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Econet to hike tariffs by 183%
LEADING telecommunications services provider, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited (EWZL), is set to increase tariffs by a total 183% through staggered reviews in the next three months.The develop...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:45hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa ally says Zimbabweans should be in their home
ZIMBABWEANS should be in their home country and all nations "need to take responsibility of their citizens" a South African cabinet minister and senior ruling African National Congress (ANC) party off...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 06:20hrs | 8430 | by Staff reporter
Two-decade-old U.S. sanctions leave Zimbabweans suffering, triggering protests
Opposite the U.S. embassy northwest of the Zimbabwean capital of Harare sits an anti-sanctions camp marking 1,200 days of protest.On July 4, the organizer of the camp — Broad Alliance Agains...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 19:50hrs | 519 | by Tichaona Chifamba, Zhang Yuliang, Cao Kai
ED has absolutely nothing to show for his five years of misrule!
It was quite intriguing learning of a group calling itself, Varakashi4ED, reportedly traversing the width and breadth of Zimbabwe - ostensibly, on a mission to showcase achievements made in the countr...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 11:03hrs | 1196 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Maybe Zimbabweans are okay with their suffering!
Tune in to any international news channel, and one encounters citizens of various nations around the world taking a firm stand against their pain and suffering endured as a result of unbearable econom...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 21:04hrs | 1998 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Over 500 000 get births, IDs in blitz
More than 500 000 people have obtained birth certificates and national identity cards in the ongoing mobile blitz for civil registration ongoing countrywide, Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Ministe...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:32hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa admits price hike crisis
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa admitted that the country is experiencing a food price hike crisis, but blamed it on saboteurs and supply chain monopolies.Addressing scores of Zanu-PF supporters ...Published: 10 Jun 2022 at 08:05hrs | 5357 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans agonise over price hikes
A CROSS-SECTION of Zimbabweans, feeling the pinch of sporadic price hikes, have called for long-lasting measures to arrest the price increases as inflation continues to erode workers' salaries....Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:51hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
ELVIS NYATHI DEATH: Activists to shutdown SA businesses in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean activists under the banner of One Africa Movement have threatened to shut down all companies that are owned by South African investors in Zimbabwe over the gruesome murder of one Mbhodazwe ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 11:04hrs | 5958 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwean toast fuel price cut
The cut in fuel prices by 8 US cents a litre following Government tax cuts has been welcomed by businesses and motorists who have been feeling the pinch after prices rose swiftly following the big jum...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls fuel levy cuts
Zimbabwe has hinted it may further reduce fuel levies to stymie a sustained spike in the domestic price of petroleum products after global prices soared on market uncertainty due to the conflict betwe...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 230 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war tremors rock Zimbabwe economy
TREMORS from the Russian invasion of Ukraine are spreading across the world as well as in Zimbabwe as record-high oil prices, excessive spending during forthcoming elections and disruptions of wheat s...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:14hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must deal with grievances raised by teachers
SCHOOLS open today for all students after the extended closure necessitated by rising COVID-19 infections, but the same old problems that have plugged the system remain.The impasse between gov...Published: 07 Feb 2022 at 05:14hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean consumers feel the pinch as cost of living shoots up
THE wave of price hikes resulting from the weakening of the Zimbabwe dollar spells doom for beleaguered citizens in the New Year, with no reprieve in sight to the country's deepening economic crisis....Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:11hrs | 881 | by Staff reporter
Bread price hike exposes Zimbabwe govt rot
IN the past year, Zimbabweans have been treated to sustained State propaganda to the effect that the economy is on the recovery path.But currency volatilities have continued unabated and the a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:23hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Did Nkomo ordain Mugabe?
THE occasion on which Cde Joshua Nkomo showed his acknowledgement of Cde Robert Mugabe's future role was most probably the strangest experience the author of this narration had during the struggle. ...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 14:19hrs | 2528 | by Saul Gwakuba-Ndlovu
Gweru MP berates food politicisation
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance Gweru urban legislator Brian Dube has spoken out against food politicisation in the province amid economic hardships facing many regardless of political affiliation.Dub...Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:54hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
Harare hikes parking fees
Harare City Council's parking unit, City Parking (Pvt) Ltd, has increased parking fees by 20 percent for bays in the central business district (CBD) with effect from January 1.Motorists will n...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:23hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
Letter to my people: You're paying heavy price for coup
My Dear People, THIS week is a painful one for me, I almost didn't write to you because I feel so much pain.I know what you are thinking. You think it was painful because it marks four...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 09:16hrs | 60 | by Dr Amai Stop it
Mr President, even a husband who makes excuses for failing his family soon finds himself with divorce papers!
Excuses, excuses, excuses! Thats is what the people of Zimbabwe have come to expect from their government, ever since coming to power in 1980 - after the country attained political independenc...Published: 16 Oct 2021 at 18:40hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Reminiscing the thrills, pains of village life
The only shop in the village was perched precariously on a rock promontory, competing with itself in stature, grandeur, glamour, ambience and trinkets.It was a tapestry.Pricing was not...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Bulawayo still reeling from illegal sanctions
THE tale of the demise of Bulawayo's industries is a story which cannot be separated from the illegal sanctions imposed by Western countries on Zimbabwe.Once considered the country's industria...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwean families struggling to buy food'
LEADING consumer bodies have confirmed that residents are experiencing decreased food levels in households on the back of the rising cost of living.This comes following a recent damning report...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Blackouts intensify in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEAN companies and domestic consumers are feeling the pinch of high costs of back-up power supply after the national power utility, Zesa, announced a 12-hour load-shedding schedule.Zesa ...Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political prostitutes
The man who was behind Grace Mugabe's youth interface rallies where she was spewing vitriolic attacks against Mnangagwa has once again by hook or crook managed to get himself appointed to lead a fundr...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:56hrs | 5 | by Sam Wezhira
Ramaphosa's desperate security agents claim 'looted SA goods Botswana and Zimbabwe-bound'
SOUTH African security agents have reportedly confiscated several goods worth thousands of rand as smugglers attempted to move the loot into Zimbabwe and Botswana following days of rioting in the neig...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe feeling heat from SA riots
Zimbabwe's industries will likely feel the pinch of the violent demonstrations and looting unfolding in South Africa, its largest trading partner, as trade channels get clogged and supply chains disru...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why is West silent on South Africa violence?
In August 2018, just after Zimbabwe's general elections, the country witnessed some demonstrations that were staged by opposition activists who had lost patience in waiting for the presidential electi...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Zimbabwe mines, banks in crunch talks over US sanctions
ZIMBABWE'S mines said on Friday they had kicked-off crunch meetings with banks, government and the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) to find a solution after operators reported that th...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sanctions cost Zimbabwean man £5 000
In a development that shows how sanctions have bled the country in the past two decades, a businessman lost £5 000 after trying to move assets from one cryptocurrency exchange system because of being...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:07hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Workers, pensioners feel the pinch
WORKERS under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner yesterday decried living standards in the country, which they described as "unbearable and terrible", and worse than life during the t...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers are not enemies of State
THE government exposes its true nature with each pass-ing moment and not only does it make bold, dumb, illegal and reckless statements, but it does it with so much lack of thought and arrogance. ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe
Pride always comes before a fall, so do egos
The country is sinking into an economic abssy because of unsettled political differences.Since President Emmerson Mnangagwa was voted into power in August 2018, the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alli...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why some drugs are tagged for Africa only
THE media has been awash with conspiracy theories on the vaccines that have been or are being rolled out to control Covid-19. In Africa a huge fraction of the population might hesitate, or eve...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 07:07hrs | | by Nevanji Madanhire
Distance is not a barrier, really?
I will still ask till hoarse, where are the flamboyant know-it-all Johnny-come-too-late prosperity gospel Prophets when Covid-19 is cutting God's people down? The miracles galore has van...Published: 28 Jan 2021 at 22:02hrs | 8 | by Tondo
Rapper pokes Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF
SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean rapper and producer Titus "McTytoh" Marume through his song titled Mbuya Nehanda has warned youths that they will likely inherit ruins as the leadership was not acting to...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 22:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failed to consult over lockdown, says Veritas
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says the government did not give transport operators, vendors and representatives of commerce and industry time to prepare for new covid-19 measures amid worsening macroeconom...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Social media dismantles State media monopoly
IT is now in the public domain that Zimbabweans have been victims of propaganda news perpetrated by the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government.Zimbabweans have had enough daily dosage of ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:07hrs | 3 | by Village Head
Informal traders urged to desist from buying fake COVID-19 certificates
INFORMAL traders have been urged to desist from buying fake COVID-19 certificates to avoid the inconvenience of being turned back at the ports of entry following the reopening of borders.Borde...Published: 02 Dec 2020 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube out of touch with reality
SO much was expected from Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 national budget, which was presented yesterday. Yet he delivered very little.Zimbabwe has been badly bat...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet hikes tariffs 20%
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has hiked its voice tariff by 20% to guarantee continued delivery of the service.The latest tariff adjustment comes at a time when government is banking on increased i...Published: 27 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Econet marginally adjusts voice bundle tariffs
HARARE - Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) this week marginally adjusted its voice bundle tariffs in a bid to guarantee continued delivery of acceptable service to its customers.The telecommun...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 16:31hrs | 7 | by Agencies
Illegal forex dealers feel the pinch
Black market forex dealers are feeling the heat following a raft of monetary measures recently put in place by the central bank to halt the depreciation of the local currency which had fuelled a spike...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 21:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nzenza sets ambitious 2021 Zisco revival target
The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Sekai Nzenza, has set an ambitious target of turning the defunct steel giant, Zisco, around by the end of next year. The Zisco revival drive has twi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 17:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube; just like Gideon Gono will be unemployable when he absconds
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Dr Gono told Trevor Ncube that he has a gym in his home hence he has lost so much weight. But it appears he is melting away before our eyes, we still have to stick to h...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 07:16hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zanu-PF trashes ANC in explosive meeting
FRESH details have emerged from last week's stormy meeting between Zanu-PF and South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), revealing that the two former liberation movements main...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Hon Biti attempting to ensnare Prof Ncube, Dr Mangudya for political gain
FORMER Finance and Economic Development Minister, Honourable Tendai Biti is one of the very few political figures within the country's multiple opposition parties who appear to understand their respon...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 11:34hrs | | by Nathan Gurira
Retailers reel under diminished demand
RETAIL outlets and corporates are reeling from a major reduction in sales volumes with some facing closure as a result of shrinking disposable income due to a weakened local currency and impact of the...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zambia, Nigeria retaliate to xenophobic attacks
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa seem to be scaling on despite government's attempts of trying to stop them.As a result of the ongoing xenophobic attacks which many are now terming Afrophobi...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 23:01hrs | | by Daniel Itai
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 | | by Cliff Chiduku
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