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Was November 2017 a false start for Zimbabwe?
THEN there was the incident in New York on 9/11, I drove into the garden of my daughter and her husband and they shouted at me to come and see what was happening.I walked into the house and sa...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 20:19hrs | 1096 | by Eddie Cross
AID to Africa is dead aid: It must be stopped
We need to ask ourselves critical questions; is foreign aid good for Africa? What purpose is it intended for? Is aid helping the people it is intended to assist in alleviating hunger and poverty in Af...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 06:56hrs | 782 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu: A splendid traditional leader, cultural activist, nationalist
UGODLWAYO! Yithi! This is a familiar slogan in the Godlwayo Communal Land whenever people are gathered. Yesterday at around 01.00 hrs their Chief, Vezi Maduna Mafu passed away.Chief Maduna was...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:45hrs | 462 | by Pathisa Nyathi
People of Godlwayo retain identity and pride
Maduna Mafu, the chief of Godlwayo, led the armed struggle of 1896 in the eastern Ndebele State, together with other leaders such as Mahlahleni Mafu, Siminzela Mathema and Fezela Khumalo.Godlw...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:05hrs | 501 | by Phathisani Nyathi
Death celebration exposes MDC-Alliance's shallowness
The third week of this month was perhaps Zimbabwe's darkest as the nation lost four national heroes, who included three Government ministers and 70 Zimbabweans dying in one day due to the Covid-19 pan...Published: 01 Feb 2021 at 05:33hrs | 1247 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Biti tackles Mnangagwa's govt over Covid-19 funding
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti says government has not been transparent over its fiscal and financial issues on Covid-19-related matters, adding there has been a mixture of lack of accountability...Published: 30 Jan 2021 at 17:23hrs | 1106 | by Staff reporter
Conned to trade freedoms and rights for 'peace and prosperity' only to lose all to Banana Republic - haven't learnt lesson
Mnangagwa and Zanu PF do not like anything that threatens the regime's iron grip on power. The soaring numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in Zimbabwe have been an eye opener for many Zimbabweans....Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 16:28hrs | 950 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe economy to contract by 18%, claims Biti
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has claimed that Zimbabwe's economy could contract by up to 18% due to the biting effects of the COVid-19 pandemic.In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, B...Published: 26 Jan 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hails outgoing Zimra boss
Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Ms Faith Mazani's three-year tenure at the helm of the organisation has left a positive impact on the tax collector and the country as a whole, ...Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 06:22hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti's letter to World Bank on Zimbabwe COVID-19 aid
In May 2020, the World Bank dipped into a special health fund to provide US$7 million to Zimbabwe to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus.The US$7...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 09:09hrs | 4091 | by Staff reporter
First black RBZ Governor Moyana scored many firsts
The community of central bank governors in any country, Zimbabwe included, is a very small one and when one of them is taken, that departure leaves a yawning gap of unimaginable proportions. T...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:48hrs | 1170 | by Gideon Gono
Zimbabwe's economic outlook for 2021
Zimbabwe's economy ended the year 2020 on a fairly stable note due to the return of the multi-currency regime and decline in general inflation levels in the market. Headwinds caused by incessant power...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 1265 | by Victor Bhoroma
Botswana sets currency to lose value faster in 2021
Botswana has set its pula currency to lose value at a faster rate this year, a senior official said Monday, as it seeks to boost export competitiveness after the COVID-19 pandemic has had a deep impac...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:17hrs | 3067 | by Staff reporter
Zimra boss quits
ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner General Ms Faith Mazani has resigned, amid indications she will be rejoining the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from February next year.Zimra...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 18:08hrs | 2155 | by Staff reporter
'Demand Arrest Of Chicken Thieves Not Wildlife Poachers' - Animal Rights Tell Africans
One of the most curious and harmful lessons that Western animal rights groups continue to teach African rural communities co-existing with wildlife and the African public, in general, is 'demand the a...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 12:54hrs | 1347 | by Emmanuel Koro
New restaurant opens in Bulawayo
Check out this unique new establishment, The Good Place Restaurant, situated downtown of Bulawayo, offering a coterie of dishes that include western and traditional African menu.The restaurant...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:38hrs | 2328 | by Jamela
The World Will Never Be The Same After January 2021
After President Donald J. Trump has been declared the winner of US Presidential elections and sworn in on 20 January 2021 as the new President, I foresee total chaos and massive trail of destruction f...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:30hrs | 2557 | by Israel Dube
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1996 | by crisisgroup
2021 National Budget: The Good & the Bad
Zimbabwe's 2021 national budget set a taxing agenda with a 126% jump in budgeted revenues from ZW$173 billion (About US$2.12 billion) anticipated in 2020 to ZW$391.8 billion (US$4.8 billion) budgeted ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 13:54hrs | 389 | by Victor Bhoroma
Turmoil in Zimbabwe's gold mining sector
Over the past year, a wave of violence has rocked Zimbabwe.Armed gangs, alternatively portrayed as consisting of or preying upon small-scale miners, have wreaked deadly havoc, especially in th...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:15hrs | 391 | by International Crisis Group
Zanu-PF bigwigs jostling to take over from Mnangagwa
IN HUMOROUS remarks that may contain some truth for ambitious Zanu-PF bigwigs, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, joked on Thursday about the sure-fire credentials of the person who would likely succeed hi...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 20:49hrs | 2688 | by Staff reporter
Sector priorities for NDS implementation
Zimbabwe launched its new 5 year economic blueprint called the National Development Strategy (NDS-1) on 16 November 2020. The new plan succeeds the Transitional Stabilization Programme (TSP) that ends...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 09:17hrs | 770 | by Victor Bhoroma
Activist demands govt to disclose Zimbabwe's total debt
A HARARE lawyer, who is also a disability rights activist has approached the High Court demanding to know the total amount of debt that Zimbabwe owes to internal and external creditors.The act...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:55hrs | 711 | by Staff reporter
'Govt must compensate for lost pension earnings'
GOVERNMENT and insurance companies have an obligation to compensate pensioners who lost the true value of their pension savings in two consecutive periods of hyperinflation, 2008 to 2009 and 2019, law...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:20hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Pray, President Biden upgraded ZDERA Mark 2 effect change in 20 months, can't afford another 20 years waiting
"Mnangagwa's govt taking initiative to woo Joe Biden, Washington!" reported Daily News. "From the historical narration, the election of Biden may mean more of the same for Zimbabwe, although w...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 09:46hrs | 3360 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe looks underground for golden economic revival
REELING from decades of economic mismanagement, Zimbabwe is banking on gold to shore up revenue and tackle the upshots of rampant hyperinflation, corruption and coronavirus restrictions.Global...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt taking initiative to woo Joe Biden, Washington
THE ruling Zanu-PF has urged Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, to move with speed to engage with American president-elect Joe Biden - in a bid to mend Harare's strained relationship with Washington....Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:18hrs | 2856 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe and Mnangagwa must leave politics; the people shall govern
Failed politicians must pack and go! What a breath of fresh air to read your todays article "No single or individual group can stage a revolution on its own".An Alliance of Democratic ...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:56hrs | 5156 | by Nomazulu Thata
ZIMCODD calls for Zimbabwe debt cancellation
International financial institutions have to cancel Zimbabwe's crippling debt, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) has said, as the burden proscribes the southern African country ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:20hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Khupe in sanctions removal call
THE Thokozani Khupe-led opposition MDC has called for the unconditional removal of economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America and its Western allies saying they were hurtin...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 18:56hrs | 1153 | by Staff reporter
Stop blaming sanctions for economic collapse, says Khupe
The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T has said all economic saboteurs must face the music saying continuous blaming of sanctions for economic collapse by the country's leadership was not helpful.It sa...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:33hrs | 10640 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy to grow 4,2pc in 2021: IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), this week revealed Zimbabwe's economy will rebound next year and grow 4,2 percent from a decline of 10,2 percent forecast for 2020. The world body's pred...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa tactics miserable'
AS TURMOIL consumes the country's opposition, renowned professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Stephen Chan, has once again warned Nelson...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:55hrs | 4754 | by Staff reporter
IMF lowers Zimbabwe GDP growth further
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe's economy will contract by 10,4% this year, much higher than its earlier prediction of 7,4%, but expects a rebound next year.It also expects...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's false claim exposed
ON October 7, The Herald reported that President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the World Health Organisation (WHO) had raked Zimbabwe "among countries that instituted better mitigatory measures against the ...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:51hrs | 2803 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's health system in ICU
IN Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centres, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:38hrs | 139 | by Bloomberg
Let's not be a nation of whiners
THE objective of Vision 2030, to create an upper middle-income economy in 10 years or less, cannot be attained if Zimbabweans do not rally under a common national goal.Zimbabwe's abundant land...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:03hrs | 71 | by Allen Choruma
Zimbabwe's business climate can improve
As the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) puts final touches on the infrastructure needed for operations of the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX), investors await to see if their major concerns on ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | 182 | by Victor Bhoroma
Africa must address its debt burden once the pandemic is under control - says World Bank Vice President
Carlos Felipe Jaramillo was recently appointed the World Bank's Vice President for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. He was, until his recent appointment, the bank's country director for Ken...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 12:13hrs | 751 | by Raphael Obonyo
Mthuli Ncube rules out de-dollarisation
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says that Zimbabwe is beginning to engage multilateral creditors, with a view of clearing its US$1.8 billion arrears, which will see the country unlock fresh funding to a...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:25hrs | 7086 | by Staff reporter
Potraz release extra bandwidth
The postal Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe has bemoaned poor quality services from telecoms network operators due to congestion, but says the industry is working to address the pro...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:53hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to keep getting IMF technical support'
GOVERNMENT has said it will continue working with international financial institutions (IFIs), including the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after its aborted Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP) with th...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:45hrs | 485 | by Staff reporter
It is hard being poor in Zimbabwe
IT is an early and hot Sunday morning in Mbare's Majubheki area, Harare. A thick cloud of flies buzzes over filthy plates that are heaped in an outside sink because residents have not accessed water f...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:31hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
UN to assist debt-ridden landlocked countries including Zimbabwe
THE United Nations (UN) says it is committed to finding solutions to assist landlocked developing countries, including Zimbabwe, whose debt crisis has been exacerbated by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pa...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 17:52hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes sanctions fight to UN
Zimbabwe will next week use the opening of the 75th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), that will be held virtually because of Covid-19, to reiterate its call for the unconditional remo...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Gono says GNU days were the best
ormer reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says the days of the government of national unity (GNU) were "one of the best economic episodes of our lives".Gono (GG), who retired in 20...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | 1604 | by Staff reporter
Why RBZ needs autonomy
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono recently appeared on Zimbabwean entrepreneur and newspaper publisher Trevor Ncube's discussion series In Conversation with Trevor.Amo...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 377 | by Admire Dube
Ramaphosa needs more diplomatic muscle to crack Zimbabwe's defiant government
Amid a spiralling economic and political crisis, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the people of his country on August 4. His speech, though sudden - four days after his government's v...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:03hrs | 1962 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
ANC- ZANU- PF bromance in Harare a no show
The entire week, Zimbabweans everywhere had adrenalin pumbing through their beings in great anticipation of the much-hyped ANC- Zanu PF meeting at the very headquarters of the latter in Harare....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:30hrs | 852 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
'Reallocation of land won't remove sanctions'
Various political figures have castigated the move taken by the government in reallocating land to some white commercial farmers who lost their farms during the land reform program in the early 2000s....Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 15:46hrs | 1487 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
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