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Zimbabwe races to implement IMF-backed reforms

Zimbabwe is racing to implement wide-ranging fiscal and monetary reforms agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as the country seeks to exit its long-standing debt crisis, rebuild trust with international creditors, and unlock …

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 17:16hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's disastrous Tri-Series sparks calls for reforms

Zimbabwe's dismal performance in the just-ended T20 International Triangular Series, hosted on home soil and featuring South Africa and New Zealand, has exposed deep cracks within the country's cricket setup and triggered renewed calls for…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 18:55hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt rolls out reforms to end blood challenges

The Ministry of Health and Child Care is undertaking sweeping reforms to Zimbabwe's blood supply system, aimed at making blood more accessible and affordable-particularly in public hospitals-where many low-income patients struggle to acces…

Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter

US Ambassador Pamela calls for Reforms in Zimbabwe

US Ambassador Pamela Tremont, recently appointed to Zimbabwe, has urged the Zimbabwean government to implement reforms and enhance transparency to spur economic growth. Addressing the media in Harare, Tremont emphasized that broad-based ec…

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:26hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC feeding Diaspora with lies

The Diaspora recently was fed a glut of fake news on the situation in Zimbabwe.As the CCC and few others calling themselves human rights activists tear the name of the country, portraying a picture of bonded Zimbabwe, regional leaders went…

Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

Chamisa loses hope on reforms

OPPOSITION parties have lost hope of the country holding free and fair elections next year in the absence of electoral reforms.Some of the political parties have predicted a disputed poll as government drags its feet on implementing electo…

Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Electoral reform is not an event

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is the most criticised of all the five independent commissions. Some of the criticism is fair and deserved, but some of it is unfair because of misinformation.  Calls for electoral reforms come …

Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:13hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome

Zimbabwe makes progress in human rights reforms

ZIMBABWE has made tremendous progress in the implementation of various reforms that seek to strengthen and protect citizens' rights.On Wednesday the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) working group review…

Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 05:53hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Reforms crucial before 2023 polls

THE dust has now settled after the inauguration of Hakainde Hichilema as the seventh President of Zambia. There are lessons to be drawn from how Hichilema rose to power. He showed resilience and tenacity to remain focused in the face of ad…

Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 05:52hrs | 3 | by Tapiwa Gomo

Opposition flogs electoral reforms dead horse, again

Faced with increasing pressure from its largely impressionable and excitable young members, who are growing impatient, and the counter-attractions presented by other opposition players like Jacob Ngarivhume of Transform Zimbabwe and the 31…

Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga

Why Zimbabwe needs judiciary reforms to be open for business

THE Zimbabwean Constitution enshrines the principle of separation of powers among three distinct arms of government, which are the executive, consisting of the President and Cabinet, the legislature, which is the Parliament, and the judici…

Published: 14 Jan 2021 at 11:52hrs | 3 | by Mirian Mangwaya

UK tells Mnangagwa to reform or no support

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement process will stall if his government does not implement critical political reforms and bring to account securocrats accused of fronting an assault on human rights in Zimbabwe, the United Kingdom…

Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 07:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

No alternative to genuine reforms in Zimbabwe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa got very useful advice when he met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the just ended seventh International Conference on African Development (Ticad) in Tokyo on Friday.According to the Japan…

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:52hrs | | by Editorial - The Standard

ZEC consults CSOs on poll reforms

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has started consultations with civil society organisations (CSOs) to craft new voter education material as part of the wider electoral reforms it is carrying out.The reforms are part of a battery of …

Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa govt getting in the way of its own reforms

FOR much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of relenting.This is in spite of government's own constant and consiste…

Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Perry Munzwembiri

Reforms must be all encompassing

THE call for electoral reforms by the independent elections watchdog, Elections Resource Centre (ERC), could not have come at a more critical time.This is in view of the economic difficulties being experienced in the country, whose repercu…

Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday

Political Reforms can UNITE Zimbabwe

President Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF always complain that the main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and MDC Alliance are cry-babies who never accept electoral defeat and hence they are holding the country back through spreading negativity and i…

Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Darlington Nyambiya And Farai Maguwu

Structural reforms crucial for turnaround

ZIMBABWE's economy has for long been dogged by multiple man-created obstacles, confining it in the abyss it has been struggling to get out of for decades.Once these obstacles are removed economic growth is realised through liberalising lab…

Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Editorial - Daily News

Qualifying and quantifying political reform in Zimbabwe

Earlier this week a local daily reproduced an article from the American weekly magazine, Newsweek. The article was titled "White farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await Government compensation". This was in reference to former white…

Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 2 | by Joram Nyathi

Access to information, media freedom in the digital age

THE right to information and media freedom are critical components of freedom of expression. Freedom of expression, as defined by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is the "right to hold opinions without interference …

Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | | by Patience Zirima

We have no choice, but to embark on painful reforms

When Margaret Thatcher was elected UK prime minister in 1979, she recognised that piecemeal change would not be sufficient to tackle the problems of labour unrest, rampant inflation and economic stagnation. A wholesale transformation and m…

Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | | by E.D. Mnangagwa President

Mthuli Ncube calls for political reforms

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has urged the government to be receptive to the reform demands of the opposition and Western powers - as this will enable Zimbabwe to access help from overseas companies and multilateral institutions such as t…

Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube needs to cushion the poor

Finance minister Mthuli Ncube stuck to his guns on Friday after his proposed tax on electronic transactions was received with indignation by already overtaxed Zimbabweans and insisted that taxpayers were already paying for a weak economy.T…

Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Editorial - the standard

Opposition must continue pushing Zec for reforms

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has finally relented and will allow political parties to observe the printing of ballots, a significant victory for the opposition that has been campaigning for this.It is a mystery why Zec has been …

Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff rpeorter

MDC demands reforms, free and fair elections

The MDC National Standing Committee sat in full session in Bulawayo on Saturday 26th of November 2017 to deliberate and review the current political and socio -economic situation in the country, emphasising on the urgent need for a return …

Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Kurauone Chihwayi

Zimbabwe needs wide reforms to have credible elections

ZIMBABWE'S Constitution requires it to hold elections by July 2018. It seems unlikely that the country's political system will be reformed in time to ensure the election is free and fair. The opposition will, therefore, be at a disadvantag…

Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Enock C. Mudzamiri

Without reforms, no fair election

The Movement of Democratic Party won the 2008 election, but Zanu Pf government simply refused to transfer power, and having withheld election results for more than a month without an explanation to the public, announced an election runoff …

Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:57hrs | | by Zanda Shumba

Electoral reform starts with us, vote registration is key

Yes, that is correct, electoral reform starts with us - you and me - and that is a fact. In addition, voter registration cannot be stopped because the government says it has no money. While the government and ZANU PF have the obligation to…

Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Benjamin Paradza

Bond Notes Controversy and the Chinamasa Reforms

In the Mid-term fiscal policy review of 2016, the Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa proposed to cut 25 000 jobs by December 2017 and said it would save $155 million annually; freeze Civil Servants bonus for the next two years to save $180…

Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 13:57hrs | | by Blessing Machiva

Reforms before elections

While a lot of people seem to support the MDCs on their stance on no elections before electoral reforms, I feel the formations are either in denial about their common knowledge about ZANU-PF or are void of strategic planning or just came i…

Published: 20 May 2015 at 15:25hrs | | by Tsolo Dube

Tsvangirai, Idi Amin and security sector reform

A LOT has been written and said about the role of security sector in Zimbabwe before, during and post elections. Although the new constitution that came into effect on May 22, 2013, demands neutrality of the army and the police, the public…

Published: 08 Jun 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Thamsanqa Zhou

Zanu-PF's rejection of security sector reforms is the reason we have violence

One of the most worrying disturbances that are engulfing the Kenyan elections taking place this week is the inability of the state to protect its citizens as they cast their constitutionally protected right to vote. Recent media reports in…

Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 06:20hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga

Sanctions not stalling progress in critical Zim democratic reforms

Restrictive measures imposed on Robert Mugabe and his allies must NOT be removed as he is the one stalling critical democratic reforms in Zimbabwe.It is of critical importance to keep the measures in place because they have been successful…

Published: 13 Feb 2012 at 16:07hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri

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Music producer Maselo launches anti-drug campaign to inspire Zimbabwean youth

Public outrage over condoms confiscated at National Heroes Acre funeral

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Chinese Embassy urges nationals to exercise caution in Zimbabwe investments

First lady pays tribute to brave 13-year-old cancer victim Adrian Gurumbadza

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Man axes wife to death, burns 3 homesteads

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Dr Death's crimes in Zimbabwe revisited

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Chinese miner charged with murder in Zimbabwe

Chief Nhema accused of extortion

Zimbabwe pushes Heritage-Based Education 5.0

Sakubva Hospital faces bed shortage

Holy Ten issues public apology to Mnangagwa

ZANU-PF pushes Mnangagwa term extension to 2030 despite internal resistance

Chamisa rejects coup-like actions

The story of Sakunda Holdings and Zanu-PF

South Africa releases names of 43 Zimbabweans who died

Chiwenga says current conditions led to Zimbawe's 2017 coup

Ramaphosa mourns Zimbabwean, Malawian victims of Limpopo bus disaster

Social media users clash over Chinese conduct in Zimbabwe mining sector

First Lady hosts empowerment bush luncheon for women entrepreneurs

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