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Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, now trading as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe, in strong showing at ZITF
BULAWAYO - Diversified fintech giant Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe Limited, which is now rebranding as EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, is exhibiting at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZI...Published: 21 Sep 2021 at 18:56hrs | 699 | by Agencies
‘Zanu-PF fears diaspora vote could push it out of power'
ZIMBABWEANS in the diaspora yesterday challenged the ruling Zanu-PF party to allow them to vote in the 2023 elections, saying denying them their right exposes the ruling party's fear of losing polls....Published: 16 Sep 2021 at 06:04hrs | 1178 | by Staff reporter
High Court presides over challenge of ZUPCO monopoly
HIGH Court Judge Justice Owen Tagu is today preside over hearing and determination of an application challenging the state-run Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) monopoly and some restrictions ...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 13:19hrs | 2314 | by Stephen Jakes
ZAA UK celebrates in 10th Anniversary in style
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) commemorated their 10th Anniversary in a colorful celebration of Zimbabwean excellence at a fully packed Mayfair Hotel in London on Saturday night.The ZororoPhu...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 12:47hrs | 641 | by Agencies
'Zimbabwe food security remains low,' says USAid
THE United States Agency for International Development (USAid) food security arm, Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) says household food stocks are beginning to run low as the surging cost...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 355 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prices near regional parity
PRICES of basic commodities in Zimbabwe are approaching parity with those in neighbouring South Africa and other parts of the region, with some goods actually now priced lower on the domestic market, ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Top cop pleads 'not guilty' as graft trial gets underway
Matabeleland North's top police officer went on trial on Monday accused of irregularly granting his girlfriend use of a police farm.Commissioner Erasmus Makodza pleaded not guilty to charges o...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 20:56hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Anti-Mnangagwa demo planned
ZIMBABWEANS in the USA and Canada say they will this weekend demonstrate against President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the United Nations headquarters in New York over human rights abuses and denial of thei...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 19:43hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to launch music distribution platform
JACARANDA Media Group is set to launch an on demand digital music distribution service for both local and continental artistes at the end of this month.With the platform, artistes and record l...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:08hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
Calls for diaspora vote grow louder
MYRIGHT2VOTE, a Zimbabwean group led by the dethroned Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, has added its voice to growing calls for the government to permit diaspora vote.The organisat...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:36hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer in fraudulent sale of property
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) disciplinary and ethics committee (Dec) is set to make recommendations on allegations levelled against Harare lawyer, Kudzaishe Gama, who is being accused of facilita...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Zupco monopoly challenge still to be heard
APPLICANTS who challenged the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) monopoly are riled that the matter is still to be set down six months after the High Court was ordered to readmit it.In...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:13hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe foreign currency receipts jump to US$5bn
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency receipts have risen by 32 percent to US$5,09 billion in the last eight months against US$3,85 billion received in the corresponding period last year. The bulk of th...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:11hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
ZAA & WorldRemit honor five Zimbabweans for contributions to education
Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has partnered with global fintech company WorldRemit, to honour five outstanding contributors towards the education sector in Zimbabwe at the upcoming ZAA UK 10th Anniv...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 14:12hrs | 391 | by Agencies
When First Lady beneficiaries are coached to express gratitude for donations
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, you ought to have known that true beatitude comes not from earthly riches, but from the milk of human kindness. You should have intuited. All...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1341 | by Cyprian Ndawana
Stanbic maintains steady performance in first half
Stanbic Bank has transcended the macroeconomic challenges bedeviling the country to post an inflation adjusted profit after tax of ZWL 1.2 billion for the half year to June 2021.The Standard B...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 08:26hrs | 363 | by Staff reporter
TelOne suspends data roll over
TELONE has suspended the data roll over facility over unremitting failures by the company to host the platform. TelOne management, in a statement yesterday said the facility discontinuation will affec...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 17:14hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Storm over roads rehab tenders
THE multi-million-dollar government-funded Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP) in Chiredzi is now mired in controversy after it emerged that tenders were allegedly awarded without due dilig...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:14hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Outcry as RTGS fuel is sold in forex
HALF of the fuel on the market is procured through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) financial facility and should be sold in local currency, but some unscrupulous garage owners who are benefitting f...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:49hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Supermarkets doomed after $120bn snub
SEVERAL measures being deployed by government to rebuild the economy may be doomed unless they are twinned with policies that boost spending power, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) said, ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:33hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
'Zimra must retain portion of collected revenue'
TREASURY has been urged to give the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) powers to retain a portion of the revenue it collects in order to ensure it capacitates itself to improve service delivery....Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 06:43hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lithium project gathers momentum
The Arcadia Lithium Project (ALP) - which was commissioned early this year - has begun shipments of technical grade bulk samples for product qualification to offtake partners in Europe as the project ...Published: 13 Aug 2021 at 19:10hrs | 1150 | by Business reporter
Omalayitsha appeal for Government support
Informal cross-border transporters, popularly known as omalayitsha, are appealing for Government support in growing their business and enhancing their contribution to the economy. For many years, the ...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Inflation pressures have dissipated, claims Mangudya
THE country's success in taming inflationary pressures has created a conducive fiscal and monetary environment essential to support the ambitious 7,8 percent economic growth target this year, Reserve ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:03hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa switches off govt, council
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) disconnected water supplies to government ministries and local authorities over non-payment of bills amounting to ZW$2,4 billion (US$28 million).A...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:52hrs | 144 | by Staff reporter
Inefficient auction system dragging economic recovery
Zimbabwe has managed to turnaround and achieve double digit annual inflation from a periodic high of 838% realized in July 2020 to 56% achieved in July 2021. The redollarization of the local economy a...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 15:57hrs | 785 | by Victor Bhoroma
Looting cripples MDC-Alliance operations
Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and sponsors of the MDC Alliance have threatened to stop contributing funds to the party's financial coffers following reports of mass looting of donated funds by the party...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 14:15hrs | 2102 | by Innocent Mujeri
Mr Cross's zeal with limited knowledge, a danger to macro-economic stability
Mr Eddie Cross's article titled "Challenges facing the foreign exchange auction" made a lot of casual reading amusement, especially for those amongst us uninitiated in the domain of macro-economic ana...Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 19:32hrs | 992 | by Jameson Dapi
Zanu-PF's corrupt election funding exposed
THE ruling Zanu-PF mortgaged the country's natural resources in lieu of US$100 million in financial support ahead of the country's 2013 general elections, a new report by a local watchdog has shown....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 2632 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube revises growth to 7,8%
Zimbabwe's economy is doing well with growth prospects strong and on track, despite the stalking shadow of Covid-19, leading Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday upgrading ...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:25hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF sets US$140 million budget for Mnangagwa re-election in 2023
Zanu-PF has set a target of raising US$140 million for the 2023 election campaign, just days after a new report accused the party of "mortgaging" the country's minerals to finance its past campaigns....Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation takes a tumble, exports rise
Zimbabwe's annual rate of inflation declined to double digit level for the first time in nearly two years this month, hitting 56,37 percent, with President Mnangagwa noting the fall marked yet another...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:34hrs | 358 | by Staff reporter
Cop arrested for receiving money to influence magistrate, prosecutor
A POLICE officer based in Ruwa has appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly received money meant to influence the magistrate to deny ...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2723 | by Staff reporter
Challenges facing Zimbabwe's foreign exchange auction
IT is clear that the auction for foreign exchange is in trouble. The arrears now stand at over US$200 million. That is equivalent to nearly Z$18 billion and the delays are having a serious impact on c...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1052 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwean vampire elites stash millions of dollars in foreign countries
I thought I had seen it all in Zimbabwe until 24 July 2021 when I saw this, "ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs ministry claims it has begun a process of documenting the number of fellow citizens residing in ...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | 3868 | by Sam Wezhira
Zimbabwe documents citizens in foreign lands
ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs ministry claims it has begun a process of documenting the number of fellow citizens residing in foreign lands.There is no exact number of Zimbabweans in foreign land...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
Companies struggle to raise US$2 billion
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing companies have struggled to raise about US$2 billion in fresh capital to drive production back to pre-crisis levels, industry data indicated this week, as executives warned th...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:53hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
Dethroned Chief Ndiweni forms pressure group
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is based in the United Kingdom, has formed a pressure group - MyRight2Vote - aimed at pushing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's governmen...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 08:14hrs | 2317 | by Staff reporter
PPC receives US$11,2 million legacy debt payment from RBZ
CEMENT maker, PPC Zimbabwe, has acknowledged receipt of US$11,2 million from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe under the legacy debts repayment facility.The debt accrued as a result of cash flows g...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:47hrs | 1484 | by Staff writer
Zimra executives in US$585m tax evasion corruption scam
CORRUPTION skeletons involving a series of multi-billion-dollar tax evasion scandals are tumbling out of the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) cupboard amid a new corruption scam involving Chinese di...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 11:17hrs | 3126 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora inflows top US$1 billion
Zimbabwe's Diaspora remittances jumped 58 percent last year, to about US$1 billion, a development that helped the country to cover gaps left by trade disruptions caused by the Covid19 pandemic. ...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:11hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry feels impact of SA protests
Businesses and consumers have already begun feeling the contagion effect of the country's heavy dependency on South Africa after the unrest that plagued the rainbow nation last week over the incarcera...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:57hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
When South Africa sneezes Zimbabwe catches a cold
HISTORY tells us we owe it to Klemens von Metternich, the distinguished 19th-century Austrian statesman and diplomat, one of the most famous phrases about the global economy and its dynamics.I...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 15:25hrs | 572 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora vote remains a pipe dream ahead of 2023 polls
While citizens of some Southern African countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi enjoy the right to vote in national elections while domiciled in other countries, for millions of Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fears food disruptions, price hikes; pins hopes on ANC
ZIMBABWE says the ANC has the capacity to deal with South Africa's current turmoil and that for now there's no need for SADC intervention.Speaking to journalists in Harare on Wednesday night a...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 18:57hrs | 1377 | by Staff reporter
'SA protests to trigger food shortages in Zimbabwe'
CONSUMER watchdog, National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) has warned that the ongoing riots in neighbouring South Africa following the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma will likely sp...Published: 14 Jul 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Mining fees hike to spawn opaque deals
ZIMBABWE'S smallscale miners warned on Friday that the industry could further relapse into an epicentre for backstage deals following government's move to hike fees by wide margins.Under norma...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:30hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala project nullified
CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has had the better of MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala after it won its appeal against an Administrative Court decision authorising his construction of an illegal ind...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:42hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe diaspora vote only possible after sanctions removal'
Zanu-PF acting political commissar Patrick Chinamasa has declared the ruling party will not entertain calls for a diaspora vote until sanctions imposed on the country by western powers are removed....Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 18:37hrs | 2089 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt goes after lawyers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has torched another storm after his top aide sensationally claimed that some white-run law firms affiliated to the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) were being used as conduit...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1223 | by Staff Reporter
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