Search / Growing
Mnangagwa buys massive beachfront villa in Dubai?
BERLIN - Spendthrift President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has reportedly bought an exquisite massive beachfront villa in Dubai, where he intends to retire or alternatively use the opulent property as an exil...Published: 16 hrs ago | 22187 | by Itai Mushekwe
MaShurugwi terror grips Zimbabwe's gold rich areas
Takesure Choga considers himself lucky to be alive after he was abducted by thugs driving an unregistered car, who stripped him naked and dumped him in a bush in Kwekwe.Choga, a human rights a...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:52hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
God is not like Job Sikhala's tailor
Nostalgia is quite climactic, and there is nothing as pleasurable as going down memory lane.When Bishop Lazi was having a haircut last week, he could not help but think how life was so fashion...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:40hrs | 178 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabweans in the UK top the cruelty bar against their own
You might think that slavery is something you only read about in history books. Unfortunately, the sad and shocking truth is that slavery exists today both in our country and around the world. It is k...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 23:07hrs | 24679 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Acie Lumumba endorses Saviour Kasukuwere for President?
Self-styled Communications strategist William Gerald Mutumanje has posted a tweet suggesting that he is throwing his weight behind the exiled former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere to take over as...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 09:11hrs | 12768 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The retrogressive nature of Zimbabwe's power politics: 2008-2018
This article seeks to highlight the bad side of power politics drawing examples from two major political parties namely the Zimbabwe African National Union for Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) and the Moveme...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1292 | by Tatenda freeman Murenjekwa
UK think tank sees Zimdollar firming
The Zimbabwe dollar is expected to largely stabilise next year before it starts firming against the US dollar on the back of growing confidence in the domestic currency.The local currency woul...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 19:02hrs | 4340 | by Staff reporter
'Banks should focus on savings deposits'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) deputy governor Jesimen Chipika has urged banks to focus on savings deposits in order to enhance financial support to the productive sectors.Productive sectors o...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:05hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa encourages industries to export 20% of their produce
President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) yesterday urged companies and producers to export 20% of their produce to the foreign markets, but retain 80% for local markets.Mnangagwa made the remar...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:05hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-dollarisation impacts on the banking sector
COUNTRIES forced into dollarisation usually find it impossible to de-dollarise and Zimbabwe's mid-year efforts to do so adds another country to the long list of those that tried and failed.Gov...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:29hrs | 207 | by Tony Hawkins
Ramp up domestic productivity, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday officially launched the Zimbabwe National Trade Policy and the National Export Strategy Policy aimed at rejuvenating domestic production towards export-led economic growt...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 04:00hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Who is behind the spate of activist abductions in Zimbabwe?
Since the beginning of the year, some 50 people, mainly government detractors, have been abducted and tortured in Zimbabwe, but it is not easy to say who could be behind these heinous crimes.T...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 20:51hrs | 248 | by Cyril Zenda
Jean Gasho: I am sorry!
Dear Jean,When I read your reply letter of 16th October, a reply to my article about you regarding your polygamous life, I confess that this time around I was not dismayed or disappointed with you...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:45hrs | 43 | by Nomazulu Thata
Tree planting is everyone's child
If you have cut more trees than you have planted then feel guilty, trees are life. The countryside is almost 'naked', forests are no more as wanton tree cutting has become endemic. Who shall s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:43hrs | 13 | by Tondo Murisa.
Mthuli Ncube now taxes villagers
The Zimbabwean government has put into force a livestock levy. This levy will tax any livestock products of livestock, this includes milk, eggs and mazondo. The levying of the livestock will put to te...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 37 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabweans bused to vote for Frelimo in Mozambique?
Calls for calm and warnings against voter intimidation marked a closely watched election day in Mozambique on Tuesday that is crucial in consolidating a wary peace in the southern African nation of ne...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 919 | by AP
Pushing for a green economy & clean energy
Africa is grappling with myriad environmental and climate challenges, from drought to loss of biodiversity, cyclones and plastics pollution. Africa Renewal's Zipporah Musau spoke with the United Natio...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:27hrs | 1585 | by Zipporah Musau
Mnangagwa told to resign
National Patriotic Front Spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise for the ritual killings happening in the country caused by a group of people called Ma...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2367 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa and the demon of patriarchy
In the past few weeks – ironically as late as last Friday – Zimbabwe's restive but graphically acerbic social media has been abuzz with one subject – the seemingly endangered righ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 10:54hrs | 2882 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 769 | by Tony Hawkins
All bark, no bite: The case of Zacc
THE November 2017 coup brought new dreams and hopes among the citizens, many who believed the new regime would knock corruption off very high perch. However, after ad infinitum calls against the corru...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 271 | by Cliff Chiduku
Ignorance, prejudice doom intersex children
HUMANS do not occur strictly as either just male or female. There are many variants to the boy-girl dichotomy.Ignorance and deep prejudice are denying such persons – intersex individual...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:22hrs | 147 | by Norma Tsopo
Unlocking Zimbabwe's dead capital
Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe' economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:18hrs | 548 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zanu-PF bigwigs fight Mnangagwa over talks
Outspoken Zanu-PF youth league national political commissar, Godfrey Tsenengamu, has accused unnamed party bigwigs of working to derail President Emmerson Mnangagwa and stopping him from engaging in m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 11495 | by Staff rpeorter
Jean Gasho: Do you realize you are in an abusive marriage in Ghana? Come home!
Late yesterday evening I got WhatsApp from a friend who lives in Belgium. She had an article to share with me. This time around it was article from Jean Gasho extracted from her blog? I got another on...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 23:23hrs | 1292 | by Nomazulu Thata
The Zimbabwean Cyber Crime Bill, a good way forward
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet passed the long awaited Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in what they say is an effort to "protect the country's cyber space...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 23:03hrs | 334 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Internet Counseling: Is it a Good Alternative for Africa?
The Internet has and continues to revolutionize different sectors, mental health included. Today, internet counseling has become a popular option in the US,...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 16:29hrs | 220 | by Staff writer
Harare's disgraceful water can be clean
Greater Harare's water supply is probably the worst managed and the most unfairly distributed in Zimbabwe; yet even in a severe drought, it should be possible to provide every household and every busi...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
RBZ clarifies position on forex withdrawals
THE withdrawal of individual free funds remains permissible in hard currency and the funds can be retained in Foreign Currency Accounts (FCA) indefinitely as rules have not changed, the Reserve Bank o...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:27hrs | 1587 | by Staff reporter
Kombis the new Zupco
Government has opened the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise to commuter omnibus operators in a move likely to increase convenience for urban commuters. Officials from Zupco a...Published: 12 Oct 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Harare water crisis case dismissed
HIGH Court judge Justice Owen Tagu has dismissed as not urgent, a chamber application that was filed by Community Water Alliance Trust (CWAT) seeking an order to compel President Emmerson Mnangagwa an...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:21hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
EU pushes for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
The European Union (EU) is ramping up pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold much-needed talks with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. This comes as Mnangagwa is battling to put back ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:53hrs | 2536 | by Staff reporter
Impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, region
Sanctions have led to the drying up of traditional sources of external finance from the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with the country receiving no support from the African Development ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 110 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to ride on AfCFTA opportunities
Foreign Affairs ministry secretary James Manzou has told Parliament that Zimbabwe is geared to take advantage of the opportunities to be brought about by the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFT...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:49hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli tables ambitious revenue collection figures
TREASURY has tabled an ambitious $14 billion revenue collection target by year 2019, despite only collecting a paltry 35% of that figure in the first half of the year.Revenue collections for t...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:45hrs | 2373 | by Staff reporter
South Africa takes over at BAT Zimbabwe
British American Tobacco Zimbabwe (BATZ) has appointed South African Kimesh Naidoo as its new managing director.Naidoo takes over from Clara Mlambo who stepped down this year to join a regiona...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1851 | by Staff reporter
Local firms seek to partner UK companies
SOME local companies are reportedly negotiating distributor arrangements with United Kingdom (UK) firms and have identified business partners who will provide machinery for value-adding their products...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Cyber Crime Bill gets the nod
Cabinet yesterday approved the Cyber Crime, Security and Data Protection Bill which seeks to combat cyber crimes and enhance security in the wake of rampant abuse of the platform. The Bill, wh...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Bhasikiti quits politics
CONTROVERSIAL politician and former Minister of State for Masvingo provincial affairs Mr Kudakwashe Bhasikiti says he has decided to quit politics and focus on agriculture at his Moriah Farm in Mwenez...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 18:08hrs | 2861 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Nepotism and tribalism
Early this week Zimbabweans woke up to some very disturbing news – the nepotism which is rife at Town House as some MDC members of the Harare City Council are using their positions as councillo...Published: 08 Oct 2019 at 13:06hrs | 978 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Minister, Zanu PF MP nearly trade blows
Zanu PF's Mashonaland Central provincial chairman Kazembe Kazembe and Bindura North lawmaker Kenneth Shupikai Musanhi nearly came to blows on Saturday after trading sabotage accusations during an inqu...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 21:53hrs | 4480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean launches first ever African-made car
Mr.Tatenda Mungofa is on the verge of making history as him and his colleagues are about to launch the first ever African-made car the Mureza Prim8.The Mureza hub is situated in Kempton Park, ...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 17:01hrs | 44369 | by Daniel Itai
NetOne back-to-basics strategy pays off
NETONE CEO Lazarus Muchenje believes the state-owned mobile phone operator is on the road to recovery because of a back-to-basics strategy.Muchenje (LM) told Alpha Media Holdings chairman Trev...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:38hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Forex shortages derail Paramount Garments
LEADING textile firm, Paramount Garments' exports have dropped by 14 percent while prospects of growing its Bulawayo clothing manufacturing unit, Archer Clothing Manufacturers are in limbo due to adve...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:17hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Busting the myth of an 'upper middle income' Utopia in Zimbabwe
Ever since the November 2017 military coup, in which then iron-fisted late Zimbabwe leader Robert Gabriel Mugabe was toppled, his predecessor Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has ridden on the mantra of ta...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 18:16hrs | 299 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
24 suburbs on 48hr water shutdown
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday effected a 48-hour water shutdown affecting 24 suburbs mostly in the western areas to stabilise water supply at one of its reservoirs that has fallen to critical ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:52hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi tells councils to overhaul water, reticulation systems
VICE PRESIDENT Kembo Mohadi has urged municipalities to overhaul their water and sewer reticulation systems in line with their growing populations. Speaking in an interview yesterday after a c...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:48hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Makhabane to headline 5th Gwanda Gospel Show
Gwanda town comes alive this Friday when the crème de le crème of gospel music in Zimbabwe and South Africa descend on the Matabeleland South provincial capital for the fifth edition of the Gwan...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 12:31hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tries the Kagame way
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to emulate his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame's economic development model, which blends authoritarian practices and homegrown solutions with international best...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 2115 | by Staff reporter
China - Zimbabwe's 40-year relations
ON May 15 1981, former president Robert Mugabe - then Zimbabwe's prime minister - held a meeting with legendary Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Beijing, China, which could have changed Zimbabwe's cour...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:54hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
