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118 returnees flee isolation
NEARLY 120 Zimbabweans returning to the country have escaped from isolation and quarantine centres across the country as government said they posed the greatest threat to efforts to curb the spread of...Published: 2 hrs ago | 304 | by Staff reporter
Motorists shun forex fuel
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo are shunning service stations which sell fuel in foreign currency and opting to fill their tanks from those charging in local currency as the exchange rate continues to shoot thr...Published: 2 hrs ago | 564 | by Staff reporter
RBZ increases gold retention threshold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the gold retention threshold to 70 percent in foreign currency for sale proceeds from the previous 55 percent in a move aimed at boosting production in...Published: 2 hrs ago | 127 | by Staff reporter
Court upholds suspension of EcoCash agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) acted within its mandate when it suspended EcoCash mobile money agents from conducting financial transactions to curb abuse, the High Court has ruled, and so there c...Published: 3 hrs ago | 106 | by Staff reporter
Police formally charge abducted MDC activists from their hospital beds
POLICE have formally charged three female MDC Alliance activists who were abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents some two weeks ago for conducting a street demonstration during the c...Published: 3 hrs ago | 255 | by newzimbabwe
Exiled ex-minister rubbishes Govt third force claim on MDC abductors
Exiled former deputy higher education minister Godfrey Gandawa rubbished claims by the Government that there was a third force behind the abduction of three Movement for Democratic Change female membe...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3295 | by Naume Muza
Not yet Uhuru for Africa: Africa Day message from ZAPU
Africa Day has come and gone on May 25 2020, just like any of the previous years. A day that was set aside by mother Africa herself for commemorations, recognition and appreciation of our African iden...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 434 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
Banana skins characterise Zanu-PF
Energy Mutodi came and went. Just like many others political mavericks before him, they all thought they were invincible, drunk as a lord by the maddening power of high political office....Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 2889 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Mnangagwa's govt cites 3rd force in abductions
Government yesterday told the diplomatic community that it was investigating the alleged abduction of three MDC Alliance officials, indicating the State's prime objective was to expose and prosecute t...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
No pay-cut for Warriors coach Loga
ZIFA have revealed that they will not ask Warriors coach to take a pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic since they are still in a comfortable financial position to meet his monthly salary as per co...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Parallel market rates a bubble, says Mangudya
The rapid rise in parallel market foreign currency exchange rates is symptomatic of a bubble as it lacks any fundamental basis and could lead to economic depression, says Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gove...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Tsenengamu blasts 'blood sucking economic vampires'
SACKED Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu has launched his Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ) pressure group he says will champion the fight for empowerment among poor locals....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2003 | by newzimbabwe
'Abduction of MDC ladies was fake' General Sibusiso Moyo says
Minister of Foreign Affairs General Sibusiso Moyo says the abduction of MDC female officials was a stage-managed theatrical display meant to tarnish the image of the government. Moyo issued a ...Published: 25 May 2020 at 19:07hrs | 7294 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: Kasukuwere's special message to Africa
Happy Unity Day fellow African brothers and sisters! It has been an interesting road from the time our founding fathers formed the Organization of African Unity envisaging a united Africa 57 years ago...Published: 25 May 2020 at 14:18hrs | 2846 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
Many Mutodis in Mnangagwa's government
The Zimbabwean government is still grappling with many incompetent and inexperienced government officials due to appointments made through nepotism and regionalism.It is unfortunate that we st...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6077 | by Leonard Koni
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1720 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe fuel crisis set to worsen
DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign currency to import petrol and diesel.This c...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
'South African companies that employ foreigners must not open'
South African opposition party The African Transformation Movement (ATM) says South Africa must impose a strict economic sector regime that will see certain industries being reserved for South African...Published: 25 May 2020 at 11:55hrs | 5761 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Weakening Zimdollar wreaks havoc
MARKET forces have caused havoc on the Zimbabwe dollar on the parallel market, with the exchange rate shooting to US$1:$70.Last week, from Monday to Saturday, the US$:Zimdollar rate plunged ne...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1789 | by Staff reporter
Wolves are at it again, destroying Zimbabwe's currency
Once again, officials at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, along with the honchos at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) find themselves on the back foot of powerful forces that are man...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:03hrs | 2806 | by Andrew Lampard
Nick Mangwana our Joseph Goebbels: Where is Itai Dzamara?
Your nauseating article of today should put even Lucifer to shame. You must tell us where activist Itai Dzamara is. Is Itai Dzamara still stage-managing his ongoing abduction? If your government is go...Published: 24 May 2020 at 20:50hrs | 1030 | by Nomazulu Thata
Africa Day celebrations while abroad makes you home sick
IT is that time again when Africa comes together to celebrate being African.It is not just jumping up and down in cultural costumes to great applause.It is deeper than cultural display....Published: 24 May 2020 at 20:21hrs | 280 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimdollar crashes
LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend - on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar.At...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:50hrs | 9988 | by Staff reporter
The international elites are at the gate!
AS the month of November draws near and the United States national elections in the first week of November become a reality, it behoved me to search with diligence why this is an explosive season. The...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 667 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Mnangagwa's govt rocked by infighting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired controversial politician Energy Mutodi following accusations that he was part of a faction undermining the Zanu-PF leader amid allegations of fissures in his governm...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:04hrs | 5706 | by Staff reporter
Is our money safe in this lockdown?
JUST recently, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya blamed a faceless devil for the economic crisis that a whole new generation now takes as custom.He was right. There is cert...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:41hrs | 956 | by Tawanda Majoni
EcoCash saga: Arrest highway robbers, not Zinara officials
WHEN highway robbers become a menace, does it make sense for the authorities to solve the problem by arresting Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) officials?This has become a burni...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:38hrs | 1781 | by Brezh Malaba
Major diplomatic row brewing between Harare and Islamabad
A largely unknown, but wealthy businessman, Mian Sohail Qaiser, is threatening to ignite a diplomatic row between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The Pakistan embassy in Harare is unhappy with the protection Q...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1179 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Suspends Energy Mutodi
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province has suspended recently sacked Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi from conducting any ruling party business in the province as he awaits disciplinary action...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating an auspicious Day
TOMORROW is Africa Day, a truly and deeply auspicious day on the continent's calendar.On this day, various leaders of African nations that had wrestled freedom and independence gathered in Add...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 149 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
'Zimdollar under siege again'
The Zimbabwe dollar is once again reeling under unrelenting pressure from speculative activities by crafty individuals seeking personal gain, it has been learnt.The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (R...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
FIFA agree to bail out ZIFA
FIFA have agreed to bail out ZIFA by approving a package to cater for the association's crippling legacy debt which had now ballooned to $10 million and stifled various development programmes over the...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
RBZ can't import forex to buy gold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is failing to ship in enough foreign currency to pay for gold purchases, a miners' group says.Fidelity Printers & Refiners (FPR), the central bank unit which i...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:51hrs | 3637 | by Staff reporter
RBZ charges Ecocash directors with money laundering
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has brought charges under the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act against Ecocash, the company's chief executive officer Natalie...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1962 | by Staff reporter
Government speaks on fuel hike claims
Government has said it will only announce fuel prices on the gazetted 5th of every month and the public should ignore false claims regarding price hikes that have been circulating since long queues re...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
RBZ tightens screws on mobile money
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced more measures yesterday affecting EcoCash agents as part of what is now seen as a policy to bring EcoCash agents into the formal banking system and ensure...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2289 | by Staff reporter
Why was Energy Mutodi fired?
Energy Mutodi has been hogging the lime light for all sorts of reasons. He has risen in Politics to be a deputy minister of Information. This was a ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 05:59hrs | 14726 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
America wants Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
WITH Zimbabwe's political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myri...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3824 | by Staff reporter
Brinkmanship failed Mutodi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa finally wielded the axe on Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday.The junior minister had become a danger to the country's international image, spe...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3763 | by Staff reporter
Operation restore legacy a failure
Emmerson Mnangagwa's Operation Restore Legacy has dismally failed the litmus test.The progressive Zimbabweans are sick and tired of this regime and are ready to give the system the knock out p...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:37hrs | 1331 | by Leonard Koni
Queen B in Zupco buses procurement scandal
LEAKED government documents this week confirmed that buses initially said to belong to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) were imported by a private company Landela Investments (Landela), befor...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4597 | by Staff reporter
'Over-reliance on China to derail Zimbabwe recovery'
ZIMBABWE is highly exposed to any sharp economic slowdown in China due to what will likely be an overreliance on the Asian economic powerhouse for financial support.There are fears the escalating ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere farm take-over scuttles US$5m investment
THE invasion of former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere (pictured)'s thriving Cornucopia Farm in Mazowe in Mashonaland Central province by a war veteran comes after the Reserve Bank of Zim...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4109 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ boss Musarara spills the beans on Wadyajena
RAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairman Tafadzwa Musarara yesterday made sensational claims that Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena was using Parliament to settle personal scores...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 2924 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi's firing was long overdue
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to fire his long-blundering Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi on Wednesday did not come as a surprise because that decision was long overdue given the m...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:08hrs | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa savages government
MORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday savaged the government for allowing minority sports to resume activity, while keeping the majority disciplines which earn the country money on lockdown....Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4216 | by Staff reporter
Operation Restore Legacy a failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Operation Restore Legacy has dis-mally failed the litmus test. Zimbabweans are sick and tired of this regime and are ready to give the system the proverbial suck...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 429 | by Leonard Koni
Ziyambi taunts MDC 'abductees'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taunted the three MDC Alliance abductees of being "very happy to be at the hospital" where they are recuperating at a private hospital in Harare after being tortur...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money agents' 'illicit' deals exposed
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) through its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has established that most mobile money agent accounts were being abused and used as a conduit for illegal transactions ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1597 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabwean banks removed from sanctions list
Agribank and the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) have now been fully removed from the US sanctions list, the American Department of the Treasury has announced, allowing them to do i...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:23hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
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