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'Zimbabwe economy among the least free globally'
Zimbabwe's economy remains among the least free globally, according to the Fraser Institute's newly released Economic Freedom Country Audit Zimbabwe (EFCAZ). The Canadian public policy think-tank, ren...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:02hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter
Why is an 81-year-old so preoccupied with extending the presidential term limit?
Hardly a day passes in Zimbabwe without news on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's machinations to extend his tenure one way or another.Ever since securing his second and final term, in t...Published: 26 May 2024 at 13:43hrs | 7 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mr. President, you can't make the nation suffer simply because of your ego!
Pride comes before a fall! When I had the inspiration for this article, a certain scenario played out in my mind.I imagined an egoistical father - who was adamant that every 'respectab...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:23hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Dead' woman (76) found breathing in coffin
Mourners at the wake of an elderly Ecuadorean woman were startled to discover she was still alive.A hospital doctor in the city of Babahoyo declared Bella Montoya, 76, dead following a suspect...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 09:40hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Cannabis production doubles in Zimbabwe
THE production of industrial hemp doubled to more than 40 tonnes last year, with the country exporting about five tonnes to Switzerland.The number of players registered with the Agricultural M...Published: 19 Mar 2023 at 07:45hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Three African stars to look out for at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
With Qatar 2022 almost among us, there will be another five African teams competing on international football's biggest stage. Senegal, Morocco and Tunisia feature in their second successive World Cup...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 15:07hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Perm Sec appointed to UN secretary general's advisory panel
Local government minister permanent secretary Zvinechimwe Churu has been appointed to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) Advisory Group by United Nations secretary general António Guterres....Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets sights on UN Security Council seat
ZIMBABWE has presented its candidacy for an African rotational slot as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2027-2028, and now awaits the authorisation of the African Unio...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Western countries trying all tricks to remove Zanu-PF from power
AS the clock ticks towards the 2023 harmonised elections, which some have described as "crunch" (interestingly all polls since 2008 have been dubbed as such!), Zimbabweans should brace for more shocks...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK removes Zimbabwe from Covid-19 red list
The United Kingdom will remove Zimbabwe from the Covid-19 red list on Monday, in a development that will make it easy to travel between the two countries.Crucially, the tourism sector is expec...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA removed from UK Covid travel red list
Zimbabwe has been removed from UK Covid travel red list, the British government has said.According to BBC, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other 45 countries will be removed from the red list, whic...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 20:33hrs | 7 | by Staff Reporter
Nakamba to miss Bafana showdown
MARVELOUS NAKAMBA is now certainly out of the Warriors' 2022 World Cup qualifier against South Africa, next week. The English Premiership revealed they will not release any players for matches set for...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Central bank and monetary policy independence
The government of Zimbabwe recently dissolved the inaugural Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) that had been appointed in September 2019 and swiftly appointed a new team to fill up the void. The committe...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 22:34hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
US reviews trade preferences eligibility for Zimbabwe
THE United States of America has announced that it will begin a Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) trade preferences eligibility review for Zimbabwe.Belo...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The new Zimdollar: What could go wrong?
ZIMBABWE last week made its interim currency, the RTGS dollar, the country's sole legal tender, drawing the curtains on a decade of United States dollar dominance. Harare was forced to abandon its own...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:43hrs | | by Ed Stoddard
All hail Mthuli, Zimdollar will boost competitiveness
The rate at which the black market value of the RTGS dollar (now Zimbabwean Dollar) has been fast sliding against the US dollar was no longer sustainable and the move by Government to abolish the mult...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's battle of Populism vs Constitutionalism
INTRODUCTION The High Court sitting at Harare dealt a body-blow to Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the MDC on 8 May 2019. In the case of Elias Mashavira vs. Movement for Democratic Chan...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by David Tinashe Hofisi
Africa has no divine duty to heed the West
IT'S quite refreshing that many Africans - both black and white - have refused to submit to Eurocentrism, where all things from the West are viewed in utopian terms in which everything is projected as...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe Communist Party May day Statement 2019
Revolutionary Greetings to all Zimbabwean working people from the National Steering Committee of the ZCP. As Proletarian Internationalists we extend our revolutionary greetings to workers, communists ...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 14:07hrs | 1 | by ZCP
Assange arrested
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.Mr Assange took refuge in the embassy seven years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual ass...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 11:03hrs | | by BBC
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:14hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threw caution to the wind
President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored advice from a South Africa-based local businessman that a wage hike was the best way to deal with public sector union grievances, and that a failure to award an in...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to hike public sector salaries
A Zimbabwean businessman has urged government to raise wages in a bid to prevent the meagre income of public sector workers becoming a source of anger for citizens.In a letter to President Emm...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cash problems will not be solved by using foreign monies alone
It is true that businesses in Zimbabwe discuss major business deals and even small purchases with the cost listed in US dollars, even when the US is not involved in the transaction. The US dollar is v...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe has adequate fuel stocks, claims Gumbo
ENERGY minister Joram Gumbo says Zimbabwe has adequate fuel stocks, despite the reemergence of queues, and blamed social media for causing panic among motorists.Fuel queues, which had disappea...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe bond note survives
ZIMBABWE'S surrogate bond note currency will continue to circulate as Treasury says it will maintain the 1:1 parity between local money and the greenback. This is despite the disparity in exchange rat...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
No easy road, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says recalibrating an "entrenched political system to a new administration" takes time as the nation needs a shared vision and consensus on how to move forward.In ...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa could be the next frontier for cryptocurrency
Experts say conditions on the continent are great for virtual currency Interest in cryptocurrency, a form of digital currency, is growing steadily in...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 14:44hrs | | by Pavithra Rao
46 countries to observe Zimbabwe elections
Government has approved a list of 46 countries, 15 regional and continental bodies to observe general elections set for July this year as President Mnangagwa's administration makes good its pledge for...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
List of observers that Mnangagwa will invite
A list of observers that Govt will invite for 2018 elections. It includes 46 countries; the EU, US and Commonwealth. Also on the proposed list is US Senator Flake, one of the 'ZDERA' Senators ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cash problems will not be solved by using foreign monies alone
It is true that businesses in Zimbabwe discuss major business deals and even small purchases with the cost listed in US dollars, even when the US is not involved in the transaction. The US dollar is v...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mugabe should be jailed for his murderous crimes
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is now 93-years-old, and one can not help wondering when he will face justice for all the murderous crimes he committed on the people of this country.Have the ...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 07:54hrs | | by Kelvin Kudenga
US Embassy inclusive youth leadership programs
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther said so. Malcom X once said,"Edu...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 16:57hrs | | by Enos Denhere
WATCH: Prophet TB Joshua as you have NEVER seen him!
An inspiring documentary detailing the recent visit of Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua to the South American nation of Ecuador has been released on YouTube, showing rare footage of the cleric's adventuro...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 14:09hrs | 29 | by Ihechukwu Njoku
FBI director threatens WikiLeaks, Assange
FBI Director James Comey lashed out at WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, calling the anti-secrecy organisation a hostile intelligence service and suggesting that Assange would have been taken ...Published: 05 May 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar return imminent?
If visibility and predictability are two foundations upon which stable financial markets are built, comments from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week on the adoption of bond notes as ...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 11:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ's cash-back headache
A directive by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for retailers to cap cash-back facilities at $20 a day will not resolve the cash crisis, analysts said on Friday, advocating the introduction ...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
REWIND: Mujuru implicated in blood diamond scandal
According to recent reports, Zimbabwe's Vice President Joyce Mujuru threatened a senior executive of a British company with unspecified action after the company refused to handle $15 million worth of ...Published: 13 Mar 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Charles Rukuni - GroundReport
WATCH: Saudi Arabia and Qatar funding ISIS and Clinton
Whistleblower Julian Assange has given one of his most incendiary interviews ever in a John Pilger Special, courtesy of Dartmouth Films, in which he summarizes what can be gleaned from the tens of tho...Published: 05 Nov 2016 at 17:47hrs | | by youtube
Bond notes spark panic withdrawals
PANIC cash withdrawals, sparked by fears over the impending introduction of bond notes by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, have affected many banks in the country, with most of them now struggling to ser...Published: 09 Oct 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Earthquake shake Chipinge
Residents in Chipinge and surrounding areas were on Thursday night awoken by tremors after an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Mozambique.The earthquake, according to US G...Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 17:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
TB Joshua Receives Humanitarian Award In Israel
The statement below was published on TB Joshua's official Facebook Page yesterday. I felt it was newsworthy, hence my decision to send it to you alongside pictures:After the recent earthquake ...Published: 22 Aug 2016 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by TB Joshua Ministries
Internet Surveillance not peculiar to Zimbabwe
Internet surveillance propounded by the Computers crimes and cyber crimes bill, is not peculiar to Zimbabwe. The global powers, like the US government, which claim to practice the most advanced democr...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 07:47hrs | | by Sparkleford Masiyambiri
Zimbabwe's Andrew Peebles wins semi-final!
Zimbabwe rowing star Andrew Graham Peebles has won his section of the semi-final E/F men’s sculls.He came first to qualify for the Final E set for Friday.Peebles had the fastest ...Published: 09 Aug 2016 at 17:19hrs | | by Sports reporter
It's not bond notes, but bank charges
ZIMBABWE's banking sector this week came under withering attack for very old sins which financial institutions have benefited from with near absolute impunity while insulating themselves from critical...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi
Urbanization is a tool for development
Joan Clos is the Executive Director of the Nairobi-based United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). In this interview with Newton Kanhema for Africa Renewal, Dr. Clos talks about the eff...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 21:41hrs | 1 | by Joan Clos
Geek to gun-runner: the super-villain with Zimbabwean links
Cape Town - He established hothouses in lawless Somalia, protecting them with a private militia to grow opium poppies, cocaine and other narcotic substances under scientifically controlled conditions....Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:09hrs | 10 | by Ivor Powell
Africa's cities of the future - Proper planning key to sustainable cities
With an annual economic growth rate of about 5% over the last decade, driven mainly by the commodities boom, African cities have seen skyrocketing population growth, forcing governments to face a host...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 09:01hrs | | by Busani Bafana
Harvard Beckons - Fashion designer Pam Samasuwo-Nyawiri receives scholarship to top Ivy League University!
Award Winning Designer and African Fashion Advocate Pamela Samasuwo-Nyawiri has received a scholarship to Harvard to do a PhD. Pamela, who is a journalist by trade, having always been ins...Published: 05 Apr 2016 at 09:37hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Legal age of marriage around the world
Country Boys Girls Afghanistan 18 16 Albania 18 18 Algeria 19 19 Andorra** 14 14 Angola 16 15 Antigua and Barbuda 15 15 Argentina 18...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 19:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
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