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Mwonzora shields Maboke from suspension
Masvingo Mayor Collen Maboke should be allowed to do his job without any disturbances and any move to suspend him is null and void, Douglas Mwonzora has said.Mwonzora has wasted no time to ass...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:58hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
MDC Masvingo 2014 structures reject reinstatement, endorses Chamisa
The contentious Supreme Court judgement, which took MDC-T back to its 2014 structures and nullified the ascendancy of Nelson Chamisa to the presidency of the party after the death of Morgan Tsvangirai...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:57hrs | 3034 | by Staff reporter
US$1m COVID-19 tender scam deepens
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Collins, yesterday distanced himself from Delish Nguwaya, whose firm Drax International was recently controversially awarded a US$1 million contract to supply COVID...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tormentor cop guns for ex-boss Chihuri
A former junior police officer, who once made headlines when he boldly arrested the now state President Emmerson Mnangagwa 2005, has turned his guns on former boss Augustine Chihuri he wants arrested ...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
'MPs must recognise Mnangagwa'
ALL Members of Parliament - including those from the opposition - will now be expected to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the adoption of new rules by the august House.Parliam...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:33hrs | 2512 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2231 | by Staff reporter
Ship with 182 Zimbabwean returnees docks in Namibia
At least 182 Zimbabweans aboard a cruise ship have docked in Namibia and will come home once suitable transport arrangements are made. The returnees are coming back home amid rising numbers of Covid-1...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Suspension of maize meal, flour duty unsettles local millers
THE Small and Medium Millers Association of Zimbabwe (SMMAZ) says the suspension of customs duty on imported wheat flour and maize meal would cripple production and viability of the local milling indu...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
MPs face censure for disrespecting the President
Members of Parliament who fail to respect the President, the Chief Justice and heckle other legislators while in the Chamber will now face suspension after Parliament adopted new rules to censure erra...Published: 27 May 2020 at 19:41hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli suspends duty on flour, maize meal
Customs duty on imported wheat flour and maize meal has been suspended for six months from 22 May to 21 November in terms of regulations gazetted yesterday by Minister of Finance and Economic Developm...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Court upholds suspension of EcoCash agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) acted within its mandate when it suspended EcoCash mobile money agents from conducting financial transactions to curb abuse, the High Court has ruled, and so there c...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
'Don't abandon push for electoral reforms'
An independent election watchdog has called on political parties and other stakeholders to continue pushing for reforms following the CovID-19-induced disruption to electoral processes.The Zim...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1751 | by Victor Bhoroma
COVID-19 delays April inflation stats
THE Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) says it has delayed the publication of last month's inflation figures due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown that crippled the data collection process....Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:01hrs | 555 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Suspends Energy Mutodi
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East province has suspended recently sacked Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi from conducting any ruling party business in the province as he awaits disciplinary action...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 1374 | by Staff reporter
Zec considers by-election options
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is crafting an operational framework to pave way for the "safe resumption" of by-elections following an indefinite suspension of all electoral activities....Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Healthcare professionals discover their voice
There is a seismic shift in Zimbabwe's political discourse. A critical segment of its population is beginning to find its voice - healthcare staff.Doctors, nurses and psychotherapists have lar...Published: 23 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 1706 | by Sandra Kudenga
RBZ charges Ecocash directors with money laundering
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has brought charges under the Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act against Ecocash, the company's chief executive officer Natalie...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 2036 | by Staff reporter
Queen B in Zupco buses procurement scandal
LEAKED government documents this week confirmed that buses initially said to belong to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) were imported by a private company Landela Investments (Landela), befor...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4632 | by Staff reporter
'Over-reliance on China to derail Zimbabwe recovery'
ZIMBABWE is highly exposed to any sharp economic slowdown in China due to what will likely be an overreliance on the Asian economic powerhouse for financial support.There are fears the escalating ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:17hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mobile money agents' 'illicit' deals exposed
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) through its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has established that most mobile money agent accounts were being abused and used as a conduit for illegal transactions ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:26hrs | 2305 | by Staff reporter
RBZ clarifies the suspension of EcoCash Agent accounts
The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is being inundated by Ecocash (Private) Limited (Ecocash) clients whose agent accounts have been suspended pursuant to our directive issued on the 4th of May 2020...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 2353 | by Financial Intelligence Unit
Nelson Chamisa you are now pissing us off
Sir you have become a Twitter President of which most of the people who are following you are in the diaspora the ones who did not vote for you.We now need you to call for a Massive Civil Diso...Published: 20 May 2020 at 21:45hrs | 4517 | by Knowledge Hakata
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 20:51hrs | 2392 | by Victor Bhoroma
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 14:39hrs | 2951 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimpost considers solar-powered vehicles
STUNG by perennial fuel and electricity shortages affecting its operations, Zimpost a quasi-government institution is planning to invest in solar power and electric-powered vehicles to combat the chal...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
7 cops arrested for extortion
SEVEN police officers in Gweru were arrested for allegedly extorting cash, fuel and opaque beer from bottle store and shop operators who had allegedly violated lockdown regulations in and around Gweru...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
ZEC's suspension of by-elections 'unlawful'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) acted unlawfully when it suspended the holding of all by-elections due to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic, legal watchdog, Veritas has said.The legal think...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:49hrs | 612 | by newzimbabwe
Lockdown diminishes Remittances, Worsens Elderly People's Poverty
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights has reported that elderly people from various parts of Bulawayo are reeling in extreme hardships and poverty due to diminished remittances caused by the Covid19...Published: 18 May 2020 at 15:40hrs | 865 | by Stephen Jakes
Financial literacy: Why it matters the most
Imagine not ever having to worry about money or that bills being due ever again. It is most people's dream but one that few people ever achieve. Financial literacy is understanding money and being abl...Published: 17 May 2020 at 21:53hrs | 727 | by Nobuhle Zondo
Chamisa loyalists arrested
Two MDC Alliance councillors in Marondera have been arrested for allegedly breaking into their provincial party headquarters to remove property before hiding it at an unknown location.Charles ...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 2558 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF govt scares away investors
WHAT is the point of investing in Zimbabwe, if one cannot take out the proceeds of such investments, or if you get the central bank's permission it can be reversed without any Act of Parliament, that ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:43hrs | 551 | by Mbire
NetOne boss Muchenje, 7 others arrested
NetOne chief executive officer Lazarus Muchenje, six senior executives and former board member Paradzai Chakona were arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on charges of ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1914 | by Staff reporter
Registrar General suspended
The Public Service Commission (PSC) has suspended without salary and allowances Registrar-General Clemence Masango who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office as a public officer after he allege...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Agric ministry officials booted out of Parly
TWO Lands and Agriculture ministry officials were yesterday chucked out of Parliament for failing to produce documents with regards to contracts awarded to different companies for winter wheat program...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Vic Falls councillors boycott meeting
VICTORIA Falls councillors yesterday boycotted a meeting which had been called to discuss among other things, crafting a supplementary budget and waiver of some rates to cushion ratepayers in the wake...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1413 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga demands Matanga's suspension
African Medallion Group millionaire Frank Buyanga has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to protest claims by police chief Godwin Matanga that he is a "fugitive from justice."Buyanga wrot...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:47hrs | 995 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere divides Mzembi's party
EX-MINISTER Walter Mzembi's party has been rocked by further turmoil amid reports the new custodians of the fledgling opposition were at odds over a possible merger with Saviour Kasukuwere.The...Published: 12 May 2020 at 11:57hrs | 2416 | by newzimbabwe
No bailout for Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube
It sounds irrational and unpatriotic to have such wishes: never give Corona stimulus to Zimbabwean government for whatever reason. Mthuli Ncube admitted for the first time that Zimbabwe is heading for...Published: 10 May 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3627 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mthuli Ncube thoroughly disgraced himself!
No man intentionally disgraces himself. But brother Mthuli Ncube should have known the possible risk, and the possibility of being thoroughly disgraced if such confidential communication was broadcast...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 4501 | by Ken Mufuka
'$18 billion stimulus to stoke inflation'
The government's $18 billion stimulus package to breathe life into the local economy battered by the effects of the coronavirus outbreak will worsen inflation because of lack of external funding, a fi...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Agent lines land Econet workers in trouble
TWO Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) employees have been arrested for allegedly fraudulently using agent lines belonging to cotton company ETG Parrogate to conduct illegal foreign currency transactions....Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls councillors sucked into Chamisa, Mwonzora fight
VICTORIA FALLS: Councillors here are headed for a nasty showdown with former mayor Somveli Dlamini, who was reinstated last week as councillor, has clashed with fellow councillors claiming he remains ...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:24hrs | 469 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe receives US$120 million towards ZWL$18 billion stimulus package
Zimbabwe has received US$120 million in foreign grants towards its ZWL$18 billion COVID-19 stimulus package and expects to conclude negotiations over an export sector facility from Afreximbank soon, t...Published: 08 May 2020 at 17:52hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reinstates Victoria Falls mayor
DOUGLAS Mwonzora, who recently defected to Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T following the March 31 Supreme Court ruling, has reinstated Victoria Falls mayor, Somvelo Dlamini, who was expelled by the Nelson Cha...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:37hrs | 1230 | by Staff reporter
Homeless troop back to CBD
HOMELESS people in Bulawayo, who disappeared soon after the announcement of the total national lockdown on March 30, are back on the streets capitalising on the Government's decision to downgrade to l...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:28hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
RBZ closes more EcoCash, OneMoney lines
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has closed an unspecified number of mobile money agent lines suspected to have been fuelling exchange rate volatility. A source within the central bank's Fin...Published: 06 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 999 | by Staff reporter
Suspended town council bosses take revenue collection EcoCash lines
THERE are fears that Gokwe Town Council could have lost thousands of dollars in revenue collections following the disappearance of an EcoCash agent line used for receiving payments by ratepayers for c...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:51hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Price controls, a clear path to market shortages
The Zimbabwean government passed a price moratorium (prize freeze) on the 22nd of April 2020. The moratorium compels retailers and producers to revert back to the prices that prevailed on the 25th of ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 886 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Mnangagwa's lockdown rent reprieve illegal'
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has poked holes into government's recent directive deferring payment of rentals and stopping tenant evictions during the lockdown period, saying the move was illegal ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1521 | by Staff reporter
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