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MDC is a disgrace to Matebeleland
The tribal fracas at the Mthwakazi capital "Esigodlweni seNkosi" is a clear manifestation of a tribal war against the local people. The unrepentant Shona councillors yesterday snubbed a scheduled budg...Published: 21 hrs ago | 2802 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Mugabe The Legacy
Born 21 February 1924 in Kutama Zvimba to Bona a catechist and Gabriel a carpenter no one would have thought that such a humble family would raise up an astute Pan-Africanist, Robert Gabriel Mugabe....Published: 21 hrs ago | 927 | by Daniel Itai
New Zimdollar the worst-performing currency in the world
If you thought Argentina's currency crisis was bad, spare a thought for Zimbabwe.Measures to protect the Zimbabwe dollar - including sky-high interest rates - seem to be coming to naught....Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 11:41hrs | 2516 | by Bloomberg
UK, US wanted South Africa to help remove Mugabe from power
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has used the KwaZulu-Natal African National Congress (ANC)'s memorial service of the late former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe to recount how the British a...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:40hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Abuse of mobile money platforms symptomatic of a failed currency regime
IT is a good thing that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Corruption (Zacc) has finally taken interest in the stinking corruption that has been going on through some mobile money platforms on which members...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:26hrs | 325 | by Editorial - Newsday
Health workers down tools over abducted colleague
The Health Apex Council yesterday said its members were downing tools starting today until the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors' Association (ZHDA) acting president Peter Magombeyi, who was abducted by suspe...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 08:22hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanda ordered to pay $6,750 debt
THE High Court in Bulawayo has ordered the MP for Vungu in the Midlands Province, Omega Sibanda to pay back a personal loan of US$6 750 which he got from a local freelance photographer eight years ago...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:55hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam ups black ops in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's politics is sick. It is sickening. It is self-defeating. It is toxic. Of late there has been a worrying dangerous trend of Zimbabweans staging abductions and kidnappings, all aimed at false...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:51hrs | 305 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Gweru to lease mayoral mansion
ABOUT three companies have expressed interest in renting Gweru City Council's mayoral mansion, which had become a white elephant, town clerk Ms Elizabeth Gwatipedza has said. In an interview y...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 96 | by Staff reporter
RBZ introduces US dollar savings bond
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has brought to the market a United States dollar-denominated savings bond with an interest rate of 7,5 percent per annum to promote a savings culture among Zimbabwea...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 07:44hrs | 2115 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki hails Mugabe as a true African patriot
Former president Thabo Mbeki has lauded the work done by former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, calling him a combatant and true African patriot."He was a great patriot, a defender of Afri...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 22:10hrs | 1622 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Manuel proves that he is a delinquent
Old Mutual chair Trevor Manuel, who proved that he is a delinquent, has apologised for his remark about a judge who delivered a ruling against the company in litigation involving its axed CEO Peter Mo...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 22:08hrs | 2654 | by Staff reporter
'Mangudya's monetary measures hollow'
A cocktail of measures unveiled by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya in his midterm monetary policy statement fall short of stimulating economic growth and market confidence as the...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:14hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sliding into authoritarian rule'
Human Rights Activist Dr Pedzisayi Ruhanya says the recent waves of abductions happening in Zimbabwe are signs that the country is sliding towards an authoritarian rule. Writing on Tuesday Ruh...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 08:06hrs | 423 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiwenga to kick out Mnangagwa?
Recuperating Vice President, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, is reportedly going to use the country's dreaded Joint Operations Command (JOC), to forcefully kick out President Emmerson Mnangagwa from...Published: 17 Sep 2019 at 01:16hrs | 23621 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
The scourge of stage-managed abductions
In the middle of the busy national schedule of the body viewing and funeral service for the former President, the late Robert Mugabe over the weekend word filtered over the social media that Zimbabwe ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 16:39hrs | 2725 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Government fears 3rd force in abduction of citizens
The government says it fears there is a third hand involved in the abduction of citiznes in the country which has become rampant in the past weeks. Information Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwan...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:48hrs | 6062 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fuel price hike expected in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) is expected to increase petrol and diesel prices after a strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility removed about 5% of global supplies, an attack the US ha...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:18hrs | 4414 | by Staff reporter
Record spike in oil price after shock drone attacks on Saudi oil
Oil surged along with gold and Treasury futures after a strike on the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil production increased geopolitical risk concerns. U.S. and European equity futures declined, while shar...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1147 | by Bloomberg
Old Mutual plans 'massive' Victoria Falls hotel project
THE country's largest financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited, is geographically diversifying its properties with a massive hotel development plan in the resort town of Victoria Falls. ...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for production on allocated land
President Mnangagwa has called on beneficiaries of the successful land reform programme to optimally use their land to ensure food security in the country. The Head of State and Government and...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:44hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
Village containerised information centres, bridging digital gap
Devolution is one of President Mnangagwa's flagship policy. This policy is centred on bringing services and development as close as to the point of need as possible.The point of need in this c...Published: 16 Sep 2019 at 06:40hrs | 90 | by Nick Mangwana
ZAPU in its bravest rebranding and transformation exercise
Ms Sakhile Sibanda the ZAPU National Secretary for Policy and Strategy on behalf of ZAPU has announced and has extended invites to every ZAPU stakeholder to a rebranding conference in Tipton Dudley, U...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 21:42hrs | 1304 | by Sakhile Sibanda
Mnangagwa offers no apology for the coup on Mugabe
Robert Mugabe died a "sad man", his nephew told a state funeral service attended by two dozen current and retired foreign leaders in Harare on Saturday.Walter Chidakwa fought back tears as he ...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 08:02hrs | 8884 | by ZimLive
Mugabe: The socio-genesis, posterity of Pan-Africanism
My heart agonisingly aches in sullenness for Robert Gabriel Mugabe's demise. While weeping can only endure for a while, Mugabe's passing on offers a solid premise to recollect and curate the mortality...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:53hrs | 113 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Grace Mugabe praised
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and endearing legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerso...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2165 | by Staff reporter
South Africans need a history lesson
JULIUS Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has tried telling his countrymen that the borders they are so fond of were imposed by racist imperialists.He has also told them th...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 374 | by Mtandazo Dube
'The West is upset about Zimbabwean land'
Let us start by saying that Robert Mugabe is a Zimbabwean giant, Robert Mugabe is an African giant.From 1960 to 2017 - 57 years - he was at the front-end of African politics, front-end of Zimb...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 424 | by Prof Arthur Mutambara
G40's ahistorical narrative
It was a comic spectacle to watch some G40 elements coming out of hibernation, mouth-frothing like demented confused fools gushing vitriol that former President Mugabe was forced to die in exile. Noth...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:43hrs | 306 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe's success inevitable, says Mnangagwa
The country's success is inevitable owing to the rich and enduring legacy of "solid education", the land reform programme and economic empowerment initiatives laid by Robert Mugabe, President Emmerson...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in court over govt loans
HARARE North legislator Allan Norman Markham (MDC Alliance) has approached the High Court seeking an order to nullify a loan agreement entered between the Finance ministry and the Reserve Bank of Zimb...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 13:04hrs | 3739 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to construct special grave for Mugabe
Government has conferred a special honour to the country's founding President, Robert Mugabe, by constructing a mausoleum at the National Heroes' Acre hill top where the former leader will be buried, ...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1082 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hikes interest rate to 70% to help plummeting currency
Zimbabwe's central bank raised its main interest rate to 70% to stabilize a plummeting currency and rein in surging inflation.The decision is the first by the southern African nation's Monetar...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 22:02hrs | 2764 | by Bloomberg
We need to exorcise the spirit of retention
As Africans we need to exorcise the spirit of retention, a type of spirit tormenting most of my people to this day. Some of our customs and traditions are no more in anyone's interest except our detra...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 21:00hrs | 204 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Drama over the burial of Robert Mugabe
LIKE the rest of Zimbabweans, we are watching the unfolding drama over the burial of Zimbabwe's founding father, Robert Mugabe.This appears to be a game of brinksmanship between the family of ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 14:06hrs | 3460 | by Staff reporter
Old Mutual abandons more legal action against Peter Moyo
In a major U-turn, Old Mutual has abandoned its immediate plans for more legal action against its on-again, off-again CEO Peter Moyo. In a lawyer's letter to Moyo's legal team, seen by Fin24, ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:59hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
I dreaded Mugabe's death for years, write ex-CIO boss
ON Friday September 6 2019, I woke up to the news that former President Comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe was no more. His death was something I dreaded for years as I worked to secure his wellbeing....Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:39hrs | 4828 | by Happyton Mabhuya Bonyongwe
Mangudya faces daunting task
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya will soon present his mid- term Monetary Policy Statement, tasked with introducing a cocktail of measures to instil confidence in the market amid a deep...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe swallowed by Frankenstein monster
ONE of the country's greatest orators - and demagogue too - former president Robert Mugabe, was controversial in life and now in death. Although he was ideologically difficult to pin down given his co...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1583 | by Gumisai Nyoni
Mugabe's influence on sports
BRUCE Grobbelaar, the legendary Liverpool goalkeeper, claims he was forced out of Zimbabwe by him.Peter Ndlovu, possibly the finest Zimbabwean footballer of all time, says he played a pivotal ...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 07:30hrs | 331 | by Enock Muchinjo
Mapeza explains shock departure
NORMAN MAPEZA says the need for rest, after five demanding years in the trenches at FC Platinum, finally forced him to end his successful marriage with the Zvishavane miners. The Zimbabwe cham...Published: 13 Sep 2019 at 06:53hrs | 2302 | by Staff reporter
Makhosini Hlongwane set to lose property over US$30 000 vehicle debt
FORMER Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister and Member of Parliament for Mberengwa East Makhosini Hlongwane's property is set to be auctioned over a debt of more than US$36 000 for a vehicle and asset ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 23:24hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's family decision to strain Grace, Mnangagwa relationship
Robert Mugabe's family has prevailed and Zimbabwe's former president will be buried in his rural home.This is a final snub to his former comrades. It is not unprecedented: other national heroe...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 22:18hrs | 3125 | by BBC Africa
The untold side of Robert Mugabe
"We all die....The goal isn't to live forever,The goal is to create something that will"Robert Gabriel MugabeThe man and legend,The myth and mystery,Truly a man of Destiny ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 10:19hrs | 9016 | by Temba Mliswa
Mthuli Ncube appoints advisory team for RBZ
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has appointed a nine-member Monetary Policy Committee that will render an advisory role to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). ...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 07:28hrs | 1112 | by Staff Reporter
Four big wigs who said no to Heroes Acre for Mugabe embarrassed
The death of comrade Robert Gabriel Mugabe has left us with a lot of lessons. The first and important lesson is that of maturity. Political maturity. Among the peoples of the world some are ca...Published: 12 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | 16247 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Fresh bid to identify Mnangagwa bomber
Investigators are trying to breathe new life into a stalled investigation into the attempted assassination of President Emmerson Mnangagwa in June last year.On Wednesday, police in Bulawayo - ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 22:44hrs | 4242 | by ZimLive
A tale of a lion, Mugabe!
"The tale of a brave man cannot be told by cowards, and the tale of an extraordinary man cannot be told by the ordinary." Nothing tells a tale of a brave man more than his actions. It is his actions t...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 19:46hrs | 1623 | by Eric Shikobela
Uncle Sam sides with the masses, whilst ZANU PF focusses on its self
Uncle Sam says, "Zimbabweans have long deserved better…." The latest Tweets from the US Embassy Harare, seem to have been conveniently overlooked by the ZANU PF Media folk. The comment...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1632 | by Thabo Makuyana
Billiat spares Zimbabwe blushes
Zimbabwe 3-1 Somalia (Zimbabwe win 3-2 on aggregate) ZIMBABWE came within five minutes of kissing goodbye to the 2022 World Cup but Khama Billiat's late strike averted a huge embarrassment for...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 07:01hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
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