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'Mnangagwa lied to diplomats'
THE United Kingdom government is plotting tougher sanctions against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration, arguing the measures put in place have failed to nudge Harare towards reform, hence t...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1686 | by Staff reporter
US, CCC and local journalists gang up to foment chaos
The US government through its Harare embassy has started sponsoring local journalists to write more negative stories about Zimbabwe, at the same time undermining Chinese investments to create national...Published: 21 hrs ago | 477 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Mutsvangwa dreams of a stable Zimdollar
Zimbabwe's economy continues to grow despite illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West and the nation is now being rallied to support President Mnangagwa's vision of stabilising the local c...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:32hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar, US dollar use to stay
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has encouraged Zimbabweans to use both the Zimbabwe dollar and United States dollar as the country transitions towards adoption of a ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:12hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
There is no my vote is my secret, 'Death leaves no track record, voters do!' boasted Mnangagwa
"SaBuku pamberi, (Zanu PF) district chairman shure navanhu, councillor aripovo. Kwava kunovota." (Village headman will be in front, (Zanu PF) district chairman behind with the people and the local cou...Published: 14 May 2022 at 11:16hrs | 1787 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe's empire is collapsing like a castle built on sand
What you need to know:‘Gucci Grace' will, however, still live comfortably for the rest of her life even if the businesses that her husband left her collapse, as post-coup law ensures that sh...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 2994 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe maintains neutral stance on Russia-Ukraine conflict
THE Zimbabwean government has refused to be dragged into the Russia-Ukrainian conflict, calling for dialogue between the warring countries.Foreign Affairs and International Trade ministry chie...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:08hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda criticises Bretton Woods institutions
The Bretton Woods institutions have been slammed for punishing African countries that seek to control and exploit their natural resources for the benefit of their nationals.Speaker of the Nati...Published: 12 May 2022 at 06:26hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Standard Chartered Zimbabwe names Mubayiwa as CEO
Standard Chartered Zimbabwe has named Mubaiwa Mubayiwa as CEO, replacing Ralph Watungwa, who leaves after 'misconduct' allegations. He was Head of Corporate Commercial and Inst...Published: 11 May 2022 at 11:59hrs | 3255 | by Staff reporter
EU against Zimbabwe's own Patriot Act
The European Union (EU) says it is concerned about laws that Zimbabwe is crafting that will further restrict freedom of expression.President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is pushing for the ...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:16hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland North roads have outlived lifespan
MOST public roads especially in Matabeleland North need reconstruction as they have outlived their lifespan, a Cabinet Minister has said.Speaking on the sidelines of a review meeting for all p...Published: 07 May 2022 at 06:19hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
US-Zambia military pact rattles Zimbabwe
THE establishment of a specialised United States security office in Zambia has unsettled authorities in Zimbabwe following heated debate across the political divide on the possible intentions of the A...Published: 06 May 2022 at 19:27hrs | 997 | by Staff reporter
'I was paid US$75 000 by Americans to assault Chief Serima' Former MDC-T Minister says
Former MDC-T Deputy Minister of Youth Tongai Matutu has alleged that he was paid US$75 000 to assault one Chief Serima in 2010 by the United States of America Embassy in a bid to project Zimbabwe as a...Published: 05 May 2022 at 15:48hrs | 3009 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa ally says, 'Britain can go hang'
BRITAIN should stop interfering in Zimbabwe's internal affairs as the country is not an extension of the United Kingdom, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Christopher Mutsvangwa, has sa...Published: 04 May 2022 at 06:59hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives kits to assemble 21 buses from China
KITS for the assembly of 21 buses arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday from China, as Harare moves to reduce the forex import bill and create more jobs through assembling buses locally.The project wi...Published: 04 May 2022 at 06:58hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Putin to terminate exports and deals with the West
Russian President Vladimir Putin put the West on notice on Tuesday that he could terminate exports and deals, the Kremlin's toughest response yet to the sanctions burden imposed by the United States a...Published: 03 May 2022 at 20:52hrs | 2164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Britain should mind its own business'
MEDDLESOME Britain should focus on problems at home and stop poking its nose into the affairs of Zimbabwe through contrived stories and false oppositional narratives, President Mnangagwa has said....Published: 03 May 2022 at 15:37hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to copy Putin's currency strategy
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to emulate Russian President Vladimir Putin in his attempt to revive Africa's worst performing currency. Mnangagwa's administration may announ...Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2914 | by Staff reporter
State of a Zimbabwean worker lamentable
AS the world celebrated Workers Day yesterday, my heart bled with sorrow about the current conditions of the majority of workers in Zimbabwe.One of the reasons that led to the liberation strug...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:01hrs | 75 | by Linda T Masarira
Govt urged to address issues fuelling inflation
TRADE unions have urged Government to promote dialogue among social partners to address issues revolving around the welfare of workers and whip into line cartels which are fuelling inflation.T...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:59hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties attend Workers Day commemorations
Zimbabwean workers yesterday joined the rest of the world in commemorating Workers' Day, with the Government calling for unity while expressing its commitment to improving the welfare of workers throu...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:53hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe flies British fighter jets again despite sanctions
Zimbabwe's Air Force has mysteriously found parts for its grounded Hawk fighter jets - 21 years after Britain imposed a crippling arms embargo.Four BAE Hawk jets took part in a fly-past during...Published: 01 May 2022 at 19:36hrs | 5296 | by Staff reporter
UK minister says Zimbabwe not ready for Commonwealth re-admission
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's much vaunted re-engagement policy has once again been given a slap in the face, with the British parliament hearing that Zimbabwe is not yet at a level where it could be...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:26hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Red flag over murky govt vehicle deals
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) says it will not investigate various cases in which the government, local authorities and parastatals have been prejudiced through the non-delivery of mo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:25hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should heed UN counsel on sanctions
IN one of the NewsDay issues this week, we carried a story in which the United Nations (UN) added its voice to the long-standing thorny and hot debate on the country's contentious subject of sanctions...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:21hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: When the snake bites the charmer
Staring the abyssVery slowly but definitely quite surely, the world is drifting towards a scary nuclear abyss. The conflict in Eastern Europe now has all the makings of a major superpo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | 198 | by jamwanda
Zimbabwe Hawks back in the skies
After being grounded for years due to lack of access to spare parts caused by illegal economic sanctions, Air Force of Zimbabwe's Hawk jets yesterday had a flypast at the Zimbabwe International Trade ...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 16:09hrs | 201 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military strength gets major boost
The strength of Air Force of Zimbabwe has received a major boost after the Hawk Fighter Jets flew for the first time in years. Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba using his new Twitter m...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 17:26hrs | 7847 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe must address human rights concerns: UN
"ZIMBABWE must address issues of human rights concerns in order to create a platform that will help find solutions to this long problem of sanctions in this country," the United Nations resident and h...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:02hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Polad exhibiting at ZITF
All 17 Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) parties are equal members and claims that the grouping is a Zanu-PF project meant to silence opposition parties in the country are bent on perpetuating politic...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 08:58hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
'Hiring lobbyists unhelpful for Zimbabwe's image rebuilding'
ZIMBABWE'S failure to attain and build a good image in the international community is worsened by hopeless tactics like the hiring of lobbyist organisations, critics have said.In 2019, Preside...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:40hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans MPs reduced to beggars
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime has reduced members of Parliament to beggars whose lives are now miserable, opposition MDC-T national chairperson Morgen Komichi (pictured) has said.This ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:39hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Politicians are fuelling hate crimes
ONLY hate and barbarism could have produced the sort of spectacle the world witnessed a few weeks ago when a baying mob of South Africans moved from house to house in Johannesburg's Diepsloot slum to ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 197 | by Addy Kudita
Mnangagwa pleads poverty
REVELATIONS that Zimbabwe is pushing to be classified a Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) as Harare seeks debt relief in what is effectively a volte-face on the long-held official aversion to the i...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe currently lacks caliber of leadership required to take nation to the next level
I am finding it most difficult shaking out of my mind those haunting images of a whole head of state and government, and commander-in-chief of the country...Published: 25 Apr 2022 at 08:42hrs | 448 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe regime has no capacity to 'improve the lives' of citizens!
I do not know the people of Epworth - a periurban settlement on the outskirts of the capital Harare - but, scenes of them celebrating the official commiss...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1200 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabweans in diaspora not cash cows but should have their democratic rights respected!
There was much excitement in the corridors of power when it became apparent that diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe had surpassed the US$1.4 billion mark ...Published: 24 Apr 2022 at 06:25hrs | 1338 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US attacks Zec over reforms
THE United States (US) embassy has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to implement electoral reforms recommended in the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera).The US ...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:43hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's popularity soars ahead of 2023 polls?
A PRO-OPPOSITION research entity, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), has said the recent by-elections have shown that the revolutionary Zanu-PF party is on a strong resurgent trajectory as it man...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
United States calls for 'fair play' ahead of Zimbabwe's 2023 election
The United States embassy in Harare has called for "fair play" in Zimbabwe's 2023 elections, warning that the country's path out of international isolation is an election "widely accepted" by internat...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 1131 | by Staff reporter
Old habits die hard
DEAR President Emmerson MnangagwaYour Excellency, as Bulawayo hosted the 42nd independence anniversary, one thing for certain is that there was apparent resentment all over. Ordinarily, there ...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | 891 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Mining to drive Zimbabwe growth
Zimbabwe's mining industry has "immense" potential to drive socio-economic development and growth of the economy, underpinned by strategies designed to transform the sector to a US$12 billion industry...Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:04hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa blames sanctions for Zimbabwe health sector woes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has blamed sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western powers for crippling the county's health sector.Addressing delegates at the national Independence Day celebrati...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 18:39hrs | 523 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa delivers a 'glowing' speech at the Independence Day celebrations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivered a 'glowing' speech at the Independence Day celebrations in Bulawayo, Monday, which showed a country that is on a recovery path, particularly under his administra...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 18:36hrs | 1433 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe @42 where exactly did we go wrong?
It really pains me when I look at what my country has become today four decades into independence. We have regressed so much.I couldn't think that one day I would board a plane to a war torn c...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:40hrs | 701 | by Leonard Koni
Youths advised to promote unity
Zimbabwe celebrates its 42nd Independence Day anniversary today and President Mnangagwa has called on youths to promote unity as it forms the basis of the country's development.The President s...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 10:24hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says it's 'time for Zimbabwe to rise and shine'
ZIMBABWEANS must be united by a common vision to build a prosperous and empowered nation as the country's economy is likely to grow regardless of the numerous challenges it faces, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:10hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
41 die in Zimbabwe's Easter accidents
ZIMBABWEANS must be united by a common vision to build a prosperous and empowered nation as the country's economy is likely to grow regardless of the numerous challenges it faces, President Mnangagwa ...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:09hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges youths to dream big
YOUTHS must dream big, create wealth and seize opportunities which are available in the economy in order to play a central role in building a better Zimbabwe, as this represents the true meaning of In...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:08hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
Sombre atmosphere at ZCC Mutendi Church
A sombre atmosphere engulfed the ZCC Mutendi Church in Bikita today where thousands of pilgrims are gathered for the church's Easter festivities blemished by the death of 36 church members in a road t...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:29hrs | 333 | by Staff reporter
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