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'Zacc won't spare high-profile personalities'
THE appointment of Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo as the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Za-cc) chairperson in May sparked controversy and raised the spectre of patronage that has plagued the country...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 556 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants Mthuli Ncube to loosen his purse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to loosen his purse and prioritise the ailing health services sector, which is facing chronic shortages of drugs and medi...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 6622 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hands over medical equipment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday fulfilled a commitment to improve the state of affairs in public health institutions three months after meeting senior doctors who presented to him how the public health ...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:25hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa’s tribalistic MDC speaks on Bulawayo Town Clerk fiasco
MDC Alliance has directed that Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher Dube be investigated over allegations of abuse of office and corruption. This follows attempts by Bulawayo deputy Mayor to Tinas...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 00:03hrs | 8244 | by Staff Reporter
Govt must set up independent commission on Gukurahundi
This is the second installment of a document on submissions made by chiefs from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to President Emmerson Mnangagwa on the occasion of his meeting with them at the Stat...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 09:22hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to prioritise electoral reforms
The government needs to prioritise electoral reforms and deepen democratic institutions and not to just focus on the failing economy, leaving out key areas such as democracy and critical electoral ref...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:44hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Clean-up as a sustainable policy option: Transform Zimbabwe implores government
There are so many ways the Government of Zimbabwe can adopt in improving its environmental performance other than setting aside a day for National cleaning which Transform Zimbabwe views as a reactive...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:57hrs | 126 | by Staff Reporter
Potraz boosts Govt's e-learning initiative
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) donated 10 computers and 100 backpacks to five schools here on Wednesday to complement Government's e-learning initiative. ...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC slams ED for ‘unnecessary' Rwanda trip
THE MDC has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa for spending time and scarce resources on a trip to Rwanda when the country's economy was crying out for urgent solutions from his leadership.M...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:13hrs | 2427 | by newzimbabwe
15 000ha farmland for war vets
GOVERNMENT has allocated war veterans 15 000 hectares of farmland in the country's eight agricultural provinces following complaints that the liberation war fighters were excluded from the Land Reform...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 07:49hrs | 561 | by Staff reporter
Concubinages, spouse, family barred on Govt trips
Government is tightening the belt in public finances management and has devised measures to govern expenditure and debt. A key feature of the new regulations - contained in Statutory Instrumen...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dangles carrot to war veterans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has ordered all the country's eight provincial ministers to reserve land and allocate it to war veterans. It also ordered that all land disputes involving the...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to licence new mobile virtual network operators
Zimbabwe will soon licence new entrants into the mobile telecommunications sector under the mobile virtual network operators' framework, with authorities agreeing on the need to put in place legal fra...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:09hrs | 2097 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar return: Financial engineering not the answer
If the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) was a ship it would be the Titanic, sailing with the patronage of a well-heeled elite with privileged access to the life boats towards a deadly iceberg.Th...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:04hrs | 330 | by Sipho Malunga
Shiri pledges land for youths
LANDS, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri has promised to prioritise youths in the allocation of agricultural land as his ministry crafts a national land policy...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Chief Chivero assault case takes new twist
THE assault case of Chief Chivero (Brown Shopo) at Sunny Yi Feng tile manufacturing plant in Norton this week, has taken a new twist with the Chinese firm counter-accusing the traditional leader of be...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:17hrs | 3146 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's speech to AfDB boards of governors - Fulltext
Speech by the minister of finance and economic development, Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube during the 2019 annual meetings of the boards of governors of the African Development Bank Group: Malabo, Republic o...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:03hrs | 1009 | by Mthuli NCube
Mthuli Ncube targets price stabilisation
Government's fiscal consolidation measures and other initiatives introduced into Zimbabwe's economic programmes should see prices of goods starting to drop from next month, Finance and Economic Develo...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 07:48hrs | 1304 | by Staff reporter
Local content threshold set at 80%
GOVERNMENT's much awaited Local Content Strategy (LCS) which was approved by Cabinet on Tuesday has set an 80 percent minimum threshold for all products. This strategy forms part of interventi...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:09hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF youths will let no-one attack Mnangagwa'
It is four months since the Zanu-PF Youth League decided to attach the phrase "ED will never walk alone" to its commitment to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration through a solidarity march t...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:56hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Cabinet approves Industrial, Local content policies
ZIMBABWE is set for rapid economic growth following the approval of by Cabinet yesterday of two key policies, the Zimbabwe National Industrial Development Policy (ZNIDP) and the Zimbabwe Local Content...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:55hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is not ready for a new currency
Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters ("ZIM EFF") have noted with great concern, the recent commentary by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Minister of Finance regarding plans to introduce a NEW Zimba...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:25hrs | 9158 | by Innocent Ndibali
Record number of chartered secretaries graduate
A record number of students graduated as chartered secretaries on Saturday (June 8) at an historic graduation ceremony at which the first students from a joint Great Zimbabwe University and Institute ...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:19hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
Hungry lions hoovering around to devour Nyaminyami RDC response
I am Mwiimpu Hanjeleha of Monze, Zambia. I read the above story in your news online. I have been serving in the NGOs sector in that district. The persons being attacked in that piece I know them total...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1620 | by Mwiimpu Hanjeleha
Zimbabwe’s infrastructure structurally deficient: ZIE
THE Zimbabwe Institute of Engineers (ZIE) says government should prioritise investing in infrastructure because the sector has suffered long periods of neglect, delayed maintenance and lack of funding...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:25hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Cellphones to be banned in Zimbabwe Parliament
SPEAKER of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda says he will persuade the Committee on Standing Rules to ban cellphones in the House during sessions because of the disruption they cause in the august Hou...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1191 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo accuse Biti of demonising the country
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's push for foreign investment is not attracting serious attention because of corruption and the failure to deal decisively with the vice, the ruling Zanu-PF has admitted....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 12:31hrs | 3645 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mulls raw granite export ban
Government will soon ban unprocessed granite exports as part of efforts to enhance foreign currency generation. This was said by President Mnangagwa yesterday after touring Southern Granites (PVT) Ltd...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 06:47hrs | 184 | by Staffrter
Mnangagwa woos mining investors
President Mnangagwa yesterday said investments into the mining sector and mining value chain industries are welcome and safe, adding that Government remains ready to support the implementation of sust...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:40hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter
MDC must play constructive role in nation building
THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change concluded its congress in Gweru yesterday with the election of office bearers, among them president Mr Nelson Chamisa, vice presidents Professor Welshman ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:49hrs | 190 | by Editorial - Chronicle
Zupco to have fuel allocation prioritisation
ZUPCO buses will be prioritised in fuel allocation, as Government continues to improve the competitiveness of the public transport operator while cushioning commuters from spiralling transport costs, ...Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:00hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: A case for tribal balance
The structure of any serious political party must reflect the national demographics existing in that particular country at any given time to avoid rendering it lifeless and morbid. Gender,...Published: 25 May 2019 at 16:16hrs | 6740 | by Jimmy Jombo Charowa
Air Zimbabwe legacy debts spook investors
GOVERNMENT'S delay in moving on the Air Zimbabwe's US$381 million debt assumption plan continues to weaken the airline's chances of courting new partners, an official has said.Grant Thornton, ...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:37hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
RBZ warns banks over forex abuse
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has warned it will take punitive action against banks flouting exchange control regulations after noting rampant abuse of nostro (domestic) foreign currency accounts...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:37hrs | 2042 | by Staff reporter
Binga community resort to eating roots as hunger bites
Communities in rural Binga the largest district in Zimbabwe have returned to their nomadic lifestyles by eating wild fruits and other nutritious tubers to ward off hunger that has stalked the district...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1433 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
State of the Zimbabwe economy - Mthuli Ncube report
1. Honourable Members will be aware that since the advent of the New Dispensation, Government's approach is to prioritise the economy with focus on implementing deeper reforms that p...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:51hrs | 8380 | by Mthuli Ncube
Major Matabeleland roads under reconstruction
THE multi-million dollar road infrastructure development programme undertaken by the Government has moved a gear up with work on the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road and Bulawayo-Tsholotsho Road now underway, amon...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1639 | by Staff reporter
'We are entrenching unity,' says Mnangagwa
Peace is an integral part of local cultural norms that could be used to forge national unity, which, in turn, is necessary to springboard the country to prosperity, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said y...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 1681 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa promotes two senior AFZ officers
President Mnangagwa has promoted two senior Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) officers to ranks of Air Commodore.The newly-promoted officers are Air Commodore Edgar Munyarari Kamusoko who is now Dea...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1204 | by Staff reporter
Warriors in dilemma
Warriors coach Sunday Chidzambga is this week expected to name two separate squads for the Cosafa Cup tournament and the friendly match against Nigeria following the scheduling of the friendly match a...Published: 05 May 2019 at 10:43hrs | 2202 | by Staff reporter
Minister Mathema's coup statement very unfortunate
After many Zimbabweans' lives have been plunged into deep impoverishment and great uncertainty by a series of price increases which have nearly become the order of the day since the declaration of Mna...Published: 04 May 2019 at 21:09hrs | 2644 | by Terrence Wuragu
Basic goods prices shoot up 200%
PRICES of basic commodities have risen sharply with some increasing by almost 200% between October last year and April this year, according to official statistics.Presenting a paper titled Zim...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 17:30hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
Poverty index to guide devolution funding
GOVERNMENT will use the poverty index to prioritise disbursement of funds to facilitate development at local level in line with the devolution drive, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Profess...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 182 | by staff reporter
Mnangagwa's fear over Gukurahundi
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and top government officials, particularly Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and Agriculture minister Perrence Shiri, are scared stiff of personal criminal responsibilit...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 9085 | by Staff reporter
EFF's independence day message to Zimbabweans
The 18th of April is a monumentally historic date in the history of our country. It is the date our country achieved a hard-fought political independence. Zimbabwe's gallant sons and daughters sacrifi...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1160 | by CIC Innocent Ndibali.
Sadza nurses demonstrate against patients' poor diet
NURSES at Sadza District Hospital in Chivhu yesterday demonstrated against lavish dietary spending by their administration which they said contrasted with the poor meals served to patients.The...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:16hrs | 951 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi genocide consultations begin
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has begun community consultations with victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities as part of government's plan to bring closure to the highly-emotive...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Matabeleland Collective in secret Gukurahundi genocide deal?
Matabeleland Collective, one of the key stakeholders on Gukurahundi and national healing, yesterday slapped down attempts by fugitive former Cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo to discredit the b...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 4112 | by Staff reporter
'Prioritise students from Matebeleland region'
BULAWAYO residents yesterday strongly rejected proposals in the Education Amendment Bill to allow pregnant pupils to continue with their studies as well as the abolishment of corporal punishment. ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:47hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Demands to introduce Shangaan in Zimbabwe education
MINORITY communities southeast of Zimbabwe in Chiredzi are advocating for the introduction of their languages in the school curriculum and the hiring of teachers conversant in the language.The...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 08:09hrs | 637 | by CAJ News
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