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Extreme greed among MDC Alliance, Zanu-PF MPs shocking
Before even the dust from previous Parliaments' demands for and misuse of Constituency Development Funds (CDF), there has been an outcry from current legislators - elected into the august House only o...Published: 25 mins ago | 129 | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar eyes political career in Zimbabwe
LEGENDARY former Zimbabwe and Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce "Jungleman" Grobbelaar has set his sights on a political career as he looks to open a new chapter in his life after stepping down from his role...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3274 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube striking the right note
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has hit the ground running, infusing some urgency into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration in dealing with Zimbabwe's multi-layered economic crisis.Ncub...Published: 6 hrs ago | 555 | by Editorial - The Standard
Mthuli Ncube wants 'fiscal shock'
Newly-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube would like to employ a "big bang" economic reform programme to the battered economy where unemployment is running above 80%, but recognises politics will ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 498 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's gesture to Mugabes sign of forgiveness'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa set an example of forgiveness when he gave a helping hand to the former First Family in their hour of need despite the hostility they showed towards him in the past,...Published: 6 hrs ago | 198 | by Staff reporter
Foreign Bulawayo mayor calls on councillors and residents to unite
BULAWAYO deputy mayor, Councillor Tinashe Kambarami has called on councillors and residents to unite and focus on developing the city saying the era of dirty politics has been left behind.Spea...Published: 6 hrs ago | 425 | by Staff reporter
Crocodile Gang: 'Last man standing'
This week we publish the first part of an account from Enock Sithole, the lone survivor and commander of the six-member Crocodile Gang that operated in Melsetter (Chimanimani) in the 1960s. The group ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should brace for belt-tightening
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabweans must prepare for austerity measures that may appear harsh but are in the medium to long-term designed to set the economy back on track.Zimbabw...Published: 6 hrs ago | 251 | by Staff reporter
ED set to address UNGA 2018
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Wednesday, departed Harare for New York, United States (US), where he is scheduled to attend and address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 73rd session for th...Published: 7 hrs ago | 146 | by Ashely Kondo
Mnangagwa and Chamisa MPs fume over deferred vehicles
Legislators from both Zanu-PF and the MDC have expressed anger at the government's decision to suspend the purchase of new vehicles for them - with the money budgeted for that now earmarked to fight t...Published: 20 hrs ago | 3852 | by Staff reporter
Zapu spokesperson raps MDC Alliance for walking away from Mnangagwa
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Thembani KaMaphosa has rapped the MDC Alliance legislators for walking out from President Emmerson Mnangagwa in parliament at the same time when the party's Harare Mayor is...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:40hrs | 1678 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa makes pitch for Zimbabwe at world stage
President Mnangagwa debuts at the UN next week, two months after his election in a poll that was declared free, fair and representative of the will of the people. He arrived in New York for the 73rd s...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:16hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabweans to prepare for austerity measures
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said Zimbabweans must prepare for austerity measures that may appear harsh but are in the medium to long-term designed to set the economy back on track. Zimbab...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:15hrs | 1451 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to thwart military threat
IN the aftermath of the recent general elections which gave him some semblance of political legitimacy, albeit a hotly-disputed presidential poll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now making bold yet r...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:44hrs | 14087 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's biggest headache
NEWLY-appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube entered the national political scene with a lot of verve, making very ambitious pronouncements, including the scrapping of the bond note, among other loft...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1323 | by Zimind Comment
UNGA 2018: Articulating Zimbabwe's unique selling points
For the first time in 37 years Zimbabwe is represented at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly summit by a new leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who represents a refreshingly different poli...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:04hrs | 411 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'West must support ED and no regime change for 20 years' argued Mutsvairo - so why bother
"IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government," wrote Bruce Mutsvairo."There are no two ways ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 2336 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chiwenga advised to sieze total Zimbabwe power
No nonsense vice president, Rtd General Constantino Chiwenga, might be forced to sieze total Zimbabwe power at all costs amid reported growing suspicion by his personal military advisor and confidant,...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 37948 | by Itai Mushekwe/ Mary-Kate Kahari
Cops, vendors clash
VIOLENCE rocked Harare yesterday as police and vendors fought running battles as informal traders resisted efforts by government and council to remove them from the central business district as part o...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1670 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's '0% political skills' certainly working
While cholera is highly infectious, positivity can be as contagious too as a counter-measure along with medicinally treating the actual disease.Posted Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who has a ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 3462 | by Conway Tutani
Currency reform answer to Zimbabwe's economic woes
THE success of the new Government's effort to transform the country's economy, both in the immediate and future term hinges on addressing the currency reform problem. The vision of the Government is t...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 333 | by Bongani Ngwenya
'Chamisa must not waste time fighting Mnangagwa'
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Ezra Chadzamira has called for unity in the province, saying there was need to end "political dogfights" and focus on development. ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | 2001 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fortifies his political power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa moved to consolidate his power yesterday when he appointed his longtime confidante and loyalist Owen "Mudha" Ncube as the country's new State Security minister.He ...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 13:15hrs | 5565 | by Staff reporter
Emmerphoria marks Zimbabwe's policy shift
Who could have ever imagined a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) without former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe… Revered across the African continent and respected at in the West for his u...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 11:40hrs | 1787 | by Bruce Zvandasara
Time for West to back Zimbabwe
IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government.There are no two ways to it.Long-time fo...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 657 | by Bruce Mutsvairo
Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs boycot Parliament
Stephen Chan, a professor of world politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, says MDC leader Nelson Chamisa can only have an effective protest if all his MPs ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:14hrs | 2253 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turns down Parly invite
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa turned down an invitation to attend the official opening of Parliament presided over by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday.Chamisa had been invited to attend the ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:11hrs | 7544 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's 'foreign' mayor remains unfazed
Newly-elected Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami has reacted to what he termed a crackdown on his person by some residents and activists, declaring that he was going to work for the development o...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance walkout on Mnangagwa backfired spectacularly,' says Charamba
IN a show of political immaturity, MDC Alliance legislators yesterday blew more than $200 000 in accommodation, fuel, meals and sitting allowances to play political games by walking out during the off...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 4733 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa's turning point
PRAGMATISM. That could be the word we were looking for to describe President Mnangagwa's approach and philosophy as he conducts business as leader of both Zanu-PF - the ruling party - and Government. ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 2664 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Dump politics, says Mnangagwa
LOCAL authorities, which have become political battlegrounds and havens of gamesmanship that has affected service delivery, have been told to shelve ways of the past and serve residents and ratepayers...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Hiding in the comforts of Sweden: Paul Siwela pens a letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Bhudi Paul, With dismay I read the letter you wrote President Mnangagwa today. I hasten to say that I was disappointed by this militant language you have now adopted as a party: MLO. What...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 20:25hrs | 3476 | by Nomazulu Thata
Hopewell Chin'ono at it again: Should apologize to the women of Zimbabwe
After technically plagiarizing the 'Rich Dad's Cashflow Quadrant', Hopewell Chin'ono is at it again. He abused and underrated all women of Zimbabwe some few days ago when one media published his piece...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:47hrs | 836 | by Don Chigumba
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 2731 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
What does investment look like on the ground in Zimbabwe?
LAST week I was at the African Studies Association of the UK (ASA) conference in Birmingham. I was co-hosting, with my colleague Jeremy Lind (whose earlier blog this one draws from), a fantastic strea...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 355 | by Ian Scoones
Do not deny our children bread
Well, to begin with, I need my bread and I am sure we all do. As for the kids I shall not speak, a day without bread is like a day 'never lived'. Now, who is taking away bread from us by raisi...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 18:48hrs | 1607 | by Tondo Murisa
I regret joining Tendai Biti
FORMER vice-president of the Joice Mujuru-led National People's Party Samuel Sipepa Nkomo says his political career, spanning nearly six decades, had so many ups and downs, but the lowest dip was when...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:13hrs | 5909 | by Staff reporter
Residents attack MDC Alliance mayor over cholera remarks
THE Zimbabwe Combined Residents and Ratepayers' Association has chided newly-appointed Harare mayor Herbert Gomba for making "inflammatory and reckless statements" after the latter blamed central gove...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 751 | by Staff reporter
Beyond the fiscal policies, long term national vision is required
The political drama and the rituals that come after elections have come and gone. It is time to hit the ground running and get the country back to normalcy. The new Cabinet is well aware of the challe...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 69 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Letter to Nelson 'Mischief' Chamisa
Dear Mr Chamisa First, greetings from the cotton tuft-haired elders in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve. Admittedly, this is the first time that the council of Karitundundu, the agel...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 3288 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League compiles national skills data base for jobless youths
THE Zanu-PF Youth League has started compiling a national database for youths containing qualifications or acquired skills to help them get employment. The project is outlined in the league's ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC relives the spirit of 1999
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is for the first time celebrating its anniversary in the absence of its charismatic founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who died in February this year and effo...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2686 | by Staff reporter
Hefty perks for Obert Mpofu and other fired old gurad
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown a lifeline to his fellow comrades-in-arms whom he dropped from his Cabinet more than a week ago by giving them plum jobs at the Zanu-PF headquarters, complete w...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:37hrs | 6459 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga win prestigious African Awards
UNITED Kingdom based Zimbabwean and female football agent Ellen Chiwenga has been named the Best African Woman making a difference in Sports Category at the Africa Virtuous Women Awards (AVWA) 2018....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 5605 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to expose Mnangagwa-linked companies
This threat was made in March 2018 and nothing was exposed, one wonders whether Nelson Chamisa had anything to expose.OPPOSITION leader and MDC Alliance...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 4730 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's reckless spending, corruption can hinder new Cabinet fortunes
ELECTIONS have come and gone in Zimbabwe and the new Cabinet is now in place, both Parliament and Senate are now in their respective houses, with the President also now in office.What Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:25hrs | 806 | by David Mhlanga
Let's give Mnangagwa a chance to turnaround Zimbabwe
For a long time, Zimbabwe was a country in the wilderness with little taking place, but since November 24, 2017 when President Mnangagwa took over the levers of powers, things started to tick. He emba...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:16hrs | 192 | by Elijah Chihota
Winds of change blow in Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promise to transform the nation by broadening and revitalising its economic opportunities, while ensuring progressive steps are taken towards a democratic future, have c...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | 2877 | by Igomombe
Chamisa's MDC fumes over anniversary ban
MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume said Friday government was acting contrary to the country's laws through declaring the current cholera outbreak a state of emergency and abruptly banning public gathering...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:12hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
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