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Lukashenko joins Zimbabwe lithium rush
BELARUSIAN President Alexander Lukashenko this week travelled 7 982 kilometres, the distance by air from his capital Minsk to Harare, in his first sub-Saharan visit to meet President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:17hrs | 1053 | by Staff reporter
Harare backs Moscow
WINDS of a renewed Cold War between the United States and Russia - thunderously manifesting itself in Ukraine through iron and blood - swept across the southern African region this week as Russian For...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:07hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Reflecting on the export ban for raw lithium
Through Statutory Instrument 213 of 2022 (Referend to as Base Minerals Export Control for unbeneficiated Lithium Bearing Ores), Zimbabwe banned the export of raw lithium from the country. The regulati...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 09:12hrs | 1415 | by Victor Bhoroma
Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?
"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral seas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 597 | by Zvikomborero Sibanda
Ramaphosa complicit in brutalisation of Zimbabweans
Of late, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been making a lot of noise over supposed "sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe".He has used every opportunity to speak to both his local audience ...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:50hrs | 1566 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
2023 elections crucial test of Mnangagwa's Statesmanship
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, as I see it, by now, most of the determined would-be contestants for public office are already geared for the imminent race. Although t...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:53hrs | 220 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Zimbabwe will be a shell by 2030
SOUTHERN Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, was slapped with United Nations sanctions in 1965 until 1979, but still managed to be one of Africa's richest nations.Zimbabwe was slapped targeted sanctions b...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:51hrs | 375 | by Black Eagle
Ramaphosa complicit in brutalization of innocent Zimbabweans by regime!
Of late, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been making a lot of noise over supposed 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe'.He has used every opportunity to speak to both his local audience ...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 17:33hrs | 760 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Biden's US$55 billion fails to entice African countries to ditch Russia
FRESH from the US-Africa Summit in Washington DC, with a US$55 billion financial package over the next three years, African leaders from the region find themselves confronted with a reality check of a...Published: 21 Dec 2022 at 20:09hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Analysis of the 2023 national budget
The Zimbabwean government presented a ZW$4.5 trillion budget (21% of 2021 GDP) for the 2023 fiscal year. The government expects to collect revenues totaling ZW$3.9 billion (18% of GDP), thus resulting...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:15hrs | 810 | by Victor Bhoroma
US removes 17 Zimbabweans from sanctions list, but country remains under sanctions
THE United States government has today removed 17 Zimbabweans from the illegal sanctions list while adding four people and two companies, as the clarion call for total and unconditional removal of the...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:31hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa attends colourful Mbasogo inauguration
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa was among high profile dignitaries from several countries who joined thousands of local people here yesterday to witness the inauguration of Equatorial Guinea President, Teodoro Ob...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe political violence exported to diaspora'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader for Sweden-Scandinavia branch has accused suspected Zanu-PF activists of allegedly torturing her 16-year-old son after he posted a video supporting o...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Staff exodus hits Zimbabwe's NPA, AG
NATIONAL Prosecution Authority (NPA) acting director-general Nelson Mutonziwa has revealed that his office has been hit by a massive exodus of sharp legal minds due to poor remuneration and conditions...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now one of the fastest growing African economies
ANALYSING Zimbabwe's unconventional economy always proves somewhat cumbersome because it is a country bridled with policy inconsistency, unfavourable operating conditions buoyed by decades of unilater...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1504 | by Respect Gwenzi
EU envoy meets Zanu-PF, CCC
EUROPEAN Union (EU) human rights envoy Eamon Gilmore has met the ruling Zanu-PF and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders as the European bloc ratchets pressure on Harare to con...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 2074 | by Staff reporter
'EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospect of opposition govt fades' - we only have ourselves to blame for this
"EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. Of course, every thinking Zimbabwean out there must be disappointed the EU has given up the fight end ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:12hrs | 1223 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades
A FEW years ago relations between Zimbabwe and the Western world were at the lowest ebb but now a new chapter has been opened, thanks to President Mnangagwa's policies espoused by re-engagement and en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 4376 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failing Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted failing to run elections properly, but has laid the blame on poor funding by the State.In its latest report on the March 26 by-elections, Z...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
EU demand to observe Zimbabwe's 2023 election?
THE European Union (EU) has called for peaceful, free and fair elections next year while expressing its readiness to send election observers to Zimbabwe for the 2023 general elections.Addressi...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:19hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims new chapter in Zimbabwe-EU relations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says improved relations with the European Union (EU) have opened a new chapter that has seen the country receiving US$47 million in aid for the Health ministry and funding...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
220 minors raped inside 9 months
AT LEAST 220 Zimbabwean minors were raped between January and September 2022, Women's Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni revealed yesterday as she expressed concern over a spike in child sexual abuse c...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wants to join BRICS
ZIMBABWE has made overtures to join emerging economies that make up the BRICS bloc as part of its engagement and re-engagement thrust, which is particularly designed to increase the countries' clout g...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:52hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military shops for arms in Pakistan
A HIGH-POWERED delegation of military officers led by Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) Air Vice Marshall Biltim Chingono was in Pakistan this month to inspect modern aircraft and armaments during a d...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:22hrs | 3527 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pampers security sector
THE security sector, which includes the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Defence and War Veterans Affairs and the Home Affairs ministries were some of the departments that got the largest ch...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
EU launches €400 million partnership programme
THE European Union has launched the Africa-EU partnership programme to promote greener and climate smart agriculture, as well as gender equality and women empowerment, which will see Zimbabwe getting ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, EU sign financial agreements valued at €47 million
ZIMBABWE and the European Union, (EU) have signed two financial agreements worth €47 million in Health and electoral processes to support the implementation of the National Development Strategy One,...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 15:19hrs | 819 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa speaks on 2023 polls prospects, accepting results
A wave of opposition victories in the Sadc region over the past two years has elicited mixed reactions from political parties in Zimbabwe.The opposition says this is a sign that the tide was c...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:40hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition party ZRF threatens to boycott 2023 elections over sanctions
A new political party, Zimbabwe Republican Front (ZRF) has claimed that the economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries were affecting the country's electoral processes.The par...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still isolated after 47 global trips
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has travelled 47 foreign trips since coming to power, in a re-engagement drive that has been bogged down by human rights abuses and failure to implement key political refo...Published: 06 Nov 2022 at 11:50hrs | 2983 | by Staff reporter
CSC Boustead Beef Zimbabwe strikes gold in US
MEAT processor, CSC Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has struck a partnership agreement with United States-based Ethos asset management Inc in an arrangement that will see the American firm providing capital in...Published: 04 Nov 2022 at 05:36hrs | 2533 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions illusion as Sadc babysits Zimbabwe
Last week was full of the usual drama with several marches and gatherings condemning the West and calling for it to lift sanctions. This comes after the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) d...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:54hrs | 368 | by Tapiwa Gomo
US hits back at SA claims on Zimbabwe sanctions
South Africa and the United States have traded barbs over the migrant crisis in the southern African economic hub which its president blames on American sanctions on Zimbabwe.President Cyril R...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:53hrs | 2519 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa off to Lesotho PM's inauguration
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president, Nelson Chamisa will be among hundreds of dignitaries set to attend Lesotho's new prime minister's inauguration set for Friday.The incoming Prime ...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:21hrs | 4107 | by Staff reporter
ZAPU savages Britain and EU
OPPOSITION ZAPU president, Sibangilizwe Nkomo has said his party will not take an active role in calling for an end to the sanctions regime as this was a fight between those who founded Zanu-PF, Brita...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:20hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Tobacco sales rake in US$650,3 million
ZIMBABWE has realised US$650,3 million from tobacco sales this year, up 10,3% compared to last year, statistics from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show.Last year, the souther...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 59 | by Staff reporter
'Western countries bullies'
GOVERNMENT yesterday labelled Western countries "bullies" for imposing economic sanctions on Zimbabwe.Speaking at the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Anti-Sanctions Solidarity Sum...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe rising above illegal sanctions,' claims Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWEANS must fully utilise their capabilities to rise against the bane of illegal sanctions and help in the lifting of thousands of people from poverty to prosperity, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Kenya linked Rishi Sunak to become UK prime minister
Rishi Sunak will become Britain's next prime minister after he won the race on Monday to lead the Conservative Party, tasked with steering a deeply divided country through an economic downturn set to ...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:56hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge arms smuggling saga: Fears Mnangagwa was main target
FEARS are mounting within President Emmerson Mnangagwa's inner security circle that the arms which were smuggled into the country through Beitbridge by a seasoned gun-runner without a consignee were m...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 17:29hrs | 2045 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe schools ordered to hold 'anti-sanctions' events on October 25
The government has ordered schools to plan "anti-sanctions" events for October 25, ZimLive reported.The date was declared by SADC as a Day of Solidarity Against Sanctions on Zimbabwe.F...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa fuelling hate speech'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of using inflammatory language seen as promoting violence in the run-up to elections expected next year.Addressing Zanu-PF supporters in Mut...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Shouldn't all those 'confessing' to calling for Zimbabwe targeted sanctions be the first to be arrested?
Let us just imagine this scenario for a moment.I come out openly confessing to the unresolved brutal murder of a person, which I perpet...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:30hrs | 435 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's former ally in sensational Zimbabwe sanctions claim
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has blasted former Masvingo Urban legislator, Tongai Matutu, arguing his unfounded and preposterous claims that the then vibrant Movement for Democratic Change...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:24hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF is blatantly rigging 2023 and EU gearing to grant it legitimacy under guess of 'constructive dialogue'!
"EU abandons confrontation with Zimbabwe!" screamed The Herald headline! "CHARMED by President Mnangagwa's open door policy and far-reaching economic reforms, more investors will be coming fro...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 23:13hrs | 703 | by Wilbert Mukori
EU to manipulate Zec using funding?
THE European Union (EU) has pledged to fund Zimbabwe's 2023 general elections to ensure they are peaceful.Speaking after presenting his credentials to President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State Hou...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 836 | by Staff reporter
Colonialists abandon confrontation with Zimbabwe
CHARMED by President Mnangagwa's open door policy and far reaching economic reforms, more investors will be coming from the European Union (EU) which is prepared to extend loans to the private sector ...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 05:55hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military commanders investigate Beitbridge arms saga
WHAT started as an arms smuggling racket by seasoned gun-runners who bungled their mission like amateurs has now deteriorated into a major political scandal maddening President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:20hrs | 3069 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure over Chamisa attacks
THE European Union (EU) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow the opposition to campaign freely following increasing violent attacks on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members by suspect...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | 1454 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt outfoxes opposition on reforms
ELECTORAL stakeholders, including the opposition, have raised concern over the secrecy surrounding the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 announced by government on Tuesday saying they were not consulted....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1135 | by Staff reporter
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