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Chinamasa blames land reform for Zimbabwe's problems
ZANU PF Secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa has blamed the land reform as the root cause of the problems bedevilling Zimbabwe.In an interview the Sunday Mail Deputy Editor, Lovemore Ra...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:47hrs | 9344 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube's reforms trigger new cash crisis?
A revealing editorial in today's Herald says SI 142/19, which hastily scrapped the multi-currency system & prematurely introduced a non-existent Zimbabwe dollar as the sole legal tender in the cou...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:44hrs | 6927 | by Staff reporter
Zesa sets the record straight on levels of load shedding
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) says it has noted with concern gross misrepresentations by the Financial Gazette (Page 2 - 11th July 2019 edition) that ZESA Hold...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 19:42hrs | 6600 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya saga takes yet another twist
Hardly 72 hours after appearing in an interview in which she accused Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya of indecent behaviour, actress Charity Dlodlo has backtrack...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:00hrs | 5808 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is my younger brother'
Today we round up our interview with pioneer freedom fighter and former Member of Parliament for Nkayi Constituency, John Maluzo Ndlovu. In the last few weeks, Ndlovu has spoken about how he j...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:40hrs | 3099 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, saying the country...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 1469 | by Staff reporter
Schools, Households and Businesses are the game changers in curbing electricity crisis in Zimbabwe
Greetings Editor, Of recent I got an interest especially from Zimbabwean school and I realized that especially schools can be game changers that is in solving power crisis not only in Zi...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 20:02hrs | 1077 | by Justice Maphosa
The Grand plan, gukurahundi, the Unity Accord 1987 - A program of invasion
This is a follow up of my Press Release released on 3rd July 2019. The focus today is Gukurahundi; its origins, meaning, and its role in the unprecedented influx of the Shona community in every part o...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:14hrs | 1921 | by King Mzilikazi II
Thumbs up to Eddie Cross
Dear Editor,Love him or hate him but to me, this man Eddie Cross deserves a high five for his well-researched articles, the latest being "A Perfect Storm Is Coming" and published by ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:39hrs | 2458 | by Munya Shumba
B-Metro news editor quits to join Sunday Times
B-Metro news editor Lenin Ndebele has left the Bulawayo-based tabloid to join The Sunday Times of South Africa.Ndebele, who joined B-Metro at its inception in 2009, has joined the Sunday Times...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 22:09hrs | 1808 | by ZimLive
Chiri bemoans poor funding
Auditor General Mildred Chiri is back in the spotlight after producing yet another report detailing abuse of funds and inefficiencies in government departments and parastatals.Some of the reve...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:29hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Government debts weigh on TelOne
State owned fixed telecommunications giant TelOne says unpaid Government debts amounting to $93 million, 62 percent of total debt, are largely the reason it has struggled to meet obligations to critic...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
IMF welcomes Mthuli Ncube's monetary reforms
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the latest reforms announced by both the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development through SI 142 of 2019 and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe through exchang...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 3836 | by Staff reporter
Ndebele 'King' addresses the nation
I would like to make it known that I, as King of Matabeleland alias Mthwakazi, am very much committed to the Restoration of my Kingdom. I also want the whole world to know that the whole Inter-cultura...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 13:19hrs | 7503 | by Stanley Khumalo
UBH records in shambles
THE United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)’s records are in shambles, a situation that could lead to loss of important hospital information, records, patient files as well as revenue, the Auditor-General (...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Govt, parastatals owe TelOne $93m in unpaid bills
Telone trimmed its debtors' book by 7% from $162 million in 2017 to $151 million in 2018, but is still struggling to recover debts owed by government departments and parastatals totalling $93 million ...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:39hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri claims $1 million defamation damages from Daily News
DEFENCE Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has filed a $1 million suit against the Daily News for alleged defamation in a case in which the private paper published an article claiming her housing coop...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:34hrs | 3114 | by newzimbabwe.com
Mthuli Ncube's quotes on currency reforms . . .
"Replacing the multi-currency regime anchored in the United States dollar by the South African rand as the sole transaction currency would help reduce over-valuation and stimulate exports and growth. ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 3730 | by Lisa Tazviinga
Gilmore Tee makes Forbes list
Global citizen Gilmore "Tee" Moyo has made it into this year's list of the Forbes Africa list of 30 under 30, a list which includes Africa's top entrepreneurs, entertainers and leaders and influencers...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:17hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Only RTGS dollars are legal tender
On Monday, an important statutory instrument (SI) was published in a Government Gazette Extraordinary: the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (Legal Tender) Regulations, 2019 (SI 142 of 2019).The effect...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:04hrs | 575 | by Veritas
Mthuli's mortal fight with the Hydra
If you ask the Bishop what will distinguish E D's Presidency, he will tell you that it is his fierce decisiveness, keen pragmatism and a commendable ability to swiftly change and adjust as the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1183 | by Bishop Lazi
The day Cyclone Mthuli came to town
Well, this Mthuli Ncube guy is bad news.Witty and cunning are his attributes! He had an afternoon outing with journalists, last weekend, shared jokes and ideas, while he kept his joker to his ches...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 16:39hrs | 1688 | by Staff reporter
Parliament demands Zimpapers overhaul
CHAIRPERSON of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Prince Dubeko Sibanda (MDC Alliance) yesterday called for the revival of the Zimbabwe Mass Media Trust (ZMMT) to stop government interfer...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:26hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Scrapping of multi-currency regime: The implications
ON Monday, the government announced major changes in the monetary policy of Zimbabwe, highlighted by the ending of a 10-year multi-currency system.Further measures announced include the intend...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | 3051 | by Respect Gwenzi
The Chamisa effect and hope for a new Zimbabwe
NELSON Chamisa, the unopposed president of the opposition MDC, recently announced the members of his national executive committee. The appointments are not surprising - in many respects, they are a cu...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2424 | by Obert Hodzi
Khama Billiat smells blood
Zimbabwe national soccer team striker Khama Billiat has declared that they will go all the way in their match against Uganda on Wednesday in the ongoing Afcon finals in Egypt.Zimbabwe lost by ...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 19:24hrs | 6965 | by Staff Reporter
ZIFA dares Mliswa, Chizuzu
ZIFA have come out guns blazing and dared Norton House of Assembly representative Temba Mliswa to come to the airport and effect a citizen's arrest on the Zifa officials upon their arrival from the To...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 19:04hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
Sick Robert Mugabe in Singapore
Former President Robert Mugabe is still holed up in Singapore where he has been undergoing treatment in the past months.South Africa's Foreign Editor and Acting Political Editor Sophie M...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 13:44hrs | 20503 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Job Sikhala talks tough
Following the MDC Alliance elective congress recently, our deputy editor, Tangai Chipangura (TC), spoke to the newly-elected vice-chairman of the party Job Sikhala (JS) on a wide range of issues....Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:16hrs | 4815 | by Staff reporter
Government to bail out ZESA
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has assured the nation of short-term interventions to ease the power crisis that include bailing out the country's power utilit...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 16:19hrs | 2729 | by Staff Reporter
Principles on new currency in place
Government is working on modalities to introduce a new currency, which will be the sole legal tender for domestic transactions as fundamentals have now been put in place, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 01:15hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Sunshine journalism: What happens on cloudy days?
I RECENTLY read on the ZBC website that Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa had "urged the media to write positive developmental stories about Zimbabwe in the new dispensation", and this reminded m...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | 172 | by Nqaba Matshazi
'Fatcats choke Zesa'
Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi yesterday said power utility Zesa was struggling to service its external debt and increase power importation to alleviate the current electricity cr...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:43hrs | 3093 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's speech to AfDB boards of governors - Fulltext
Speech by the minister of finance and economic development, Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube during the 2019 annual meetings of the boards of governors of the African Development Bank Group: Malabo, Republic o...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:03hrs | 1008 | by Mthuli NCube
Regulations around Online Gambling in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is well-known not only for its safaris, reserves, parks, d...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:21hrs | 1526 | by Staff Writer
The bane of rabid, frenzied media
Again, dear reader, if ever you are in doubt, if ever you are confused, if ever you need a moral compass, or whenever you find yourself agreeing with Jonathan Moyo, you should know that you are close ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 145 | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa's govt re-ignites currency debate
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's remarks over the weekend that Zimbabwe would have a fully-fledged local currency before the end of the year, ending the multi-currency regime enacted in 2009, effectivel...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2136 | by Brett Chulu
New currency unlikely to perform miracles for Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT'S plans to unveil a new currency by year-end without addressing macro-economic fundamentals could be catastrophic, while the proposed local unit risks suffering the same fate as the defunct...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1159 | by Staff reporter
Murder suspect challenges composition of High Court bench
A HARARE landlord Almerico de Gouevia, who is facing allegations of killing his tenant Joaquim de Sousa over payment of rentals, has approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenging the cons...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1248 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa slapped with $10m defamation lawsuit
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) has been taken to the High Court by BDO Zimbabwe boss, Ngoni Kudenga, who is demanding $10 million compensation for alleged defamation.The lawsuit emanates...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1580 | by Staff reporter
Accountant demands $10 million damages from Mliswa
THE fight between Independent Member of Parliament for Norton Temba Mliswa and BDO Zimbabwe boss, Ngoni Kudenga has spilled to the courts with the later claiming RTGS$10 million defamation damages fro...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 20:02hrs | 3507 | by newzimbabwe.com
'No unresolved political questions in Zimbabwe'
Government says national political dialogue recently launched by President Mnangagwa was not a power sharing negotiation or an initiative towards the creation of Government of National Unity (GNU), bu...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:12hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
'Write to unite Zimbabweans'
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Honourable Energy Mutodi; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Br...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:08hrs | 243 | by Monica Mutsvangwa
'Mnangagwa dialogue not power sharing negotiation'
Government says national political dialogue recently launched by President Mnangagwa was not a power sharing negotiation or an initiative towards the creation of Government of National Unity (GNU) but...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 18:16hrs | 3150 | by Staff reporter
Another blow for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO textile manufacturing firm, National Blankets (Pvt) Limited, has been liquidated following years of poor performance and failure to find a good investment suitor in yet another blow to the ci...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3053 | by Staff reporter
AfDB boost for Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said the African Development Bank (AfDB) board has endorsed Zimbabwe's reform agenda under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 07:00hrs | 5701 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube on course to clear Zimbabwe's AFDB debt
ZIMBABWE is on course to clear its US$605 million debt to the African Development Bank (AfDB), which will allow the country to start accessing funds from the bank beginning early next year, the Minist...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:52hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Malema on plot to depose Botswana President
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema will use commemorations of the June 16 Soweto uprising of 1976 to lift the lid on a plot to unseat Botswana President Mokgweet...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 18:10hrs | 6608 | by Gibson Nyathi
Air Zimbabwe needs $12m to stay afloat
AIR ZIMBABWE judicial manager Reggie Saruchera says he is pushing authorities to avail a $12 million package to maintain the airline's fleet and acquire additional aircraft.Saruchera told parl...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:15hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Zifa creditor masquerades as cop, caught on CCTV
A SHADOWY operation, in which a daring Zifa creditor masqueraded as a police officer to try and intimidate a bank manager to freeze all the association's bank accounts, has been blown into the open af...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:04hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
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