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Radical Economic structural Transformation (part 7 of 10)
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those with much, it is whether we provide much to those with too little" Jean Jacques Rousseau.Natural resources have b...Published: 4 hrs ago | 161 | by Vince Musewe
Pressure mounts on Mnangagwa
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to resolve the economic crisis as the cost of living skyrockets.This comes as the local currency continues to lose value a...Published: 23 hrs ago | 8735 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has been marking time and going nowhere' - 40 years and still at it, insane
Dear Leonard Koni, "Zimbabwe is a like a soldier marking time and not going anywhere," you wrote in Bulawayo24."Our government has been so dysfunctional for a very long time, but the m...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1120 | by Wilbert Mukori
7 soldiers rob hospital
SEVEN armed soldiers and five civilians were arrested in Chinhoyi after raiding Chidamoyo Mission Hospital in Hurungwe and getting away with US$1 500 and other valuables.The armed robbery reported...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2640 | by Staff reporter
Nehanda's bones not yet risen - as she didn't die for White Rhodesia to be replaced by Black Rhodesia!
Yesterday, the 7th July 2020, I took time to watch the usual post-Cabinet media briefing, beamed live on state television - whereby, several government ministers update the nation on their deliberatio...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 15:51hrs | 738 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Covid-19 plunges Zimbabwe into wildlife management crisis - What can be done before vaccine?
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an almost three-month ban on international and domestic travel to Zimbabwe's prime tourist resorts. This has plunged the country into a wildlife management crisis char...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 1561 | by Emmanuel Koro
'There are no 2023 elections without reforms' said Chamisa - same s***t different elections
Same s***t different day! That really sums up beautifully what Nelson Chamisa's E-Rally was about!"We want political reforms and these reforms must have people's consultation. We want credible...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 09:06hrs | 2965 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa spends $480m on Zupco, roller meal subsidies
THE government spent $480 million on the Zupco and roller meal subsidies in the first four months of 2020, but still managed to balance its budget over the period, Treasury data shows.Governme...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 2317 | by staff reporter
Chinese miners urged to stop colonial tendencies in Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (ZDAMWU) has challenged the Chinese miners to stop colonial tendencies on local employees.This came after a Chinese man shot and injured ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:52hrs | 766 | by Stephen Jakes
The Politics of Cyber Security: A State of Anarchy?
"Man is by nature a political animal" Aristotle.The realm of electronic communication, viz-a-viz cyberspace has taken a complex turn into a murky, treacherous, if sometimes not a total ridicul...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 20:09hrs | 900 | by Bongani Mazwi Mkwananzi
Mine collapses on three artisanal miners
A mine shaft allegedly collapsed on three illegal miners at farm 161 Chesa, Mount Darwin killing one on the spot while injuring two on Wednesday.Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspect...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 17:33hrs | 975 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Radical Economic Structural Transformation (part 6 of 10)
"The sacrosanct cornerstone and golden thread upon which any successful productive economy can be built is the legal protection of private property ownership."We all know that Zimbabwe's agric...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 10:25hrs | 1652 | by Vince Musewe
Kasukuwe mourns Stella Madzimbamuto
Saviour Kasukuwere has issued a condolence message to Zimbabweans on the passing away of Stella Madzimbamuto a struggle stalwart who is known for leading a legal challenge against the racist minority ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 10:20hrs | 6114 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zimbabwe can finance own development'
ZIMBABWE has enough resources to finance its own development if the right mindsets, as well as institutional and legal frameworks, are put in place, a joint report by organisations that promote socio-...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2853 | by Staff reporter
Metallon sells gold assets to Tagwirei's Landela
MZI Khumalo's Metallon has completed the sale of Shamva Mine to Kuda Tagwirei's Landela Mining Ventures, while the sale of Mazowe Mine is expected shortly.The transaction represents a change o...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1809 | by Staff reporter
MDC official dies in mine shaft
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance's Mberengwa North constituency co-ordinating committee secretary, Trinos Chinyoka, died on Saturday after falling into an uncovered disused gold mine shaft at night. He...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
'Call all progressives to petition for ED and Chamisa GNU' - what progress, be Zanu PF in all but name
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Said the Spanish/American philosopher and essayist George Santayana. After 40 years of blundering from pillar to post and with ...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:10hrs | 3795 | by Nomusa Garikai
A new oppostion front stronger than MDC threatens ZANU PF
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that the government is aware of a new opposition front led by market manipulators which seeks to overthrow the government. In an intervie...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 22343 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Twelve Apostolic Church founder member Bishop Ndlovu dies
One of the founding members of the Twelve Apostolic Church, Bishop Zale Ndlovu (Nee Dube), who died last Thursday, has since been buried in Plumtree. She was 88. Bishop Ndlovu, who was...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
R4 million cigarette smuggling racket busted
Smuggling of cigarettes from Zimbabwe into South Africa through illegal crossing points along the Limpopo River, always a problem because of the tax differences, increased dramatically from the beginn...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Killer arrested after staging suicide
A GWANDA miner has been arrested for allegedly strangling his workmate before dumping the body on a railway line, where it was crushed by a train to conceal the murder. The matter was initiall...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:52hrs | 3985 | by Staff reporter
A very good lesson from Malawi
It is possible in theory to distinguish revolutionary parties, from those parties working within the mandate of temporal popularity. But the distinction is not always easy to make, because the same pa...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 3189 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Key concerns on the Forex auction system
The Reserve bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is cautiously yielding to free market demands for the complete liberalization of the foreign exchange market and scrapping of various consumption subsidies that were...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 4992 | by Victor Bhoroma
Plot to destabilise Zimbabwe economy exposed?
AS Government intensifies efforts to close channels that are fuelling the black market and other illicit financial activities, it has emerged that some foreign nations and individuals have been trying...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
We have no power, we are just civilians
I'm writing this to Emerson Mnangagwa, the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of Central Intelligence Officer or whatever he or she might be called.Please do no...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 23:13hrs | 2540 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40' - done a lot worse, it's madhouse
Dear Grace Kwinjeh, First of all, I would like to thank you for this insightful contribution, "Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?" in Bulawayo24."A pattern that continues to repeat i...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 20:33hrs | 3391 | by Wilbert Mukori
Soldiers up for a gold rush
TWO Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) members and their five accomplices were arrested at a roadblock after they were found in possession of 50 kilograms of gold ore.Prichard Padzuru (30) a corpora...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 3001 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe environmental law association conduct research on formalisation of artisanal miners
A local Non-Governmental Law Association, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association i s seeking to carry out a research on formalization of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:44hrs | 256 | by Stephen Jakes
Money changers and the secret of their wisdom
THE foreign currency auction announced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently appears to have started on a high note, but there is a nagging fear that those favourable comments by observers may have...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 5706 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Open letter to RBZ governor Mangudya
Dear Governor,I hope I find you well and in good spirits in your office on Samora Machel Avenue, Harare.My last article, Arresting Inflation in Zimbabwe, a couple of weeks back drew brickb...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:07hrs | 5115 | by Bart Star-James
MATTER OF FACT: Matopo local leadership blocks eviction of local miner
IN our edition of June 19 2020, we published a story headlined, Matopo local leadership blocks eviction of local miner, where Bulawayo businesswoman Siphiwe GatshaDube claimed that she was being force...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:04hrs | 378 | by Editor
Machete gangs resurface
ARMED robbery cases involving machete-wielding gangs have resurfaced in Matabeleland South province, invoking memories of terror-filled moments linked to the thugs that traumatised communities....Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:01hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 171 | by Bishop Lazarus
'US$1 billion to back Zimbabwe forex auction'
Local banks have $1 billion in foreign currency accounts (FCAs) while the country has healthy inflows to sustain the newly introduced forex auction system that replaced the interbank with effect from ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Wild partying as Tagwirei takes over gold mine
Workers are said to have gone into wild partying and drinking at Sabi Gold Mine in Zvishavane three weeks ago after Kudakwashe Tagwirei rated as one of the country's richest persons took over the mine...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:18hrs | 13128 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the Minister of Local Govt and Rural and Urban Development Hon. July Moyo
As concerned citizens, it is our belief that Local Government refers to the establishment of participatory and democratically elected structures that can identify with the needs of people at grassroot...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:47hrs | 1824 | by Concerned citizens of Bubi Rural District
Gwanda miners 'arrest' suspected robbers
SMALL-SCALE gold miners in Gwanda have arrested suspected robbers who attacked Muzenda Mine near Coleen Bawn, 20km south of the Matabeleland South provincial capital.The suspected robbers, tra...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Malaba's lawyers dress code directive reversed
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has withdrawn Practice Direction (PD) 6 of 2020 banning tight-fitting, body-hugging and colourful attire for legal practitioners appearing before the Magistrates Courts. ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
'Join protest demanding legitimate state' Chamisa called – he gave away legitimacy, wandering Jew
In Christian legend the wandering Jew is a character doomed to live until the end of the world because he taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion. He is doomed to wander, looking for something he ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 23:26hrs | 6204 | by Nomusa Garikai
How RBZ, govt sabotaged plans to restore Zimdollar
UNITED States $75 allowances and allowing retailers to trade in forex show a government shifting into reverse gear, possibly ditching two years' worth of policy steps to end dollarisation.The ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 6349 | by Staff reporter
What is the Japanese IR Casino Bill
Across the planet, the growth of the online casino business has brought gambling to the forefront of political, economic and social conversation once more.Whilst some nations have fully embrac...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:59hrs | 265 | by Staff writer
Pessimism grips forex platform
Business wants more "transparency more than promises" on the foreign currency auction system for the platform to succeed as the parallel market continued unabated yesterday, a day after monetary autho...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:36hrs | 2180 | by Staff reporter
MDC bulls have locked horns, they will fight to death - no glory for either much less for nation, 'Shaisano!'
Now that the MDC bulls have locked horns, there is no stopping the fight! There is death for both bulls, no glory! "Shaisano!" as one would say in Shona. Ever since the Supreme Court jud...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 13:10hrs | 2079 | by Wilbert Mukori
The latest live scor soccer of the German Bundesliga
The German Bundesliga is gradually coming to an end. Soon the fans will know the distribution of places in the standings. It's worth watching all live scor soccer res...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 13:10hrs | 544 | by Staff writer
Gambling in Middle East - 5 facts you didn't know
Even though the Quran forbids gambling in the Muslim world, the entire Middle East and North African region have become more flexible about casinos over the years. The industry is still highly regulat...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 11:49hrs | 938 | by Staff writer
US$1 million gold theft: Judge revokes bail
HIGH Court judge Justice Thompson Mabhikwa has revoked bail for eight suspects allegedly involved in the theft of nearly US$1 million worth of gold at Plumtree Police Station after being infuriated by...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 07:09hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
CBZ dismisses gold buying license reports
CBZ Bank has dismissed as false reports that the financial institution has been awarded a gold-buying licence by the Government.Some sections of the media had claimed that CBZ was now buying g...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 19:31hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar trades at 57.36 to the US dollar
THE official exchange rate of the US dollar is now 57.36 following the implementation of the market-based auction system. 92 bids were received with the lowest bid being 25.50 and the highest bid bein...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 18:13hrs | 1914 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa defends Kuda Tagwirei
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswea has defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's adviser and Zanu PF benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei after reports that he could soon become Zimbabwe's biggest gold...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 16:22hrs | 3532 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Landela and CBZ get green-light to buy gold
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's adviser and Zanu-PF benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei could soon become Zimbabwe's biggest gold buyer after getting a special permit from Fidelity Printers and Refiners....Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:58hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
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