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Zimbabwe young innovators invited to design education solutions
A new challenge calling on young innovators across Zimbabwe to design solutions that will improve education, skills development and training for young people, and empower them to take action on issues...Published: 4 hrs ago | 165 | by Staff reporter
'Strong US$ bad for Zimbabwe,' says Mthuli Ncube
ZIMBABWE is building blocks towards a credible economic transformation programme that will anchor a return of the local currency and counter the negative effects of using a strong United States dollar...Published: 4 hrs ago | 775 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's per capita income rises 60%
President Mnangagwa's vision of making Zimbabwe an upper middle-income economy by 2030 is on track, if the upward trajectory in per capita income is anything to go by.On Sunday, the President ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 235 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to appoint international advisory board
THE Government will appoint an international advisory board that will provide a platform for it to adopt best practices, assess and/or adopt emerging trends and explore innovations that advance Presid...Published: 4 hrs ago | 120 | by Staff reporter
Government approves $400m 5-year diamond mining project
The government has approved a US$400 million five year diamond mining project to increase the value of returns in the capital intensive but viable industry.Renewed interest in the diamond mini...Published: 10 hrs ago | 883 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa demands 'free election safeguard' from ED - never conceded to any in past, now or ever
"OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was ready to weigh any offers tabled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to enable them to work together for the good of the country, but c...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1811 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's plea to Zimbabwean Diasporans 'Join Vision 2030'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made a passionate plea to Zimbabwean Diasporans in the United States to return home and participate in the realisation of the new leaders' vision of attaining a middle...Published: 17 hrs ago | 625 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa looking at Mnangagwa's offer
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was ready to weigh any offers tabled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to enable them to work together for the good of the country, but ca...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3669 | by Staff reporter
Calls to combat Zimbabwe graft grow louder
INDICATIONS from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government currently show that he has taken a tough stance against corruption, a cancer that has done significant damage to the country's socio-economic...Published: 18 hrs ago | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe way past time for boldness
ZIMBABWE needs economic reforms. That has been clear for the last decade or so. In fact, what has not been clear is why a country that so desperately needs a change in economic direction has continued...Published: 18 hrs ago | 107 | by Editorial - newsday
Questions over AMA bills
ANALYSTS have raised concern over public debt sustainability after the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA), a wholly-owned State institution, announced it was issuing commercial bills of up to $75 ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 136 | by Staff reporter
'Live as brothers or perish together as fools'
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision a few years ago officially declared immaturity an ailment. ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 482 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Plumtree chief appeals to Govt to tar major roads
PLUMTREE Senator, Chief Masendu, has appealed to the Government to tar major roads in Bulilima district for easy access to the Maitengwe Border post for the economic development of the area. B...Published: 18 hrs ago | 233 | by Staff reporter
Government reveals plan for Bikita ammonium plant
GOVERNMENT has unveiled plans to facilitate establishment of a multi-million dollar ammonium sulphate processing plant in Bikita, Masvingo province. The project would be useful in import subst...Published: 18 hrs ago | 316 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa to articulate Zim foreign policy
To most Zimbabweans, the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings had become synonymous with controversial and fiery speeches by former President Robert Mugabe which denounced, without f...Published: 18 hrs ago | 376 | by Bevan Musoko
I'll weigh ED's offer, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was ready to weigh any offers tabled by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to enable them to work together for the good of the country, but ca...Published: 18 hrs ago | 3224 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa engages US on sanctions
Zimbabwe is engaging the Trump administration over economic sanctions Washington imposed on the country nearly two decades ago, in addition to working on ways to minimise their impact on ordinary peop...Published: 18 hrs ago | 630 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's currency options
IT goes without saying that pursuant to the adoption of the multi-currency system in Zimbabwe in January 2009 until about 2015, one could withdraw up to US$5 000 from an automated teller machine. Over...Published: 20 hrs ago | 7199 | by Colls Ndlovu, Economist
Open letter to Finance Minister Ncube - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
You may remember the ever-popular Hollywood film Groundhog Day. (It seems to shown every day!) The film tells the story of a man who had to repeatedly relive the previous day until he finally learnt t...Published: 21 hrs ago | 618 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
UNGA, an opportunity to tell the Zimbabwean story
The 73rd Ordinary Session of the United Nations General Assembly currently in motion in the United States provides boundless opportunities for Zimbabwe to tell its story following the recent political...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 17:05hrs | 842 | by Tafara Shumba
Chamisa needs to get on with the program now
It is now a full month since the Constitutional Court delivered its watershed ruling to dismiss with costs MDC Alliance Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa's, application challenging the results re...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 4125 | by Charles Motsi
Chiwenga launches African Dream boat
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga has inaugurated the French-owned and Zimbabwe assembled luxury boat, the African Dream, built at a cost of $2,5 million dollars.The luxury c...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:34hrs | 6713 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu denies growing rich off govt corruption
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu sits down for a wide-ranging interview with the Daily on Sunday's Mugove Tafirenyika. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: Zanu-PF has intro...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:28hrs | 1881 | by Staff reporter
American investors express massive interest in Zimbabwe
Having long written off Zimbabwe as one of the world's least appealing economies, international investors are beginning to show signs of interest in Zimbabwe, newly appointed Finance minister Mthuli N...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 14:21hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
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: 23 Sep 2018 at 09:07hrs | 2113 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube striking the right note
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has hit the ground running, infusing some urgency into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in dealing with Zimbabwe's multi-layered economic crisis.Ncub...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1059 | by Editorial - The Standard
Mthuli Ncube wants 'fiscal shock'
Newly-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube would like to employ a "big bang" economic reform programme to the battered economy where unemployment is running above 80%, but recognises politics will ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:58hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's gesture to Mugabes sign of forgiveness'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa set an example of forgiveness when he gave a helping hand to the former First Family in their hour of need despite the hostility they showed towards him in the past,...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 336 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe roadblocks to continue
HOME Affairs Minister Cain Mathema has said police roadblocks will continue in the country's major highways as they help prevent criminal activities and bring a semblance of sanity on the roads....Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:48hrs | 2035 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's game-changing appointments
Zimbabwe is poised for massive economic take-off following the appointment of a confidence-inspiring Cabinet and permanent secretaries, experts have said.President Mnangagwa's Cabinet, already...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:46hrs | 742 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has stabilised
We, (as Zanu-PF), follow the constitution of the party on restructuring at all levels.However, when certain developments that warrant restructuring occur, we do (the) restructuring.We ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:44hrs | 162 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Boost for Zimbabwe industry
Government is considering providing credit guarantees for offshore borrowings by private firms seeking funding amid reports local industries require at least $2 billion to retool.Industry and ...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:40hrs | 380 | 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: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:39hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should brace for belt-tightening
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabweans must prepare for austerity measures that may appear harsh but are in the medium to long-term designed to set the economy back on track.Zimbabw...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:39hrs | 548 | by Staff reporter
Its time to build Zimbabwe - Makamba
Zimbabwe's business mogul Dr James Makamba has encouraged the citizens that the time for them to rebuild Zimbabwe according to the vision given by the President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mnangagwa si...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:38hrs | 632 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's message to Uncle Sam
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabwe has no quarrel with the United States government and its people, and he is pleased with the way relations between the two countries are improving....Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 08:37hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hints on currency reforms
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has hinted to a number of currency reforms to be implemented within the shortest period, among them adopting a market based foreign currency exchange a...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:29hrs | 9774 | 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 | 4599 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and Chamisa MPs fume over deferred vehicles
Legislators from both Zanu-PF and the MDC have expressed anger at the government's decision to suspend the purchase of new vehicles for them - with the money budgeted for that now earmarked to fight t...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:21hrs | 4032 | by Staff reporter
Raw sewage in streets of Harare
Raw sewage flows freely in some streets of Zimbabwe's capital, posing a deadly challenge to the recently elected president who has promised the troubled country a new dawn.A cholera outbreak h...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 12:28hrs | 4153 | by AFP
Mnangagwa ready for new era of relations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe stands ready to enter a new era of relations with the United States of America and pursue economic cooperation and further re-ignite mutually beneficial trad...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 12:21hrs | 5453 | by Staff reporter
Let's make Zimbabwe great again
The baritone sound of protest from the opposition legislators is ill-advised and not in the best interest of anyone, let alone our country. Orchestra or solo, what are they trying to achieve and to wh...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:47hrs | 1898 | by Tondorindo Murisa
Life cycle of the Zanu-PF dictatorship vs bilharzia parasite - cure is the same too
Zimbabwe is in this political and economic mess because the country has been stuck with a this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu-PF dictatorship for 38 years. The party rigs elections to stay in power and i...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | 1084 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa, Chamisa challenged to end their fight
A CIVIC group has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu PF and the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to end their fight over the outcome of the July 30 elections as this was now taking a toll o...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 1446 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube should grow a thick skin'
Prominent economist and former MDC executive member, Eddie Cross, has urged the new Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube, to grow a thick skin and resist executive pressure to push him to spend more than wh...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:30hrs | 1193 | 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 | 104 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has unveiled beacons of hope
The Second Republic under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unveiled beacons of hope which, if not sabotaged by indolent or mischievous workers put in office by God to help rule this country, will go a...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:26hrs | 337 | by Stephen Mpofu
No rest for Mnangagwa in US
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on a mission to turn Zimbabwe into a middle-income economy in 12 short years. And the frenetic pace at which he is working in New York this week reflects how tight that...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:18hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to prepare for austerity measures
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabweans must prepare for austerity measures that may appear harsh but are in the medium to long-term designed to set the economy back on track. Zimbab...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:15hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sweats over funding
NEWLY-MINTED Finance minister Mthuli Ncube this week set sail for the United States, together with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, for the United Nations General Assembly in New York where he will engag...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:46hrs | 7210 | by Staff reporter
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