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Mnangagwa's selective arrests erode anti-graft campaign
ZIMBABWEANS, who were very hopeful for progress after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for zero tolerance to corruption in his maiden speech, have reason to now feel despondent.Talk is chea...Published: 4 hrs ago | 434 | by Editorial - newsday
'Zimbabwe ripe for investment'
DEVELOPING markets investment bank, Exotix Capital Limited says Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership is ripe for investment with potential investors now looking at the country with...Published: 5 hrs ago | 190 | by Staff reporter
Zesa guns for Bhasikiti
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (Pvt) Ltd (ZETDC) has approached the High Court seeking an order to compel Mkwasine Estate to garnish former Masvingo Provincial Affairs ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:50hrs | 961 | by Staff reporter
Churches demand national budget reforms
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has demanded far-reaching financial reforms in the national budget to be presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube next week.Some of the changes the chu...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Extra City must take drivers for defensive driving lessons urgently
ON November 2, I boarded an Extra City Luxury coach from Bulawayo to Harare for the first time. I had been referred by a friend as it was a cheaper option. Cheap it was as it only cost $25 com...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:41hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's insults regrettable
People are allowed to demonstrate as enshrined in the constitution of Zimbabawe but calling demonstraters stupid is uncalled for.I have been following the political and economic events current...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 10:54hrs | 5076 | by Leonard Koni
Grace Mugabe accused of protecting Chivayo
Businessman Genius Kadungure has accused former first lady Grace Mugabe of protecting Wicknell Chivayo from arrest and prosecution.Kadungure said this in court yesterday when he took to the st...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 09:05hrs | 4297 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sets privatisation timelines
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has set timelines for the disposal and partial privatisation of a number of state-owned enterprises, as part of a raft of measures to revitalise Zimbabwe's fragile econom...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | 4364 | by Staff reporter
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2104 | by MDC
Money changers desert Bulawayo streets
ILLEGAL money changers in Bulawayo have devised new tricks to evade arrest following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promulgation of new regulations that may see offenders being jailed for up to 10 yea...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt and Zimbabwe banks should carry own cross
If there is anything that we could learn from the global economic crisis of 2008, it is that excessive risk-taking, manipulation and poor hedging often result in huge enterprise and economic losses. T...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:39hrs | 2451 | by Equity Axis
Mnangagwa finally breaks free of Mugabe shodow
After 56 years of working under Mugabe, ED finally breaks free from the ambits of his master and successfully established himself in one year. November has become a month which will be r...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:00hrs | 12134 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Eyewitness account of Zimbabwe's August 1 shooting
On August 01, 2018, my life changed entirely in ways I had not imagined when I woke up that day. A part of me died, while a new me was born out of the horrors I filmed, right from the frontline....Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 4287 | by Maynard Manyowa
Chamisa distances self from deadly August 1 demonstrations
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said that he was not aware of the demonstrations which took place on August 1 in Harare which led to the killing of six civilians. The deaths occurred afte...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | 2439 | by Staff reporter
Outrage over military, police testimonies
OPPOSITION parties, civil society and ordinary people reacted with outrage to the testimonies of military and police bosses who tried to exonerate themselves from the post-election violence in which s...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | 1909 | by Staff reporter
Tourism sector seeks tax reviews
TOURISM players have pleaded with Treasury to review the 15% value-added tax (VAT) on foreign accommodation, the 2% transactional tax and duty exemption for car rental owners in order to make the coun...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
Zinara bosses off the hook
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)'s bid to revive corruption charges against five Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) bosses yesterday hit a snag after the Supreme Court threw out t...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 549 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku gets vote of confidence
Zimbabweans from all walks of life have marvelled at the astute way that Commissioner Professor Lovemore Madhuku has been acquitting himself during the August 1 Inquiries. Veteran journa...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:28hrs | 7680 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's politicking without season dangerous
MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is fast consolidating his position as a political Pinocchio. At the weekend, he was involved in what appeared to be an incident of road rage, which led to a scuffle....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 479 | by Staff reporter
5 Important steps to take when starting your own gym
When you reach your own optimum level of fitness, it's only natural to want to share you working out expertise with others. You have two options when following this calling in life: you could become a...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:28hrs | 1290 | by Sports Reporter
Chamisa and the politics of paranoia
Yours truly was one of the vociferous critics of a proposition proffered by some Zanu-PF legislators on the need to have a 55 year- threshold for a presidential hopeful.The events of Saturday,...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 13:20hrs | 1522 | by Tafara Shumba
Panic as Mnangagwa targets cash barons' bank accounts
BOGUS businesspersons operating briefcase companies that fed on government tender manipulation and kickbacks to amass wealth are reportedly in panic mode after the State said it would use the Zimbabwe...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 8644 | by Staff reporter
Allocate reasonable budget to Parly, begs Mudenda
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has called on the Finance ministry to allocate a reasonable budget to Parliament as well as prioritise the construction of the new Parliament building in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Money is the root of all evil
We all use money every day and yet few of us really understand what these bits of paper or cotton or simply figures in a ledger really mean. But we know the stuff is important.In economic term...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | 990 | by Eddie Cross
Govt seeks investor for Air Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT will this week float a tender for Air Zimbabwe seeking an investor to turnaround the fortunes of the troubled national airline. Speaking at the just ended 2019 pre-budget seminar in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in need of urgent treatment
The MDC T ALLIANCE leader Advocate Pastor Nelson Chamisa made some dramatic claims that he was almost kidnapped by the CIO on the Saturday November 2018 while he was on his way to Harare from a rally ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:28hrs | 21989 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chiyangwa's blow hits many
The blow that hit disqualified Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) aspiring presidential candidate Felton Kamambo has also struck many of those who have been fighting for the removal of Zifa presiden...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:57hrs | 2421 | by Michael Kariati
Forex shortages cripple cooking oil maker
Surface Wilmar, the country's largest cooking oil manufacturer, says it owes its external suppliers US$22 million because of acute foreign currency shortages locally.The revelations were made ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 570 | by Staff reporter
Teacher manhandles headmaster for refusing to sign leave forms
Jacob Mugwira, a teacher at Choverere Primary School manhandled his school headmaster, Boy Chikwavava, by his waist belt after he allegedly refused to sign his leave forms.The case was heard a...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
Councillors must declare assets
Newly-formed watchdog group on local government, City Watch said they are going to push for all councillors to declare assets in order to cub corruption in councils.In a statement, City Watch ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:35hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
VP Mohadi named in mysterious deaths and farm scandals?
Whistleblower Prisca Mutema has sensationally that Vice President Kembo Mohadi is involved in a series of scandals involving multiple farm grabbing and number of deaths.The expose come a...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:28hrs | 4701 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Is Zanu PF acting and delivering ???
The victory of ZANU PF is not only to benefit ZANU PF but it benefits the nation. ZANU PF is expected to be coming up with solutions and stop the rot in our economy. The government which was for...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:19hrs | 692 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe pharmacies condemn the ill to death
THE country's sick have been condemned to death in the country by pharmacies that remain defiant and demand foreign currency payments for drugs. Just watching the events at pharmacies unfold as the da...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:39hrs | 454 | by Andile Tshuma
Malawi President sacks deputy ahead of presidential polls
The Chronicle Malawi President Peter Mutharika has reportedly sacked his deputy, Saulos Chilima, in a cabinet reshuffle, ahead of a presidential election next year. AFP reported in July that C...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:41hrs | 1021 | by AP
Van Hoogstraten cleared of CFI insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZ) has cleared Nicholas van Hoogstraten's investment vehicle, Messina Investments (Private) Limited of insider trading involving shares in CFI ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 17:19hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Supporting Mnangagwa without backing Zanu PF, backing MDC without supporting Chamisa
"Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator," observed a sage.I am not into political prophecy, but this week last year - precisely November 6, 2017, the day then President Robert Mugabe s...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | 2584 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe's 'Black Gold', no rush plus capital wagging State's tail
THE government of Zimbabwe held a Press conference at which President Emmerson Mnangagwa initially announced that a private company, Invictus, had made oil and gas discoveries in Muzarabani district. ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:10hrs | 350 | by Takura Zhangazha
Hold Mnangagwa's govt to account on mega deals, says Mudenda
SPEAKER of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda has urged government to fight inertia, whereby deals worth billions of dollars are signed every time, but not implemented on time or never."Let us fight th...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:06hrs | 2421 | by Staff reporter
Zinara officials use personal bank accounts for business
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) were using personal bank accounts for employees outside Harare to administer cash transact...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to cut farm sizes
THE government has started a land audit to cut farm sizes, flush out multiple farm owners and correct some of the mistakes from its chaotic land reform programme.The effort is an attempt by th...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 19:11hrs | 4000 | by Business Live
Haulage truck falls at flyover
A Mozambican driver was lucky to escape unhurt after his haulage truck container hit the Seke Road flyover before falling and landing on its side.The incident happened around 6am and the Zimba...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 17:05hrs | 2026 | by Staff reporter
Of corruption, misplaced priorities and inefficient service delivery
There are quite a number of factors that affect service delivery in most towns and cities. Mostly, service delivery is as a result of poor management, corruption and misplaced priorities by local muni...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 13:53hrs | 1055 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
State terrorises Evan Mawarire
Social activist and #ThisFlag founder Evan Mawarire has claimed that the government has been sending state agents to his home. Mawarire was reacting the statement by the Minister of Home Affai...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 09:01hrs | 3699 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ex-Zimra chief Gershem Pasi arrested
POLICE last night arrested former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) commissioner-general Gershem Pasi over criminal abuse of office."I can confirm that Pasi has been arrested. He is likely to...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 6249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must set a clear development agenda
First and foremost, Zim is poised with toxic politics. We must deal with our politics first before we table economic matters. , it is important to admit that we have a crisis so that whoever comes on ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:27hrs | 507 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Let's make Zimbabwe great again
There is a general expectation of rapid economic growth in Zimbabwe, driven by massive infrastructural growth, given the new political dispensation.However, there is an adversary at work, the ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:22hrs | 614 | by Tororiro Isaac Chaza
Elected officials should shun sense of entitlement
PUBLIC officials in Zimbabwe appear to have increasingly grown a sense of entitlement where they feel, because of their positions, they must have free access to certain amenities and other luxury perk...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:58hrs | 187 | by Editorial - newsday
A dismissal that changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
The band played on. Feverishly. Madly. Deafening sounds and wet, clammy bodies gyrating against each other in lustful, prodigal passions. Zimbabwe was enthralled by a mad political spectacle. It was t...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 4576 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zifa election fires rage on
THE fires continued to rage in the build-up to ZIFA's December 1 board elections with the association yesterday officially writing to the pair of Felton Kamambo and Gift Banda, rejecting their despera...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:47hrs | 305 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts Mutsvangwa to the sword
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications George Charamba (GC) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa's former special advisor, Chris Mutsvangwa, shoul...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 18:38hrs | 15729 | by Staff reporter
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