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Zimbabwe banks face bleak future
ZIMBABWE's banks may face hurdles in meeting new minimum capital thresholds by year end, analysts have warned.In a show of lack of confidence in the local currency, the Monetary Policy Committ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 579 | by Staff reporter
Zinara in staff clear out
A substantive chief executive officer for the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) will start work on April 1 as the face of a new executive that took over from the previous scandal-plagued ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss fired
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) tolling manager Mr Ostern Chimedza has been fired for presiding over financial leakages at tollgates running into millions of dollars. His dismissal com...Published: 16 hrs ago | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zinara boss fired
Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) tolling manager Mr Ostern Chimedza has been fired for presiding over financial leakages at tollgates running into millions of dollars. His dismi...Published: 25 Jan 2020 at 20:02hrs | 1176 | by Staff Reporter
Unethical retailers face blacklisting
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says it will blacklist its members that would be involved in side-marketing the roller meal from the Government's subsidy programme. Of late, conc...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 01:03hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Councillors, management clash over 2020 budget
GWERU council management and councillors have clashed over the $1,8 billion 2020 budget — a 3 900% hike from 2019's $46 million — sent for approval to Local Government minister July Moyo without c...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:24hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
O-Level pass rate up
More than 6 000 extra students passed O-Level in November last year with more than 63 000 obtaining Grade C or better in at least five subjects, although the pass rate was just 0,4 percent higher with...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:23hrs | 1098 | by Staff reporter
Council workers demand 6-fold salary increment
Municipal Correspondent Stung by the alleged quadrupling of salaries for top council management, ordinary Harare City Council workers are now demanding a six-fold rise in their earnings to beat inflat...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Teacher flees after students protest
THE Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has thrown its weight behind Njube High School biology teacher, Brian Mutsiba, who has gone into hiding after police in Bulawayo launched a manhunt to...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 07:41hrs | 2816 | by Staff reporter
'Maize meal shortage to ease next week'
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has promised to ease the maize meal challenges as of next week.This was said during a GMAZ media briefing on Tuesday on a roller meal subsidy and p...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:50hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Universities hike fees
LOCAL universities have announced their new fee structures which will see students paying between $5 000 and $9 000 per semester depending on their programmes. The National University of Science and T...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
Reprieve for ex-Zinara boss
Harare regional magistrate Mr Hosea Mujaya has temporarily suspended the restitution of 1 800 litres of fuel to the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) by its former finance director, Simon...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:29hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
PTUZ ready to defend Njube High School teacher
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has thrown its weight behind Njube High School science teacher Brian Mutsiba for leading pupils in a dem...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 19:25hrs | 3031 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa feels the pressure over roller meal
CHURCHES have vowed to pressure President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to come up with strict measures to ensure that all millers who get grain under the government maize subsidy programme sell...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:51hrs | 450 | by Staff rpeorter
Mthuli Ncube must stop lying on inflation
EXACTLY a year after Zimbabwe's first biggest fuel hike since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power from the late Robert Mugabe, the administration was at hand to celebrate the Jan...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:48hrs | 143 | by Staff rpeorter
MLF supports Njube High pupils
Mthwakazi Liberation Front has come out in the open that it fully supports the Njube High School pupils for demonstrating against the deteriorating education system.Njube students took to the ...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 15:03hrs | 1258 | by Stephen Jakes
Businesses defy Mthuli Ncube on new tax regime
Some businesses are defying Treasury's directive to review downwards the 15% Value Added Tax (VAT) to 14,5% levied on certain goods to stimulate aggregate demand.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:15hrs | 1741 | by Staff reporter
Telecel seeks tariffs review to stay afloat
ZIMBABWE's third-largest mobile telephone operator Telecel Zimbabwe has conceded that it is facing challenges and has been failing to meet some of its obligations due to inadequate funding.In ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:41hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to reveal source of funds
CIVIL servants importing vehicles under the government's special motor vehicle rebate may be asked to produce proof of their source of funds, the State has said.Statutory Instrument (SI) 52 of...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:35hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
University fees subsidised
Treasury has released at least $6 million to each State university to subsidise student tuition fees as well as the institutions' daily operations.The money will help the higher learning insti...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Econet wants to hike tariffs
TELECOMMS giant, Econet Wireless is in talks with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) for a possible tariff increase prompted by the continuing devaluation of t...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:55hrs | 2812 | by newzimbabwe
MDC, unions plan to defy state threats over demos
DARK clouds are hanging over Zimbabwe once again following the threat by the MDC and labour unions to hold rolling anti-government protests around the country despite the State's stern warning against...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:21hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants offered 97% pay rise
GOVERNMENT has offered civil servants a salary increment of up to 97 percent which will see the lowest paid worker earning a monthly salary of over two thousand Zimbabwe dollars.According to t...Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 18:59hrs | 3741 | by Staff Reporter
Zera dismisses 'fake' fuel price increase notice
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has dismissed a fake fuel price increase notice circulating on social media.In a statement today, Zera urged members of the public to disregard ...Published: 11 Jan 2020 at 08:35hrs | 2833 | by Staff Reporter
'Will send army to beat you if cause drought' Freudian slip from man of blood - still here cometh change
In a circular to local hospitals, Health and Child Care Permanent Secretary Agnes Mahomva announced that Ante-natal ward per day will now cost $200 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, $160 at central hospitals ...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 07:16hrs | 1060 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Will send army to beat you if cause drought' Freudian slip from man of blood - still here cometh change
In a circular to local hospitals, Health and Child Care Permanent Secretary Agnes Mahomva announced that Ante-natal ward per day will now cost $200 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, $160 at central hospitals ...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:47hrs | 2198 | by Nomusa Garikai
President Mnangagwa should get his ducks in a row
In any land, the Presidency is a sacred office and public servants therein are expected to be completely human and emphathetic. In addition they could be geniuses, solutionists, if not they should&nbs...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 09:25hrs | 2235 | by Josiah Mucharowana
Mnangagwa pledges to look into unjustified school fees hike
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to look into the unjustified increase in school fees saying his government will not allow school authorities to wantonly increase school fees as the school yea...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 13:47hrs | 5362 | by Staff Reporter
Polad members demand luxury cars from Mnangagwa
MEMBERS of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) have told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that they want government to fund their 2020 operations which include money for all-terrain vehicles and sitting...Published: 01 Jan 2020 at 12:24hrs | 6727 | by Staff Reporter
Journalists suffer as Mnangagwa regime tightens grip
Fanuel Mapfumo has been unable to lift heavy objects since a Zimbabwe police officer fractured his left arm as he was covering a story last August.The 28-year-old journalist was filming a bann...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:49hrs | 3197 | by AFP
Zimbabwe govt warned against printing money
Business leaders have warned government to desist from excessive money printing, as it is negatively affecting real growth.Inflation happens if the money supply grows faster than economic outp...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:38hrs | 10684 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo man tries to burn lover to death
A MAN from Bulawayo's Emakhandeni suburb allegedly torched his lover's house after failing to burn her alive upon dousing her with petrol on Christmas Eve following a scuffle over relish.Jabul...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 09:45hrs | 3682 | by Staff Reporter
Businesses warned over price hikes
BUSINESSES should exercise restraint when raising prices of goods and services as this frustrates consumption of local products and gives advantage to cheap imports and substandard smuggled products. ...Published: 27 Dec 2019 at 09:37hrs | 1661 | by Staff Reporter
Fuel supplies improve only in Harare: Survey
FUEL supplies have improved with shorter queues than seen recently at service stations that had received deliveries. A survey at some of the service stations along the Harare-Mutare Highway showed tha...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:01hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army defends $340k suit
THE Defence and War Veterans ministry and commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Edzai Chimonyo have filed court papers challenging a $340 000 suit filed by a Harare man who claimed he was assa...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 18:23hrs | 3261 | by Staff reporter
Rural transport operators hike fares
TRANSPORT operators plying rural routes have increased fares to capitalise on an increase in the number of people travelling to their homes to spend Christmas with their families. A snap...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:44hrs | 322 | by Staff reporter
Govt responds to fake versity fees hike messages
GOVERNMENT has dismissed social media messages that universities have raised fees by more than 500 percent. One of the discredited messages reads: "Un...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1495 | by Staff Reporter
6 vie for Zinara top post
Six candidates have been interviewed to fill the vacant chief executive officer post at the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara).The post fell vacant following the resignation of act...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:11hrs | 996 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic crisis now a security threat
THE deepening economic crisis is weighing down on the ruling Zanu PF party, which has described the situation as a security threat which needs to be contained before it's too late.Zanu PF has ...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:07hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Cronies cannot lecture Ndiweni Clans on traditions and cultural systems
Honestly, one can confirm it is hard to know where to begin on what is meant to be a simple matter that has seemingly been made unnecessarily sophisticated. The government of the day indeed survives b...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 09:15hrs | 1338 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mthuli Ncube stops beer price hike
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has shot down calls to increase excise duty on alcohol as well as levy a tax on environment polluters as part of measures to raise funds to cushion the security sector an...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 18:29hrs | 4680 | by Staff reporter
REVEALED: Iran helping Zimbabwe to build a cyber army
In a desperate bid to thwart feared mass uprising in the country over a worsening food security situation, health crisis, and economic disfunction, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, has a...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 06:35hrs | 5356 | by Itai Mushekwe
Govt intervenes on Zupco crisis
Government has stepped in to solve the shortage of Zupco buses on the streets that had withdrawn their services over the shortage of diesel.The Zupco buses offer subsidised services to commute...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 14:24hrs | 1908 | by Staff Reporter
How a few common financial mistakes are costing small businesses
Stats and experts reveal that a few common mistakes in financial management are often proving to be heavy for small businesses all around. Some of the issues are often a result of unawareness, while o...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 13:00hrs | 1280 | by Staff Writer
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1103 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls reviewing fuel pricing formula again
Government is considering shifting from weekly fuel price reviews to monthly adjustments to stem the price volatility that is disrupting planning by businesses and negatively impacting on consumers....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:43hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Life can never be weighted, even with gold
"A united family eats from the same plate."So says a proverb from the Baganda, a Bantu ethnic group native to Buganda (Uganda).It might as well encapsulate values held by most, if not ...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:42hrs | 83 | by Bishop Lazi
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 430 | by Staff Reporter
EU takes Mnangagwa govt on over rights abuses
THE European Union (EU) has taken government to task over the slow pace of reforms and the country's deplorable civil rights record following a series of incidence where state security agents have use...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
Zupco to get more buses
Zupco expects its next batch of buses next month, as it methodically grows its fleet with Government support to reinvigorate the public transport system. Zupco acting chief executive officer M...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
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