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Zimbabwe Airways loses one plane over delayed payment
Zimbabwe Airways, the controversial new state-owned airline being built with the help of aircraft retired by Malaysian Airways has lost one of the four Boeing 777-2H6(ER) aircraft that it had targeted...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1602 | by zimlive
Chamisa must know demos will not take Zimbabwe forward
IT is within MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his party's rights to stage demonstrations against what they term a "stolen vote" and the state of the economy.However, the majority of the citizens ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2765 | by Editorial - newsday
Zimbabwe could be China's economic gateway to Sub-Saharan Africa
Anti-Chinese rhetoric in Africa can only be mitigated by the pursuit of stronger economic ties between the Asian giant and countries on the continent, including Zimbabwe. The Southern African ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 395 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 'Thank You Rallies' to start
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa heads to Mashonaland West province this weekend as he launches his "Thank You Rallies" to express his gratitude to the people who voted for him and Zanu-PF in the July 30 harmonise...Published: 13 hrs ago | 452 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads to Mashonaland West
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa heads to Mashonaland West this weekend as he launches "Thank You Rallies" to express gratitude to the people who voted for him and Zanu-PF in the July 30 harmonised elections. ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 794 | by Staff reporter
The new dispensation: One year on
This week last year Zimbabwe went through the epoch-making Operation Restore Legacy which culminated in the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe on 21 November and the ascension of President ...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 16:43hrs | 1474 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mliswa set to finish off Obert Mpofu
Hwange-based Zambezi Gas, a coal mining company, has appealed to the Temba Mliswa-led parliamentary panel to intervene so that it can get its land, which was allegedly grabbed by Zanu-PF administratio...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:41hrs | 3937 | by Staff reporter
Barking at the wrong tree
It all came down to me in the strangest place of all the places one can imagine. There I was, sitting in my Chinese class where I came to the realization that that My President - E.D Mnangagwa is bark...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | 1599 | by Nicholas Nhau
'Zimbabwe ripe for investment'
DEVELOPING markets investment bank, Exotix Capital Limited says Zimbabwe under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership is ripe for investment with potential investors now looking at the country with...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | 314 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo defends Zanu-PF spending spree
A year after Zanu-PF's succession war was settled with the help of the military, the ruling party says it is happy with the direction in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa is steering the country....Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:52hrs | 448 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions, Zimbabwe has change enough 'to scold ED' - but not to stop him rigging elections
Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble and there many reasons why this is so. One of these many reasons; the country is cursed with an unusually large army of corrupt and incompetent vi...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1165 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
China denies deploying 4k at Chiadzwa diamond fields
THE Chinese government is exasperated at criticism by "smart" Zimbabweans who do not appreciate what the Asian economic behemoth is doing in the country.Acting Chinese envoy Zhao Baogang on Th...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:48hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called on the European Union (EU) to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe saying the country has turned a wonderful corner and needs support on its path to great re...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
Wutawunashe petitions Trump over sanctions
On Friday Family of God leader Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe in partnership with National Elders Forum today launched an anti-sanctions initiative dubbed Faith for the Nation Campaign....Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 2372 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa tells EU that Zimbabwe 'has turned a corner'
ZIMBABWE was on the agenda in talks South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa had with European Union (EU) leaders on Thursday.During a media briefing, Ramaphosa said he discussed the importance ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | 3304 | by Fin24
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2377 | by Brian Sedze
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 720 | by Brian Maregedze
Sanctions divide Mnangagwa's new dispensation
The sanctions must go mantra has sharply divided the Emmerson Mnangagwa led New dispensation. A twar between ZANU PF Gokwe Nembudziya Member of Parliament Mayor justice wadyajena AND THE Ministry of I...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:40hrs | 5274 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 945 | by Aljazeera
A 'Operation restore citizen-power' only path to Zimbabwe's prosperity
As Zimbabwe commemorates last year's military intervention that led to the removal of long-time president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and replaced by his then recently expelled deputy Emmerson Dambudzo Mna...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 08:56hrs | 992 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe digitalisation project hit by sanctions
Zimbabwe which has failed to meet the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) deadline to migrate from analogue broadcasting to digital by June 2015 has blamed illegal sanctions for derailing the...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:06hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa finally breaks free of Mugabe shodow
After 56 years of working under Mugabe, ED finally breaks free from the ambits of his master and successfully established himself in one year. November has become a month which will be r...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:00hrs | 12159 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Settling land compensation issue vital for Zimbabwe's economy
IN his inaugural address, the new President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed that land reform was both historically necessary and irreversible.He also made a commitment to compensate...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:09hrs | 293 | by Ian Scoones
1 year after Mugabe fall, Zimbabwe asks 'What has changed?'
One year ago the unthinkable happened in Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe fell from power.Tanks rolled in the streets of the capital, Harare, on November 14, 2017, and the military put Mugabe under hou...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:25hrs | 1956 | by AP
Zimbabwe economic pain not being shared
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's recent confirmation that government will soon buy vehicles for parliamentarians exposes government's insincerity in tackling its ballooning budget deficit.It al...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:51hrs | 3550 | by Staff reporter
Enough fuel for festive season, says Minister
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo has assured the nation of enough fuel supplies during the forthcoming festive season. In an interview on the sidelines of the just ended 20...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa needs better advisers
I always say politics is not for short-term schemers and this is proving true indeed. At a time the majority of Zimbabweans are having their brains full to find ways on how the economy can be mended, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:23hrs | 760 | by Ranson Madzamba
Budget should address economic fundamentals, Mthuli Ncube urged
REPRESENTATIVES from various sectors of business have challenged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to address critical issues such as the budget deficit and currency reforms when he presents the 2019 Nati...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:03hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa refuses to meet World Banks officials
THE World Bank is making efforts to meet former Finance and Economic Development Minister and ZANU-PF secretary for finance Patrick Chinamasa to discuss "critical economic issues" according to a repor...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:57hrs | 5245 | by Staff reporter
UK politicians urge lifting Zimbabwe ban
Ministers came under mounting pressure last night to reverse an "outrageous" ban on Zimbabwe from attending the Cenotaph to remember southern Rhodesians killed in the two world wars.More than ...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 08:45hrs | 4448 | by telegraph
Supporting Mnangagwa without backing Zanu PF, backing MDC without supporting Chamisa
"Time flies. It's up to you to be the navigator," observed a sage.I am not into political prophecy, but this week last year - precisely November 6, 2017, the day then President Robert Mugabe s...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | 2590 | by Conway Tutani
Charamba cites sanctions to justify Mnangagwa's Guinea
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will use his two-day state visit to Guinea as a launch pad to appeal for African support in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-engage the West so that economic sanctions imposed on ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 19:18hrs | 1674 | by Xinhua
Zimbabwe traditional chief begs US to remove sanctions
A LOCAL traditional leader in Masvingo on Tuesday took advantage of the signing ceremony of the Great Zimbabwe Preservation Project - where the United States donated $475 000 - to beg the superpower t...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:31hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa honoured in Guinea
Guinea President Alpha Conde has awarded President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the Grand Cross Award which symbolises everlasting friendship and solidarity between the peoples of the two countries....Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 14:31hrs | 633 | by Staff Reporter
Lessons learnt from Mugabe's 'youth interface' rallies
YESTERDAY, November 6, 2018, marked a year since one of the darkest days in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political and physical life.On the day, the then President Mr Robert Mugabe sacked Cd...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1880 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa's business dance, Masiyiwa's compliance
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently held a consultative meeting with Zimbabwe's business sector. This came against the backdrop of a national economic crisis largely caused by a new monetary policy ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:21hrs | 1922 | by Takura Zhangazha
Let's engage as the youths
ELECTIONS have come and gone and remarkably Zimbabwean youths participated in large numbers to shape their future, something we, as the Zanu-PF Youth League, believe is testimony to the fact that we a...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 316 | by Pupurai Togarepi
Conflation of business and politics: An economic solution for Zimbabwe
September and October saw the prices of basic commodities in Zimbabwe rising beyond the reach of many. Medicines at pharmacies were charged in United States dollars only and those who could not afford...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:35hrs | 1096 | by Elijah Chihota
Stop the 'fighting' and build the Zimbabwean economy
It now seems fashionable to label all lost elections 'stolen' despite lack of credible evidence. National elections are more than an event, they are a national occurrence when even the pulse of the co...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:09hrs | 1336 | by Tondorindo
Mnangagwa courts Africa's vote on sanctions
President Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday on a two-day State visit at the invitation of President Alpha Condé and will use the occasion to appeal for African support in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-enga...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:17hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that 'good times will soon roll'
President Mnangagwa yesterday exhorted Zimbabweans to unite and remain strong in the face of prevailing economic difficulties saying the challenges confronting the country will soon be overcome, pavin...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 05:20hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe Kakistocracy
A Kakistocracy is a government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power (Oxford Dictionary). This has been the case since 1980 when Zanu pf took over, a year ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 13:26hrs | 1029 | by AT Kadada
'We must Buy Zimbabwe or die'
The Israelites reportedly took 40 years in the wilderness on a journey that ordinarily took a month.Clearly, something was not right.Suffice to say, gross indiscipline and an inability...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:45hrs | 4666 | by Munyaradzi Hwengwere
Mnangagwa builds international dream team
GOVERNMENT will soon unveil an International Advisory Council which will advise President Mnangagwa on global economic issues and push the re-engagement process.The team will also assist the c...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:41hrs | 703 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs want liquid in water cannons probed
Parliament has been urged to institute an investigation into the chemical composition of the liquid in water cannons used by police to disperse crowds amid fears that the liquid could contain harmful ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 1489 | by Staff reporter
Jesus christ spotted in the CBD of Harare
The months of October and September should be declared a period of 'spiritual lies' with immediate effect. A lot of myths happened during this period and I am not going to be surprised today if ...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 10:56hrs | 8641 | by Don chigumba
Trevor Ncube fights in Masiyiwa's corner
Alpha Media Holdings Boss Trevor Ncube has defended Econet Wireless Founder Strive Masiyiwa amidst barrage condemnation that has been direction to the latter by Twitter users over his anti sanctions s...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 08:08hrs | 2691 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Sanctions costed 10s x1000s new jobs' argues Masiyiwa - rigged elections millions old and new
Many people held Strive Masiyiwa in high regard, not until the heard him say "Mnangagwa was sincere" in seeking meaningful political and economic change in Zimbabwe. Masiyiwa also argued that the sanc...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2216 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe sent assasins to kill me says Masiyiwa
Econet Wireless Boss Strive Masiyiwa has revealed that Former President Robert Mugabe sent assassins to abduct and kill him.In an emotional statement issued on Facebook on Thursday Masiy...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | 7732 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Strive Masiyiwa never ceases to shame the devil
Strive Masiyiwa, the Econet Wireless founder, has always been his own man.With all his wealth, Masiyiwa does not get ahead of himself. His public persona is that of gentility — that social s...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:12hrs | 2664 | by Conway Tutani
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