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1 August killings: State tries to discredit doctors' report
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) wishes to alert members of the public, the Mothlante led commission and all Zimbabweans that there are concerted efforts by the state media...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3448 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2173 | by Brian Sedze
A timeline of how Zimbabwe lost its currency
Today, November 14, marks the 21st anniversary of "Black Friday", the day the Zimbabwe dollar crashed in 1997.We track the Zimdollar's collapse from that fateful November day, and the many des...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 2853 | by newZwire with The Source
Chamisa ouster plot exposed
THE gloves are off in the opposition MDC as hawks plotting the ouster of leader Nelson Chamisa are reportedly unhappy that the party's elective congress will be held in October next year, when they wo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 2921 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives $3,6 million grant to fight cyber crime
ZIMBABWE yesterday received a $3,6 million grant from Japan to help fight cybercrime.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the grant for procurement of cyber security equipment, deepened the bila...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Settling land compensation issue vital for Zimbabwe's economy
IN his inaugural address, the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed that land reform was both historically necessary and irreversible.He also made a commitment to compensate...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 291 | by Ian Scoones
Plea to exempt cotton farmers from 2% tax
THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has proposed that cotton farmers be exempted from the 2% tax on electronic transactions as well as from the 10% withholding tax to help them build capacity....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 151 | by staff reporter
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:25hrs | 969 | by Staf reporter
Mazibisa dares Kirsty Coventry
The Founder of Mazibisa Inc. Nkosana Mazibisa has challenged Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Kirsty Coventry to show up for her duty and treat the Youth Ministry with the energy an...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 3294 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube under fire
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has come under heavy fire after signalling his intention to acquire vehicles for the country's lawmakers as well as paying the thirteenth cheque for government's 550 000 ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 5483 | by Staff reporter
Kimberley Process chair asked to suspend diamond exports from Israel
During a round-table meeting in the EU Parliament in Brussels the EU chair of the Kimberley Process, Hilda Hardeman and chair of the KP Civil Society Coalition (CSC), Shamiso Mtisi, were urged to susp...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:09hrs | 368 | by Sean Clinton
Unexpalined wealth: Mnangagwa digs in
Wealthy Zimbabweans are in for a fix after President Mnangagwa has pronounced they must explain their source of wealth otherwise it will be deemed as ill gotten wealth. "People should...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:31hrs | 12151 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa launches supplementary feeding programme in Matabeleland North
FIRST Lady Auxilia Mnangagwa yesterday launched a supplementary feeding scheme aimed at curbing malnutrition and stunting in children aged between 6 and 59 months in Matabeleland North province....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:27hrs | 589 | by Staff Reporter
Commodity broker Kelvin Mazhandu to build Mqabuko plaza
Zimbabwean born commodity broker Kelvin Mazhandu is set to construct the biggest mall in Bulawayo in honour of the later Father Zimbabwe Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo.Mazhandu who is based in ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 19:19hrs | 3680 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Reality check for Mthuli Ncube
Under-pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube faces a tough task in balancing policy measures that stabilise the economy and populist demands from the ruling party when he presents his much-awaited N...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 17:18hrs | 4357 | by Staff reporter
Who's who in Zimbabwe’s cutthroat fuel sector
SIX major oil-importing entities, including the Indigenous Petroleum Association of Zimbabwe (Ipaz), Zuva Petroleum, Puma Energy, Total Zimbabwe, Petrotrade (Pvt) Ltd and Engen Petroleum Zimbawe, are...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 18:06hrs | 5904 | by Staff reporter
Invictus ready to roll out oil project
Invictus Energy has capacity to handle the multi-billion dollar Cabora Bassa Project that encompasses the Mzarabani Prospect and there is nothing amiss with its funding model, managing director Scott ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:23hrs | 2717 | by Staff reporter
Chitando, shareholders clash in Hwange Colliery scandal
MINES minister Winston Chitando unilaterally recommended Hwange Colliery Company Limited's placement under administration without the blessing of other shareholders. The move is widely seen by some of...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1286 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance led Gweru council to splash $600,000 on executive perks
GWERU City Council management has put forward an expenditure of $660 000 to go towards the purchase of all-terrain 4×4 vehicles for top officials and a posh Mercedes Benz for mayor Josiah Makombe....Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to announce diamond policy
MINES minister Winston Chitando says he expects to announce a diamond policy later this month, which will also regularise the operations of the State-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC)...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must set a clear development agenda
First and foremost, Zim is poised with toxic politics. We must deal with our politics first before we table economic matters. , it is important to admit that we have a crisis so that whoever comes on ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:27hrs | 506 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu-PF costs balloon
Zanu-PF's salary bill has increased substantially after a decision was made to accommodate bigwigs left out of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lean Cabinet as full time party employees.Mnangagw...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:04hrs | 3397 | by Staff reporter
Let's make Zimbabwe great again
There is a general expectation of rapid economic growth in Zimbabwe, driven by massive infrastructural growth, given the new political dispensation.However, there is an adversary at work, the ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | 611 | by Tororiro Isaac Chaza
South Africa stops issuing general work visas?
Ahead of the implementation of new immigration laws and the release of a severely shortened critical skills list, South Africa's Home Affairs Department appears to be pre-emptively clamping down on im...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 21:11hrs | 6565 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts Mutsvangwa to the sword
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications George Charamba (GC) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former special advisor, Chris Mutsvangwa, shoul...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 18:38hrs | 15710 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's ex-deputy flees over $400,000 scam
THE High Court yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa, who is facing allegations of swindling the Zimbabwe Manpower Development F...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1177 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers miss out on New Zealand opportunity
New Zealand has announced that it will need at least 850 new teaching staff to handle shortages in the coming year a...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 09:10hrs | 3083 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa contradicts Mthuli Ncube on farmer subsidies
Government will continue to subsidise farmers to ensure both national food security and sufficient feedstocks for local industries, which get 60 percent of their raw materials from the sector, Preside...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:38hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Afreximbank pledges to continue assisting Zimbabwe
AFRICAN Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has pledged to continue assisting Zimbabwe meet its financial needs, saying all the loans extended to local entities by the bank have performed to expectation,...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:54hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda demands more 'Thank You' for war vets
DEPUTY Defence minister Victor Matemadanda on Wednesday pleaded for more funding to be channelled to the war veterans' as a "Thank You" for their role during the liberation struggle.Matemadand...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's loyalty is to business
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is "sincere in what he's doing", economic recovery will be tough and Western sanctions must be lifted, says Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa.Masiyiwa was pa...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1275 | by newZWire
Govt raises $30m from airtime tax
Over $30 million was collected in the first nine months of the year under the Health levy, which is funded through a 10% charge on airtime.Secretary in the Ministry of Health Gerald Gwinji on ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:45hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
'No to Prophet Magaya HIV/Aids cure'
SECRETARY for Health and Child Care Gerald Gwinji yesterday said government would find it difficult to license Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya's alleged new cur...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 09:08hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
Tony Elumelu sponsors 21 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs
About 21 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs are among 1 000 young persons who will benefit from the latest round of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme's (TEEP) $100 million fund.TEEP is a brain...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:28hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt revises revenue projections upwards
GOVERNMENT has revised its initial 2018 revenue projections by 12% to $5,7 billion on the back of the 2% tax on mobile and electronic transfers introduced earlier this month, which is expected to incr...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:28hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Private sector to drive Command Agriculture
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube says government's participation in the special agriculture production programme Command Agriculture will be reduced as initiatives are being put ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:29hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hits out at 'foreign medical trips'
FOREIGN trips to seek specialised medical attention by Zimbabweans are bleeding the country of the much-needed foreign currency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.Writing in his weekly col...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 06:00hrs | 6227 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to weed out ghost workers
PUBLIC Service Commission (PSC) secretary Jonathan Wutaunashe last week told Parliament that government did not factor in cost of living adjustments for civil servants in the 2019 proposed budget allo...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:45hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
Abuse of media privilege
WHENEVER people talk about the media and journalism, phrases such as "media responsibility," "media ethics," "objective reporting," "public interest," "national interest", or "balanced coverage" are o...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:35hrs | 194 | by Reason Wafawarova
Zimbabwe's quest for debt forgiveness thrown out
Zimbabwe's quest to pursue the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt forgiveness option has been thrown into disarray amid resistance from the United States and government's decision to rebase th...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 21:18hrs | 2193 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots more protests
Opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to roll out peaceful protests to jolt President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration into ending the economic meltdown.The MDC leader told pa...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 20:57hrs | 953 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health time bomb
ZIMBABWE'S hospitals lack basic equipment such as thermometers and painkillers while the working conditions for nurses are deteriorating, Parliament heard on Friday.The rot in the health secto...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:16hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Inside the fierce war for control of Zimbabwe's fuel industry
A fierce war is brewing behind the scenes for control of Zimbabwe's fuel industry pitting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's allies following a bid by a South Afric...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:13hrs | 4914 | by Staff reporter
Post-abortion drugs in short supply
Health facilities that are meant to offer post-abortion care in the country are experiencing shortages of essential drugs required to provide for the service.Research conducted by Tsungai Chip...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Joram Gumbo Zimbabwe's poster boy of sleaze
As ZANU-PF's long-serving chief whip, Joram Gumbo came across as a tidy, backroom operator, quietly but efficiently pulling the strings for his party in Parliament. But his scrapbook in government sin...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 618 | by newZWire
Govt defends lifting of import ban
The indefinite amendment of Statutory Instrument 122 of 2017 (SI 122) will not threaten the existence of the local industry as government is committed to protecting it through foreign currency allocat...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:20hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
G7 nations ready to bail out Harare
Zimbabwe is expected to secure funding assistance from bilateral partners within the Group of 7 (G7) wealthiest countries to clear its $2,1 billion arrears to the African Development Bank (AfDB) and W...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:17hrs | 3562 | by Staff reporter
Best advice on how to deal with current Zimbabwe economic crisis
Patience pays for our situation. What has contributed much to our current situation is that Zimbabwe pressed the panic button after contested elections. We need to move on and deal with what is curren...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1553 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Merlin squabbles stall progress
SQUABBLES between shareholders and judicial manager of struggling Bulawayo textile manufacturer, Merlin, are stalling the disbursement of a $5 million recapitalisation facility secured from the Zimbab...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:54hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development holds induction workshop
The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development held the induction workshop for the members at the a Harare city hotel.In his opening remarks, the committee chairman Temb...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 07:26hrs | 692 | by Stephen Jakes
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