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China to help remove Mnangagwa over Zimbabwe diamonds war with Russia
This article first appeared on Spotlight Zimbabwe. LONDON - President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presidential exit is all but sealed amid reports that China ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 2455 | by Itai Mushekwe
High taxation threatens mining viability
Munya Shumba's letter entitled 'Robbing the poor to pay the rich' refers. Outrightly, its mind boggling how the government tax loot from the poor would end up in the purse of a mining company? Secondl...Published: 2 hrs ago | 100 | by Dennis Shoko
Trump focuses on Mnangagwa
President Donald Trump says his government continues to keep a beady eye on developments in Zimbabwe, as Washington is being lobbied to review its long-standing targeted sanctions on Harare. T...Published: 2 hrs ago | 2595 | by ZimLive
Graft watchdog challenges new Zacc commissioners
THE Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has challenged the newly-appointed Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to hit the ground running and prove that they are not toothless bull...Published: 2 hrs ago | 240 | by Staff reporter
Govt shilly-shallying threatening Zimdollar sustainability
ON June 24, through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019, government boldly declared "the Zimbabwe dollar… the sole legal tender in Zimbabwe in all transactions". But worryingly, and curiously, the same...Published: 2 hrs ago | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: It is time to panic, a little
I THINK it was 1992, the season started badly and as it progressed the heat increased until we were experiencing temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius in the lowveld. We had a business there and my son...Published: 2 hrs ago | 876 | by Eddie Cross
'No fix to illegal forex trade'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says his administration has no immediate solution to dealing with illegal foreign currency trade despite admitting its role in the economic crisis.Last week, offic...Published: 2 hrs ago | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe granted honorary consul in Scotland
The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office has granted Zimbabwe permission to establish an honorary consul in Scotland which will be a vital link for the country in promoting its growth plan in the U...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2895 | by Staff reporter
Donald Trump says 'looking into Zimbabwe right now'
United States President Donald Trump said his administration was "looking at Zimbabwe right now" in a brief response to a journalist who had asked him a detailed question on his Africa policy and sanc...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:27hrs | 11930 | by ZimLive
Mugabe coup announcer will not divorce his wife
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister Sibusiso Moyo says he will not be arm-twisted to divorce his wife simply because she has been appointed to lead the country's anti-graft commission.Moyo's wife, Loice ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:26hrs | 13056 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF vote-buying scandal raises alarm
A leading election monitoring group has condemned Zanu-PF's alleged attempts to use medical drugs to influence the outcome of the Lupane East constituency by-election, saying the move violates the pri...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:25hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon
I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impecca...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:22hrs | 3813 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwe reels as 18-hr power cuts
For Cosmas Kabondo, the rolling 18-hour power cuts have made life more expensive as his family is scrambling for alternative sources of energy.Zimbabwe's power crisis deepened early this month...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:17hrs | 471 | by Staff rpeorter
Mthuli Ncube to rescue closed mines
The government is considering a duty waiver for closed mines to allow them to retool, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said.Ncube said allowing the struggling mines to import equipment duty-f...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:16hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Lobels shut down Bulawayo plant again
LOBELS bakery on Friday reportedly indefinitely closed its Bulawayo plant due to dwindling flour stocks.Workers at the plant told NewZimbabwe.com they were told to go home for an unspecified p...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:12hrs | 839 | by Staff reporter
Exploring the causes of Gukurahundi
It is true that the Matabeleland crisis resulted in a number of people losing their lives while some remained with permanent psychological and physical injuries.True that maybe, perceptions an...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:11hrs | 674 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa gets Sadc boost
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pending assumption of the chairmanship of the Sadc Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation is indicative of the region's confidence in the Government of Zimbabwe and...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:04hrs | 483 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube needs to work his magic on inflation
ECONOMIC analysts expect Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to announce new measures to contain and bring Zimbabwe's galloping inflation under control when he presents hi...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:03hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
A second President is possible for Zimbabwe to save the little left
The citizens may have lost out on many resources (mining) but remember we can still support anyone we want to turn our fortunes around. We need to have one we anoint as an economic leader, one we ...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1798 | by Justice Maphosa
ZEC will display unverified voters roll but not verified roll demanded by law - why bother
"THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is next month set to initiate a pilot project of displaying the voters' roll outside a polling station during three by-elections to be held in Matabeleland Nor...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 06:47hrs | 649 | by Nomusa Garikai
The reality of stagflation in Zimbabwe
The current fiscal year is turning out to be a challenging year for the Zimbabwean economy. The country is experiencing all the features of economic decline from a recession, high unemployment rate, d...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 19:31hrs | 2295 | by Victor Bhoroma
Robbing the poor Zimbabweans to pay the rich
Dear Minister of FinanceProf I'm one of your ardent supporters and admires the way you have managed to handle the government finances so far. My only reservation is why are you overtaxing us t...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 19:30hrs | 3073 | by Munya Shumba
'External MDC branches key in national politics'
MDC external branches have not been seen as key players in national politics because the diaspora vote has been shut out of local elections.However, Tawanda Dzvokora (TD), chairperson of the U...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:28hrs | 209 | by Staff repirter
'Mnangagwa redefines corruption'
MDC Vice President Tendai Biti says President Emmerson Mnangagwa has redefined the meaning of corruption through the grand theft of USD$ 3 Billion which was stole through the opaque Command Agricultur...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:51hrs | 8425 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Mission: Zanu PF realise link between Z$, knowledge and production' - how, when only they know best
Last month the Mnangagwa government enacted the Statutory Instrument 142 (2019) in which the regime banish the use of the basketful of multi-foreign currencies as legal tender in Zimbabwe leaving the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | 3436 | by Wilbert Mukori
How ZANU PF will be removed
The leaked audio featuring a conversation between Mnangagwa's wife Auxillia and an army commander named as one Murombo has exposed the power struggles in the "New Dispensation" administration. In the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 10:24hrs | 10830 | by Blessing Vava
US downed its own drone thinking it belongs to ran
Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi denied on Friday having lost any drone recently and hinted that the US could have downed their own "by mistake.""We have not lost any drone in the...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 09:19hrs | 2822 | by Staff reporter
Power blackouts force Zimbabwe firms to shut down
Zimbabwe's economy could grind to a halt if power outages gripping the nation persist as production plunges, exports decline, companies lay off staff and disposable incomes shrink, after it emerged th...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 4289 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube ordered to disclose real debt
PARLIAMENT has given Finance minister Mthuli Ncube up to September 30 to disclose the terms and conditions of all public loans and loan guarantees that have not been published, with legislators castin...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1772 | by Staff reporter
'Zacc won't spare high-profile personalities'
THE appointment of Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Za-cc) chairperson in May sparked controversy and raised the spectre of patronage that has plagued the country...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe grapples with US$85m SAA debt
ZIMBABWE owes South African Airways (SAA) over US$85 million (R1,1 billion) in unrepatriated revenue from ticket sales as the country continues to grapple with biting foreign currency shortages amid g...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
4 armed robbers shot dead
FOUR suspected serial armed robbers - out on bail facing 24 armed robbery charges involving cash, vehicles, guns and jewellery - were shot dead during a shootout with police in Kwekwe. The sus...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt eating what it has killed, says Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said Government is now living within its means and has not borrowed from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in the last seven months. ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
US govt happy with Mthuli Ncube's TSP
The United States government says Zimbabwe's latest economic blueprint, The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) can address the economy's weaknesses if fully implemented and h...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:06hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man in trouble over US$1m bank balance
A Harare man is in a tight spot after the High Court issued him with an order to explain the source of US$1 048 533 in his bank account. Mr Jairos Giles (41), who earns US$1 600 a month as man...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:04hrs | 1572 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants accept pay deal, avert strike
Zimbabwe's public sector workers said on Thursday they had accepted a government pay offer, averting a potentially damaging strike in a country facing its worst economic crisis in a decade.The...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 22:50hrs | 10336 | by Reuters
Chamisa's MDC begs SADC
MDC Media and Diplomatic Briefing ahead of the 21st Meeting of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Ministerial Committee of the Organ (MCO) on Politics, ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 20:05hrs | 3966 | by Gladys Hlatywayo
Magashule slams gatekeepers of the compromises of the sunset clause
ANC secretary general Ace Magashule on Thursday slammed gatekeepers of the compromises of the sunset clause in a prepared speech for the memorial service of ANC stalwart Lesiba Maphoto in Polokwane....Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 18:05hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube doing everything by the book
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube seems to be doing everything by the book as he pursues orthodox economic policy often prescribed by the global "Bretton Woods" lending institutions to try and ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:48hrs | 4031 | by Reuters
Police arrest half a million rand robber
Police have arrested one of the five suspects who along with his accomplices pounced on a Beitbridge foreign currency dealer's house and robbed him over half a million Rands, US$4500 and a...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 16:48hrs | 2666 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo under siege from intruders
Historically, Bulawayo city is known for its rich heritage, tradition, culture, cleanliness and orderliness in the management of its civic affairs. Just like the Ndebele people, respectability a...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | 6386 | by Lovemore Moyo
Of all the feeble excuses for imposing Z$ Minister Ncube's takes the biscuit - sanctions, very original too
Of all the feeble excuses proffered by this Zanu PF regime for ending the use of the multi-currency basket in favour of the local currency as the only legal tender; Minister of Finance, Professor Mthu...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:43hrs | 4001 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimdollar return will yield stability'
CLOTHING retailer, Edgars Stores Limited, expects the re-adoption of the Zimbabwean dollar as the sole currency of exchange to bring stability in the country's economy.The group has said its y...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:30hrs | 3058 | by Staff reporter
Telecomms a new loss making business in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe mobile network operators have seen revenue decline and reporting break evens, in this highly inflationary environment. If this persists at this rate, they will be soon reporting loses as the ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco sales surpasses 220 million kgs target
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco sales have reached 227,4 million kilogrammes, surpassing the set target of 220 million kilogrammes as at day 80 of trade, data from the industry regulator has shown.Last yea...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 08:00hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe passport not printed by Nikuv'
NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa and fellow opposition legislators Wednesday took Home Affairs Minister Cain Mathema to task on why government was making citizens' lives unbearable through failure to pr...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1512 | by newzimbabwe
Sandra Ndebele fraudster's property auctioned
'GOD fights my battles' are the words that dancer-cum-singer Sandra 'Sandy' Ndebele-Sibindi said after the Sheriff of the High Court last week auctioned property belonging to a woman who defrauded her...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Illegal forex vending sucks in cops
GOVERNMENT efforts to eliminate illegal foreign currency dealers from the streets of Harare are being hampered by the involvement of some unscrupulous police officers in the illicit trade, The Herald ...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1536 | by Staff reporter
Patience Zirima travelled to London
Patience Zirima of Media Monitors (Zimbabwe) travelled to London to attend the Global Conference for Media Freedom on July 10 and 11. Here she reflects on what she'll take home from the event, which w...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 20:40hrs | 255 | by Patience Zirima
Mthuli Ncube told to resign
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has urged Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to resign from his post before he dents his credibility by implanting policies that he does not bel...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 12:50hrs | 18961 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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