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Mnangagwa vows Zimbabwe will 'never, never' dollarise again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Friday not to revert to using the United States dollar after the Zimbabwe plunged against the greenback since its introduction this year, fuelling inflation and e...Published: 9 hrs ago | 717 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, hobbled by a clash of egos
At the heart of Zimbabwe's economic paralysis is a personality clash.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya don't get on, are pursuing different agen...Published: 19 hrs ago | 529 | by Ray Ndlovu, Godfrey Marawanyika and Antony Sguazzin
Zimbabwe austerity measures grind to a halt
Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance has declared the austerity measures officially over. Addressing the delegates to the ZANU PF 18th National Conference in Goromonzi Mthuli states that the government coul...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1859 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa calls for dissidents in Zanu-PF to be 'flushed out'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday urged his party members to be wary of rivals of the ruling party seeking to divide the party which has been dogged by factionalism."I am aware that our d...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:57hrs | 2771 | by AFP
Ball now in Mnangagwa, Chamisa Court
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are feeling the heat as local and international calls for an end to Zimbabwe's long running political crisis reach a crescendo. ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 08:05hrs | 4379 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revenue streams run dry
THE cash-strapped Zanu-PF has become heavily reliant on donor funding and bank overdrafts to finance party programmes with over 53,7% of its income in 2019 coming from donors as member subscriptions p...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:59hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa faces fresh Zifa headache
FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president Philip Chiyangwa has been reported to the police for allegedly milking tens of thousands of dollars from the organisation, with documents showing ...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:58hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces a gloomy 2020
IN the three weeks since the 2020 national budget both the economy and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube's recovery strategy have drifted closer to the rocks. In their stubborn refusal to heed development...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 694 | by Anthony Hawkins
9 die in separate accidents
NINE people died in two separate road accidents which occurred between Wednesday night and yesterday morning in Harare and along the Harare-Chirundu Highway.In the Harare accident, five people...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: Iran helping Zimbabwe to build a cyber army
In a desperate bid to thwart feared mass uprising in the country over a worsening food security situation, health crisis, and economic disfunction, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, has a...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 06:35hrs | 4541 | by Itai Mushekwe
Ramophosa seals Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
South African President Ramaphosa, says talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa will benefit Zimbabwe greatly and also end the local crisis which has seen milli...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:05hrs | 8409 | by Staff reporter
Council mulls own service station
Gweru City Council has tabled plans to construct its own service station to ensure its vehicles do not get stuck in queues at private fuel stations at the expense of service delivery, Southern Eye has...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF conference: Feasting amid famine
There will be a feast befitting a king. There will be eating and drinking for close to 10 000 people.In the midst of such bountiful supply, the feast will take place among many hungry stomachs...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:04hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa, churches meet over Zimbabwe crisis
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has reportedly expressed concern over the unfolding socio-economic crisis in Zimbabwe and pledged his government's support to a churches' initiative towards fin...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:02hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Govt intervenes on Zupco crisis
Government has stepped in to solve the shortage of Zupco buses on the streets that had withdrawn their services over the shortage of diesel.The Zupco buses offer subsidised services to commute...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 14:24hrs | 1782 | by Staff Reporter
PHOTOS: ZANU PF Youth leader involved in accident
ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Tendai Chirau survived a fatal accident in Harare on Tuesday night after he was involved in a head on collision. Chirau said the car with no lights was car...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:52hrs | 8769 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Power cuts to intensify
Zesa Holdings warned yesterday that the country's debilitating power cuts are set to worsen due to reduced imports, dwindling local generation capacity and the current heavy rains. This comes ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2356 | by Staff reporter
'Eskom still supplying Zimbabwe with off-peak power'
South African power utility Eskom is still supplying Zimbabwe with 300MW of power outside peak hours under a US$2 million a month deal with Zesa, Cabinet was told yesterday. Eskom has surplus ...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:34hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Vendors cash in on Zanu-PF indaba
The local business community is warming up to prospects of brisk business at the 18th Zanu-PF Annual People's Conference, which started yesterday in Goromonzi. Mashonaland East Province is the host of...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:31hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fat cats squeezing the poor: Clerics
ZIMBABWE'S political leaders have become too selfish by enriching themselves while burdening the country's suffering masses through suffocating taxes and beatings for protesting the oppression, the Ca...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 2057 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's tycoon to set up renewable energy institute in Gwanda
Energy poverty is defined as the lack of adequate modern energy for the basic needs of cooking, warmth, lighting, and essential energy services for manufacturing, services, schools, health centres and...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 3046 | by Nicholas Ncube
Bulawayo City Council stops refuse collections
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has stopped refuse collection services in some parts of the city owing to the prevailing fuel shortages. In a statement issued yesterday, Bulawayo Town Clerk ...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:45hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
$110m new notes, coins in circulation
So far, $110 million in new notes and coins have been "drip-fed" into the banking system since their introduction last month. While addressing business stakeholders at the Zimbabwe National Ch...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 06:43hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to reject majority of debts owed to institutions
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee plans to "reject the majority of debts" owed to institutions, a move it hopes will save the southern African nation much-needed foreign currenc...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 15:18hrs | 3551 | by Staff reporter
'What coup! It was a change of administration' said SADC - sheer folly, let coup gene out, again
For the last 39 years the country has drifted like a log, with ordinary people hang on to the log for dear life, in the flood Zambezi River, totally at the mercy of a corrupt, incompetent and murderou...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 10:39hrs | 1641 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Rebuilding Zimbabwe starts with strong institutions
It is now apparent that Zimbabwe's socio-economic status needs rebuilding and radical reforms if the country is to develop. The economy is set to contract by at least 6.5% in 2019 according to data fr...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 10:35hrs | 569 | by Victor Bhoroma
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: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 8942 | 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: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:55hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has reached deepest depth of a crisis'
Zimbabwe has reached the deepest depth of a crisis, which is a culmination of unresolved political and economic problems, Briggs Bomba, the convenor of the Zimbabwe Citizens Manifesto has said....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 1922 | 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: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:56hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Drying Vic Falls sparks concern
VICTORIA FALLS - For decades Victoria Falls, where southern Africa's Zambezi river cascade down 100 metres into a gash in the earth, have drawn millions of holidaymakers to Zimbabwe and Zambia for the...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:52hrs | 1045 | by Mike Hutchings and Tim Cocks
Jatropha bio-diesel plant suffers stillbirth
EFFORTS to capacitate the multi-million-dollar Jatropha bio-diesel processing plant in Mount Hampden have been stalled due to logistical challenges, an official has said.Zimbabwe Energy Regula...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:49hrs | 139 | 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: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
$1bn road rehab gathers momentum
Government has paid 10 percent upfront for project costs to five contractors that have been chosen to rehabilitate the Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge road, which is expected to gobble $1 billion.T...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 576 | 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: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:43hrs | 188 | 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: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:41hrs | 60 | by Veronica Gwaze and Ellen Sanyanga
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: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 398 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF dismisses G40 cabal over 'Zanu-PF Original' reports
ZANU-PF has castigated the G40 cabal, a grouping of the revolutionary party's rejects, for fuelling false reports of the registration of a shadowy organisation named "Zanu-PF Original", saying the dis...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:14hrs | 336 | 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 | 751 | by Nomusa Garikai
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 | 2370 | by Leonard Koni
The guilty are always afraid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is a scared man, seeing shadows everywhere he looks as succession battles loom in his ruling Zanu PF party, a faltering economy condemning many into abject poverty and a d...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2367 | by Staff reporter
Zupco subsidy gobbles $51m monthly
The ZUPCO bus hire scheme is costing Treasury $51 million a month which is not sustainable, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government said on Tuesday.Government came up with th...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:30hrs | 1887 | by Staff reporter
Bleak festive season as Government fails to guarantee fuel supplies
The Zimbabwean government has failed to guarantee citizens of adequate fuel supplies in the festive season in a development set to dampen the festive mood already affected by the country's failing eco...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1533 | 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 | 1032 | 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 | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs take Mudenda to court
MDC Alliance MPs have approached the High Court challenging Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda's decision to bar them from receiving their sitting allowances.The 112 MPs are argui...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Rein in Chamisa's legislators
Mr Speaker Sir Parliament's Rules and Orders Committee's decision to constitute a Privileges Committee that will investigate possible breach of Parliamentary procedures and etiquette by MDC-Al...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:09hrs | 304 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Mohadi launches community bakeries
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday rallied the nation to make use of available indigenous resources and knowledge to enhance community resilience and tackle challenges of price increases for basic ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 199 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to get more buses
Zupco expects its next batch of buses next month, as it methodically grows its fleet with Government support to reinvigorate the public transport system. Zupco acting chief executive officer M...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
NOTICE: Latest on fuel blending
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has announced that fuel blending will remain at 20% and has encouraged the public to disregard the earlier circular that the blend will reduce to 10%. ...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 19:02hrs | 2370 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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