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Zimbabwe diaspora critical to economic turnaround
Government takes the Diaspora community as a critical sector that cannot be left out in the country's turnaround strategy and achievement of vision 2030.Addressing Zimbabweans living in Birmin...Published: 14 hrs ago | 667 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor speaks out
Member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Presidential Advisory Council Busisa Moyo says he tried to convince his colleagues in the Council that the country uses the Rand but majority view prevailed. ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 11432 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Telecomms a new loss making business in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe mobile network operators have seen revenue decline and reporting break evens, in this highly inflationary environment. If this persists at this rate, they will be soon reporting loses as the ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 532 | by Staff reporter
Ugandan cows 'to get birth certificates'
All Ugandan cows are to receive birth certificates to allow them to be more easily traced in order to comply with European Union (EU) regulations, according to The Daily Monitor.Countries prod...Published: 23 hrs ago | 761 | by BBC
Zimbabwe tobacco sales surpasses 220 million kgs target
ZIMBABWE'S tobacco sales have reached 227,4 million kilogrammes, surpassing the set target of 220 million kilogrammes as at day 80 of trade, data from the industry regulator has shown.Last yea...Published: 23 hrs ago | 248 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife commissions education hub
VICTORIA Falls Primary School was yesterday commissioned as the first ever model education innovation hub in the country. It also becomes the only such facility in learning institutions in Africa, it ...Published: 24 hrs ago | 247 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the MDC RELOAD document
Many people had high hopes that since Mugabe no longer there, probably Mnangagwa will change the economy of Zimbabwe, people will get jobs, industries will open, a strong Zimbabwe dollar will return, ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | 2379 | by Etiwel Mutero
Modi given standing ovation at dogs-attacked woman's church
THE Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce, Raj Modi, was on Sunday given a standing ovation when he attended a church service at Abundant Life Revival Mission International Church where Ms Cherish ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 690 | by Staff reporter
Zesa to install prepaid meters on govt buildings
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) plans to install prepaid meters on government buildings to curb wastage and contain government's debt to the power utility.Speaking at a Minist...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 16:16hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Singapore on economic development
Singapore is a tiny island-city state in Southeast Asia with a total area of 718km2 (543 times smaller than Zimbabwe) and part of the four Asian Tigers (Others include Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Kore...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1278 | by Victor Bhoroma
Paltry salary increment angers farm workers
THE agriculture national employment council approved wage increase for farm workers of between ZW$195 and ZW$390 for varying grades, has infuriated unions who feel the adjustment was far below expecta...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1093 | by Staff reporter
I am made of thick skin: Matsunga
IN the country's political sphere, it has almost become a trend that the majority of female politicians are now making it to Parliament through the Proportional Representation route, set by government...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Zesa dismisses four-day load shedding reports
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has dismissed reports that it will switch to stage four of load shedding, which would see affected suburbs experiencing four days...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Solar use incentives on the cards to 'ease pressure on Zesa'
Government is crafting incentives to promote investment into solar energy to reduce pressure on grid electricity, whose generation is currently depressed due to low water levels in Kariba dam. ...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1058 | by Staff reporter
Poll reforms complete by mid-2020, says Mugabe coup announcer
Government will amend the Electoral Act by mid next year in line with recommendations made by observer missions during last year's harmonised elections, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Ministe...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 3030 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube was also surprised
It's almost a year since Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to help turn around an economy weighed down by decades of ruinous policies.In the 10 months...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 15:01hrs | 13678 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rallies behind Mthuli Ncube
FORMER Finance Minister, Patrick Anthony Chinamasa, (P.A.C) who is also the ZANU-PF secretary for finance has rallied behind the current Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, saying the country...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:29hrs | 1474 | by Staff reporter
Inside Harare's online brothels
CIVILISATION'S oldest profession has taken a new twist.Once a shameful act in Zimbabwe, done under the cover of darkness, the trade has gone a notch higher as new technology is shaking up the ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:23hrs | 930 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's message from prison to Zimbabweans
Dear ZimbabweansThe walls of Jericho fell. Saul the murderer was hit by lightening for him to repent. Zimbabweans are suffering on a daily basis for 40 years after the attainment of Independen...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 11:53hrs | 9621 | by Job Sikhala
Zimbabwean entrepreneur launches Europe's first autonomous delivery vehicle, Kar-go
The vehicle was praised by both English Dukes and Zimbabwean dignitaries Zimbabwean, William Sachiti and his team at the Academy of Robotics laun...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 06:08hrs | 10939 | by Agencies
Bulawayo daughter storms America
Thembelihle Terry-Lynne Zulu is the founder of Girl Grandeur Zimbabwe which is a social club for women. She is one of the 42 fellows selected to represent Zimbabwe at this year's Mandela Washington Fe...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 5196 | by Mandla Ndlovu
High school boys 'beef' turns Bulawayo CBD into warzone
IN A split second, a usually uneventful street corner adjacent to the Chronicle building is suddenly turned into a war zone by a handful of boys from Milton and Gifford high schools. The boys ...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
Jobless and witless Sikhala
Well, when I see jobless and witless Sikhala what comes to mind are Tom and Jerry gimmicks! The MDC-Alliance might have tried hard to openly disown him on his utterances, but we are not fooled...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Having Zanu-PF and MDC for leaders is like having parents who are not a full shilling - life is hell-on-earth
In the rural village where I grew up lived an odd couple, both the husband and wife were "not a full shilling", people said. As luck would have it, the two were blessed with a child. The two would not...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | 838 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The Grand plan, gukurahundi, the Unity Accord 1987 - A program of invasion
This is a follow up of my Press Release released on 3rd July 2019. The focus today is Gukurahundi; its origins, meaning, and its role in the unprecedented influx of the Shona community in every part o...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:14hrs | 1951 | by King Mzilikazi II
Zimbabwe power outages a manifestation of endemic corruption in govt
THE massive daily power outages rocking the country have had a devastating impact on an already fragile economy, throwing into disarray President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra that "Zimbabwe is open for...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Getting Zimbabwe back on track
IT is extremely frustrating to sit on the sidelines of this game we are all playing called "getting Zimbabwe back on track".We are doing so many of the right things, our team is looking much b...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2956 | by Eddie Cross
Mugabe coup announcer paints rosy picture of Zimbabwe media
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday said the government is keen on improving the media sector, claiming journalists' working environment has improved under the administration of President...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe goes overdrive to lure diasporans
Tourism minister Priscah Mupfumira is in the United Kingdom for Zimbabwe's roadshow aimed at increasing engagement with citizens domiciled in Europe to encourage them to come and invest back in the co...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:46hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water woes to last another 2 weeks
BULAWAYO water woes will persist for at least two more weeks as council battles to complete rehabilitation works. Most parts of the city have gone for 10 days without running tap water. The Bu...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans face another fuel price hike
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says government is set to increase the prices of electricity and fuel because the current pricing structure was no longer sustainable.Zimbabwe is currently battli...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | 5809 | by Staff reporter
Thomsons Towing built on the back of Tata Trucks
Thomson's Towing and Panelbeaters, based in White River, Mpumalanga, owes much of its success to the hardworking Tata trucks in its growing fleet. An Automobile Association partner, the company curren...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 14:14hrs | 1425 | by Agencies
The perfect storm is coming
I do not know what we have to say or do to get those in authority here to get them to understand that if they do nothing, Zimbabwe is headed for a political storm which could change everything or even...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 11:56hrs | 14201 | by Eddie Cross
The man who will save Zimbabwe revealed
The country is experiencing probably one of the worst power shortages. Industry is losing money , city councils do not have power to pump water to residents , there is very little fuel available and i...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:41hrs | 52971 | by Nicholas Ncube
Bulawayo fears cholera outbreak
BULAWAYO residents are wary of a cholera or typhoid outbreak in the city after the local authority indefinitely shutdown water supplies to the entire city on Tuesday without notice.The indefin...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:31hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
10 ICT students to leave for China
TEN Zimbabwean information communication technologies (ICT) students will this week leave for China under an incubation programme of global technology giant Huawei Technologies called Seeds for the Fu...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:17hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
ICT Zimbabwe's true economic driver
In the 80s and the 90s life was so great in Zimbabwe, just by attending a university and graduating with a good degree was all you needed to secure a good job. Zimbabwe of today, things ha...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 23:28hrs | 735 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mnangagwa's govt targets unregistered downtown shops
GOVERNMENT will soon pounce on unregistered shops in downtown Harare, which it blames for fuelling the parallel market for foreign currency and other illegal activities, Industry and Commerce Minister...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:42hrs | 1237 | by Staff reporter
Carl Joshua Ncube brings stand up comedy back to Vic Falls
This Tuesday Carl Joshua Ncube reintroduced Stan's up comedy to VICTORIA Falls with his first show in close to a year in the tourist town. The pop-up comedy show was launched on Tuesday 9th of...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:16hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Africa the 'Sun Continent' and Investors understand that Solar Energy is a Low Risk Business
Africa is often considered and referred as the "Sun continent" or the continent where the Sun's influence is the greatest.According to the "World Sunshine Map", Africa receives many more hours of brig...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 15:24hrs | 551 | by Enos Denhere
'Egodini mall to accommodate 1 000 vendors'
Once completed, the Egodini mall project is set to accommodate over 1 000 informal traders, a move that will ease decongestion in the central business district, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has not...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3575 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bakers urged to stop baking biscuits, confectioneries
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) says the country's flour stocks have improved, but has warned bakers not to "waste" supplies on confectionary and biscuits because the situation was st...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:58hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Air Botswana to resume flights to Zimbabwe
AIR Botswana has announced plans to resume flights between Gaborone and Harare next month, a move the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) says will boost the tourism business between the two countries. ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:48hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Tax scam costs Govt billions
Some players in the garment-making sector are allegedly skimming the Government of billions of dollars in potential tax revenue and suffocating downstream textile industries by abusing a special cloth...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:34hrs | 431 | by Staff reporter
Muzamhindo presents an Alternative, Clear and sound Development plan which will take Zimbabwe forward
Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:A policy is a declaration of an intention of an organisation or institution. These are rules and regulations which will set terms of references for an o...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 736 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Imbube festival for Bulawayo
IMBUBE groups in Matabeleland will on August 17 hold their fourth imbube expo, Rise Up Chothoza Mfana, running under the theme United We Stand, Divided We Fall — Simunye Chothoza, which is aimed at ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mining industry set to generate US$3bn
Zimbabwe's mining industry expects to generate US$3 billion in revenue this year, which is short of government’s US$4 billion target, an industry official has said.In 2018, the sector earned...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar must be backed by production'
THE newly introduced Zimbabwe dollar should be backed by production to maintain value against major currencies and sustain strong economic activity in the country, economist, Dr Gift Mugano, has said....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Currency reforms expected to stabilise fuel sector
THE re-introduction of the Zimbabwean dollar is expected to bring stability to the fuel sector as Government tightens fiscal and monetary policies to ease pressure on foreign currency demand, National...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Govt to increase civil service salaries
Government is set to increase civil service salaries, potentially beginning this month-end to cushion them from recent price hikes once a framework to guide the planned pay and benefits rise has been ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:18hrs | 2203 | by STaff reporter
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