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Chamisa trims talks demand
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is toning down on one of his key demands for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa - to have an external mediator and is now open to either local cleric or r...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1821 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe was not toppled through a coup, says Sadc
THE executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community has claimed that the regional body did not believe that former President Robert Mugabe was toppled through a coup when his own arm...Published: 2 hrs ago | 807 | by Staff reporter
Aids battle far from over
LAST Sunday, Zimbabwe joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Aids Day, which is always marked with much pomp and fanfare as well as passionate declarations and pledges for enhanced access...Published: 2 hrs ago | 184 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment Bill ready for Parliament
THE Constitutional Amendment Bill, incorporating a number of agreed amendments to the existing electoral law, is now set to be brought to Parliament before Christmas, with debate and passage of the Bi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
Plenty forex for exporters
BUSINESSES should lead by example by trading foreign currency on the interbank platform instead of rushing to the parallel market, a senior banker has said. Speaking at a ZimTrade export aware...Published: 3 hrs ago | 221 | by Staff reporter
Indian billionaire eyes Zimbabwe prime agric land
INDIAN billionaire and Pepsi International franchise holder Ravi Jaipuria, proprietor of Varun Beverages in Zimbabwe, wants to acquire vast swathes of prime land in Zimbabwe to diversify into producti...Published: 3 hrs ago | 185 | by Staff reporter
Uproar over National Foods Limited
Grain Millers from the Southern region which covers Southern region have written letter to their National Chairman complaining about the preferential treatment given one of its members the Natio...Published: 3 hrs ago | 415 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF in Mat South targets civil servants
ZANU-PF Matabeleland South province has resolved to push the government to adopt a policy of vetting civil servants to establish their political affiliation to allegedly guard against sabotage....Published: 21 hrs ago | 1173 | by Staff reporter
Biti doubts Mthuli Ncube's growth figures
Tendai Biti led Parliamentary committee has described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's projected economic growth for 3% next year as unrealistic given the acute electricity shortages and drought facing...Published: 22 hrs ago | 215 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's 2018 'rigging' book out
FORMER Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo (pictured right) will this week launch a book that will allegedly demonstrate how last year's elections were rigged in favour of President R...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatens to 'deal' with doctors
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened to "deal" with striking doctors, claiming they were being paid by unknown organisations to continue with their job boycott.Doctors at governme...Published: 22 hrs ago | 737 | by Staff reporter
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 22 hrs ago | 813 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls reviewing fuel pricing formula again
Government is considering shifting from weekly fuel price reviews to monthly adjustments to stem the price volatility that is disrupting planning by businesses and negatively impacting on consumers....Published: 22 hrs ago | 160 | by Staff reporter
Santa or no Santa, it's still Xmas
IN years gone by, the festive mood associated with Christmas could be felt from the end of November.The 13th cheque, company shut-downs and Christmas parties for workers were some of the tell-...Published: 22 hrs ago | 41 | by Veronica Gwaze and Ellen Sanyanga
Zanu-PF indaba must bring solutions to economic woes
It will not be business as usual at the 18th Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference which begins this week in Goromonzi, if sentiments expressed by President Mnangagwa at the Women's League's Sec...Published: 22 hrs ago | 39 | by Staff reporter
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 22 hrs ago | 302 | by Staff Reporter
Chinese firm to set up hospital in Zimbabwe
A group of doctors here intend to build a hospital in Zimbabwe specialising in Chinese medicine and a feasibility study for the project will be done at the beginning of next year, renowned Chinese med...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
'Let Zimbabweans find one another, by themselves' diplomats instructed - after 39 years, ravenous hyena midwife to a goat
It is a real tragedy that Zimbabwe is now in a serious mess; millions are facing heart breaking hardship from lack of water, no food, no work, no fuel, no medicine, etc. The situation is now so bad th...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 741 | by Nomusa Garikai
10 Zimra officers, agents arrested for 'smuggling vehicles into Zimbabwe'
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has arrested 10 Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officers and agents stationed at Beitbridge Border Post on allegations of smuggling vehicles into the ...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:48hrs | 2959 | by Staff Reporter
We're creating economic space for business, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe's economy is on the right path and Government continues to craft policies that seek to protect investments while creating an environment for business to thrive, President Mnangagwa said yeste...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1865 | by Staff Reporter
The worse ever political year in Zimbabwe
As we come to the wire of the year 2019, there is nothing to write home about as poverty, hunger and unemployment continue to sting the ordinary people in the country.Looking at the political ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2357 | by Leonard Koni
Mugabe coup announcer rules out external mediation
Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo has again ruled out the use of external mediators to resolve the political and economic crises in the country, saying Zimbabweans must be allowed and afforded th...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2041 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: China plotting to elevate Grace Mugabe to vice Presidency
Former first lady, Grace Mugabe, is reportedly set to make an astonishing return to politics as the country's first vice president, under a 2023 Zimbabwe presidential election plot, which China is all...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 13:51hrs | 7015 | by Nancy Mabaya/Malvin Motsi
Mnangagwa gobbles over US$11,4m on foreign trips
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his bloated entourage splashed US$12 million on travel expenses between January and September this year at a time government is battling to contain an intractable econ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1002 | by Staff reporter
Sense of crisis in Zimbabwe worsens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants "time, patience, unity of purpose and perseverance", to get Zimbabwe's stuttering economy working again. The economy was "dead" under his predecessor and mentor, the...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1012 | by Staff reporter
EU takes Mnangagwa govt on over rights abuses
THE European Union (EU) has taken government to task over the slow pace of reforms and the country's deplorable civil rights record following a series of incidence where state security agents have use...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1233 | by Staff reporter
British MPs plot Zimbabwe Commonwealth ban
CONSERVATIVES in the House of Commons are lobbying the UK government to block Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth citing Harare's chequered property and human rights record, a move that is likel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1015 | by Staff reporter
IMF team jets in for crucial talks
A six member delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Gene Leon jetted into the country this week for crucial meetings to revive the Staff Monitored Programme (SMP), which stalled ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Zimra moves to block smuggled vehicles
Zimra has intensified its crackdown on smuggled vehicles by blocking the cars in the system with a view to recover them. Last month, Zimra released a list of 433 vehicles detailing registratio...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
Chinese electric bus firm to set up plant in Zimbabwe
TRANSPORT problems facing Zimbabwe's rural and urban populations could soon be over, amid indications that a Chinese electric bus manufacturer intends to set up an assembly plant in Harare. The settin...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer for Nairobi ACP summit
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo will represent Zimbabwe at the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) summit of Head of States and Government in Kenya next week. ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal price to fall
A new Government subsidy on roller meal, which will halve the retail price of a 10kg pack to $50, will be seen on shop shelves over the next few days. The subsidy, paid only on roller meal and...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:04hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
MDC raps Chiwenga over rejection of outside mediator
MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has rapped Vice President Constantino Guvheya Nyikadzino Chiwenga for his remarks rejecting the mediator from outside the country on grounds that the country has a capacity t...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:19hrs | 7380 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe church and political leaders blaspheming the name of God are condemning themselves and the nation!
If there is anything I find utterly repulsive, disgraceful, and unacceptable in this entire world, are people who bring the name of the Almighty Jehovah God - our hallowed Creator - into disrepute, an...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 08:30hrs | 953 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Churches nag Mnangagwa for stands
RELIGIOUS groups affiliated to the Indigenous Interdenominational Council of Churches (IICC) on Monday begged for stands and funding from government to construct their own places of worship and ordere...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:33hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe coup announcer tells diplomats to be patient
Government has implored diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe to be patient as the process of political and economic reforms being undertaken is progressing steadily. This was said last night by Foreign Af...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:29hrs | 3567 | by Staff reporter
Junior doctors heading for split
A number of junior doctors are planning to break away from the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) which they say has been "captured" by foreign organisations. Indications are that th...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:27hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
What do we expect to see on the online casino market in 2020?
Technology has transformed the gambling industry in the past two decades. The number of online casinos has soared since the early 2000s. Sportsbooks such as Betway offer a variety of online games to p...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:18hrs | 268 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe needs commodities exchange markets
The recent revelations by the Zimbabwean government that the country loses over 30 tonnes of Gold (Worth around US$2 billion) to South Africa and other world markets, through smuggling every year are ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:14hrs | 784 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabweans in the UK compete in lifestyles - part 2
Zimbabweans in the UK were irked by a previous article on the zeal by most of them to compete le in life styles. The article concentrated on the nurses who are more blessed with the spirit of competit...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:34hrs | 14143 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mining firms anchoring power imports: ZETDC
Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) acting director Ralph Katsande has said large mining firms are sustaining the country's power imports.To mitigate constant po...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:24hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe still has investment opportunities
ZIMBABWE still has investment opportunities despite facing economic hardships, Takura Capital Partners investment executive, Tafadzwa Nyamayi has said.Takura Capital is an investment holding c...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:21hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Introduction of new currency a piecemeal solution
DURING the 2020 national budget presentation in Parliament last month, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube held up a note of the new Zimbabwe dollar and proudly announced that it was tough and resilient....Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must introspect, address bread and butter issues
THE ruling Zanu-PF party holds its 18th Annual National People's Conference at Goromonzi High School in Mashonaland East province next week amid a plethora of challenges confronting the country and re...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 153 | by chronicle
Chamisa being fooled by events in Latin America
There are very interesting parallels between political developments in Zimbabwe and in four South American countries, namely Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. In all these countries, ther...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1885 | by Bevan Musoko
Zanu-PF in denial
The dire situation in Zimbabwe has been getting of a lot of attention in the British media – particularly since the visit to Zimbabwe by a UN representative who warned that Zimbabweans were on the v...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:56hrs | 699 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Zimnat launches ZFX Bureau de Change
One of the country's leading financial services providers, Zimnat, has launched its own bureau de change, ZFS Bureau de Change. The new outfit, which will be trading as ZFX Bureau de Cha...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 21:54hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
US ambassador wants to force Zambia to accept gays
The United States ambassador to Zambia has cancelled a public appearance for safety reasons after threats were made against him for saying he was "horrified" by the sentencing of a local gay couple to...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 10:34hrs | 2263 | by Associated Press
Mnangagwa advocates for culture diplomacy
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday challenged Zimbabwean ambassadors to promote the country's arts and culture in their host countries as part of cultural diplomacy.Mnangagwa made the re...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:22hrs | 90 | by Staff rpeorter
Bread price goes up
Bakers have hiked the price of bread for the seventh time this year by 2,7 percent from $14,75 to $18,45 for a standard loaf. The new prices are applicable to Baker's Inn and Lobels bread only...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1802 | by Staff rpeorter
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