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Harare council fails to account for 100,000 houses
Harare Mayor Councillor Jacob Mafume has disclosed that the city is failing to collect rates from over 100,000 households due to an inefficient accounting system, further exacerbated by a growing numb...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Godongwana controversially allocates R321 million to Western Cape
In a surprising move, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has allocated an additional R321 million in basic education funding exclusively to the Western Cape, sparking concerns and calls for transparenc...Published: 31 Oct 2024 at 11:58hrs | 1650 | by Staff reporter
The power crisis farce: Unpacking Mnangagwa's broken promise to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's power crisis has been a perennial problem, plaguing the country for decades.In August 2023, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa proudly declared that the commissioning of the new ...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 17:30hrs | 512 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Underfunding leaves Polad on life support
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has positioned Sengezo Tshabangu, the new Secretary-General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), as a prominent opposition figure amid the faltering Political Actor...Published: 02 Sep 2024 at 11:30hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political crisis has dragged on for too long
The phrase "political economy" has entered the dictionary of the World Bank and other development organizations around the world.Academic interest in the components of the political economy of...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:35hrs | 24 | by Evans Mathanda
Ministers, CEOs call for adoption of AI
The CEO's Africa Roundtable kicked off in the resort town of Victoria Falls amid robust debate and cross fertilisation of ideas to catapult Africa to its full potential and eliminate poverty on the co...Published: 15 Jun 2024 at 13:04hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zesa decommissions three thermal stations
Zimbabwe's power utility, Zesa Holdings, has begun the process of decommissioning three small thermal power plants due to their deteriorating conditions and rising operational costs.According ...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parting Thoughts from 2023 Zimbabwe Coconut Reforms
It is not a secret that the rotten state or the coconut republic of Zimbabwe must be reformed and replaced with a well-functioning state. To establish a functional state, reform is needed in political...Published: 20 Dec 2023 at 22:45hrs | 9 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa laments dysfunctional local authorities
President Mnangagwa has expressed concern over the deteriorating service delivery in opposition-led local authorities, particularly the recurring outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases like cholera. He emph...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally sounds alarm bells
A recent tweet by Zimbabwean political activist Freeman Chari, currently based in the United States, has highlighted significant shortcomings in the leadership of Nelson Chamisa within the country's o...Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Will the new ‘ZiG' ‘gold backed' digital currency alleviate Zimbabwe's currency stability woes?
THE chronic problem of Zimbabwe's economy has its roots in the land reform activities that began more than 30 years ago.The principle of ‘ethnic balance' in land ownership was fair. The prob...Published: 08 Oct 2023 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by John Mc Keown
Zanu-PF and CCC must read this article
NOW that the elections are over, there is need for us to make a critical analysis of our country's political leadership. Zimbabwe has its fair share of problems.My wish is that the two leading...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Jonah Nyoni
Court clears ZEC to receive postal votes by 20 August
Justice Tawanda Chitapi has this afternoon dismissed with no order as to costs an urgent application by Saviour Kasukuwere asking the High Court in Harare to set aside Statutory Instrument (SI) 140A o...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 18:48hrs | 6 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa declares garbage disaster in Harare
The near collapse of garbage removal in the four Harare Metropolitan councils caused President Mnangagwa to yesterday declare a "state of disaster" the poor waste management that has seen ever-growing...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to abandon RBZ's forex auction system?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted the Dutch forex auction floor system, which is under the control of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, could be scrapped since it has served its purpose.The ...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 12:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga addresses sold-out rally
ZANU-PF'S August 23 harmonised election campaign trail is now in full force with the party's Second Secretary and Vice-President Dr Constantino Chiwenga addressing a sold-out rally at Mbare Netball Co...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos relocates to BF, Chiwenga angry about it
GOVERNMENT has decried Harare City Council's failure and ineptitude that has seen them failing to maintain football stadia, particularly the ceremonial home of Zimbabwean football-Rufaro Stadium, resu...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 20:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Anything called the Zimbabwean GEIST?
Zimbabwe's GEIST?NATIONS have what Antonio Gramsci terms "particularity of their mind", GEIST in German language, or ESPRIT in French.Here in Africa, thinkers called the same variously...Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | | by @Jamwanda2
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When all friendship ceases!
Von Hornick's nine principles on National EconomyIn 1684, an Austrian lawyer-turned-civil servant, Philipp Wilhelm von Hornick, published nine principal rules of a National Economy.The...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:57hrs | | by Jamwanda
Causes of food inflation in Zimbabwe
The World Bank recently released a report of the countries hardest hit by food inflation in the world. Zimbabwe tops that list with food inflation of 353% in the month of August 2022, beating Lebanon ...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:11hrs | 7 | by Victor Bhoroma
The importance of parastatals
WHEN State-managed institutions work well they are often not recognised or rewarded and are taken for granted. When they fail, everyone suffers the consequences.At independence in 1980, 40% of...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Zimdollar shortage bites
THE government will today give an update on contracts it suspended last month pending a pricing review as pressure mounts for it to honour its obligations.Last month, as part of measures to sa...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco leading local bus assembly revival
From being a shining beacon of mass public transport during the early years of independence, Zupco had in recent years mutated into a classic example of a failed State-owned entity.In 1993, it...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge highway project: A new big step in the right direction
AS we turn right off the Harare-Beitbridge highway - just before the intersection of the Harare and Bulawayo arteries five kilometres north of Beitbridge Border Post on the banks of the Limpopo River ...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fears expressed over Zimbabwe Extension Permit cancellation
Zimbabwean expatriates are scrambling to apply for a visa to continue living in South Africa after their Zimbabwe Extension Permits (ZEP) expired in December.If they are unsuccessful, in some ...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 09:02hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya finds the $15 billion booty
On 18 June 2022, Zimbabwe woke up to the Reserve Bank Governor, Mangudya's admission that, "Fifteen major companies have been creating huge extra profits by borrowing billions of dollars, often from s...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:07hrs | 7 | by Sam Wezhira
The mother of all vampire states
On 18 June 2022, Zimbabwe woke up to the the Reserve Bank Governor, Mangudya's admission that, "Fifteen major companies have been creating huge extra profits by borrowing billions of dollars, of...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:01hrs | 9 | by Sam Wezhira
Food insecurity now a perennial threat
Zimbabwe is set to import 400 000 metric tonnes (MT) of Maize from Zambia and Malawi to be delivered this June to alleviate a food crisis in the country. This will cost the country at least US$120 mil...Published: 08 Jun 2022 at 07:12hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Banks: If gold rusts, what will iron do?
Native Commissioner Oates, I presume!LORD Jonathan Oates' ambition is becoming a latter-day colonial Native Commissioner.Too late chum, both by age and history! Still both don't deter ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Mnangagwa's 'paranoid' measures roundly condemned
VARIOUS stakeholders and experts roundly condemned economic stabilisation measures introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "stop economic hitmen" from sabotaging his under-fire administration....Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:16hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO faces court action over failing public transport system
The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has given the government and ZUPCO a 24-hour deadline to provide adequate public transport in urban areas or face being dragged to court.The police...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why is Zimbabwe's 'listening president' fearful of people's voices, but rather blames 'outsiders' for challenges?
Quite frankly, I have never understood the mentality behind hero-worshipping and praise-singing another human being, since, my parents taught me five valuable concepts of life and human relationships ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Towards a market driven foreign exchange market
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank made a press statement on the 1st of April to address the depreciation of the local currency and manage the rate of inflation in the economy. Th...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 16:46hrs | 5 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission fails to account for millions in state funds
IN a dramatic irony, Auditor-General Mildred Chiri says the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has failed to properly account for millions of United States dollars which could have been misapp...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Currency: The long road of pain awaiting Zimbabwe
IN June 2019, the Zimbabwe dollar was officially reintroduced as the main legal tender for domestic transactions in the country amid scepticism from the general public concerning its sustainability. T...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Motsoaledi says over 70% women seeking maternity services in Musina are Zimbabweans
SOUTH African Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has claimed that over 70% women seeking maternity services in Musina, in the neighbouring country, are Zimbabweans, a development that exposes the ...Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ignores Mnangagwa's 'quarantine' directive
Zimbabwe was yet to quarantine any travellers by midday on Thursday, nearly two days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced drastic new measures to contain the spread of the Omicron coronavirus ...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 18:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA consumers face higher prices in 2022
Various product prices are rising rapidly across the globe as the world opens after months of lockdown. As a result, food prices have been in the headlines, and SA is no exception.As a case in...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Factoring 'animal spirits' into Zimbabwe's economic discourse
John Maynard Keynes is considered by many to be the most consequential economist of the past century. Perhaps one of his boldest contributions to economics was postulating, perhaps correctly, that the...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 19:02hrs | 8 | by Simbarashe Bepete
Monetary policy in a complex economy
MAINSTREAM neoclassical economics, which has been the dominant economic thinking for over a century, is no longer an adequate mental model to interpret and shape the socio-economics of a new reality....Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Vince Musewe
UN Special Rapporteur condemns illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe, urges dialogue
THE United Nations Special Rapporteur on unilateral and coersive measures, Alena Douhan has called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe and urged sanctioning states and key nationa...Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The Entrepreneurs Betting on Maggots
Dressed in a blazer and tie, Josphat Nyika isn't an archetypal farmer. The deputy headmaster, fresh from teaching at the local primary school, dons a pair of plastic gloves and scoops up a swarm of cr...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 19:18hrs | 2 | by Vimbai Chinembiri
Govt signs for pilot energy audit
THE Energy and Power Development ministry has entered into a bilateral arrangement with Sustainable Climate Action Trust (SCAT) whose aim is to implement a pilot energy audit project.If succes...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe isn't any different - even at school we had those who celebrated failure!
I am sure we all remember those school days - with all the craziness of youth.Surely, who can forget those ever-present mind boggling scenes of pupils who would helplessly weep in agony, after...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:29hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sustainable reforms now key to foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently announced that it is on course to clear the backlog of foreign exchange auction allotments which date back to as far as three months and amounting to about ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 8 | by Victor Bhoroma
Reserve Bank panics as exchange rates spiral
MONETARY authorities revised annual inflation targets upwards on Monday before lining up a sea of fresh policy proposals to government, as they scurried to stem a "worrisome" surge in parallel market ...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 08:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says Zimbabweans are their own economic liberators
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has said the COVID-19 pandemic has taught Zimbabweans to be their own economic liberators and that the country would be more secure if it relies on its own producti...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
2021 Mid Term Monetary & Budget analysis
The latest mid-term budget and monetary policy statements were presented in a low key mode with emphasis on avoiding policy shocks that can rock the economy. The Zimbabwean government revised upwards ...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 15:30hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
A 'perfect' leader, incapable of erring, is the worst leader!
Quite frankly, I have never understood the mentality behind hero-worshipping and praise-singing another human being, since, my parents taught me five valuable concepts of life and human relationships ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 09:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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