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Zimbabwe faces bleak future, claims IMF
Zimbabwe will struggle to get financial support from international financial institutions due to its high debt levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.Gerry Rice, the IMF spokes...Published: 11 mins ago | 4 | by Staff reporter
Povo must be clear what they want out of street protests - draining of political sewage swamp
"This is a foolish idea!" I wrote on 17 November 2017, to discourage the ordinary Zimbabweans planning to march in support of the military coup the following day."The ZDF coup is about the fac...Published: 3 hrs ago | 480 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation seen falling to 30%
CAPACITY utilisation in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry rose by 3,1 percentage points to 48,2 % in 2018 but there are fears that the sector could contract to as low as 30% if the country's foreign c...Published: 4 hrs ago | 27 | by Staff reporter
'Racist' SA party to approach international court if Ramaphosa fails to intervene in Zimbabwe
SOUTH Africa's Democratic Alliance party has threatened to approach the International Criminal Court (ICC) if President Cyril Ramaphosa fails to intervene directly to stop the ongoing human rights vio...Published: 4 hrs ago | 208 | by TimesLive.com
Home Affairs minister declines to comment on police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema yesterday flew into a rage after being taken to task over police brutality in crushing last week's shutdown protests, and declared he would not grant interviews to t...Published: 5 hrs ago | 189 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs peace to develop: IMF
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for peace in Zimbabwe urging stakeholders to work on developing and implementing policies that will stabilise the economy and promote sustainable and i...Published: 5 hrs ago | 139 | by Staff reporter
Player exodus hits Dembare
DYNAMOS' preparations for the new season are in disarray as senior players continue to desert the fading football giants, with Brett Amidu and James Marufu being the latest in a long list of players t...Published: 5 hrs ago | 236 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to televise high-profile court cases
Government is prepared to broadcast live court proceedings on matters of crucial national interest to ensure transparency in the judiciary delivery system, Constitutional Court judge Justice Paddingto...Published: 5 hrs ago | 152 | by Staff reporter
Econet's ZSE market value hits $4bn
Telecoms giant, Econet is now the largest company again on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by market value at $4 billion, replacing Delta Corporation Limited. Econet now accounts for 19 perc...Published: 5 hrs ago | 37 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's horror 2019 unfolds
The palpable fear among many Zimbabweans that 2019 would become yet another "annus horribilis" — Latin for a horrible year — has become a harrowing reality, with the country's political and econom...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:27hrs | 5709 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's economy to grow by 4,2%,' says AfDB
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) projects Zimbabwe's economy to grow by 4,2% this year before rising to 4,4% in 2020 underpinned by growth in the mining and agricultural sectors along with fiscal c...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
'Information as a threat to national security'
We publish the full presentation by the Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa at the Zimbabwe National Defence University in Harare last week....Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:13hrs | 325 | by Senator Monica Mutsvangwa
Zimbabwe counts cost of violent stay-away
GOVERNMENT has expressed concern over the negative impact of the violent protests, which rocked Zimbabwe last week, paralysing business activity and public sector operations, amid fears the ugly event...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1134 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forges ties with Azerbaijan
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev yesterday initiated the first high-level contacts between the two countries when they met in Baku close to the Caspian Sea shorelin...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe police structure approved
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved a new Zimbabwe Republic Police structure that abolishes the rank of senior assistant commissioner and replaces it with that of Commissioner of Police a...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC MP applauds Zimbabwe soldiers
The MDC-Alliance instigated violent protests witnessed early this week had nothing to do with an increase in the price of fuel or high cost of living among Zimbabweans, but part of the broader attempt...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:06hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has squandered immense goodwill
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) this week called a three-day stayaway to protest the government's decision to hike fuel prices amid a rapidly deteriorating economic environment and rising...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:04hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe local currency recipe for disaster
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's recent pronouncements that Zimbabwe will revert to using its own currency, a decade after it abandoned the local dollar in favour of a basket of currencies is not feasi...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:53hrs | 629 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs a proper team
"The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second-best time is now" - African proverb.It has just been six months since Zimbabwe held its general elections and, for the better part of...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 419 | by Cephas Msipa
Imports push fridge makers to the edge
THE local refrigerator-manufacturing industry needs protection from imports as it is now cheaper to import than manufacture, a leading player, Capri, has said.The fridge maker, which ceased op...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:46hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Africa Human Rights Film Festival
The power of film in harnessing the promotion and respect for human rights is what Africa Human Rights Film Festival (AHRFF) seeks to use to create a vibrant culture of human rights awareness in Afric...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:07hrs | 145 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's Monetary Death Spiral
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pledge that Zimbabwe is "open for business" rings hollow. Indeed, many businesses in Zimbabwe are shuttered. An increase in government controlled fuel prices over the weekend has...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 2295 | by Prof Steve H. Hanke
Zimbabwe churches call for another GNU
The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference has called on the government and the opposition to put their differences aside and work together to free Zimbabwe from economic shackles and international isol...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:17hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to put national interest first
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe's political opposition to place the national interest at the centre of its philosophy and actions. The President said this as he delivered a...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:51hrs | 2138 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa calls for laws regulating social media
Developing countries should mitigate the negative effects of information proliferation by creating laws that regulate social media usage, entrenching accountability and sanctions for offenders, a Cabi...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:47hrs | 817 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe awaits Russian investors
Like many African countries, Zimbabwe's economy needs sustainable resuscitation. On his mid-January official working visit to Moscow, President Emmerson Mnangagwa told Sputnik News Agency (SNA) in an ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 09:01hrs | 1172 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Catholic bishops urges ZANU PF and MDC to unite
(1) We begin by disowning a recent statement issued in our name during the recent stayaway that started on 14 January 2019. We, the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe, never issued any statement during that...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 19:40hrs | 2261 | by ZCBC
Govt meets transporters over fares
The government has met transport operators over fare charging systems that take into account measures to stabilise the economy and restoration of normal services to the travelling public.Submi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
Who used the extra 480 million litres of fuel the last six months?'
It's official, the exchange rate for American dollars to our 'surrogate currency' is not 1:1, neither is it 1:2.All the other parameters have been logically adjusted in the economic circles to...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:03hrs | 915 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa opens consulate in Belarus
Relations between Zimbabwe and the Republic of Belarus have been further taken a gear up through opening of the Zimbabwean Consulate in the Belarus capital, Minsk, today.President Emmerson Mna...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:54hrs | 2718 | by Staff reporter
Bond notes and their possible long-term legacy
Zimbabwe's export incentive scheme, bond notes, were introduced to encourage exports and address the liquidity crunch in the country. If, for example, tobacco exporters accept bond notes, they receive...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 10:23hrs | 1201 | by Staff reporter
#ZimbabweShutDown costs economy $300m
The economy could have lost business amounting to $300 million over the three-day forced shut-down that started on Monday and ended yesterday, industrialists have said. Confederation of Zimbab...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:11hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe an investment destination, claims Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa has guaranteed the sanctity of private property, and has reassured foreign investors that they can repatriate their profits as provided for by Zimbabwe's laws. The Head of ...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:11hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls MDC to place national interest at the centre of its actions
President Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabwe's political opposition to place the national interest at the centre of its philosophy and actions. The President said this as he delivered a guest le...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:05hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa assures foreign investors
President Mnangagwa has guaranteed the sanctity of private property, and reassured foreign investors that they can repatriate their profits as provided for by Zimbabwe's laws. The Head of State and Go...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 23:58hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans need to do a serious soul searching
What should government do to response to ongoing tensions between police officers the army and communities. Zimbabwe must sharply condemn the rioters for damaging private property and taking i...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 06:09hrs | 2057 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa fires blank
Street protests are in from Cape to Cairo and Madrid to Moscow, these days not a week goes by without news that a massive crowd has amassed in the streets of another of the world's big cities. The rea...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 16:47hrs | 11071 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's woes deepen
Not having a currency of its own hasn't stopped Zimbabwe from sliding into a currency crisis.A scarcity of foreign exchange has led to long queues for fuel, bread and medicine and sent prices ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | 1331 | by Bloomberg News
Justice Malaba attacks Mthuli Ncube's austerity measures
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has described some of the austerity measures introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as a threat to the rule of law and implored the minister to allow the Judicial Servic...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:21hrs | 3458 | by Staff reporter
Industry in $600m pension arrears, Parliament told
THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) yesterday disclosed to Parliament that industry owed more than $600 million in pension arrears against a retirement fund value of $5 billion."The i...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:28hrs | 60 | by Staff Reporter
The Destructiveness of Lawlessness - Mthwakazi Forum
The events of the 14th of January 2019, where Zimbabwe saw uncoordinated protests across the country with rampant destruction to property, were quite disturbing to say the least. There is evidence tha...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:29hrs | 739 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
After the demonstrations ED will not put the fuel prices down
The hike in fuel prices, especially diesel, is likely to have a spiralling effect on the surging inflation over the medium-term horizon. The government's step to hike fuel prices would further aggrava...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:27hrs | 5208 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa flees to Russia?
President Mnangagwa early this morning left for Russia on the first leg of a whirlwind five-country tour that will take him across Eurasia and then to Switzerland, as part of his international engagem...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:08hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa missed post-coup golden opportunitty
MDC vice-president Welshman Ncube says Zimbabwe is in a mess after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's failed to take advantage of local and international goodwill which his administration received after t...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 14:58hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Khupe wanted to be a soldier
Tendayi Madhomu sits down for a wide-ranging interview with MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe. Find below excerpts of the interview.Q: Who is Thokozani Khupe; where and when was she born?A: ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:34hrs | 2111 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe facing foreign currency shortages, not fuel, says Mnangagwa
News Editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba about the stuttering economy and what government is doing to address the ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:28hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa squandered global goodwill over Mugabe ouster
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has squandered the international and local goodwill which followed the November 2017 ouster of predecessor Robert Mugabe.This was said by MDC vice pre...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1489 | by newzimbabwe
Sexual allegations rock Zimbabwe's National Aids Council
Government has launched an investigation into the operations of the National Aids Council (NAC) over allegations of sexual harassment, corporate sleaze and maladministration.The probe coincide...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:43hrs | 832 | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa's govt to decentralise issuance of passports
Government is finalising modalities to decentralise issuance of passports and civil registration documents to districts in order to decongest provincial offices, it has been learnt.Policymaker...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:40hrs | 980 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube shuts door on dollarisation
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has put-paid to any hopes of the country adopting the US dollar to tame a revolting economy, insisting Friday that government was planning on reinstating the Zimbabwe dol...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 08:34hrs | 949 | by newzimbabwe
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