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Ramaphosa calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called on the European Union (EU) to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe saying the country has turned a wonderful corner and needs support on its path to great re...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030. This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabil...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 208 | by Emerson D. Mnangagwa
MSU to mentor law schools in Sadc
THE Midlands State University (MSU)'s Faculty of Law will guide other law schools in Sadc to meet international standards of excellence, the institution's Vice-Chancellor Ngonidzashe Muzvidziwa has sa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:10hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Namibian port project taking shape
STATE-OWNED logistics firm Road Motor Services (RMS) says its dry land port project at Walvis Bay in Namibia is now 70% complete, four years after work began on it.RMS, a subsidiary of the Nat...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 538 | by Staff reporter
Big headache for Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces a herculean task in his quest to fight corruption after it emerged last week that graft now pervades the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), which must be at the f...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:36hrs | 13571 | by Staff reporter
Economic Dialogue: Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030.This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabili...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 63 | by HE Emmerson D Mnangagwa
One year after Zimbabwe soft coup
When Zimbabwe's army took power in a bloodless coup exactly one year ago, it promised to bring happiness back by ending social and economic suffering.The military said the coup was needed to "...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 15:03hrs | 2167 | by Tendai Kamhungira
Truth the medicine for a sick nation
"Before a nation can get on with the routine task of nation building, it has to come to terms with its past" (Walter Wink).My family brought me up in Germany after World War I (1914-1918) and ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 403 | by Fr Oskar Wermter sj
Mnangagwa courts Africa's vote on sanctions
President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday on a two-day State visit at the invitation of President Alpha Condé and will use the occasion to appeal for African support in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-enga...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe desperate to sort Macauley Bonne's passport
WARRIORS coach Sunday Chidzambga is desperate to have Macauley Bonne in his squad and is hoping that the England-born striker would have received a Zimbabwean passport so that he is eligible to play f...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 2678 | by Staff reporter
Air Namibia resume flights to Zimbabwe
Air Namibia announced that its flights to Harare and Victoria Falls will commence with effect from the 28th of October 2018 while the days of operation remain unchanged.Windhoek to Harare is o...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 06:56hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe mining regulations still restrictive'
Zimbabwe's domestic mining regulatory environment remains one of the most restrictive in the region and needs to change to attract investment, a leading information group Fitch Solutions says in its l...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:41hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Peter de Villiers to quit Sables
ZIMBABWE national rugby team coach Peter de Villiers could fail to see out his two-year contract as Sables coach after revealing that he is considering quitting his post due to family reasons....Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:57hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
3 Zimbabweans killed in Namibia accidents
THREE Zimbabweans died in two separate road accidents in Namibia, police and relatives of the deceased confirmed. In the first accident which happened on Tuesday, Canaan Mamoche (41) of Harare...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:46hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Vuka Byo Vuka successfully brings UK community together for a memorable occasion
Community initiative, Vuka Bulawayo Vuka, held in Manchester over the weekend, wasn't your ordinary or typical community event. There was nothing superfluous about it, it in fact, embraced what commun...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 956 | by Tidi Kwidini
Zimbabwe's upper middle-income economy agenda 2030: Are we not inviting trouble?
THE government's neoliberal agenda and its target for the upper middle-income economy (UMIE) by 2030, if not handled well, might present us with many challenges that will further alienate and suffocat...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:38hrs | 583 | by Michael Ndiweni
Zimbabwe must export unemployed teachers
The Unemployed Teachers Association (UTA) has pleaded with Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima to make arrangements to export unemployed teachers to countries where their services are...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1128 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide victims compensation - a Possibility or an impossibility?
All peace loving people will agree with me that the disturbances which started in Zimbabwe soon after independence and saw approximately 20 000 people mainly of the Ndebele tribe constitute genocide a...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 11:14hrs | 701 | by Etiwel Mutero
Prosecutor-General interviews set for next month
THE Judicial Service Commission will next month conduct interviews for the position of Prosecutor-General (PG), which fell vacant after Ray Goba resigned in August. Goba stepped down after a tribunal ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 08:47hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
ZSE ranked best African market
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has been ranked as the best performing market in Africa in the last five years.The local bourse has intermittently surged on the deterioration of economic fun...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:10hrs | 914 | by Staff reporter
Major blow for Mnangagwa govt
The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) yesterday delivered a landmark ruling which has far-reaching implications for the policing of public gatherings and protests in the country.It said the dra...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 14:30hrs | 12901 | by Staff reporter
Dangers of Ndebele and Shona radicalism and extremism in Zimbabwe
After reading my article published by Bulawayo24.com published on the 15th of October 2018 titled "Lobengula was King of ...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 10:34hrs | 2904 | by Etiwel Mutero
Obert Mpofu speaks about Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue
The economic meltdown triggered by monetary and fiscal reforms that were recently unveiled by the government exposed teething problems in the ruling party's newly created structure led by former minis...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:54hrs | 5743 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currency stabilisation in a year
A Zimbabwean man shows off new bond notes outside a bank in Harare on November 28, 2016. Picture: Philimon Bulawayo/ReutersZimbabwe's currency stability hinges on the country‘s ability to bu...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:45hrs | 3493 | by Staff reporter
Air Namibia cancels flights to Zimbabwe
AIR Namibia has cancelled flights to Zimbabwe as an interim measure after one of its aircraft was impounded by authorities in Harare last Friday.A plane Air Namibia was leasing from West Air -...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 08:20hrs | 6132 | by Staff reporter
Express Links International announced as headline sponsor for Vuka Bulawayo Vuka
Money remittance company, Express Links International Limited, is the lead sponsor for UK based Bulawayo community initiative, Vuka Bulawayo Vuka, taking place in Manchester this month.Special...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 10:27hrs | 1120 | by Tidi Kwidini
Zanu-PF bigwigs off to China for study tour
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF is sending a delegation of party bigwigs to China and the sub-region to engage sister liberation movement to compare notes as to how their parties relate ...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 18:57hrs | 3170 | by Staff reporter
Air Namibia plane impounded in Harare
THIRTY-EIGHT Air Namibia passengers were left stranded in Harare Friday morning after the aircraft they were scheduled to travel in was impounded by Zimbabwean officials.Air Namibia confirmed ...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 09:04hrs | 3943 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to partner Chinese city
BULAWAYO City Council is set for a twinning arrangement with the Chinese city of Zhaoyuan Tangerang Selatan in a move envisaged to attract investment to the country's second largest city.The c...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:12hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Sibanda, Didymus Mutasa re-admitted into Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has readmitted its former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and former chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association Jabulani Sibanda following the duo's ...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 06:34hrs | 3208 | by Staff reporter
Zec in e-voting tender storm
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is in the eye of a storm for allegedly courting an Estonian company to roll out an electronic voting system, which it plans to use in 2023 to allow Zimbabweans in the...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
Farm viability: Implications for land reform, investment
THERE are many misconceptions about farming in southern Africa, and one of the most insidious is the notion of "viability". A narrow economistic version has predominated that is based on a nor...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | 279 | by Ian Scoones
Air transport connectivity boosts Vic Falls tourism
The number of tourists to Zimbabwe's premier resort centre, Victoria Falls, has risen by 21% to 150 000 in the first six months of this year due to improved air connectivity, a survey has shown....Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:48hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP's divorce takes nasty twist
ZANU PF legislator for Murehwa North constituency Daniel Garwe has accused his estranged wife, Pedzisai Liliethy, of adultery and labelled her a criminal who has been abusing authority and trust, as t...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1344 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga urges Zimbabweans to be self sufficient
VICE-president Constantino Chiwenga yesterday urged Zimbabweans to be their own economic liberators in order for the country to achieve industrialisation.Chiwenga said the government attached...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:32hrs | 662 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt to adopt e-marking
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development is working on adopting e-marking in a bid to remove local technical barriers to trade. This was highlighted recently at a stakehol...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1017 | by Staff reporter
Air Namibia o lose its planes and office equipment to a Zimbabwean
AIR Namibia (Proprietary) Limited is set to lose its planes and office equipment to a Zimbabwean national after dismissal of its application for stay of execution on a July judgment by the High Court ...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 07:38hrs | 3518 | by Staff reporter
Removal of Old Mutual shares begin after a 2 week suspension
Removal of Old Mutual shares from Zimbabwe, South Africa and the United Kingdom register started today after a two-week suspension due to a corporate event.Old Mutual share movement to other r...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 20:19hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's currency options
IT goes without saying that pursuant to the adoption of the multi-currency system in Zimbabwe in January 2009 until about 2015, one could withdraw up to US$5 000 from an automated teller machine. Over...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 07:28hrs | 10490 | by Colls Ndlovu, Economist
Mnangagwa and Chamisa MPs fume over deferred vehicles
Legislators from both Zanu-PF and the MDC have expressed anger at the government's decision to suspend the purchase of new vehicles for them - with the money budgeted for that now earmarked to fight t...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 19:21hrs | 4058 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe resumes diamond sales
ZIMBABWE has resumed diamond sales and hopes to build a sustainable market following the merger of diamond companies which operated in Chiadzwa under a State-owned company called Zimbabwe Consolidated...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs boycot Parliament
Stephen Chan, a professor of world politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, says MDC leader Nelson Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:14hrs | 2261 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turns down Parly invite
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa turned down an invitation to attend the official opening of Parliament presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday.Chamisa had been invited to attend the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:11hrs | 7651 | by Staff reporter
Hefty perks for Obert Mpofu and other fired old gurad
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown a lifeline to his fellow comrades-in-arms whom he dropped from his Cabinet more than a week ago by giving them plum jobs at the Zanu-PF headquarters, complete w...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:37hrs | 6516 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Mphoko from Choppies exposed
Zimbabwean shareholders in the Botswana-based multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer Choppies Enterprises have accused the company's other shareholders of trying to "capture" them like...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 5546 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube gets shock reality check
NEWLY-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube - who arrived in the country from Switzerland early this week amid a populist storm and blaze of publicity on how to fix Zimbabwe's critically broken econ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 13202 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors in winning start
Zimbabwe kicked off their Cosafa Women's Championship campaign with a 1-0 win over Namibia in Port Elizabeth on Thursday.Marjory Nyaumwe scored the winner for the 2017 runners up to register t...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 20:56hrs | 1005 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to address currency issues to attract more tourists
SOME international buyers and safari tour operators who went on a familiarisation tour of the country's major resorts post Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel Expo have urged the government to address cu...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Mighty Warriors battle for second Cosafa Cup
THE Mighty Warriors' quest for a second Cosafa Cup title gets underway this morning when they take on Namibia in their Group C opener in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Mighty Warriors last ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:19hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch $2,2bn projects in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today officially open the $2 billion Hopeville Housing Project near Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport and commission a $2 million tomato processing plant here. ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:10hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
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