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Zimbabweans thrown into fresh misery
ZIMBABWE ANS were yesterday thrown into fresh misery after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his anti-people policies announced in the 2021 National Budget last November, saying he would not revi...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2606 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pampers army, war veterans
ZIMBABWE'S government spent higher amounts funding operations of the Defence and War Veterans ministry during the first half of the year, compared to expenditures committed to crucial sectors, such as...Published: 6 hrs ago | 836 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a cyber army to protect our cyberspace
ImagIne a cyberattack on Zimbabwe's mobile money platforms, financial service networks and electronic payment platforms that include point of sale systems. These kinds of attacks have now become commo...Published: 6 hrs ago | 94 | by Jacob Mutisi
Resurgent power outages to gnaw at growth targets
THE power outages currently besetting the country are set to derail economic growth prospects at a time the economy is already reeling from Covid-19. Zesa has imposed rolling blackouts that ar...Published: 6 hrs ago | 59 | by Staff reporter
Vaccination remains 'unavoidable', says Mthuli Ncube
TREASURY has so far disbursed US$93,2 million to procure vaccines to combat the spread of the catastrophic Covid-19 pandemic which has claimed millions of lives across the globe and sharply slowed wor...Published: 6 hrs ago | 193 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes token payments to clear foreign debt
ZIMBABWE has started making token payments to service the country's foreign debt with the Treasury channelling about US$17 million in the first quarter of 2021 towards clearing the arrears owed to dif...Published: 6 hrs ago | 84 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube revises growth to 7,8%
Zimbabwe's economy is doing well with growth prospects strong and on track, despite the stalking shadow of Covid-19, leading Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday upgrading ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 103 | by Staff reporter
NRZ security guard shoots dead scrap metal thief
A National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) security guard was on Wednesday arrested for murder after he allegedly shot dead a man who was stealing scrap metal from a workshop in Mpopoma.The inciden...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Economic Forecast H2 2021
Zimbabwe's economy is largely expected to register modest growth in 2021 buoyed by a bumper harvest in agriculture, partial dollarization and declining inflation, growth in export earnings and increas...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:30hrs | 343 | by Victor Bhoroma
Eradicating extreme poverty critically essential
The World Bank Economic Update on Zimbabwe released in June 2021 contains some worrying trends on the increase in extreme poverty in the country. The report points that the number of extremely poor re...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 13:27hrs | 176 | by Victor Bhoroma
Schools will reopen as directed by Mnangagwa
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told Parliament that schools will reopen as directed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, adding that he would soon issue a ministerial stat...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:18hrs | 2886 | by Staff reporter
Farmers need tractors, cattle have died
My rather heavy footsteps did not jolt the old farmer out of his deep thought, head rested on his bony knees, sort of mind comatose. The man was 'lost' in great thinking, pondering how he would tackle...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 622 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
'Civil servants wage bill Mthuli's headache'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will tomorrow deliver his mid-term fiscal policy review statement amid growing budgetary demands at a time when the country's tax base is shrinking, and the economy sever...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1052 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets to raise US$140m
President Mnangagwa has appointed a resource mobilisation committee to raise funds for the party's activities including preparing for the 2023 elections. This comes as pollsters have predicted a Zanu-...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:36hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation takes a tumble, exports rise
Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation declined to double digit level for the first time in nearly two years this month, hitting 56,37 percent, with President Mnangagwa noting the fall marked yet another...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter
SA under Ramaphosa becoming a military state, political analyst claims
POLITICAL analyst and University of South Africa (Unisa) Professor Tumi "BB" Senokoane said South Africa was fast becoming a military state reflecting the apartheid system which opposed freedom for al...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 20:13hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
'Entrepreneurship, no politics, will solve our problems' insist Masiyiwa - rubbish, solution is good governance
"Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities" screamed the headline. When you are rich, Strive Masiyiwa, is filthy rich and so when he speaks even the rich and powerful si...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 20:06hrs | 1272 | by Nomusa Garikai
Stranded Nust students beg for food
NATIONAL University of Science and Technology (Nust) students are stranded in Bulawayo after government imposed travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the university's student repres...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1879 | by Staff reporter
Challenges facing Zimbabwe's foreign exchange auction
IT is clear that the auction for foreign exchange is in trouble. The arrears now stand at over US$200 million. That is equivalent to nearly Z$18 billion and the delays are having a serious impact on c...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1013 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa to commission new medical oxygen plant
In a major milestone, a medical oxygen plant has been built in Mutare by a company under the Harare Institute of Technology to ensure Zimbabwe has adequate supplies, especially as demand has risen wit...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:08hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Prices should remain stable, says Mthuli Ncube
THE recent 50 percent salary hike for civil servants will increase purchasing power but will not result in price increases as the auctions govern the cost of foreign currency used for productive purpo...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:07hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Government plots massive crackdown on businesses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government says it will viciously crackdown on businesses that may take advantage of the turmoil in neighbouring South Africa to "sabotage the economy" by hiking p...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Fact-checking Biti's corruption speech
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president and former finance minister Tendai Biti gave an online speech on corruption in Zimbabwe on July 18, 2021.Here, we check key claims from Biti's address:...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 19:35hrs | 2133 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa challenges entrepreneurs to solve problems in their communities
Pan-African businessman and billionaire entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa, who is also the African Union's Special Envoy in the fight against COVID, talks about how he led the creation of the Africa Medica...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 08:34hrs | 1661 | by Agencies
'Inflation a Zimbabwe regime change tool'
AFTER two decades of blaming sanctions imposed by the West for its failure on the economic front, the Zanu-PF government has found a new scapegoat - inflation - describing the scourge as enemy-enginee...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1985 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes delivery of 1 million more jabs
Zimbabwe yesterday took delivery of one million Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines purchased from China, taking the total number of vaccines brought into the country so far to over five million. With a target ...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:35hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Insurrection! Sounds like copy and paste United State America's 6th of January 2021 - a global circus!!
This is how low ANC has sunk to equate the last weeks violent events in South Africa as an insurrection. Again to term hungry population as criminals is a sign of a government that has lost authority ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 22:02hrs | 380 | by Nomazulu Thata
Zim students' battle to get internship
NGQABUTHO Mhlophe spends his days at home, burrowing around the internet in search of a marketing internship.A second-year student at the National University of Science and Technology, he need...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
No to factional mudslinging…Discipline comrades discipline!
My 54 political toddler years which are founded 'On the Shoulders of Struggle' signify a journey of robust African revolutionary tutelage which has been vastly enabled by those national paternal and m...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:04hrs | 61 | by Obert Moses Mpofu
UK deportees will not be mistreated by Zimbabwe government
The arrival in Harare of a batch of 14 Zimbabweans deported from Britain is in many ways a welcome sign that the British government has developed a far more realistic attitude to Zimbabwe and reckons ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has 2 747 covid-19 related deaths' - what is nauseating is some still believe the lie
Zimbabweans are a naive and gullible people, easily fooled; hence the reason the country is in such a mess. Indeed, in some cases as now we like to be fooled so we do not have to deal with the consequ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1207 | by Wilbert Mukori
Canada vs Zimbabwe: Two divergent paths of Covid-19 vaccination
When mother-of-three Amanda Wood heard that hundreds of coronavirus shots were available for teens, only one thing prevented her from racing to the vaccination site at a Toronto high school - her 13-y...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 18:20hrs | 1555 | by AP
UK deportees: Rapists, murderers leave trail of broken lives
Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are divided on the deportations of their counterparts, mainly criminals living in that country who have served more than a year in prison. Many opposition group...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 705 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ex-Zanu-PF official calls for Mnangagwa impeachment
A FORMER senior Zanu-PF official in Mashonaland Central province has called for the impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for allegedly running down the economy, human rights violations and fail...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:35hrs | 7925 | by Staff reporter
SA unrest cuts off Zimbabwe supply chains
THE manufacturing sector is in disarray following violent clashes in South Africa in recent weeks, which have affected the supply of critical raw materials.The Confederation of Zimbabwe Indust...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 09:01hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Companies struggle to raise US$2 billion
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing companies have struggled to raise about US$2 billion in fresh capital to drive production back to pre-crisis levels, industry data indicated this week, as executives warned th...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:53hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Its not sanctions but corruption hitting Zimbabwe
The 2017 Coup was for ZANU PF political bigwigs who felt that they were being outclassed in joining the gravy train of looting the country dry.The coup was just like fielding a reserve side of...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:47hrs | 1188 | by Leonard Koni
SA Minister made a fool of himself on BBC by denying ANC failures and yet admit 'slow response gave rioters field day'
"The people responsible for the riots sparked by the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma failed in their insurrection because the ground for them was not fertile, the country's transp...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:38hrs | 866 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Will Zimbabwe recover and benefit from the AfCFTA?
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came at the time when Zimbabwe is at the verge, struggling economically as seen with poverty elongated with COVID-19 dominating the society. AfCFTA is a pr...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:37hrs | 472 | by Fifteen Theophelous
Forex pricing SI haunts Mnangagwa's govt
ZIMBABWE'S Senate yesterday said the controversial statutory instrument (SI) promulgated in May spelling out restrictions on trade in foreign currency had turned businesses into "saboteurs" after the ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's mid-term budget review set for tomorrow
The 2021 mid-term budget review statement will be presented in Parliament tomorrow, Information Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, said yesterday.Finance and Economic Development Minister, Mthuli Nc...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 17:26hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
EFF urges Zimbabweans not to use contraceptives
THE Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has discouraged Zimbabweans not to use contraceptives, saying the country needs more people to fully harness its abundance as well as underutilised resourc...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 16:23hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe generals sweat over rampant indiscipline
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commanders have convened several meetings over the past few weeks as they battle to contain rampant indiscipline among soldiers, characterised by the involvement of junior...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 4015 | by Staff reporter
No, Mr Biti, you are not a jack of all trades
A week ago, the local mainstream and social media were abuzz with news of MDC Alliance (MDCA) faction co-vice president, Tendai Biti's rantings against the International Monetary Fund (IMF's) report o...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 07:47hrs | 998 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Ramaphosa's desperate security agents claim 'looted SA goods Botswana and Zimbabwe-bound'
SOUTH African security agents have reportedly confiscated several goods worth thousands of rand as smugglers attempted to move the loot into Zimbabwe and Botswana following days of rioting in the neig...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 1972 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Dr Mashakada praises economic reforms
FORMER Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion and a key member of the MDCT party, Dr Tapiwa Mashakada has heaped praises on the country's economic revival efforts under the Second Repu...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:10hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions akin to economic terrorism'
The illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on Zimbabwe are a form of economic terrorism against the country's citizens, Iranian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Abbas Navazani has said. Ambassa...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:08hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
The fight against COVID-19 is everyone's responsibility
The first Saturday of this month saw local author, film maker and anti-Government activist, Tsitsi Dangarembwa, getting her first COVID-19 vaccination jab at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. She did n...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 13:35hrs | 483 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Nature of Government deals must be made public!
We have so many deals, apparently, which Government of Zimbabwe, has signed with several countries, we have been briefed of MOUs, signed on behalf of the country, which have never been disclosed to th...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 12:05hrs | 617 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
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