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Mpilo radiotherapy patients stranded
ABOUT 150 cancer patients accessing radiation services from Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo are stranded following the breakdown of machinery at the hospital since November last year. Radia...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
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 | 235 | by IRIN
We can import knowledge, technology to boost the economy
AS our government continues with the belief that borrowing money is one of the means to kickstart the economy, perhaps they can be reminded that they can also import new knowledge and technology, whic...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 106 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa claims that fuel and wheat shortages already fixed
Government has made significant headway in dealing head-on with various challenges affecting the economy, and has since addressed fuel and wheat challenges, while satisfactory progress has been made i...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | 242 | by Staff reporter
Government silence on battlefields disaster a disgrace
A dark cloud has enveloped Zimbabwe following the Battlefields disaster where 38 miners are presumed dead. Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of the miners.The MDC is however concern...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 09:41hrs | 1213 | by Jacob Mafume
Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project comes to life, says Mthuli
A flurry of activity over the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project is expected in the next few weeks amid indications that the updating of feasibility studies would be concluded at the end of the first...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Power to empower ...how energy projects are brightening Zimbabwe economic prospects - Mthuli Ncube
In today's world, energy has revolutionised all of our lifestyles. From the palm of our hands we have instruments more powerful than the largest and most sophisticated computers from just a few ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 18:24hrs | 1452 | by Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube
'I am being abused by fellow MPs'
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Education chairperson, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga yesterday complained that MPs from across the political divide were abusing her and threatened to surrender ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1183 | by Staff reporter
10 point plan to save Zimbabwe
Founder of the Coalition for Market and Liberal Solutions (COMALISO) Rejoice Ngwenya says Zimbabwe needs to adopt liberal economics for it to be extricated from its current problemsNgwen...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 12:35hrs | 4732 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Foreign suppliers are refusing to supply NatPharm
Foreign suppliers of pharmaceutical drugs are demanding payment upfront for orders from the National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm) because of the foreign currency shortages the country is facing....Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 21:01hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa approves task forces
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has approved the establishment of task forces to oversee the execution of certain priority development projects and programmes, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe to introduce domestic currency'
Zimbabwe will reintroduce domestic currency only when conditions are ripe and critical economic fundamentals are in place since using the US dollar as an anchor currency is now unsustainable, accordin...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 09:04hrs | 7064 | by Business weekly
Govt unfreezes 1 762 health posts
GOVERNMENT says it has unfrozen 1 762 posts in the health sector, this comes in the wake of a massive shortage of health workers which inflamed the industrial action by doctors last year.Among...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 11:03hrs | 2291 | by Staff reporter
Massive teacher recruitment underway
GOVERNMENT has submitted 1 500 names of prospective teachers to the Public Service Commission for consideration and confirmation out of the 3 000 it wants to recruit in the short term. There is a shor...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 22:26hrs | 713 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ingenious intelligence services and a liability Head of State
That shocking erroneous diagnosis grossly lacking real intelligence! Deliberate or otherwise! The inability to see and act on that daily shimmering hot potato pot since the first of August 2018! ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1242 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Maimane, a thorn in the flesh for Mnangagwa?
South Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has emerged as a thorn in the flesh for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the wake of a vicious military clampdown against opposition ...Published: 03 Feb 2019 at 12:04hrs | 2735 | by Staff reporter
'Posa going nowhere soon'
IN the past few months, the Justice ministry has dominated public debate regarding a number of issues pertaining to its operations. These issues range from combating corruption, alignment of laws with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
SA embassy in Zimbabwe sitting on visa applications
The South African embassy in Zimbabwe is sitting on visa applications by students from as far back as November because of a staff shortage, ZimLive has learnt.Thousands of students, most of th...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:03hrs | 1800 | by ZimLive
The role of peace in the economy
We are still struggling, in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole, when it comes to understanding and executing economic programmes that give sustainable growth. Most analysts tend to paint this poor underst...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:17hrs | 140 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Chamisa, Mnangagwa dialogue threatened by military
THE ongoing military crackdown on civilians following recent anti-governments protests has been cited as a major threat to efforts to bring President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader Nelso...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 08:29hrs | 5720 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel queues ease after prices rise
Long fuel queues were once among the most common sights on Zimbabwe's busy streets, but the snaking lines of cars waiting to refuel have disappeared in the past week following a 150 percent price hike...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 15:35hrs | 1603 | by Staff reporter
Harare to name street after Tsvangirai
The Mayor of Harare Hebert Gomba has announced that Harare City Councilors are contemplating honouring the late Prime Minister Morgan Richard Tsvangirai with a street name and Oliver Mtukudzi with Har...Published: 24 Jan 2019 at 08:49hrs | 5021 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa returns home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cut short his international re-engagements efforts in Europe and will return home today to attend to the economic situation in the country in the wake of violent prote...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:17hrs | 11522 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe police structure approved
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved a new Zimbabwe Republic Police structure that abolishes the rank of senior assistant commissioner and replaces it with that of Commissioner of Police a...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 1146 | by Staff reporter
The Role of Peace in the Economy - Mthwakazi Forum
We are still struggling, in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole, when it comes to understanding and executing economic programmes that give sustainable growth. Most analysts tend to paint this poor underst...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 20:52hrs | 1081 | by Kernan Mzelikahle
Mutsvangwa slams Mnangagwa's 'forex allocation economy'
OUTSPOKEN Zimbabwe war veterans' association chair, Chris Mutsvangwa has slammed government and the central bank for cherry-picking local firms to favour with scarce foreign currency allocation at the...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 07:43hrs | 5657 | by newzimbabwe.com
SA backs new Zimbabwe currency
SOUTH Africa's Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has said Zimbabwe is in a good position to adopt a new currency and that the regional giant would support its northern neighbour's efforts towards economic...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 23:58hrs | 1854 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa should act or Zimbabwe will burst'
Having started the year engulfed with a myriad of problems - from fuel shortages, soaring prices of goods and services, shortages of drugs to labour disputes - the Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Edi...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:38hrs | 6110 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa is a monumental failure
Robert Mugabe's protracted despotic rule brought Zimbabwe down to its knees. Such was the damage to a nation hitherto referred to as 'Jewel of Africa' that the general consensus was that things could ...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 18:28hrs | 12506 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Civil servants' demand for higher salaries not sustainable
The demand by civil servants to be paid $1 733 per month is not sustainable as government is trying to cut back expenditure. Though justified in demanding for an increase in light of high prices of ba...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 16:27hrs | 1691 | by Elijah Chihota
Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup
PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schiz...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | 2320 | by Brian T Kagoro
Zimbabwe doctors 'arm-twisted' to suspend strike
JUNIOR doctors at public hospitals yesterday ended their 40-day long strike after some consultant doctors allegedly threatened to cause them to fail their internship.The Zimbabwe Hospitals Doc...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Govt holds fuel crisis meeting
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's under-fire government yesterday held an emergency meeting over the country's worsening fuel crisis.The debilitating fuel shortages have now resulted in desperate...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sells Zimbabwe reforms to EU
GOVERNMENT has developed a comprehensive plan to revive the economy, which will involve painful measures like a bitter pill administered to a patient, Finance and Economic Development Minister Profess...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:39hrs | 727 | by Staf reporter
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition stands in solidarity with civil servants
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) stands in solidarity with civil servants who have embarked on job action following government's continued failure to improve their welfare and working conditions....Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:08hrs | 352 | by Staff reporter
Dzamara's letter to Strive Masiyiwa
Political activist Patson Dzamara has penned a latter to telecoms guru Strive Masiyiwa and his fellow businessmen Trevor Ncube, Busisa Moyo and Shingi Munyeza informing them that their call for the re...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 15:21hrs | 5750 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Trafigura give Zimbabwe more time to pay for fuel
Zimbabwe has reached flexible payment arrangements with some fuel importers that will ensure it stabilises supplies amid a foreign-currency shortage that threatens economic growth.The governme...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2042 | by Bloomberg
Doctors' strike calls for relook into health policy
AS the circus and confusion with regards to the junior doctors' strike continues unabated, it is time government shows sincerity to both the disgruntled medical practitioners and the general public....Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:38hrs | 256 | by Editorial - newsday
'Current economic chaos to define future'
As Zimbabwe hurtles towards into the New Year, the majority of the country's population is bruised economically, socially and politically. The "Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Editor Maxwell ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 609 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Kariba tourists decline spurs Senate debate
Senators have called on central government to expeditiously provide financial resources for construction of a new airport in Kariba and upgrade its tourist facilities to international standards....Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 17:15hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
Stampede for teaching posts
THERE was a huge turnout by prospective trained teachers in Manicaland with at least 1 853 having been registered for possible employment on Wednesday.Some 400 others were expected to register...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:10hrs | 926 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe beer, soft drinks to sell in US$
THE country's leading beverages manufacturer, Delta Beverages, yesterday announced a new pricing system pegged in United States dollars to keep itself afloat in the face of foreign currency shortages....Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police undergoes massive transformation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is set to undergo major transformation this year as it adopts a new structure and rebrands to win back public confidence. Changes to the ZRP hierarchy will be effect...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1211 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ministers fail 2018 ratings
As Zimbabweans waved goodbye to 2018 yesterday, and awaited with much trepidation the dawn of the new year, in the light of the country's deepening economic woes, the Daily News - as per its rich annu...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Chitungwiza residents urges govt to build Muda dam
Chitungwiza residents have urged government to prioritise the construction of Muda Dam in rural Seke to alleviate perennial water challenges in the town.Chairperson of the Chitungwiza and Many...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Opposition should not politicise doctors' concerns
The ongoing labour withdrawal by over 500 junior doctors, which has endured for a month now, has provided the ideas-bankrupt opposition with cheap fodder to criticise Government over the matter. What ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 11:22hrs | 1222 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Zimbabwe is a sick nation'
They say "a healthy nation is a happy nation while a sickly nation is a sad nation".Today Zimbabwe is a "sad nation" because of an ailing health sector saddled by drug shortages and a cripplin...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:35hrs | 404 | by Harry Peter Wilson
Mnangagwa govt gets stick for being insensitive, cruel to plight of the sick
With the doctors' strike going on for weeks without any solution in sight, concerned Zimbabweans have blasted government for being confrontational and not amicable to professional negotiations with th...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 18:32hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says frill-seeking MDC MPs out of tune
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has warned his party will deal with legislators who demanded that government should buy them luxurious Land Cruiser SUV vehicles before they can approve the budget.Ch...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 21:59hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threatened with #ShutDownZimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has demanded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government decisively tackle the country's economic challenges or risk workers going on an indefinite stri...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:49hrs | 989 | by Staff reporter
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