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Why Prof Mthuli Ncube and John Mangudya must resign
In this dossier I am challenging the Finance Minister, Mr Mthuli Ncube, and his RBZ counterpart Mr Mangudya to resign with immediate effect citing their combined failure to fulfil their objectives and...Published: 20 hrs ago | 775 | by Magugu Benard, ZAPU NPC member (Midlands province)
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya must resign
In this dossier, I am challenging the Finance Minister, Mr Mthuli Ncube, and his RBZ counterpart Mr Mangudya to resign with immediate effect citing their combined failure to fulfil their objectives an...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1101 | by Magugu Benard, ZAPU NPC member (Midlands province)
Malawi to hold fresh presidential poll in May this year
Malawi Parliament Monday agreed that the country's fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19 this year following the constitutional court's February 3 nullification of the May 2019 presidential...Published: 22 hrs ago | 432 | by Staff reporter
MPs rubbish Privileges Committee report
LEGISLATORS yesterday rubbished a report by the Parliamentary Privileges Committee, set up to investigate four MPs on allegations of trying to get a $400 000 bribe from Bulawayo businessman James Godd...Published: 23 hrs ago | 391 | by Staff reporter
'Corrupt politicians snub Zacc meetings'
POLITICIANS have been snubbing public meetings organised by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), raising questions on their willingness to fight the scourge, a commissioner with the graft-b...Published: 23 hrs ago | 347 | by Staff reporter
US dollar fuel helps save forex, claims Mangudya
The move by the central bank to allow all fuel service stations with free funds to import fuel for sale in foreign currency, will help the economy save much-needed critical foreign currency, Reserve B...Published: 23 hrs ago | 424 | by Staff reporter
MPs debate Mliswa bribery charges
SOME legislators from both Zanu-PF and MDC Tuesday showed a rare form of camaraderie when they joined hands in roundly condemning a decision made last year by Parliament to investigate Norton MP, Temb...Published: 23 hrs ago | 311 | by newzimbabwe
Judge accused of 'fraud' over non-disclosure that landed him job
A lawyer appointed as a High Court judge in 2017 failed to disclose that a judgment was obtained against him for failing to pay rentals to a pension fund for his legal practice.Newly-obtained ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:30hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Security minister implicated in machetes violence
OPPOSITION MPs yesterday alleged in Parliament that State Security minister Owen Ncube was the co-ordinator of the machete gangs, popularly known as MaShurugwi.They said this as they grilled H...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:56hrs | 1623 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya dodges questions on 'risky' depositors
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya yesterday refused to publicly disclose the identity of the 200 depositors who own the bulk of the $34,5 billion bank deposits in the country.Man...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1737 | by Staff reporter
Mines ministry demands weekly reports
THE Mines ministry has demanded weekly reports from its parastatals as a way of tracking progress towards attaining the ambitious US$12 billion industry.President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Octob...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:55hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs unite in protecting big shots behind machete gangs
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Zanu-PF MPs Monday seemed to be protecting their fellow allies during a heated parliamentary hearing on machete-wielding gangs.While giving oral evide...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:41hrs | 1204 | by newzimbabwe
Mangudya tells MPs to blame Govt, not RBZ
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the central bank should not be blamed for the country's often unpopular monetary policies but blame should be directed towards policy makers ...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:29hrs | 542 | by newzimbabwe
Lover 'murdered' at dump site
A CHINHOYI man was reportedly brutally murdered by her lover.Patricia Chimbodzi, the court heard, was brutally murdered by her lover Munyaradzi Matemera, 47, of Sharara Village, Chief Zvimba....Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:58hrs | 1652 | by Staff reporter
Mathema grilled on skewed teacher recruitment policy
Members of Parliament (MPs) have taken to task Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Cain Mathema, on the government's skewed teacher recruitment policy, which they said favours outsiders at the e...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 17:58hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena divides parliament?
The 33 member Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and rural resettlement is alleged to be divided on tribal, political and personal interest lines as it emerged tha...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 13:16hrs | 2137 | by Nicholas Ncube
Meet Mukudzeishe Madzivire: Zimbabwe's child President from Bulawayo
Many people are not aware that the Child President concept in Zimbabwe is one of the major grooming grounds to produce future leaders who occupy positions of influence. Perhaps the most known ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2569 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mliswa turns the heat on Wadyajena
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has urged Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena to recuse himself from Chairing the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture because he is being ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 09:15hrs | 1937 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Maize 'cartel' boss summoned to Parliament
Parliament has officially summoned Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairman Tafadzwa Musarara to appear before a portfolio committee after he snubbed several invitations.The committee on...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:39hrs | 1350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family hopes to be granted US asylum after long wait
The Dzawo family has built their life in Burlington since fleeing government persecution in Zimbabwe in 2012. On March 4, a judge will decide whether to grant or deny them asylum status.It's b...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:39hrs | 814 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa regime cannot silence me,' says Sikhala
Masvingo High Court judge, Justice Garainesu Mawadze, recently acquitted MDC vice chairperson Job Sikhala of treason charges after he allegedly called for the overthrowing of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:22hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
'Matebeleland must have teachers from their areas'
GOVERNMENT has said locals must be prioritised in recruitment of teachers in different districts of the country. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Cain Mathema is expected to deliver a ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:35hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Questionable USAid donation to Zimbabwe parliament
Parliament is set to renew its partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) after the expiry of a previous agreement in July last year. USAID mission directo...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:25hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
We need more of his type in the August House
Hate him, like him, Temba comes to town. He gleans it all with X-ray eyes, piercing insight and with freedom of speech. We need people like him to unravel and demystify the sacred cows and speak the u...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:23hrs | 232 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Zanu-PF factions square off in Parliament
ZANU-PF factionalism has spilled into Parliament as rival camps position themselves ahead of the long-awaited restructuring exercise to elect new provincial structures and district coordinating commit...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 5069 | by Staff reporter
RBZ confident of ending cash shortages
BANKS should constantly update the central bank on the amount of money they need to meet demand from depositors, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has said.Ordinary Zimb...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:26hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring women leaders reject Constitutional amendment bill number 2
One thousand aspiring women leaders who are members of WALPE have submitted 1 000 letters to Parliament on Thursday, 20 February 2020 rejecting the propos...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:06hrs | 156 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC MPs humiliate coronavirus 'carrier' Chiwenga
MDC MPs this week humiliated Vice President Constantino Chiwenga as he attended Parliament for a question and answer session.The MPs heckled the VP calling him a senior bachelor.Anothe...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 14232 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe fuel shortage a proof govt needs clarity on policies
THE acute fuel shortages that have been experienced over the last few months are clear proof that the government needs to have clarity in terms of policy because currently, they are operating like a c...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Teen fatally strikes rival suitor
A TEENAGER from Filabusi who fatally struck a rival suitor with a brick on the head in a fight over a 13-year-old girl was yesterday sentenced to an effective 14 years in jail. Mbongisen...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri in sex storm
Former Harare East MP Terence Mukupe has sensationally accused Malawi-born preacher Shepherd Bushiri of having an adulterous affair with his musician wife, Rachel J.Mukupe accused Bushiri of b...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 16:07hrs | 2569 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is redollarising, not de-dollarising'
On Tuesday, ZUVA Petroleum announced that eight of its service stations would be accepting foreign currency payments as number of fuel operators continue to withhold the liquid.ZUVA said four ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:29hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs ignored protocol, says Mudenda
Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda has said members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines ignored protocol when they held an urgent meeting on January 15 this year to discuss ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:26hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar stays, insists Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday vowed that government will not take the Zimdollar out of circulation despite pleas by MPs across the political divide that it had brought suffering to Zimbabwea...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Parliamentarians sleeping on duty
It boggles the mind that out of the more than 260 Members of Parliament, it only took Senator Omega Hungwe to advance a motion in Parliament to petition legislators to consider reviewing "O" and "A" L...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 20:29hrs | 843 | by Manuel Nyawo
De Klerk, Mnangagwa in same WhatsApp group
FORMER apartheid South Africa leader Willem de Klerk torched a storm last week when he said apartheid was not a crime against humanity.De Klerk made the remarks in television interviews to mar...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1539 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
1% inflows in Bulawayo dams
BULAWAYO water supply dams have recorded a one percent increase in capacity following rains received last week. In a statement, Bulawayo Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, said the minimal inflows were ...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 559 | by Staff reporter
Support for gold producers
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has declined to increase foreign currency allocation to gold miners, preferring to work on improving material support to the sector in a bid to ramp up production an...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:29hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri to confront Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri is reportedly mobilizing members of the Central Committee to back her in a bid to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the party's decision to suspend...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 21:48hrs | 6861 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa accused of abusing his late ex-wife
The EFF has once again overshadowed the joint sitting in Parliament, this time with allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa beat his late former wife.Chaos erupted in the National Assembly ...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3399 | by Staff reporter
Muchinguri mobilises Central Committee to confront Mnangagwa?
ZANU PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri is reportedly mobilizing members of the Central Committee to back her in a bid to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the party's decision to suspend...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 12:34hrs | 8599 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Youths want more seats in Parly
YOUTHS have said they want more than 10 proportional representation seats in Parliament and have threatened to campaign for the rejection of a proposed constitutional amendment which only proposes 10 ...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:51hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt rapped over slow response to Binga floods
BINGA NORTH legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda (MDC Alliance) has criticised the government for failing to timeously assist families in flood-prone areas before and after last week's flash floods....Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:42hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda defends docking Chamisa MPs allowances
MDC-Alliance legislators must be charged with contempt of court for their failure to respect President Mnangagwa during Parliamentary proceedings after the Constitutional Court ruled that he was duly ...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube rapped over policy announcements
PARLIAMENT on Wednesday rapped Finance minister Mthuli Ncube for rushing to make policy announcements pertaining to his ministry on international fora and the media before addressing local legislators...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:50hrs | 2624 | by Staff reporter
'Decriminalise wilful transmission of HIV'
FEMALE parliamentarians have called for the decriminalisation of wilful transmission of HIV, saying women were the most affected by the law.The issue came out on Thursday last week in the Nati...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:50hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa exposes Innscor Africa Limited
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has accused Innscor Africa Limited's Mike Fowler of running a cartel that has captured the state and is practicing racism in the country. Mliswa who wr...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 09:12hrs | 4606 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa dumps allies
President Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly gave under-fire Zanu-PF youth league leaders the green light to launch a crusade against three businessmen accused of sabotaging the economy, but backtracked aft...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:52hrs | 13515 | by Staff reporter
Cattle rustlers in court for stealing and slaughtering villager's cow
TWO cattle rustlers who allegedly stole a cow, slaughtered it and sold the meat to the community have been granted $150 bail.Admire Moyo (20) and Khulisumuzi Ndlovu (22) appeared before Bulawa...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:44hrs | 416 | by Stephen Jakes
Is the US ready for a gay president?
When the ancient Romans saw the African horse (the zebra), they announced that those who want to experience wonders must visit Africa. Today, the surprising showing of 37-year-old Pete Buttigieg, a ga...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 616 | by Kenneth Mufuka
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