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Price controls the only way to go, says Mutodi
PRICE controls is the only way to go so that business will stop unnecessary price hikes, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Service deputy minister Energy Mutodi has said.Mutodi said the ...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:09hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns businesses not to invite price controls
President Mnangagwa says his administration does not believe in price controls and urged businesses to have a human face by desisting from the tendency of increasing prices without any justification. ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:05hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zupco receives new buses
Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco has received a new fleet of buses that will serve urban and rural commuters which will be commissioned this week.The new buses are expected to compleme...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 15:58hrs | 7381 | by Ndou Paul
A look at Zimbabwe's property market
Even though the Zimbabwean property market faces many challenges, it has always been characterised by a high demand and a corresponding low supply – ensuring that the market has always been very act...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 1892 | by Staff reporter
Zupco's new buses expected this week
A new fleet of buses that will serve urban and rural commuters will be commissioned this week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.He said this at State House yesterday during a special Inde...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | 925 | by Staff reporter
Govt to deepen financial inclusion
GOVERNMENT will continue to work towards promoting financial inclusion to ensure every citizen has access to banking. This was said by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthul...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:18hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Predatory buyers capture Zimbabwe's chrome market
ZIMBABWE'S chrome market is dominated by predatory buyers who have formed domestic cartels which purchase chrome at an average price valued at 15% of export sales prices, NewsDay reported.Acco...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:40hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Top casino software providers drive industry growth
The casino industry is booming these days. Rapid expansion across the United States and around the world in new regulated markets are two ma...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 14:36hrs | 875 | by Tech Reporter
Zimbabwean mobile network operators, Potraz on collision course over pricing
Zimbabwean mobile network operators (MNOs) are up in arms with the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) over the ICT industry regulator's alleged intransigence o...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:37hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Botswana! The sinking of Africa's democracy basket
It was difficult to remain as silent when Africa's jewel of democracy took seat and comfort upon an imminent time bomb.The growing conflict between the most recent former president, Lt. Genera...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 8212 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Price, tariff tragedy of regulated sectors
OVER the past year or so we have seen inflation pressures escalating in Zimbabwe. The latest figure of 59,39 percent for January has invoked fears among Zimbabweans who do not want a repeat of the las...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 11:04hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Fixing Zimbabwe's broken reputation chain
The Economist Intelligence Unit's livability survey 2018, pitches Harare, in Zimbabwe, in the 10 least "livable" in the world out of the 140-city sample.Harare is ranked number 135, only eclip...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Pricing madness hits Victoria Falls
NZALA Milimo was born in Victoria Falls in 1974 and did her primary and secondary education at public schools in the resort town's ghetto townships.But unlike the thousands of well-heeled fore...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 4021 | by Staff reporter
Egodini Mall project stalls
ZIMBABWE's financial meltdown has brought the construction of the Egodini Mall — set to be the biggest public transport terminus boasting a retail section and parking bays in Zimbabwe's second large...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:09hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
Digital options under scrutiny by regulators
Digital options is highly attractive because of perceived simplicity. You just have to predict whether the value of an underlying asset will increase or decrease. This is similar to traditional forms ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 15:05hrs | 514 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers resist Govt's Teaching Profession Council
The mooted Teaching Profession Council Bill which would give birth to the Teaching Profession Council (TPC) has been resisted by the Progressive Teachers' Union (PTUZ) which sees the move a dangerous ...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:50hrs | 1733 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe male MPs fuel gender violations
WHILE a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, the journey to women's emancipation seems so close yet so far!The day to day scenarios are characterised by women being victims of all...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 16:58hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Mbuya Nehanda grounded, Air Zimbabwe apologises to passengers
AIR Zimbabwe has apologised to passengers following its failure to service its routes on time last Sunday leaving passengers booked on flights from Harare to Bulawayo and Johannesburg to Harare strand...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:57hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Encryption in Cryptocurrencies blows up
The recent death of Gerry Cotten in India in December 2018, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange, QuadrigaCX, has thrown the cryptocurrency market into disarray with reported missing cash, worth hun...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:32hrs | 430 | by Colls Ndlovu
Mnangagwa govt tightens screws on teachers
GOVERNMENT yesterday started public hearings to solicit people's views on the establishment of the Teaching Profession Council (TPC) that will require teachers to seek an annually renewable teaching p...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:25hrs | 4860 | by Staff reporter
Can the interbank FX market end the black market?
The recent monitory policy statement announcement by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) paved way for the re-introduction of the Interbank Foreign Exchange market as recommended by industry captains w...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 10:09hrs | 2335 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe will have a regulated, transparent foreign currency market
As we work to put Zimbabwe's economy back on its feet, recovery is the word. The Zimbabwean financial situation, its industry, its businesses, have all been in a state of stagnation for far too long. ...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 06:14hrs | 1702 | by Prof Mthuli Ncube
Makorokozas to be regulated
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has told Parliament that the forthcoming Mines and Minerals Bill will include provisions that will regulate the conduct of artisanal miners, and ensure their safety wh...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine
Rescue workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4552 | by AFP
How cryptocurrencies can rescue Zimbabwe
On September 17, 2018 media houses were abuzz with the news that the then newly appointed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube was considering cryptocurrencies as an option for Zimbabwe's economic turnaround...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:00hrs | 980 | by Masotsha Charles Matlobo
Mnangagwa begins war to democratise media?
GOVERNMENT's announcement that it is ready to pull the plug on one of the most notorious vestiges of former President Robert Mugabe's regime, the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (A...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:32hrs | 2322 | by Editorial - newsday
Zimbabwe new dumping ground for second hand Chinese chrome smelters
Zimbabwe has become a target for Chinese companies that are looking at dumping second-hand chrome smelters following the promulgation of an environmental law prohibiting use of heavy environmentally u...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1147 | by Business Times
Minister vows more arrests over deadly January looting
THE government has vowed more arrests in connection with the deadly January protests which were sparked by fuel price increases announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Human rights organisat...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:46hrs | 269 | by newzimbabwe
Is Zimbabwe ready for online casinos?
Online gambling is a worldwide phenomenon. It's already hugely popular among many Western nations, including across Europe and - increasingly - in the US. The market is set to be worth around ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 18:23hrs | 662 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa wins court challenge
Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi yesterday had the last laugh after the Constitutional Court (Concourt) ruled that an application challenging his appointment to the esteemed offices was filed out of ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 07:25hrs | 1630 | by Staff reporter
Advisory council is not a major issue but, Investor confidence is critical
Our major problem is not advisory but we lack basic components of political tolerance and divergence of views. We can have as many advisors as possible, but if basic fundamentals are not looked into t...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 21:07hrs | 968 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Forex traders on the increase
Illegal money changers pose while exchanging a new Zimbabwe bond note (L) and U.S. dollar notes in the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Philimon BulawayoAN increasing numbe...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:10hrs | 2611 | by Staff reporter
Insider trading going unpunished in Zimbabwe
Insider trading offences in Zimbabwe are going unpunished as the law does not provide enough measures for the Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe to undertake thorough investigations into r...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 00:32hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's costly lie
The biggest lie last week was that the violence in urban areas were protests over fuel prices in particular and living costs in general, when in fact the protests were enforced by a small bullying min...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:30hrs | 4590 | by Staff reporter
Industry in $600m pension arrears, Parliament told
THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) yesterday disclosed to Parliament that industry owed more than $600 million in pension arrears against a retirement fund value of $5 billion."The i...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 06:28hrs | 85 | by Staff Reporter
Govt sets record straight on fuel
GOVERNMENT has dismissed reports that fuel would be sold in foreign currency with bond notes and swipe being accepted using black market rates only as from Monday. The social media reports were dismis...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 11:30hrs | 2669 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe born gay migrant in Ireland
Ireland may be known as the land of céad míle fáilte (a hundred thousand welcomes), but a report in the last months of 2018 suggests more needs to be done to make it a welcoming place for LGBT migr...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 14:51hrs | 3470 | by Irish Times
Unregulated, unregistered medicines flooding into Zimbabwe
Unregulated and unregistered medicines are reportedly flooding into Zimbabwe, with consignments of expired medicines being smuggled into the country through the country's porous border posts.S...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:03hrs | 435 | by African News Agency
The primacy of regime survival: State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe crisis has been analysed from varying stand points among researchers. State fragility as analytical and conceptual framework is deployed by the duo of Mark Simpson and Tony Hawkins (2018)...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | 743 | by Brian Maregedze
Social Media the new agora
Social media in the form of new technologies has become a new agora world-wide providing a platform for communication among different people regardless of space and time.Several applications s...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:43hrs | 197 | by Tawanda Matende and Lovemore Chidemo
Zimbabwean fuel shortages exposes ED's softness
If there is a year which every person wishes it goes and never to be remembered again is 2017. Zimbabwe has and is still suffering unprecedented fuel shortages. Queues of more than five miles had seiz...Published: 29 Dec 2018 at 00:41hrs | 11041 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Outcry over spike in uniform prices
THERE is a national outcry from parents over a sudden sharp spike in the prices of school uniforms of more than 200 percent ahead of the start of the school calendar year on January 8, sparking fears ...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 22:30hrs | 1364 | by Staff reporter
AIPPA, POSA repeal starts
Government is working on four Bills that will lead to a repeal of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) and the Public Order and Security Act (POSA) as the two pieces of legi...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 06:51hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consolidates power
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2999 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba to crush Mnangagwa foes
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Online gambling advertisement is becoming more popular than TV
After lawmakers in many countries prohibited gambling advertising on television, it was pushed into online spaces. And it was precisely in the network where it has become one of the leaders in views, ...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 16:54hrs | 1027 | by Agencies
Bloodless coup against ZANU PF government just started
In October 2018, I wrote a piece claiming that the ZANU PF government will collapse within six months if the controversial President ED Mnangagwa is not going to form an inclusive government with Nels...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 07:50hrs | 24351 | by Don Chigumba
The Zimbabwe bond note survives
ZIMBABWE'S surrogate bond note currency will continue to circulate as Treasury says it will maintain the 1:1 parity between local money and the greenback. This is despite the disparity in exchange rat...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2981 | by Staff reporter
Founded on cruelty, fuelled by money
Are we about to see the end of one of South Africa's most infamous practices - Captive Lion Breeding (CLB) for hunting and trading of their parts? If Parliament adopts the recommendations of a hard-hi...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 11:56hrs | 1161 | by Andreas Wilson-Späth
Online Brokers - Who are they and why are they needed?
Long gone are the days that trading the financial markets was reserved purely for the high net worth individuals and the institutional traders. Over ten years ago a trading revolution occurred that ov...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 10:26hrs | 1573 | by Agencies
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