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Government and household budgets are not the same
We often talk about the national debt as though it is the same as the burden of debt shouldered by households.But the two couldn't be more different."People think 'paying down the debt...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 08:46hrs | 1456 | by Erick Matotoba
Government and kombi operators in crunch talks
The Government and private commuter omnibus operators are this week expected to hold crunch talks as the latter angle for a return to intra-city operations after a six-month ban.The discussion...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 911 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF's age-old factionalism burns hot
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has deployed Zanu-PF bigwigs in three provinces that are being ravaged by ugly infighting ahead of the party's District Co-ordinating Committee (DCC) elections.Zan...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | 1556 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's dislike and disdain for Emmerson Mnangagwa
"Nikita ngicela limkhiphe lumfana akalunganga" these are the words uttered by the legendary Zapu and Zipra commander in chief in 1962.He was referring ...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 09:24hrs | 11784 | by Posiwe Ncube
MDC Alliance says ZUPCO monopoly a threat to public safety
Zimbabwe's public transport network should be opened up to private players, the MDC Alliance has demanded after condemning the ZUPCO service as "inefficient" and a threat to public safety.ZUPC...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 18:32hrs | 2136 | by Staff reporter
Don't demand 2nd term fees, schools ordered
SCHOOLCHILDREN are not going to be charged second term school fees as there was no learning during the COVID-19-induced lockdown period, Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo said...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 2012 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fuel allocation increased to 750 000 litres
Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Minister, Professor Amon Murwira, said Government will increase fuel allocations to Zupco from 500 000 litres to 750 000 l...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 06:48hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge Border Post, the epicentre of graft
Beitbridge border post ranks first as the busiest inland port of entry in the rest of Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zimbabwe, and Second busiest inland post of entry after Egypt's Taba. ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1315 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's MDC just playing to gallery
It is laughable that a political party that was always opposed to the Land Reform Programme now claims rather incredulously that the Zanu-PF Government which restored stolen land to black Zimbabweans ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Cyberspace new frontier for US regime change agenda
Just a few days ago, while receiving a donation of personal protective equipment (PPE) from the Chinese government, President Mnangagwa pointed out that Zimbabwe was reeling under a sustained cyber-at...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 06:01hrs | 276 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Zuma accuses Ramaphosa of seeking 'white validation'
Former president Jacob Zuma has written to his successor President Cyril Ramaphosa, taking him to task for the latter's letter to party members condemning corruption. In a letter seen by News2...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 20:04hrs | 3847 | by Staff reporter
Social media are vehicle of change
We are victims of propaganda news disseminated by the government. We are always bombarded by news whose agenda has been set by those in authority to maintain the status quo.We always spoil the...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 09:19hrs | 985 | by Leonard Koni
Bring back freedom trains, says Minister
CALLS for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to resume passenger services continue to grow louder with Bulawayo Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube raising the issue with President Emmerson ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:14hrs | 627 | by Staff reporter
Nketa girl living her dream
THE South African film and television industry is a dog eat dog scene and only a few have ever been privileged to make it to the top.Prominent names in Mzansi seem to get all the top gigs, be ...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 16:02hrs | 4075 | by Staff reporter
Dr Obert Mpofu: How I joined the struggle at 16
THE Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration and former Cabinet Minister, Dr Obert Moses Mpofu, has penned his autobiography titled: On the Shoulders of Struggle: Memoirs of a Political Insider which amon...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 11:16hrs | 1117 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
No need to over-regulate political parties: Veritas
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has expressed concern over Cabinet's recent move to introduce another code of conduct for political parties, saying this would lead to over-regulation as the rules for politic...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to lift kombis ban
THE Zimbabwe Passengers Association (ZPA) has called on the government to lift the ban on privately-operated commuter omnibuses to ease transport woes and curb the spread of COVID-19 at ranks where co...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2041 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF battered in social media despite monopolising state media
Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has said Zanu PF has been battered seriously through the social media for violating human rights dispute being in full control of the state media which it uses as pr...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 15:08hrs | 812 | by Stephen Jakes
#Blacklivesmatter: Slavery and the church
SLAVERY can be defined as a form humanto-human captivity to extract some servitude of one kind or another. A human thus becomes the property of another. Since time immemorial, slavery has existed for ...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:04hrs | 429 | by Prosper Tingini
Zimbabwean state capture
In my weekly political review show on the Gambakwe media platform two Sunday ago, we discussed about the planned demonstration on the 31st of July 2020. During the interview I invok...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 22:59hrs | 4210 | by Terence. T. Simbi
Mnangagwa's Rhodesian-style terror tactics condemned
The Zimbabwe Communist Party has condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa way of dealing with activists and journalists in the country labeling it a Rhodesian terror tactic style. The General Se...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 15:35hrs | 2139 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Civil servants salary gap a security threat'
PROGRESSIVE Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou yesterday warned that the huge salary gap between the security sector and other arms of the public service was a serious securi...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 08:03hrs | 6283 | by Staff reporter
The state of Zimbabwe's political System and why they will not entertain Hopewell Chin'ono's exposure
The truth about Zimbabwe's ruling structures and why Hopewell Chin'ono is in deep trouble, Zimbabwe's parties appears to be a typical political organization. But the truth is, there is a deep connecti...Published: 22 Jul 2020 at 10:21hrs | 2754 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Radical Economic structural Transformation (part 7 of 10)
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those with much, it is whether we provide much to those with too little" Jean Jacques Rousseau.Natural resources have b...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 15:36hrs | 276 | by Vince Musewe
Chamisa's MP approaches court over mandatory fuel blending
HARARE North member of the National Assembly and businessman Allan Markham has approached the High Court for an order to set aside regulations for the mandatory blending of anhydrous ethanol with unle...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's fuel pricing structure is flawed, uncompetitive'
AS the country reels under acute fuel shortages, compounded by the depreciating Zimbabwean dollar and limited foreign currency, senior reporter Tinashe Kairiza (TK) this week spoke to National Oil Inf...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
The Ecocash heist - A modern tale of irresponsible corporate behaviour
Sometime in 2013, I applied and became an Ecocash Agent (Agent), and immediately set shop in at least two locations within Harare CBD. The setup and running costs for me as an Agent were high, but the...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 19:27hrs | 6908 | by Tendayi Mudhadha
Joshua Nkomo: A globalist, political negotiator and institution builder
FORMER Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's legacy is prominently embedded in the military and radical polemic side of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle.This historiography bias towards Nkomo's contribu...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:21hrs | 171 | by Richard Runyararo Mahomva
Zimbabwe fuel price hike raises ethanol eyebrows
ZIMBABWE'S fuel is the most expensive in the region following this week's price hike, amid grave concern over the cost component of locally-produced ethanol on the overall petrol price. Ethanol is sup...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:55hrs | 2909 | by Staff reporter
'Kombi' operators turn vehicles to mobile stores
Known as kombis in Zimbabwe, commuter omnibuses are no more, but in residential areas they have resurfaced, with conductors this time not shouting out for passengers, but for customers to rush for buy...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:57hrs | 1100 | by Jeffrey Moyo, Anadolu News
Radical Economic Structural Transformation REST (part 5 of 10)
There is no doubt that without a fundamental structural transformation of our economy from a dualistic enclave economy, whose economic activity is mainly driven by the production of primary products, ...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 16:45hrs | 289 | by Vince Musewe
Supa Mandiwanzira applies for TV licence
Former Information, Media and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Supa Mandiwanzira's AB Communications has applied for a free to air national commercial television licence.If awarded the li...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 3568 | by Staff reporter
Landela and CBZ get green-light to buy gold
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's adviser and Zanu-PF benefactor Kudakwashe Tagwirei could soon become Zimbabwe's biggest gold buyer after getting a special permit from Fidelity Printers and Refiners....Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 14:58hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU calls for stayaway
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has called on workers to stay at home, claiming they had received several reports of workers being harassed at army and police-manned checkpoints and faili...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:45hrs | 3956 | by Staff reporter
Army, police blockade Bulawayo, MDC Alliance come up with theories
BUSINeSS came to a standstill in Bulawayo yesterday after police supported by the army drove people out of the city centre in an early morning operation believed to be clearing the way for the MDC fac...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 3743 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's troops shut down Bulawayo city centre
Businesses including banks were forced to close shop after police and soldiers drove people of out Bulawayo's central business district in an early morning operation on Tuesday.Police checkpoi...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 14:11hrs | 5439 | by Staff reporter
For how long can Mnangagwa cling on to power?
It honestly did not have to come to this. Having suffered under Robert Mugabe's cruel pharaonic rule for the biblical 40 years, Zimbabweans desperately deserved a rescue. This explained their euphoria...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:09hrs | 1189 | by Siphosami Malunga
Lewis Matutu savages Mnangagwa over corruption
Former Zanu-PF youth league deputy secretary Lewis Matutu deleted his Twitter account on Saturday, hours after appearing to take aim at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his family for corruption....Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 10:50hrs | 11048 | by Staff reporter
Biti warns Mnangagwa
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his under-pressure government that the country is facing imminent implosion.Speaking in an interview with the Da...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:38hrs | 8446 | by Staff reporter
Solving political turmoil key to addressing Zimbabwe's economic crisis
ZIMBABWE is experiencing one of its worst economic crises since independence characterised by cash and foreign currency shortages, fuel scarcities, rampant prices hikes, hyperinflation and increased v...Published: 07 Jun 2020 at 16:35hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks big eight fuel monopoly
THE 2020 licensing of fuel-import companies has taken a dramatic twist after the High Court declared null and void the Zimbabwe Energy and Regulatory Authority (Zera)'s decision last month to licence ...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1910 | 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 | 815 | 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 | 2393 | 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 | 395 | 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 | 396 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare professionals discover their voice
There is a seismic shift in Zimbabwe's political discourse. A critical segment of its population is beginning to find its voice - healthcare staff.Doctors, nurses and psychotherapists have lar...Published: 23 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1725 | by Sandra Kudenga
PHOTOS: 'Ugly' ZUPCO buses break the internet
Photos of ZUPCO buses which are plying the Bualwayo CBD route have gone viral on the internet causeing social media users to condemne the government's decision to allow the buses to be used for public...Published: 22 May 2020 at 14:01hrs | 13421 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Zimbabwean dilemma: Currently there is no alternative to Zanu-PF
The dilemma of the suffering Zimbabweans who have hope in the opposition is engraved in class struggle spiced up by intra-party fighting, tribalism, nepotism, domination for purposes of exploitation w...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 4167 | by Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
Banning kombis a blow to the transport industry
Whilst government monopoly regulates costs within affordable levels, to control growth and development, this new government's move to control the transport industry is an ambush to other transport pla...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:14hrs | 1840 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa hints at lockdown extension
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he was under pressure to lift the national lockdown and re-open the country's ailing economy, but indicated that his priority is to save lives first before ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 27094 | by Staff reporter
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