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Zanu PF attacks on MDC will galvanise and blind supporters to Wizard of Oz Scarecrow trickery
Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22! We a stuck in a political and economic mess and those who have landed us here are the ones profiting from our suffering and misery and, worst of all, they have the po...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1042 | by Nomusa Garikai
Gift Mabhaudhi dies
FOR years, Gift "The Praying Mantis" Mabhaudhi's voice captivated radio audiences, especially Christians who followed former Radio 2, now Radio Zimbabwe's gospel programmes until 2004 when an unfortun...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1960 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga invites private sector to partner Govt
GOVERNMENT is forging ahead with infrastructural development as it is the bedrock for sustainable economic recovery and growth, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Car...Published: 22 hrs ago | 582 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF revives Chamisa's popularity?
WHAT started as a pedestrian civic engagement for Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to interface with communities and the grassroots in Masvingo this week ahead of the 2023...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 20:43hrs | 3120 | by Staff reporter
Death threats as daughter accuses mum of witchcraft
Bessie Ndlovu of Pumula South suburb is facing tough times at the hands of her daughter Monalisa Mabeza who labels her a witch and accuses her of having bewitched her.Her wayward and furious d...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2039 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo demands improved funding for devolution
BULAWAYO residents have called on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to allocate more resources towards devolution to ensure its full implementation in line with the Constitution.The call was made ...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP calls Martin Dinha a 'thief'
NATIONAL Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) chairperson Martin Dinha, has been called a "thief" who is busy stripping the state-owned entity's assets for resell and thereby reversing the gains of Zimbabwe's l...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1163 | by Staff reporter
Mutsvangwa praises SADC stance on sanctions
DESPITE failure to access new capital from international banking institutions to finance major capital projects due to illegal sanctions, Zimbabwe under the leadership of President Mnangagwa continues...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Time Bank offers to finance former farmers' compensation
Time Bank Zimbabwe Limited that is set to re-open its doors to the public on December 01 this year, has excited the market after unveiling four types of loan facilities among them a scheme for payment...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Opposition must remove fear in rural voters
THE 2023 polls, which both Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance desperately need to win, will be determined by the rural vote.With the majority of people generally resident in rural areas, Zanu-PF has dev...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1405 | by Taneta Fambai
RBZ must keep tight lid on forex auction system
FOR a while the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been "availing" United States dollars to businesses at a capped auction rate.This means RBZ funds are the cheapest as they are availabled at ...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:12hrs | 417 | by Ndebele
Chiyangwa wins court case against villagers
THIRTY illegal settlers on Old Citrus farm in Chinhoyi owned by businessman Dr Philip Chiyangwa yesterday had their urgent application seeking to stop the businessman from evicting them rejected after...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:09hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions collapsed Zimbabwe beef industry
THE country's famed beef industry collapsed at the turn of the millennium following the imposition of illegal sanctions by Western countries when the country embarked on the successful fast-track land...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:06hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
What China's overseas coal exit could mean for Zimbabwe
IN response to What China's overseas coal exit plans could mean for Zimbabwe' XYZ says: Is being fair to acknowledge that the environmental accusations made towards China are somehow unfair.As...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 1472 | by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora
Top economist warns of Zimbabwe dollarisation
ZIMBABWE is expected to dollarise its economy because of the collapse of the local currency and the failure of its auction system to stabilise the exchange rate, renowned scholar and economist Gift Mu...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:00hrs | 3515 | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into Esidakeni
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
PG orders probe into farm purchase
Prosecutor General Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has directed the police to investigate possible violations of the exchange control and the tax laws in a transaction that saw two Zimbabweans claiming ownership of...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Charumbira more likely to lead PAP
Zimbabwe is now more likely to lead the Pan African Parliament (PAP) after the African Union Commission has thrown its weight behind the principle of rotation for the position of Parliamentary Preside...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
'Tagwirei gift to Guvamatanga a bribe'
Treasury secretary George Guvamatanga's acceptance of lavish gifts from corruption-accused business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei is legally questionable, lawyers have said.Guvamatanga spared no ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 20:32hrs | 2367 | by Staff reporter
'We want reforms and then elections' demanded Mwonzora - this was no epiphany; why now
"We want reforms and then elections. Unlike our colleagues in the opposition who are calling for an election whether or not there are reforms," said Douglas Mwonzora, leader of MDC - T."That g...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:21hrs | 791 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZimTrade predicts exports growth
TRADE development and promotion agency, ZimTrade, says Zimbabwe's exports will continue on the growth trajectory experienced throughout this year until December.The growth has been underpinned...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:55hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zinasu leaders arrested
ZIMBABWE National Students Union (ZINASU) president Takudzwa Ngadziore, Nancy Njenge and Lennox Machoko have been arrested in Masvingo.The arrest was made Saturday at a ZINASU general meeting ...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans trek to rural areas as city life worsens
AN ESTIMATED 1,5 million Zimbabweans are reported to have abandoned life in the city as the country's economic situation continues to deteriorate.The International Labour Organisation (ILO) sa...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora threatens 2023 poll boycott
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has threatened to boycott the 2023 election unless President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government implements electoral reforms.Addressing a Press conference in Harare ...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2318 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions: Politics of sabotage in 'Jambanja'
The opening chapter of Eric Harrison's memoir, "Jambanja" (2006) is telling in that it places Zimbabwe in the context of the many sanctions the country had been exposed to, either by the United Nation...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:29hrs | 124 | by Elliot Ziwira
Rain-making ceremonies still relevant
Normal to above-normal rains received in Makonde District and the rest of Zimbabwe last season have raised debate.Traditionalists, Christians and scientists have divergent views on why the cou...Published: 09 Oct 2021 at 07:28hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter
Sustainable reforms now key to foreign exchange market
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently announced that it is on course to clear the backlog of foreign exchange auction allotments which date back to as far as three months and amounting to about ...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:03hrs | 245 | by Victor Bhoroma
Politicians vs the people
AN etymological trace of the Medieval Latin phrase vox populi dates as far back as the 16th century; and it literally means "the people's voice".In a constitutional democracy like Zimbabwe, or...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 102 | by Faith Zaba
China sees third force in huge outcry over its Zimbabwe activities
Zimbabweans must learn from the pastIT has been clear since radical currency reforms were effected in February 2019 that inflation, along with the parallel market exchange rate would derail prospe...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Trust gets US$5million, collapses in 3 years
THE Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT) has collapsed only three years after the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamonds Corporation (ZCDC) injected US$5 million to prop it, a Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe court acquits slogan chanting duo
HARARE Magistrate Barbra Mateko on Thursday set free two Harare residents who had been on trial on charges of disorderly conduct for allegedly chanting a slogan while attending a court session for pro...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 12:48hrs | 1410 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa speech hot air'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said that the country's economy was on rebound, with this year's projections indicating over 7,8% economic growth, but opposition MPs rubbished his claims, accus...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:33hrs | 3466 | by Staff reporter
Legislators give SONA thumbs up
Parliamentarians from across the political divide yesterday commended President Mnangagwa for addressing issues affecting the country when he presented the State of the Nation Address and opened the F...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's brother evicts families from Insingiza Farm
Hundreds of families were yesterday evicted from Insingiza Farm in the Mapunga area on the outskirts of Bindura, owned by expelled former Zanu-PF provincial chairperson Dickson Mafios and his half-bro...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa is a hostage to military interests'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's biographer Eddie Cross claims the Zanu-PF leader was a hostage to military interests for seven months after assuming power following a military coup in November 2017....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 18:25hrs | 3108 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked NGO says Mwonzora a threat to democracy
An election watchdog that is linked to Advocate Nelson Chamisa and always accused of the regime change, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has described Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T as a dangerous politic...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2804 | by Staff reporter
Academics call for the removal of sanctions
A GROUP of academics in Zimbabwe under the banner of Lecturers Anti-Sanctions Network, (LASN) have embarked on research to prove that sanctions imposed by the West were detrimental to ordinary people....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:04hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Top cop granted bail
POLICE officer commanding Mashonaland West province, Assistant Commissioner Coneli Dube, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges, has been granted $30 000 bail by a Chinhoyi magistrate....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:01hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
'Once cheated twice wiser' said Chamisa - how many times a day did Mugabe 'cheat' MDC on reforms during GNU
There are many reasons why Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess. Many of those reasons will have something to do with the nation's inability to focus on the important matters; we have a fix...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:47hrs | 2325 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Taming inflation is an arduous task
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) pointed that year on year (annual) inflation rate marginally increased to 51.55% in September 2021 from 50.24% in August 2021 after 8 months of straig...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:13hrs | 429 | by Victor Bhoroma
EU demands Zimbabwe reforms
THE European Union (EU) has maintained a tough stance on Zimbabwe saying that the southern African country must fully implement the 2018 election observer mission recommendations (EOM) before the 2023...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1755 | by Staff reporter
Democracy should not be this scary
THE call by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T for the postponement of the 2023 harmonised elections is not only an assault on democracy, but exposes the selfish nature of the unelected opposition party t...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
'Remove Zimbabwe from money-laundering blacklist'
Zimbabwe strongly disputes the European Union's (EU) listing of the country among nations with strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering and countering financing terrorism, saying the citing by ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
Barbados says bye bye to Queen Elizabeth
In November 2021 Barbados will become a Republic, severing its colonial ties with the British monarchy. The first president of the new Republic of Barbados will be 72 year old Sandra Mason. This comes...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 14:40hrs | 1852 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rights groups shoot down calls for poll freeze
RIGHTS groups have dismissed the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T call for postponement of the 2023 elections, describing the proposal as illegal and a gross violation of citizens' rights.On Sunday,...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T pushes for poll cancellation
THE MDC-T has stepped up efforts to get the 2023 polls postponed, saying they were a waste of time and should only be held after electoral reforms have been implemented.MDC-T national chairman...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 2805 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South MDC-T resolves to work with Chamisa's MDC
THE Matebeleland South branch of the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora on Friday resolved to work with councillors affiliated to the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa in an electoral pact that will see t...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:55hrs | 2870 | by Staff reporter
Disband Zec, reform the institution
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must be apolitical and must not dance to the whims of the ruling Zanu-PF party.Failing to recognise the opposition MDC Alliance party led by Nelson Cham...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 571 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe political uncertainty hampering energy sector revival, says AfDB
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has cited an unstable political environment and the risk of expropriation as some of the reasons unnerving potential investors from injecting capital in Zimbabwe's ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:20hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zec skeletons continue to tumble
A LEAKED audio between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana and MDC Alliance secretary for elections Ian Makone has shown that the commission had been runn...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:07hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
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