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Russians to build US$1,5 billion fuel pipeline in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE has roped in the Russian government to fund the construction of a second fuel pipeline worth US$1,5 billion, in a deal that will see three other ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 6336 | by Paul Ndou
Be transparent on TV, radio licence issuances, BAZ told
MEDIA stakeholders have called for transparency in the issuing of television and community radio licences to ensure pluralism in the media and avert a monopoly by appendages of political parties....Published: 19 hrs ago | 101 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt garages feed the black market'
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs Minister, Judith Ncube, has accused some fuel stations of diverting the product to the black market thereby creating an artificial shortage of the commodity in the city. ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 269 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps dialogue invitation open
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) - a grouping of politicians who contested the 2018 presidential elections - yesterday held its maiden Economic Summit which drew together captains of industry, la...Published: 19 hrs ago | 249 | by Staff reporter
Zimra faces taxation challenges
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it is experiencing teething challenges in its tax levying systems as a result of the ongoing transition from the use of the multi-currency system to mono-cu...Published: 19 hrs ago | 165 | by Staff reporter
Pay by phone slots UK
As the global online casino industry continues to grow, so does the business of online payment technology. Nowadays it is possible to pay using a variety of methods, with conventional options like deb...Published: 20 hrs ago | 110 | by Staff reporter
What is the future of the Australian gambling market?
Australia is one of the leading countries, especially if we look at the gambling industry. Almost 80% of the Australian population is involved in one gambling activity or another. It is no surprise th...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 23:18hrs | 311 | by Mandla Ndlovu
5 tips to adventure travel in small groups
Are you perhaps planning your next vacation and considering taking an adventure travel tour instead of a traditional beach - resort type of holiday? You're not the only one as there are many people th...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 14:34hrs | 178 | by Staff Writer
Sanctions a cheap excuse for failure, industry tells govt
INDUSTRY in Bulawayo yesterday challenged government to stop crying about sanctions, but start creating a conducive operating environment, give them fuel and forex for raw materials as well as sort ou...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:26hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi's party slams govt for policy inconsistencies
THE party led by Zimbabwe former Foreign Affairs and Tourism Minister Dr. Walter Mzembi the People's Party (ZPP) has slamed Zimbabwe govermnent for policy inconsistencies after it allowed Zuva Petrole...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:57hrs | 2169 | by Staff reporter
ZUVA petroleum preferential foreign currency exemption
The recent announcement by Zuva Petroleum company that eight of their service stations have been granted DFI status, allowing them to receipt and sell fuel in foreign currency, is yet another example ...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 11:48hrs | 2788 | by Lloyd Msipa, PP Secretary General
'Maize being smuggled to DRC from Zimbabwe'
LOCAL small-scale millers yesterday sensationally accused large milling companies of collecting subsidised maize from the Grain Marketing Board and smuggling it to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:49hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's own Big Brother version on the cards
A NEW reality show, One House Zimbabwe, similar to the Big Brother Africa concept, is brewing with the winner set to pocket up to US$50 000.The reality show, which will be the first of its kin...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Millers 'smuggle' maize out of the country
SMALL and medium scale millers yesterday accused bigger industry players of abusing the Government maize subsidy scheme by smuggling the commodity out of the country. Late last year, the Gover...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice to train filmmakers
THE Multi-Choice Talent Factory, an international initiative created to boost Africa's film and television industry with new and enhanced talent, will hold a two-day masterclass for existing industry ...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Maize scam sucks in GMB executives
Grain Marketing Board (GMB) senior executives were yesterday accused of allocating subsidised maize to millers who are allegedly diverting it to the black market and countries like the Democratic Repu...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Online casino in fast growth in India
In the past decade, online gambiling has been growing rapidly in India and this has provided job opportunities for a lot of people. The rapid rise can be credited to growth of the middle class, use of...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 21:25hrs | 462 | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's new republic is losing the plot
The question is, are we where we are because of sanctions or corruption? Since the year 2000, Zimbabwe spoke of the crippling sanctions to the economy. This resulted in government adopting a Look East...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 20:15hrs | 1205 | by O Gutu
Jeys Marabini offers his recording studio for free
WHILE a lot has been written about award-winning afro jazz musician Jeys, little or nothing has been mentioned about his philanthropic side.In 2017 the Filabusi born towering artist opened a r...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa playing dangerous gukurahundi games in Matabeleland - we see blood on the floor
This has to be put as crude as it is. Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF government and the Shona majority that cheered the Zimbabwe National Army 5th Brigade and celebrated the death of innocent Matebeles in the 198...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 4685 | by Israel Dube
RBZ, industry disagree on de-dollarisation
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and captains of industry on Friday sharply differed on the currency in use in local trading.Government mid-last year outlawed use of multi currencies i...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 06:33hrs | 5872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay off Eskom debt in March
President Mnangagwa says the government will pay off its debt to South Africa`s power utility - Eskom, by March, a development expected to improve power supply in the country.According to the ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:11hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
The market has redollarised, says Biti
MDC vice-president Tendai Biti (TB), who during the inclusive government era, served as Finance minister speaks to NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga on the failing Zimbabwe dollar and other...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's community share ownership schemes crumble
THE government's decision to repeal the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act in a bid to woo foreign direct investment into the mining sector has rendered community share ownership schemes acro...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:37hrs | 1525 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe recession deeper than thought?
Nyasha Mutseyekwa, a minivan transporter in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, cannot afford new tyres for his ramshackle kombi, selling at US$45 for a good second hand.Whether he opted to pay in US c...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:35hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Post-Mugabe film premieres in Los Angeles
ZIMBABWE's first post-Mugabe feature film titled Cook Off will throughout this weekend be screened at the prestigious Pan-African Film Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles.The Los Angeles Times has ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Industry capacity utilisation to fall to 27%
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has projected that industry's capacity utilisation will fall to 27% this year if the government does not change its policy direction.According to...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:44hrs | 259 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secures more maize from Uganda
ZIMBABWE has secured maize from Uganda, a development that will go a long way in reducing mealie-meal shortages that have been exacerbated by recurrent droughts over the last three years. Pres...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4420 | by George Mkhwanazi
Mobile banking, FinTech services under threat as critical upgrade costs soar
Digital mobile banking in Zimbabwe has matured beyond the proof-of-concept stage into mainstream adoption where it is servicing millions, driving local transaction volumes and furthering financial inc...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 12:14hrs | 1325 | by Agencies
Fresh Zanu-PF factional fights crippling economic recovery
THE factional fights which have erupted yet again in Zanu-PF following the suspension of youth league leaders betrays the ruling party's pre-occupation with power struggles at the expense of an implod...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Court ruling costs industry US$20bn
ZIMBABWE's industrial and financial sector is estimated to have lost more than US$20 billion following the Supreme Court ruling allowing for the settling of United States dollar debts, acquired before...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Who wins if Zimbabwe joins EITI?
RECENT news, which the government has not disputed, suggested that Zimbabwe is not keen on joining the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). By joining EITI, the mining sector â€...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:30hrs | 210 | by Mukasiri Sibanda
MPs bid to invade closed mines blocked
GOVERNMENT has directed players in the mining sector to operate orderly, saying artisanal miners should not be allowed to invade closed mines dotted across the country. Responding to a questio...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 155 | by Staff reportert
Matutu, Tsenengamu censure a master-stroke for Zanu-PF
It is Monday February 3, 2020 and I see two esteemed comrades getting into the Media Centre in Harare. They arrive in five-minute intervals, much to the excitement of the who-is-who in the media indus...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 518 | by Tafadzwa Mugwadi
MOGS fuel deal: An MDC project
NEW details are emerging regarding Mine Oil and Gas Services (MOGS), which of late has been making futile attempts to build a second pipeline in Zim...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:51hrs | 2245 | by Paul Ndou
Short-term fuel structures causing fuel shortages
Zimbabwe is facing fuel shortages which have been attributed to the short nature of structured agreements between government and oil companies while other firms are offering conditions which are beyon...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 13:43hrs | 1368 | by Paul Ndou
Saint-Gobain launches US$1 million plant
SAINT-Gobain Construction Products Zimbabwe yesterday launched a US$1 million plant in the capital set to produce 15 000 tonnes of tile adhesive per annum while operating entirely on solar power...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:55hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
'Revolutions if don't chuck out leaders a.s.a.p' said G Orwell - 40 years, our supremacists still there
"Despite all the hurdles and all the barriers, Zimbabwe in 2019 leaped 15 places in the Global Ease of Doing Business rankings. As we look to improve this in 2020, privatisation is a big part of this ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 21:43hrs | 1237 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zacc to investigate corruption in sports
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) will soon be investigating growing reports of corruption in the sports sector that includes abuse of public funds and age cheating by national sports ass...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 16:47hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Police use on opposition a clear sign of an urgent need of security sector reform
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has indicated that the trend in which the ruling government continue to use the police against the opposition political parties and dissent is a sign that there is urgent ne...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 10:09hrs | 313 | by Stephen Jakes
BCC unveils credit control, debt collection policy
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has unveiled a credit control and debt collection policy that seeks to maintain predictable cashflows and allow for improved management of debtors, among others.Cou...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 390 | by Staff reporter
Employers oppose blanket minimum wage
EMPLOYERS have said they prefer a sector-specific wage review mechanism as opposed to a national minimum wage policy being advocated by social partners under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF). ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
'Fake' Audit results wreck NetOne board
NETONE board members that tendered resignations letters last week have cited lack of professionalism and tenets of good corporate governance at the mobile network operator by some board members as the...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 346 | by Staff reporter
Why Tagwirei sold his Trafigura stake
BUSINESSMAN Kudakwashe Tagwirei apparently sold his stake in multinational commodities firm Trafigura to allow him - among other things - to perform his role without conflict as an advisor to Presiden...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 18:17hrs | 5357 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe domestic workers' gazetted salary enough for a bundle of vegetables
The MDC notes with concern that government has gazetted paltry wages of 160 RTGS per month for all domestic workers, contrary to representations and agreements government had reached with the relevant...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 15:42hrs | 2057 | by Gideon Shoko
Roller meal price hiked by 40%
Government has reviewed the price of subsidised roller meal to $70 from $50 per 10 kilogrammes with immediate effect.In December 2019, Government introduced a roller meal subsidy pegged at $50...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 14:59hrs | 1861 | by Staff reporter
What is a Career Path of the Most In-demand Workers of Offshore Oil Rigs?
Can you imagine it: the world consumes over 100 million barrels of oil every day!Unbelievable, but:According to US Energy In...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 14:05hrs | 410 | by Staff Writer
Black Mambazo's Joseph Shabalala dies
Reports coming from South Africa have confirmed that Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala has died after a long illness at Eugune Marais Hospital in Pretoria.Speaking to South ...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 09:07hrs | 2785 | by Mandla Ndlovu
New research examines Mnangagwa's promises
A RAND Corporation research report by Alexander H Noyes assessing Zimbabwe after former President Robert Mugabe was published as part of the corporation's national security division on February 6, 202...Published: 11 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 953 | by Pearl Matibe
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