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Zimbabwe's Human Rights under Siege - MDC
The MDC joins the family of nations in celebrating the International Human Rights Day albeit in the face of gross rights abuses at the hands of an illegitimate regime. The regime does not only pays li...Published: 1 hr ago | 96 | by MDC
Zanu-PF fat cats squeezing the poor: Clerics
ZIMBABWE'S political leaders have become too selfish by enriching themselves while burdening the country's suffering masses through suffocating taxes and beatings for protesting the oppression, the Ca...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1836 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean law to criminalise redollarisation on the cards
Government will make use of the United States dollar illegal and plans punitive penalties for offenders under a proposed law as it seeks to shore up support for the local currency.Since the re...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2076 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diasporans to pay more in passport fees
GOVERNMENT has authorised the Civil Registry Department to charge US$318 for passport applicants in the diaspora while local charges remain unchanged. Last month Government revealed that passp...Published: 12 hrs ago | 835 | by Staff reporter
Form 3 student dies during sex
In a rather unfortunate incident, a young high school student died on Saturday while having sex with her lover. According to the local tabloid, H-Metro, the incident occurred at PamaStones Shopping Co...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 15:44hrs | 7654 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in the diaspora to pay US$318 for new passport
GOVERNMENT has authorised the Civil Registry Department to charge US$318 for passports in respect of those in the Diaspora, while the local prices remain unchanged.Addressing a press conferenc...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 15:09hrs | 3472 | by Staff reporter
How a few common financial mistakes are costing small businesses
Stats and experts reveal that a few common mistakes in financial management are often proving to be heavy for small businesses all around. Some of the issues are often a result of unawareness, while o...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 13:00hrs | 913 | by Staff Writer
Rebuilding Zimbabwe starts with strong institutions
It is now apparent that Zimbabwe's socio-economic status needs rebuilding and radical reforms if the country is to develop. The economy is set to contract by at least 6.5% in 2019 according to data fr...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 10:35hrs | 556 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mugabe was not toppled through a coup, says Sadc
THE executive secretary of the Southern African Development Community has claimed that the regional body did not believe that former President Robert Mugabe was toppled through a coup when his own arm...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:24hrs | 3013 | by Staff reporter
Indian billionaire eyes Zimbabwe prime agric land
INDIAN billionaire and Pepsi International franchise holder Ravi Jaipuria, proprietor of Varun Beverages in Zimbabwe, wants to acquire vast swathes of prime land in Zimbabwe to diversify into producti...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:52hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
Subsidised roller meal hits supermarket shelves
Subsidised roller meal has started finding its way onto supermarket shelves, while millers have implored retailers holding onto old stock to approach their suppliers to be credited for the difference....Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:51hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Smuggled drugs flood Zimbabwe market
High mark-ups imposed by importers, wholesalers and retailers of medicines have resulted in a flood of cheaper drugs being smuggled from neighbouring countries and sold on the streets by vendors. ...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 06:50hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter
We want 'Samson' back in our butcheries
Some unscrupulous meat outlets countrywide especially beef are selling meat from carcasses of disease stricken cattle. Others are retailing beef from stolen beasts resulting in some unfortunat...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 14:17hrs | 614 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Coltart defiant against vicious Varakashi
Douglas Coltart is probably one of the most trolled Zimbabwean on Twitter with pro-government ghost accounts spewing out vitriol against him on a daily basis.Even senior civil servants such as...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 12:08hrs | 802 | by Staff reporter
Bride price and marriage guidelines
Bride price is a practice institutionalized in our holy scriptures. It is a marriage present meant for a daughter's parents in appreciation for their role in her upbringing. It is priced to induce the...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:58hrs | 870 | by Prosper Tingini
RBZ urges IMF to ignore economic crisis
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has asked the International Monetary Fund to overlook the country's shortcomings in achieving fiscal targets and allow a programme to help restore the economy to run its c...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:57hrs | 503 | by Staff reporter
Biti doubts Mthuli Ncube's growth figures
Tendai Biti led Parliamentary committee has described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's projected economic growth for 3% next year as unrealistic given the acute electricity shortages and drought facing...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:56hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Fresh graft probe against Kasukuwere
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has commenced a probe into a raft of allegations of corruption at the Gokwe Town Council (GTC) where former Local Government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:54hrs | 909 | by Staff reporter
Jatropha bio-diesel plant suffers stillbirth
EFFORTS to capacitate the multi-million-dollar Jatropha bio-diesel processing plant in Mount Hampden have been stalled due to logistical challenges, an official has said.Zimbabwe Energy Regula...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:49hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF claims to have people's concerns in mind
DELIBERATIONS at the annual indaba of the ruling party scheduled for Goromonzi, Mashonaland East this week, will mainly focus on "challenges facing the country", particularly prices of basic commoditi...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:48hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Decoloniality: Did somebody say China?
The name "China" invokes mixed reactions from a mixed bag of many different people from varied interests and locations in the world. For others China represents the alternative to Euro-America...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:47hrs | 212 | by Cetshwayo Mabhena
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
BCC on high alert for meat safety
THE Bulawayo City Council has allayed fears of formalin use in city butcheries following the closure of 25 butcheries in Harare on allegations of using the embalming chemical substance to preserve mea...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:45hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Subsidies for more basic goods
NEW subsidies for at least seven basic commodities will be introduced soon to relieve the nation from relentless price increases, while a new policy is set to be unveiled to provide affordable housing...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:45hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
New benefits for war collaborators
Government will not pay compensation to war collaborators but will establish a fund to bankroll income-generating projects, President Mnangagwa has said.War collaborators were pushing for gran...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF has become an employer of choice'
The 18th Zanu-PF National People's Conference takes place from Tuesday to Sunday in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East.Kuda Bwititi spoke to Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu on pre...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:43hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls reviewing fuel pricing formula again
Government is considering shifting from weekly fuel price reviews to monthly adjustments to stem the price volatility that is disrupting planning by businesses and negatively impacting on consumers....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:43hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Life can never be weighted, even with gold
"A united family eats from the same plate."So says a proverb from the Baganda, a Bantu ethnic group native to Buganda (Uganda).It might as well encapsulate values held by most, if not ...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:42hrs | 73 | by Bishop Lazi
Santa or no Santa, it's still Xmas
IN years gone by, the festive mood associated with Christmas could be felt from the end of November.The 13th cheque, company shut-downs and Christmas parties for workers were some of the tell-...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:41hrs | 54 | by Veronica Gwaze and Ellen Sanyanga
Zanu-PF indaba must bring solutions to economic woes
It will not be business as usual at the 18th Zanu-PF Annual National People's Conference which begins this week in Goromonzi, if sentiments expressed by President Mnangagwa at the Women's League's Sec...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:40hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Subsidies to cover 7 more basic goods
New subsidies for at least seven basic commodities will be introduced soon to relieve the nation from relentless price increases, while a new policy is set to be unveiled to provide affordable housing...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:40hrs | 200 | by Staff reporter
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 385 | by Staff Reporter
After decades of Police State misrule chicken have come home to roost - Police and soldiers are starving
"The Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services portfolio committee said soldiers and police officers are being poorly fed, a situation that compromises their discipline and poses a grave dange...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:21hrs | 539 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Anthony Joshua vs Andy Ruiz Jr 2
A few hours separate us from the establishment of the historic boxing fight in Diriyah, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which will bring together British boxer Anthony Joshua and Mexican boxer Andy Ruiz for the...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 20:32hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to set up hospital in Zimbabwe
A group of doctors here intend to build a hospital in Zimbabwe specialising in Chinese medicine and a feasibility study for the project will be done at the beginning of next year, renowned Chinese med...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 444 | by Staff reporter
The worse ever political year in Zimbabwe
As we come to the wire of the year 2019, there is nothing to write home about as poverty, hunger and unemployment continue to sting the ordinary people in the country.Looking at the political ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:55hrs | 2362 | by Leonard Koni
The guilty are always afraid
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is a scared man, seeing shadows everywhere he looks as succession battles loom in his ruling Zanu PF party, a faltering economy condemning many into abject poverty and a d...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 14:31hrs | 2364 | by Staff reporter
ZPP raps Minister Mthuli Ncube over his space satellite budget
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has rapped Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube for budgeting for space satilite at a time when majority citizens are wallowing in perpetual poverty due...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 13:55hrs | 2728 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's food crisis exposes Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is facing one of the most serious food crisis in its history. The MDC is concerned at the lack of government response to the hunger that is befalling the nation as it continues to skirt aroun...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 10:28hrs | 1424 | by Rusty Markhan
Mnangagwa gobbles over US$11,4m on foreign trips
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his bloated entourage splashed US$12 million on travel expenses between January and September this year at a time government is battling to contain an intractable econ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Sense of crisis in Zimbabwe worsens
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wants "time, patience, unity of purpose and perseverance", to get Zimbabwe's stuttering economy working again. The economy was "dead" under his predecessor and mentor, the...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
EU takes Mnangagwa govt on over rights abuses
THE European Union (EU) has taken government to task over the slow pace of reforms and the country's deplorable civil rights record following a series of incidence where state security agents have use...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
Hunger lashes Zimbabwe soldiers, police
A PARLIAMENTARY committee has raised grave concerns about the deteriorating environment in which the country's military and police are having to operate because of funding shortages, the Daily News re...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2226 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's subsidy restoration takes effect
THE price of mealie meal has been slashed by 50 percent with immediate effect as Government introduces a new subsidy model for the production of roller meal, the Minister of Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:10hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi launches community bakeries
Vice President Kembo Mohadi yesterday rallied the nation to make use of available indigenous resources and knowledge to enhance community resilience and tackle challenges of price increases for basic ...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:06hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Roller meal price to fall
A new Government subsidy on roller meal, which will halve the retail price of a 10kg pack to $50, will be seen on shop shelves over the next few days. The subsidy, paid only on roller meal and...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:04hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube slashes maize meal price
Government has announced a new subsidy on maize meal that will see the retail price of a 10kg packet of roller meal pegged at $50.Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncu...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 21:00hrs | 3334 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal goes down to $50
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube has announced that he has reversed the removal of subsidies on the maize meal leading to the prices being lowered. President Emmer...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 09:17hrs | 5736 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF Matebeleland backs Mnangagwa
ZANU-PF Matebeleland North and Matebeleland South provinces have endorsed President Mnangagwa as the party's presidential candidate in the 2023 elections and recommended that the Government speedily i...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:31hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
Blood prices up 80%
National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has increased blood prices by 80 percent for patients in all private health institutions, private wards at public institutions and everyone covered by medical a...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:28hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
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