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Feja Feja policies render thousands stranded in the CBD
The MDC is concerned with how the transport situation has deteriorated over the past few days due to Zanu PF's incompetency, inconsistency and inability to make the right decisions.A country r...Published: 22 May 2019 at 11:10hrs | 3585 | by Jacob Mafume
Seven things to consider when transacting in Africa
1. Accept the uncertainty and gather knowledgeInvestors in Africa must consider geo-political and economic uncertainty on the continent as well as a ple...Published: 21 May 2019 at 16:26hrs | 561 | by Morne van der Merwe, Managing Partner, and Wildu du Plessis, Head of Africa at global law firm Baker McKenzie in Johannesburg
RBZ scraps 1:1 rate for oil marketing firms
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed banks to discontinue twinning arrangements for their customers, with a view to promote efficient functioning of interbank market and willing-buyer willi...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:20hrs | 866 | by Staff reporter
Biti wants Zimbabwe to redollarise
THE crippling fuel and power shortages facing Zimbabwe are likely to get worse if government fails to deal with price distortions on the market, former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said.Sp...Published: 20 May 2019 at 16:40hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
EXTRACT: The men who helped Chiwenga to execute the coup
Two Weeks in November by Douglas Rodgers is the thrilling story of a high ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixe...Published: 20 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 15588 | by Douglas Rodgers
DIDG loses exclusive rights to NRZ deal
GOVERNMENT has removed the exclusivity clause for the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation deal after investors for the project failed to provide proof of funding within...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:36hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should fully liberalize the petroleum industry
It has become apparent that the Zimbabwean government is failing to sustain its fuel subsidy in the economy due to foreign currency shortages. The rationale for such a subsidy has been to bring price ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 18:23hrs | 432 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa's govt to engage RBZ on fuel, electricity shortages
GOVERNMENT remains committed to solving fuel and electricity shortages through engaging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on long term financial mechanisms, Energy and Power Development Minister Fort...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:08hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Bosso 'United' face Herentals
STRUGGLING Bulawayo soccer giants, Highlanders, take on Herentals after presenting a united front at their Thursday weekly Press conference, something they hope will spur them to their first victory o...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Chasi speaks on electricity, fuel
Government remains committed to solving fuel and electricity shortages through engaging the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on long-term financial mechanisms, Energy and Power Development Minister Fort...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
RBZ fast tracks fuel deliveries
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has worked out a mechanism to ensure Letters of Credit (LCs) for the procurement of fuel overlap to minimise supply side gaps causing shortages that manifest...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3624 | by Staff reporter
Zimra moves on amnesty headache
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) is working on legislation which will help the tax collection agency reconcile recent tax amnesty transactions amid revelations that business is losing millions i...Published: 15 May 2019 at 09:30hrs | 1186 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa's government is perpetuating fuel crisis
When the fuel crisis escalated last January, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was forced to announce a 150% price increase.Amid the outrage and riots which followed, one important detail went larg...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1642 | by newZWire
Zimbabweans spend $1,5m on candles
THE majority of people in rural areas who have no access to electricity are spending at least $1, 5 million on candles annually, an official has said.Zonful Power Energy products' chief execut...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:35hrs | 240 | by Staf reporter
How Mugabe destroyed Zimbabwe
What do Slobodan Milosevic, Robert Mugabe, and Nicolás Maduro have in common? Other than being leaders who kept the Communist Manifesto at their bedside, all three ushered in devastating hyperinflati...Published: 14 May 2019 at 10:14hrs | 5287 | by Prof. Steve Hanke
Mnangagwa's govt guns for Chief Ndiweni
Government has castigated Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhla Felix Ndiweni for calling on Western countries to impose more sanctions against the country to consolidate the existing embargoes, which he claime...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:58hrs | 6833 | by Staff reporter
Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC
Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1177 | by Reason Wafawarova
Import substitution: best remedy to high import bill
Zimbabwe imported goods worth $6.85 Billion in 2018, a 38% increase from 2017. That import figure can go up by 30% if smuggled merchandise and under declared imports at the country's border posts are ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:15hrs | 414 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe's power utility Zesa introduces 10-hour load shedding
POWER utility company, Zesa has introduced a load-shedding regime that will see some suburbs across the country going for at least 10 hours without electricity due to reduced generation at its major p...Published: 12 May 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1802 | by Staff reporter
Of corruption and political will
THE latest Zinara graft scandal is the freshest in a series of corruption scandals which routinely grab the headlines for a short while before they fade into oblivion.The finer details of each...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 342 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Why the govt's call for national unity will fail
CALLS for national unity have been commonplace in the past two decades, but have taken on a new urgency since November 2017.However, since November 2017, and the coup, these calls are increasi...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:08hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Let's dream, think Zimbabwe'
Address by His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, E.D. Mnangagwa, at the burial of the late Mishack Ntundu Velaphi, National Heroes' Acre, May 9, 2019 ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:46hrs | 540 | by ED Mnangagwa
ZESA warns of massive load shedding
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority has issued a warning that it will be increasing power cuts to manage it supply, a local online paper CITE has reported. The report said ZESA received ...Published: 09 May 2019 at 11:57hrs | 6570 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: Mnangagwa declares ZanuPF superior to Zimbabweans
President Mnangagwa in a 30 second rant that has gone viral and has been widely interpreted to mean only his ZanuPF party is Independent while the rest of Zimbabweans are not, has sparked outrage amon...Published: 08 May 2019 at 00:07hrs | 8311 | by Methusi Ncube
Mnangagwa pledges decent accommodation for all
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to provide decent accommodation for all Zimbabweans after visiting Mbare's Matapi flats, which are being renovated under a joint deal between government ...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:47hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fulfils Mbare promise
President Mnangagwa yesterday toured Matapi Flats in Mbare, Harare, to inspect renovations being undertaken by the Government as his administration fulfils its promise to refurbish the dilapidated hos...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans eating less as economy deteriorates
THE widening gap between prices of food and stagnant wages has led to 44% of poor households in the urban areas spending more of their incomes on food, from 16% in 2016, a USAID official has said....Published: 06 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's love letter
To trade fair or trade foul, that is the question.In the past week, Bulawayo woke up to that roving, rattling helicopter sound, hovering low, above her rusty rooftops…the harbinger of the ci...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:33hrs | 223 | by Zifiso Masiye
On Decolonising Governmentality
It is a truly careless but also stubborn truism that if we had no nation-states in the world we would not have nationless and stateless people. Nations and states are the source of nationlessness and ...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:57hrs | 186 | by Cetshwayo Zindabazezwe Mabhena
You are on the right path Mthuli but....
I can't help but feel sorry for Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube.By now the economy should have been showing signs of stabilising.Experts say for the fi...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:44hrs | 4202 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Govt avails $1,5m for science teachers training
At least $1,5 million has been mobilised by Government towards training of science teachers and promotion of science education, which is regarded as a key pillar for industrialisation and development....Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:33hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Police to raid vuzu youths
POLICE in Bulawayo will today arrest any rowdy youths found in the central business district and have increased deployment of officers to deal with the scourge of vuzu parties. Teenagers take ...Published: 04 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira's message to workers
The struggle for emancipation by the Zimbabwean workers has its roots in the happening of the late 19th Century. After obtaining the Rudd concession the whites did not stop but rushed to obtain the ro...Published: 01 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1277 | by Linda Masarira
Disruptive Technologies - Of Drones, AI and the Environment
In this discourse I would like to propose the use of disruptive technologies such as drones equipped with AI (African Artificial Intelligence) to solve one of Zimbabwe's excruciating pain points. I do...Published: 01 May 2019 at 09:16hrs | 456 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Gweru to decommission Gwenoro Dam
Gweru City Council has announced plans to decommission its major supplier, Gwenhoro Dam, by October as the water source is left with only six months' supplies, a senior council official has said....Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:50hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Worsening period poverty in Zimbabwe calls for urgent action
For the first time since 2009, Zimbabwe's economy is projected to slide into a recession this year, with real GDP going down to -5.2%, the lowest economic growth rate in Africa this year. Inflation is...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 10:58hrs | 2772 | by Theresa Nyava
Online legal advice now on Zimbabwe market
LawBasket is a start-up from Zimbabwe, providing online legal services on the market for small businesses and start-ups in Africa. The company also offers free client relationship management technolog...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 534 | by Staff reporter
South Africa moves to tighten job terms, expats fear expulsion
Foreign workers in South Africa with expertise deemed vital to the economy are worried that authorities will reduce the number of critical skills eligible for work permits, a move they say could force...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | 4064 | by Reuters
There goes Mnangagwa bluffing, yet again!
History has a rich record of dumb presidents, so you really don't worry too much when President Emmerson Mnangagwa forgets the name of the National Sports Stadium or messes up simple math during a pol...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | 6353 | by Tawanda Majoni
Zimbabwean footballer's Burnley dreams suffers a blow
ENGLAND-BORN football prodigy Tinashe Chakwana's hopes of breaking into the first team of English Premiership side Burnley suffered a blow after he was recently released by the club, which had been hi...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:28hrs | 2907 | by Staff reporter
Time for a holistic approach to Gukurahundi genocide
In social and other media there has been debate and speculation on where President Emmerson Mnangagwa is headed regarding resolution of the Gukurahundi issue.In the run-up to Zimbabwe's Indepe...Published: 28 Apr 2019 at 08:20hrs | 200 | by Strike Mkandla
The day Mthuli Ncube was misquoted
Mthuli Ncube did not say new currency in 12 months.No, the Minister said no such thing. His interview is available on the Bloomberg website titled "Zimbabwe Plans to Introduce Currency ‘In N...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | 8338 | by Dr Alfred M. Mthimkhulu
PHOTOS: Zimbabwe and Mozambique bridges bult after Cyclone Idai
Two images of supposedly bridges in Zimbabwe and Mozambique built after Cyclone Idai have gone viral on the internet. The bridges which have a very wide gap between each other in terms of ...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 12:49hrs | 9955 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZAPU response to 'Gukurahundi' moves by President Mnangagwa
In social and other media there has been debate and speculation on where President Emmerson Mnangagwa is headed regarding resolution of the "Gukurahundi" issue. In the run-up to Zimbabwe's Independenc...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1362 | by Dr. Strike Mkandla
Zimbabwean man advising governments and oil companies
Growing up in central Africa in the '50s and '60s gave Duncan Clarke an early appreciation of his surroundings and the wider environment – but very little indication of the significance the oil ind...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 06:03hrs | 3361 | by geoexpro
'Zimbabwe economic crisis is not about currency'
ZIMBABWE's economic crisis is not a result of currency shortage but low production, hence government must look at the real issue, economic experts have said.Recently, Finance minister Mthuli N...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2029 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warned of brewing unrest
THERE are growing fears that Zimbabwe's fast-deteriorating economic situation - marked by shocking price hikes and severe shortages of foreign currency, fuel and vital medicines - could trigger social...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:49hrs | 19809 | by Staff reporter
Of market forces and price hikes
Not too long ago, three months ago in fact, fuel in Zimbabwe was cheaper than bottled water and flights from the country were some of the cheapest around. This was thanks to a fixed exchange rate that...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 494 | by newZWire
WATCH: Historic ZITF opens
THE 60th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) opens in Bulawayo today with record breaking subscription at 532 direct local exhibitors and 16 countries participating. ...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
'Foreign aid will not bail out Zimbabwe'
UNITED States professor of economics Steve Hanke has said foreign aid will not bail out Zimbabwe from its current economic quagmire, adding the country's problems can be solved from within.Spe...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:30hrs | 4501 | by Staff reporter
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