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China corners Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday held crunch talks with China's Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhao Baogang following a nasty fallout over development-partner support figures presented in the...Published: 7 hrs ago | 552 | by Staff reporter
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 244 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces hotel room deficit
Government is concerned with the country's hotel room stock which it says projections show would be over 2 000 rooms short by end of 2020 thus curtailing the growth of the tourism sector. This...Published: 7 hrs ago | 75 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa roads
Zimbabweans have reacted with disbelief to news that the government has approved plans to rename major roads and buildings after "national heroes" - including 10 streets named after President Emmerson...Published: 7 hrs ago | 121 | by BBC
Mnangagwa to order importers to declare forex sourcing
Zimbabwe will force importers to declare sources of foreign currency and those who fail to prove they obtained the money from banks will forfeit their goods to the state, a government official said on...Published: 7 hrs ago | 140 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa named 10 roads after himself
With the haste of a man not certain of history's judgment of him, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday renamed 10 roads in all provinces after himself.Enterprise Road in Harare, which lead...Published: 7 hrs ago | 77 | by ZimLive
Zacc swoops on car smugglers
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has made several arrests in connection with the massive car smuggling racket in which government may have lost millions of dollars in unpaid duty at the ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 567 | by Staff Reporter
JETGATE: 'Mnangagwa uses luxury jet to loot diamonds and foreign currency'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa seemingly sensing his imminent boot from power, is allegedly involved in grand looting of the country's scarce foreign currency coffers and resources using his chain of hi...Published: 17 hrs ago | 8957 | by Mary-Kate Kahari
Mthuli Ncube speaks on money recieved from China
Officials from the Chinese Embassy and Government of Zimbabwe met on Wednesday and after discussions reached an agreement on the facts and figures contained in the 2020 Budget Statement which was deli...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 08:17hrs | 9675 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti slams 'amateurish' accounting
Former finance minister Tendai Biti said the omission of Chinese development assistance in the 2020 budget statement was "amateurish" after China made a strong protest on Tuesday.The Chinese e...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:21hrs | 3080 | by ZimLive
ZACC must follow due processes in investigating corruption cases
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said it is concerned about the public perception that corruption suspects are only arrested as a window dressing measure. Speaking in a...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 03:59hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Cashless society: EcoCash blip a wake-up call
Zimbabwe, like most nations, is moving more and more towards a cashless society where financial transactions are executed electronically than in physical banknotes and coins. Gone are the days...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 03:56hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, police morale hits rock bottom
Parliament yesterday heard that soldiers and police officers' morale had hit rock bottom due to a shortage of food and uniforms, with a meagre 39 cents being spent on each soldier's daily diet, causin...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 19:45hrs | 3053 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs support in anti-corruption battle
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa needs the full support of other members of the executive for the Government's fight against corruption to succeed. Stakeholders speaking yesterday at the end of a two-day n...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 04:07hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
China shreds Mthuli Ncube's budget statement
The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe says the figure of the Chinese bilateral support that was announced by Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube during his budget statement is a mis...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 11:04hrs | 6953 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Robert Mugabe still with us three years down the line
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not to be complete without order and a co...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:34hrs | 2623 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans caught in witchcraft practices in the UK
Zimbabweans in the UK have totally refused to abandon their beliefs in Witchcraft lucky charms and in superstitions. They have carried their beliefs in the United Kingdom and created a world of supers...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:32hrs | 8682 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ncube's budget gets thumbs down
Zimbabwe's month-on-month inflation rate quickened to 38,75% in October from 17,7% the previous month as analysts warned that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget will be rendered useless by so...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:03hrs | 1197 | by Staff reporter
What is the role of V11, V23 forms?
IT is the constitutional mandate of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ensure that, at every election or referendum, whatever voting method is used, is simple, accurate, verifiable, secure and...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:17hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt warms to Chamisa talks
THE Zanu-PF government has warmed up to dialogue with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa following his "conciliatory tone" over President Emerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy, but rejected foreign mediation i...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:42hrs | 8897 | by Staff reporter
MDC asking Zanu PF to implement reforms - Zanu PF does not need to and will not
It is pleasing that MDC Alliance National Executive Council (NEC) has finally woken up to the reality that Zimbabwe will never ever have free, fair and credible elections without first implementing ge...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1158 | by Nomusa Garikai
CAAZ mourns funds repatriation
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) says failure to repatriate funds to international airlines has piled on to challenges that are discouraging the firm from efficiently discharging duties in ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Harare DCC told to get down to work
Newly-elected District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members have been tasked to set up party structures in Harare with immediate effect. The DCC structures are chaired by Godwills Masimirembwa...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Rhodies we know, where are Zimbos?
MONDAY, November 11, marked the 54th anniversary of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by then Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith, a move that severed the white colony from the B...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 741 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Inflation is because TSP failed to factor in drought' - yeah right, sell-out whitewashing Zanu PF tomb
Zimbabwe is well and truly stuck in this hell-on-earth mess! What makes our situation so, so frustrating about it is this is a man-made mess. For the last 39 years and counting the ruling party, Zanu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2847 | by Wilbert Mukori
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions despite criticism that it is fuelling inflation....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 907 | by Staff reporter
Zacc probes roads scandal
THE Harare City Council has suspended director of works, Engineer Isaiah Chawatama and finance manager, Mr Godfrey Kusangaya — at a time when the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is invest...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
A third of Zimbabwe doctors face the axe
A third of doctors who work in public health institutions, a total of 516 out of the 1 601 on the State payroll, face dismissal from public service this month as Government continues to hold disciplin...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 10:03hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Government fires 134 more doctors
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Zanu PF youths cause chaos at mining indaba
ZANU PF supporters, who were bussed to the mining indaba in Gweru to beef up numbers ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's address on Wednesday, caused a raucous at feeding points as they threatened...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Debunking myths surrounding the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe
THE founding tenets of Zimbabwe are based on respect for certain values and principles, which include, amongst others: the supremacy of the constitution, the rule of law, fundamental human rights and ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:14hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vs Mnangagwa: Full Constitutional Court judgment released
THE Constitutional Court (Concourt) yesterday released a detailed 137-page judgment, upholding President Mnangagwa's victory in last year's harmonised elections, saying the petition by MDC-Alliance le...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:02hrs | 3556 | by Staff reporter
Lupane council to sue defaulters
LUPANE'S Kusile Rural District Council (RDC) has threatened court action against government ministries, businesses and ordinary residents over outstanding debts running into millions of dollars....Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:50hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe considers wage and price freeze as workers go on strike
Zimbabwe is considering freezing incomes and prices as it battles to contain runaway inflation which has eroded household incomes and left many employees unable to afford transport costs to get to wor...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 18:12hrs | 3536 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo: Charges wont shed light into the ZimAirways scandal
Joram Gumbo, the former Transport minister, has been arrested for his actions around the Zimbabwe Airways controversy. But it tells a story of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's feeble anti-corruption dri...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:40hrs | 679 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe baby elephant sales rake in US$3,2m
THE Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) raked in over US$3,2 million in the sale of 101 baby elephants to China and the United Arab Emirates between 2016 and this year....Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:53hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally defends move by MPs to blow US$5m in 5 days at Vic Falls
MDC secretary-general Chalton Hwende has defended the move by the 350 Members of Parliament to camp for five days at the Elephant Hills Resorts hotel in Victoria Falls and gobble over $5 million in al...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:42hrs | 3455 | by Staff reporter
Zesa disconnections target political bigwigs
ZESA Holdings has said political bigwigs will not be spared as the power utility disconnects electricity to defaulting clients to recover $1,2 billion in unpaid bills. The Zimbabwe Electricity...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:51hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Interbank rate stable in October
The Zimbabwe dollar remained largely stable in the month of October, with the interbank foreign exchange rate shifting by a marginal 3,1 percent from 15,1979 to the United States dollar on September 3...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:47hrs | 967 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa's MPs blow $5m in 5 days
Members of Parliament will gobble over $5 million in allowances and expensive accommodation in Victoria Falls where they are holding a 2020 pre-budget seminar, it has been revealed.The Victori...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:57hrs | 2893 | by Staff reporter
Free food for 12 000 in Bulawayo
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has approved a pension payout of more than 200 percent that will be paid this month but backdated to October, Sunday News has established.Accordin...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy set to shrink 6,5%
Zimbabwe's economy is set to shrink by 6,5% this year – its first contraction in a decade — after a drought and power shortages, the Finance minister said yesterday.Power generation could ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 229 | by Reuters
10-member cartel fuels price hikes in Zimbabwe
THE Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, yesterday said wanton price hikes in the country are caused by a cartel of 10 people. Giving a keynote address at the 2019 Pre-Bud...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1789 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows 66%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit, which represents an outflow of domestic currency to foreign markets, narrowed by 66% to US$670 million between February and September this year compared to the same period la...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Fakes news under the spotlight
Government has discouraged the dissemination of fake news on media platforms as it results in panic among citizens. International Communications Services Director in the Ministry of Information, Publi...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
The truth about Zimbabwe elephant sales
A few individuals have sought to tarnish the ZIMPARKS image in a bid to derail the growth of the tourism sector.Recently social media has been awash with all sorts of falsehoods, exaggerations...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 16:12hrs | 2939 | by Nicholas Ncube
Mobile money brings hyperinflation back
Hyperinflation is making an unwanted return to Zimbabwe. We don't know how bad it is because the government has suspended publishing official figures until 2020. But an IMF mission to the country in A...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1748 | by Staff reporter
Chartered accountants sweat over hyperinflation reporting
ZIMBABWEan chartered accountants (CAs) are in a fix as to which data to use for hyperinflation financial reporting (IAS 29) following the suspension of inflation data by government.As such acc...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders minister to pay $300k Zesa debt
The High Court has ordered Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo to pay $306 793 to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) for electric...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:25hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imports 1,5 million litres of wine
ZIMBABWE has imported more than 1,5 million litres of different kinds of wines from South Africa since the start of the year as the country is fast growing into a new market for the beverage. ...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 06:02hrs | 774 | by Staff reporter
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