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MDC Alliance, Mnangagwa lawyers trade barbs
ACCUSATIONS and counter claims of assault have been traded in a slanging match between two lawyers in a case in which opposition MDC Alliance MPs are being tried for allegedly inciting last month's vi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 349 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Monetary policy highlights - RTGs now a currency
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya released the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) and below are the highights.-Interbank FX market.- Being establish...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2042 | by Staff reporter
LIVE- All eye on Mangudya #MonetaryPolicyStatement speech
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya will today (Wednesday) at 14:30hrs release the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). The market is eagerly waiting t...Published: 6 hrs ago | 8098 | by Staff reporter | Live
Biti pays fine in 5 cent bond coins, retains Parliament seat
HARARE East MP Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) on Tuesday survived losing his parliamentary seat after he was convicted by Harare magistrate, Gloria Takundwa and ordered to pay a $200 fine, which he paid i...Published: 8 hrs ago | 3923 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mzansi Express bus involved in accident
A Mzansi Express bus that was on its way from Johannesburg to Bulawayo has been reported to have overturned just near Gwanda.Journalist Mdududzi Mathuthu confirmed that the accident, “h...Published: 11 hrs ago | 6739 | by Mandla Ndlovu
It's squeaky bum time for unsung Mangudya
Like many Manchester United fans around the world missing the good old days, I also regularly find myself reminiscing about the managerial prowess of Sir Alex Ferguson, whose inimitable success at one...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 17:13hrs | 2979 | by Guthrie Munyuki
All eyes on Mangudya
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya will tomorrow (Wednesday) release the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). And on Friday, Mangudya will meet various stakeh...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 17:09hrs | 3569 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya to present a clear roadmap on currency reforms
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe may unveil the measures in its Monetary Policy Statement to be announced on Wednesday, said the official, who asked not to be identified because he's not authorised to spe...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 16:48hrs | 4448 | by Staff reporter
Letter to my friends in the MDC Alliance
I write to advise you as a friend that in your next congress scheduled for this year kindly introduce Term Limits for your Councillors and Members of Parliament. Your primary elections were ve...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 10:23hrs | 2417 | by Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo, Sr
MDC legislator fumes over 'partisan distribution' of agric inputs
Mutasa South legislator Regai Tsunga (MDC Alliance) has challenged government officials to change their mind-set on the distribution of State-funded agricultural inputs which were distributed on parti...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:27hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa MPs set tone for dialogue
POLITICAL parties represented in Parliament met in Bulawayo over the weekend to set the tone for the proposed national dialogue, despite their party principals' hardline stance on talks seen as critic...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1380 | by Staff reporter
7 Labour MPs resign
Reports say Seven MPs have resigned from the UK's Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism.Reports say they are: Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Lesl...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:27hrs | 1609 | by BBC
Mnangagwa dumps Chiwenga's security
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken the absence of Vice President Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga to dump the Presidential guard and appoint the Airforce of Zimbabwe officials as his security....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 09:17hrs | 12992 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa vows to crush Chamisa protests, hails army crackdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted Saturday that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw sev...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:15hrs | 928 | by ZimLive
Murder victim's body rots in mortuary 2 years on
THE decapitated body of a mentally-challenged man, believed to have been killed in a ritual murder two years ago, is still stuck at Gwanda mortuary and in an advanced state of decomposition, while the...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's January inflation hits 10,75%
The month on month inflation rate in January 2019 was 10,75 percent gaining 1,72 percentage points on the December 2018 rate of 9,03 percent. This means that prices of goods and services as me...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:28hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Pre-monitory policy statement expectations
Expectations are high as the market awaits the presentation of the first monitory policy statement (MPS) of 2019 by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in the coming days. The bank knows the weight of hyperi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 1027 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa tightens his security
In a surprise move which betrays anxiety about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's safety, authorities have once again reshuffled his personal security team while also expanding it to include Air Force per...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:16hrs | 13502 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's business people must actively consider running for Parliament,
Zimbabwe's business people must actively consider running for Parliament, a former United Nations under-secretary general has said, adding it would be their only path to influence public policy as the...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:13hrs | 1083 | by Staff reporter
More bad news for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should brace for more problems after the European Union (EU) Parliament proposed a fresh round of punitive sanctions this week against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, followi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:12hrs | 18339 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launches crackdown on illegally settled farm occupiers
Hundreds of families have been left homeless after the government launched a crackdown on people who illegally settled on various farms countrywide.In Umguza, just outside Bulawayo, some 240 f...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:39hrs | 4239 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa issues chilling warning, ready to deploy the soldiers again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has admitted that he deployed the army to carry out a brutal crackdown against opposition and civil society activists, which allegedly left 17 people dead and saw several ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4224 | by Staff reporter
Joy, anger as trapped miners are rescued
A visibly shaken Thinkmore Madimutse was the first survivor to be retrieved from a flooded shaft at Silver Moon mine yesterday four days after disaster struck in the gold-rich Battlefields area....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
Nuggets from the men's conference
I just sneaked out of a boot-camp for that boy-thrill, the urge to break a cardinal rule: What happens at the men's conference stays at the men's conference! The thrifty snitch in me couldn't resist t...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 370 | by Zifiso Masiye
Zimbabwe army killings: Victims' relatives living in fear
The deadly army crackdown against civil society and opposition activists might have been paused, but relatives of some of the people that were killed by soldiers are living in fear following alleged t...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:03hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance lie has no legs
A number of Non-Governmental Organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance have been on the warpath, peddling falsehoods regarding last month's riots, which interestingly, were instigated by them....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 242 | by Staff writer
AFM drama continues
HOPES to build bridges between warring camps in one of the biggest churches in Zimbabwe — the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) — have been dashed as the factions continue counter-plotting against eac...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Christianity and the Curse of the Papa Generation
We can all agree that Robert Mugabe has proven the "gods" wrong so many times, well at least according to the "prophets" that are awash on every street corner from Harare to Lilongwe. From one to the ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 21:39hrs | 1895 | by Robert Sigauke
WATCH: 8 miners pulled out alive after 5 days in flooded tunnel
Rescuers pulled out eight illegal gold miners alive at Cricket Mine on Saturday, five days after they were trapped in flooded shafts.Rescue efforts were continuing to find about 60 others whos...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:21hrs | 2394 | by Reuters/ZimLive
'Expelled' FOG members take founder to court
THE founding leader of the Family of God Church (FOG) Apostle Andrew Wutawunashe has been taken to court by five disgruntled members challenging his decision to expel them for allegedly aligning thems...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:07hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Rescuers to begin retrieval of bodies of up to 70 Battlefields mine disaster victims
Rescuers are expected to start retrieving trapped illegal gold miners in Battlefields on Friday, but none are expected to have survived flooding in the shafts and the number of casualties could rise t...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | 285 | by Reuters§
Jacob Mudenda caught offside
The MDC finds the utterances by Advocate Mudenda on the capacity of MPs to be unfortunate, reckless and disrespectful.They are an indictment on his leadership and a sad attempt to undermine ou...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 17:32hrs | 2958 | by Kucaca Phulu
WATCH: Chinotimba slams 'Killer' Dexter Nduna and Mliswa
Buhera South Member of Parliament Joseph Chinotimba has slammed fellow MPs Temba Mliswa and Dexter Nduna for their behavior in parliament last week.Chinotimba said the behavior in not consiste...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 11:24hrs | 8389 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ speaks on Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya fight
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has called upon Zimbabweans to reject reports that there was an angry exchange of words between Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube and and RBZ Governor John Panonetsa...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 17:16hrs | 18850 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mangudya walks out of meeting with Mthuli Ncube
THERE was high drama after Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, in a fit of rage, tossed paper files at Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and walked out of a meeting, angrily slamming th...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 15:37hrs | 18917 | by Staff reporter
'Is Mnangagwa's govt pro-poor or Queen B?'
MDC legislators on Wednesday grilled Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi over the effects of government's austerity measures while bigwigs are living an extravagant life...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:42hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 952 | by House of Commons Library
Advocate Jacob Mudenda offside
The MDC finds the utterances by Advocate Mudenda on the capacity of MPs to be unfortunate, reckless and disrespectful. They are an indictment on his leadership and a sad attempt to undermine our Const...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:40hrs | 3297 | by Kucaca Phulu
Govt mobilises resources to retrieve 23 drowned miners
Government yesterday said it was mobilising resources to help retrieve the bodies of at least 23 miners who reportedly drowned at Battlefields on Tuesday night when Silver Moon and Cricket mines in Mu...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:46hrs | 972 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi downplays Nduna murder confessions
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday tried to downplay Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna's confession that he was a killer by telling the Senate that the word in Shona had several meanings.Zi...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:44hrs | 2904 | by Staff reporter
More foreigners at Dembare
DYNAMOS' appetite for foreigners is showing no signs of abating with the Harare giants coach Lloyd Chigowe (pictured) yesterday revealing that the club is expecting two more players from Ivory Coast t...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba disgusted by Mliswa, Nduna 'idiotic' behaviour
ZANU-PF MP for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba says he was ashamed of the riotous behaviour of fellow legislators Dexter Nduna and Temba Mliswa who came close to trading blows beginning of this week....Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2053 | by newzimbabwe
EU calls for more Zimbabwe sanctions
The European Parliament recommended the tightening of sanctions on senior Zimbabwe officials and institutions on Thursday citing increased repression by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government....Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:29hrs | 799 | by ZimLive
Ncube, Mangudya policy tussle on monetary policy statement
POLICY efficacy doubts - both fiscal and monetary - in supporting a liberalised foreign currency market, effectively discarding the 1:1 US dollar-bond note/RTGS dollar peg, have arguably been the main...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:27hrs | 509 | by Brett Chulu
Southern Africa's problem of political elite impunity
Former South African deputy foreign affairs minister Aziz Pahad's support for the Maduro regime in Venezuela throws into sharp relief the acceptance by political elites in Southern Africa of die-hard ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 147 | by Tendai Biti and Mills
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya in bitter fight over new Zimdollar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been forced to intervene in a growing turf war between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya and his boss Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on the path Zimbabwe ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:51hrs | 19426 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa was accused of being an askari
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday had to do something that none of his predecessors, including the corruption accused Jacob Zuma, has ever been forced to do: defend his struggle credentials....Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 14:40hrs | 1889 | by Staff reporter
Rescue underway at Zimbabwe mines where over 23 trapped
The Civil Protection Unit in Mashonaland West has stepped up efforts to drain water from two flooded mines where at least 23 people reportedly died on Tuesday evening.The miners died when inte...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 13:25hrs | 2739 | by Staff reporter
Unparliamentary language Nduna and Temba must be sanctioned
Parliaments and legislative bodies around the world impose certain rules and standards during any parliamentary business Tradition has evolved that there are words or phrases that are deemed inappropr...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 12:30hrs | 1625 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Towards a genuine national dialogue
In recent times, there has been much talk of a "national dialogue". Indeed, this is the precise term that President Mnangagwa used when he called the February 6 meeting with political parties that was...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:25hrs | 1421 | by Justice Benjamin Paradza
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