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Zimdollar crashes further
THE Zimbabwean dollar this week continued its downward spiral after a momentary lull last week following the central bank moved to freeze bank accounts of companies believed to be exerting downward pr...Published: 10 hrs ago | 3083 | by Staff reporter
Pushing for a green economy & clean energy
Africa is grappling with myriad environmental and climate challenges, from drought to loss of biodiversity, cyclones and plastics pollution. Africa Renewal's Zipporah Musau spoke with the United Natio...Published: 10 hrs ago | 78 | by Zipporah Musau
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 21 hrs ago | 316 | by Tony Hawkins
Govt still consulting on civil servants bonuses
THE Ministry of Finance yesterday told Parliament that government had not yet made a decision on whether civil servants will be paid bonuses this year as they needed to consult workers' representative...Published: 22 hrs ago | 641 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe aims to triple diamond production by 2023
Zimbabwe expects to increase diamond production to 11 million carats by 2023 from 3,2 million carats last year, the Mines minister Winston Chitando said yesterday, part of an ambitious plan to raise m...Published: 22 hrs ago | 57 | by Reuters
All bark, no bite: The case of Zacc
THE November 2017 coup brought new dreams and hopes among the citizens, many who believed the new regime would knock corruption off very high perch. However, after ad infinitum calls against the corru...Published: 22 hrs ago | 201 | by Cliff Chiduku
Zimbabwe adopts hyperinflation reporting
Zimbabwe's listed companies will start presenting their financial statements using the hyperinflationary economies standard (IAS) following approval by the Public Accountants Board (PAAB).Acco...Published: 22 hrs ago | 234 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's staff forced to abandon offices as anti-riot police besiege party HQ
TERRIFIED MDC staff was Monday forced to abandon its offices while others failed to report for work completely when dozens of anti-riot police besieged the main opposition's national headquarters in c...Published: 22 hrs ago | 233 | by newzimbabwe
Cheap kombis for Bulawayo
THE Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is engaging Bulawayo public transport operators to rope in kombis under its comprehensive urban public transport system, a development that will result in...Published: 22 hrs ago | 971 | by Staff reporter
StanChart remains committed to maintaining presence in Zimbabwe
Standard Chartered remains committed to maintaining presence in Zimbabwe and its digitisation strategy - which has seen the country's oldest bank closing most of its branches - should not be interpret...Published: 22 hrs ago | | by Staff rpeorter
Mzembi says unity in Zimbabwe will fix the economy
As the Zimbabwe crisis worsens former long-serving Tourism Minister and candidate in the last UNWTO Secretary-General elections, Dr. Walter Mzembi breaks his silence to weigh in with a prescription on...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 17:36hrs | 979 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt economic blueprints and policies rubbish sanctions fallacy
As I write this article, the government of Zimbabwe is launching its so-called strategic roadmap for a US$12 billion mining industry by 2023, officiated by the president Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa - ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:55hrs | 193 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Unlocking Zimbabwe's dead capital
Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe' economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 15:18hrs | 72 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zanu-PF bigwigs fight Mnangagwa over talks
Outspoken Zanu-PF youth league national political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has accused unnamed party bigwigs of working to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa and stopping him from engaging in m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 08:15hrs | 964 | by Staff rpeorter
Grace Mugabe's problems mount by the day
Former first lady Grace Mugabe risks losing one of the properties that forms part of her family's sprawling residence in Harare's leafy suburb of Borrowdale - famously referred to as the Blue Roof - f...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | 6826 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe external debt hits US$8bn
Zimbabwe's external debt is an estimated US$8 billion, the Finance and Economic Development 2020 pre-budget strategy paper has revealed. The strategy paper revealed that the country's total pu...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 08:11hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
MDC should first defeat Zimbabwe military in order to rule country
MDC vice president Welshman Ncube says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party were not in total control of the country but the military was calling the shots.Speaking during victor...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Doctors, nurses' strike requires a sober approach
In our NewsDay Weekender edition on Saturday we carried a depressing story of how the country's major public hospitals have turned into dens of death as helpless patients succumb to their sicknesses i...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:46hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says he is not a sell-out
OPPOSITION National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku (LM), who is accused of dining with Zanu-PF for financial gains, last week told NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga t...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:44hrs | 60 | by Staff reporter
Plans to scuttle anti-sanctions march exposed
THE Government is aware of clandestine plans by some rogue opposition activists and the civil society to infiltrate and capitalise on the anti-sanction campaign scheduled for October 25 to engage in c...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife backs female ex-fighters upliftment
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has come out in full support of a request by female former freedom fighters' to go back to school and acquire knowledge to run successful income-generating projects acros...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:33hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
5 little known firms for Chirundu roadworks
Government has assigned five more contractors to undertake roadworks on the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu highway and released $150 million for the project. Work is expected to start soon. Tensor...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:31hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Rural Namibians pin hopes for prosperous future on tourism lodges & hunting despite animal rights' anti-use threats
Namibian rural communities are impressively running lodge and hunting agreements to reduce poverty in seemingly lifeless but wildlife rich semi-desert landscapes, despite the western animal rights gro...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | 32 | by Emmanuel Koro
Heroes Acre a satanic ritual site: Ndebeles buried there must be exhumed
Now that the so called Zimbabwe Heroes Acre has been exposed as a satanic ritual site, starting with Joshua Nkomo and uMama uMafuyane who was poisoned by Zanupf Women' s League members, all Matabeles ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:06hrs | 470 | by Israel Dube
The Zimbabwean Cyber Crime Bill, a good way forward
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet passed the long awaited Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in what they say is an effort to "protect the country's cyber space...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 00:03hrs | 75 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Brothers in alms
There apparently being nothing pressing to do at home, comrade Mnangagwa splashed out $30,000 an hour on hiring a plane from Dubai to fly him and his delegation to a conference in France. He is report...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 19:09hrs | 963 | by Zimbabwe Vigil
'The hidden story of Zimbabwe's economic development'
Realising vast opportunities in natural resource endowments, high literacy rates, highly skilled labour force, developed basic infrastructure, a diversified but under-capacitated industry and the coun...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 19:06hrs | 889 | by Mthuli Ncube
Doctors' right to strike not absolute
THE right to strike distinguishes employment hum slavery. This is one of the reasons there was instantaneous revulsion when one very powerful country mendaciously claimed that Zimbabwe is using child ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 09:04hrs | 1829 | by Nick Mangwana
RBZ's TBs auction hit by low uptake again
A paltry $72 million out of the $150 million Treasury Bills (TBs) auctioned last week was subscribed, an apparent indication the market has no appetite for the sovereign paper.This is the seco...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:14hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Rural vote key in propelling the MDC
The MDC party led by Nelson Chamisa celebrated 20 years of existence at Rufaro Stadium on September 28 2019, under the theme, "celebrating courage, growth and people's victories". As the MDC celebrate...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:11hrs | 5 | by Mtape Mamuse
Zimbabwe prices higher than South Africa
PRICES of goods and services in Zimbabwe are pegged at an average 50 percent above those obtaining in South Africa despite relative convergence between the Rand and the local unit on the interbank mar...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 08:01hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants seek more than 100% bonus
THE Government and representatives of civil servants will meet tomorrow in Harare for the latest round of salary talks at a time there are also indications that workers are also pushing its employer t...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Government, civil servants meet
Government and representatives of civil servants will meet tomorrow for the latest round of negotiations over conditions of service and bonus payments expected next month.Public Service, Labou...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
When the tongue gets potent than prayer
Phew!The Bishop was a bit under the weather last week and he decided to take a sabbatical.But, he had hardly mended when he heard whispers of a proposed Sabbath by his fellow adherents...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 73 | by Bishop Laz
Price madness continues
Prices of goods and services in Zimbabwe are pegged at an average of 50 percent above those obtaining in South Africa despite relative convergence between the Rand and the local unit on the interbank ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:38hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
'Persuasion', Zimbabwe's foreign policy thrust
Besides being a journalist, I am also a literature student. As much as I am attracted to contemporary literature, I am equally an avid reader of old English literature in the tradition of Virginia Wol...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:37hrs | 108 | by Ranga Mataire
Mnangagwa says 'Science education way to go'
President Mnangagwa has said science education is critical for Zimbabwe to achieve rapid modernisation, urging institutions of higher learning to churn out graduates capable of producing transformativ...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned of uprising
THE church has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the country's myriad crises or risk facing a revolt from an increasingly restless populace, the Daily News reported. Local churches wh...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 20:12hrs | 1978 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mulls all-stakeholders crisis meeting
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is planning an all-stakeholders convention to mobilise mass support to pressure the Zanu-PF government to restore stability in an economy overrun by hyperinflationar...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:34hrs | 2556 | by Staff reporter
Man 'insults' Mnangagwa, acquitted
BINDURA magistrate Langton Ndokera has acquitted a local resident, Saymore Mashorokoto, who was on trial for blaming President Emmerson Mnangagwa for the country's deteriorating political and economic...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:33hrs | 965 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's reengagement policy gets big boost
In a huge boost to the country's reengagement drive, the inaugural meeting of the Zimbabwe Economic Partnership Agreement Support Project Committee aimed at enhancing Harare's integration into regiona...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:28hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Business defies Govt, still trading in forex
IN flagrant violation of Statutory Instrument (SI) 212 of 2019 Exchange Control (Exclusive Use of Zimbabwe dollar for Domestic Transactions), defiant traders in Harare are still charging their product...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 11:25hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns of genocide
The health crisis entered a new and deadly phase on Thursday when nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals – the country's biggest referral hospital – walked out of work, joining doctors who are ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:34hrs | 3084 | by ZimLive
Doctors should not be used to settle political scores
FOR the past 36 days, doctors in Zimbabwe have been on a crippling strike. This follows an impasse between the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) and Health Services Board (HSB).The ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 12:33hrs | | by Chenai Mutasa
Whose interests does the press serve?
What is the state of play in the Zimbabwean media landscape? Which are the most influential media publications in the country that are shaping the narratives around the topical issues in this country?...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:20hrs | | by Admire Kudita
'Lawyers still looking at Nssa report'
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza has been in her post for just over a year. During her tenure she has had to deal with various issues, including the current drought, the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'80% of Zimbabweans have no savings'
NEARLY 80% of Zimbabweans neither have savings nor an emergency fund to fall back on, a new report on workers' spending patterns says.According to a survey carried out by the Industrial Psycho...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube taken to court over inflation figures
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) has been dragged to the High Court by National Social Security Authority (Nssa) employees who, in conjunction with members of the Zimbabwe Pension and Insuranc...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 08:10hrs | 2067 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic reforms win IMF approval
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lauded Zimbabwe's economic reforms but warned they might take time to bear fruit since they were meant to correct mistakes that happened over two decades....Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
'New dispensation cushioning nation from sanctions'
The new dispensation is striving to cushion its people, especially women from the harsh effects of the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by Western nations, through a number of programmes guide...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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