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MDC rally banned
POLICE yesterday banned yet another MDC rally the second in less than a week that was scheduled for Domboshawa, Mashonaland East Province. The Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party had notified ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 249 | by Staff reporter
MDC issues statement on boycotting Mthuli Ncube's budget
The Movement for Democratic Change has issued a statement clarifying their absence at the budget presentation held at parliament building on Thursday. The absence of MDC Parliamentarians irked...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:11hrs | 3600 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Two Mozambicans nabbed for poaching in Mbire
TWO Mozambicans were arraigned before Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro yesterday for unlawfully entering Zimbabwe and reportedly possessing two elephant tasks weighing more than 10 kilogram...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 12:02hrs | 785 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Pupils to get free sanitary wear
PRIMARY and secondary school girls are set to receive free sanitary wear starting January 2020 with Government setting aside $200 million towards such provision. Presenting his 2020 National B...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:15hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
Tax-free bonuses for civil servants
GOVERNMENT has reviewed the tax-free bonus threshold from $ 1 000 to $ 5 000 with effect from this month with civil servants also expected to get their full annual bonuses pegged on gross income. ...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:14hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park gets another school
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has constructed another primary school in Cowdray Park to decongest the four schools in the sprawling suburb.The suburb has four primary schools which are Tategulu,...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:25hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Zinara fatcats in tollgates scam
A FRESH storm has hit the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) after the parastatal proposed to award a million-dollar deal to its perennial contractor Univern, a deal seen as a corrupt way ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:23hrs | 860 | by Staff reporter
Top hotelier, Radisson, eyes Bulawayo
NEGOTIATIONS between the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and international hotel group, Radisson Group, for construction of an upmarket hotel in the second city have started inearnest.Radisson...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue no longer possible without external force
Too much has already been said and done by our current political protagonist that dialogue between President Nelson Chamisa's MDC-A and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF is no longer possible wit...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 22:06hrs | 4018 | by Terence Simbi
Ex-ZBC bosses in court on fresh charges
Former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Patrick Mavhura together with the former Director Human Resources and Finance, Ms. Benania Shumba and Former Manager Human...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 20:44hrs | 1646 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to present $28,5 billion budget
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2020 national Budget on Thursday, with industry and citizens expecting better economic fortunes following the num...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
POSA successor awaits Mnangagwa assent
Two major Bills designed to fulfil the goals of the Second Republic now await Presidential assent — the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (MOPA) and the Companies and Other Entities Bill. ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:22hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt draws fire over currency
The government has been accused of fuelling economic instability through inconsistent currency reforms and too many regulations.Zimbabwe ended a decade of dollarisation in June and readopted t...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2813 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube attempts a Houdini act
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube this week unveils his second National Budget statement in which he is expected to announce far-reaching interventions to soothe a natio...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:23hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
With all said and done dialouge no longer possible without external force
Too much has already been said and done by our current political protagonist that dialogue between President Nelson Chamisa's MDC-A and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF is no longer possible wit...Published: 09 Nov 2019 at 09:02hrs | 842 | by Terence Simbi
'Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe scoring own goals'
ZIMBABWE is facing a myriad of challenges, including a huge debt overhang which is a stumbling block to new financing, hyperinflation that has eroded people's disposable incomes, and general economic ...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:18hrs | 668 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in debt distress
LACK of transparency in public debt management and the failure to comply with legal stipulations are now manifesting in depressed fiscal space and low domestic resource mobilisation, analysts have sai...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:15hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Intratrek says Gwanda solar power plant can be ready by June
Intratrek Zimbabwe says it is ready to begin the long-delayed construction of the 100MW Gwanda solar power plant.Intratrek says it has secured US$14 million financing for the first phase o...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1009 | by ZimLive
ZIFA lied on Barbourfields lighting
The Bulawayo City Council has refuted allegations by ZIFA that the upcoming AFCON match between Zimbabwe and Botswana was taken away from Barbourfields because of malfunctioning floodlights.Th...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 17:55hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Justice Luke Malaba to be added 5 more years in office
Chief Justice Luke Malaba will be added five more years in office after the Minister of Justice announced that it will be introducing an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill before Christmas. ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 15:09hrs | 2137 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Potraz invites more mobile network operators
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says it is accepting proposals from local and external investors interested in operating mobile network operators as space f...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:33hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Livestock Farmers ready to work with CSC
THE Livestock Farmers' Union says it is ready to sell its animals to any bidder including CSC-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe as long as the buyers offer the best prices on the market. Following Cabine...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:09hrs | 215 | by Staff Reporter
Suffering and oppressed Zimbabweans need to emulate doctors' fearless trailblazing protracted struggle for a better life
There is one very pressing - not to mention, extremely embarrassing - question which Zimbabweans who travel throughout the world are always confronted with every time we encounter foreign nationals: "...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:54hrs | 1414 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US$14m funding for Chivayo's Gwanda solar project
The 100 megawatt (MW) Gwanda solar project has received fresh impetus after a local infrastructure fund, African Transmission Corporation (ATC) Holdings, agreed to extend US$14 million to finance the ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:37hrs | 3074 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pleads poverty
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said the fiscus has no capacity to meet the demands by ministries after eight government departments bid for $112 billion in the 2020 national budget.Ncube ye...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 11:22hrs | 3638 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube dismisses ministries' budget demands
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has dismissed over $112 billion in total budget 2020 proposals made by State departments for the coming financial year.Ncube told MPs at the just ended pre-budget...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 05:43hrs | 406 | by newzimbabwe
Free food for 12 000 in Bulawayo
THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) has approved a pension payout of more than 200 percent that will be paid this month but backdated to October, Sunday News has established.Accordin...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:39hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
'We're going to improve lives of our people,' says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabweans are bearing the brunt of soaring prices of basic commodities and cash shortages. They are also worried about the continued loss of value of the Zimbabwe dollar. To date, Government's auste...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:35hrs | 636 | by Staff reporter
'Zesa new tariffs comparative to the region'
New electricity tariffs, which are considered punitive by consumers, are "comparative" to charges levied to consumers elsewhere in the region, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has said....Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's sons snub late father's memorial service
A memorial service for the late former President, Mugabe, was secretly held on October 19 by a section of his family, but many of his close relatives, including his sons, did not attend.The ma...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:30hrs | 3185 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reform package timeline revealed
A raft of constitutional and legislative reforms to deepen civil liberties, individual rights, extend the women's quota system and entrench political and electoral reforms, are expected to be gazetted...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa holds keys to removal of sanctions'
The United States envoy to Zimbabwe Ambassador Brian Nichols has said that only President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration holds the keys to the removal of sanctions if they implement the political...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 13:35hrs | 4891 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has no problems with suspension of elections
ZIMBABWE is facing extraordinary challenges that require its key political actors to make difficult decisions and the MDC will not stand in the way of possible solutions, party leader Nelson Chamisa h...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:31hrs | 6177 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants declare strike
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube and his Labour ministry counterpart Sekai Nzenza are in a quandary as civil servants yesterday declared a massive demonstration next Wednesday over unfulfilled promises b...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:09hrs | 4024 | by Staff reporter
ZRP urged to come up with anti-litter unit
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has been called upon to come up with an environmental law enforcement unit to curb littering and dumping of waste at undesignated places. This was said by Acting P...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:01hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Economic governance framework at the core of Zimbabwe's macro-economic problems
It is now a time-tested fact that the long-term macroeconomic and development outcomes of any society are not narrowly defined by simple answers to simple questions like which individual is presiding ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:54hrs | 492 | by Dr Nathan Matemera
Zimbabwe sanctions conundrum
The USA first enacted ZIDERA in 2001 as a response to gross human rights abuses, economic mismanagement, violent grab of white owned farms, violent crackdown on opposition and dissent, costly deployme...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 21:52hrs | 995 | by Terrence Wuragu
Chamisa shoots down call to suspend elections
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has described proposals by the clergy for the suspension of elections for seven years as an "extra-ordinary" and "difficult" ask, with legal and constitutional ram...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South calls for 30% youth quota
A MATABELELAND South youth advocacy group has called for a 30% youth quota instead of 10 parliamentary seats allocated to the youth for the 2023 elections in proposed constitutional amendments....Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 06:33hrs | 141 | by Staff reporter
Economic governance framework at the core of Zimbabwe's macro-economic problems
It is now a time-tested fact that the long-term macroeconomic and development outcomes of any society are not narrowly defined by simple answers to simple questions like which individual is presiding ...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 13:03hrs | 507 | by Dr Nathan Matemera
SADC protest against UN cites unfair trade restrictions
Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe are going to submit protest documents that will allow them to legally trade in their elephants, rhino and giraffes. The three countries are declaring themselves independ...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2224 | by Emmanuel Koro
Zimbabwe police officers undergo rights training
THOUSANDS of Zimbabwe Republic Police officers have been taken through human rights training to help them apply the skills when handling the public.However, the recent death of a Harare vendor...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:34hrs | 547 | by newzimbabwe
Chasi proposes 30-year sentence for Zesa vandals
Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi has proposed a 30-year mandatory prison sentence for vandalising ZESA infrastructure. This comes after the power utility has suffered losses...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 06:32hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Pupils without IDs must write public exams: Education official
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education last week proposed that children without proper documentation should be allowed to sit for public examinations.The proposal was made by Bulawayo...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:45hrs | 583 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants set for another salary hike
Government is lining up another salary adjustment for civil servants to cushion them from the unwarranted price increases that businesses continue to effect. Finance and Economic Development M...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:39hrs | 2589 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's ministers in love triangle
A front-page tabloid exposé features sordid details of the alleged sexual activities of the two ministers.Sordid details of the alleged private lives of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni and Mine...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 13:54hrs | 5652 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi launches Presidential input scheme
THE Government yesterday launched the 2019-2020 free Cottco Presidential Inputs and Tillage Scheme to benefit more than 400 000 households and two million rural people countrywide.Vice-Preside...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:54hrs | 450 | by Staff reporter
We have a moral duty to denounce sanctions
Zimbabweans in all their different shades and from various social and political backgrounds on Friday 25 October, expressed their exasperation on the continued existence of illegal sanctions by the Eu...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:49hrs | 77 | by Ranga Mataire
Gang violence rattles high school
Parents of pupils at Kwekwe High School are mulling transferring their children from the school following reports of gang violence and indiscipline that have reached alarming levels at the school....Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:41hrs | 451 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube faces criminal prosecution
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has been petitioned to charge finance minister Mthuli Ncube with criminal abuse of office over a series of actions that have caused Zimbabweans financial losses in th...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:10hrs | 4678 | by ZimLive
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