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Zimbabwe crisis: What you need to know
Zimbabwe's anti-government protest strike has entered day three with streets, particularly in Harare, said to be deserted.Here is what you need to know....Published: 7 hrs ago | 6123 | by Staff reporter
Britain warns its citizens in Zimbabwe
Since 14 January 2019 there has been widespread disruption, including violent protests, in many areas of the capital Harare and the cities of Bulawayo, Kadoma, Mutare, and Marondera. Many shops and ot...Published: 12 hrs ago | 5216 | by UK gov
Violence must be condemned at all levels
We have endured a week such as no nation should live through: a time of violence and tragedy. The country suffered losses to human life and to property. Zimbabwe needs to think about that trag...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1172 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Opposition leaders arrested as scores are killed' says Dzamara
Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe are reportedly being arrested by police and members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces as government is intensifying the crackdown on protestors who embarked on a violent na...Published: 15 hrs ago | 4114 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Looters not a threat to anyone,' says Amnesty International?
Amnesty International said it is alarmed by the repressive measures the Mnangagwa led Zimbabwe government has taken in response to the protests, including shutting down the internet to prevent people ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2314 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo must be puking as Strive Masiyiwa's fortune rises to US$2.3bn
exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo last week made a jibe on telecommunications guru Strive Masiyiwa saying that Masiyiwa is a Bond-note billionaire, a reference to the local currency th...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:25hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's woes deepen
Not having a currency of its own hasn't stopped Zimbabwe from sliding into a currency crisis.A scarcity of foreign exchange has led to long queues for fuel, bread and medicine and sent prices ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | 1313 | by Bloomberg News
Mnangagwa defends new fuel price
The recent decision to increase the prices of petrol and diesel was necessary and the conditions demanding that pronouncement presently remain unchanged, the President Mnangagwa has said. Addr...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1337 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa activates security organs
THE MDC Alliance and its allies in non-governmental organisations and civil society sectors are behind the violence that broke out is some parts of the country yesterday, leading to a loss of life and...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1262 | by Staff reporter
MDC violence leaves trail of destruction
VIOLENCE instigated by MDC-Alliance and its associates in the non-governmental sector left a trail of destruction in Harare, Bulawayo and other cities yesterday. They also used social media to threate...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:07hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Dear President Mnangagwa, our demands are simple
Dear Mr President,Let's start by talking about what's important to Zimbabweans.The things Zimbabweans demand are not complicated. They are not anything out of the ordinary.They...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:58hrs | 7480 | by newZWire
Huge snake at Mabvuku's mysterious spring
Residents in Mabvuku and Tafara continue to be saved from water crisis by a mysterious spring behind a rock which never dries out.The area cannot depend on council water as parts of Mabvuku an...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:47hrs | 6097 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance councillors clash
MDC-ALLIANCE mayoral candidate for Chitungwiza Gift Tsverere reportedly bribed councillor Jabulani Mtunzi with a vehicle to support his bid to land the mayorship, in a case of vote-buying.Clr ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:43hrs | 1995 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Vanguard fingered, +200 arrested
The government says the opposition MDC Alliance and its allies are behind the violence that rocked some parts of the country today leading to loss of life and damage to property.In a statement...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 21:12hrs | 2178 | by Staff reporter
Stiff penalties for errant fuel firms
Owners of oil companies and service stations that cheat in buying or selling fuel face heavy penalties under new regulations gazetted at the weekend which also show that almost all the fuel price incr...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:15hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
A-Level results out, 81.9% pass rate recorded
The November 2018 Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Advanced Level results are out and candidates can start collecting them from their respective centres starting tomorrow.Zimsec board chai...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:13hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flees to Russia?
President Mnangagwa early this morning left for Russia on the first leg of a whirlwind five-country tour that will take him across Eurasia and then to Switzerland, as part of his international engagem...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:08hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rapped for pegging fuel prices at black market rates
ECONOMISTS and analysts yesterday said the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to peg the new fuel prices at the parallel market rates proved government's insincerity when dealing with the issue ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
A divided people, a defeated people!
The national shutdown or stayaway is developing in interesting dimensions.... It is not as peaceful as earlier predicted and disturbing reports of loss of lives keep filtering in. Variously motivated ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 13:41hrs | 1042 | by Zifiso Masiye
WATCH: Massive protests shut down Zimbabwe
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'Mnangagwa should act or Zimbabwe will burst'
Having started the year engulfed with a myriad of problems - from fuel shortages, soaring prices of goods and services, shortages of drugs to labour disputes - the Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Edi...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:38hrs | 5897 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wanted to be a soldier
Tendayi Madhomu sits down for a wide-ranging interview with MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: Who is Thokozani Khupe; where and when was she born?A: ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe facing foreign currency shortages, not fuel, says Mnangagwa
News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba about the stuttering economy and what government is doing to address the ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:28hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Dembare in another fresh start bid
In what has become an all Premier Soccer League familiar affair during every pre-season, former-champions Dynamos look set to have a completely new-look side next season with a number of senior player...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:24hrs | 960 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must stand up and take charge
The rate at which things are falling apart in Zimbabwe calls for serious and urgent action by the government.The fuel situation has deteriorated to unprecedented levels, way deeper than the UD...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 10:55hrs | 9212 | by Staff reporter
Exiled Gukurahundi survivors return
Hundreds of survivors of Gukurahundi atrocities and political violence who have been living at a refugee camp in Botswana were yesterday expected to return to Zimbabwe after decades of residing in the...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 1668 | by Staff rpeorter
Chivayo blow as Judge says he must answer fraud charges
Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo must stand trial to answer to fraud allegations levelled against him over the Gwanda solar project, a High Court judge has ruled.Chivayo is facing tw...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust in financial need
The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust (CNCVCT) is seeking financial assistance to finish a classroom block worth $25 000 at Sishawe Primary School in Bubi District, Zimbabwe. The organ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:12hrs | 100 | by Buhle Nkomo
Mnangagwa's govt to decentralise issuance of passports
Government is finalising modalities to decentralise issuance of passports and civil registration documents to districts in order to decongest provincial offices, it has been learnt.Policymaker...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's hefty traffic fines yet to kick in
THE $700 road traffic fines to deal with errant road users that were supposed to come into effect on 1 January, have been parked as the Senate is still to look at the Finance Bill which contained the ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:38hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Govt resumes apprenticeship training
About 1 000 young people will this year enrol for apprenticeship training at various State institutions as Government resumes the programme abandoned in 2015 to pave way for (Science, Technology, Engi...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:59hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Growing role of Zimbabwe's Embassy in China
ZIMBABWE and China have excellent relations that date back to the pre-independence era. During the visit by His Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa, in April 2018, relations were elevated to the highes...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:58hrs | 116 | by Mr Chikawa
Zimbabwe: A presidency under siege, is there a way out?
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now” - African ProverbIt’s only been six months since Zimbabwe held its ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 04:25hrs | 12576 | by Lloyd Msipa
Emmerson Mnangagwa is a monumental failure
Robert Mugabe's protracted despotic rule brought Zimbabwe down to its knees. Such was the damage to a nation hitherto referred to as 'Jewel of Africa' that the general consensus was that things could ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 18:28hrs | 12207 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Zimbabwe runs out of vehicle number plates
THE Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) has run out of vehicle registration plates, with a few available at post offices outside Harare. This means those who used Harare addresses when they purchased their...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:14hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Quick austerity measures to avert imminent economic collapse
Austerity is described as sternness, severity of manner or attitude. In other manner it is described difficult economic conditions created by the Government measures to reduce public expenditure. The ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 4020 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa congratulates Tshisekedi
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conveyed a congratulatory message to the winner of the presidential elections held in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).In a statement, the President ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 19:03hrs | 4016 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants' demand for higher salaries not sustainable
The demand by civil servants to be paid $1 733 per month is not sustainable as government is trying to cut back expenditure. Though justified in demanding for an increase in light of high prices of ba...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 16:27hrs | 1660 | by Elijah Chihota
MDC congress dates released
MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume has dismissed reports by some sections of the media that the MDC Congress has been slated for July 2019."It was realised that delaying the congress to October was...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 15:03hrs | 4184 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa under massive pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration faces a mammoth task to steady the ship and deliver the goods as pressure mounts from all angles amid massive economic, social and political turbulence wh...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:03hrs | 5222 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup
PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schiz...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | 2298 | by Brian T Kagoro
MDC factional tensions reaches boiling point
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has relented to pressure from some of his senior lieutenants to bring forward the party's long-awaited congress from October to June this year as factional tensions in the co...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:59hrs | 2048 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe companies to collapse in 30 days
MANY manufacturers could be forced to halt operations if government fails to arrest the crippling currency crisis within the next 10 days as most companies are left with less than a month's stock of r...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:58hrs | 2608 | by Staff reporter
Shipping company threatens to block the release of containers for Zimbabwean importers
MEDITERANNEAN Shipping Company (MSC) SA (Zimbabwe) Pvt Ltd has threatened to block the release of containers for Zimbabwean importers over their failure to remit in excess of US$9,1 million in shippin...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:57hrs | 535 | by Staff reporter
Time to confront bloodsuckers wherever and whenever
THAT things could be on the verge of boiling over is not an overstatement, but for the "big boys" these are the best of times as they are making a killing.But it should be pointed out from the...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:39hrs | 373 | by Conway Tutani
Fuel shortage grounds council refuse trucks
Harare City Council has run out of fuel to collect garbage, raising fears of another cholera and typhoid outbreak.At least 55 people succumbed to cholera in Harare late last year.Counc...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Truck derails goods train
TRAVELLERS, mostly cross border traders using the Harare-Masvingo highway faced long delays at Fairfields rail level crossing in Mvuma on Wednesday evening after a haulage truck rammed into a wagon of...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:24hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Westerhof eyes Joel Luphahla's job
FORMER Zimbabwe coach Clemens Westerhof has said he is willing to come to Zimbabwe to guide Premiership newboys TelOne as well as working on an advisory role for a local academy. However, the Premiers...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo sells his soul to the devil
Not to put words in his mouth, in 2016, self-exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo had this to say on the issue of sanctions: "All levels of the alleged incidences of intimidation are heaped on ZANU-PF, what...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1192 | by Prosperity Mzila
Hubby, wife clash over selfies
THEY WERE so happy when they married and they rejoiced in their love.But when the husband wanted to take their love to another level with cellphone pictures, the shutters came down.His...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
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