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Rise in food deprivation of citizens by Zanu PF irks human rights watchdog
Majority of Zimbabwean companies are reportedly operating at 30% capacity due to biting economy which has resulted to several others folding.The Zimbabwe Congress of trade Unions (ZCTU) reveal...Published: 27 mins ago | 18 | by Stephen Jakes
No such thing as bad luck in economics Prof Ncube
ASSERTIONS coming from government corridors that the country's current socio-economic state of affairs has been caused by sheer bad luck are very unfortunate that they simply point to an administratio...Published: 2 hrs ago | 422 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa trims talks demand
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is toning down on one of his key demands for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - to have an external mediator and is now open to either local cleric or r...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must reform or allow the country to move forward
Other than the lack of political will combined with the hiatus of ideas to develop the country, part of the challenges we face as a nation is the lack of transformation by Zanu-PF. For that reason, th...Published: 2 hrs ago | 66 | by Tapiwa Gomo
All set for Zanu-PF conference
ALL is set for the 18th Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference, which roars into life tomorrow with about 10 000 people expected to attend, a senior party official said yesterday. Speakin...Published: 3 hrs ago | 204 | by Staff reporter
Indian billionaire eyes Zimbabwe prime agric land
INDIAN billionaire and Pepsi International franchise holder Ravi Jaipuria, proprietor of Varun Beverages in Zimbabwe, wants to acquire vast swathes of prime land in Zimbabwe to diversify into producti...Published: 3 hrs ago | 180 | by Staff reporter
RBZ urges IMF to ignore economic crisis
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has asked the International Monetary Fund to overlook the country's shortcomings in achieving fiscal targets and allow a programme to help restore the economy to run its c...Published: 22 hrs ago | 462 | by Staff reporter
Biti doubts Mthuli Ncube's growth figures
Tendai Biti led Parliamentary committee has described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's projected economic growth for 3% next year as unrealistic given the acute electricity shortages and drought facing...Published: 22 hrs ago | 215 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF claims to have people's concerns in mind
DELIBERATIONS at the annual indaba of the ruling party scheduled for Goromonzi, Mashonaland East this week, will mainly focus on "challenges facing the country", particularly prices of basic commoditi...Published: 22 hrs ago | 73 | by Staff reporter
Chasi to spell out terms for Zesa board
IT will no longer be business as usual for boards under the Ministry of Energy and Power as among a cocktail of measures being proposed their performances will be subjected to scrutiny by members of t...Published: 22 hrs ago | 180 | by Staff reporter
Decoloniality: Did somebody say China?
The name "China" invokes mixed reactions from a mixed bag of many different people from varied interests and locations in the world. For others China represents the alternative to Euro-America...Published: 22 hrs ago | 85 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Zanu-PF Youth League applauds World Federation of Democratic Youth
The Zanu-PF Youth League has hailed the solidarity Zimbabwe received at the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) 20th Assembly in Cyprus with calls for the lifting of Western-imposed sanctions ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 56 | by Staff reporter
Subsidies for more basic goods
NEW subsidies for at least seven basic commodities will be introduced soon to relieve the nation from relentless price increases, while a new policy is set to be unveiled to provide affordable housing...Published: 22 hrs ago | 262 | by Staff reporter
$1bn road rehab gathers momentum
Government has paid 10 percent upfront for project costs to five contractors that have been chosen to rehabilitate the Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge road, which is expected to gobble $1 billion.T...Published: 22 hrs ago | 452 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF has become an employer of choice'
The 18th Zanu-PF National People's Conference takes place from Tuesday to Sunday in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East.Kuda Bwititi spoke to Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu on pre...Published: 22 hrs ago | 96 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls reviewing fuel pricing formula again
Government is considering shifting from weekly fuel price reviews to monthly adjustments to stem the price volatility that is disrupting planning by businesses and negatively impacting on consumers....Published: 22 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba must bring solutions to economic woes
It will not be business as usual at the 18th Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference which begins this week in Goromonzi, if sentiments expressed by President Mnangagwa at the Women's League's Sec...Published: 22 hrs ago | 39 | by Staff reporter
Subsidies to cover 7 more basic goods
New subsidies for at least seven basic commodities will be introduced soon to relieve the nation from relentless price increases, while a new policy is set to be unveiled to provide affordable housing...Published: 22 hrs ago | 173 | by Staff reporter
'Our fundamentals are now sound' IMF told - not so with corrupt, rigged elections, game changers
"Zimbabwe's central bank has asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to overlook the country's shortcomings in achieving fiscal targets and allow a program to help restore the economy to run...Published: 22 hrs ago | 208 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabweans urged to leave the country
Former Zimpapers Head of Digital Services Dr Delta Milayo has urged all Zimabbweasn who are able to exit the country to do so as soon as they can. Milayo revealed that she had obtained a passp...Published: 23 hrs ago | 13199 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tshinga Dube scorns Mnangagwa talks with political nobodies
FORMER War Veterans Minister, Tshinga Dube Wednesday dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political dialogue with a group of less influential political leaders coalescing under the so-called Polit...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:30hrs | 5604 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe being turned into a grand circus arena
The main objective of the MDC party led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai in 1999 at its formation was to dislodge Zanu Pf from power.The fact that Zanu Pf has been in power since 1980 is not r...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:44hrs | 934 | by A Kadada
'Let Zimbabweans find one another, by themselves' diplomats instructed - after 39 years, ravenous hyena midwife to a goat
It is a real tragedy that Zimbabwe is now in a serious mess; millions are facing heart breaking hardship from lack of water, no food, no work, no fuel, no medicine, etc. The situation is now so bad th...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 741 | by Nomusa Garikai
We're creating economic space for business, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's economy is on the right path and Government continues to craft policies that seek to protect investments while creating an environment for business to thrive, President Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1864 | by Staff Reporter
The worse ever political year in Zimbabwe
As we come to the wire of the year 2019, there is nothing to write home about as poverty, hunger and unemployment continue to sting the ordinary people in the country.Looking at the political ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2357 | by Leonard Koni
The guilty are always afraid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is a scared man, seeing shadows everywhere he looks as succession battles loom in his ruling Zanu PF party, a faltering economy condemning many into abject poverty and a d...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2359 | by Staff reporter
Bleak festive season as Government fails to guarantee fuel supplies
The Zimbabwean government has failed to guarantee citizens of adequate fuel supplies in the festive season in a development set to dampen the festive mood already affected by the country's failing eco...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1515 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa gobbles over US$11,4m on foreign trips
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his bloated entourage splashed US$12 million on travel expenses between January and September this year at a time government is battling to contain an intractable econ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Sense of crisis in Zimbabwe worsens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants "time, patience, unity of purpose and perseverance", to get Zimbabwe's stuttering economy working again. The economy was "dead" under his predecessor and mentor, the...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
IMF team jets in for crucial talks
A six member delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Gene Leon jetted into the country this week for crucial meetings to revive the Staff Monitored Programme (SMP), which stalled ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Bad luck haunts Mnangagwa govt
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has been unlucky as some of its strategies to address the economic challenges bedevilling the country had bee...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 3937 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants business to help build economy
PRIVATE businesses are critical in growing Zimbabwe's economy and should exploit Government moves to improve infrastructure and make doing business easier by playing their part in the attainment of an...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Chinese electric bus firm to set up plant in Zimbabwe
TRANSPORT problems facing Zimbabwe's rural and urban populations could soon be over, amid indications that a Chinese electric bus manufacturer intends to set up an assembly plant in Harare. The settin...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi launches community bakeries
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday rallied the nation to make use of available indigenous resources and knowledge to enhance community resilience and tackle challenges of price increases for basic ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga to reveal secret for the Zanu-PF conference in his province
Mashonaland East province which is the province which house the Vice President of Zimbabwe retired Army General Chiwenga sets to witness fireworks as the ZANU PF conference begins. It's great to be he...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 12:03hrs | 11330 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Vendors to conduct fact finding tour in Glen View area 8
Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation (VISET), is set to conduct a Fact-Finding Tour at Glen Area 8 furniture complex which was gutted down by an inferno on Tuesday. V...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:23hrs | 1224 | by Stephen Jakes
Church leaders are "local midwives delivering home-grown solution" - appeasing Zanu PF is no solution, never was
Zimbabwe's economy is in total meltdown; unemployment has remained 90% plus, 3/4 of the population are living on US$40 per month and the country's estimated 1000% hyperinflation is dragging them even ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:12hrs | 365 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Govt should reduce political interference in SOEs
The World Bank has urged government to practise transparent and consistent reporting, expand gender diversity and to reduce political interference in the operations of State-Owned Entities (SOEs)....Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:40hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
ZETDC launches self-service customer platform
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has launched a Self-Service Customer Portal to enable consumers to access information on various products by the utility. ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:31hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to engage civil servants over COLA
Government says it is ready to engage civil servants' representatives over the possibility of another cost of living adjustment (COLA) to enable them to have a decent festive season. While ack...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:28hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Patrick Zhuwao speaks on his relationship with Robert Mugabe
Facebook reminded me about a picture that I posted of President Mugabe and I when he visited my Zhuwao Livestock cattle stand at the Harare Agricultural Show in August 2013. Whilst the recollection in...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 12:04hrs | 8373 | by Patrick Zhuwao
Presidential guard who shot at Mnangagwa's house goes mad
Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed that the Presidential guard who fired bullets at State House has been confined to a military hospital where is receiving treatment after getting mentally and physi...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 11:34hrs | 18751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe needs commodities exchange markets
The recent revelations by the Zimbabwean government that the country loses over 30 tonnes of Gold (Worth around US$2 billion) to South Africa and other world markets, through smuggling every year are ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:14hrs | 784 | by Victor Bhoroma
MDC in Harare turning into Mthuli cousins
DIFFERENTIATING Zanu-PF and the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is not an easy thing, particularly for people who are not swayed by political rhetoric, and rally optics, but those who slowly and methodicall...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:22hrs | 2177 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Introduction of new currency a piecemeal solution
DURING the 2020 national budget presentation in Parliament last month, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube held up a note of the new Zimbabwe dollar and proudly announced that it was tough and resilient....Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's current environment not ideal for social dialogue
SINCE the beginning of the year, Zimbabwe's government has been confronted by restive workers and their leadership from different labour unions, either threatening industrial action or alleging incapa...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:18hrs | 188 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Zanu-PF must introspect, address bread and butter issues
THE ruling Zanu-PF party holds its 18th Annual National People's Conference at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East province next week amid a plethora of challenges confronting the country and re...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 153 | by chronicle
Chamisa being fooled by events in Latin America
There are very interesting parallels between political developments in Zimbabwe and in four South American countries, namely Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In all these countries, ther...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1885 | by Bevan Musoko
Zanu-PF welcome UN call for removal of sanctions
Political parties have welcomed a high-ranking United Nations official's call for the immediate removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some Western countries. UN special rapporteur on the...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 08:59hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
School demands 200 bricks and maize for Form 1 intake
A Rio Zim Mhondoro High School flyer for 2020 Form 1 intake has shown that the school demands each prospective pupil to bring the following materials before they are registered:RTGS 293.00...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3342 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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