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Plans to repeal crippling taxation on cards
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is currently engaged in major discussions with fiscal and monetary authorities to address the issues of the punitive tax regime and surrender thresholds th...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1138 | by Staff reporter
Renewed EU sanctions dent Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive
THE decision by the European Union (EU) last week to maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe drives yet another dagger in the heart of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reengagement drive, amid fresh allegations ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 789 | by Staff reporter
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 8 hrs ago | 799 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Chamisa's failure to rein in his 'toxic and divisive' SG has destroyed the party
THE defection of top party executive, Lillian Timveos from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to the ruling Zanu-PF has opened a can of worms, with party insiders claiming the young opposition leader...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1577 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa commits to GwayiShangani Dam completion
CONSTRUCTION of the Gwayi-Shangani pipeline will be undertaken by various local companies to speed up the long awaited project to pipe water 245 kilometers from Gwayi to Bulawayo and ensure it meets t...Published: 9 hrs ago | 373 | by Staff reporter
'Auction rate is the real market rate'
THE auction exchange rate represents the proper market trends contrary to the contrived perception that the parallel market signifies the "real exchange rate", a senior Treasury official has said. &nb...Published: 9 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now ready to take Covid-19 jab
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and members of the Cabinet will take the lead and get vaccinated when the second batch of vaccines are delivered in the country in the next two weeks. This follows the donation of ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 152 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns that unvaccinated Citizens will be barred from public spaces?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned Zimbabweans to get vaccinated against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic or they will soon be barred from all public spaces.Zimbabwe rolled out the national i...Published: 9 hrs ago | 659 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fresh headache
Cash-strapped government is struggling to raise US$1.75bn to compensate former commercial white farmers who lost their farms under the land reform programme amid revelations a bid to raise funding fro...Published: 23 hrs ago | 5905 | by Staff reporter
'It is not from the benevolence of corrupt and vote-rigging politicians we expect our dinner' to paraphrase A Smith
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self-interest (profit). We address ourselves not to their humanit...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 13:11hrs | 331 | by Wilbert Mukori
Charamba rubbishes mandatory inoculation report
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba has rubbished a report in today's local newspaper alleging that Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some ...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 07:17hrs | 2046 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches Data Centre
The new National Data Centre commissioned yesterday by President Mnangagwa will anchor all e-government programmes and will allow co-ordinated planning and monitoring of results. The President...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Zimbabwe could consider mandatory inoculation against COVID-19 following resistance from some sections of the population. Zimbabwe rolled out the...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:55hrs | 2710 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe makes another U-turn on mines
GOVERNMENT on Tuesday reverted to Zimbabwe dollar-denominated mining fees, only a week after Mines minister Winston Chitando made wide-ranging reviews based in United States dollars.Chitando's...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:46hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
Amplats warns Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S decision to compel exporters to surrender more of their foreign currency earnings may leave miners unable to fund operations, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), one of the country's biggest...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:45hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Senator Timveos speaks about MDC's politics of witchcraft & factions
I found the Twit by Charlton Hwende that my reasons for resigning from the MDC Alliance was that the First Lady promised me that my senatorial car will not be seized to be demeaning and a lie by an ev...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:28hrs | 1989 | by Senator Lillian Temvoes
Govt shifts blame over poor grade 7 results
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries and lack of staff supervision by headmasters for the poor pass rate recorded i...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 1539 | by Staff reporter
Chombo caged
FORMER Finance minister Ignatius Chombo was last night detained at Rhodesville Police Station in Harare following his arrest on charges of fraud and criminal abuse of office over illegal parcelling ou...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:53hrs | 5588 | by Staff reporter
New RBZ Monetary Policy Committee members named
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, on Sunday, appointed five new members to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee (MPC). The new members,...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Chombo arrested
Former Finance minister Ignatious Chombo has been arrested by SACU. Charges are; one count of fraud and 5 counts of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer. All charges arise from the Uchen...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 12:47hrs | 5139 | by Shelton Muchena/ Simbarashe Sithole
Top banker Jinya makes grand return
IT is an appointment that many least expected. But ex-Nedbank managing director (MD) Charity Jinya made a surprise return to the country's banking industry on Saturday after Finance minister Mthuli Nc...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 21:43hrs | 1750 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares war on land barons
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared war on land barons and councils that duped desperate home seekers to settle and develop on illegal land, saying the government would bring them to book....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 13:15hrs | 1903 | by Staff reporter
Gambling board boss under investigation
THE Lotteries and Gambling Board is investigating its secretary Heavens Gonga for a litany of misdemeanours, including alleged abuse of office.Gonga, who has served for over 15 years, was last...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Gambling board boss under investigation
THE Lotteries and Gambling Board is investigating its secretary Heavens Gonga for a litany of misdemeanours, including alleged abuse of office.Gonga, who has served for over 15 years, was last...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:13hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primes for Harare comeback
ZANU-PF Harare Province has devised strategies to help wrestle back control of Harare City Council through securing council seats left vacant by opposition councillors who have left Town House....Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 pandemic grounds Zanu-PF
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube boycotted the Zanu-PF politburo on Wednesday, where the party's top brass spent hours discussing the dire state of the economy and how the ...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 19:05hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
ZimRights's spot fines challenge dismissed
HIGH Court judge Justice Webster Chinamhora yesterday dismissed an application by a retired lawyer, Sheila Frances Jarvis and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) who were challenging pub...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
'Inflation will drop to 10% by December 2021' - not as long as Zimbabwe remains a Banana Republic
"The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday forecast annual inflation to plummet to less than 10% this year, driven by a good agricultural season, fiscal and financial sector stability," reported Bu...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:43hrs | 258 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ex-MDC-T workers demand US$150 000
FORMER MDC-T employees have approached the High Court seeking a garnishee order against the party's accounts so that they can recover over US$150 000 owed to them. The workers won a High Court...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stuck in a cycle of old habits
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa was installed as President of Zimbabwe in November 2017 following a military coup and his predecessor Robert Mugabe's enforced resignation, he boldly announced to the...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:18hrs | 499 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
RBZ projects inflation fall
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday forecast annual inflation to plummet to less than 10% this year, driven by a good agricultural season, fiscal and financial sector stability.Zimbab...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:16hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Eddie Cross quits
LEADING economist Eddie Cross has quit his role as a member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) less than two years into the role, Zimbabwe Independent reported....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:14hrs | 7056 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF without army is a shell
TO tighten the grip on State institutions, intelligence officers are deployed in communities to sniff out and monitor any malcontents and report on those going against government policies.In Z...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:57hrs | 241 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa itches to bury Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged his Zanu-PF party to bury the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance by wresting all urban councils from the opposition and reclaim its former dominance in the country ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 4449 | by Staff reporter
MPs grill Chiwenga
MEMBERS of Parliament on Tuesday grilled Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga on the efficacy and possible side-effects of the Chinese-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.Chiwenga was questioned...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 3334 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools reduce Form 1 intakes
SOME aspiring Form One pupils, especially those who got more than 10 units in their 2020 Grade 7 examinations risk failing to secure boarding places as schools are reducing intakes. With most ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:46hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs US$7m for corona vaccines
THE government is mobilising about US$7 million to acquire enoug hvaccines to inoculate 60 percent of the population with the first phase of the programme commencing on Thursday with frontline workers...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:18hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP clears the air on CDF abuse allegations
Shurugwi South Member of Parliament Edmond Mkaratigwa (ZANU PF) has come out clean on the allegations of abuse of the constituency development fund.The MP yesterday released documents of the f...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 10:39hrs | 1106 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
US linked Biti queries acquisition of Chinese vaccine
HARARE East MP and MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti has raised concerns about the safety and effectiveness of the Sinopharm vaccine donated to the country by the Chinese government on Monday....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3050 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe vaccination roll-out kicks off
Vaccination against Covid-19 starts tomorrow with 49 000 health workers and thousands of other high-risk frontline staff being scheduled for stage one of phase one using the first batch of the Sinopha...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe borrowed US$1,4bn to prop up economy
ZIMBABWE borrowed US$1,4 billion from the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) since 2017 to finance acquisition of strategic commodities, currency reforms and prop up the economy.Acco...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 17:55hrs | 1560 | by Staff reporter
Road infrastructure decay needs policy change
The pace of Zimbabwe's road infrastructure decay has reached alarming levels which call for a policy change by the government. The country's major highways and urban roads have become a living hazard ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 14:34hrs | 736 | by Victor Bhoroma
Polad removed soldiers from the streets
IT was the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and not COVID-19 that caused the removal of soldiers from the streetsThe presence of soldiers on our streets had become a permanent feature followi...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:30hrs | 2970 | by ZimSentinel
CMED wins US$2,7m fuel suit
A private fuel supplier, First Oil, has been ordered to refund CMED US$2,7 million it received from the State-run transport entity for the supply of three million litres of diesel in a botched fuel de...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Social media and the spread of fake news in Zimbabwe
IT is not often uncommon that a new phenomenon dramatically rises up with so much clout and influence that it breaks and reshapes established African norms and beliefs.Africans are traditionally a...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 18:12hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Pride always comes before a fall, so do egos
The country is sinking into an economic abssy because of unsettled political differences.Since President Emmerson Mnangagwa was voted into power in August 2018, the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alli...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:00hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Second lawsuit filed against Mthuli Ncube
A second lawsuit has been filed against finance minister Mthuli Ncube's "unlawful" five-year tax exemption for platinum miner Great Dyke Investments.The company, which has set up a US$3 billio...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | 1487 | by Staff reporter
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 767 | by Nomazulu Thata
Ground-breaking deal for Beitbridge border
South African lenders including Standard Bank Group and FirstRand have provided $130 million of loans for an upgrade of the Beitbridge border post.The financing for the Beitbridge border betwe...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:29hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe CEO retires after two years
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange- listed retail giant OK Zimbabwe says its CEO Alex Siyavora will leave the group at the end of next month, after assuming the role just over two years ago. He will be replaced ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:51hrs | 1856 | by Staff reporter
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