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Mnangagwa, Guti preach peace
President Mnangagwa sees churches playing a pivotal role in helping create a "peaceful, prosperous, corruption-free united nation".Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 49th International Pa...Published: 5 hrs ago | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks face bleak future
ZIMBABWE's banks may face hurdles in meeting new minimum capital thresholds by year end, analysts have warned.In a show of lack of confidence in the local currency, the Monetary Policy Committ...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe improves on graft ranking
Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) has expressed disappointment over the country moving only two places upwards to be ranked 158th out of 180 countries in the newly-released Corruption Percepti...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:25hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
2020 holds no promise for troubled Zimbabwe
A SHORT queue has formed outside a supermarket in Sunningdale, a supposedly middle-class suburb in Harare.Behind the supermarket, a truck is offloading bags of mealie-meal, a commodity that re...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:18hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Search for new NRZ suitor begins
The renewed search for a suitor for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is set to begin this week after the US$400 million deal with Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)-Transnet conso...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
NRZ to charge in forex
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has granted the National Railways of Zimbabwe permission to charge in foreign currency for goods exported under the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) conditions.NR...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:14hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Cash shortages persist
While premiums paid to access cash have dropped from the lofty levels of around 50 percent prior to the injection of additional cash in November last year, they remain high at 30 percent due to the ac...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:12hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
Junior doctors announce end to strike
Striking junior doctors will end a four-month strike after accepting an offer from a telecoms billionaire to pay them a monthly allowance of about $300 for six months, their union said on Thursday....Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:10hrs | 472 | by Staff reporter
A dragonfly cannot spit fire and brimstone
Dogs can be deceptively vicious or gentle.This is why it is often not uncommon for dogs that bark the most to be less known for their bite, while conversely, those that are seemingly benign, w...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:10hrs | 80 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa seizes land from Mugabe allies
Zimbabwe has started repossessing land grabbed by former president Robert Mugabe's allies during a controversial agricultural reform programme amid claims the exercise is politically motivated....Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:02hrs | 95 | by newzimbabwe
Kazembe Kazembe breathes fire over corruption at passport offices
HOME affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has promised to deal with corruption in the Registrar-General's department.Speaking after touring the Midlands provincial registry and immigration offices...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 19:58hrs | 2198 | by Staff Reporter
Youth are sleeping on duty
It is the right moment for the youth in Zimbabwe to realise that gone are the days when government would proffer a lot of opportunities in a silver plate. Our brothers who had an opportunity to ...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 19:29hrs | 523 | by Matora Hupile
Matemadanda rallies the nation against illegal demonstrations
After Chamisa declared 2020 a year of demonstrations ZANU PF National Political Commissair rallied they nation to stand behind ED and ignore any calls for a strike. He started by saying "The com...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 10:20hrs | 2070 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe economic turnaround possible, says EU ambassador
EUROPEAN Union (EU) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Timo Olkkonen has said the country has all the ingredients to achieve an economic rebound, adding that the international investment climate is also favour...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:08hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Women’s League rolls out entrepreneurship skills
ZANU-PF through its Women's League is rolling out a number of initiatives to socially and economically empower women with entrepreneurship skills. In an interview yesterday, Beitbridge Senator...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:07hrs | 505 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda's bones still displayed in a british museum
Those who are christians do understand the importance of repatriating bones of the loved ones. Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He had ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 22:12hrs | 1530 | by Dr Maisimba Mavaza
Kazembe warns corrupt home affairs officials
A SCAM has been unearthed at the Midlands registry department amid revelations that there is a pile of uncollected passports issued as far back as 2005 with some of the officers being accused of askin...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 18:28hrs | 1200 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's secret revealed at SONA
In his state of the nation address the MDC A leader shocked the nation by his loud silence on sanctions. ZANU PF has always said the opposition is after destroying the gains of independence and hurt t...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 13:41hrs | 6322 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Polad: A deceptive monster with wickedly curved horns!
While it is an undeniable fact that the current social, political and economic decay in Zimbabwe sorely yearns for dialogue to castrate it, the current but shabbily crafted so-called Political A...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 13:22hrs | 626 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mzembi to break Zimbabwe political stalemate?
Our political dynamics require a game changer to break the perennial stalemate between the two main protagonists of our failed politics, Zanu PF and MDC A . At the core of this gridlock is the vanity ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 12:19hrs | 5092 | by Tawanda Ruzanhi
City of Harare & Clean City sign landmark service delivery MOU
The City of Harare and Clean City Private Limited today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) that will allow the two parties to collaborate in service delivery to the city.Areas of collabora...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 11:56hrs | 1542 | by Agencies
Chamisa says Zimbabwe situation ripe for action
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is looking to take advantage of the collapsed economy, to mobilise for action across professional, political and religious lines against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's govern...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:41hrs | 3006 | by Staff reporter
New political outfit promises democracy for all
Leader of the newly established political party, Ideas Party of Democracy Herbert Chamuka says his main aim is to fight for democracy in the country and not specifically fight Zanu-PF leader Emmerson ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:40hrs | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Marry Chiwenga has shown the way, can Zimbabweans emulate her?
Vice-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga's wife, Marry, is a nasty piece of work, who does not deserve much sympathy in her ongoing legal problems.When she first took over the running of the Miss Z...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:38hrs | 15598 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mthuli Ncube to introduce $50 notes
GOVERNMENT will soon introduce $50 notes to address the currency crisis in the short term as the Zimbabwe dollar (ZWL) continues to devalue, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said.In June 2019...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:36hrs | 2745 | by Staff reporter
All that glitters is not gold
I AM not sure of the details but around the year 2000, a geological exploration team found alluvial diamonds at Marange in Zimbabwe. They cut trenches and did further exploration for a number of years...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 984 | by Eddie Cross
Corruption in Zimbabwe's transport sector shocking
TRANSPORT minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday said government was alarmed with the level of corruption perpetrated by officials in State entities in the transport sector.Officially opening a...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF want citizens to understand its vision
anu PF wants all staff members operating from the party's headquarters in Harare to play a pivotal role in ensuring that ordinary citizens understand the vision and aspirations of the party, national ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Landmark ruling on US dollar debts
THE Supreme Court of Zimbabwe has delivered a landmark ruling declaring that a debt owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be discharged by paying in local ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to recruit new engineers, managers
ZESA is looking at recruiting new managers to spearhead the re-bundling of its five companies, a move that should see a sharp reduction in managerial staff once duplicated positions are eliminated. ...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:15hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa’s Agenda 2020 address to the nation
(Transcript of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s ‘Agenda 2020’ address as prepared for delivery at Stodart Hall in Mbare on January 21, 2020)Fellow Zim...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 19:47hrs | 1305 | by Nelson Chamisa
Mnangagwa evading Chamisa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of evading him so that they could resolve their political dispute.Unveiling his agenda for 2020 in Harare's high densi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 13:03hrs | 4940 | by Staff reporter
Charamba gets it wrong - Mnangagwa's illegitimacy remains the people's key fight
In his seminal statement yesterday, the people's President Advocate Nelson Chamisa was unstintingly consistent, particularly regarding the party's position on the illegitimacy of Mr Mnangagwa, given t...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 11:40hrs | 3018 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe forex crisis to worsen
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency crisis is expected to worsen this year after gold exports fell by over 28 percent last year.The southern African country is grappling with acute foreign currency sh...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2181 | by Staff reporter
'Our international partners are making Zimbabweans suffer'
MDC Alliance (MDCA) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday addressing an MDCA rally dubbed agenda 2020 in Harare at Mbare Stodart Complex said their international partners were making Zimbabweans suffer and ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blames climate change
ZANU-PF has claimed that while it has a burning desire to address the economic challenges affecting the country, its hands remain tied by nature.This came as the ruling party has been accused ...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:06hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vows street protests on the way
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader said Tuesday he will roll out anti-government street protests this year, declaring that the collapsing economy will improve only if political issues, including a long...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:35hrs | 463 | by AP
Zimbabwe 'reduces debt by theft' after Supreme Court ruling: lawyers
The Supreme Court has upheld the validity of a controversial government decree from February 2019 which converted debts accumulated in United States dollars to the local RTGS currency – at a great l...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:20hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter
Things giving Mthuli sleepless nights
Food, power and currency stability are the three things keeping Finance minister Mthuli Ncube awake at night.The southern African country is facing drought for the second consecutive year, wit...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:59hrs | 2557 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to adopt smart agriculture
Government says it is engaging agriculture sector stakeholders to promote and implement a comprehensive transformation which will allow farmers to migrate from conventional farming methods to smart ag...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:57hrs | 494 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa risks arrest for attempting to cause unrest
The MSC A President Mr Nelson Chamisa and his two senior members Lynette Karenyi Kore and Job Trouble Sikhala face arrests and serious reprimand for misinforming the masses. They have graduated in sen...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 14:23hrs | 5411 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
AirZim receives new Boeing 777 from Malaysia
AIR ZIMBABWE has received a new plane Boeing B777 in a development that is part of the government's ongoing plans to resuscitate the airline. Three more planes are set to arrive in the following weeks...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 16:53hrs | 6323 | by Staff Reporter
Changing labels of Empty Bottle - Zimbabwe
(This article was first published in Newsday in November 2014, titled There's Victory in Losing. This piece was centred on Pres R Mugabe and pointed on the point that...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 15:11hrs | 4475 | by Terence T Simbi
CIOs pounce on PTUZ leader
State security operatives reportedly pounced on Progressive Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) leader, Takavafira Zhou's office on Thursday last week following reports of his involvement in the planne...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 09:22hrs | 2892 | by Staf reporter
Zimbabwe economy to contract by 5.5% says UN
Zimbabwe's economy will register a negative growth of 5.5% and 2.5% in 2019 and 2020 respectively owing to foreign currency shortages, elevated public debt and uncontrolled inflation, a recent report ...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1566 | by FinX
Zimdollar has been a disaster for asset values, economy
The introduction of Zimbabwe's own currency, the ZWL, in February 2019 has been a disaster as many economists, as well as ourselves, had predicted. Since it was launched the ZWL has fallen fro...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:14hrs | 564 | by John Legat
Zimbabwe's complex situation requires political will
People continue to die from curable disease in Zimbabwe as the health sector remains paralysed while the country is going through what has been described by the United Nations as a man-made drought. S...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:10hrs | 174 | by Tapiwa Ziviri
'Mnangagwa in no hurry to fix economy'
As the world marks the 61st anniversary of the International Human Rights Day, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum (The Forum) has lamented the deterioration in living standards, claiming that the Pre...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:44hrs | 7805 | by Staff reporter
Modi woos Indian investors to Zimbabwe
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, has returned from a month-long working visit to India's state of Gujarat where he was engaged in a charm offensive which will see Indian investo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:42hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Polad economic summit on the cards
POLITICAL leaders under the banner, Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) have set plans to engage various business and industry sector players to come up with economic reforms that will be key in revivin...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:40hrs | 232 | by Staff reporter
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