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RBZ speaks on Mthuli Ncube, Mangudya fight
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has called upon Zimbabweans to reject reports that there was an angry exchange of words between Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube and and RBZ Governor John Panonetsa...Published: 10 hrs ago | 6907 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Prof. Calistus Ndlovu declared National Hero
The Late, former Cabinet Minister Professor Calistus Ndlovu has been declared a National Hero. The Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that the Cabinet S...Published: 11 hrs ago | 2195 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The Mnangagwa regime
The violent suppression of Zimbabweans protesting rising fuel costs and food shortages by security forces has prompted debates in the UK Parliament on the growing crisis in the African state. Here we ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 474 | by Louisa Brooke-Holland
Re-colonising Zimbabwe will not work
United Kingdom lawmaker Lord Adrian Palmer's dream of Britain re-colonising Zimbabwe on the ploy of safeguarding the lives of its citizens will never come to fruition in this modern world.Palm...Published: 14 hrs ago | 918 | by Gift Mashoko
Joshua Nkomo was a dictator?
The late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo may have been a rigid leader who did not agree with anyone disagreeing with his ideas, it has emerged.A top leader of the Alliance for People's Agenda (AP...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2745 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government committed to implementing reforms
The new administration under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has shown serious commitment in amending major reforms, which are mainly economic, political and media reforms, as shown by ...Published: 15 hrs ago | 718 | by Gift Mashoko
Minister Ncube's 2% tax caused 16% economic decline - austerity for pain's sake, no gain
"Finance minister Professor Mthuli Ncube introduced the 2% per every dollar transaction tax in October last year as part of his "austerity for posterity" measures in a development which saw him receiv...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1871 | by Nomusa Garikai
Callistus Ndlovu death shocks Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended his condolences to the Ndlovu family following the death of former Cabinet Minister and Bulawayo provincial chairman, Professor Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu. ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 974 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to speak at CEOs conference
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officiate at the 6th Africa Round Table, which ends here this afternoon. According to the programme, the President is expected to give a keynote add...Published: 19 hrs ago | 220 | by Staff reporter
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: 19 hrs ago | 335 | by Staff reporter
Ncube, Mangudya policy tussle on monetary policy statement
POLICY efficacy doubts - both fiscal and monetary - in supporting a liberalised foreign currency market, effectively discarding the 1:1 US dollar-bond note/RTGS dollar peg, have arguably been the main...Published: 19 hrs ago | 461 | by Brett Chulu
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 | 1383 | by Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube
Mnangagwa consoles Callistus Ndlovu's family
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolences to the Ndlovu family following the passing on of Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairman Professor Callistus Ndlovu in South Africa yesterda...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 13:49hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Ncube to ask USA to lift sanctions - he must say whether elections free? Then slap him with sanctions too!
"Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to travel to Washington next month and engage with US lawmakers to lift the sanctions imposed since 2001. But his trip is likely to be overshadowed by t...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 09:21hrs | 1699 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Con-artist dupes minister, Zanu-PF MP
A SERIAL Harare conman allegedly masqueraded as former Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Mafios Cheda to dupe several prominent people, among them Defence deputy minister Victor Matemadanda and Bubi l...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1447 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's knobkerrie located
The late Father Zimbabwe Joshua Nkomo's knobkerrie is safe with the family and will never be passed on to someone who is not a family member, his son Sibangilizwe Nkomo revealed on Wednesday.S...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 17:46hrs | 8640 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Top ZANU PF leader dies
Bulawayo ZANU PF Provincial Chairman Professor Calistus Ndlovu has died. Ndlovu is known for defecting from the Central Committee position of ZAPU to join ZANU PF in 1984 after calling ZAPU a ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 13:41hrs | 17887 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Forget economic dimension of TSP and Vision 2030, talk of politic one - what if it fails?
"In the words of Immanuel Kant who said 'by a lie, a man consumes his own dignity,' it has become apparent that the MDC Alliance and its apologists, this time led by Tendai Biti have become shameless ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:24hrs | 672 | by Nomusa Garikai
Anger over Sadc, AU silence on Zimbabwe
The silence by the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on the on-going human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has drawn widespread condemnation from critics and neutrals ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1613 | by Staff reporter
Exam fees remain unchanged
LOCAL examination fees will remain unchanged after Cabinet resolved to retain the 2018 fee structure. Advanced Level exam fees were pegged at $26, while Ordinary Level pupils paid $15 per subject, wit...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:51hrs | 3098 | by Staff reporter
2c tax yields $50m in January
TREASURY collected a total of $50 million in January 2019 alone through the two percent electronic transfer tax from the transacting public, a senior Government official has said. Accountant-G...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 22:23hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
Mangwana describes Biti as a desperate man
The opposition MDC Alliance and its band of apologists seem not satisfied with the harm and damage they caused with their social media political innuendos which culminated in the failed so called shut...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 17:11hrs | 4510 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers speak on ZACC appointment delays
Constitutional lawyers say a delay in the appointment of a substantive anti-corruption commission is an impediment in the fight against corruption in the country.This follows the resignation o...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 14:48hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Looted retail shops re-open in Bulawayo
Some retail outlets that were looted and had their properties damaged in Bulawayo have started to re-open and are hopeful of government's support following the establishment of an emergency relief fun...Published: 12 Feb 2019 at 14:47hrs | 1024 | by Staff reporter
Criticism of Ncube's Oxford professorship part of an anti-Zimbabwe plot
Last week a British freelance writer covering teaching, learning and student issues, as well as higher education in Africa and the Middle East, Anna McKie let the world in on the increasingly rabid ob...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 11:55hrs | 3004 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Local assembly cars for ministers & MPs
Government is weighing the option of purchasing vehicles for ministers and parliamentarians from local vehicle assemblers to promote the domestic industry and reduce foreign currency expenditure in li...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:51hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation to drop by October
Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation will drop drastically to single digit levels in October this year because the disparity between the baseline index for that month compared to the same period last y...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:44hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rejects conditional offer from Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has demanded a "credible, neutral, and recognisable" mediator to present a plan for negotiations with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the worsening political and economic...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 19:07hrs | 7995 | by Staff reporter
When burying people becomes a lifestyle
Sporting a blue work suit and safety shoes, Margaret Nyakudya (50) is the centre of attraction at a funeral wake in Mt Darwin.The male villagers cannot help it, but are surprised by her braver...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 06:31hrs | 2677 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe can raise 70% funding locally'
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwe has potential to mobilise 70 percent of funding needed to finance key infrastructure projects on the domestic market, a s...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:50hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Dairibord boss calls for new Zimbabwe currency
DAIRIBORD Holdings Limited chief executive officer Mr Antony Mandiwanza has waded into the debate over the re-introduction of a local currency, saying using the US dollar to produce pushes up operatin...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:47hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's skulduggery will not blight Mnangagwa's reform agenda
The usual opposition cynics are employing all manner of tactics to blight the impact of reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa.However, as is the case with any skulduggery antics, th...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | 232 | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Zimra adds 20 000 new taxpayers
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) registered 20 000 new taxpayers last year as it ratcheted up efforts to increase tax compliance.Revenues accrued to the national purse in the 11-month pe...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube engages US over reforms, Zidera
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to leave for the United States of America next month to apprise that country's government officials on positive developments the...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:42hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2201 | by IRIN
$19,5 million for looted businesses
GOVERNMENT will avail $19,5 million from a special fund set up to assist businesses that were looted and destroyed during last month's violent protests, a Cabinet Minister has said. Finance an...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:05hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to establish emergency relief fund
The government is in the process of establishing an emergency relief fund to assist the business community that was hard hit by hooligans who looted their shops and burnt some of the facilities....Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:38hrs | 2567 | by Staff reporter
The Dialogue
The so called dialogue facilitation meeting called by Mnangagwa this week is not going to help at all because people that attended that meeting cannot by any means possible influence a progressive pol...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:14hrs | 875 | by Clement Moyo
Mnangagwa's worst British nightmare
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's quest to re-engage the international community suffered a severe blow this week after his key Western backer Britain expressed support for additional European sanctions ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3445 | by Staff reporter
Puppets polluting Harare, Caracas
Before making his transition to our ancestors on November 15, 1998, the revolutionary Pan Africanist organiser Kwame Ture warned Africans everywhere with his rather unique blend of passion and caution...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 373 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
Mthuli Ncube meets IMF team
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday held "very open" conversations with a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in the country to discuss a r...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:37hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on course to clear debts
Zimbabwe is on course to clear obligations to international financial institutions (IFIs), with the Government already in talks with creditors over bridging finance to settle the debts, Finance and Ec...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:31hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Professor Patrick Lumumba lands in Harare
Renowned orator Professor Patrick Lumumba arrived in Harare on Thursday night to participate in an event organized by Honourable Temba Mliswa's YARD organization....Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 18:44hrs | 11063 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Sanctions enable Zanu-PF to mishandle the economy'
As the United Kingdom is considering putting fresh names of Zimbabwean authorities under the European Union sanctions list for human rights violations following recent alleged killings by members of t...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 14:58hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe security forces are divided, claims UK
Zimbabwe's security forces are divided and pushing different agendas, United Kingdom-based academics have said, while ruling out the possibility of another military takeover.Presenting evidenc...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1099 | by Staff reporter
Ncube explain 'how we will get to' Vision 2030 prosperity - What if we're heading for usual mass poverty, what then?
"Twenty Thirty Over the past year, there has been much talk about Vision 2030, our national growth strategy to transform Zimbabwe into a Prosperous and Empowered Upper Middle Income Society by the end...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1602 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
21 political parties embrace dialogue
Twenty one (21) political parties have embraced the path of dialogue created by President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the political parties dialogue banner to find lasting solutions to the country's chal...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 19:48hrs | 4151 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges opposition leaders to put people first
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has advised leaders of political parties to put people first and answer his call for a national dialogue. The President was speaking through his official Twitter a...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 13:12hrs | 4303 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army generals targeted for UK sanctions
United Kingdom (UK) minister of Africa Harriett Baldwin has said her country is not considering removing sanctions on Zimbabwe, as it contemplates widening the embargo list to include officials in the...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 10:06hrs | 5011 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diaspora are marginalised
Since Monday January 14, Zimbabwe's diaspora were horrified watching violent events unfold, and during the Internet shutdown, were petrified unable to contact family, friends and neighbours back home....Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 400 | by Pearl Matibe
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