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Trump congratulates Zimbabwe
WORLD leaders yesterday congratulated Zimbabwe for attaining 39 years of independence, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump congratulating the country on achieving...Published: 9 hrs ago | 9681 | by Staff reporter
Barnabas Sibanda pursues helicopter dream
FORMER soldier and war veteran, Barnabas Sibanda, who dreamt of constructing the country's first aircraft from scrap metal in 1990s, has said he is still pursuing the dream although lack of sponsorshi...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sees end to commuter woes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 39 of 300 buses Government has secured as part of measures to address the plight of commuters that are being ripped off by unscrupulous private operators. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1682 | by Staff reporter
Failure to deal with currency crisis proving costly for dictators
For autocratic leaders seeking lessons from the toppling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, avoiding a currency crisis may be key to survival.It's the same problem that ravaged long-standin...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 467 | by Bloomberg
China is NOT building a base in Zimbabwe!
Alternative Media (Alt-Media) is once again being manipulated by infowar practitioners into spreading fake news, with the popular outlet South Front republishing a false report about a Chinese base in...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:35hrs | 960 | by Andrew Korybko
Currency chaos toppled Sudan's al-Bashir
FOR autocratic leaders seeking lessons from the toppling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, avoiding a currency crisis may be the key to survival.It's the same problem that did for long-sta...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:19hrs | 1371 | by Bloomberg
Zimbabwe, Russia finalise deal for R55bn platinum mine
Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with Russia to build a new platinum mine in the southern African country, finalising a deal that's stalled since 2014.A deal to develop a new platinum-group me...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 992 | by Staff reporter
Auxillia joins Mnangagwa in hiring pricey private jets
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has joined her husband in hiring pricey private jets - which cost taxpayers thousands of United States dollars.The first lady returned home from Dubai on Tuesday ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:33hrs | 5282 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife charters pricey plane to Dubai
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has joined her husband in hiring pricey private jets - which cost taxpayers thousands of United States dollars.The first lady returned home from Dubai on Tuesday ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 5286 | by Staff reporter
Value the national interest
Since the days of the French thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli, the primacy of the national interest has always formed the basis of foreign policy, and has been the foundation of every country's strength o...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | 123 | by Reason Wafawarova
Charamba berates Mnangagwa's critics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing, berating those criticising his boss for excessive foreign travel as dwelling on trivia.Charamba said Mnan...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 1046 | by Staff reporter
The fad of sanctions: Crimea lessons for Zimbabwe
Well, Zimbabwe has been under sanctions for about two decades now and it has become very clear to all and sundry that the United States of America and its allies, will continue using one excuse after ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 633 | by Isdore Guvamombe
MDC final push Part 2 loading…, but it's a failure
Having suffered a humiliating electoral drubbing at the hands of President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa has been crying day in day out using his infamous "I want my Jig...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 11:48hrs | 1497 | by Elijah Chihota
Mnangagwa hates flying, claims Charamba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has come out guns blazing, berating those criticising his boss for excessive foreign travel as dwelling on trivia. Charamba said Mna...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:53hrs | 3975 | by Staff reporter
Warriors ramp up Arsenal star chase
The Warriors technical team have ramped up their pursuit of Arsenal striker Riess Nelson with a view of taking him to the Africa Cup of Nations finals.Armed with a ticket to the finals of the ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:25hrs | 2660 | by Staff reporter
Undemocratic 'democrats'
Over the years, the US-backed and Western-sponsored opposition politics in our country has been in many ways a replay of Washington's mindless games that started soon after the declaration of the Amer...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 23:48hrs | 920 | by Reason Wafwarova
Mnangagwa's mounting foreign trips expose him
I will not allow the raging debate and shaming of the chief ruler's penchant for frequent and extravagantly lavish travels without my pound of flesh. Not even that I am a Shylock, but the extr...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 13:44hrs | 3380 | by Makaita Noel Mutasa
Mnangagwa says UAE trip private jet paid by hosts, what of the other 29?
After a week of criticism over a mounting foreign travel bill, President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday said ONE of his THIRTY foreign trips was fully paid for by his hosts.After coming to power...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:57hrs | 647 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa trips: Cross triggers a storm
FORMER MDC official Eddie Cross has triggered a storm following reports that he supported President Emmerson Mnangagwa's penchant for flying in luxurious jets.Opinion is sharply divided over M...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:51hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter
Organizing committee prepares for Russia-Africa Summit
On March 19, under the Chairmanship of Yury Ushakov, an Aide to the Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Organizing Committee on Russia-Africa held its first meeting in Moscow. The Organizing Committ...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:05hrs | 407 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Mnangagwa's foreign trips justified
Political analysts and veteran politicians have scoffed at critics of Presidential international trips saying it is President Emmerson Mnangagwa's diplomatic and political obligations to represent Zim...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 19:59hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Congo skipper quits after Zimbabwe defeat
THE Warriors win over Congo in the AFCON qualifying decider on Sunday has shaken the Red Devils' camp with their captain, Prince Oniangue, and his deputy Delvin N'Dinga, announcing their retirement fr...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 23:09hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Musona can surpass Peter Ndlovu's scoring record
WARRIORS captain Knowledge Musona is showing all the attributes that he can surpass legendary Peter Ndlovu's all-time goal scoring record for Zimbabwe.Ndlovu, who was known as the Flying Eleph...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 15:27hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Full list of Mnangagwa's expensive trips
Since assuming office through a bloody coup in November 2017 President Emmerson Mnangagwa has engaged in about trips with a purpose of either courting investors or seeking to return to a family of nat...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:51hrs | 9089 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Outrage over Bulawayo hotel rates
Some leading Bulawayo hotels have reportedly increased their rates by as much 350 percent ahead of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) expected to take place next month. ZITF, the cou...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | 5064 | by Staff reporter
Five soccer stadiums you simply have to experience
Soccer is the world's most popular sport and it encapsulates towns, cities and cultures like no other. As tribal as it gets in the world of sport, it's a global phenomenon and attracts fans in...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 16:45hrs | 2209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has a difficult balancing act to perform
OPINION is sharply divided over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's costly foreign trips at a time the country is mourning the death of more than 300 Cyclone Idai victims, the Daily News reported.F...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 20:35hrs | 1605 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies 3rd private jet inside a week
President Emmerson Mnangagwa risked fresh public wrath on Monday after hiring a luxury jet from the United Arab Emirates – his third inside a week – to fly him to South Africa.The Airbus A...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 15:55hrs | 3071 | by ZimLive
Jet-setting Mnangagwa divides nation
OPINION is sharply divided over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's costly foreign trips at a time the country is mourning the death of more than 300 Cyclone Idai victims, the Daily News reported.F...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 4952 | by Staff reporter
Solution to Zimbabwe's problems is political
Internationally acclaimed local economist Tony Hawkins says Zimbabwe's economic revival hinges on the building of consensus between the ruling Zanu-PF and the country's main opposition, the MDC....Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 1351 | by Staff reporter
Questions over Mnangagwa's choice of advisors
ON three occasions, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has been forced to cut short his foreign trips to attend to pressing matters back home — raising questions about the quality of advice he ...Published: 24 Mar 2019 at 18:44hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
MDC hammers Mnangagwa over 'infantile and embarrassing love of flying'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared two days of mourning the victims of Cyclone Idai - and then left on a trip to Angola, his 28th foreign visit in the 15 months since he assumed power.The M...Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 21:34hrs | 625 | by ZimLive
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | 194 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Mnangagwa must be open on deals
PRESIDENT EMMERSON Mnangagwa's trip last weekend to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, brought to the fore the issue of transparency on economic deals cut during state and official, as well as working v...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:06hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans ranked happier than Rwandans, Batswana and Malawians
The World Happiness Report has been released and Zimbabwe ranks close to the bottom ten, lower than neighbours Mozambique and Zambia. However, Zimbabweans have been ranked happier than Rwandans, Batsw...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 11:14hrs | 4815 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi challenges DTZ board
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has said management of Development Trust of Zimbabwe (DTZ) entities needs to be enhanced to increase financial returns. Mohadi said joint venture agreements between...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 23:07hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to engage Trump over sanctions removal
ZIMBABWE will continue to engage American President Donald Trump's administration to ensure removal of illegal sanctions which Washington imposed on the nation, hurting the economy, President Mnangagw...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 07:05hrs | 3321 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF proposes to give away platinum to foreign Capitalists
In 1991, the Zimbabwean economy took its first major dive with the adoption of the IMF/World bank neo-liberal "Economic Structural Adjustment Programme" (ESAP). In Zimbabwe, this process was headed by...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 10:06hrs | 1465 | by ZCP
Zimbabwe diamonds to be classified as conflict gems?
THE 69th plenary meeting of the United Nations (UN) has resolved to include a discussion on whether Zimbabwean diamonds should be classified as conflict gems during the inter-governmental organisation...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa flies out to Abu Dhabi
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow leave for an official State visit to Abu Dhabi, the United Emirates the Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has revealed. The...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 15:39hrs | 4033 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Repent now and fix our ailing economy
Editor,That Zimbabwe is on a downward trajectory is no secret. In fact we have been in descent mode for many a year. It is a tragedy. And the fact that the powers that be spend a considerable ...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 14:28hrs | 1246 | by NM
WATCH: Patson Dzamara speaks on Itai Dzamara
Activist Patson Dzamara says the Dzamara family is not in a position to put closure on the missing journalist-cum-activist Itai Dzamara until they see him alive or see his body.In an exclusive...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 17:57hrs | 2288 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The challenges Russian business face in Africa
Undoubtedly, a number of Russian companies have largely underperformed in Africa, experts described was primarily due to multiple reasons. Most often, Russian investors strike important investment nic...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:15hrs | 895 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
Mugabe to Mnangagwa: From frying pan into fire?
A time comes when overwhelmed Africans desperately desire to see a change in leadership and don't pay rapt attention to the details of the next leadership provided it is a new face. This despe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:51hrs | 3171 | by Omolola Lipede
Mugabeist G4Os and their aging geriatric could not even read the signs
In November 2018, His Excellency, President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, boldly declared the open and unrelenting warfare against the evil of endemic corruption."In the Second Republic, we wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 10:04hrs | 2300 | by Christopher Mutsvangwa
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 4394 | by Staff reporter
Billions missed through raw tobacco exports
Zimbabwe prepares for the opening of the 2019 Tobacco Marketing season set to start on the 21st of March, the local market is hyped up in anticipation. In 2018, Zimbabwe produced an all-time high of 2...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 691 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa calls for Zimbabwe sanctions removal but.....
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa wants sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western powers to be removed but wants President Emmerson Mnangagwa to sort out "your mess" first.Zimbabwe under for...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 07:02hrs | 6035 | by newzimbabwe
Full Zimbabwe bellies threatening USA?
The heading for this discourse is no doubt a big question that today finds itself paraded not only on the lips of patriotic Zimbabweans but also on those of the leaders of Sadc and of the African Unio...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 577 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mnangagwa splurges US$1,5m on anti-sanctions project
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cashstrapped government will spend over US$1,5 million over three years after hiring a lobbyist linked to the United States President Donald Trump in a bid to have sanct...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
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