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Fake Zacc officials jailed
Five bogus Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials, who moved around farms in Marondera extorting farmers before kidnapping and robbing a fuel dealer, have been sentenced to an effective ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 146 | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages worsen
MOTORISTS here have for the past week endured stock outs of fuel supplies, indicating a worsening fuel situation in the petroleum industry.So bad has been the situation that even the pump stat...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:23hrs | 901 | by Staff reporter
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | 162 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Cyclone did not affect fuel pipeline, says Gumbo
Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Jorum Gumbo says the Cyclone Idai devastating effects did not affect the feruka pipeline which pumps fuel from Beira to Zimbabwe as being reported.Dr G...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:12hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Beyond the New my foot!
In the past few months, I took some time to reflect on the role of political parties - specifically political parties in Zimbabwe. I came to a simple conclusion - while political parties serve s...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:17hrs | 782 | by Sam Wezhira
Fuel prices up by 8 cents
Retailers have hiked petrol and diesel prices by up to 8 cents per litre, adding to the burden of consumers dealing with record prices and amid rising political pressure on the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:08hrs | 1824 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A land of squandered potential
I well remember sitting in the AFP bureau in Harare at dusk on November 21, 2017 and hearing the first whoop of delight in the street outside when Robert Mugabe was finally ousted, an extraordinary mo...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:56hrs | 790 | by Ben Shepherd
Marriot International set to change the face of Victoria Falls
GLOBAL hospitality group, Marriot International, is set to change the face of Victoria Falls after it agreed to inject USD$500 million into the resort town for the construction of a boutique hotel and...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:35hrs | 2121 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'losing fuel' to forex-rich neighbours
Zimbabwe could be losing millions of litres of fuel to neighbouring countries under its bonded warehouse scheme because the government is failing to mobilise foreign currency to pay for the commodity ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 08:42hrs | 3754 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe miners to pay 80% wage increase
Zimbabwe mining companies are to award a wage increase of just under 80% to mine workers, with the salary for the lowest-paid worker in the industry rising to about 480 RTGS dollars per month....Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 19:25hrs | 1199 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade registers $44,2m deficit
ZIMBABWE'S trade opened the year in the negative, registering a $44,2 million deficit in January, latest data from the statistics agency has shown.Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistics A...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 05:28hrs | 810 | by Staff Reporter
'Ethanol blending saves Zimbabwe millions'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya on Thursday told Parliament that blending of ethanol with fuel has been saving the country millions of dollars.Mangudya had appeared before the ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to Mnangagwa: From frying pan into fire?
A time comes when overwhelmed Africans desperately desire to see a change in leadership and don't pay rapt attention to the details of the next leadership provided it is a new face. This despe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 3141 | by Omolola Lipede
Ramaphosa flies in tomorrow
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will arrive in Harare tomorrow for the third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) that is expected to deepen bilateral relations an...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:43hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
NUST graduate turns plastic waste into diesel
A National University of Science and Technology graduate is turning Harare's plastic waste into diesel in a pioneering project that could go a long way in addressing Zimbabwe's chronic fuel shortages....Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:38hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Machete-wielding robbers attack travellers
A GANG of eight machete-wielding robbers attacked and robbed six travellers along the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road. Police spokesperson for Matabeleland North Province Chief Inspector Siphiwe Makonese ...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Fuel shortages to ease by month-end: Mangudya
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya yesterday said the current fuel shortages will ease by end of the month, attributing the problem to delays in the processing of lines of credit (LCs) an...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Govt shelling $700 daily per bus in Zupco deal
Government is paying as much as $700 a day per every hired bus in its deal with private public transport operators that are partnering struggling State-owned Zupco.This came out when Local Gov...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:00hrs | 2788 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pays price for broken promises
Influential Americans have expressed disappointment with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government for failing to live up to their promises that were made when the country's former leader, Rober...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Mnangagwa is sucked into ZANU PF Byo fiasco
The Provincial Administrator of ZANU PF Bulawayo Province Elifas Mashaba has been caught in the eye of a storm after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday dissolved Bulawayo Province ZANU PF struc...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 17:39hrs | 4813 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Our Ponzi country Zimbabwe
A Ponzi scheme, for those unfamiliar with the term, is a way of creaming off money from deluded investors. They initially receive handsome returns but this does not come from profits on their investme...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 13:39hrs | 1240 | by ZimVigil
Mthuli Ncube considers fuel tax cut
The government is considering lowering taxes on fuel to ease the burden on consumers following the liberalisation of the foreign exchange market last week. This is coming as the government is also pla...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:54hrs | 7341 | by Staff reporter
Car duty still in forex: Zimra
DUTY on imported cars will not be affected by the recent devaluing and renaming of the surrogate currency, because all imports are cleared in hard currency, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Africa Hub of Minerals
The mineral industry of Africa is the largest mineral industries in the world. Africa is the second largest continent, with 30 million km² of land, which implies large quantities of resources. For ma...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 14:01hrs | 768 | by Enos Denhere
Vivo Energy completes regional expansion
Africa's largest independent fuels and lubricants retailer, Vivo Energy, says it has completed the purchase of a network of filling stations owned by Engen Holdings.The transaction adds operat...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 11:03hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Government to liberalise fuel imports
GOVERNMENT is working on a new set of regulations that would allow holders of free funds to import fuel to augment current supplies.In 2015, Statutory Instrument (SI) 171 was amended to allow ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:36hrs | 2786 | by Staff reporter
Minister dismisses fuel hike reports
THE Minister of Energy and Power Development Joram Gumbo yesterday dismissed reports circulating on social media that fuel prices will increase. The reports claimed that fuel industry stakehol...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:15hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Government speaks on new fuel prices
Government Deputy Spokesperson Energy Mutodi has dismissed as false the information is circulating on Social Media that the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has sanctioned the hiking of fuel...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 28937 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Transport blues hit Harare
SCORES of commuters were on Monday night stranded in the city centre as public transport operators either stopped early in the evening or were not there at all.This was because of an unanticip...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2575 | by Staff reporter
Govt explains diesel shortages
Government has apologised for the current shortages of diesel on the market which it said had been caused by a "logistical" glitch.This comes as most garages are struggling to raise money on t...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:22hrs | 2100 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt is cash positive,' says Mthuli Ncube
Government is currently operating on a positive cash basis as revenue enhancement and austerity measures announced in the 2019 National Budget continue to yield dividends, Finance and Economic Develop...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1037 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aims guns at Chamisa's uncle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government looks to be lining up opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's uncle Peter to be the fall guy after the Zanu-PF leader angrily blasted an unnamed official for all...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 18:32hrs | 13538 | by Staff reporter
NOIC seeks US$1,5m for ethanol project
National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (Noic) says it requires about US$1,5 million to complete the construction of its two ethanol storage tanks at its Mabvuku depot in Harare.The fi...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:54hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Electric cars for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is set to dramatically cut its fuel import bill and reduce pressure on foreign currency demands if the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) successfully convinces Zimbabweans to embrac...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:35hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure to fire incompetent ministers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure from senior Zanu-PF officials to reshuffle cabinet, which has failed to turn around the imploding economy, the Zimbabwe Independent understands.M...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2728 | by Staff reporter
BCC in financial dire straits
The Bulawayo City Council financials are in the red, a development officials equated to being technically insolvent. The crisis saw the local authority calling for an emergency financial perfo...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:38hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
'Zacc officials' remanded in custody
Five men, who masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials and allegedly moved around Mashonaland East Province terrorising farmers and kidnapped a fuel dealer in Marondera, app...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 22:14hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Looting cases clog Bulawayo courts
The recent fuel riots have left the justice delivery system in Bulawayo creaking under a deluge of cases which have forced the government to dispatch additional magistrates and prosecutors to the City...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:03hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
5 'Zacc officials' in trouble
Five people who masqueraded as Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials and allegedly moved around farms in Marondera, terrorising farmers before kidnaping and robbing a fuel dealer have a...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:25hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2987 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
3 reasons why it's all going wrong for Mnangagwa
HOW did things turn so bad for Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa?He won the disputed July 30 2018 elections, but even before the results were officially announced, protesters were being ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 1101 | by Stephen Chan
Zimbabwe fuel marking will deter smuggling
Energy and Power Development Minister Joram Gumbo says his ministry has requested funding, potentially several millions of dollars from Treasury, to start fuel marking to curtail illegal activit...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 482 | by Staff reporter
Pre-monitory policy statement expectations
Expectations are high as the market awaits the presentation of the first monitory policy statement (MPS) of 2019 by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in the coming days. The bank knows the weight of hyperi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 1040 | by Victor Bhoroma
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:55hrs | 248 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe urgently needs own currency
THE drive for Zimbabwe to have its own currency is understandably gain-ing traction, particularly given the aberrations of price increases, multi-tier pricing and foreign currency shortages on the loc...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 18:44hrs | 6246 | by Edmore Ndudzo
Christianity and the Curse of the Papa Generation
We can all agree that Robert Mugabe has proven the "gods" wrong so many times, well at least according to the "prophets" that are awash on every street corner from Harare to Lilongwe. From one to the ...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 21:39hrs | 1956 | by Robert Sigauke
High Court blow for Mnangagwa's PG
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has no power to employ, deploy, assign or transfer National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) staff because that is the sole preserve of the NPA board, a judge ruled on Fri...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:24hrs | 5987 | by ZimLive
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | 1000 | by House of Commons Library
Hodzi initiates process for Mutangadura sacking after lawyer fights transfer
Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi has initiated a process that could get Chief Law Officer Chris Mutangadura sacked after the lawyer challenged his transfer to Guruve, a rural outpost in Mashonaland C...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:34hrs | 800 | by ZimLive
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