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Bulawayo's kwaito star Kadder sings for Brenda Fassie
Bulawayo kwaito star Kadder has released a song dedicated to the late African music icon Brenda Fassie of blessed memory who went to glory in May 2004. Speaking to this publication on Tuesday ...Published: 50 mins ago | 88 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe cost of living up 22%
THE cost of living in Zimbabwe ballooned by $1 554 to $8 726 by end of last month due to the influence of the parallel market on exchange rates, limited supply of basic products and panic buying by co...Published: 2 hrs ago | 177 | by Staff reporter
Zifa strikes gold
ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) is set to rake in millions of dollars after the local soccer-controlling body engaged world soccer governing body Fifa in a lucrative marketing deal in which they ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 320 | by Staff reporter
Security forces up lockdown enforcement
THOUSANDS of workers have been inconvenienced after being ordered to return home by police and soldiers manning roadblocks in most roads leading into the Harare city centre.According to report...Published: 3 hrs ago | 810 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price to remain unchanged
GOVERNMENT has increased the subsidy paid to millers to ensure that the price of mealie-meal remains unchanged in the face of increases in the prices of basic commodities, a development that is expect...Published: 3 hrs ago | 179 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans in custody for cigarettes smuggling in SA
TWO Zimbabweans who were last week arrested with three other people for allegedly smuggling cigarettes from Zimbabwe to South Africa have been further remanded in custody to Friday for formal bail app...Published: 3 hrs ago | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe licences first upmarket adult sex toy shop
THE government has licensed Zimbabwe's first premier sex toy store operating in Harare.In a statement Monday, company marketing manager Fadzai Jones, said, Intimate Store believes that Zimbabw...Published: 3 hrs ago | 400 | by newzimbabwe
Army beat Chinhoyi residents over Covid social distance
Several people were left nursing injuries on Thursday after troops of Zimbabwe National Army officers went on rampage beating up residents randomly in Chinhoyi high density areas. According to...Published: 20 hrs ago | 625 | by Naume Muza
Key economic lessons for Zimbabwe from South Africa
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a long history of trade, socio-economic, political and cultural ties that span for decades. The two countries are separated by a 225km border that runs along the Limpop...Published: 20 hrs ago | 429 | by Smetch Sibanda
Are we educated to confuse citizens?
ZIMBABWE is the epitome of African education, though with nothing to show for it. One of my masters lecturers, an Ethiopian by origin but now German citizen, once told us that until you simplify issue...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 294 | by Fungai Nhaitai
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to alternative foods
BULAWAYO residents have resorted to finding alternative foods to boost their diets as prices of basic commodities continue to increase beyond their reach. Profiteering businesses are taking advantage ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:33hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
High Court challenge for Zupco 'monopoly'
COMMUTER omnibus owners in Bulawayo, operating under the banner 'Tshova Mubaiwa Transport Co-operative Company' have approached the High Court challenging Government's decision to have their kombis op...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:32hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
RBZ plots ambush to rein in exchange rates
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will henceforth use 'ambush raids' as a strategy within its array of policy interventions as the monetary authorities battle to break persistent buffeting of the dom...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1118 | by Staff reporter
Security forces deployed to quarantine centres
THE Inter-Ministerial Taskforce on Covid-19 headed by Vice-President Kembo Mohadi is now mandated to update the country on the regular fortnightly reviews of the indefinite national lockdown announced...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:40hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 aid resurfaces on black market
While Government, corporates, organisations and individuals have opened their hearts and wallets, pooling resources to support those who are likely to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic, shameles...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:40hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hyperinflation: ZASH the natural alternative
Covid-19 pandemic has been the worst crisis in this century. Many governments in the world are struggling to fight the pandemic which has drastically affected world economies. Global governments respo...Published: 31 May 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1009 | by Sammy ChiyazMan
'We would rather die of COVID-19 than starve under lockdown'
INFORMAL traders have defied President Emmerson Mnangagwa's lockdown regulations and are now back in full force, operating openly in the high-density areas at a time the country is recording a surge i...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:42hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Belarus buses deal clarified
AN official representative of Belarusian manufacturing plants Mr Vadim Zhuk has set the record straight with regards to the cooperation of the Zimbabwe and Belarus for the production and assembly of p...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
Zupco bus deal a hot potato in govt circles
CABINET ministers were evasive this week after being asked to explain the details of a murky deal between the government and Landela Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company linked to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3337 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2360 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in catch-22 situation
THE provision of subsidies to small-scale gold miners in defiance of advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has left the government in a quandary amid a rapidly deteriorating economy....Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:30hrs | 1807 | by Staff reporter
Price controls have failed, govt admits
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza yesterday admitted in Parliament that the moratorium on prices increases imposed by government on retailers during the COVID-10 crisis had not worked, with ...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
Clueless gaze in the face of free-falling Zimdollar
THE spectacular collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar in the past week has yet again exposed the government's bankrupt currency policies worsening the country's deepening economic crisis.The Zimdo...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
'Restrictions on ZIPIT counter-productive'
IN a desperate bid to halt the rapid weakening of the Zimbabwean dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has, with immediate effect, imposed daily and monthly tr...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
CTC blocks Innscor deal
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed Innscor Africa Limited's efforts to dispose of its 25% shareholding in refrigerator maker Capri suffered a major blow after the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) r...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Relief for small fuel importers
Small fuel companies are now allowed to import fuel after the High Court on Wednesday overturned the decision by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) to issue import licences to only eight ...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:41hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe, says SA's BusinessDay
As Zimbabwe enters the next phase of its coronavirus-induced lockdown - a partial but indefinite hold on economic activity - fears for the country’s economic future are rising.The economy wa...Published: 28 May 2020 at 20:45hrs | 3591 | by Chris Muronzi I BusinessDay
Mnangagwa vetoes call for GNU, talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has rejected the growing calls for political dialogue in the country, including the formation of a new government of national unity (GNU) to help end Zimbabwe's myriad cha...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:21hrs | 10583 | by Staff reporter
RBZ governor needs prayers, not Zimbabweans
IT was difficult listening to central bank governor, John Mangudya speaking in Parliament without feeling patronised."I pray for Zimbabwe each morning, saying, ‘Oh God, help Zimbabweans unde...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Insights into Mangudya's era of fibs, fiddling
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya (pictured) says he has been praying for Zimbabweans to understand economics. Zimbabweans, in turn, have been making the same prayers - for him.T...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1291 | by newZWire
Mthuli Ncube to unveil price stabilisation measures
GOVERNMENT will soon announce measures to stabilise prices of basic commodities while arresting inflation as consumers' buying power continues to drop. While prices of basic commodities are constantly...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2053 | by Staff reporter
CSC upgrade project put on hold
THE COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has suspended rehabilitation works, putting on hold a programme that was expected to see the country's meat processor and marketer resuming operat...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 219 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch livestock scheme
President Mnangagwa is today expected to launch the Presidential Livestock Scheme at Cleveland Range in Harare to support livestock farmers. Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Info...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Informal sector remains closed, says High court
The informal sector remains closed under lockdown after the High Court found that the Government acted reasonably and lawfully by keeping it closed while allowing the formal sector to reopen under str...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube calls for GNU to rescue economy
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube is known for his straight talk and fearless character. A long-time serving Zanu-PF member and a liberation stalwart, Tshinga always speaks out his mind when g...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:25hrs | 2276 | by Staff reporter
ZW$ remains our best foot forward
At the rate at the Zimbabwe dollar (ZW$) is losing its intrinsic value, it may just be a matter of time before the country dollarizes, officially or non-officially.Those pushing for dollarizat...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:15hrs | 5607 | by Jameson Dapi
Gambling craze invades Zimbabwe
Gambling has conventionally always been frowned upon as a social vice and vanity. Where it occurred, it was limited to the state lottery, horse betting, pink lotto and an odd casino. Now, the tide has...Published: 27 May 2020 at 14:28hrs | 1589 | by Staff Writer
EcoCash court bid hits brickwall
The High Court has dismissed Econet Zimbabwe's mobile money platform, EcoCash's application which sought to interdict the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) from suspending its mobile money agents....Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:54hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe National Army rescues Binga villagers
THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) has provided the Social Welfare department with transport to carry drought relief grain to villages in Binga so that vulnerable beneficiaries are not charged transport...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Motorists shun forex fuel
MOTORISTS in Bulawayo are shunning service stations which sell fuel in foreign currency and opting to fill their tanks from those charging in local currency as the exchange rate continues to shoot thr...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2232 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa in Harare land ownership row
PROPERTY businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa's Pinnacle Property Holdings company has been accused of selling land in Harare's upmarket Borrowdale area despite losing rights to it.The company, acco...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 829 | by newzimbabwe
Court upholds suspension of EcoCash agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) acted within its mandate when it suspended EcoCash mobile money agents from conducting financial transactions to curb abuse, the High Court has ruled, and so there c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: IMF hammers country already on its knees
Mercifully, Zimbabwe's infection and death rates from Covid-19 are so far very low but the economy, already labouring under the effects of drought, has been hit by the lockdowns. Worse, the IMF has de...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 693 | by Baffour Ankomah I New African Magazine
Not yet Uhuru for Africa: Africa Day message from ZAPU
Africa Day has come and gone on May 25 2020, just like any of the previous years. A day that was set aside by mother Africa herself for commemorations, recognition and appreciation of our African iden...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 459 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
Vendors take refuge in online trade
Informal traders have embraced online business opportunities that came with the COVID-19 induced lockdown measures in Bulawayo. Informal traders say the lockdown has taught them to embrace Inf...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:21hrs | 574 | by Stephen Jakes
Vusa Mkhaya to re-release 3rd album
AWARD-WINNING musician Vusa Mkhaya is set to re-release his celebrated third album, UManyanyatha - Songs from the Soul of Zimbabwe, for the international market.The album features the hugely p...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Parallel market rates a bubble, says Mangudya
The rapid rise in parallel market foreign currency exchange rates is symptomatic of a bubble as it lacks any fundamental basis and could lead to economic depression, says Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gove...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2449 | by Staff reporter
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1751 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe fuel crisis set to worsen
DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign currency to import petrol and diesel.This c...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
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