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4 CCC factions tussle for political party funds
Four factions of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are locked in an intense fight for the party's share of funds that are disbursed by the Government under the Political Parties (Finance) Act....Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu goes after CCC's share of political parties' funding from govt
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu has struck again, this time requesting the opposition party's Political Parties' Funding share.He wrote a l...Published: 10 Nov 2023 at 06:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe war veterans fire warning shots
WAR veterans say they are tired of empty government promises, and being used as 'graders' to campaign for the ruling Zanu-PF towards elections. The x-combatants have been a vital cog for ...Published: 07 May 2023 at 07:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Even if Mnangagwa gave me a house today, I will never vote for him as long as Zimbabweans suffering!
Already in 1980, at the dawn of Zimbabwe's independence, we experienced major transformations in our lives.Our parents managed to purchase houses, including in previously racially segregated a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mwonzora gets $400 million from government
The Douglas Mwonzora led MDC Alliance has received four hundred and twenty-two million five hundred and seventeen thousand six hundred dollars under the Political Parties (Finance) Act. This w...Published: 01 Jan 2023 at 16:42hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chiyangwa ally sparks verbal war against rival empowerment lobby group
A WAR of words has erupted between officials aligned to two rival indigenous empowerment lobby groupings, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) and newly-launched Economic Empowerment Group (EEG)....Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Mwonzora fight over filthy lucre
OPPOSITION MDC factional leaders Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe are embroiled in a vicious fight over ZW$150 million (US$1.3 million at official rate and US$750 000 at parallel rate) availed by ...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buy Zimbabwe in campaign to promote local goods
Buy Zimbabwe is running a promotion next week to sensitise the public on the importance of buying locally-produced products and services and its impact to the economy.The "Buy Zimbabwe Week", ...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 16:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance slams 'brazen injustice' as Mwonzora gets its $60 million
The MDC Alliance is raging after the government gave Z$60 million due to the party under the Political Parties (Finance) Act to the MDC-T instead.MDC Alliance treasurer David Coltart called th...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pressured to reveal source of funding for POLAD vehicles
The Youth Alliance of Democracy (YAD) has demanded that the government discloses the source of funding for 19 brand new vehicles bought for the leaders of small political parties who backed President ...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe generals sweat over rampant indiscipline
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) commanders have convened several meetings over the past few weeks as they battle to contain rampant indiscipline among soldiers, characterised by the involvement of junior...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Things to consider before buying or selling cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrencies came to offer solutions to the flaws in the current financial system. They create an alternative to the fiat currency that is digital, decentralized, and available for everybody; all ...Published: 18 May 2021 at 11:00hrs | 15 | by Staff Writer
BCC to intensify debt collection through service restriction
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has warned that it will soon cut water supplies and withdraw other services to residents in rates arrears.In a notice to residents, town clerk Christopher Dube yest...Published: 26 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo water reticulation system set for overhaul
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is yet to order equipment worth nearly US$300 000 for the completion of water reticulation works at Aisleby 1 and 2, nine years after council applied for the loan to implem...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council seek powers to borrow $4 billion
BULAWAYO City Council is seeking authority from the Local Government ministry to borrow $4 billion arguing it has no capacity to fund its 2021 $10 billion capital budget to oil its operations....Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC to get $100 million
THE government says it will release a total of $100 million to the ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC this year, under the Political Parties (Finance) Act.In an extraordinary government gazette that w...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe gets new windfall
THE government has once again snubbed the MDC Alliance, after it disbursed a total of $76 million to the ruling Zanu-PF and Thokozani Khupe's MDC interim leadership, the Daily News reports.Of ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa share $12 million
POLITICAL foes, Zanu-PF leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his MDC counterpart will share the RTGS$12 million for their performance in last year's general elections.The money is set aside...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 19:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC gets $3.5 million from Mnangagwa's govt
The Nelson Chamisa led MDC has been awarded $3 596 400,00 under the Political Parties Act. The money is regarded as the primary funding for political parties since they are not allowed foreign funding...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 10:59hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bond note, RTGS model didn't fail, says Mangudya
Following the announcement of the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya (JM) this week that effectively liberalised the exchange rate between the US dollar...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time is right for alternative money
THE controversy surrounding the introduction of another local currency continues unabated. This time it was the former Finance minister, Tendai Biti, who ignited the current debate when he announced g...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 12 | by Zimwara
Political studies 101 on how Zanu failed itself, the country, and the masses
Politically I wonder if it is the morning, afternoon and evening in Zimbabwe, to Africa and, to the Diaspora community who watch yet emotionally as tangled in as anyone at home. The Christmas message ...Published: 27 Dec 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
5 Ways to finance your construction project
Deciding to construct a building is a big decision. It doesn't matter if you're looking to build a tower block of 50 apartments, your own private castle or even just a straw hut. You'll need planning ...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 14:45hrs | 54 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe lagging behind on cybercrime security'
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) management met over the weekend with the parliamentary committee on information communication technology in Kadoma to highli...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ray Goba's dismissal shows 'No Tolerance' is not just a slogan
This cannot have been an easy decision. Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba has not been in the job long. He was well respected by his peers and the President alike. But friendship and hi...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 18:32hrs | 2 | by Mike Tawanda
A vote for Chamisa, is a vote for Grace; Here is why...
The great Russian novelist and critic of the Soviet Union, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, once wrote that "once you get upstream, you are carried helplessly along." Unfortunately, Nelson Chamisa, desperate a...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 14:28hrs | | by Anthony Mkondo
Please be careful of this Bulawayo conman
Dear Editor, To the people of Zimbabwe and Bulawayo in particular, please be careful of conman and woman masquerading as second hand car dealers, the man is called Thabani Mguni (and his wife)...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 09:07hrs | 268 | by Concerned Bulawayo Resident
Could the Bulawayo Zanu-PF skirmish be internal or staged however we view it?
The violence perpetrated at the Zanu-PF rally in Bulawayo on Friday 22 June 2018 is an act of barbarism founded on fear to promote instability against excellent prospects for a successful and peaceful...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 08:13hrs | 7 | by Andrew Manyevere
Welshman Ncube fails to pay back $100,000, taken to court
MDC president Welshman Ncube has been taken to court by CBZ Bank, which is seeking an order compelling him to settle an over $100 000 loan advanced to him in January 2010.The bank issued summo...Published: 26 May 2018 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T receive $9m
Zanu-PF and the MDC have received about US$9 million under the Political Parties (Finance) Act with the money expected to jump-start the two political parties' campaigns ahead of elections this year....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa to garnish Obert Mpofu over $1,5m
HIGH Court judge Justice Clement Phiri has ordered Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, his permanent secretary and paymaster-general, to garnish the Obert Mpofu-led Home Affairs Ministry's account an...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three Monkeys sets record straight
THREE Monkeys, a restaurant in Victoria Falls whose directors initially refused to comment in stories reported by B-Metro have reached out through lawyers to "correct inaccuracies".While admit...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 05:40hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
A projection on a trajectory Jetson pathway: From here where to Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe future demands best of everything at its best and not worst of everything at its worst unfolding in packages least expected. I use two words advisedly: Trajectory and Jetson. Jetson because i...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 23:23hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Two more sucked into ZIFA saga
ZIFA have added their former finance manager Benjamin Dhewa and ex-accountant Fabian Vanganayi to a cartel of football leaders, led by their former chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze, whom the asso...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 23:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF: A postmorteum after the military assistance of November 2017
Lest we forget the big march of the generation aged between 1980 and to 2017 on the 17 November 2017 was not to say we support Zanu rather to voice all the shortcomings Zanu caused through its greater...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:04hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
'Lessons we must learn as we celebrate !!!'
Zimbabwe is at a Pivotal Point in its history: There are many lessons which we must take from the events of the past week and we must meditate and apply these to our lives....Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Open letter to the united nations on Zimbabwe from a diasporan
If the international community was able to exercise ownership on giving of Mr. Mugabe Ambassadorial status for World Health Organization, then perhaps the world body of United Nations ought to act and...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 10:14hrs | | by Andrew Manyevere
Cruelty has her rewards: Could Mugabe recover his downfall in 2018?
Odds are a bad omen when men keep contesting age against power rescuing and do so like when there was no end to life. Ingratitude is measured by the degree of avarice beyond scope of survival except t...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 08:10hrs | | by Andrew Manyevere
Dealing with financial sabotage in our economy
IT is possible to curb the current financial cash sabotage menace bedeviling our economy. Whilst the market is facing unpredictability, reminding the innocent citizens of the economic crisis of the la...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Chris Ndlovu
Vehicle scandal rocks Traffic Safety Council
Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) managing director Obio Chinyere is embroiled in a scandal for allegedly selling a company vehicle in contravention of laid down procedures.An internal...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance can awaken the Zimbabwean dream
It is not a Zimbabwean dream to see our leaders running to Europe every week for expensive "routine medical check-ups" while the ordinary African is left at the mercy of the collapsed health infrastru...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 14:27hrs | | by Tendai Mazenge
Public responds well to calls to sponsor Nkayi Kids
The public, community groups, churches and businesses have responded well to calls to sponsor Nkayi Kids' South African Science Competition Trip Financial Appeal.Individuals are calling and de...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 19:52hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Old age, a cancer to African leaders
In the 21st century, whoever examines the leadership crises in Zimbabwe seems to have a few questions which still remain unanswered: Could there still be some incorruptible leaders out there which the...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 15:42hrs | | by Tendai Mazenge
Highlanders coach on strike over DStv subscription, internet services
HIGHLANDERS coach Erol Akbay is on strike over alleged none payment of his DStv subscription and internet services, Chronicle reported.The coach did not attend Tuesday's training session...Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe assents to Approriation Act
PRESIDENT Mugabe has assented to the Appropriation Act 2017 that will see the operationalisation of the $3,426 billion National Budget for this year.Finance and Economic Development Minist...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gropping, Gripping, Grapping or Grouping: the Politics of Developing Social Underdevelopment in Zimbabwe?
As 2016 closes we have to ask a question: What do ordinary or normal thinking Zimbabweans, without invested interest in this madness say regarding the country condition and its politics of sordid brut...Published: 30 Dec 2016 at 18:12hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Either Mugabe is a habitual liar or has a criminal mind
Africa prides in respect of the elderly subject to the elderly taking a deserving respectful role on people, listening to people and taking their views into account. Mr. Mugabe has neither been to an ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 21:24hrs | 1 | by Andrew Manyevere
Students protest UZ tuition fee hike
The Zimbabwe National Students' Union (Zinasu) has criticised the University of Zimbabwe (UZ)'s decision to hike tuition fees starting next semester.In a statement, Zinasu spokesperson Zivai M...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 15:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ to enforce in duplum rule
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has moved to boost public confidence in the local banking sector by among other things, compelling banks to adhere to the in duplum rule in respect of interest rates....Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 15:05hrs | | by Tawanda Musarurwa
ZRP shun banking
An undated report from the Auditor-General, Mildred Chiri's office has revealed that some Zimbabwe Republic Police stations are not banking money on time.In its findings, the Auditor Gener...Published: 23 Jun 2016 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
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