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Mthuli Ncube faces uphill task
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, expected to present his mid-term budget statement next week, faces a daunting task to craft a cocktail of measures to stem the steepest economic decline in Zimbabwe sinc...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 3975 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube walks a tightrope
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to present a mid-term fiscal review statement next week. The country is on edge, as the steepest economic decline in living memory wreaks havoc. Even the hype...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 3563 | by Staff reporter
Riot police deployed to deal with nurses and doctors in Harare
The government has deployed members of the riot police to deal with doctors and nurses who were planning to engage in a peaceful demonstration at Sally Mugabe hospital. ...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 10:03hrs | 6792 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Ecocash heist - A modern tale of irresponsible corporate behaviour
Sometime in 2013, I applied and became an Ecocash Agent (Agent), and immediately set shop in at least two locations within Harare CBD. The setup and running costs for me as an Agent were high, but the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 19:27hrs | 6448 | by Tendayi Mudhadha
Mnangagwa's govt splurges millions on ambassadors' new cars
THE cash-strapped Zimbabwe government has splurged millions to purchase top-of-the-range vehicles for nearly 50 ambassadors posted across the globe when the State is failing to pay agitated civil serv...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:52hrs | 4027 | by newzimbabwe
Joshua Nkomo: A dream deferred but still attainable
Joshua Nkomo, perhaps like many great men and women before him saw a dream for Zimbabwe, one that would have seen the country cross over from colonialism to the proverbial Jordan. Born in 1917 he dedi...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 18:06hrs | 895 | by Lt Col JZ Dlamini
Audit exposes rot in council recruitment
A RECENT audit held at Marondera Municipality has unearthed the rot in its recruitment exercise, including operating without a proper organogram as well as engaging unsuitable candidates in certain cr...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe food crisis worse than last year: UN agency
AFOOD security report by the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) notes that Zimbabweans are worse-off than they were a year after the launch of the humanitarian ...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
It's too risky for Mnangagwa to let soldiers go hungry
REPORTS that morale has hit rock bottom in the army make for sad and terrifying reading. Zimbabwe's worsening economic situation, coupled with a severe food crisis, hyperinflation and cash shortages p...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:25hrs | 6088 | by Staff reporter
War vets reconnected after 40 years
"Happiness is meeting an old friend after a long time and feeling that nothing has changed," wrote Cris Dar.It seems the prolific writer coined the statement with two wartime friends in mind (...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:38hrs | 4539 | by John Sigauke
Zimbabwe army's morale at rock bottom
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri sensationally told Parliament yesterday that morale among members of the Zimbabwe National Army had hit rock bot-tom as a result of the failing economy and that many ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 12269 | by Staff reporter
Online, radio lessons challenged
GOVERNMENT'S efforts to offer on-line and radio lessons to schoolchildren stranded at home due to the COVID-19 lockdown, which forced schools to re-main closed, has been challenged by non-governmental...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
The three pendulums of Zimbabwean politics
The names Mugabe, Mujuru and Mnangagwa have hogged the headlines of Zimbabwean politics for over a century collectively. The three have nothing to show for the hectares of space that their names have ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2752 | by Joseph 'Slovo' Mupokosera
Chamisa's party burns, Zanu-PF rejoices
NELSON Chamisa has everything to gain by embracing the growing calls for unity talks between him and interim MDC leader Thokozani Khupe - and everything to lose by spurning the mooted dialogue, analys...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 18:17hrs | 3002 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Karoi 2018 Chief Election agent acquitted
The MDC Alliance candidate for Hurungwe West Wilson Makanyaire's 2018 Chief Election Agent Tonderai Kavhukatema has been acquitted by the Karoi Regional Magistrate on trumped-up rape charges by a ZANU...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 15:39hrs | 789 | by Stephen Jakes
Second regimen ARV shortage hits Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEANS living with HIV and on the Second regimen of the antiretroviral may be forced to default or change one of their drugs following an announcement that there is a nationwide shortage of secon...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 987 | by Staff reporter
Denial, blame game: Root cause of opposition failure
Back in my village, in the proverbial land of milk honey and dust - Guruve - my clique of friends often meet at the growth point early morning on weekends to buy bread or newspapers. Here, we ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:52hrs | 116 | by Isdore Guvamombe
ZAPU President Isaac Mabuka speaks
Q1: Thank you Mr. Mabuka for your time. Please introduce yourself to the people. Who is Mabuka?A: I am Isaac Mabuka. I was born in 1953 on 26 April in Gwanda South. I did my primary education ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:15hrs | 3173 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Forex exchange auction trading system off to a good start
The foreign exchange auction trading system has made a good start when it kicked-off in Harare today (June 23, 2020), without any great difficulty.On its first day, bids worth about US$11,4 mi...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:33hrs | 3024 | by Nathan Gurira
Khupe blames coronavirus, and lockdown
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe, has postponed the party's court-directed extra-ordinary congress which was slated for next month - where a substantive new party boss was to be chosen.Kh...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:58hrs | 2001 | by Staff reporter
Doctors joining nurses' strike
JUNIOR doctors have threatened to go on strike, joining the industrial action by nurses that started last week citing deteriorating working conditions, which will negatively affect the country's battl...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Bring back rule of law to prosecutions
The judgement of the Honourable Chitapi J in the matter of [Saviour] Kasukuwere v Mujayi NO & Others (HH-562-19) (delivered on August 21 2019) is on the face of it scathing to the police, Zimbabwe...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:38hrs | 278 | by Tazorora TG Musarurwa
Incwadi ebhalelw' aMahlabezulu le iziNduna zomdabu
Ngiyalibingelela lina bakaMakhobolondo, lina beSilo uLobhengula kaMzilikazi kaMashobane kaMangethe kaZikode kaKhumalo kaMntungwa kaMbulazi kaNdabezitha, lina bondlela zimhlophe induku zibomvu ngegazi ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:07hrs | 391 | by Nkonzo kaMathanda
Same frog now in lipstick
IN more ways than one, courting love is similar to stalking prey.Although motivated by different designs, courting and stalking essentially entail stealthily winning an advantage in order ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 11:05hrs | 244 | by Bishop Lazi
Fresh Details Emerge in the Kariba Municipality Water Pumps Saga
The Municipality of Kariba is on the ropes, battling potential reputational damage from the taint of accusations of unwholesome procurement deals that are allegedly at the core of poor service deliver...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:28hrs | 562 | by Laiton Kandawire
The land isn't ours
A few years ago while visiting the city of Jos, which is located in north-east Nigeria, a person pointed to a vast neatly kept area behind a fence. "This ranch belongs to the Queen of England," he rem...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 17:10hrs | 1657 | by Hadebe Hadebe
We are our own enemy
THE issue of racism is far deeper than meets the eye. The United States of America scenario seems to suggest that mostly blacks from the marginalised communities are victims of police brutality....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:05hrs | 149 | by Boniface Manjeya
WFP anticipates surge in demand for food aid
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has predicted a surge in the demand for food aid during the 2020/2021 lean season in Zimbabwe, with over 4,5 million people in rural communities requiring urgent assista...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 101 | by Staff reporter
Dollar peg prompts rift between govt, RBZ
ZIMBABWE'S fixed currency peg, adopted in March, has become the latest flashpoint between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, people familiar with ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:25hrs | 1937 | by Staff reporter
Is RBZ an extension of ZRP?
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has become a "secret police" that watches over transactions done at banks, mobile money and even text messages in a bid to protect the local currency that has weakened by ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 771 | by Concerned
Liberation war stalwart Nleya dies
ONE of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zipra) stalwarts, Stanley Nleya has died. Nleya whose guerilla name was Elish Gagisa died on Tuesday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) due to ...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 942 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe adopts a foreign currency auction system
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has abandoned the fixed-rate system and said it would allow the rate to be set by an auction system.In a statement the RBZ said from the 23rd of June weekly ...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 21:17hrs | 5565 | by Staff reporter
Khupe vows to return MDC to its founding principles
MDC acting president Thokozani Khupe yesterday made several appointments to the party standing committee - vowing to return it to its founding principles - while declaring that preparations for an ext...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2109 | by Staff reporter
Rise in voter apathy as public loses trust in ZEC, claims ERC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) reluctance to share the voter's roll with stakeholders has eroded the public's trust and their voting enthusiasm, an electoral watchdog has said.The E...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 06:32hrs | 174 | by newzimbabwe
The four canines lost race of the titans
The two boys could be high school students on this Covid-19 spawned 'holiday'. With four of 'man's best friends' for company, the duo passed through near my base as they scanned the tall savanna grass...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 15:20hrs | 420 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa.
Economists wary of Zimbabwe
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti as well as two of the country's renowned economists Eddie Cross and Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada have raised concerns over the economic wellbeing of the country.The...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1932 | by Daniel Itai
The need for a Social Contact
"The old is dying and the new cannot be born,in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." The above famous quote by Antonio Gramsci best captures how a citizenry finds...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 11:52hrs | 327 | by Evangelist Sendekai W. T
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya fight over dollar rates
ZIMBABWE'S fixed currency peg, adopted in March, has become the latest flashpoint between central bank Governor John Mangudya and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, people familiar with the situation said...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1785 | by Bloomberg
I'm scarred, but not scared, says Artuz leader
OUTSPOKEN Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to bring socio-economic and political stability to the nation ...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:49hrs | 684 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pulled the plug on shady Covid-19 deals, claims Charamba
WITH the advent of the global pandemic, coronavirus (Covid-19), many civil society organisations have called for transparency in the use of various donations that the government has been receiving....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1973 | by Staff reporter
Transport operators fret over Zupco scheme
Transport operators that are part of the Zupco franchise scheme are up in arms against the government-owned company, which they say is underpaying them for the use of their vehicles.Last year ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 886 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt faces growing international condemnation over crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and journalists....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 506 | by Brenna Matendere
Death has robbed us of our affable Raymond Njanike
INSPITE of the many bereavements I have had over the years, nothing prepares me for the loss of dear and close friends. Not even the fact that I do my fair share of laying to rest a number of those we...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 2056 | by Philip Mataranyika
Zimbabwe not US adversary
CALLS for re-engagement by Zimbabwe's Second Republic seem to have been futile, undoubtedly falling on deaf ears as the United States and its surrogates continue to burn bridges, this has been evidenc...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:45hrs | 198 | by Khumbulani Vodloza
UK appoints Zimbabwean songbird Anna Mudeka to lead African choir online to help ease isolation
Zimbabwean UK-based singer, songwriter, dancer, musician and artistic director, Anna Mudeka, has been commissioned by the Hostry Festival in Norwich to lead The African Choir of Norfolk. Anna is invit...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 19:43hrs | 649 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa launches more public transport buses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government to availing ZUPCO buses to all areas, amid revelations that suppliers from Belarus have been engaged to supply buses suitable for rural terrains. Presi...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 19:49hrs | 4898 | by Staff reporter
Teachers plot interdict against schools opening
A TEACHERS' union said it would approach the courts to block the government's "ill-informed and premature opening of schools" in light of the increase in COVID-19 infections in the country.The...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
'Plot afoot to oust Mnangagwa'
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe flanked by service chiefs at a Press briefing in Harare last nightHOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe last night accused rivals in government, military ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5855 | by Staff reporter
Government patches collapsed road at Boterekwa
GOVERNMENT has moved in to avert a potential disaster at Boterekwa stretch in Shurugwi after illegal mining activities resulted in an underground tunnel which had seen part of the road collapsing....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 18:47hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti: The story of my arrest in Mnangagwa's tinpot Zimbabwe
"It was farcical and surreal like a poorly scripted Mr Bean film without the comedy", says MDC Alliance vice-president of his recent arrest.This article was first published by ...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 19:23hrs | 6807 | by Tendai Biti
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