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Here are Some of the Best African Players in the NBA
In this article, you'll find out everything you need to know about players that were born in Africa or those who are of African descent. In recent years, the NBA have worked hard to try and expand the...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 17:07hrs | 333 | by Staff Writer
Shocking corruption at Passport Office
FORGET the low-level graft often reported at some Government departments, something far more sinister - which is a threat to the country's security - is taking place at the Department of the Registrar...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 1860 | by Staff rpeorter
Making a big fuss over a jest is just pathetic
The hullabaloo over a mere jest that President Emmerson Mnangagwa made during a clean-up campaign in Kuwadzana High density suburb, Harare, just goes to show how low the opposition lot has stooped....Published: 14 Jan 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2038 | by Tafara Shumba
EuroLeague 2019/20 playoffs end in style
Watching sports provide an enriching experience that goes beyond just winning games. Online sports betting is gaining momentum, Euroleague sports fans are eager to discover the latest ...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 13:06hrs | 671 | by Staff Writer
Teachers need to be economically empowered so as to fearlessly stand up against government enslavement
A few days ago I was talking to my neighbour - who is a teacher - on the collective job action proposed by the two main teachers' unions in the country - who have called upon their members not to turn...Published: 09 Jan 2020 at 12:12hrs | 1307 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean economy simplified
Issues concerning the economy are vital for any given country's revolutionary and evolutionary path since they are at the core of all movements. Most importantly an economic policy justifies the trans...Published: 08 Jan 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1295 | by Terence Simbi
Delta sales fall 48%
Zimbabwe's Delta Corporation, the country's largest drinks maker, reported a 48% fall in half-year lager sales compared with the same period last year after output and distribution were hit by shortag...Published: 02 Jan 2020 at 16:05hrs | 2686 | by Staff Reporter
Marry Chiwenga prosecution shows leadership crisis
The day Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga decided to press criminal charges against his wife, Marry, was the day when an otherwise domestic standoff became a national issue. Precisely because this m...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:41hrs | 2381 | by Tawanda Majoni
How the NBA and sports betting are fueling basketball's profile in Africa
Basketball is a historically American sport in origin and popularity. Invented in December 1891 by Dr. James Naismith of Springfield, Connecticut, an estimated 26 million play basketball in the US, ma...Published: 22 Dec 2019 at 16:54hrs | 541 | by Staff Writer
Mthuli Ncube to introduce $10, $20 notes
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has hinted to Parliament that he will be introducing higher denominations of $10 and $20 notes in the near future.Ncube revealed this on Thursday in the Senate wh...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 08:53hrs | 7568 | by Staff Reporter
Man gets community service for draining fuel from parked car
A man from Madumabisa, in Hwange has been slapped with 420 hours for community service for draining fuel worth $800 from a parked vehicle....Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1347 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa vows Zimbabwe will 'never, never' dollarise again
President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Friday not to revert to using the United States dollar after the Zimbabwe plunged against the greenback since its introduction this year, fuelling inflation and e...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 18:15hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
The President is right
Recent statements by President Mnangagwa that Zimbabwe would not go back to use of multi-currencies should be applauded. The use of in particular the greenback brought misery than benefits...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:38hrs | 3216 | by A Kadada
Zimbabwe, hobbled by a clash of egos
At the heart of Zimbabwe's economic paralysis is a personality clash.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya don't get on, are pursuing different agen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:25hrs | 621 | by Ray Ndlovu, Godfrey Marawanyika and Antony Sguazzin
RBZ to reject majority of debts owed to institutions
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee plans to "reject the majority of debts" owed to institutions, a move it hopes will save the southern African nation much-needed foreign currenc...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 15:18hrs | 3663 | by Staff reporter
Plenty forex for exporters
BUSINESSES should lead by example by trading foreign currency on the interbank platform instead of rushing to the parallel market, a senior banker has said. Speaking at a ZimTrade export aware...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:55hrs | 568 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls reviewing fuel pricing formula again
Government is considering shifting from weekly fuel price reviews to monthly adjustments to stem the price volatility that is disrupting planning by businesses and negatively impacting on consumers....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:43hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry steps down
A new chairperson of the International Olympic Committee will be elected at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, after Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe decided not to stand for re-election to the body. Co...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:13hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
British MPs plot Zimbabwe Commonwealth ban
CONSERVATIVES in the House of Commons are lobbying the UK government to block Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth citing Harare's chequered property and human rights record, a move that is likel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1023 | by Staff reporter
Bread price goes up
Bakers have hiked the price of bread for the seventh time this year by 2,7 percent from $14,75 to $18,45 for a standard loaf. The new prices are applicable to Baker's Inn and Lobels bread only...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1820 | by Staff rpeorter
'Cross-border traders to declare forex sources'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is headed for another clash with cross-border traders and ordinary citizens after announcing plans to compel travellers to disclose their source of foreign cu...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 17:23hrs | 4362 | by Staff reporter
RBZ raids US$3,2bn in depositors' funds
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) raided depositors' accounts, wiping out US$3,2 billion in the process, before introducing bond notes in 2016 and eventually outlawing the use of foreign currency in ...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:07hrs | 5415 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ready to confront Mnangagwa, says MDC
MDC acting president Lynnete Karenyi-Kore has called on Zimbabweans to occupy all democratic spaces to demand accountability and an end to unchecked deaths at government hospitals as a result of the o...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 05:59hrs | 1508 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, global de-dollarisation case study - Prof Ncube
Zimbabwe is undergoing a de-dollarisation process that very few countries have successfully implemented and will need time to address the lingering effects of dollarisation, Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government deluded about doctors
This has been one of the most deluded period for the Zimbabwe government – even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards — firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economic...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1098 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's money merry go-round
Zimbabwe is trying everything in the book to address a currency crisis that has undermined its productive capacity and threatened its economic sustainability. But its measures so far seem to have had ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Deluded govt wants to invite back Zim doctors in diaspora, yet can't even care for local practitioners
This has been one of the most deluded weeks for the Zimbabwe government - even by its own inherently schizophrenic standards - firstly claiming that providing low salaries to workers was economically ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 09:31hrs | 2771 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Stanbic unveils low-cost BluEase account
STANBIC Bank has launched a low-cost transactional account to benefit low-income earners, who include university students, informal and sole traders.The financial institution said the initiati...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 05:52hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Zim govt deliberately impoverishing citizens to attract investment by creating cheap labour?
To say that I was petrified listening to the Deputy Minister of Information Energy Mutodi speaking last night (5 November 2019) on the Voice of America's Studio 7, would be the understatement of the y...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 12:44hrs | 1681 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Acid test for Mnangagwa's tolerance to dissent
POLICE have given the green light for government workers to demonstrate for higher wages in what is seen as an acid test for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tolerance to dissent.The police nod ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:20hrs | 6687 | by Staff reporter
It's proper bank notes, not new currency
Many could have mistaken plans by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to introduce new notes and coins next week for the introduction of a completely new currency which is not the Zimbabwe dollar....Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:34hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to inject $1 billion new coins, notes
Cash in circulation will slightly more than double over the next six months, as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) injects an extra $1 billion to satisfy legitimate demand for coins and small notes, b...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money brings hyperinflation back
Hyperinflation is making an unwanted return to Zimbabwe. We don't know how bad it is because the government has suspended publishing official figures until 2020. But an IMF mission to the country in A...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1760 | by Staff reporter
US$ ghost haunts Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE remains stuck in the shackles of "dollarisation" despite the government's move to end the multicurrency system after a decade.On June 24, through SI 142 of 2019 also known as Reserve ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 19:58hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to be pegged against SA rands
THE government is leaning towards pegging the Zimbabwe dollar currency to the South African rand, with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube saying this would make the local currency more competitive in the r...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 12955 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally in failed Kambuzuma land grab
CONTROVERSIAL businessman and close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Billy Rautenbach allegedly forged a Deeds of Transfer document to gain ownership of a residential area at the centre of a lega...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:58hrs | 3477 | by newzimbabwe
Cartels killing the Zimbabwe economy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to take out the whip on business for the current price madness. That, predictably, is a good idea.If things go according to his plan - most of the tim...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:50hrs | 1597 | by Tawanda Majoni
UK think tank sees Zimdollar firming
The Zimbabwe dollar is expected to largely stabilise next year before it starts firming against the US dollar on the back of growing confidence in the domestic currency.The local currency woul...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 19:02hrs | 4445 | by Staff reporter
Sports betting and gambling: Zimbabwe vs the USA
Gambling and betting are heavily banned in South Africa for a long time. According to Wikipedia, South Africa has been hard for gamblin...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 10:03hrs | 3122 | by Staff Writer
Bread price jumps 61%
Zimbabwe's bread price has shot up 61% to $15 after days of shortages, piling more misery on a citizenry already bearing the brunt of poor earnings.This comes after the bread price had been co...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:24hrs | 1417 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar crashes further
THE Zimbabwean dollar this week continued its downward spiral after a momentary lull last week following the central bank moved to freeze bank accounts of companies believed to be exerting downward pr...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:39hrs | 746 | by Staff reporter
Sadc develops regional mobile money platform
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region is working to introduce a mobile money transfer system for the bloc. Mobile money has evolved as a utility to provide financial services largel...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:42hrs | 153 | by Staff rpeorter
'80% of Zimbabweans have no savings'
NEARLY 80% of Zimbabweans neither have savings nor an emergency fund to fall back on, a new report on workers' spending patterns says.According to a survey carried out by the Industrial Psycho...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:12hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Why big business is a threat to Zimbabwe's revival
ZIMBABWE has entered a new frightening phase, a phase of unbridled capital that has become a State in itself in pursuit of profit and nothing else.This has been compounded by a weak government...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 650 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
RBZ's desperate measures will only worsen the situation
LESS than a week after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) unilaterally banned all mobile money cash-in, cash-out and cash-back transactions – before quickly backtracking, the central bank has o...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 10:02hrs | 2934 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean eonomy on free fall
The economic meltdown has reached alarming proportions. Several factors have all combined to engender the collapse of the economy: State capture, a parasitic elite, corruption, weekly fuel price...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 21:28hrs | 1732 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada
Zimdollar plunges 135,7%
THE Zimdollar has devalued by 135,7% to $15,25 against the greenback on the interbank market since it was declared the sole legal tender on June 24, owing to persistent foreign currency shortages and ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promises cash flow remedies for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe President Emerson Mnangagwa hinted at further policy measures aimed at addressing cash shortages and financial distortions. File Photo: IOLZimbabwe President Emerson Mnangagwa on Tues...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:34hrs | 321 | by iol
Mnangagwa says govt addressing 'cash situation'
President Emerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday hinted at further policy measures aimed at addressing cash shortages and financial distortions.Mnangagwa said in his State of the Nation Address the coun...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 12:52hrs | 1861 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash threatens complete shutdown
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, a subsidiary of Strive Masiyiwa's Econet Wireless, has threatened a complete shutdown of its EcoCash platform if the Reserve Ban...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 07:41hrs | 2350 | by Staff reporter
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