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Police cause mayhem
Police in Chinhoyi clashed with artisanal miners at Eldorado gold mine last week leaving a trail of destruction and injuring women and children in the process.The police spent the better part ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 908 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must have own currency, says Mukupe
ZIMBABWE should introduce its own currency that will be backed by commodities to deal with the prevailing cash crunch, a Minister has said.Addressing delegates at the Chief Executive Officer (...Published: 17 hrs ago | 459 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe targets $65bn GDP by 2028
Zimbabwe is targeting to reach Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$65 billion by 2028 on the back of wholesale improvements in investment.Foreign investor interest in Zimbabwe has also grown ma...Published: 17 hrs ago | 118 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must avoid the Rehoboamian syndrome
THE personal conduct, including manner of speech, wisdom and intellectual capacity, as well as leadership style of political leaders, in particular public figures, are always subject to scrutiny....Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 15:05hrs | 4428 | by Willard Chinhara
Man 'axed', thrown in disused mine
A MAN was killed and his body dumped in a disused mine in Silobela.The body of the man identified as Bukhosi Dube was discovered with a deformed face in the pit by passersby who spotted a trai...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 07:23hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo man trapped in collapsed mine shaft
A Bulawayo man has reportedly been trapped for three days under a collapsed gold mining shaft at Stories farm in Mazowe.Sources familiar with the incident allege Mududuzi Sithole from Nkayi has be...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 21:59hrs | 1093 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Why Zimbabweans should not vote for ED Mnangagwa
Zimbabweans have suffered a lot for the past 38 years with nothing tangible to show. Some say it was all because of Robert Mugabe while feeling sorry or empathising with ED Mnangagwa. I have no good w...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 10:19hrs | 3020 | by Tendai Mazenge
Who is the enemy here?
If you are a serious-minded Zimbabwean you obviously always take stock of your life and I know it's not pleasing unless you are in the gravy train. Probably 90% of the people of Zimbabwe are not in th...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1651 | by Clement Moyo
Nomination Court sits today
The Nomination Court will today sit across selected venues in the country's 10 provinces to accept names of presidential, parliamentary and council candidates for the forthcoming watershed national el...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:55hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Mhofu set for restore legacy at Dembare
SUNDAY "Mhofu" Chidzambwa is reportedly set for a sensational return to the Dynamos technical bench, in a set-up that would also include former Highlanders coach Rahman Gumbo as assistant coach....Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:52hrs | 3085 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu to lose Umguza plots
HOME Affairs minister and Zanu-PF administration secretary, Obert Mpofu, faces eviction from his rented plots at Umguza Farm after Parliament ordered the property owner - Agricultural and Rural Develo...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:49hrs | 2638 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to host CEO Africa Roundtable indaba
MORE than 50 business executives from companies in Bulawayo will tomorrow converge in the city for a roundtable meeting to discuss financial market distortions and prospects of currency reform....Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:31hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages frustrate industry revival
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) Matabeleland Chapter says foreign currency shortages facing the country continue to derail efforts to resuscitate industries in Bulawayo.Once the...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:28hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe factions resolve name and symbol impasse
THE MDC-T faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa will field its candidates in the forthcoming elections under the MDC Alliance name while the rival faction led by Dr Thokozani Khupe will stick with MDC-T....Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:27hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
Who is the enemy here?
If you are a serious minded Zimbabwean you obviously always take stock of your life and I know it's not pleasing unless you are in the gravy train. Probably 90% of the people of Zimbabwe are not in th...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:18hrs | 1641 | by Clement Moyo
Zanu-PF must desist from violence
THE alleged abduction and murder of a two-year-old child by suspected Zanu-PF activists following his father Rambai Lumbe's defection to the opposition National People's Party (NPP) where he is the Ma...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 09:00hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Koffi Olomide returns to Zimbabwe
After being teased by Fally Ipupa last month, local rhumba music lovers will be in for the real deal in August when another Congolese soukous singer - Koffi Olomide returns to Zimbabwe for a show in t...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:50hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Economic growth under our noses: ED is taking us in the right direction
Facts are rigid things. They stick and are very hard to delete or wipe out. No amount of debating or distorting can undermine pure hard facts. That is why it is so important to look...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 18:51hrs | 1157 | by Mike, Harare
Mnangagwa's backyard rocked by violence
Three people are feared dead after violent clashes rocked Kwekwe's Mbizo suburb on Friday with the opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) claiming that its supporters were being targeted by machete...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 18:05hrs | 5149 | by Staff reporter
Quick reforms pushing Zimbabwe's GDP
Economists and captains of the industry have attributed the country's openness to do business as the major factor in increasing the country's Gross Domestic Product.This comes after the World ...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:22hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Sables coach's moment of truth
OVER the course of his storied coaching career, that stretches over two decades, Sables coach Peter de Villiers has been called many things.Charismatic, seasoned, pioneer, wordsmith not to men...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:19hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex receipts up to $2.8bn
Zimbabwe's economy has made a remarkable upswing since the beginning of year, with foreign currency receipts rising to $2,8 billion in the first five months of the year from the same period a year ago...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 09:15hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Gold output hits 10 tonnes
GOLD production continues to surge in the country after hitting 10,1 tonnes in the first four months of the year, which is already higher than the 9,9 tonnes achieved in the first half of last year....Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:32hrs | 396 | by Staff Reporter
Fatal shebeen machete attack, 2 killed, 3 injured
TWO gold panners died while two others are battling for life at Kwekwe District Hospital after more than a dozen machete-wielding men attacked them at a shebeen at Mbizo 15 suburb in Kwekwe.Th...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:44hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
I am sorry Mr Chamisa, but my vote isn't yours
To begin with, I must applaud the MDC Alliance for coming up with a splendid document.It does take some effort and concern and obviously all the issues at the heart of the Zimbabwean are hard ...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1102 | by Radar
Presidential nomination court venue declared
The Presidential Nomination Court will sit on the 14th of June in Court A at the High Court of Zimbabwe Building in Harare at 10:00am, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has announced.Venues fo...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 11:56hrs | 2174 | by A Mhlongo
Zimbabwe is open for business paying dividends
At the turn of the century, Zimbabwe's economy was starting to decline. This was characterised by dwindling lines of credit, low investor confidence and negative marketing of the country by detractors...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 10:57hrs | 1472 | by Elijah Chihota
Man found dead near hotel
A PUBLIC transport operator who was on Tuesday morning found dead along Jeff Road near the Golden Peacock Villa Hotel was not murdered but died of heart failure.Police this week cleared the ai...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:08hrs | 811 | by Staff rpeorter
'There will always be corrupt leaders,' argue Maphosa - compare bruise to severed head, detail matters
There are many, many reasons why Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess. One of those reasons has to be our, we the people, failure to appreciate the importance detail resulting in us making ...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 19:03hrs | 1554 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe diasporans told to invest back home
ZIMBABWEANS living in the diaspora should invest back home and be part of the country's transformation process, a top industrialist has said.Donovan Chimhandamba, chairman of the Diaspora Infr...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 09:25hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi: The axe may forget but the tree remembers
I ALMOST threw up in my mouth recently when I read that Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) secretary general, Victor Matemadanda had said former President Robert Mugabe wa...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:30hrs | 878 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa hails Mashonaland West
Mashonaland West is a very important province in Zimbabwe as it provides the country with abundant economic opportunities in agriculture and mining, President Mnangagwa said recently.In his ad...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:09hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mukupe blame makorokoza for cash shortages
Revelation of where our cash is and what's feasible in terms of infrastructure investments. Nyadire Teachers College Public lecture....Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 16:57hrs | 2633 | by facebook
Peter de Villiers prepares Zim for World Cup challenge
Zimbabwe, under the guidance of former Springbok coach Peter de Villiers, are preparing to continue their 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifying campaign.The Rugby Africa Gold Cup will take place in ...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:25hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-graft court to deal with Chidhakwa, Gudyanga case
THE alleged corruption case involving former Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa and his former permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga will now be dealt with at the recently opened An...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bullet trains are but an escape from implementing reforms and 'povo's opium for false hope for millennia'
Do not get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with Nelson Chamisa's 800 km/hour bullet trains (faster than the current world record holder 431km/hour maglev train), spaghetti junction at every growth-po...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 17:11hrs | 1511 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mnangagwa made sure I was removed from Zanu-PF party structures'
FORMER Kwekwe Central legislator Masango Matambanadzo - affectionately known in Kwekwe and national political circles as "Blackman" partly due to his dark complexion - has opened up to The Standard on...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 20:17hrs | 5442 | by Staff reporyer
Why Mnangagwa won't prosecute Kasukuwere for graft
A week before the military intervention that toppled ex-president Robert Mugabe in mid-November last year, Saviour Kasukuwere was addressing a Zanu-PF crowd in Harare, and yelled: "Down with Emmerson ...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 19:46hrs | 1835 | by Tawanda Majoni
A sad reminder that nothing has changed: Bulawayo-Harare highway
Under a gigantic Zanu-PF colourful election campaign billboard covered with the image of a half-smiling president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is a small stall manned by a middle-aged vendor selli...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:13hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns Plumtree luminary Sibanda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence following the death of a Plumtree luminary Mr Rabson Sibanda who passed away on Monday after being ill for some time.Mr Sibanda (8...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:11hrs | 792 | by Staff reporter
JR Goddard opens up on lithium contract
BULAWAYO businessman Mr Jim Ross Goddard says his company will deliver the best service and render investment value after it won an earth-moving contract running into millions of dollars from Prospect...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:07hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa not only looking East
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe is not just looking East but open for investors from all parts of the world.Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at-PFupajena Stadium in Chegut...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 16:29hrs | 389 | by Staf reporter
Male netball league formed
IN a bid to promote participation and playing of netball by men in the country, a new Zimbabwe Male Netball Association national executive has been formed.The six member committee is headed by...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:46hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Cash shortages to ease in coming months, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa says cash shortages are set to ease in the coming months on the back of increased investment inflows and targeted economic interventions. These include reforms in the minin...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:38hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
5 key economic policy matters that will trigger economic stability & growth in Zimbabwe
Over and above the need for political stability and sound macroeconomic management policies, business confidence is the single biggest determinant of economic growth in any country. Economics is a soc...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:45hrs | 1153 | by Martin Majaji
RBZ secures $1,19 billion worth of liquidity facilities
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya said the bank now has $1,19 billion worth of liquidity facilities from various foreign institutions, as it seeks a solution to foreign curren...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:23hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
6 Zimbabwe soldiers arrested for robbery
SIX members of the Zimbabwe National Army from Kwekwe have been arrested for allegedly robbing a Shurugwi mine of 700kg of gold ore worth more than $13 000 at gunpoint.Reality Mazanga (21), Gi...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 09:14hrs | 924 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Zimbabwe's mining sector illicit financial flows
Soon after his inauguration the President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that he has a list of individuals and corporates that has been externalizing money and assets and granted them a thre...Published: 31 May 2018 at 12:00hrs | 1806 | by Davison Kaiyo
Mahachi's Pirates deal confirmed
Golden Arrows head coach, Clinton Larsen has confirmed the worst kept secret in the Absa Premiership that Kudakwashe Mahachi has completed a move to Orlando Pirates.Larsen confirmed that the Z...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:14hrs | 905 | by Sportswatch
Gold panners jailed 25yrs for gruesome murder
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi has said the courts are tired of the surge in gruesome murder cases perpetrated by gold panners who do not show remorse or respect for the sanctity ...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
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