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Mugabe's children salutes Mnangagwa's govt
The late former President Robert Mugabe's children, Mrs Bona Mugabe-Chikore and Mr Robert Mugabe (Junior), yesterday saluted the Government and everyone who has stood with them in their time of mourni...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1741 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa $720k richer as Mnangagwa's treasury releases $3.4 million to MDC
TREASURY has released $3,4 million to the opposition MDC under the Political Parties Finance Act.The money was released two weeks ago following months of bickering, with the opposition party a...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:37hrs | 10765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt panics over Magombeyi abduction
GOVERNMENT has struck the panic baton, going all out to issue multiple statements on the Saturday abduction of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association acting president Peter Magombeyi.Magombeyi ...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:33hrs | 2148 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt to present human rights report to UN, AU for review
ZIMBABWE has made significant strides in promoting and protecting the human rights of citizens since 2007 in line with international agreements and is due to present reports to world and continental b...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:56hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Abductions aimed to tarnish Mnangagwa govt image
FOREIGN AFFAIRS minister Sibusiso Moyo says ongoing abductions on government critics were well calculated to coincide with impending visits by high profile officials from world bodies or international...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 208 | by newzimbabwe
Govt pisses on the graves over Mugabe
I was recently at the Harare Provincial Heroes Acre to put flowers on the grave of one of my relatives and what I saw shocked me. There was a half drunk middle aged gentleman casually urinating on the...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 12:24hrs | 4246 | by Zororo Shumba
Zimbabwe govt expenditure problem
The Zimbabwe Government has a constitution which should control expenditure to avoid haphazard uses of funds, treasury instructions for accounting purposes and the auditor general for checks and balan...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:39hrs | 748 | by Clemen Moyo ka Mangena
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in court over govt loans
HARARE North legislator Allan Norman Markham (MDC Alliance) has approached the High Court seeking an order to nullify a loan agreement entered between the Finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:04hrs | 3742 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP sues Mthuli Ncube
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has been taken court by Harare North legislator Allan Norman Markham over his alleged failure to disclose to parliament how over $6 million worth of loans awarded to Zimb...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe family rejects Mnangagwa govt burial plans
THE family of Robert Mugabe has said he will be buried in his home town in private, in an apparent snub to the government, which wants to inter him at a national monument.Leo Mugabe, a nephew ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:48hrs | 477 | by The Guardian
Turning around Zimbabwe's economy will require more than technocratic approaches
TURNING around Zimbabwe's economic fortunes will require more than technocratic approaches and government should urgently create platforms for an inclusive and sustained dialogue, says a new report by...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 21:54hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
'Govt rhetoric worsening Zimbabwe economic situation'
TURNING around Zimbabwe's economic fortunes will require more than technocratic approaches and government should urgently create platforms for an inclusive and sustained dialogue, says a new report by...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:25hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Govt secures number plates
Government is set to receive 20 000 number plates for trucks and trailers at the end of the month, while other plates which are not for public service vehicles are now available, Government has said. ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt should improve primary health care: Cross
FORMER MDC MP Eddie Cross, has called on government to roll out primary health care facilities in remote areas and ensure they are within walking distance to reduce preventable deaths.Cross ma...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:41hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe crisis: Time for second govt of national unity?
ZIMBABWE is going through its worst socio-economic and political crisis in two decades. Crippling daily power outages of up to 18 hours and erratic supply of clean water are just some of the most obvi...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 12:41hrs | 804 | by Tapiwa Chagonda
British govt insists on reforms for support
THE British government this week insisted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa must bring to book perpetrators of human rights violations, as well as implement substantive political and economic reforms ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt condemns violent SA attacks
Government has condemned flaring attacks on citizens from other African countries in South Africa which have so far left five people dead, shops looted and property burnt down. Botswana,...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Govt keen to set up electric vehicles infrastructure
GOVERNMENT is exploring avenues of accommodating electric vehicles (EVs) in the country by setting up the requisite charging infrastructure, which is the backbone of the innovation.This follow...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:43hrs | 434 | by Staff reporter
Government addresses doctors' grievances
THE Health Service Board (HSB) has said Treasury has agreed to adjust the cost of living allowances and provide health specific allowances to end the countrywide doctors' strike that started yesterday...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 08:29hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Doctors to strike on Tuesday
Doctors at public hospitals will go on strike on Tuesday after they rejected a government offer of a 60 percent salary increase.The doctors have given an ultimatum to the government demanding ...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1682 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's govt to issue 40 community radio licences, claims Mangwana
Government has started working on licensing 40 community radio stations countrywide as it steps up efforts to achieve total broadcasting coverage, an official has said. Secretary for Informati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:41hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
War vets Children demand more from Mnangagwa's govt
While the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA) is making huge demands from the government, their children are right behind making demands of their own saying they deserve spec...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:55hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Government releases $46m for water projects
TREASURY has released $46 million to the District Development Fund (DDF) to help drill 600 boreholes that will provide clean water for consumption and irrigation, especially in the country's eight rur...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:46hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC vows more govt pressure
THE MDC has vowed to maintain its pressure on the Zanu-PF led government at a time the party has seen narrowing options in repeated bans on party demonstrations and a regional bloc that stood firmly b...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:45hrs | 159 | by newzimbabwe
Government introduce artisanal miners ID cards
THE country's sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) will soon issue out formalisation cards to artisanal miners to enable them to deliver gold at its centres as it moves to ensure effe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:39hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Govt to control school fees increases
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima has allayed fears of a possible fee hike following a spate of price increases after the government scrapped off official use of the United States d...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:49hrs | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns overcharging pharmacies
Government has warned pharmacies that are overcharging clients or selling medicines in United States dollars that they risk losing their operating licences. Unscrupulous pharmacies are overcha...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | 601 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt sweats over new MDC demos
Jittery authorities are sweating over fresh anti-government protests that have been threatened by the opposition, with Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema, claiming that MDC and labour unions want to t...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 9019 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt pay offer divides civil servants
SHARP divisions have emerged within the civil service following the decision by the Apex Council to accept a paltry 76% pay hike from their employer at a time the workers wanted an over 400% pay hike....Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3217 | by Staff reporter
Ignore protests & focus on recovery Govt urges nation
The Government has called on Zimbabweans to shun violent demonstrations by the MDC Alliance planned for today and tomorrow saying the country was on a recovery path and should not be derailed by chaos...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Govt shoots down Amnesty International
Government has shot down London-based non-governmental organisation, Amnesty International's inaccurate and highly-policitised reports over recent illegal demonstrations called by Zimbabwe's oppositio...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Family demands $900,000 for anti-govt protester's death
A MARONDERA woman, Erenia Guwa, whose husband was fatally shot by members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) during the January 2019 demonstration, has approached the High Court, demanding compensa...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:49hrs | 2084 | by Staff reporter
Govt reviews 60 IPP licences
GOVERNMENT has ordered the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) to review licences of 59 independent power producers after they failed to commence operations within a reasonable period. ...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 06:53hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to put price control measures: ZIMTA
Civil servants have pleaded with Government to set a control framework that safeguards the value of salaries following the latest adjustments.Government has tabled a 76 percent salary adjustme...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:48hrs | 529 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt censures EU ambassadors
THE Government duly takes exception and offence in instances where accredited diplomatic personnel dabble in "opposition politics in Zimbabwe", Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibu...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:49hrs | 1771 | by Staff reporter
Banana's wife gets new wheels from Mnangagwa's govt
WIDOW to former Zimbabwean President Canaan Sodindo Banana, Mrs Janet Madade Banana has received a brand new Ford Everest car from Government as part of her benefits.The Government early in th...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:45hrs | 5980 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt assaults and arrests human rights lawyer
Dear Editor, The president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa is drifting drastically from what he promised to do in his new dispensation. There's need for him to urgently address reforms and let ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 677 | by Esther Munyira
Zimbabwe-Iran scholarship goes 19 months without stipend from govt
To the minister responsible for students on govt scholarships We were awarded Government Sponsored Scholarships to study in various Engineering disciplines in the Islamic Republic State of Ira...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 344 | by Student
US ambassador dodges Mnangagwa govt
United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols flew to Washington this week amid reports that he evaded reprimand by Zimbabwean authorities over his role in MDC-Alliance's illegal demonstrations l...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 2170 | by Staff reporter
Government gains $375 million
Government's computerisation programme in the transport sector has yielded significant gains through increased revenue with at least $375 million being realised over the past five years since the prog...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Repression and dialogue in Zimbabwe: twin strategies that aren't working
Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy of coercion and dialogue has hit a series of hurdles. These include the continued opposition by the MDC and on-going scepticism of ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:50hrs | 914 | by Brian Raftopoulos
Mnangagwa's govt must address economic fundamentals
As prices of basic commodities continue to skyrocket amid indications that a family of six now requires at least $1 684 to be able to survive through just one month, there is need for stakeholders —...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 237 | by Editorial - Newsday
Govt to guarantee 99-year leases
GOVERNMENT is looking at offering full and partial guarantee to banks for the acceptance of the 99-year lease when farmers access funding this season, as negotiations with the financial institutions t...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt frightened to the core, says Coltart
Lawyer and MDC top politician David Coltart has taken a dig at President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying his use of brute force to crush dissent was a clear sign that his government is frightened by the new...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 3468 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party's ex-workers eye MDC's govt grant
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has been taken to the High Court by five former employees have approached the court seeking an order to garnish the political party's grant from the Finance ministry in a bi...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt slams EU's 'intrusive attitude'
Government has hit back at Western countries' "intrusive and judgmental attitude" after they issued a statement that appeared to condone violent behaviour by the Zimbabwean opposition while condemning...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt defends police position on MDC Chamisa's demos
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is an independent arm of the State which exercised its discretion upon assessing the security situation in the country before it issued a prohibition order against the MDC...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 07:36hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Govt hires 19 doctors
Government has absorbed the 19 junior doctors who recently completed their studies, but failed to get internship, Health and Child Care Minister Dr Obadiah Moyo has said. In an interview with ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:04hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
Govt floats $60m Treasury Bills
GOVERNMENT has floated Treasury Bills (TBs) valued at ZWL$60 million, the second auction in a month geared towards financing various programmes.In a communique yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Z...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 08:00hrs | 640 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt under siege over killings
TWO survivors of the August 1, 2018 military shootings, which claimed six lives in the aftermath of last year's highly controversial general election, have dragged government to court, seeking close t...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:56hrs | 1432 | by Staff reporter
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