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Mahiya threatens war veterans opposing Mnangagwa's extended rule
Zanu PF Secretary for War Veterans, Douglas Mahiya, has issued stern warnings to war veterans opposing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extended stay in office, threatening to "stop them from speaking i...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 16:59hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe power shortages will end in 2023
THE authorities will take extraordinary measures, including the removal of all barriers hindering investment in the energy sector, to ensure that Zimbabwe does not face severe power shortages next yea...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt asked to explain on lost education period
Nkayi legislator Chief Ndlovu has questioned the Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Cain Mathema on what measures his ministry has done to compensate for the lost time for the learners and te...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 10:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Calls for state of emergency in South Africa are misguided
CASAC has noted with great concern several calls for the President to declare a state of emergency in response to the incidents of public violence and looting in the provinces of Gauteng and KwaZulu-N...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 14:48hrs | 12 | by CASAC
Mnangagwa's former top aide loses freedom bid
FORMER principal director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, has lost a High Court appeal to quash both conviction and a four-year imprisonment term imposed on him for criminal abuse of office. ...Published: 26 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Damaged urban roads need urgent attention
Importance of roads Recently I read an article by my former employer, the World Bank. The article explains that roads are the arteries through which the economy pulses. By linking producer...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 06:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Illegal immigrants struggle in the UK
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the UK jobs market has changed substantially, take a look at what this means for recruitment and occupational shortages, as well as serious implications for people's...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Congestion, panic buying in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents yesterday defied stay-at-home lockdown measures that Government imposed with effect from Saturday to combat the spread of Covid-19. It was a hive of activity in the city cen...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'The enemy is within the ANC,' says former intelligence chief
A group calling themselves "ANC cadres", led by a former chief of military intelligence, claims that the party faces a leadership crisis because the members of its higher echelons have credentials "no...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 21:25hrs | | by TimesLIVE
Govt recruits 6 000 teachers
Government has scrapped Second Term school fees, while 6 000 teachers are being recruited ahead of the phased reopening of schools starting tomorrow.This comes amid reports that a crash progra...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gono says Zimbabwe is in a crisis
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says there is no need to deny that the country is in a crisis as the problems were self-evident.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fresh headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recently enacted economic measures will be tested next week when government workers meet to decide the salary threshold they should demand from their employer following ...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 12:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Extraordinary measure for extraordinary: A case of Zimbabwe's austerity measures
In the Bible when Jacob was faced with a situation he was supposed to meet Esau his brother he was so afraid knowing that he had subtly stolen the latter's blessing. During the night, Jacob wrestled a...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 15:34hrs | 14 | by Elijah Chihota
MDC linked Amnesty International Zimbabwe suspended over corrupt
Amnesty International Zimbabwe, which was exposed in an audit that unearthed serious fraud and mismanagement involving millions of United States dollars has been suspended from its mother body, Amnest...Published: 31 May 2019 at 07:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Amnesty International Zimbabwe suspended after fraud probe
Amnesty International on Thursday (May 30) suspended its local branch in Zimbabwe after uncovering evidence of fraud, in the first ever such move by the rights advocacy group.Amnesty issued a ...Published: 30 May 2019 at 18:49hrs | | by AFP/ec
Zimbabwe's Casino Economy: Extraordinary Measures for Extraordinary Challenges by Gideon Gono
The paperback novel written by Gideon Gono, revolves around the issues regarding his position as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the opportunity Gono had to serve his president and th...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:45hrs | 35 | by Joe K
Mnangagwa touched by Battlefields tragedy
President Mnangagwa has mourned artisanal miners who perished after mining shafts at Cricket No. 3 and Jongwe Mining Cooperative in Mhondoro-Ngezi were flooded on Tuesday. It is estimated that...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Cholera death toll hits 30
THE number of people who have died of cholera has risen from 28 to 30 as Government, Harare City Council, the police and other stakeholders continue to make concerted efforts to curb the spread of the...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election results would always have been disputed
The developments around the election in Zimbabwe have created a serious dilemma for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) resulting in the country's future hanging in the balance. ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Ralph Mathekga
Mnangagwa security fears mount
As the country hurtles towards the July 30 national elections, the security of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is increasingly becoming an issue, with authorities revealing at the weekend that they will ...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 13:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Government abandons plans to set up Obert Mpofu's urban tollgates
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has abandoned plans to set up urban tollgates but will now prioritise the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu and Beitbridge-Victoria Falls...Published: 22 Nov 2015 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
Ebola: Fighting a deadly virus
Weak national healthcare systems and few medical staff struggle to cope The sight of an Ebola patient is frightening. Sharon Washington, an employ...Published: 24 Dec 2014 at 18:00hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
Zimbabwean student in Malaysia placed in an isolation hospital ward
KUCHING - A 24-year-old Zimbabwean studying here has been placed in an isolation ward at the Sarawak General Hospital with fever but authorities said there is no link at the moment to the Ebola diseas...Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 14:23hrs | 4 | by Yu Ji
Ebola outbreak 'vastly underestimated' -WHO
The scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be "vastly underestimated", the UN's health agency says, as the death toll from the disease reaches 1,069.The World Health Organization said its staf...Published: 15 Aug 2014 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Gono remains our choice,' says Zanu-PF
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF reiterated yesterday that it had picked former Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono to become the new Buhera Senator despite opposition from some members of the party....Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 12:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Army detonates Gono's presidential ambition
COLOGNE - Zimbabwe's no nonsense hardline military generals, have allegedly paralysed former central bank governor, Gideon Gono's ambition to become president as a compromise Zanu PF candidate, after ...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Itai Gwatidzo Mushekwe
'Mugabe losing control of Zanu-PF'
President Robert Mugabe has "completely lost control" of Zanu PF, as factional fights and other political clashes have become more public, and dirtier, analysts have said.This comes as Hurungw...Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe has completely lost control of Zanu PF'
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has "completely lost control" of Zanu PF, as factional fights and other political clashes have become more public, and dirtier, analysts have said.This c...Published: 06 Apr 2014 at 10:57hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Prof Jonathan Moyo alarmed by Gono blackout allegations
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said he was alarmed by recent insinuations by former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr Gideon Gono, that he was being ...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Conrad Mwanawashe
'I'll kick them out,' says Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe yesterday attacked the State media for using extraordinary measures to impose a media blackout on retired Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono, saying he would kick ou...Published: 28 Mar 2014 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe angry over Gono attacks
President Mugabe yesterday attacked the State media for using extraordinary measures to impose a media blackout on retired Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono, saying he would kick out those respon...Published: 28 Mar 2014 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo's Address to Senate on Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam Disaster
TOKWE/MUKORSI DISASTER THE MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND NATIONAL HOUSING (DR. CHOMBO)Madam President and hon. members of this ...Published: 15 Feb 2014 at 08:23hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Gideon Gono's RBZ term ends monthend
The central bank governor's term ends this month but if President Robert Mugabe asks him to stay on again, he might.At the height of the currency crisis every Zimbabwean was a trillionaire, wh...Published: 02 Nov 2013 at 14:47hrs | | by M&G
Should Obama avoid the Syrian war under present financial conditions?
Rather than paying attention to the immediate financial dangers hovering over the US empyrean, the government is paying increased attention to the Syrian issues. However, majority of the Americans...Published: 23 Sep 2013 at 18:45hrs | | by Mirana
Intervention brigade: End game in the Congo? - UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase
To the outsider at least, the immediate problem with the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - a perennial vortex of instability, massive human rights violations and wars bot...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 16:05hrs | 15 | by Lansana Gberie
MDC-T: Inventing a matching scandal
Before the 1789 revolution which gave a bloody full-stop to the Frankish Monarchical line, France was an unliked, war-mongering polity. That dubious status continued during the "reign" of Robspierre, ...Published: 24 Mar 2012 at 04:52hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zim bank governor, Gono, urges use of Chinese currency
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has said Zimbabwe should next year consolidate the country's look East policy by adopting the Chinese currency, the yuan, and do away with the US doll...Published: 29 Nov 2011 at 05:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: Political gain, civilian pain
This week, I take an unusual line from what my readers are used to. Foremost, I pilfer the title of the installment from some scholar who has devoted his energies to the study of the subject of sancti...Published: 11 Jun 2011 at 18:27hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
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