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Zimbabwe Communist Party statement on Monetary Policy
The underlying position of the ZCP on any government policy declaration including this one is neither to automatically oppose nor to automatically endorse. Our task is to defend the interests of the w...Published: 3 hrs ago | 673 | by ZCP
Mnangagwa and his love for expensive jets
At a time when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is implementing austerity measures that have only brought more suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behaving as if he is from...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 5263 | by Benjamin Manzini
The paradox of Chete Chete! Emerging understandings in 2019
Pursuant to last week's instalment, an erstwhile barrister in the making, Zwelithini Xaba gave a candid response on how Nelson Chamisa and his generational consensus are a façade. But the budding bar...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:57hrs | 486 | by Michael Mhlanga
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 | 250 | by Zimwara
Mnangagwa calls on Chamisa to stop grandstanding
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the MDC-Alliance to join the national dialogue process and stop playing theatrics at the expense of suffering Zimbabweans.Mnangagwa said this at a be...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:47hrs | 10408 | by Ndou Paul
10 point plan to save Zimbabwe
Founder of the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (COMALISO) Rejoice Ngwenya says Zimbabwe needs to adopt liberal economics for it to be extricated from its current problemsNgwen...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4732 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe how long?
It goes without saying...Africa has economic, constitutional, political struggles that appear endlessly to come out of the depressed conditions her leadership is taking her through. African ci...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 285 | by Manyevere M Andrew
Zupco to re-introduce mini-buses
Government has set up an inter-ministerial committee to oversee an introduction of mini-buses to ply various urban routes, as Zimbabwe steps up efforts to bring national passenger company - Zupco - ba...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 11:42hrs | 656 | by Staff reporter
Competition Commission goes after distribution of school uniform
The Competition and Tariff Commission is a statutory body established under the Competition Act [Chapter 14:28)]. The functions of the Commission, as provided for in the Act, are the prevention and co...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:19hrs | 142 | by CompCom
Nyaradzo CEO turns into Tuku's undertaker
The burial of music superstar Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi - the first musician to be accorded national hero status -- was unprecedented in many respects.It was the first time a national hero was bu...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 15:14hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
Introduction of new currency needs strong back facility and increase in production levels
School of thought Introducing our own currency is a good idea but ill-timed and a misplaced and misguided priority. The focus for now should be increase...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 20:54hrs | 2396 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Who is a hero in Zimbabwe?
On Thursday President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared the late music superstar, Oliver Mtukudzi, a national hero, making him the first artiste to receive such an honour.Mnangagwa told mourners tha...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:20hrs | 4172 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, way forward will be great tribute to the great icon Oliver Mtukudzi?
Dialogue is a way to solve all the problems we are facing as a nation. The way forward is to do away with strongman spirit. Going forward, we must correct wrongs now. We need to value humanity. The go...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 13:23hrs | 295 | by Enos Denhere
Govt mobilise 140 buses mobilised to ferry passengers
GOVERNMENT has mobilised more than 140 buses that will carry passengers for $1 per trip in and around Harare starting today as part of long-term interventions to modernise the mass public transport sy...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:18hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't die, the youth will save it
What really caught Ian Smith unawares was presumptuous complacency and his government's arrogance of incumbency… a deeply entrenched sense, both of class entitlement and invincibility based, not so ...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | 805 | by Zifiso Masiye
Govt avails $1 per route buses
Government will from tomorrow avail buses that will charge $1 per trip between residential suburbs and the Central Business District in Harare as it steps in to offer relief to commuters.Those...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:15hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs a proper team
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now" - African proverb.It has just been six months since Zimbabwe held its general elections and, for the better part of...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 440 | by Cephas Msipa
How Facebook and Whatsapp fuelled chaos and confusion in Zimbabwe
The riots wouldn't have happened without Facebook and Whatsapp. On the morning of January 14th 2019 a swelling mob of hundreds of angry residents flocked the towns filling the streets in the commercia...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 15:59hrs | 3528 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bond notes and their possible long-term legacy
Zimbabwe's export incentive scheme, bond notes, were introduced to encourage exports and address the liquidity crunch in the country. If, for example, tobacco exporters accept bond notes, they receive...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1209 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira opens up on protests and army killings
In the midst of turmoil, if we are not careful and continue being driven by emotions we will realise that we killed what we were fighting for when it's too late to go back. What makes a state is the f...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 09:33hrs | 2631 | by Linda Masarira
MDC Chamisa doesn't expect any arrests
Nelson Chamisa's spin nurse Nkululeko Sibanda tells News24 that the attack on the MDC headquarters has been reported to the police but "we don't expect any arrests. The same thing happened on Septembe...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:42hrs | 4367 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A presidency under siege, is there a way out?
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now” - African ProverbIt’s only been six months since Zimbabwe held its ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 04:25hrs | 12833 | by Lloyd Msipa
Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup
PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schiz...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | 2320 | by Brian T Kagoro
Essential services must be cushioned against fuel crisis
THE fuel crisis in the country is slowly deepening and spreading to other facets of society, with the City of Harare warning that it may not be able to collect waste in the city's neighbourhoods' as i...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 226 | by Editorial - newsday
Big plans to break MultiChoice's DStv monopoly on sport
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa has released its Draft Sports Broadcasting Services Amendment Regulations 2018, which are aimed at making big sporting events accessible for fr...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:33hrs | 5518 | by MyBroadband
Valueless bond notes the source of Zimbabwe's problems, say analysts
GOVERNMENT'S promise to avail foreign currency to the country's largest beverages manufacturer, Delta Corporation, to avoid forex pricing is not sustainable, analysts have said.Delta last Wedn...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:13hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's muscle-conomics: The Case of Delta and Civil Servants
In a joint press release on January 3 by the central bank and Delta Corporation, whose arm is the country's biggest beverages maker, backtracked on its decision to sell its products in hard currency. ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 13:40hrs | 4947 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Mnangagwa's ministers fail 2018 ratings
As Zimbabweans waved goodbye to 2018 yesterday, and awaited with much trepidation the dawn of the new year, in the light of the country's deepening economic woes, the Daily News - as per its rich annu...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa struggles to stomach criticism
In what started as a routine interview with continental business television channel CNBC Africa, Strive Masiyiwa, Econet founder and Executive Chairman describes the political changes being witnessed ...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 8411 | by Willliam Muchayi
What ED and world leaders talked about 2018 did they come true?
New Year's speeches by world leaders don't typically contain much news, but taken together, they offer a helpful view of the global mindset as we turn the calendar. So here's a look at the most notabl...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 19:09hrs | 804 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa so obsessed with power
As Tsvangirai lay dying in a posh hospital in South Africa on a fully government funded health trip, against all African ways Nelson Chamisa was in the arms of the soon to be widow scheming ...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 18:18hrs | 4579 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa boils as the year end
During the year just ending, Zimbabwe confirmed to the world, within a difficult context, the soundness of its institutions, the resilience of its economy and its attachment to national unity. Despite...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 22:35hrs | 5666 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Matemadanda berates war vets who demonstrated against him
WAR Veterans deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has berated some former fighters who challenged his liberation war credentials, saying he cannot be vetted in the streets.Matemadanda was reacti...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 07:05hrs | 2004 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa's Twitter account suspended
Tsitsi Masiyiwa the wife of Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa has suspended her Twitter account after a barrage of social media attacks was thrown at her over her comments that some people callin...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 10:19hrs | 5469 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu PF fails to address pressing issues, 'cries' Chamisa party
The resolutions of the Zanu PF annual conference exposed their misunderstanding of the reality on the ground. They reflect the failed party's lack of care for the suffering masses of the Zimbabwe. As ...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:37hrs | 2287 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Mnangagwa is failing Zimbabwe
After a false start which was characterised by the catch phrase "The New Dispensation!" coming along with fresh cabinet faces, many Zimbabweans believed Mugabe's ghost had finally left us. However, it...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 09:14hrs | 9570 | by Frazer Muzondo, MDC UK and ROHR ZIM
Chief Charumbira's evil intentions about Matabeleland genocide will never succeeded in our lifetime
Chief Charumbira's evil intentions about Matabeleland genocide cannot go unnoticed and unchallenged. His devilish plans will never see light of day in our lifetime. It must be categorically st...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 08:59hrs | 981 | by Israel Dube
South African billionaire defends white wealth
Johann Rupert, South Africa's second-richest man with a $6.3 billion fortune, spoke out to defend the stranglehold white people still have over the economy more than two decades after the end of apart...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 06:15hrs | 2523 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa claiming to be the light in darkness
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been telling us ad nauseam that Zimbabweans should not abuse the democratic space which he claims the so-called "Second Republic" has opened up."The advent of ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:35hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe could be China's economic gateway to Sub-Saharan Africa
Anti-Chinese rhetoric in Africa can only be mitigated by the pursuit of stronger economic ties between the Asian giant and countries on the continent, including Zimbabwe. The Southern African ...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces assault probe
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa faces arrest after an unnamed person made a counter police report of attempted kidnapping and assault at Marondera Police Station.This came shortly after Chamisa's se...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | 2747 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts Mutsvangwa to the sword
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications George Charamba (GC) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former special advisor, Chris Mutsvangwa, shoul...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 18:38hrs | 15862 | by Staff reporter
'Queen Bee' divides war vets
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's staunchest backers - the war veterans - are now divided over State capture allegations that have sucked in oil tycoon, Kudakwashe Tagwirei. While the chairperson...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:34hrs | 3806 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for culture of buying local
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday appealed to Zimbabweans to develop a culture of buying locally produced goods and services to promote domestic industry and economic transformation. Officiating a...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe state capture threatening to paralyse both the State and Zanu-PF
The nasty brawl over the control of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government - driven by narrow economic interests - is threatening to paralyse both the State and the ruling Zanu-PF, the Daily ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 15:41hrs | 1154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to license Community Radio Stations
Zimbabwe will soon amend the AIPPA and Broadcasting Services Act to accommodate the licensing of community radio stations the minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Monica Mutsvangwa has ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 1329 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe state capture fears escalate
The nasty brawl over the control of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government- driven by narrow economic interests- is threatening to paralyse both the State and the ruling Zanu-PF.For t...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 7560 | by Staff reporter
Royal Bafokeng subsidiary embroiled in Zimbabwe fuel confusion?
Government insiders have alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa, was hammering Sakunda Holdings boss Kudakwashe Tagwirei because he was keen to replace domi...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 06:13hrs | 2438 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa's loyalty is to business
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is "sincere in what he's doing", economic recovery will be tough and Western sanctions must be lifted, says Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa.Masiyiwa was pa...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1337 | by newZWire
Zimbabwe's Data and Voice Queen B named?
Zimbabwean business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has suggested that there is a Data and Voice Queen B in Zimbabwe. Mawere threw in the suggestion after Econet Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa's wife, Ts...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 20:32hrs | 22457 | by Ndou Paul
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