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Jail in America is for commoners
Just remember that jail in America is for commoners, not for the rich and politically connected. You can do drugs, traffic women, evade taxes, buy and toss away guns and your father will spare you jai...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 10:00hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean sister of UK child abuse victim blames the Church for brother's death
The sister of a 16-year-old boy who drowned while swimming naked at a Christian holiday camp in Zimbabwe run by child abuser John Smyth blames the Church of England for his death."The Church k...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 18:32hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
Steve Hanke celebrates the demise of Zimbabwe's ZiG
US-based economist and currency expert Steve Hanke has issued a stark warning about Zimbabwe's economic situation, claiming that the country's inflation rate has reached a staggering 880% per year, de...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 08:28hrs | 21500 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe headed for another coup?
This season we are living in, it's not a time for a hairdo. People are perching on the edge of the cliff. There is a loud whisper drifting around, almost like a wish among many. These chaps wi...Published: 01 Sep 2024 at 10:25hrs | 2476 | by Tawanda Majoni
Boost for ZSE as govt suspends tax on stocks
Government has implemented significant tax reductions and suspensions aimed at revitalizing trading activity on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). The 40% capital gains tax (CGT) on stocks sol...Published: 02 Jul 2024 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Brisk firewood business as cold spell bites Bulawayo
In Bulawayo, firewood vendors and sports bar owners experienced increased business activity due to the coldest day of winter so far. Vendors in the western suburbs set up braziers early in the morning...Published: 09 Jun 2024 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Introduction of ZiG Currency and its Economic Impact
On Friday the 5th of April 2024, the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank introduced a new "structured currency" called ZiG to tackle the ongoing economic crisis in the country. The new currency, Zim Gold (ZiG), wil...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 07:02hrs | 17 | by Matthew Dube Esquire
South Africa files case at ICJ accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts' in Gaza
South Africa has filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza after nearly three months of relentless Israeli...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Lyon looking to sell Kadewere
FRENCH top-flight league side Olympique Lyon have reportedly identified a replacement for Zimbabwean striker Tino Kadewere as they look to make room for out-of-favour Paris Saint-Germain young forward...Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 20:03hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
2 Zimbabweans killed in Diepsloot vigilante killings
TWO victims out of the seven men who were burnt to death in an apparent vigilante attack against criminal activity in one of South Africa's crime-ridden townships are reported to be Zimbabwean citizen...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mom flogs daughter to death
A FURIOUS Shamva woman fatally assaulted her nine-year-old daughter for wasting the family's mealie-meal and cooking oil, which she used to play house with friends.Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZR...Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 05:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar on the verge of complete rejection
THE Zimbabwe dollar, which was reintroduced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in 2019, is on the verge of collapse and complete market rejection.The local unit is incessantly plummeting ag...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development
'One year under arbitrary detention in my oppressor's prison'
Chikurubi Maximum Security PrisonChikurubi FarmHarareTo My DEAR Zimbabweans,Regional and Worldwide FriendsWhere ever they may be found14 June 2023DEAR Z...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:24hrs | 3 | by Job Wiwa Sikhala
Mnangagwa to secure another 5-year term, says US's Fitch Ratings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will likely secure another five-year term in elections expected in August, Fitch Solutions, a global advisory, predicted in a new report, but warned of a chaotic aftermath...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe price spikes spook consumers
A NEW wave of price hikes, triggered by the plummeting local currency on the parallel market, has thrown many consumers off balance.As of yesterday, the local currency was trading between $1 8...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Independence makes no sense to a people still suffering!
During my short two-year stint in South Africa, between 2008 and 2010, I worked with two NGOs (non-governmental organizations) - whose main focus was with the less privileged.The first one I w...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC activist attacks fellow party member
POLICE are investigating a case of intra-party political violence in the city of Masvingo where a CCC activist attacked and left his fellow party member for dead owing to deepening factionalism in the...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's nonentity on global stage leaving Zimbabweans' continued oppression largely unnoticed!
After the November 2017 military coup d'état - which ousted long-time dictator Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and ushering in his protégé Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa as new president - the plight of oppres...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 07:26hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?
"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral seas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | | by Zvikomborero Sibanda
Call for severe sentences against armed robbers, child abusers
Courts must deliver strong judgments against people convicted of armed robbery and abuse of women and children, President Mnangagwa has said.He said this in a speech read on his behalf by Just...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF makes bold statement ahead of 2023 harmonised elections
AS Zimbabwe barrels towards next year's harmonised elections, Zanu-PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare family clashes with cops over arrest
A Harare man and his two nephews were over the weekend arrested on allegations of assaulting and apprehending two thieves they had caught stealing at their orchard/nursery in Braeside area, a move whi...Published: 29 Aug 2022 at 20:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Two-decade-old U.S. sanctions leave Zimbabweans suffering, triggering protests
Opposite the U.S. embassy northwest of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare sits an anti-sanctions camp marking 1,200 days of protest.On July 4, the organizer of the camp — Broad Alliance Agains...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:50hrs | 6 | by Tichaona Chifamba, Zhang Yuliang, Cao Kai
Colonialism is not dead, Your Royal Highness
ON June 8 2022, at the start of his "landmark" six-day visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Belgium's King Philippe expressed regret for the countless "violent acts and humiliations" t...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:46hrs | 8 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zanu-PF cell audit reveals plummeting popularity
Zanu-PF's emergency structures audit which took place Saturday left party leaders deeply worried after very few people turned up for the cell verification process while in some places it failed to tak...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 15:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Davos trip a useless exercise
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's trip to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (WEF) presents a platform to re-engage with the international community but that opportunity looks lost due to th...Published: 27 May 2022 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 10:26hrs | | by John Mbizvo
ZANU-PF MPs want 2023 elections postponed
With the party popularity nosediving from 51% in 2018 down to below 30% at present due to poverty, unemployment and poor economic policies, ZANU PF Members of Parliament (MPs) are sensing danger and w...Published: 21 May 2022 at 16:05hrs | 7 | by John Mbizvo, Political Analyst
Reports of Zanu-PF defeat in 2023 polls are tad premature
SEVERAL Zimbabwe commentators have interpreted recent by-elections as raising the possibility that Zanu-PF's 42-year-long grip on power is loosening and, come the 2023 general elections, opposition le...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 8 | by Derek Matyszak
'Faith in US dollar waning'
The world has started to lose faith in the US dollar in recent years, so given this situation, the only option is to expand the use of national currencies, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said yesterd...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US$800m regime change kitty at risk in 2022 NGOs Bill
THE Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill could cost Zimbabwe close to US$800 million in development funding this year – with devastating social and economic consequences – if the governm...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranks lowly on Fitch political, economic risk
PROMINENT American market research firm, Fitch Solutions, has ranked Zimbabwe as a country that poses the highest political and economic risk in Southern Africa, a major indicator that poi...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:44hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe exports on track for US$7bn target
ZIMBABWE'S exports edged closer to meeting government's US$7 billion target by 2023, after rising by 37,3% last year, the country's export trade promotion agency said this week.Exports climbed...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 17:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa democratic credentials face litmus test in election season
THE year 2022 is a litmus test for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime which promised to open up political space and uphold civil liberties as temperatures hot up ahead of next year's general electi...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reshuffles China game plan
ZIMBABWE is to deploy additional manpower to China to give impetus to Harare's two-decade marketing campaign to attract Beijing's travellers to local market, Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu t...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:11hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZNCC backs call for power tariff hike
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) yesterday said government should grant troubled power producer, Zesa Holdings, authority to hike power tariffs and give impetus to its recapitalisation...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man killed over missing goat
POLICE in Chiweshe have launched a manhunt for three male villagers who allegedly bashed a suspected goat thief to death on Saturday.Denmore Taruvinga, Henry Chaparadza and Aluwis Chigure are ...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$1,5 billion circulating in black market, says RBZ
FRESH evidence of plummeting confidence in Zimbabwe's banking sector has emerged, with central bank deputy chief Kuphukile Mlambo saying up to US$1,5 billion could be exchanging hands outside formal b...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Makokoba sewage crisis overwhelms council
BUlAWAYO has a catchy tagline of aspiring a smart, transformative city by 2024.With just under three years to the set date, plummeting service delivery levels in virtually all townships might ...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe industry defies odds, hits 95% capacity'
ZIMBABWE'S industries have emerged from the crossfire of Covid-19-induced lockdowns and forex shortages to extend a bounce-back registered since the second quarter of this year, central bank chief Joh...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Naming, shaming, SI 127 key for market discipline
NAMING, shaming and imposing heavy penalties against entities caught abusing funds obtained from the auction will reinforce the platform's role as the preferred mechanism of distributing the scarce fo...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 08:53hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Ramaphosa declared personas-non-grata
Injeje yabeNguni Council has declared Cyril Ramaphosa and Raymond Zondo Personas-Non-Grata in South African provinces until they release President Jacob Zuma.Injeje is a body of Zulu Chiefs &a...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 18:43hrs | 9 | by Injeje yabeNguni
Air Zimbabwe admin tables a fresh revival plan
ADMINISTRATORS of Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) have persuaded government to roll out a foreign currency funding model under which industries would be directed to deploy United States dollars into the broke a...Published: 21 May 2021 at 06:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, you have spoken more than you acted
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,It is with a heavy heart and a trampled soul that I write this letter to you.Since your ascendancy to power via a military-assisted coup in November...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Cliff Chiduku
Mob attacks woman after she allegedly snatches baby in Mutare
A mob attacked a woman after she kidnapped a two-year-old baby in Dangamvura, Mutare, police said.The 30-year-old woman who was dressed in white garments associated with an apostolic church se...Published: 13 May 2021 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Market welcomes forex auction relaxation
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has begun selling foreign currency to registered bureau de change to improve the accessibility of forex for small businesses."Pursuant to the resolution of the mon...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar will maintain a 'fragile stability' this year report
ZIMBABWE's currency will maintain a "fragile stability" this year, continuing from the volatilities that haunted the domestic unit even after the introduction of theforeign currency auction system...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo set for Wednesday
ZANU-PF is holding a Politburo meeting on Wednesday at its headquarters in Harare where a number of pertinent issues are expected to be discussed, among them the fight against Covid-19. In a s...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe taking cautious approach on Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Zimbabwe is taking a cautious approach towards the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines that some African countries are set to roll out amid indications that government could delay the programme while observ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can the South African Rand Hold its Position Against the Greenback?
The South African rand remains one of the poster boys for emerging currencies across the globe, and like many of its contemporaries it has experienced a highly turbulent 2020.For example, the ...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 17:22hrs | 7 | by Staff writer
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