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Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing
Zimbabwe's frosty relations with Western powers are thawing, despite tensions caused by a brutal repression of protests, the country's foreign minister says.Since the military-backed ouster of...Published: 6 hrs ago | 186 | by AFP
Zimbabweans now living in extreme poverty as economy declines
With Zimbabwe's economy all but confirmed to contract by at least 8% in the year 2019, households are feeling the heat as poverty levels surge at alarming levels. Zimbabwe's last recession cycle occur...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1191 | by Victor Bhoroma
Businesses fighting Mnangagwa, says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF has said it has had enough with businesses who are hiking prices on daily basis saying they are forcing their hand to adopt price control mechanisms which was not President Mnangagwa's desire....Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hikes interest rate to 70% to help plummeting currency
Zimbabwe's central bank raised its main interest rate to 70% to stabilize a plummeting currency and rein in surging inflation.The decision is the first by the southern African nation's Monetar...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 22:02hrs | 2741 | by Bloomberg
Open Letter to the soul of R.G. Mugabe (currently in the purgatory)
Dear Comrade RG, I know that you are currently in the purgatory while waiting for your verdict from the almighty. There is no doubt that you are in great fear and shivering. Your chances of go...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 11:58hrs | 3060 | by Don Chigumba
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1541 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Bread price up 28,57%
Bakers yesterday hiked the price of bread for the fifth time this year by 28,57% from $7 to $9 for a standard loaf, adding pressure on citizens grappling with poor earnings.The price of bread ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 21:00hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Justice Ministry hikes tariffs
THE Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has increased tariffs by over 150 percent a development that has resulted in marriage licence costing Z$100 and a liquor licence application fe...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 20:57hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
'Bread to cost $30 in December'
Zimbabweans must brace for a dark Christmas as the price of commodities co0ntinue to sky rocket yet the salaries remain the same. MDC Secretary General Charlton Hwende took to Twitter to lamen...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1676 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC led council hikes water costs by 900%
Harare City Council has torched a storm following its proposal to increase water charges by at least 900 percent, while some ratepayers will now be charged in foreign currency.Water charges wi...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 19:28hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Zim Dollar rates tumbles ahead of monitory policy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to announce the Mid-Term Monitory Policy statement in the coming days. The market is not anticipating major changes to the country's economic fortunes fr...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 10150 | by Victor Bhoroma
High prices dampen back-to-school preps
As parents and guardians gear up for a new school's term which begins today, many last-minute shoppers, especially for basic requirements, had to contend with high prices from predatory retailers. ...Published: 10 Sep 2019 at 06:59hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwig threatens Mnangagwa with ICC prosecution
MDC deputy secretary for legal affairs and Gweru urban legislator, Brian Dube, says the continued human rights violations in the country coupled with the August 2018 and January 2019 army killings, co...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 13:00hrs | 3578 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa not immune to ICC prosecution'
MDC deputy secretary for legal affairs and Gweru urban legislator, Brian Dube, says the continued human rights violations in the country coupled with the August 2018 and January 2019 army killings, co...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Mugabe: Dashed hopes and economic chaos
WHEN Robert Mugabe was deposed as Zimbabwe's President in 2017, Karen Sundirai was convinced the country would quickly recover from years of economic turmoil and authoritarian rule.Nearly two ...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 128 | by Reuters
Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played
The fallacy of the hero-turned-villain narrative of Robert Mugabe is the greatest trick this devil ever played.The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage.Rage that ...Published: 08 Sep 2019 at 08:35hrs | 260 | by Siphosami Malunga
Man finds wife pants down, kills lover
A man from Silobela could not control his anger and beat to death a man he caught in the act with his wife in his bedroom.Mdutsha Moyo of Village Dhegu in Silobela died upon admission to Dambr...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 23:16hrs | 6989 | by Staff reporter
The Robert Mugabe I know
I first heard about Mugabe around 1962 when he was in the National Democratic Party. I didn't get to meet him though; I just heard about him. I had been expelled from Hodgson Technical College of Zamb...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:58hrs | 465 | by Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Obituary: Robert Mugabe, Infallible and fallible in equal measure
The great liberator Robert Mugabe is no more. The first leader of a post-colonial Zimbabwe has died at the age ninety-five. A teacher by profession, Robert Mugabe was introduced to nationalistic polit...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 11:53hrs | 1124 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimdollar rates tumble ahead of monetary policy
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is expected to announce the Mid-Term Monitory Policy statement in the coming days.The market is not anticipating major changes to the country's economic fort...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 2690 | by Victor Bhoroma
Varsity employees get salary hike
GOVERNMENT has hiked salaries for State university workers in a move that will see cleaners at institutions of higher learning earning more than teachers and college lecturers.Acting Higher an...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 2849 | by Staff reporter
Doctors ain't more special, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday said public hospital doctors, who have gone on strike over salary grievances, will not be treated as if they were more special than other civil servants as g...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:06hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai destroyed the ZCTU
Those who have meticulously followed developments on the country's labour landscape since the turn of the millennium will, no doubt, concur with me that Morgan Tsvangirai (may his departed soul rest i...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:03hrs | 355 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
MDC MPs' treason case further deferred
The case of MDC MPs Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo) and Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff), who are accused of seeking to subvert a constitutionally-elected government, has been deferred for the umpteenth time by...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:11hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Reviewing Zimbabwe's austerity reforms
Zimbabwe launched its austerity measures under the Transitional Stabilization Programme (TSP) in October 2018. The stabilization programme itself is running from October 2018 to December 2020. Austeri...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 09:37hrs | 3254 | by Victor Bhoroma
Council in shock parking fees hike
Gweru City Council has increased parking fees in the central business district by 300% with motorists now expected to pay as much as $6 for one hour.According to a memorandum sent to the counc...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 447 | 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 | 2779 | by Staff reporter
Zesa on brink of collapse
ZIMBABWE'S state-owned power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) is on the brink of collapse due to a plethora of problems.It is beset by multiple crippling factors, including rampant power theft, no...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 20:24hrs | 5173 | 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 | 3209 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price disparity sparks outcry
THE move to peg fuel price according to delivery distance from Harare has sparked outcry among consumers and business leaders who feel the move will disadvantage communities that are far from Harare. ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 745 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths turn Parly office into torture base
A ZANU-PF youth group known as Al Shabaab has grabbed Mbizo parliamentary constituency offices in Kwekwe amid reports that they are now using it as a torture base for opposition MDC supporters and for...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Zesa seeks another shock 300% tariff hike
POWER utility ZESA has approached the power regulator for a threefold increase in tariffs to ZWL$0.81 per kilowatt hour from the current ZWL$0.27 in an effort to reduce load shedding. The bid for a re...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 23:14hrs | 4540 | by Staff reporter
165 years imprisonment for Zimbabwe robbers in SA
A Musina magistrate on Monday sentenced two Zimbabwean nationals who had unleashed a reign of terror on hitch hikers along the N1 highway in South Africa's Limpopo province, to 165 years imprisonment ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 19:56hrs | 1858 | 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 | 2077 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives green-light for school fee hikes
GOVERNMENT has said schools must be reasonable in pegging fees, taking into cognisance that parents and guardians are facing economic difficulties. In an interview yesterday, Primary and Secon...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:40hrs | 2098 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa presides over gross abuse of human rights'
During his first year as President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa has presided over a systematic and brutal crackdown on human rights, including the violent suppression of protests and a witch-hunt a...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 18:53hrs | 1222 | by Agencies
Revisiting the power situation
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) started receiving electricity imports totaling 400MW from Eskom of South Africa on the 9th of August 2019. The imports came as a relief to the Zi...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 08:53hrs | 2071 | by Victor Bhoroma
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 | 527 | by Staff reporter
Tension grows as government clamps down on dissent
Teargas and truncheons returned to Zimbabwe's cities in recent days, as protesters took to the streets to express their discontent at the deteriorating economy.Protests began on August 16 in H...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 18:47hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's latest bid to arrest price distortions
THE National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) is currently engaging manufacturers and producers countrywide to establish pricing formulae , a strategy meant to arrest the current distortions on cost o...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:41hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants reject pay rise
GOVERNMENT has awarded a 76% salary hike to its restive workers, a move which will see the lowest paid civil servant getting around $1 000 per month, but civil servants' representative body, the Apex ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 3221 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Civil servants salaries increased to $1,023
The Civic Servants Apex Council has announced that the Zimbabwean government has awarded civil servants a 76 percent salary hike with effect from 1 August 2019.In a statement on Friday the Ape...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 17:04hrs | 10893 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Fuel queues disappear in Zimbabwe'
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says fuel queues have disappeared in Zimbabwe due to the sharp increase in the price of the precious commodity. Price of fuel has been increasing weekl...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 05:33hrs | 13176 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 911 | by Brian Raftopoulos
Zesa seeks another shock tariff hike
Power utility ZESA has approached the power regulator for a threefold increase in tariffs to ZWL$0.81 per kilowatt four from the current ZWL$0.27 in an effort to reduce load shedding. The bid ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | 2861 | by Staff reporter
BCC mulls tuition fee hike
BULAWAYO city fathers are considering hiking tuition fees at council-run schools next term, arguing the cost of subsidising education, among other services, had sunk the local authority into a $2 mill...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:44hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Currency devaluation slashes Zimbabwe wages by 90%
Zimbabwe's rulers are finding that two decades of economic mismanagement and brutal repression have led them into a trap, from which there's little chance of escape.If they implement the polit...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 648 | by Bloomberg
Binga bemoans high telecoms costs
BINGA residents have expressed concern over the high cost of voice calls and data and also accused service providers of failing to respond on time to their concerns. Speaking during a co...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: Reformist, corruption buster chimera
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's façade of a reformist and corruption buster is cracking, revealing the real man who wants power at all costs, celebrating with shady characters and has no scruples abou...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:02hrs | 1168 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
West steps up pressure on Mnangagwa
The government appears to have shot himself in the foot with its ongoing brutal crackdown against opposition and pro-democracy activists - possibly dealing a fatal blow to President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:25hrs | 4030 | by Staff reporter
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