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Don't trust Zanu-PF, says Madhuku
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has warned fellow opposition leaders against entrusting the ruling Zanu-PF with the role of promoting constitutionalism.Madhuku, ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 6373 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa in control over financial sector'
The Government will win the economic war with President Mnangagwa determined to overcome economic challenges arising in the nation, Zanu-PF secretary for science and technology Ambassador Christopher ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 4402 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe was better under Mugabe,' says Hopewell Chin'ono
PROMINENT journalist Hopewell Chin'ono says Zimbabwe needs political reforms to end the multifaceted crisis facing the country.Chin'ono (HP), who has become a target of Zanu-PF attacks for exp...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:02hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube faces uphill task
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, expected to present his mid-term budget statement next week, faces a daunting task to craft a cocktail of measures to stem the steepest economic decline in Zimbabwe sinc...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:21hrs | 4159 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube walks a tightrope
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to present a mid-term fiscal review statement next week. The country is on edge, as the steepest economic decline in living memory wreaks havoc. Even the hype...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 4422 | by Staff reporter
'We're marching against looting'
OPPOSITION politician Jacob Ngarivhume, who is leading the July 31 nationwide protests, says the demonstrations will go ahead as Zimbabweans are reeling under corruption whose impact is more ruinous t...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:07hrs | 2342 | by Staff reporter
Tighter lockdown for Harare, Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has announced plans to tighten lockdown regulations for Harare and Bulawayo after infections spiked to 885 as of Wednesday, with local infections also rising....Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4566 | by Staff reporter
Interview with ZPRA Instructor Thoriso Moyo
This week on the Big Interview, we have Toriso Moyo, a freedom fighter and military instructor with the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), a Mgagao attack survivor, and one of the fir...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2570 | by The Big Interview
'Zimbabwe has been marking time and going nowhere' - 40 years and still at it, insane
Dear Leonard Koni, "Zimbabwe is a like a soldier marking time and not going anywhere," you wrote in Bulawayo24."Our government has been so dysfunctional for a very long time, but the m...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1152 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Unfollow Mnangagwa charade and plots of violence
THE past weeks have witnessed efforts by known opposition elements and their sponsored phantom characters taking part in the "Unfollow ED" campaign on microblogging site Twitter to create a false impr...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 2098 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
'Coming protests are unstoppable' boasted MDC - blocked reforms for 20 years so can protest, genius!
The MDC e-rally gave the party leaders the opportunity to once again grandstand and drum their chest like silverback gorillas!"The video by this nurse (protesting nurse) is a reflection of the...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:43hrs | 2890 | by Nomusa Garikai
'There are no 2023 elections without reforms' said Chamisa - same s***t different elections
Same s***t different day! That really sums up beautifully what Nelson Chamisa's E-Rally was about!"We want political reforms and these reforms must have people's consultation. We want credible...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 09:06hrs | 3004 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Mnangagwa fails to honour promises'
ZIMBABWE is currently going through political and economic crises that have caused untold suffering to citizens. At the same time, factionalism appears to be devouring both the ruling Zanu-PF and oppo...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 5757 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa calls for unity of purpose
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has threatened to boycott the 2023 elections, saying there is need for electoral reforms before participating, while also hinting that the opposition party will s...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 17:59hrs | 2770 | by Staff reporter
Who is in control of Zimbabwe's crashing economy?
LAST month, in an unprecedented Press conference, military generals said they didn't plan to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Yet weeks later, security leaders sidelined his administration to forc...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 2796 | by Bloomberg
Mnangagwa spends $480m on Zupco, roller meal subsidies
THE government spent $480 million on the Zupco and roller meal subsidies in the first four months of 2020, but still managed to balance its budget over the period, Treasury data shows.Governme...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 2327 | by staff reporter
'No bailout until implement reforms' says Paris Club - we're paying dearly for double Dutch
Zimbabwe is in this serious economic mess and political paralysis; having Zanu PF on the one hand and an equally corrupt, incompetent and utterly useless opposition on the other; because, for 40 years...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 06:57hrs | 2583 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa threatens to block 2023 elections
Nelson Chamisa, the MDC Alliance president, has promised to block the 2023 national elections if necessary political and electoral reforms are not implemented.He was speaking during an e-rally...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 20:47hrs | 6497 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF slavery
'Slave wages' was the reason the Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (ZINA) gave for health workers going on strike in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.Slave conditions describes what was behind...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 18:38hrs | 1392 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Setback for Mthuli Ncube
THE Paris Club has spurned the Zimbabwean government's appeal for a bailout saying no financial assistance will be extended to Harare until satisfactory reforms implemented.Paris Club comprise...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:08hrs | 6933 | by Staff reporter
'We must unite and work {loot & kill} together' Zanu PF welcome Mutasa – remember ides of March, Christpower Maisiri
"Nyati (Cde Didymus Mutasa) has re-joined the party and since his return, it has been our wish to meet him officially as Makoni leadership and work together going forward," announce Zanu PF national s...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 07:34hrs | 5142 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZEC in election U-turn, covid-19 'new norm' - without reforms, why risk even one life over a farce
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it would withdraw its proposal to suspend electoral activities during the COVID-19 lockdown because the ...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 05:25hrs | 1903 | by Nomusa Garikai
AIPPA scrapped
The new Freedom of Information Bill became law yesterday after being gazetted following the approval of the final amended version from Parliament by President Mnangagwa. The new Act, a giant s...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:34hrs | 807 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa graft fight pie in the sky
European Union (EU) ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen's remarks that the EU will not provide budgetary support to Zimbabwe as has happened to other countries to stabilise their economies in the wak...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1625 | by Staff reporter
From Mnangagwa's oil and soup dripping hands, to Chamisa's naivety
BESIDES pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1580 | by Robert Sigauke
'Call all progressives to petition for ED and Chamisa GNU' - what progress, be Zanu PF in all but name
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Said the Spanish/American philosopher and essayist George Santayana. After 40 years of blundering from pillar to post and with ...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 09:10hrs | 3804 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu PF blames 'illicit market' plus usual suspects minus MDC for growing instability - 'It is the economy, stupid'
"The politics are being shaped from the market, it is as if we are being told, if you won't have MDC-Alliance for an opposition then we will create an opposition for you through illicit market activit...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 22:06hrs | 2266 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chanisa aligned EU ruled out providing budgetary support to Zimbabwe
THE European Union (EU) has ruled out providing budgetary support to Zimbabwe to stabilise its economy citing lack of accountability and high-level corruption.EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Ol...Published: 01 Jul 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1267 | by Staff reporter
Toe to Toe with Zanu PF?
I am writing this article in response to Wilbert Mukori's article to Bulawayo24 entitled 'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40'. Yes I know that every responsible Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:32hrs | 1867 | by Clement Moyo
Plot to destabilise Zimbabwe economy exposed?
AS Government intensifies efforts to close channels that are fuelling the black market and other illicit financial activities, it has emerged that some foreign nations and individuals have been trying...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 2103 | by Staff reporter
Introduction - Reform Agenda Part 1 of 3
1. What is the Reform Agenda?The Reform Agenda is a politically conscious organisation that seeks to inform and influence political and civic outcom...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 376 | by Robert Sigauke
Mnangagwa pledges to end corruption by 2023 - rubbish, staying to rig 2023 elections!
"Many measures have been put in place to fight corruption and the people are now free to talk about it. Officials are being arrested and before that was taboo. Now we're talking about it, it means it'...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:17hrs | 2746 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Madhuku blasts government on electoral reforms
National Constitution Assembly (ANC) leader Lovemore Madhuku has challenged the government on electoral reforms and recommendations of the Commission."I will speak as a politician and NC...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 23:06hrs | 2140 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40' - done a lot worse, it's madhouse
Dear Grace Kwinjeh, First of all, I would like to thank you for this insightful contribution, "Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?" in Bulawayo24."A pattern that continues to repeat i...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 20:33hrs | 3393 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu-PF is debris, embrace Nelson Chamisa' advised Moyo - two faced buzzard, celebrated MDC GNU blunders
When Mai Mujuru was booted out of Zanu-PF in 2014 within months she was criticizing Zanu-PF and her former mentor, Robert Mugabe, for mismanagement, corruption, vote rigging, murderous oppression, etc...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:29hrs | 4222 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe opposition facing extinction?
IT WAS a journey of 40 years, one which the children of Israel endured until they reached Canaan, but unlike the Israelites, who turned a corner after four decades, the opposition in Zimbabwe has rema...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:48hrs | 565 | by Tendai Kamhungira
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8958 | by Staff reporter
Chakwera sworn in as Malawi president after historic win
Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn in as president of Malawi after winning an election rerun.He defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 58.57% of the vote in Tuesday's poll, the electoral commiss...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 11:09hrs | 2678 | by BBC
Mnangagwa courts unrest
Zimbabweans celebrated in their tens of thousands when the military ousted Robert Mugabe and installed Emmerson Mnangagwa as president. Two-and-a-half years later, the party is over.Mnanga...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 778 | by Bloomberg
Corruption stifles economic growth
United States Agency for international development (USAid) country director, Stephanie Funk (SF), says failed economic policies and corruption, and not Western sanctions, are hindering Zimbabwe's econ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 275 | by Staff reporter
Motlanthe Commission recommendations met?
GOVERNMENT has fully complied with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 post-election violence, a senior official has said.The Commission of Inquiry â...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's former Economic Minister slams government
Zimbabwe's former Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion, Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada has slammed at the country's recent foreign currency auction.On Tuesday, the government launched ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:37hrs | 4792 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
From Zanu's Oil and Soup Dripping Hands, to the Opposition's Naivety
Besides pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 4872 | by Robert Sigauke
Mobile money services banned
THE Government has suspended phone-based money transactions with immediate effect as investigations into allegations that they fuel black market transactions that have caused runaway inflation gather ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
'Join protest demanding legitimate state' Chamisa called – he gave away legitimacy, wandering Jew
In Christian legend the wandering Jew is a character doomed to live until the end of the world because he taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion. He is doomed to wander, looking for something he ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 23:26hrs | 6205 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Now is the time to liberate ourselves' - Why long wait? New Dotito puppy tale of the unexpected
Zimbabwe's corrupt and incompetent politicians, right across the political divide, take the Zimbabwean electorate for fools! It was only after Joice Mujuru was booted out; "baby dumped", as Gr...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 20:08hrs | 1976 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mounting challenges for Chamisa
THE MDC-Alliance, and the entire legacy of the opposition movement, faces the gravest political challenges it has had to confront since its formation in 1999.This is the result of a combinatio...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:56hrs | 10080 | by Brian Raftopoulos
De-dollarisation recipe for disaster: Lessons from Peru
THE following are the numerous questions that need to be addressed about the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (legal tender) Regulations, SI 142.Has government addressed the fundamentals which lead to...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 1621 | by Justice Dzama
How RBZ, govt sabotaged plans to restore Zimdollar
UNITED States $75 allowances and allowing retailers to trade in forex show a government shifting into reverse gear, possibly ditching two years' worth of policy steps to end dollarisation.The ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 6351 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa files for condonation delay in RTGS case
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has approached the High Court seeking condonation for the late filing of his heads of arguments in a matter in which Free Zimbabwe Congress leader Joseph Busha challenged ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:25hrs | 3622 | by Staff reporter
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