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'NGOs plotting to remove Mnangagwa'
FORMER Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has queried the proliferation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country, numbering over 3,000, accusing them of agitating regime change....Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 4554 | by Staff reporter
Remembering gukurahundi genocide
The spirit of Mthwakazi insecurity and why the Mthwakazi prosecutor general must bring the perpetrators of these henious crimes to justice.Greetings to all!For forty-two years, the insecur...Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | 737 | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
Zimbabwe banking on gold to fight inflation
With inflation soaring in Zimbabwe and the country's currency in free fall as people abandon it for the US dollar, the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fighting back with a novel strategy...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 09:13hrs | 1171 | by Lesley Wroughton
Mashonaland Central needs Mnangagwa's intervention
On the 26th of April 2018 Government spokesperson Nick Mangwana said, "A titanic battle in Mazowe West on Sunday. Tafadzwa Musarara vs Kazembe Kazembe. But Anastencia Mazikana, Chrispen Mataire, Richa...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 09:14hrs | 3648 | by Taurai Zhou
Mnangagwa knows price of bread - says Ministry
Information Ministry Permanent secretary Nick Mangwana on Wednesday released a clip of President Emmerson Mnangagwa grocery shopping, noting that the Zanu-PF leader used Zimbabwe dollars and was aware...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 20:32hrs | 2395 | by Staff reporter
Massive looting of Covid-19 relief funds exposed
A parliamentary report has exposed massive graft, looting and diversion of material and financial resources worth several millions of dollars earmarked for the Covid-19 fight.The Brian Dube ch...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:17hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has to make bold currency decision or face political demise
The president has to make hard currency decision sooner than later as doing that in 2023 will cause so much economic pain that may cause a huge protest vote which may send him home.The country...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 12:45hrs | 9102 | by Dr Brian Sedze
Economic growth all good, but meaningless when Zimbabweans' livelihoods deteriorating!
A father can boast of his recent promotions at work or the expansion of his business entities.He can even be proud of the increased financial earnings, and profit margins coming into his pocke...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 21:42hrs | 864 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Nssa to increase pension pay-outs
NATIONAL Social Security Agency (Nssa) has promised to increase pension pay-outs starting from next month and it will be backdated to this month.In an interview with Daily News on Sunday yeste...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:57hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
High mealie meal prices baffle consumers
THE RECENT increase in mealie meal prices by 50% has irked consumers across Zimbabwe who are saying it has become unaffordable due to poor incomes they are earning while most of them are not formally ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:07hrs | 2380 | by Stephen Jakes
Please tell me the president is also paid in Zim dollars!
As a truly patriotic Zimbabwean - who earnestly cares about this country's development and fellow citizens' welfare and wellbeing - I make every effort in...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 20:33hrs | 2331 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Telone donates to Entembeni Old people
TelOne has recently donated groceries and blankets to the Entembeni Old People's Home in Bulawayo in an effort to reduce food shortages....Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 07:03hrs | 189 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo residents demand bribes to register to vote
Ekhaya Vote 2023, a consortium of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Matabeleland has reported that the residents of Magwegwe Suburb in Bulawayo are demanding bribes from the organization for them ...Published: 23 Apr 2022 at 13:08hrs | 1926 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Churches urged to give to the poor
Minister of State for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, Judith Ncube has urged churches to give to the underprivileged.She made the remarks at Nkulumane South where the Seventh Day Adventist chu...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:30hrs | 215 | by Stephen Jakes
Mealie meal price rockets; 10kg roller meal packet hits US$11
CONSUMERS have been dealt a hard blow after the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe's (GMAZ) increase the retail price of mealie meal by 50% Wednesday evening.Millers held an emergency meeti...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 22:10hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal, bread price hike looms
GRAIN millers held an emergency meeting Tuesday morning to consider another round of price increases for mealie meal and bread, NewZimbabwe.com can report.This comes after the Grain Marketing ...Published: 12 Apr 2022 at 12:21hrs | 991 | by Staff reporter
Prices in Zimbabwe run riot!
THE economic malaise has deepened in recent weeks as the cost of living is spiralling out of control with prices soaring by about 30% during the first week of April. This has plunged households into e...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price hike looms
A MASSIVE retail price hike for mealie meal is looming in Zimbabwe starting Friday after the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) substantially increased the price of maize.The price is set to rise by ...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 17:44hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Mamombe testifies on alleged abduction
MDC-Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe yesterday testified about her alleged abduction in mid-2020 to support the application by herself and alleged accomplice Cecilia Chimbiri for their charges of fak...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe hijacks Dokora's function
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's efforts to keep ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Province under his belt are under threat amid fierce competition from former Minister of Education, Lazarus Dokora....Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 08:43hrs | 8 | by Shelton Muchena In Bindura
WATCH: Millers donate to ZANU-PF
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) today donated food in Bindura towards the annual ZANU PF Congress to be held this month.Speaking during the hand over GMAZ chairperson Tafadz...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 14:44hrs | 26 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
'Zimbabwean families struggling to buy food'
LEADING consumer bodies have confirmed that residents are experiencing decreased food levels in households on the back of the rising cost of living.This comes following a recent damning report...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When First Lady beneficiaries are coached to express gratitude for donations
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, you ought to have known that true beatitude comes not from earthly riches, but from the milk of human kindness. You should have intuited. All...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:28hrs | | by Cyprian Ndawana
LSU in unscrupulous procurement deals, authorities unfairly suspend transport officer
LUPANE State University (LSU) under the administration of Vice Chancellor Pardon Kuipa has again been caught in an unscrupulous goods procurement process and construction project without following ten...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 14:42hrs | 51 | by Stephen Jakes
Umzingwane villagers cry foul over donors suspending food relief after crops failure due to water logging
In what might be described as donor syndrome, villagers in parts of Umzingwane district have cried foul that they are experiencing serious food shortage a...Published: 05 Jul 2021 at 20:24hrs | 113 | by Stephen Jakes
Cops impound imported mealie-meal
POLICE, in conjunction with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB), have launched a nationwide blitz aimed at confiscating imported mealie-meal from retailers that have defied the ban on the import of the st...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The President should not be allover!
Literary, the office of the President, is of high honour, respected, and must be treated with integrity, but from my own observation, it has become a play ground, from whom ever wants to play with him...Published: 26 May 2021 at 09:49hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Brisk business for umtshiphela/ harurwa vendors
SCORES of villagers in Bikita district in Masvingo province are making brisk business from selling edible insects - commonly known as harurwa/ umtshiphela (Encosternum delegorguei) – along the Masvi...Published: 22 May 2021 at 19:57hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Mealie-meal price to go down
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has welcomed Government's position to stop issuing maize and mealie-meal import permits with effect from end of the month, as the country is on course for a m...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
2,4m urban households food insecure: ZimVAC
APPROXIMATELY 2,4 million Zimbabweans in urban areas are struggling to meet their basic food needs, the latest report by the Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVAC) has revealed.I...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Imported maize-meal: Millers voice concern
Imported lower-price maize meal flooding shops in parts of Zimbabwe is a substandard product being dumped in the country, say Zimbabwean millers who want permits to import maize meal suspended with im...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Both ZANU PF and MDC have betrayed and failed people of Zimbabwe, and it's time for citizens to reclaim their power
There is no better definition of 'fail', as the one provided by my trusted dictionary, which says, "Not to achieve a particular stated goal" - and as such, there is no other more appropriate way to de...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 09:38hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
MDC-A must act on food security
Zimbabwe has been talking about Minister Sekai Nzenza's crude oil remarks. MDCA National Spokesperson joined the discussion and dragged mealie meal into the conversation on twitter.Fadzayi Mah...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 12:35hrs | 2 | by Nicholas Ncube
$4.8bn set aside to support households, says Govt
GOVERNMENT claims it has set aside $4,8 billion to support households affected by the heightened lockdown measures.The disclosure by the government follows a request by human rights lawyer Den...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife launches school feeding scheme for Harare
ZIMBABWEANS should unite in fighting hunger in schools and ensure every learner acquires education regardless of social standing, the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa, has said.Speaking at ...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'We need more Zimdollar than US$'
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) chief executive officer, Mr Busisa Moyo says the Bulawayo headquartered agro-processing company needs more of the local dollar to localise production of key raw materia...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Living for the moment - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
It's been a problem for at least 20 years. Despite all the efforts of successive presidents, some Zimbabweans are still apparently dissatisfied. They just don't know what's good for them.One h...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:05hrs | 2 | by ZimVigil
If ZANU PF were the opposition, wouldn't they see a crisis in Zimbabwe?
My most trusted dictionary defines 'crisis' as, "An unstable situation, in political, social, economic, or military affairs".Over the past three months, Zimbabwe - as well as regional and glob...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mthuli Ncube scoffs at poverty reports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed reports of high poverty levels in the country arguing that the cushion extended by government to vulnerable groups had made "instant impact" and thus elimin...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU mobilises for nationwide protests
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has begun mobilising for a national general strike of both public and private sector workers. The event, according to ZCTU president Peter Mutasa, ...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:05hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
NatBake donates to Chitungwiza's famous soup kitchen
Thousands gathered in Chitungwiza to witness a local bakery NatBake, donating five tonnes of mealie meal and bread to a local kitchen that has been feeding thousands of vulnerable residents during the...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 12 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa praises young philanthropists
Zimbabwe needs patriotic and determined young people who step in during difficult times to assist the country, President Mnangagwa has said. He made the statement yesterday while receiving 100 tonnes ...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa receives donation
President Mnangagwa has received 100 tonnes of mealie meal from a local company, Better Brands Jewellery, to be distributed to vulnerable communities affected by Covid-19.The donation was hand...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Being Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni
Chief Ndiweni from Ntabazinduna is easily one of the newsmakers for 2019.The traditional leader, who has on many occasions angered President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government with his sharp crit...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:05hrs | 3275 | by The Sunday Times
No blessings for government that steals from the elderly
As I write this article - looking through my window that faces the street - there are countless smartly dressed gentlemen, ladies and children, eagerly and excitedly purposefully going to their variou...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 12:57hrs | 751 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Basic commodity prices up
RETAILERS have increased prices of basic commodities again despite stability in the exchange rate and a consumer outcry over erosion of disposable incomes. A snap survey conducted in Bulawayo ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servant jailed for shoplifting
A LOCAL Government ministry employee has been nabbed in Mutare for shoplifting groceries worth $375 at TM Supermarket.Bridget Nhambarare (40) appeared before Mutare magistrate Prisca Manhibi o...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2278 | by Staff reporter
Zambian traders flock to Victoria Falls
Zambians are taking advantage of Zimbabwe's collapsing economy to buy basic commodities from Victoria Falls for resale in the resort town of Livingstone.Products that are popular with the Zambian ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
A year gone life has become worse in Zimbabwe
Since President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa's election win in 2018 pitting MDC-Alliance Nelson Chamisa to lead the nation, life has become worse and it seems to be a daunting task for this new republi...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:11hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Why elections cannot help liberate uMthwakazi- MIOR
It is not mind boggling that Elections cannot liberate UMthwakazi. What is mind boggling is that at this day and time, there are some people in UMthwakazi in particular who still believe that partakin...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 450 | by Mthwakazi Institute of Research
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