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US piles pressure on Mnangagwa's govt
THE United States is ratcheting up pressure on the Zimbabwean government to expeditiously compensate families of the six people who were shot dead and those injured on the streets of Harare by the mil...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2447 | by Staff reporter
Botswana hails Zimbabwe's role in regional peace
BOTSWANA has applauded Zimbabwe's role in fostering peace and security within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) saying this is a critical ingredient for sustainable development within ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 116 | by Staff reporter
Remove sanctions on Zimbabwe, AU tells US
African Union Commission deputy commissioner Mr. Kwesi Quartey has called for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by United States and its allies as they are negatively ...Published: 18 hrs ago | 592 | by Innocent Mujeri and Jasper Hloka
Open letter to Tafadzwa Musarara
Their voices are loud, the theatrics are louder. The narrative is confusing, the narrative is confused.They say you took 27 million, they revise it to 26, they say no grain was imported, yet M...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1200 | by Peter Moyo
MDC's game of thrones drama
So, it has always been a curse within the MDC party that everyone wants to lead. The death of its founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai two years ago seem to have opened up a Pandora's box as aspirants f...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1286 | by Taurai Mazwi
Mnangagwa must just do the right thing
WITH all hope of a genuine economic rebound for Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa having been dashed by contrary developments on the ground, isn't it indeed time to go back to the drawing bo...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:19hrs | 805 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to account for January killings
EUROPEAN Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Timo Olkkonen has said the bloc is still concerned about the January 2019 killings of protesters by the military and warned that the suspended restrictive measure...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
'Lift sanctions to end mass poverty' insist AU - povo poor but not stupid, know Blue Roof opulence is mother of poverty
There are many reasons why Africa has remained the dark continent, forever doomed to blunder from one crisis to the next. Africa was at business-end of the slave trade, millions of Africans we...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 09:28hrs | 686 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF targets homes of sanctions instigators
ZANU-PF-ALIGNED pressure groups and youths are reportedly on a drive to picket at the homes of top MDC leaders, whom they accuse of inviting Western sanctions, which they allege are behind the untold ...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for failure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mangagwa yesterday attributed his administration's failure to contain the raging economic crisis to sanctions and lack of global financing.Officially opening the Sixth Afric...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths to besiege Chamisa, Biti's homes over sanctions
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths have vowed to besiege MDC President Nelson Chamisa's rural Gutu home and the residences of his Vice President Tendai Biti and firebrand Vice Chairperson Job Sikhala.Th...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 1033 | by Staff reporter
Calls to punish roller meal cartels soar
A cross-section of Zimbabweans has urged authorities to deal ruthlessly with those abusing taxpayers' money and depriving the market of subsidised commodities through hoarding or diversion to the blac...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 05:51hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Africa continent has confidence in Zim
Of late, doomsayers have upped their ante claiming that it is all doom and gloom and the country is on the verge of a precipice. Notwithstanding the unfounded allegations, Zimbabwe has been given an o...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 14:07hrs | 864 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
US should not interfere with Zim's internal affairs
United States of America, Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian Nichols has been overstepping his ambassadorial mandate by involving himself in internal affairs of Zimbabwe.Ambassador Nichols is on re...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 13:57hrs | 945 | by Peacemaker Zano
Mbeki's return lifts Zimbabwe hopes
The imminent return to Harare of former South African president Thabo Mbeki, to continue with his mediation efforts in the local impasse has lifted the hopes of many Zimbabweans who see dialogue as th...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:16hrs | 8038 | by Staff reporter
UK presses Mnangagwa for reforms
THE United Kingdom (UK) says it will maintain its tough stance against the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a position it says will only change if the regime implements meaningful polit...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:59hrs | 2936 | by Staff reporter
AU insists on Zimbabwe sanctions removal
African Union Commission, deputy commissioner Mr Kwesi Quartey has called for the removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by United States and its allies, saying they were negatively impacting on the...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:31hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala can lead us to the promised land
One of the few things that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has got right for Zanu-PF, is to normalise a sad state of social, economic and political affairs and receive widespread local and international ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 21:58hrs | 2110 | by Tafi Mhaka
UK 'disagrees' with easing of Zimbabwe sanctions
Britain has given its clearest signal that it intends to pursue a different course from the European Union over sanctions on Zimbabwe after voicing its disagreement with a decision last week to suspen...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 18:21hrs | 2246 | by Staff reporter
Britian speaks on Zimbabwe's sanctions
The United Kingdom government says for the to remove the sanctions against Zimbabwe, Harare should be willing to show 5that they are committed to implement reforms in Zimbabwe. Melanie Robinso...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 14:09hrs | 9618 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe among worst food-insecure countries
ZIMBABWE is facing its worst food crisis in years, after being ranked the fourth worst food insecure country in the world.The head of delegation of the European Union, which is helping to feed...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:11hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
SA tells Mnangagwa to stop meddling
NEIGHBOURING South Africa has told President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to stop political interference in public institutions, respect trade agreements and allow competition in business if it...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 10:10hrs | 2617 | by Staff reporter
Britain to reimpose sanctions on Grace Mugabe
The British government plans to reject a European Union decision to lift sanctions on the wife of the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, suggesting its approach to financially targeting foreign ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1333 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks on brink of collapse
Talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change have broken down, pitching Zimbabwe further into political disarray.MDC leader Nelson ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 2054 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's tactics fail to work
RIDING the wave of popular anger has not worked out for Nelson Chamisa as it did for the late Morgan Tsvangirai. That is probably because Tsvangirai was popular first before surfing the great ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 401 | by Lawson Mabhena
21st century mindset required to solve Zimbabwe challenges of the future
Our country seem be designing and implementing the economic strategy in a manner that Douglas Alexander described as "a fundamental error of what makes success in the 21st century".There are t...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:20hrs | 101 | by Brian Sedze
Youth are sleeping on duty
It is the right moment for the youth in Zimbabwe to realise that gone are the days when government would proffer a lot of opportunities in a silver plate. Our brothers who had an opportunity to ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 78 | by Matora Hupile
Open letter to Dr Thokozani Khupe
Dear Dr KhupeGreetings and complements of the new year, hoping that all is well with you.I'm a concerned Christian and founding ordinary member of the Movement for Democratic Change, a...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:16hrs | 412 | by Allan Wenyika
Zanu-PF fears an uprising against Mnangagwa govt
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown constitutes the biggest threat to Zanu-PF's continued hold on power, the ruling party has admitted.The country is going through one of the worst economic crises si...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 14:00hrs | 9255 | by Staff reporter
I would rather be a dog
In this perverted life, good behaviour is generally viewed as uninspiringly drab, while bad habits are considered to be titillatingly infectious, contagious, addictive and fashionable.This is ...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:17hrs | 244 | by Bishop Lazarus
Mnangagwa appeals to Chamisa
AMID rising political temperatures and a worsening economic crisis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday appealed to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, as well as the business community, to join him ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:50hrs | 13038 | by Staff reporter
Making Zimbabwe a mighty gladiator
"Look before you leap," so goes the age-old adage. Granted, only God the Almighty boasts precise, pre-knowledge about the future of a person or a nation. But be that as it may, had Zimsec allowed the ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:33hrs | 124 | by Stephen Mpofu
Gukurahundi commissions nothing but a waste of taxpayers money
The meeting that took place between ZANU-PF president Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa , who is also the chief architect of the Matabeleland Gukurahundi Genocide and so called Matabeleland Civic Society (fo...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:27hrs | 202 | by Mr Mbonisi Gumbo
Sanctions a cheap excuse for failure, industry tells govt
INDUSTRY in Bulawayo yesterday challenged government to stop crying about sanctions, but start creating a conducive operating environment, give them fuel and forex for raw materials as well as sort ou...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:26hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
Political analysts hail EU decision on Zimbabwe sanctions
Political analysts have hailed the decision made by the European Union (EU) to remove top Government officials from its sanctions list, a move which is expected to ensure more constructive relations b...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:34hrs | 756 | by Staff reporter
'Free elections are a process not event' - given will, 18/4/1980 event and not 40+ year process
Zimbabwe is facing a very serious social and economic crisis that is now causing untold human suffering and deaths and is threatening the country's stability and that of the whole southern African reg...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 21:42hrs | 480 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's new republic is losing the plot
The question is, are we where we are because of sanctions or corruption? Since the year 2000, Zimbabwe spoke of the crippling sanctions to the economy. This resulted in government adopting a Look East...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 20:15hrs | 1220 | by O Gutu
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday tightened screws on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after they maintained sanctions against the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), citing human rights abuse...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:17hrs | 4927 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions against Zimbabwe outdated, says Moyo
FOREIGN AFFAIRS Minister Sibusiso Moyo says government welcomes the European Union's decision to ease sanctions imposed on the country but felt the measures were unjustified and outdated.On Mo...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 06:30hrs | 2851 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pressured on talks with Chamisa by EU
THE European Union (EU) has indicated that it does not recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa's pet project, the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) as adequate to resolve the problems in Zimbabwe and s...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:55hrs | 3638 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa approaches Sadc, AU on Mbeki, talks
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he will approach Sadc and the African Union (AU) in a bid to compel the government to accept former South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in the count...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 20:09hrs | 2002 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe remains on EU sanctions
LATE former President Robert Mugabe has been removed from the European Union (EU) sanctions list but his widow, Grace remains "restrictive measures".Mugabe died September 6 last year, aged 95....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1253 | by newzimbabwe
Mugabe removed from sanctions
The European Union has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as well as a targeted asset freeze on the state arms company.In a statement on Monday, the Council of the European Union said the l...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:19hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
Grace, Chiwenga, Velario Sibanda, Shiri still in the EU sanctions list
The European Union has announced that four Zimbabwean top officials still remain under its restrictive measures despite them having applied for the suspension of the measures on them....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:01hrs | 3257 | by Stephen Jakes
EU not taking Polad seriously
The European Union (EU) has called for "inclusive national dialogue", a clear indicator that it is not taking the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) seriously and believe dialogue between Mnangagwa and...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 12:59hrs | 2564 | by Staff reporter
EU sanctions blow for Mnangagwa
The European Union (EU) has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe and sanctions on the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI) for one year and lifted restrictions on four individuals following the Council o...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 12:58hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Europe renews sanctions against Zimbabwe Defense Industries
The European Union has renewed against the Zimbabwe Defense Industries for a period of one year. In a statement issued on Monday EU said, "Taking into account the situation in Zimbabwe, includ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 11:34hrs | 13156 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsvangirai was a 'sell-out' says Mutodi
INFORMATION Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has described the late MDC founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai as a ‘sell-out' who invited sanctions imposed by the West and the US against Zimbabwe....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 1093 | by newzimbabwe
Britain invests US$1.9 billion to Zimbabwe
United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says companies from the former colonial power have invested about US$1.9 Billion into Zimbabwe. Robinson however, said the laws of Zimbab...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 7703 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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