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World Economic Forum, opportune platform to lure investment
Zimbabwe's participation at this year's 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland is a big opportunity for her to lure Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)....Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 13:33hrs | 449 | by Chido Chikuni
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 | 4827 | by Tawanda Ruzanhi
Zimbabwe losing US$1,8 billion every year due to corruption
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson Loice Matanda Moyo has said the country is losing US$1,8 billion dollars every year.Speaking at the Transparency International Zimbabwe (...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 11:24hrs | 779 | by Paul Ndou
Chamisa says Zimbabwe situation ripe for action
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is looking to take advantage of the collapsed economy, to mobilise for action across professional, political and religious lines against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's govern...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:41hrs | 2937 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sets up commission to probe MDC councillors
GOVERNMENT has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate reports of alleged corruption and abuse of funds by MDC councillors in Marondera town.The investigations come after residents prepa...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
'Ruling on US$ debt a grand heist'
TUESDAY'S Supreme Court ruling declaring that debts owed in United States dollars (US$) incurred on or before February 22, 2019 should be settled using the Zimdollar at a 1:1 parity will further deepe...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Hooker steals R2000 from client
A GWANDA man lost R2 000 and $50 after a sex worker he had engaged teamed up with two men and attacked him while they were on their way to her house. Thubelihle Ndlovu (23) from Jahunda and he...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants Killer's case finalised
The Masvingo Zanu PF leadership wants the party's national disciplinary committee to finalise the case of suspended provincial secretary for environment and tourism Killer Zivhu. The provincia...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:17hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe public hospitals to go digital
Zimbabwe's public health institutions will have all patients' records available in digital form at any health facility after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) partnered Estonia in a project whose pilot p...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:14hrs | 180 | 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 | 1178 | 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 | 4854 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hold the keys
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he holds the keys to President Emmerson Mnangagwa succeeding in normalising Zimbabwe's relations with the West and attracting much-needed foreign investment to th...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 13:01hrs | 3724 | 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 | 2966 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
ZUJ condemns MDC Alliance for journalist harassment
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has condemned MDC Alliance security officials for harassing journalist Robert Tapfumaneyi at a party event in Harare on Tuesday. Tapfumaneyi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 09:27hrs | 927 | by Staff Reporter
Stray donkeys, scotch-carts a menace in Victoria Falls
THE increase in the number of stray donkeys and scotch-carts in Victoria Falls town has irked residents who have taken the local authority to task to deal with the domestic animals and their owners as...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
ZBC property attached over US$370,000 debt
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) recently landed itself in trouble after refusing to settle a US$370 000 debt opting to pay off the same in local currency, a move that has prompted an inter...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:41hrs | 557 | by Staff reporter
MDC led Council threatens legal action against Zanu-PF
HARARE City Council has threatened legal action against Zanu-PF, government departments, parastatals and other entities owing the local authority more than $1 billion in unpaid rates.Council i...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:07hrs | 476 | 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 | 375 | by Staff reporter
'Maize meal shortage to ease next week'
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has promised to ease the maize meal challenges as of next week.This was said during a GMAZ media briefing on Tuesday on a roller meal subsidy and p...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:50hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Spokesperson's post divides POLAD
The spokesperson post has divided the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), with unconfirmed reports indicating that ‘higher authorities' prefer someone else to MDC-T's Khaliphani Phugeni, who was rece...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's supporters to storm Masvingo courts
MDC Vice Chair Job Sikhala reportedly wants to intimidate and undermine the court by hiring crowds of MDC supporters to storm the Masvingo courts when he appears for hearing on 27 and 30 January 2020....Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:49hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells supporters not to be afraid of guns
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday warned his supporters to prepare for more demonstrations to force political and economic change in a country lurching from one crisis to another.Chamisa ad...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 964 | by AFP
Chamisa wants dialogue with military
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says he is ready to dialogue with his rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa, but on condition the military is involved.Addressing his supporters at the launch o...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:37hrs | 3634 | by Staff reporter
Supermarket forces clients to buy grocery worth $150 if they need 10kg mealie meal
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube yesterday intervened to stop a local supermarket that was selling a 10kg of subsidised roller meal on condition that a customer first bought groceries...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:34hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, US to continue talks, says Mohadi
Zimbabwe will continue to re-engage the United States despite the challenges that have affected the resumption of normal relations between the two countries, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yesterday...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Universities hike fees
LOCAL universities have announced their new fee structures which will see students paying between $5 000 and $9 000 per semester depending on their programmes. The National University of Science and T...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1727 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal supply to improve
THE supply of mealie-meal is expected to improve starting next week as all millers are being registered under Government's subsidy programme while mechanisms to import maize using free-funds have been...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal shortages persist
Subsidised mealie-meal supplies have remained erratic across the country, with major supermarkets running out of the commodity, forcing most consumers to access it on the black market. The sho...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
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 | 834 | by Staff reporter
Chipangano terror campaign emboldened me, says Mashwede
HARARE businessman Alex Mashamhanda says the political torture he endured at the hands of a Zanu-PF-linked militia, Chipangano, and some top Zanu-PF officials, during the formative stages of his busin...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:56hrs | 456 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa's political demise beckons
It is a view expressed by astute political observers, this scribe included, that unless the MDC-Alliance denounces violence and joins President E.D. Mnangagwa and other political parties in the Politi...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:45hrs | 456 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
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 | 4471 | by Terence T Simbi
Muduhwa TS Galaxy deal 'hits snag'
HIGHLANDERS defence stalwart Peter Muduhwa's coveted move to South African National First Division side TS Galaxy is likely to hit a snag, with sources saying the second-tier side is only keen on sign...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 05:17hrs | 1588 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi says no one will die of hunger
VICE President Kembo Mohadi has assured the nation that no one will die of hunger as government is distributing and working on procuring more grain for distribution countrywide.Addressing mour...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 14:17hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC to attend UK-Africa summit
THE opposition MDC has been invited to the UK-Africa Investment Summit which gets underway in London this Tuesday, a top official has said.The party's secretary for international relations, Gl...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:25hrs | 3586 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa savages Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has savaged the government after police raided his party's offices on Friday in a surprise move which has once again raised political tensions in the country.T...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:24hrs | 6890 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 7784 | 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 | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Liberation: Did somebody say Fanon?
DURING the African struggles against settler colonialism the name of Frantz Fanon used to scare settler colonialists that understandably banned his books and pamphlets. In the present era the name and...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 335 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
Telecel seeks tariffs review to stay afloat
ZIMBABWE's third-largest mobile telephone operator Telecel Zimbabwe has conceded that it is facing challenges and has been failing to meet some of its obligations due to inadequate funding.In ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 137 | 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
Mealie-meal tracker launched
THE Government, working with other agencies has unleashed monitors to track the movement and selling of subsided mealie-meal as concerns grow over the continued channelling of the commodity to the bla...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls Telecel debt equity swap
TELECEL International (TI), a State-owned vehicle which owns 60 percent of Telecel Zimbabwe (TZ), is considering converting the US$90 million debt owed by the mobile network operator into equity, a mo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 178 | by Staff rpeorter
Shocking corruption at Passport Office
FORGET the low-level graft often reported at some Government departments, something far more sinister - which is a threat to the country's security - is taking place at the Department of the Registrar...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1861 | by Staff rpeorter
Witchcraft, power in Zimbabwe politics
CHIPINGE is some small district in the south east of Zimbabwe, on the edge of the Mozambican border, well known not for its scenic environment, cooler temperatures or the tropical rainforests of Mt Se...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:24hrs | 286 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Econet wants to hike tariffs
TELECOMMS giant, Econet Wireless is in talks with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) for a possible tariff increase prompted by the continuing devaluation of t...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2810 | by newzimbabwe
Wife orders hubby to sleep with mum
THE story of a man who was being seduced by his mother-in-law has taken a new twist as he claims his wife not only knew about her mother's antics, but was actually encouraging him to have sex with her...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:47hrs | 2863 | by Staff reporter
Journalist acquitted on anti-govt protest charge
HARARE-BASED freelance journalist, Doubt Asima, who was arrested in August last year on public violence charges after he was found rendering first aid to an elderly woman during an anti-government pro...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Court acquits Good Samaritan Journalist over anti govt protest
A ZIMBABWEAN court has acquitted Doubt Asima, a freelance journalist, who had been on trial on charges of committing public violence after he was arrested when he tried to rescue an elderly woman, who...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1307 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa in a fix over Mnangagwa dialogue
A push by the opposition MDC structures for party president Nelson Chamisa to ditch efforts to engage his erstwhile rival President Mnangagwa for direct confrontation has left their youthful leader in...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:41hrs | 10890 | by Staff reporter
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