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Zimbabwe red-flags worthless foreign qualifications

The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has issued a strong warning to parents and students against sending learners to unaccredited foreign universities, saying many graduates are returning with qualifications that are not reco…

Published: 02 Sep 2025 at 06:52hrs | 845 | by Staff reporter

Local millers cry foul over foreign takeover of reserved sector

Local grain milling companies have raised alarm over what they describe as the growing invasion of Zimbabwe's legally reserved sectors by foreign nationals, particularly Pakistani business operators.The complaints were voiced during a rece…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:12hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter

Foreign investment fuels Matabeleland gold rush

A surge in foreign investment and exploration activity in Zimbabwe's Matabeleland region is being hailed by mining analysts as a strong vote of confidence in the country's mining sector. This renewed interest is driven by soaring global go…

Published: 29 Jun 2025 at 19:02hrs | 2710 | by Staff reporter

Minister Ndlovu calls for collaboration to achieve rapid industrialisation

The Zimbabwean government is intensifying efforts to reduce the high cost of doing business and tackle the smuggling of counterfeit products, which have been negatively impacting the country's manufacturing sector.Minister of Industry and …

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:22hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter

Foreign currency dealer shot, robbed

A foreign currency dealer was shot and robbed of US$2 000 on Tuesday evening in what police suspect was a targeted armed robbery, marking the second such incident in just over a month.Mr. Shadrack Mandiengerei (34), from Njube suburb, sust…

Published: 24 Apr 2025 at 07:21hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter

Foreign companies must comply with Zimbabwe's labour laws

Zimbabwe must strengthen the enforcement of its labour laws to safeguard local workers employed by foreign businesses, particularly Chinese-owned mining firms, according to Dr. Wayne Malinga, a senior researcher at the Public Policy and Re…

Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:40hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe paying Ian Smith regime debt used for fighting liberators

Zimbabwe has been burdened with a staggering $700 million debt incurred during the Ian Smith regime, primarily used for purchasing weapons to suppress liberation efforts, according to researcher and Australian health practitioner Jane Wood…

Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 10:25hrs | 923 | by Staff reporter

South Africa's opposition calls for regulations on foreign-based NGOs

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) secretary-general Marshall Dlamini has called for the introduction of strict regulations of non-profit organisations (NPOs) in the country.This, after the Ukrainian Association of South Africa (UAZA) cel…

Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 16:04hrs | 437 | by Staff reporter

Mthwakazi threatens blitz on 'foreign' teachers

The secessionist political party, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), has issued a threat to escalate its campaign against teachers from outside the Matebeleland region. MRP President Mqondisi Moyo, marking the organization's 10th anniversary,…

Published: 17 Jan 2024 at 04:59hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa cuts on foreign trips for government ministers

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued directives to government ministers and senior officials within the country's extensive bureaucracy, urging them to reduce their foreign travel activities, citing disruptions to the effective executio…

Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 18:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says foreign observers must not come with predetermined conclusions on Zim polls

Foreign election observer missions should be open-minded and must not come with predetermined conclusions to discredit Wednesday's polls, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this yesterday while addressing tens of thousands of Zanu-PF sup…

Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa wishes to shame foreign observer missions 'wishing for violence'

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned foreign observer missions that have been accredited for the August 23 harmonised elections to stick to their mandate.Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters in Centenary, Mashonaland Central provi…

Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 07:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa warns against foreign interference

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a warning to Western countries not to meddle in Zimbabwe's internal affairs, claiming that the country's people will remain united.He said this last week while speaking to Zanu-PF supporters at Nyele…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe warns foreign observer missions

Zimbabwe has warned foreign observer missions to the August 23 elections to stick to their mandate and abandon any attempts to interfere with the much-awaited national poll process.The call was made by acting Foreign Affairs and Internatio…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube weaponising foreign trade to fight local firms

ZIMBABWE'S rulers think that it is within their rights to destroy their economy and turn to neighbours for stop gap solutions.This weird belief was passed from the late strongman, Robert Mugabe to his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagw…

Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Violent foreign vendors have invaded city of Bulawayo'

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has claimed that vendors operating along Fife Street are from outside the city amid escalating fights between the vendors and the municipality police.According to council minutes, deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube said …

Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa tightens noose on foreign observers

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says election observers from countries that have in the past invited Zimbabwe to their own plebiscites will be the only ones allowed to witness the country's 2023 polls.Mnangagwa is yet to make proclaim dates f…

Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's wife steals limelight in meddling

WHEN the 2017 coup that toppled the long-time ruler Robert Mugabe unfolded, military commanders and top Zanu-PF officials announced that one of the reasons for the ouster was to stop the then first lady Grace Mugabe from increasingly assum…

Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's foreign policy stuck in a time warp

ZIMBABWE'S foreign policy and international re-engagement drive has not shifted from the Mugabe era, as shown by the imposition of fresh sanctions on individuals, analysts have said.President Joe Biden's government slapped sanctions on Zim…

Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Foreign Affairs budget won't last 6 months

THE Foreign Affairs ministry has decried the low budgetary allocation it received in the 2023 National Budget saying it is inadequate to meet challenges faced by the country's embassies.Foreign Affairs ministry secretary ambassador James M…

Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe foreign debt now US$14.4bn

DEBT-RIDDEN Zimbabwe's total official Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG) debt is estimated at ZW$2.2 trillion for domestic debt and US$14 billion for external debt (including blocked funds of US$3.1 billion) as at the end of September 20…

Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Foreign nationals arrested in Zimbabwe over drugs

THREE foreign nationals have been arrested at the country's airports between September and this month while trying to smuggle heroin to India with a combined street value running into millions of dollars.Government has attributed the arres…

Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says 'No to foreign interference'

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he would not brook foreign interference in Zimbabwe's internal affairs.Addressing mourners at the burial of the late national hero Highten Nkomo at the National Heroes Acre, Mnangagwa said: "Let …

Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt shuts door on foreign lawyers

GOVERNMENT has shut the door on foreign lawyers taking part in future election litigation.Zimbabwe expects to hold general elections next year."We have seen the development of electoral litigation and observation toolkit and conducted cons…

Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to allow foreign ownership of television stations

GOVERNMENT is set to allow foreign ownership of television stations up to 40 percent, Information deputy minister, Kindness Paradza, has said.Current legislation bars foreigners from owning a stake in Zimbabwe's broadcast sector.Paradza sa…

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 19:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa says Zimbabweans must stop parroting foreign narratives

ZIMBABWEANS should believe in themselves despite the continued imposition of sanctions on the country and be inspired by the national interest to work harder to develop their own country rather than "parroting foreign narratives," Presiden…

Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

South Africa making efforts to tackle xenophobia

SOUTH Africa has adopted multi-pronged approaches to tackle the scourge of xenophobia through community dialogues and soccer matches between foreigners and locals, among other interventions, a government official said here on Monday.These …

Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 07:44hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe opposition should stop nauseating obsession with foreign intervention

IF there is something stinking high and wide in Zimbabwe's opposition political landscape, it is its love for foreign intervention.In fact, there is a whorish competition in the opposition circles to attract the desire and love of foreign …

Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Foreign banks troop to Zimbabwe forex auction

UNITED States-based multinational investment outfit JP Morgan was among global lenders that repatriated a combined US$30 million through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s forex auction system by the end of the first quarter, official da…

Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Govt steps up fight against hostile foreign propaganda

GOVERNMENT is revisiting the rollout of the national digital transmission network to ensure that citizens have access to timeous and appropriate information as part of efforts to stave off hostile foreign propaganda.Last year in April, the…

Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Foreign investors line up new bank in Zimbabwe

A group of domestic and foreign investors has lodged an application with Zimbabwean authorities to roll out an investment bank, the first such institution since investment banks were toppled under the weight of a corporate governance scour…

Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe makes token payments to clear foreign debt

ZIMBABWE has started making token payments to service the country's foreign debt with the Treasury channelling about US$17 million in the first quarter of 2021 towards clearing the arrears owed to different creditors. Finance and Economic …

Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:26hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Foreign journalists with fake accreditation deported

THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has said it operates in a transparent and accountable manner guided by the law and is calling on both local and foreign Press to respect laws of the country while carrying out their duties.The clarity ca…

Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:35hrs | | by Staff reporter

Foreign capital will never build Zimbabwe

LOVE it or hate it, the success of the Command Agriculture programme should force local banks to revise the long-held view of tying loans to collateral.If they identify bona fide indigenous people with projects that have good cashflow, the…

Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:36hrs | 2 | by Terence Mukupe

Foreign entities can now fully own mines in Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe government has "deleted" an amendment to the Finance Act which had given it the power to control at least 51% ownership in mining entities.As reported by Fin24 last week, the Zimbabwe government had enacted under its laws a se…

Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 22:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Remains of Ginimbi's foreign friends repatriated

THE charred remains of Malawian Limumba Karim and Alishia Adams from Mozambique were Saturday repatriated to their respective countries, police have confirmed.Karim, a controversial fugitive businessman and Alichia Adams, a model, died whe…

Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 19:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe seeks to bar citizens talking to foreign governments

Zimbabwe's cabinet wants to bar its citizens from holding "unauthorized" communication and negotiations with hostile governments."Such communication or negotiation has a direct or indirect implication on Zimbabwe's foreign relations and po…

Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 19:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Bosso looking for a foreign coach?

ONLY a foreign coach will replace Mandla Mpofu as Highlanders' head coach, sources at Bosso told Chronicle Sport last night.The source said Mpofu and his assistants, Bekithemba Ndlovu and Tembo Chuma, can only save their jobs if they win t…

Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

What happened to Ubuntu?

I have been watching the violence and looting of foreign owned-businesses over the past few weeks across South Africa, first in Johannesburg and now escalating in Pretoria, with despair. The authorities seem to be standing by and watching …

Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:41hrs | 9 | by Susan Tolmy

'Foreign medical treatments gobble $400m annually'

Health minister Obadiah Moyo has disclosed that the country is losing about $400 million annually on overseas medical treatments.Moyo made the disclosure in Nyanga, while officially opening the second annual general meeting and conference …

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Zifa not ready, capable to hire foreign coach'

FOOTBALL legend David "Yogi" Mandigora said Zifa should not hire a foreign coach to succeed Sunday Chidzambwa until they have the financial capacity to do so. The Warriors' coaching job became vacant after the departure of perennial failur…

Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Zifa must go foreign

AN era has come to an end after Sunday Chidzambga called it quits as Warriors coach last week following heavy criticism in the wake of the Warriors' disastrous campaign at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals where they came back …

Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Michael Kariati

Air Zimbabwe to restrict foreign operators to Harare

Air Zimbabwe (UM, Harare Int'l) has proposed restricting foreign carriers to Harare Int'l given concerns their use of Victoria Falls and Bulawayo has cannibalised traffic from the Zimbabwean capital, thereby impacting the state-owned carri…

Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 17:24hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Foreign aid dreadful, unnecessary!

ZIMBABWE does not need foreign aid to escape this economic malaise. Our leaders have been saying it so many times that the country's hope lies on a bailout package; the quicker we get it, the better, but this is a misplaced sentiment. The …

Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | | by Blessing Machiva

'Foreign aid will not bail out Zimbabwe'

UNITED States professor of economics Steve Hanke has said foreign aid will not bail out Zimbabwe from its current economic quagmire, adding the country's problems can be solved from within.Speaking at an event organised by - Cato Institute…

Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe students starving in foreign lands

Zimbabwean students who are on the presidential scholarship scheme are finding it difficult to get by because government is struggling to fund their needs.Thousands of students are on the presidential scholarship programme, which caters fo…

Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's foreign based player pool keeps increasing

AS Zimbabwe brace for the Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations football qualifiers when they take on Mozambique next month, the technical department will have a broad base to pick from following indications that there are several overseas-based …

Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's foreign trip ill-timed

TO most Zimbabweans following the unfolding political and economic drama in the country, reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa plans to fly out next week and will be away for two weeks, came as a huge surprise.Just last week, Mnangagwa…

Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Editorial - newsday

Foreign satellite service providers to pay tax

The cash-strapped government has amended the Finance Bill to enable it to tax foreign satellite service providers such as Multichoice.Parliament has acceded to the amendment of Section 14 of the Income Tax Act so that fees and charges that…

Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe start-up targets foreign market

A Zimbabwean start-up, Flexi Africa, has set up an online trade platform which links local vendors to international markets.Flexi Africa chief executive Gerald Nyamadzawo told Standardbusiness that there was growing demand for Zimbabwean p…

Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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