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Hichilema to hike Zambian electricity prices by 156%?
Zambia's energy regulator is considering an application from the state-owned power utility to increase electricity tariffs by as much as 156% as an emergency measure to cover drought-induced losses....Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 10:52hrs | 7947 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to declare drought state of disaster
ZIMBABWE is expected to declare the drought which is ravaging the country a state of disaster in a bid to marshal resources and avert possible starvation, NewsDay can reveal.President Emmerson...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Buy Zimbabwe welcomes positive move on imports
BUY Zimbabwe has said the Government's recent decision to reinstate import duties on basic commodities was a progressive development that will contribute to a fairer competitive landscape for domestic...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 17:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet costs surge
When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed....Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election date triggers hope, despair
MUNYARADZI Mushawatu, an electrician in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, was both ecstatic and jittery after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently announced that national elections would be held on August 2...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Petrol price rises by 3%
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has slightly adjusted upwards the price of petrol by three cents to US$1.53 per litre from the previous price which was US$1.50 and Liquid Petroleum Gas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ANC cannot continue treating Zanu-PF with kid gloves
SOUTH Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) should once again confront its sister revolutionary party Zanu-PF over the escalating immigration crisis across the Limpopo, with analysts sayi...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 20:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currency speculators cornered?
THE retreat of the recent inflation spiral is expected to accelerate, and purchasing power increase in light of recent pay rises without matching price rises, as speculative market forces are being co...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
New economic measures out today
More Government measures to address the price rises in basic goods and services since the beginning of the year are expected to be announced today, President Mnangagwa told the Seventh National Congre...Published: 25 Jun 2022 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel prices up, again after govt pledged to lower the pump price
FUEL prices have gone up, hardly a week after government pledged to lower the pump price after increasing ethanol blending from E10 to E20.The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said ...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Duty on basics lowered
Government has lowered duty for people with free funds to import basic groceries, as one of the measures to contain price rises of basic commodities triggered by manufacturers and importers that have ...Published: 16 May 2022 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesa hikes electricity tariffs by 12,3%
Zesa has pushed up electricity tariffs by 12,3 percent with effect from New Year's Day which will see families on pre-paid meters buying 200 units a month now paying $1 265,11 including the six percen...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:55hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe annual inflation further declines
As expected and predicted, annual inflation fell significantly to 50,24 percent this month from 56,37 percent last month while month-on-month inflation was 4,18 percent, a rise from the 2,56 percent s...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prices should remain stable, says Mthuli Ncube
THE recent 50 percent salary hike for civil servants will increase purchasing power but will not result in price increases as the auctions govern the cost of foreign currency used for productive purpo...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zupco fares hike riles commuters
THE hiking of bus fares by the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) from $16 to $30 and $24 to $50 for kombis has riled the commuting public, with transport associations and residents saying tha...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans talks on foreign debt arrears in early 2020, says Mthuli Ncube
Zimbabwe plans to start talks in early 2020 on clearing arrears on its international debt, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said, as it seeks to rebuild confidence in an economy ravaged by high inflation...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 09:13hrs | | by Reuters
Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube must 'unscramble the egg and go back to the basics'
I THOUGHT we had seen everything that this country of ours could throw at us, but the situation right now looks like nothing we have seen before.Prices have quadrupled and continue to rise ine...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Eddie Cross turns against Mnangagwa
I thought we had seen everything that this country of ours could throw at us, but the situation right now looks like nothing we have seen before. Prices have quadrupled and continue to rise inexorably...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 11:39hrs | | by Eddie Cross
WATCH: Zimbabwe on autopilot, says Mliswa
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) recently tore into President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, claiming the country was now on autopilot and blundering into the unknown.Addressing memb...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube is not a Professor for nothing
"Be careful what you wish for," is an English expression used to tell people to think before they say they want something and to suggest that they may not actually want it. There may be unforeseen and...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Conway Tutani
Joyless Mayday
Comrade Mnangagwa's Mayday message to the workers was predictable: everything is going to be better. We know you are being exploited by businessmen's greedy price rises but we demand that employers ra...Published: 05 May 2019 at 14:26hrs | 2 | by zimvigil
Fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by David B. Moore
Good policies will boost the solar energy and minerals business in Africa
In 2009, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had an estimated $24 trillion in untapped mineral deposits, including the world's largest reserves of coltan and significant quantities of the world...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 16:02hrs | 5 | by Enos Denhere
Prices of basic commodities go up 200%
Prices of most basic commodities have gone up by up to 200 percent over the weekend in Zimbabwe.Retailers have argued that the price remain the same in United States Dollar terms but have incr...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:31hrs | 3 | by Methusi Ncube
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 | 1 | by Omolola Lipede
2,4m Zimbabweans food insecure as drought, rising costs bite
The 150% fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week.Worse is likely to come....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | | by IRIN
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 | | by Stephen Chan
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | | by House of Commons Library
Mnangagwa sued over fuel price hikes
PROGRESSIVE Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) has petitioned the High Court seeking an order to reverse last month's 150% fuel price hike made by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, arguing that the move w...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bold steps Mnangagwa should be taking instead of fiddling with the petrol price
When economically-challenged rulers try to run nations, especially fragile ones, they can easily make mistakes.In the past few weeks, demonstrators have taken to the streets of Khartoum and Om...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Robert Rotberg
British diplomacy condemned - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
British diplomacy on Zimbabwe came in for a mauling in a parliamentary debate this week and there were demands to suspend any re-engagement with the Mnangagwa government, oppose Zimbabwe being readmit...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
United States issues strong statement to Mnangagwa
The United States is "deeply concerned" over reported human rights abuses being carried out by Zimbabwe's security forces against civilians, a top official said on Friday.Tibor Nagy, the Unite...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwean police files implicate army in widespread abuses
Internal Zimbabwean police documents passed to the Guardian suggest the army has been responsible for murder, rape and armed robbery during the ongoing brutal crackdown in the southern African country...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 18:57hrs | 4 | by The Guardian
Chamisa calls for UN special rapporteur to probe atrocities
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said Tuesday that a violent crackdown on civilians by the new government was worse than anything in recent years under ousted leader Robert Mugabe, accusing President Emmerso...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 09:36hrs | | by ZimLive
Chamisa says crackdown worse than under Mugabe
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition said Tuesday a violent crackdown on civilians by the new government was worse than anything in recent years under ousted leader Robert Mugabe, accusing Harare of escalating ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by AFP
'Mnangagwa 'faking' concern over police brutality'
OPPOSITION parties reacted with fury Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa appeared to suggest that he was not aware of the that police and soldiers were beating up civilians around the country....Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Who really calls the shots in bloody Zimbabwe crackdown?
THE two girls, one 11 and the other 12, were on their street in the Pumula district of Bulawayo one afternoon, going between each other's homes, when they made the mistake of peeping through the wall ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:58hrs | 3 | by The Times (UK)
The fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe is now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 15:52hrs | 1 | by David B Moore I The Conversation
Zimbabwe troops accused of 'systematic torture' of protesters
A government-appointed human rights group in Zimbabwe has accused soldiers of using "systematic torture" in a crackdown on protests.The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission strongly criticised aut...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
ZSE charms investors
STOCKBROKERS Association of Zimbabwe vice-president Arnold Dhlamini expects higher trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) due to a rise in inflationary pressures from the recent fuel increases....Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
8 people shot dead in Zimbabwe protests, claims Amnesty International
Zimbabwe's police and military patrolled the streets of the capital, Harare, Tuesday as a helicopter fired tear gas at demonstrators blocking a road and burning tires on a second day of deadly protest...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | | by AP
Fuel shortages resurface again
Government assured motorists yesterday that there were no shortages of fuel and urged them not to engage in panic buying after long queues built up at filling stations.Lengthy fuel queues were...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:38hrs | 12 | by STaff reporter
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Aljazeera
Some Zimbabweans have poisoned themselves with spit
THE more one reads some reactions to the current upheavals in the economy, the more one sees that some people have poisoned themselves with spite.It's not only me who has observed that. Level-...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabweans and Investors should full harness the potential of renewable energy abundance in the country
Renewable is energy that is generated from natural processes that are continuously replenished. This includes sunlight, geothermal heat, wind, tides, water, and various forms of biomass. This energy c...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 13:26hrs | 4 | by Enos Denhere
More fuel price hikes coming
MOTORISTS should brace for more fuel price hikes as oil prices continue to move northwards while government insists on controlling the fuel industry and maintaining a myriad of taxes on the sector, a ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 10:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's price intervention bears fruit
THE Zanu-PF politburo yesterday claimed that its taskforce to enforce prices stability in the country had made significant progress in reducing the prices of several goods and services, which had rise...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cowardice, stubbornness behind Zimbabwe's demise
I have always believed that part of the fundamental duties or responsibilities of any leader - be it in the corporate, political and even social sphere - is to be able to speak the truth and accept it...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 13:52hrs | | by Eric Chiriga
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