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POLAD slams MDC Alliance
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) has criticised the MDC Alliance for causing mayhem at a time when the country needs unity of purpose in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic and other challenges. ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 345 | by Staff reporter
Telcos want another tariff hike
Local mobile telecommunications operators have approached the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) for another upward review of tariffs. Earlier in March Pot...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 09:47hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Security beefed up at Covid-19 isolation centres
SECURITY at designated Covid-19 isolation centres, especially those situated in border towns, is set to be upgraded to prevent quarantined returnees from escaping.Last night, Information, Publ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 09:50hrs | 1010 | by Staff Reporter
RBZ increases gold retention threshold
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has increased the gold retention threshold to 70 percent in foreign currency for sale proceeds from the previous 55 percent in a move aimed at boosting production in...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:16hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Parliament must prioritise food security
Eye on Food Security Zimbabwe has followed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Agriculture and its proceedings with keen interest. Hon. Joanna Mamombe is a member of this Committee. We du...Published: 22 May 2020 at 18:28hrs | 629 | by Busani Malinga
'Money printing impact is worse than Covid-19'
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has warned government against printing money to fund the ZW$18 billion Covid-19 Economic Recovery and Stimulus Package saying to do so will have a more...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
MDC wants Mnangagwa to put in place a stimulus package
Zimbabwean economy takes a knockZimbabwe's opposition party MDC wants that country's government to put in place a stimulus package to help struggling citizens and revive its battered economy....Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionalism versus Populism: A tale of the MDC-Alliane's dilemma
THE genesis of problems daunting MDC today can clearly be traced back to 2016, if not earlier as the party has a brave tendency of choosing populism over constitutionalism, sad story from the same "de...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 240 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
'Lockdown set to fuel child marriages'
A CHIKANGWE High School Upper six student in Karoi has warned that the coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown, which cut household incomes impoverishing many families, would result in increased ch...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:53hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
'Infrastructure investments would bolster the Zimbabwean economy'
LISTED financial institution, BancABC, has resolved to prioritise financing infrastructure development projects of national significance as this would boost economic growth. In its financial r...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Harare-Beitbridge Highway to be complete by 2023
GOVERNMENT says it will engage more contractors to speed up the rehabilitation and widening of the Beitbridge- Harare highway which is currently underway with five contractors working on different sec...Published: 12 May 2020 at 17:20hrs | 4073 | by Staff reporter
Is the Bible still relevant?
LOCKDOWN and coronanavirus leads us to search for answers to big questions. Death could be sooner than we want. Our futures are not as certain as we thought a few months ago. Where can I find answers ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1154 | by Ashley Thaba
Kudos to Minister Shiri and his team
IT pains a lot when a person knows swimming is the only way to survive drowning or being carried away by a flooded river, but denied by a stagnant log that pins one of his legs against the surface. ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:54hrs | 1385 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Zimbabwe not yet in position to re-open schools, universities, says Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is "not yet in a position to re-open schools, colleges and universities," President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday as he announced an easing of a coronavirus national lockdown.Zimb...Published: 02 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3080 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe COVID-19 lockdown goes into Stage 2
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has extended the Covid-19-induced lockdown by a further 14 days and announced an $18 billion Economic Rescue and Stimulus Package to scale up production in all sectors of the econo...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts up $18 billion economic rescue package
Government has put up an $18 billion economic rescue package while extending the lockdown for a further 14 days though under relaxed conditions to allow the economy to start operating. Pr...Published: 01 May 2020 at 17:30hrs | 4122 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 pandemic hits global remittances
THE World Bank has projected a sharp decline in global remittances by 20% in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the Covid-19 pandemic and Zimbabwe will not be spared.The projected fall...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:45hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
RBZ reviews forex priority list
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says financial institutions should prioritise foreign currency allocation to productive sectors of the economy as a key response to the coronavirus pandemic. ...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:03hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
'Dr Obadiah Moyo in breach of Public Health Act'
A constitutional law expert, Kucaca Phulu, says the Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Obadiah Moyo breached the country's Public Health Act, by failing to provide resources meant to beef up infecti...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1991 | by Staff reporter
Rhodesian - Zimbabwe comparisons: Cutting off the nose to spite the face
There is always a danger of forming opinions without full context. It is equally and also similarly minacious to try and equate unrelated times in history with sights on furthering an agenda. Since th...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:42hrs | 287 | by Leroy Dzenga
Zimbabweans based in South Africa to be elbowed out?
ZIMBABWEANS based in South Africa face being elbowed out of that country after authorities adopted a nationalistic policy to favour locals on jobs, an official said yesterday.Million of South ...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 19:43hrs | 6771 | by Staff reporter
Crunch time for Zimbabweans in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS based in South Africa face being elbowed out of that country after authorities adopted a nationalistic policy to favour locals on jobs, an official said yesterday.Million of South ...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 22:38hrs | 4966 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe should be self-sufficient'
ZIMBABWE should come up with new policies to ensure that the country is self-sufficient in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has seen several countries shutting down their borders to control...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:51hrs | 512 | by staff reporter
Home is best; one of the COVID-19 lessons
THE past few weeks have been tough and the next weeks or months promise to remain so, as the world grapples to contain the novel coronavirus. Without efficient and effective suppression and precaution...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 1223 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zimbabwe pupils to receive lessons through radio
THE Government is finalising modalities that will see primary and secondary school learners receiving lessons through radio in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that has disrupted the school calendar ...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:07hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in South Africa troubled over pending jobs losses
A ZIMBABWE civic group championing the welfare of Zimbabweans living in South Africa has expressed concern over recent remarks by that country's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni that restaurants will pri...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 12:03hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus: Schools opening put on hold
PREPARATIONS for the second school term have begun but opening will now be delayed as authorities roll out changes to how the academic institutions will operate in view of the Covid-19 scourge....Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:45hrs | 2900 | by Staff Reporter
'South Africa to deport foreigners en masse'
South Africa might soon implement a policy of mass deportation of illegal foreign immigrants, a senior Zimbabwean journalist Brezhnev Malaba has foretold. Writing on his Twitter account, Malab...Published: 25 Apr 2020 at 12:20hrs | 43155 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fiscal indiscipline still rampant in govt
ZIMBABWE'S 2019 Consolidated Financial Statement (CFS), in which government expenditure skyrocketed to ZW$22,53 billion against a target of ZW$17,64 billion, shows that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:45hrs | 98 | by Tinashe Kairiza
Chamisa berates Mnangagwa's govt over COVID-19 resources
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has hit out at government for its failure to dedicate more resources from the national purse towards the fight against coronavirus.Since last yea...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 707 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's COVID-19 isolation centres leave a lot to be desired
ZIMBABWE'S response to the COVID-19 outbreak came under the spotlight after returnees from the United Kingdom were this week put under a two-week quarantine at Belvedere Technical Teachers' College in...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:12hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Workers, vendors cringe over lockdown extension
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions and opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa have berated President Emmerson Mnangagwa for extending the national lockdown by a further two weeks without putting in p...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Journalists finally listed as essential service providers
GOVERNMENT has listed journalists among providers of essential services allowed to work during the lockdown to combat Covid-19. Journalists join health workers and security forces among others that ar...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:14hrs | 191 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa chides Mnangagwa's government
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said the outbreak of coronavirus in Zimbabwe was a wake-up call for the government to prioritise funding of essential services such as health.Chamisa made t...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lockdown likely to be extended
PUBLIC officials and health experts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to extend the lockdown after a surge in new coronavirus cases in the country, but urged him to let the economy operate at...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1894 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo/ Gwanda disinfection programme begins
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) yesterday started disinfecting western suburbs while Gwanda town has embarked on a similar exercise to mitigate the spread of Covid-19. Last week BCC disinfecte...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South seeks $22m to set up isolation centres
MATEBELELAND South Province requires over $22 million to renovate 15 buildings in the province into isolation centres and an additional US$1 492 000 towards construction of three new structures in a b...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:30hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt to roll out massive testing
INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said government was targeting to test a minimum of 1 000 people for COVID-19 in a single day.Speaking during a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday,...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa foreign trips bleed Treasury
FOREIGN jaunts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration officials plus rising public service salaries continue to weigh heavily on Treasury, which saw it overspend by over $1 billion, go...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 1247 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to begin mass coronavirus testing
Zimbabwe has unveiled its plan for mass testing that aims to examine at least 33,000 suspected coronavirus cases by the end of the month.The ministry of health said it had tested 665 people by...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 2197 | by Staff reporter
After Covid-19, the MDC and Zanu-PF must unite to end US, EU sanctions on Zimbabwe
On January 13, 2002 MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai made a fatal tactical error by calling on South Africa to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe, ostensibly to penalise a violent, repressive Zanu-PF p...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 22:39hrs | 1690 | by Tafi Mhaka
COVID-19 preparedness & response plan implementation
The COVID-19 pandemic was first reported in Wuhan, China, on 31st December 2019, and was declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30th, 2020. The disease has since spread...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 12:07hrs | 410 | by Dr Henry Madzorera - Secretary for Health and Child Welfare, MDC-A
Have price increases in Zimbabwe become a self-fulfilling prophecy
ZIMBABWE's economy never ceases to amaze. After President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared a nationwide lockdown to fight Covid-19 which has so far claimed three lives out of the 14 confirmed cases, two pa...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1756 | by Nathan Gurira
Cyril Ramaphosa's message to South Africans
Dear Fellow South African, Since we declared the nation-wide lockdown, we have found that the majority of South Africans have responded with patience and understanding despite the conside...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 14:59hrs | 1196 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
IAM4BYO seeks US$10,7m for city medical facilities
A BULAWAYO-BASED multi-stakeholder initiative, IAM4BYO-Fighting COVID-19, which was launched on Friday at Ekusileni Medical Centre, has embark on fund-raising programme to equip health institutions ha...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Why Obert Mpofu ditched Joshua Nkomo and joined Mugabe's Zanu-PF in 1980
From Zapu and becoming Zanu-PFCDE Robert Mugabe's electoral popularity 1980 at independence only proved that the future of Zimbabwean politics resided in Zanu-PF. The coalition government whic...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 774 | by Obert Mpofu
Foreign bases Zimbabwe rugby star loses job due to Covid-19
ZIMBABWE international rugby player, Shayne Makombe is weighing his options after his contract was terminated by French side, Rugby Club Compiegne due to the coronavirus (Covid-19).Makombe and...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
'Kwekwe needs military intervention'
Kwekwe mayor Angeline Kasipo has appealed to the Civil Protection Unity taskforce committee to unleash the military in Mbizo residential area as residents are not complying with lockdown orders....Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1471 | by Staff reporter
Water cannons deployed in Bulawayo's Covid-19 fight
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has partnered the police in disinfecting the city centre using Public Order Vehicles (POVs) to spray disinfectant from anti-riot water cannons to curb the spread of Cov...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
PSC distributes 33 newly acquired buses
THE Public Service Commission (PSC) has started distributing 33 buses, which were last month commissioned by President Mnangagwa under the Civil Service Buses Transport Fund to ferry civil servants. ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 468 | by Staff reporter
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