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Mnangagwa's SONA: Selling a 'fragile' stability
President Emmerson Mnangagwa sold optimism in his state of the nation address Thursday, saying a period of exchange rate stability shows that his policies are delivering. But not everyone is convinced...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa offers olive branch to UK, US
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has repeatedly accused the US and UK of pushing for regime change in Zimbabwe, on Sunday offered an olive branch to the two countries pleading with them to accept his...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2372 | by Staff reporter
It's not sanctions, it's corruption that drives away investors, says UK
US and EU embassies in Zimbabwe said the anti-sanctions day held in the country on Sunday was a distraction from the real issues.As such, it won't help the government meet the strong reform ag...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 16:13hrs | 2950 | by Staff reporter
US, UK, EU, lie about Zimbabwe sanctions
The United States, European Union and United Kingdom vigorously pushed back on charges by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that sanctions are behind the economic collapse and the general poverty in the co...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:29hrs | 3289 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF won't give up power, says Mudzuri
TOP MDC-T official Elias Mudzuri Friday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa was fronting a Zanu-PF military government that would not relinquish power if it lost in national elections.Mudzuri wa...Published: 24 Oct 2020 at 07:51hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
RBZ debt accumulation above US$2 billion
THE US$2,23 billion debt accumulated by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in the 12 months since July 2019 could be grossly understated, as fresh details emerged this week indicating the central bank...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:41hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Unite to achieve brighter future, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday said the country is on a new path towards prosperity calling for unity of purpose among Zimbabweans as a brighter future depends on every individual. President Mn...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:19hrs | 307 | by Staff Reporter
French company happy with Zimbabwe investments
Saint-Gobain Construction Products Zimbabwe says it is happy to continue with its investments in Zimbabwe despite the numerous challenges facing the national economy.The French-owned company h...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 13:11hrs | 1288 | by The Anchor
Zesa gets nod to buy coal in forex
The government has rescinded its earlier decision to bar power utility Zesa from paying for its coal supplies in foreign currency, fearing the move could trigger crippling load shedding, Business Time...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1575 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa calls for private sector-govt dialogue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on private players in the economy to dialogue with his government to find ways of improving the country's ease of-doing business and attract direct ...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 22:17hrs | 1331 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa ahead of Sona
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is tomorrow expected to address several challenges facing the country when he delivers his State of the Nation Address (Sona).This comes amid a crisis that has see...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 07:42hrs | 4639 | by Staff Reporter
Power output plunges 39%
ZIMBABWE'S power output plunged 39% during the seven months to July, as Harare and Lusaka moved to forestall a near catastrophe by applying limits on water outflows from Lake Kariba to bolster the res...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 06:18hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
Era of power cuts is over, claims Magombo
The era of load-shedding in Zimbabwe is over and the current power outages being experienced in some areas are a result of faults and vandalism, a senior Government official has said. Permanen...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:33hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Kwekwe violence ring leaders go into hiding
ZANU-PF youth leaders, who spearheaded the violent clashes at the party district offices last week leading to the abandonment of primary elections to choose a candidate for the vacant Kwekwe Central p...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 1648 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa ruled out from Zimbabwean political matrix
The Professor of World Politics at the London School of Oriental and African Studies Stephen Chan, recently said Chamisa seems to have run out of strategic ideas on the way forward and basically, the ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 21:39hrs | 8854 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factionalism bad for Zimbabwe?
OF late we have been running stories on the re-emergence of factional fighting in Zanu-PF ahead of the re-introduced district coordinating committees (DCCs) elections.The countdown to the poll...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 18:50hrs | 254 | by Staff reporter
'Zanla cadres were poorly trained'
FORMER Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary (Zipra) fighter Esau Ncube has sensationally claimed that his Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (Zanla) counterparts were poorly trained so much so that ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 2962 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'vote-buying a dismissible offence'
ZANU-PF First Secretary and President, Mnangagwa, yesterday warned senior officials against breaching party rules and regulations when conducting District Coordinating Committee (DCC) and primary elec...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:46hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tormentor loses MDC Alliance Kwekwe Central primary elections
FORMER Kwekwe Central MDC MP Saturday lost in Kwekwe Central MDC Alliance primary elections to Judith Tobaiwa.The MDC Alliance held the internal party elections ahead of impending parliamentar...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 19:52hrs | 5647 | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa what is our problem?
We are the second largest platinum producer in the world, we have gold reserves around the country, we have chrome, we have alluvial diamonds, we have best human resources skills, we have land and nat...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 3912 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Recalls have crippled council business, says Mafume
New Harare mayor Jacob Mafume (JM) still believes that the capital has what it takes to regain its Sunshine City status if city fathers can get their act together. Last week, he sat down with NewsDay ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Urban to rural migration the new scenario in Zimbabwe
IN a reversal of the normal trends with regards to rural-to-urban migration worldwide, the current pattern in Zimbabwe is pointing towards a shift in migration, this time, urban to rural migration bei...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1085 | by Peter Makwanya
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF investigates Kwekwe chaos
ZANU-PF is investigating cadres who caused chaos in the Kwekwe Central primary elections on October 3, where prospective party candidates, Kandros Mugabe was battling it out with a 26-year-old Energy ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:02hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Zacc opens corona supplies graft probe against Mangwiro
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has opened an investigation into deputy Health minister John Mangwiro over allegations that he arm-twisted the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm)...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 20:54hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss survives hellish Covid-19 experience
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Deputy Governor Dr Kuphukile Mlambo views himself as a lucky and blessed man after surviving what he described as a hellish and nasty Covid-19 ordeal. Dr Mlambo had to...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
'Rogue Khupe is adding no value to our politics' - and corrupt Chamisa is? Incurable insanity
Most of us have heard of the great Physicist Albert Einstein's famous line: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." And, here is the nub of it, all of u...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 17:29hrs | 3045 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tempers flare as RBZ debt spikes
GOVERNMENT was this week caught in the eye of a storm after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said it had accumulated US$2,23 billion in fresh debt between July 2019 and July 2020.Authorities...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 10:20hrs | 4641 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe struggles to pay for electricity imports, power cuts resurface
The resurfacing of power cuts across the country as the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) battles to meet national demand owing subdued production mainly at the Hwange...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 21:21hrs | 4029 | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices reduced by 5%
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has announced new fuel prices which have seen diesel slightly going down by five percent, while petrol slightly increased by four percent, the Daily New...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:13hrs | 2310 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Shock as Gwanda goblin kills 57 goats and sleeps with women
A mysterious cat-like creature has killed 57 goats in Makwe area, Ward 8 about 40km west of Gwanda Town.According to an eyewitness, she saw the creature coming of the blankets where the childr...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 09:00hrs | 5585 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's weak opposition falls prey to vultures
CELEBRATING Zimbabwe's main opposition party's 21st anniversary on September 26, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa tweeted: "MDCA 21st anniversary celebrations ... Thank you beloved and fellow citize...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:09hrs | 883 | by Gumisai Nyoni
5 arrested over Kwekwe violence
Five suspected gold panners allegedly hired to disrupt Zanu-PF primary elections for Kwekwe Central over the weekend have been arrested, as investigations into the incident continue. The prima...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:48hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy Zanu-PF supporters attack police with stones
A VIDEO of the violence that rocked the Kwekwe Central Zanu-PF primary elections went viral yesterday, with the restive activists attacking police officers deployed to calm tempers after machete-wield...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Mkoba primary poll results out
EDUCATIONIST William Gondo will represent Zanu-PF in the Mkoba constituency by-elections after trouncing four other candidates who were contesting in the party primary elections.Last week, Gov...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 17:18hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Mnangagwa's backyard
ZANU-PF was forced to abandon primary elections in Kwekwe yesterday after violence broke out at the party district offices, leading to several arrests.Machete-wielding youths stormed polling s...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 06:52hrs | 7804 | by Staff reporter
UK, US in renewed calls for Zimbabwe reforms
THE United Kingdom (UK) and United States of America (US) have once again accentuated the need for Zimbabwe to implement sound political and economic reforms in order to address the country's crises a...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:13hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporter
Colonial master UK demands end to farm invasions in Zimbabwe
THE United Kingdom (UK) has once again called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to have meaningful progress on reforms, respect for human rights and the rule of law, stop corruption, an...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:11hrs | 631 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
Zanu-PF Midlands receives CVs from aspirants
THE Zanu-PF Midlands Province election directorate on Friday received curriculum vitaes (CVs) from prospective candidates for three by-elections to fill seats that are up for grabs.The three s...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:01hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Young petroleum mogul enters Zanu PF DCC race
YOUNG petroleum mogul Danmore Mambondiyani has entered the race for a post in the ruling Zanu PF party's fiercely contested district coordination committees which the party had shelved for years over ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 13:59hrs | 3508 | by Bernard Chiketo
Mnangagwa moving towards establishing a one-party State
After casting his vote two years ago for Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC), now Benard Mhere has grown bitter, accusing the ruling party of trying to destroy the MDC.Mhe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 18:02hrs | 5918 | by Anadolu Agency
After TSP, diaspora engagement critical, says Mthuli Ncube
AS government winds up the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) amid a plethora of challenges it faces in turning around the economy, the Zimbabwe Independent (ZI) caught up with Finance ministe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1773 | by Staff reporter
Demystifying false narrative of a 'crisis' in Zimbabwe
For the past few months, Zimbabwe's internal and external detractors have been in overdrive, pushing a concocted narrative that there was a "crisis" in Zimbabwe. This false narrative is premis...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:19hrs | 206 | by Pardon Muzavavi
Zanu-PF to elect candidate for Kwekwe Central
ZANU--PF party is set to conduct primary elections to elect a candidate to stand for the party in the looming Kwekwe Central Constituency by-election.The seat fell vacant following the death i...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 22:13hrs | 783 | by Staff reporter
Zesa tariff hike hits 100% inside a week
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) on Thursday increased domestic electricity tariffs by 50 percent, the second such raise in a week.The ZESA subsidiary - s...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 22:07hrs | 2682 | by Staff reporter
Owen Ncube's nephew guns for Mnangagwa backyard
A NEPHEW to State Security Minister Owen Ncube has expressed interest to represent Zanu-PF in by-elections set for December this year in Kwekwe Central Constituency.The seat fell vacant follow...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:45hrs | 11567 | by Staff reporter
World lithium deficit a boon for Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is among major lithium producers that may draw significant benefits from firm global prices and high demand for the precious mineral due to expected supply deficit projected to start in two y...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:13hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Prioritise locals over Chinese contractors for the benefit of Zim economy
Kenyan law professor Patrick Lumumba gets animated when he talks about China's rising influence on the African continent where governments get blinded by their fraternal ties with the Communist Party ...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:51hrs | 1133 | by Anthony Matutu
Violence against women costs Lesotho economy $113 million annually
A Commonwealth report has revealed violence against women and girls costs Lesotho more than $113 million (about 1.9 billion Lesotho loti) a year....Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 11:57hrs | 527 | by Stephen Jakes
Musona's versatility impresses Loga
WARRIORS gaffer Zdravcko Logarusic says he is impressed by Knowledge Musona's versatility, with the national team skipper slowly adapting to his new position in central midfield at KAS Eupen.K...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa slammed for not putting Zimbabwe first in their fights
AS THE vicious factional wars that are tearing apart Zimbabwe's main opposition plumb new lows with each passing day, political analysts say the MDC may have reached the end of the road in its current...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:20hrs | 3285 | by Staff reporter
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