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Jacob Mudenda's scandals unpacked?
Who is Jacob Francis Mudenda? Jacob Francis Mudenda nicknamed "The Headmaster" in parliament and "Scania" in Matebeleland North is the current Speaker of the National Assembly. Born in 1949, M...Published: 23 hrs ago | 4407 | by Nicholas Ncube
The Crocodile in Crisis
Editorial by The Times newspaper, Britain's newspaper of record, on Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a "state that is close to collapse"ZIM...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 18:01hrs | 5137 | by The Times
Zanu-PF Central Committee member attacked in Nyanga
Zanu-PF central committee member who is also a provincial council member, Moses Gutu survived a suspected politically motivated attack by unknown assailants at his Mufaro farm in Nyanga.Gutu e...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 16:09hrs | 1038 | by Staff reporter
Austerity measures: Is Zimbabwe drinking poisoned chalice?
On September 7, 2018, Mthuli Ncube was appointed as Zimbabwe's Finance minister. Being a technocrat he is, his appointment brought a breath of fresh air. At least, Zanu-PF was breaking with its past o...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:18hrs | 387 | by Cliff Chiduku
Zanu-PF member attacked in intra-party violence
ZANU-PF Manicaland provincial committee member, Moses Gutu was on Sunday evening attacked at his farm in Nyanga by suspected fellow party members as intra-party violence continues to rear its ugly hea...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:16hrs | 398 | by Staff reporter
Intra-party violence rocks Zanu-PF
ZANU PF Manicaland provincial committee member, Moses Gutu was on Sunday evening attacked at his farm in Nyanga by suspected fellow party members as intra-party violence continues to rear its ugly hea...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2133 | by Staff Reporter
New fuel prices unveiled
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has announced new prices for fuel starting Monday 19 August 2019. In an announcement posted on Twitter on Sunday midnight, ZERA said diesel will be sol...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 10:06hrs | 5112 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Does Brother Mthuli Ncube live in Zimbabwe?
Hope is the expectation, against all rational considerations, that desires will be fulfilled miraculously.When the "new dispensation" was introduced in Zimbabwe, we hoped against past experien...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1013 | by Kennet Mufuka
Zimbabwe readies for introduction of electric cars
THE Government is putting in place modalities to introduce electric cars in the country as a stop gap measure aimed at reducing over reliance on traditional fuel in powering automobiles, a Cabinet Min...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:35hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt readies for introduction of electric cars
THE Government is putting in place modalities to introduce electric cars in the country as a stop gap measure aimed at reducing over reliance on traditional fuel in powering automobiles, a Cabinet Min...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:38hrs | 2930 | by Staff Reporter
'Solve socio-economic crisis' prescribe UN - rubbish, treat disease, bad governance, not the symptom
Zimbabwe is a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs. The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has captured all state institutions so that the Police, Army, Judiciary, etc. are...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:48hrs | 314 | by Wilbert Mukori
United Nations statement on MDC demonstration
We understand that today's planned protests in Harare have just been called off by the organisers, following a High Court decision to uphold a Government ban. The crowds that had already gathered were...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:47hrs | 2449 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Challenging or toppling the government?
IN a constitutional democracy such as ours, the government can be legally challenged and removed, as long as it is done constitutionally.The government gets some things right and pleases some,...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:31hrs | 2055 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Woman seeks protection order against brother, in-law
A CHIPINGE woman has applied for a peace order against her brother and sister-in-law, after theyallegedly threatened to axe her for possessing goblins which were tormenting the family.Memory M...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
MDC repeats calls for State of Emergency
The opposition MDC has reiterated its call for a state of emergency on the energy crisis affecting the country. In a statement issued by the MDC Secretary for Energy and Power Development Jasm...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 12:48hrs | 5238 | by Mandla Ndlovu
It's politics at play, Zinara boss tells court
ZIMBABWE National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Simon Taranhike has claimed that the allegations that he criminally abused his office were a result of power struggles at the parastatal...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1014 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in new wave of price increases
ZIMBABWE is witnessing another wave of massive price increases, following the presentation of the 2019 mid-term fiscal policy review, which are further decimating citizens' incomes.In the mid-...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2642 | by Staff reporter
The situation in Zimbabwe has moved to another level
"FELLOW Zimbabweans … the situation in our country has moved to another level. Firstly, we wish to assure the nation that His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe and his family are safe and sound an...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | 1939 | by Cliff Chiduku
Zimbabwe teachers have been 'reduced to beggars'
Zimbabwe teachers protesting their low wages are threatening to go on strike when schools reopen next month as the country's deteriorating economy simultaneously faces yet another hike in fuel prices....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 18:24hrs | 1747 | by ANA
New fuel prices announced by ZERA
On Sunday evening the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority announced that the price of fuel is going up effective 12 August 2019. The price of diesel has gone up from $9.06 to $9.27 while petr...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 09:03hrs | 5833 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe petrol now $9.09 per litre
The price of fuel has gone up again. ZERA announced the new prices on social media Sunday evening. The price of Petrol will now be $9.09 cents, slightly up from $9.01. Diesel will now be $9.27, up fro...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:55hrs | 1758 | by Staff reporter
War vets offices bombed
ELEMENTS believed to be linked to the opposition, MDC-Alliance that has called for nationwide demonstrations this week against the Government early yesterday morning raided and petrol-bombed war veter...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1420 | by Staff reporter
Sustaining the Zimdollar
I AM naturally enchanted by the logic, sequence and clarity of a thought process. But l have grown to learn that, quite often, economic plans are elaborately ornamented.The number of economies...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 15:02hrs | 381 | by Persistence Gwanyanya
Cassava set to introduce ease of travel
Vaya has speeded the introduction of its new services, Vaya Carpool and Vaya Shuttle, in a bid to help ease the fuel and foreign currency crises in Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe has been facing a crisis i...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube doing the right things as Zimbabwe's trade deficit contracts by 60%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit contracted by 60% to $542, 3 million between February and June this year due to foreign currency shortages for imports as well as a drop in the budget deficit.Trade fi...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:38hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel price seen rising weekly
ZIMBABWE Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) chief executive Eddington Mazambani yesterday said it would be difficult to keep fuel prices stagnant given that duty is now calculated as a percentage of c...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1229 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF teaches Bulawayo residents to make bread
MORE than 100 people in Bulawayo were on Tuesday trained on how to make bread using Dutch ovens as part of Zanu-PF's economic empowerment projects. Zanu-PF last month launched empowerment proj...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:21hrs | 118 | by Staff reporter
We trust Zimbabwe has a future
We are not exactly optimists in this country. We have seen too many disasters; man-made disasters I should hasten to addWe have seen a Tsunami like Cyclone Idai, and we expect "the next cyclon...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 433 | by Fr Oskar Wermter SJ
Zimbabwe's electricity problems spark thefts in SA
POLICE in South Africa have arrested two Zimbabwe-bound suspects aged 30 and 40 found in possession of eight stolen solar energy back-up batteries for mobile phone base stations in that country....Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consumers decry rising taxes
Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) chairperson Philip Bvumbe says the new plethora of taxes introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube would significantly weigh down consumers and further erode their...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Minister slams prosperity preachers
A CABINET Minister has slammed some church pastors for milking their congregants to poverty through cash demands. Women Affairs, Community and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Dr Sith...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
Diesel now more expensive than petrol
Diesel is now more expensive than petrol for the first time in a long time in Zimbabwe.The latest fuel adjustment made by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), left the maximum pump...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 19:18hrs | 2033 | by Staff reporter
Policy inconsistency hurting economy
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) reintroduced the Zimbabwean Dollar and outlawed the use of multicurrencies on the local market on the 24th of June 2019, despite widespread concerns on burning the m...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1995 | by Victor Bhoroma
Fuel prices go up again
DIESEL is now more expensive than petrol after the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) yesterday hiked the price of the product from ZW$7,22 to $9, 06 a litre.The price increase is set...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:23hrs | 2453 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youths move to occupy the streets
MDC Youth Assembly leader Tererayi Obey Sithole has announced that the party's yoputh league is moving in to occupy the streets to protest against the increasing price of fuel . On Satur...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 08:55hrs | 5566 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya should contend with being unpopular
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube on Thursday presented a $10,85 billion Supplementary Budget and the 2019 Mid-Term National Budget Review Statement. Themed; "Building a...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 262 | by Staff reporter
Prices of goods set to skyrocket
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday announced a three-fold increase in electricity tariffs and raised tax on fuel imports in addition to raising the cost of obtaining government services in a midt...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:13hrs | 4571 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube piles more misery
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday announced a three-fold increase in electricity tariffs and raised tax on fuel imports in addition to raising the cost of obtaining government services in a midt...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1859 | by Staff reporter
Cartel mops up Zimbabwe's gold
Zimbabwe's new monetary reforms and unfavourable prices being offered by authorities have given life to side marketing in the gold sector following the emergence of a powerful cartel comprised of top ...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2793 | by Staff reporter
Electricity cuts, lifestyles and modified behaviour in Zimbabwe
Electricity and access to it is a big issue in Zimbabwe at the moment. Not least by admission of our own government, but more importantly by the lived realities of many urban-based Zimbabweans, civil ...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 658 | by Takura Zhangazha
Car assembler seeks national project status
A United States of America-based Zimbabwean businessman, Dr Devine Mafa has approached Government seeking national project status for the proposed vehicle assembly plant he wants to establish in Kwekw...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Soaring fuel prices and stagnant wages squeeze Zimbabweans
A kilometre-long queue of some 200 commuter buses winds its way around a block of the central business district in Harare, terminating at the forecourt of a petrol station.Its 11:42am and an i...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 17:35hrs | 1931 | by Al Jazeera
New fuel prices announced
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has announced the new prices of fuel effective 30 July 2019.In a statement ZERA said the changes in the fuel prices are due to the FOB price movements....Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 15:37hrs | 8650 | by Mandla Ndlovu
RBZ raises red flag on forex demand
Daily demand for diesel has gone up by 20 percent to 3,6 million litres over the last four months as business and domestic consumers now heavily rely on the commodity to mitigate rolling power cuts cu...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 14:48hrs | 6893 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube cornered over 'unexplained' forex expenditure
HARARE East legislator Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) on Thursday last week demanded that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube explain to Parliament where the country's foreign currency has been going given that...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:47hrs | 3544 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy needs free-market policies to grow
The introduction of the foreign exchange interbank market by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in February 2019 was a major milestone towards free market economics. Even though there are fears of gov...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 17:59hrs | 536 | by Victor Bhoroma
War collaborators meet
ZANU-PF National Chairperson Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has reaffirmed the Government's commitment to push for socio-economic development programmes aimed at uplifting the lives of liberation war collab...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:20hrs | 122 | by Staff reporter
We can fix our country
I AM one of many Zimbabweans who witnessed the birth of an independent Zimbabwe 39 years ago.Apart from my own modest participation in the struggle for our independence, I do have a vivid memo...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:40hrs | 3413 | by Paul Themba Nyathi
Fuel price hikes stoke inflation
THE frequent hike in fuel prices will only increase inflationary pressures, with analysts projecting it to reach 250% by year-end.The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority this week raised fuel...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 09:28hrs | 2256 | by Staff reporter
Fuel hike notice a hoax: Zera
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has dismissed as a hoax, a notice circulating on social media to the effect that fuel prices have increased to slightly above $9 per litre.Respo...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:47hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
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