOUTH Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader, Mr Julius Malema, says anyone could have been elected as leader of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) but they found Zimbabwe's Chief Fortune...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:21hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo fought for black empowerment'
AS Zimbabwe marks the 23rd anniversary of the death of Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, Zanu-PF Second Secretary Kembo Mohadi has urged the nation to cherish the values of unity, freed...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:20hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to officially open Mine Entra Conference
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is set to headline the country's leading Mining, Engineering and Transport exhibition (Mine Entra) to be held in Bulawayo in the next few weeks.Commonly known as Mine Entra...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:20hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive continues to pay off
Zimbabwe continues to reap economic dividends from its engagement and re-engagement drive, with French President Emmanuel Macron facilitating the rehabilitation and upgrading of the historic Great Zim...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Chief Charumbira salutes SADC for PAP victory
President of the Chiefs Council, Chief Fortune Charumbira, has thanked the SADC region for trusting him to lead the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) following his election on Wednesday.In the proc...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:17hrs | 81 | by Staff reporter
'Joshua Nkomo's legacy lives on'
TODAY marks 23 years since the late veteran nationalist and Vice President, Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo died, and the nation still cherishes his lifetime legacy of selfless sacrifice, peace, unit...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:16hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Who cares if the presidents knows bread price, when millions of Zimbabweans can’t afford even a loaf?
I am quite sure the reckless, but rather self-conceited, statement by information ministry permanent secretary, Nick Ndavaningi Mangwana - to the effect that Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnang...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 04:44hrs | 694 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Ramaphosa's 'plot' to kill the ANC
SOME senior ANC leaders have accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of working with external parties to collapse the governing party and replace it with a centre-right coalition led by him after the 2024 g...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 19:46hrs | 2618 | by Staff reporter
SA's Zimbabwe exemption permit scheme is a money racket and a ‘fraud'
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) scheme is the "largest case of fraud and theft ever committed by the government of one country over nationals of its neighbouring country in African history", accor...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 07:02hrs | 4832 | by Staff reporter
Workers turn heat on Mthuli Ncube
WORKERS have turned on the heat on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, accusing him of presiding over the country's economic collapse and ignoring the Tripartite Negotiation Forum (TNF) to help improve wor...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho, Nkayi roadworks take shape
THE construction of major roads linking Bulawayo with Nkayi and Tsholotsho districts has gathered momentum as the Second Republic steps up efforts towards completing outstanding infrastructure develop...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's forex earnings to reach US$12 billion this year
ZIMBABWE registered US$4,9 billion of foreign currency inflows during the first five months of this year, and is on course to surpass the 2021 record of US$9,7 billion, a senior official has said....Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
It wasn't constitutional to extend Malaba tenure but ZANU PF amended law, so why not do same for diaspora vote?
It smacks of foul deception, whenever the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe always hides its unwillingness to extend the right to vote to Zimbabwe citizens residing in the diaspora, behind issues of co...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 10:02hrs | 1750 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
SA ministry accuses NGOs challenging Zimbabwe permits cancellation of wanting to 'dislodge' ANC government
The Department of Home Affairs has accused the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) and NGOs of trying to "dislodge" the government in response to the notice that the foundation intended to take the departme...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:54hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new political party launches, promises economic revival
A NEW political party, the Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) was launched last Friday at the Bulawayo Media Centre.Addressing journalists, the party's 38-year-old leader Fanuel Lisenga said Zimb...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:48hrs | 693 | by Staff reporter
Your Excellency Mnangagwa, the buck stops with you
DEAR President,Your Excellency, the cost of living has been skyrocketing for quite some time now. Salaries are subjected to progressive erosion. As I see it, long before teachers in public ser...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:47hrs | 337 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwe headed for a political dead heat in 2023
ZIMBABWE'S marginalised and poor communities, which have traditionally voted for the ruling Zanu-PF party and often abused as political fodder in the fractious politics of the country, are turning aga...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:46hrs | 354 | by Rashweat Mukundu
Interbank rate now sole legal rate, huge penalties for breaches
The interbank exchange rate has been set as the sole exchange rate to be used in commercial and other transactions and anyone selling goods and services, who uses any other rate faces a minimum civil ...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 07:42hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
nZondo Commission 'a useful distraction' from South Africa's pressing problems
Many South Africans have already drawn their conclusions regarding the judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, corruption and fraud in the Public Sector, including Organs of ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 19:50hrs | 401 | by Sipho Seepe
Malema ally hijacked outside his mother's home
EFF MP Vuyani Pambo was the victim of a hijacking on Monday evening, the party said on Tuesday.Pambo, who is the head of the party's presidency, was accosted by three men in Diepkloof, Gauteng...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 19:29hrs | 1690 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gazettes multi-currency system into law
President Mnangagwa has gazetted Statutory Instrument 118A of 2022 entrenching the multi-currency system as announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday. ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 19:24hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Why should the president be treated as more special than the rest of Zimbabweans?
In my childhood, as with most of that age, I was fond of asking probing questions - which, I am quite sure, could reach thoroughly irritating levels.Having spent the first seven years of my li...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 16:20hrs | 873 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Musarara pampers women's league
ZANU PF Mazowe District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson Tafadzwa Musarara on Sartuday donated food hampers to 40 women who were repre...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 14:02hrs | 1277 | by Christina Zvironzo
SA government's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful
SOUTH AFRICA: When 31 December 2022 arrives, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country the...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:32hrs | 2005 | by News24 editorial
34,000 new houses for teachers, says Mthuli Ncube
THE government has said it would embark on a highly ambitious project to build 34,000 houses for teachers in the next five years.This comes at a time when teachers and health workers have been...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:16hrs | 1034 | by Staff reporter
South Africa fails to avoid Zimbabwe type load shedding
Embattled and underperforming Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter said the power utility was working to restore capacity to power stations to mitigate the "very real risk" of Stage 6 load shedding on Tuesday ev...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:06hrs | 2104 | by Staff reporter
Fears expressed over Zimbabwe Extension Permit cancellation
Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December.If they are unsuccessful, in some ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 2834 | by Staff reporter
Biti tells Guvamatanga to 'shut up'
FORMER finance minister, Tendai Biti, has told off current treasury permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga, after he claimed civil servants are better paid now that they were during the government of...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:32hrs | 3921 | by Staff reporter
CCC dismisses new Zimbabwe economy measures; says Chamisa-led govt only solution
Minister Mthuli Ncube (on Monday) announced measures that are meant to curb hyperinflation and stabilize (prices) as well as address the remuneration crisis in the civil service. The Reserve Bank also...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:29hrs | 1402 | by Fadzayi Mahere
Guvamatanga challenges claim Biti paid civil servants US$540 during GNU
FINANCE Ministry's permanent secretary, George Guvamatanga on Monday said current salaries being earned by the country's civil servants are much higher than the US$540 awarded at the peak of the dolla...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:28hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube redollarises
GOVERNMENT yesterday brought back the United States dollar as legal tender to stem rising inflation and restore confidence in the economy, but critics say the move will lead to more demands for salari...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:26hrs | 8036 | by Staff reporter
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