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Minister in plot to scuttle NRZ deal
TRANSPORT minister Biggie Matiza is reportedly manoeuvring to smuggle through the backdoor a Dubai-based firm into the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal, despite...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 08:22hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo to have the last laugh
ZIFA president Felton Kamambo insists he remains the right man to take Zimbabwean football forward and the fierce criticism he has received will only transform him into a better leader of the game. He...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 07:36hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Nust underdevelopment rapped
THE underdevelopment of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) is inexcusable and the tertiary institution cannot blame Government for lagging behind, legislators said yesterday. ...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:49hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean to showcase 'African car brand' Mureza at Automechanika in South Africa
A new start-up automaker, which refers to itself as an "African car brand", has confirmed that it will exhibit its first model at Automechanika Johannesburg that starts tomorrow (18 September)....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 09:02hrs | 7149 | by Charl Bosch
African Dream boat spurs growth at Kariba Airport
THE Kariba Airport has started witnessing growth in passenger traffic following the launch of the African Dream boat in Kariba Dam in 2017, Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has revealed....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:21hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation 'slows' again
The month-on-month inflation rate for August 2019 slowed to 18,07 percent after shedding 2,97 percentage points on July's 21,04 percent. According to the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency, (...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:24hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Schweppes US$60m new Beitbridge plantation
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited is set to establish a 4 000 hectare citrus plantation in Beitbridge with an estimated value of US$60 million in a development set to increase production and exports. ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1208 | by Staff reporter
Graca Machel: Appreciate Mugabe's role in Zimbabwe
FORMER Mozambican First Lady Graca Machel has urged young people to appreciate the role played by the country first black leader the late former President Robert Mugabe who died last week in Singapore...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
'18 people living in one room'
BULAWAYO's oldest suburb, Makokoba is still struggling to resolve the issue of shared accommodation, with over 170 houses having three to four families sharing a single room, investigations have revea...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nears SA industry loans deal
Zimbabwe is closer to sealing over half a billion US dollar syndicated loan package with South African banks to support the private sector, amid revelations Treasury is now finalising the insurance gu...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
NRZ - DIDG deal awaits guidance from Treasury
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has received the submissions for funding made towards the US$400 million recapitalisation project by Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG)/Transnet C...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 12:19hrs | 360 | by Advocate Martin Dinha
South Africa mfecane 2 victim repatriated to Zimbabwe for burial
The remains of a Zimbabwean man who was killed in xenophobia-motivated violence in South Africa last week has arrived in the country via Beitbridge Border Post. Isaac Sithole's body arrived on Thursda...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
What Mugabe's legacy means to Mnangagwa
FORMER president Robert Mugabe's death has become the most trending topic both locally and internationally. Several obituaries were penned since last Friday when he drew his last breath aged 95....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 795 | by Econometer Global Capital
'Zacc not fully independent'
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is not fully independent institutionally and financially as it directly receives funding from Treasury, spokesperson John Makamure has said.Addre...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:37hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
MDC led council hikes water costs by 900%
Harare City Council has torched a storm following its proposal to increase water charges by at least 900 percent, while some ratepayers will now be charged in foreign currency.Water charges wi...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 19:28hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase to sponsor reigning Miss World Zimbabwe UK's trip to Jamaica
UK-based tradeshow, Zimbabwe Fashion Showcase (ZFS) is sponsoring reigning Miss World Zimbabwe UK queen, Amanda Nkomo, who is set to represent Zimbabwe at this year's Miss Global International beauty ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 12:50hrs | 405 | by Arts Correspondent
Zim Dollar rates tumbles ahead of monitory policy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to announce the Mid-Term Monitory Policy statement in the coming days. The market is not anticipating major changes to the country's economic fortunes fr...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 10263 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa's son in-law want to interfere in Zifa via police after Fifa defeat
THE Sports Commission have engaged the police to investigate Zifa over alleged misappropriation of public funds. The investigation covers the period from December last year to now. Prince Mupa...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | 2067 | by Staff reporter
Govt secures number plates
Government is set to receive 20 000 number plates for trucks and trailers at the end of the month, while other plates which are not for public service vehicles are now available, Government has said. ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
NRZ deal back on track
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation project is now back on track after the utility's board yesterday approved a US$420 million funding offer from the Diaspora Infrastructure Devel...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:57hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
European Union Ambassador warned
The European Union Head of Delagation to Zimbabwe has come under attack from ZANU PF activists who are accusing him of supporting the opposition MDC. This was after pictures of the Ambassador ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 20:15hrs | 4937 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How UK failed to dislodge Robert Mugabe
BRITAIN'S 40-year effort to find a way to either influence or dislodge Robert Mugabe is one of the country's great post-war foreign policy failures. It is a story spanning six UK prime ministe...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 13:10hrs | 3125 | by Patrick Wintour
Mthuli Ncube: Fixing Mugabe's mess
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube may not have realised quite what he was letting himself in for when he took the job of Zimbabwe's Treasury boss in September last year.With his impeccable CV - he...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:50hrs | 693 | by Financial Mail
Zimbabwe's richest: How they made their money
WHILST there is no official list of Zimbabwe's richest men and women, such as the one compiled by the Times and Forbes Magazine, the country has its fair share of rich people, including some who are m...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar rates tumble ahead of monetary policy
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to announce the Mid-Term Monitory Policy statement in the coming days.The market is not anticipating major changes to the country's economic fort...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 2694 | by Victor Bhoroma
Even slaves refused to sell their souls
As the world marks 400 years since 1619, when Africans were first abducted and sold into slavery in America, this extract below from the book To Be A Slave by African-American author Julius Lester, pu...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 235 | by Conway Tutani
Councillors up in arms over $3, 9 million ward retention fund
BULAWAYO councillors have threatened to call in the Zimbabwe Anti-corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate about $3,9 million ward retention fund that is said to be "unavailable." The fund ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:05hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Honeymoon over for anti-Mnangagwa NGOs
The Aid Coordination Policy approved by Cabinet recently, aimed at ensuring consistency and harmonisation of development partners' activities to promote transparency, will not only promote economic gr...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:00hrs | 385 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 1468 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mnangagwa happy with US-Zimbabwe dialogue
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa said yesterday he was happy with the pace of ongoing dialogue with United States President Donald Trump, which is aimed at bringing an end to illegal and ruinous economic sanctions...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1541 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's jelly foreign policy bad for development
ZIMBABWE has for a long time looked West or East, but in the last two decades it has become disoriented as it can't concentrate on one direction and most often ended up with an empty bowel. Probably i...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | 326 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Gwanda council under spotlight
GWANDA residents told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Local Government that they had now resorted to use of the bush system and plastic bags to relieve themselves due to lack of water in the ...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:07hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the third force, what's the next move?
The MDC leadership is in a quandary after all of its lined-up protests were quashed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police last week. The demonstrations that were earmarked to take place in major towns of th...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 13:11hrs | 6953 | by Thomas Mukandi
Ramaphosa's integrity 'dented', says Snuki Zikalala
As former Bosasa chief Gavin Watson's family closes the chapter on his life, the ANC Veterans' League head Snuki Zikalala says President Cyril Ramaphosa "has to grow up" after his integrity was "dente...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:40hrs | 2267 | by Staff reporter
Zifa shields purse
The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa), whose account was recently garnished over a US$518 331 debt owed to former administrator Lazarus Mhurushomana, has petitioned the High Court with an urgent ch...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:44hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual divests from Moyo's NMT Capital
OLD Mutual Limited (OML) has revealed plans to divest from NMT Capital, a company founded by its recently axed chief executive, Peter Moyo.Last month, the South African-based financial service...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:42hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
EU Ambassador fumes at The Herald's 'freedom of speech'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government appeared determined to commit diplomatic hara-kiri - ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, which used to be practised in Japan - with its officials a...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:34hrs | 3944 | by Staff reporter
US$5,2bn coal fuels project left to rot
PARLIAMENT yesterday grilled Finance ministry officials over a US$5,2 billion coal project spearheaded by Verify Engineering which failed to attract investors due to the poor investment climate prevai...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:04hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter
Questions over Amnesty fraud unanswered
What is going on at Amnesty International? First, two staff members killed themselves last year. Then an internal review ordered by Amnesty secretary-general Kumi Naidoo revealed a "toxic" wor...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:42hrs | 186 | by International Policy Digest.
Exposing the log in Amnesty's eyes
AMNESTY International's ability to speak authoritatively on alleged human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has come under scrutiny after it closed its Harare branch in June over alleged abuse of donor funds ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Japan on major roadworks
GOVERNMENT has applied to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for multi-million dollar funding for four major road projects including the construction of missing links on Harare Drive, P...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Zinara mobilises funds for Harare-Beitbridge Highway
ZIMBABWE National Road Administration director Kudzanayi Chinyanga yesterday said his department was mobilising resources to repair damaged sections of the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, which have turned...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE'S state-owned power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is on the brink of collapse due to a plethora of problems.It is beset by multiple crippling factors, including rampant power theft, no...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:24hrs | 5188 | by Staff reporter
Will Zimbabwe's current Esap II work?
In the weeks leading up to the poorly kept secret of his impeding appointment as Minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube campaigned hard for the position, coming out of a long diasporan silence to write art...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | 981 | by Makunike
Zimbabwe demonstrations - like sanctions - are not targeted
IT is hoped that several developments in the past week or so will finally open people's eyes to see that party politics is the only game in town; that politics is not the only thing worth concerning o...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | 846 | by Conway Tutani
Corruption hurting Zimbabwe more than sanctions, says EU
CORRUPTION is robbing Zimbabwe of its ability to sustain itself and its resources that will allow it to develop social safety nets strong enough to rid the country of the international food relief pac...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Fifa shows Mnangagwa son in-law middle finger
FIFA have turned down a request from the Sport and Recreation Commission to use their power to remove the entire Zifa leadership from office, and replace it with a normalisation committee, to run dome...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | 6287 | by Staff reporter
When looters become 'human rights defenders'
Zimbabwe and many other countries not subservient to the United States of America, it has become common practice that the US instigates opposition political activists to deliberately break the law of ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 363 | by Isdore Guvamombe
FIFA warns Zimbabwe government
FIFA has written to the Sports and Recreation Council ordering it to stop interfering with the business of the Zimbabwe Football Association....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 17:57hrs | 4987 | by Staff Reporter
'Chamisa's stubborn pursuit of its destabilisation agenda has now reached its zenith'
Zanu-PF yesterday castigated the opposition party over its planned nationwide demonstrations.In a statement, Zanu-PF national spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo, said the MDC's "continued and stub...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 4145 | by Staff reporter
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