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ZPP raps Minister Mthuli Ncube over his space satellite budget
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has rapped Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube for budgeting for space satilite at a time when majority citizens are wallowing in perpetual poverty due...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 13:55hrs | 2142 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa gobbles over US$11,4m on foreign trips
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his bloated entourage splashed US$12 million on travel expenses between January and September this year at a time government is battling to contain an intractable econ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:33hrs | 969 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs take Mudenda to court
MDC Alliance MPs have approached the High Court challenging Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda's decision to bar them from receiving their sitting allowances.The 112 MPs are argui...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:30hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Bad luck haunts Mnangagwa govt
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has been unlucky as some of its strategies to address the economic challenges bedevilling the country had bee...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:28hrs | 3699 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants business to help build economy
PRIVATE businesses are critical in growing Zimbabwe's economy and should exploit Government moves to improve infrastructure and make doing business easier by playing their part in the attainment of an...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:14hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's subsidy restoration takes effect
THE price of mealie meal has been slashed by 50 percent with immediate effect as Government introduces a new subsidy model for the production of roller meal, the Minister of Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:10hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
Rein in Chamisa's legislators
Mr Speaker Sir Parliament's Rules and Orders Committee's decision to constitute a Privileges Committee that will investigate possible breach of Parliamentary procedures and etiquette by MDC-Al...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:09hrs | 292 | by Zvamaida Murwira
Roller meal price to fall
A new Government subsidy on roller meal, which will halve the retail price of a 10kg pack to $50, will be seen on shop shelves over the next few days. The subsidy, paid only on roller meal and...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:04hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube slashes maize meal price
Government has announced a new subsidy on maize meal that will see the retail price of a 10kg packet of roller meal pegged at $50.Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncu...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 21:00hrs | 3305 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal goes down to $50
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube has announced that he has reversed the removal of subsidies on the maize meal leading to the prices being lowered. President Emmer...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:17hrs | 5692 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Govt should reduce political interference in SOEs
The World Bank has urged government to practise transparent and consistent reporting, expand gender diversity and to reduce political interference in the operations of State-Owned Entities (SOEs)....Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:40hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
'TBs auction a success'
Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube said yesterday the Treasury Bills auction system re-introduced mid-this year to mobilise funding for Government operations...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:29hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
MDC in Harare turning into Mthuli cousins
DIFFERENTIATING Zanu-PF and the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is not an easy thing, particularly for people who are not swayed by political rhetoric, and rally optics, but those who slowly and methodicall...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:22hrs | 2153 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Introduction of new currency a piecemeal solution
DURING the 2020 national budget presentation in Parliament last month, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube held up a note of the new Zimbabwe dollar and proudly announced that it was tough and resilient....Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1102 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe understated US financial support by US$80m
A senior United States official working in Zimbabwe has questioned development aid figures released recently by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube in the 2020 national budget statement, saying the funds ar...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:05hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers deny criminal nuisance charges
NINE human rights defenders (HRDs) on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal nuisance as their trial commenced at Harare Magistrates Court.The nine HRDs who include human rights lawy...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 09:36hrs | 729 | by Stephen Jakes
World Bank rules out financial bailout to Mnangagwa
THE World Bank (WB) has ruled out a possible financial bailout to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for now, saying Zimbabwe will only continue to benefit from technical assistance, analytical...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:44hrs | 5544 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube budget statement a fraud, says Biti
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's 2020 budget statement is in a shambles with several errors and inconsistences in figures compared to those in the proposed estimates of expenditure (Blue Book), former ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:21hrs | 379 | by Staff rpeorter
Mthuli Ncube private prosecution fight spills into the High Court
Lawyers for a pro-democracy activist have asked the High Court to compel the Prosecutor General to issue a certificate for the private prosecution of finance minister Mthuli Ncube on corruption charge...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
RBZ tightens monetary policy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will take measures to counter the threat of high and potentially inflationary money supply growth from the 2020 growth-oriented budget by maintaining a stran...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:04hrs | 773 | by Staff reporter
Ncube hit the poor hard by scrapped grain subsidies and is yet to tax looters
One of the few things Professor Mthuli Ncube did as soon as he was appoint Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance was to introduce the 2% electronic transaction tax. The tax was to raise some revenue from the...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 10:11hrs | 2245 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa charms Bulawayo artists
The National Arts, Culture and Heritage Policy which was launched in Bulawayo by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.President Emmerson Mnangagwa played into the hearts of local artists in Bulawa...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:04hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
MDC slams Jacob Mudenda
THE MDC has come out guns blazing at National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda for alleged bias against the main opposition's legislators.MDC secretary for legal affairs Innocent Gonese last wee...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:53hrs | 298 | by newzimbabwe
Bread prices go up again
THE prices of bread have gone up to $18 from $14 a loaf, further putting pressure on already overburdened consumers who are struggling to put food on the table due to the escalating prices of basic go...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 11:49hrs | 1511 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shames Mthuli Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's surprising decision to reinstate subsidies on grain and wheat - embarrassing his Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, betrays the level of anxiety within government over the c...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:41hrs | 2643 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chinese Ambassador mocks Mthuli Ncube over budget statement
Chinese Deputy Ambassador Zhao Baogang has made a veiled mockery on the budget statement by Finance and Economic development Minister Mthuli Ncube over the budget statement where he understated the am...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:35hrs | 4519 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Minister dodges questions on Zupco multimillion-dollar scandal
Transport Minister Biggie Joel Matiza dodged questions from opposition MPs over government's alleged monthly expenditure of $40 million in the provision of subsidised transport by Zupco buses. ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 20:25hrs | 3623 | by Staff Reporter
US Senate, out of touch with reality
On 26 November 2019, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, imprudently tweeted on his official twitter handle, @SenateForeign that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Governmen...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:47hrs | 250 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mthuli Ncube burns his house to smoke out a rat
The 2020 national budget statement announced by Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube a fortnight ago was telling in more ways than one. The professor had no qualms to nail his govern...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:43hrs | 1466 | by Cliff Chiduku
Masiyiwa, $100m saved 2k doctors but condemning vote rigging would save nation and posterity - THINK!
"ECONET Wireless founder Strive Masiyiwa and his wife, Tsitsi, through their Higher Life Foundation, have set up a $100 million fund which will see up to 2 000 junior and senior doctors employed by go...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:39hrs | 576 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa faces ZANU PF Conference price headache
The President heads to a ZANU PF National Conference where the issue of prices is set to take centre stage as prices affect the proverbial bread and butter issues.The President will have addre...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 06:12hrs | 6772 | by Nicholas Ncube
US Senate, out of touch with reality
On 26 November 2019, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Jim Risch, imprudently tweeted on his official twitter handle, @SenateForeign that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Governmen...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 15:13hrs | 2064 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mnangagwa intervenes, mealie meal subsidy restored
Subsidies on maize meal and rice are being restored to ensure that citizens have access to cheaper basic food stuffs and cushion them against the obtaining economic challenges, President Mnangagwa has...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 3646 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF leadership confident ahead of indaba
THE Zanu-PF leadership is confident that its national conference will be a success. The conference will be held at Goromonzi High School, Mashonaland East Province, from December 10 to 15. The...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, UAE ink 2 000MW solar deal
Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a 2 000 megawatts solar power deal, which will go a long way in solving Zimbabwe's power deficit once implemented in 18 months. The firs...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:21hrs | 700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lauds China, takes swipe at US
GOVERNMENT's Chinese funded new Parliament building under construction at Mt. Hampden, some 32 kilometres northwest of Harare, is now taking shape.President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday too...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 20:39hrs | 2742 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF-MDC tiff set to spill into Parliament sitting this Tuesday
THE tiff between Zanu-PF and opposition MDC supporters could spill into parliament sitting during resumption this Tuesday with National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda yet to find a solution to the acr...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:50hrs | 841 | by newzimbabwe
Mealie-meal prices double
THE price of mealie-meal nearly doubled yesterday after government abruptly cut off subsidies over a month than earlier proposed, in the process piling pressure on the already hard-pressed Zimbabweans...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:27hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube exceeds revenue collection target - report
Treasury collected over $1,8 billion in August against a target of $1,34 billion, a statement of financial performance of the Consolidated Revenue Fund published in the Government Gazette last Friday ...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:20hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Passport fees to be increased significantly
Passport fees will have to be increased significantly to enable the Registrar-General's office to clear large backlogs. This will result in the rapid processing of applications since materials...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
2020 Budget Hits and Misses
Zimbabwe's 2020 National Budget was presented amid high expectations from the market on the urgent need to turnaround the fortunes of the waning economy, restore incomes, and improve productivity and ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1267 | by Staff Reporter
PROPHECY: Zimbabwe to bring back the US Dollar
The government of Zimbabwe will re-introduce the United States dollar after an impending economic collapse, Pastor Ian Ndlovu of Divine Kingdom Baptist Ministries has prophesied. Speaking duri...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 07:11hrs | 9846 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa fast-tracks Dubai deals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has said it will soon fast-track paperwork for construction of an upmarket hotel for his business partners from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ensure exte...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:59hrs | 1631 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube clears the air on inflation figures
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said Government had not banned calculations of Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate but the actualities would be determined using the...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Bank workers to demonstrate against Mthuli Ncube
Police have been notified of a demonstration planned by bank workers this Thursday.Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (Zibawu) said the demonstration is intended to protest against Financ...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 18:00hrs | 4882 | by Staff reporter
Government officials should be the first to declare where they get their forex
Minister of Finance Prof. Mthuli Ncube before requesting us to declare where our foreign currency is coming from when we bring in foodstuffs and household goods.The leadership of Zimbabwe should...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:47hrs | 3286 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Has Mnangagwa failed?
This is not an apology for ED as president of Zimbabwe, but a careful examination of the facts. Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa popularly known as Ngwena has been president of Zimbabwe for more than a year...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:45hrs | 1398 | by Lovemore 'Briggs Ojugo' Sibanda Ph.D.
Zimbabwe does not need new names
A week after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stirred controversy over his budget allocation for a space project, the government was at it again with an announcement that left many questioning the author...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:39hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube under fire over forex
The Ministry of Finance has come under fire over its policy that it will be impounding forex from Zimbabweans entering the country without declaring a formal source of the money. The Deputy Mi...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 20:44hrs | 12393 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's rise to democracy so weak
The latest events this week have cast a dark cloud on the future of the country, showing signs and symptoms of the dearth of democracy.Our government has again scored an own goal and caught at...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1612 | by Leonard Koni
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