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Is it time for Africa to teach Europe what democracy and passive racism are?
Picture it. The aftermath of a national election, where senior international observer from a leading European country declares of the election process he has just witnessed: "In all the many election ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1088 | by Anonymous
Zimbabwe economy in safe hands
THE appointment of a leaner Cabinet by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only welcome, but also goes a long way in demonstrating that the President listened to the people, mindful of the need to man...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1228 | by Daniel Ngwira
Mnangagwa must consider Mthuli Ncube's proposals
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed the nation yesterday, there was hope that he would give a clear strategy towards addressing the currency distortions that have left the country on an econom...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 319 | by Editorial - newsday
Mnangagwa says no to return of Zimdollar
According to Zimbabwe's new president, conditions are not yet right for foreign currencies to be replaced by the Zimbabwean dollar.Zimbabwe's new president on Tuesday ruled out an early return...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 19:37hrs | 10885 | by AFP
US$ black market rate spirals
Exchange rates on Zimbabwe's parallel market have risen sharply in the past week to 100% for real time gross settlement (RTGS) transfers, triggering fears of more price increases.Zimbabwe's ch...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:42hrs | 4472 | by Staff reporter
Black market rates soar
The bond note has continued to lose ground on the black market, with rates reaching a staggering 100 percent to the United State dollar yesterday.Last week, the bond was trading below 90 perce...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 21:53hrs | 4448 | by Staff reporter
UK is introducing a new two-year seasonal visa
The UK Home Government announced earlier this month that it will launch a two-year seasonal worker pilot scheme.According to Breytenbachs Immigration Consultants, the scheme aims to bring 2,50...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 12:18hrs | 6032 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 2877 | by Igomombe
Zimbabwe seeks return to dollar as new govt sworn in
Zimbabwe's newly sworn-in finance minister on Monday said he planned to reintroduce the Zimbabwe dollar and accelerate plans to repay the country's debt, in a bid to revive the battered economy....Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 4694 | by AFP
Matabeleland has been captured
Mzukulu Chamisa, listen to this noble advise: pick up your toys, call all your friends and go back to Harare before tribal fires that you are stocking in Bulawayo consume you. Bulawayo is not a play g...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 15:13hrs | 4496 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'rift' may paralyse govt
UNDERLYING tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and one of his deputies, retired General Constantino Chiwenga, over power struggles, risks distracting the new administration from tackling a p...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 10988 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urged to 'Scrap bond notes'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's new administration should consider scrapping bond notes, as a way of restoring confidence in the economy, industrialists have said.Zimbabwe introduced the surrog...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 15:46hrs | 7328 | by Staff reporter
'Nothing amiss about Montlathe Commission'
The President has the right at law to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the post-election violence that hit Harare on August 1 and any assertions to the contrary are incorrect and misleading, Secre...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blasts Mnangagwa commission
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has criticised President Emmerson Mnangagwa's commission of inquiry into the politically-motivated violence of August 1 that led to the deaths of at least six civilians....Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 21:16hrs | 2491 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Commission of Inquiry a 'toothless bulldog'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appointed a seven-member panel to probe the fatal shootings which occurred in Harare on August 1 after soldiers opened fire on suspected MDC Alliance activists, ...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:04hrs | 682 | by Knowledge Hakata
Commission of Inquiry unbalanced, biased
1. The Zimbabwe constitution recognises the right to life, this includes the right to freedom from torture, intimidation and violence. The constitution is also very clear about the deployment of the m...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 22:20hrs | 1306 | by MDC Communications
Mnangagwa tenders fresh agric land audit
ZIMBABWE will be commissioning a fresh agricultural land audit, about 15 years after the Charles Utete Commission report whose findings were never implemented, which will run alongside a review of the...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:50hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
South Africa lashes Trump over land 'seizures' tweet
South Africa accused US President Donald Trump of fuelling racial tensions yesterday after he said farmers were being forced off their land and many of them killed.Trump's tweet touched on the...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:41hrs | 461 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation reaches record high since 2012
PRESSURE on the parallel exchange rate market continues to pile due to shortage of foreign currency in the economy forcing Zimbabwe's year-on-year inflation rate to reach 4,29 percent last month....Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation rate hits 4% in 18 months
THE year-on-year inflation rate hit 4, 29 % in July 2018 from 2, 91% in June 2017, an increase of 47.48% in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures changes in the general price level, driven mai...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:19hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance at court to lodge election appeal
Zimbabwe's MDC opposition party arrived at court on Friday to lodge a bid to overturn the results of the presidential election, which it alleges was rigged to ensure victory for Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 16:49hrs | 2327 | by AFP
Zimbabwe's 'new dispensation' that never was!
As the violence, persecution, and repression of Zimbabwean opposition figures - most recently, Tendai Biti of the MDC Alliance, who had to flee to neighbouring Zambia - continue unbated, people from a...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 13:48hrs | 4391 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gono challenges chicken feed debt
FORMER Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Gideon Gono's chicken-rearing business, Lunar Chickens (Pvt) Ltd, has filed an appearance to defend notice at the High Court, seeking to challenge the $...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
'Banks to give out more cash'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says people should expect to withdraw more cash from their banks in the coming weeks, just like what happened at the weekend when Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) di...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 08:00hrs | 15441 | by Staff reported
Gono's business sued over chicken feed
Profeeds (Pvt) Ltd has petitioned the court seeking an order to compel former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono's Lunar Chickens company to pay $89 517 for chicken feed allegedly supplied ...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:53hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa reports ZBC
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has filed complaints with the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ) over ZBC and Zimpapers' "biased, false and defamatory" coverage ahead of tomorrow's electio...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:22hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cash crisis solution
A Zimbabwean man shows off new bond notes outside a bank in Harare on November 28, 2016. Picture: Philimon Bulawayo/ReutersPursuant to the adoption of the multicurrency system in Zimbabwe unti...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 15:27hrs | 2598 | by Colls Ndlovu
Mnangagwa performance: Is it worthy second chance?
ZIMBABWEANS will on Monday hold crucial elections, where they will be choosing the country's next President and Members of Parliament to guide the nation in the next five years.NewsDay will, i...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:45hrs | 828 | by Mthandazo Nyoni
Banks increase withdrawals to $100
DEPOSITORS smiled all the way to banks on Monday and yesterday as banks in Bulawayo offered more cash withdrawals of up to $100, both bond notes and United States dollars.Yesterday, scores of ...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:16hrs | 1390 | by Staff reporter
Cash dealers slash exchange rate
CASH dealers are selling bond notes at a premium rate of 22% to buyers using EcoCash in the high-density Harare suburb of Mbare, which is the lowest rate on offer thus far.In a snap survey con...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | 3670 | by Staff reporter
Industrialist defends bond notes
INDUSTRIALIST and United Refineries chief executive officer Mr Busisa Moyo has defended the bond note, saying the surrogate currency has never been a problem for business.Writing on his Twitte...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:46hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media remain polarised, unbalanced
Despite the ethical and legal obligation to be impartial in their coverage of electoral processes, the media in Zimbabwe remain polarised and unbalanced in their electoral coverage and reportage, medi...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 16:40hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt pressures Zesa to pay Chivayo $52m
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration - in many ways carrying over from where toppled former president Robert Mugabe's regime left - has given the green light for Wicknell Chivayo to access a ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:25hrs | 2945 | by Staff reporter
Black market rates hit 100% ceiling, why and how?
PARALLEL market rates have finally hit 100% when using EcoCash or bank transfers to buy the greenback, the first time they have reached such a rate since dollarisation and the main question now is how...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | 3746 | by Staff reporter
RBZ increases cash injections to $150m
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says the central bank has increased the foreign currency injections into the economy by 50% to $150 million a month to ease forex shortages.This...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1572 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rally blessed by rain
MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday promised to make Zimbabwe a $46 billion economy over the next five years if he wins the July 30 harmonised elections. Addressing...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
France beat Croatia to win SWC
After 20 years since winning the final on home soil, France have been crowned Soccer World Cup champions for the second time in their history after beating Croatia 4-2 in the final at the Luzhniki Sta...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 18:19hrs | 817 | by Sports24
Continuous importation of forex fuels Zimbabwe blackmarket
ANALYSTS agree that the continuous importation of hard cash into the economy will not improve the prevailing cash shortages in the country, but further fuel the parallel market.This comes as R...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1359 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa billboard cut and taken away by unknown people
A billboard of Zimbabwean President and the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu-PF) leader Emmerson Mnangagwa at Christonbank turnoff has been cut and taken away by unknown people.Adv Fortun...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 12:56hrs | 7591 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya's colourless phishing joke
I miss Gideon Gono. That's only because John Mangudya, his successor at the central bank, is that turtle you can't pick out from the rocks, which when it strays onto the road, looks and sounds like a ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 1534 | by Tawanda Majoni
Open letter to Ezra Tshisa Sibanda and All
Hello My Dear brother this is Mqondisi Moyo. Ngifisa ukukubonga ngenkulumo zakho ezinhle oziyenze ngami lebandla leMRP. Ngidlulisa ukubonga kwami okukhulu kuwe ngisithi eSibanda baba.Ngamadoda...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 18:17hrs | 3901 | by Mqondisi Moyo
Millers turn to NGOs for rescue package
Local millers have turned to international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to secure $100 million required for the importation of rice, wheat and other grains amid a worsening foreign currency c...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:01hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to empower resettled farmers
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has, in the event of winning this month's crunch national elections, ruled out his government repossessing land from thousands of people who benefitt...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 14:16hrs | 855 | by Staff reporter
What the Sports Betting Levy means for Zimbabwe Sports
Find out how the most recent levy is affecting those in Zimbabwe who engage in online sports betting and what the levy means. ...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 18:40hrs | 2162 | by Agencies
Biti offers 'bus loads' of cash
MDC Alliance principal Mr Tendai Biti has said "whites will come with lorries and buses full of money" to Zimbabwe if the opposition coalition wins the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections.At a ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:00hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
July 30 election results key to Zimbabwe economic recovery
"THE economy, stupid" is a popular phrase in American politics that came about in 1992 as the then United States presidential candidate Bill Clinton used this against sitting President George Herbert ...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | 454 | by Tatira Zwinoira
Economists ponder Zimdollar return
ZIMBABWE will have to use the parallel market rate to determine the official exchange rate when it introduces a new currency, economic commentators have said.The country adopted a multi-curren...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1661 | by Staff reporter
Advice to MDC Allians:Know what to oppose and what to support
The opposition politicians must know what to oppose and what to support unless if they want to lose respect in the eyes of the citizens . There are people who just oppose something without reasoning s...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 13:12hrs | 787 | by Erick Matotoba
Your mind is a garden, cultivate it
The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgment, language, and memory. It is usually defined as the faculty of an entity's thoughts and consciousness. ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 12:03hrs | 647 | by Enos Denhere
Zimbabwe must have own currency, says Mukupe
ZIMBABWE should introduce its own currency that will be backed by commodities to deal with the prevailing cash crunch, a Minister has said.Addressing delegates at the Chief Executive Officer (...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 10:44hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
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