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Econet raises RTGS$479 287 for Idai relief through EcoCash
TELECOMMUNICATIONS firm Econet Wireless has raised RTGS$ 479 287 through its EcoCash platform towards Cyclone Idai relief efforts. In a notice yesterday, Econet Wireless said: "We would like t...Published: 20 hrs ago | 104 | by Staff reporter
Land compensation and IMF re-engagement: A legacy of an Anti-poor government.
The full import of Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is open for business mantra is now being painfully realized by the working class of Zimbabwe. Salaries of the workers have been eroded, the majority of our popu...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 20:10hrs | 2144 | by Obert Masaraure
'Foreign aid will not bail out Zimbabwe'
UNITED States professor of economics Steve Hanke has said foreign aid will not bail out Zimbabwe from its current economic quagmire, adding the country's problems can be solved from within.Spe...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:30hrs | 3836 | by Staff reporter
192 Zimbabweans refused entry into South Africa
MORE than 107 000 people used Sadc's busiest port of entry and exit, Beitbridge Border Post between Sunday and Friday last week, a 1,6 percent increase from last year during the Easter holidays....Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 16:29hrs | 3932 | by Staff reporter
Death stalks Mnangagwa family
President Emerson Mnangagwa, former president Robert Mugabe, and all the architects of Gukurahundi - the 1980s massacre of unarmed civilians in Matabeleland and the Midlands - carry a deadly curse tha...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 17:35hrs | 44528 | by Methusi Ncube
South Africa and Zimbabwe turn a blind eye
Dear EditorI am deeply pained by the situation in Zimbabwe, Mnangagwa should be more concerned about the welfare of his people and country, Ringisai Chikohomero ("South Africa's Zimbabwe Dilem...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1107 | by Sipho Ndlovu
Can Zimbabwe manage to de-dollarise?
THE Zimbabwean government has indicated that a local currency will be introduced in the next 12 months in a move widely believed to be a precursor to joining the Common Monetary Area (CMA), also refer...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 11:08hrs | 716 | by Victor Bhoroma
FULL TEXT: President Mnangagwa's full Independence speech
President Emmerson Mnangagwa today delivered his first Independent speech at the national Sports Stadium. In the speech Mnangagwa paid tribute to the victims of Cyclone Idai both from Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:41hrs | 3337 | by Mandla Ndlovu
South Africa's Zimbabwe dilemma
As Zimbabwe's economic and political situation teeters on the verge of chaos, SA takes a disjointed approach. By Ringisai Chikohomero for ISS TODAY.First published by ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:28hrs | 3001 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
POPULISM is ahead of COMPETENCY in the African Context
In Africa one is prepared to die for a politician, and people can go to the extent of kneeling down before political mastitis for favors and bootlicking. One may fail to construct a proper English sen...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | 464 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
VID introduces electronic learners' licence testing
Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza yesterday launched the electronic learner's licence testing system (ELLT), which is aimed at reducing corruption in awarding of licences by the Vehicle Inspection...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
Zimdaba II - Zimbabwe achieving its investment goals - more opportunities available
The recently concluded Zimdaba II, held at the Royal Geographical Society, London on 9th and 10th April highlighted something that tends to be overlooked when reporting on Zimbabwe, and that is the fa...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:13hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Call to decentralise Passport Office
Beitbridge residents have called on Government to decentralise the issuance of passports to district level to ease the challenges that people are encountering when applying for the travel documents. ...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:38hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe says US$ not good for economy
ZIMBABWE's continued use of the United States dollar is no longer sustainable for the economy as it hurts industry's competitiveness, a Cabinet minister has said.Industry and Commerce minister...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:03hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on the knife edge
Legitimacy issues will continue to follow Mnangagwa. All forms of cheating were applied, hence our elections fell below international standards, thus the continuation of sanctions. ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:52hrs | 1192 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwean gets top Unilever Africa job
UNILEVER, one of the world's leading consumer goods companies, has appointed Wellington Chimwaradze as vice president responsible for legal affairs for Africa.The trained lawyer, who has been ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:50hrs | 1842 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean white farmers lodge a R1.9bn compensation claim against South Africa
In what we hope is the final phase of a protracted legal struggle for justice in Zimbabwe, Willie Spies, the legal representative of AfriForum, a South African civil rights initiative, lodged papers i...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:55hrs | 2162 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's regime mum on Sudanese coup
BARELY 17 months after the cathartic fall of former president Robert Mugabe, another dictator has been pushed out of power in Sudan following months of popular protests that jolted the military into s...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 08:21hrs | 1753 | by Staff reporter
CZI lobbies for import restrictions return
Industrial lobby group, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), says the Government needs to quickly revert to the policy of restricting entry of low priced imported products into Zimbabwe to quic...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 07:28hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's stance on Gukurahundi, farmers encouraging
WE ARE happy that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has agreed in principle to put to closure two of the country's most contentious issues; compensation to white former commercial farmers and,...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 16:17hrs | 763 | by Editorial - Daily News
Zimdaba concludes on a 'successful note'
LONDON - Business forum, Zimdaba concluded its two-day conference on a very productive note, with high-profile business leaders and governmental officials conti...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 09:11hrs | 853 | by Tidi Kwidini
Guvamombe's bid to be tried at the High Court flops
A HWANGE magistrate handling the case of suspended chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe, who is accused of criminal abuse of office, yesterday threw out an application for his recusal, saying it was com...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions lies exposed
Standard Chartered Bank has been fined US$18 million for violating the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) sanctions on Zimbabwe in a development that ...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1228 | by Staff reporter
'Regional trade will cure Zim fragile economy' WB proscribed - this is false medicine, I hate false medicine
"The increases in prices that we have witnessed since October last year will affect the growth rate for 2019. For 2018, in the first quarter the growth was real, but it was then disturbed by the last ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 19:30hrs | 845 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Guvamombe demands trial at High Court
SUSPENDED Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe yesterday refused to be tried by a serving or retired magistrate in Zimbabwe or from the Sadc region.Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of off...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Price hikes choke Zim growth prospects: World Bank
THE World Bank (WB) says the currently spiralling price increases in Zimbabwe will have a negative impact on the country's growth prospects.Earlier this year, the World Bank projected that Zim...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 06:51hrs | 727 | by Staff reporter
Thanks to modern day Muzorewas giving credibility to illegitimate Mnangagwa - Zanu-PF ichatonga! Igotonga!
History has the habit to repeat itself! In the 1970s Ian Smith came up with a plan to silence his political opponents accusing him of heading a white racist regime. He arranged to have a few b...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:06hrs | 3418 | by Wilbert Mukori
Opposition participate in illegal elections for povo's 'welfare' - how has povo ever benefited from rigged elections
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess with unemployment level a dizzying 90%, no clean water, health care service that has all but collapsed, etc. because the country has been stuck these last 38 years wi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 481 | by Nomusa Garikai
Khupe throws weight behind Mnangagwa
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:30hrs | 852 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's legitimacy is derived from the law' - how so, process was 'flawed and illegal'
Every time Lovemore Madhuku opens his mouth; more often than not, he has left one in no doubt that he is not irrational. He has been at it again. "The legitimacy of the president or government...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 09:07hrs | 1665 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Khupe endorses Mnangagwa legitimacy
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa won Zimbabwe's landmark elections
ON August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a de...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3481 | by Al Jazeera
Zec in 2018 poll diagnosis
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will this week host representatives of political parties, election observer groups, constitutional commissions and civic society to diagnose its handling of the...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1059 | by Staff reporter
Border delays rile transporters
Transporters and customs clearing agents have expressed concern over the delays in the movement of cargo at Beitbridge Border Post, which is SADC's busiest inland port. They said they had been...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:32hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Businessman calls on Zimbabweans in SA to invest 'back home'
Reviving the ailing Zimbabwean economy requires considerable input and cooperation from the millions of its citizens based abroad, particularly in South Africa, according to Johannesburg-based Zimbabw...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 13:17hrs | 855 | by African News Agency (ANA)
Ian Khama ropes in Chamisa to destabilise the region?
Sources in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government told a Zimbabwean news website that authorities have been watching the opposition leader Nelson Chamisa "like hawks", amid reports there are growin...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:23hrs | 31579 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa not worried about 'Chamisa's tourism jaunts'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, says it is not worried about opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's regional and continental diplomatic offensive.In the last few weeks, MDC leader Chami...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:09hrs | 2866 | by newzimbabwe
Building Zimbabwean Business via Access to Investment & Global Markets
The ZIMDABA Business Platform of Investment Conferences is designed and aligned toward showcasing the variety and depth of business-ready or near-ready opportunities within Zimbabwe and the region....Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:33hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to flesh out compensation plan for white farmers ahead of US trip
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is travelling to the United States next week, but before then he will announce that the government is ready to pay out $53 million compensation to former white land owner...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:32hrs | 3720 | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe must tackle structural problems, fiscal dilemmas
AFTER showing signs of revival during the inclusive government era between 2009 and 2013, Zimbabwe's economy has been on a tailspin since the 2013 elections. Government has struggled to restore econom...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 316 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not his own man
Zimbabwean media was recently awash with reports to the effect that MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, who recently embarked on a fruitless "pseudo" regional diplomatic offensive meant to sound Sadc leaders ...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:17hrs | 3323 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Zimbabwe to second troops to SADC, AU missions
The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) will continue to second troops to SADC, African Union and United Nations Observer and Staff Missions in fulfilment of international obligations, an officer said yeste...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 409 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi is not different from Saharawi - MLF
It is very surprising to note how African leaders of today operate.No wonder the lack of developmentIn the past week, heads of (SADC/AU,please correct)met in Pretoria o give Solidarity support to ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:55hrs | 1183 | by MLF
'SADC must listen to MDC' Chamisa cried - Why, have you ever listened to anyone?
"OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who recently embarked on a regional diplomatic offensive to sound SADC leaders on Zimbabwe's worsening political and economic crisis, has pleaded with the bloc t...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:12hrs | 4013 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa pleads with Sadc to heed his party's distress call
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who recently embarked on a regional diplomatic offensive to sound Sadc leaders on Zimbabwe's worsening political and economic crisis, has pleaded with the bloc to...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 22:16hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
MDC A lost by-election because it 'failed to rekindle 1999 ideology' - as alien to MDC as a wing is to a pig
The MDC Alliance's sheer incompetence is breath-taking; they cannot even admit that the rigged Cowdray Park Council by-elections were rigged!"As flawed as our electoral system is this loss can...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 15:02hrs | 1289 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Dumiso Dabengwa defended
There is debate raging here on social media about what former Zipra commander and intelligence chief Dumiso Dabengwa has said. In short, Dabengwa said Mugabe and Zanu did not help the ANC and MK much ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 13:04hrs | 7677 | by Dimisani Muleya
ARTUZ condemns the xenophobic attacks in South Africa
When SADC leaders meet for their routine jamborees they have failed to construct a clear economic framework of rescuing our region from poverty. They massage each other for stealing elections, they pr...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 12:17hrs | 997 | by ARTUZ
Trevor Ncube xenophobic lies against Ndebeles malicious and reckless
Trevor Ncube statement that Matabeles who have acquired South African citizenship and permanent residency support xenophobia against black foreigners in South Africa is unfortunate, unfounded ma...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 09:30hrs | 4269 | by Israel Dube
Robert Mugabe's true legacy
There have been a number of books written on former President Robert Mugabe in his many leadership roles. As a leader of a guerrilla movement/army, as a Prime Minister (1980-87), as President (1987-20...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1723 | by Takura Zhangazha
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