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Mupfumira trial kicks off
THE trial of former cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira has kicked off at the Harare Magistrates court this Wednesday with both Mupfumira and her then Permanent Secretary, Ngoni Masoka pleading not guil...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1465 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T recalls 8 senators from Parliament
DRAMA continues to unfold in the embattled MDC Alliance party after eight Senators were recalled by the MDC-T from the August House this Wednesday.Announcing the dismissal of the eight Senator...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1278 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo: A dream deferred but still attainable
Joshua Nkomo, perhaps like many great men and women before him saw a dream for Zimbabwe, one that would have seen the country cross over from colonialism to the proverbial Jordan. Born in 1917 he dedi...Published: 12 hrs ago | 492 | by Lt Col JZ Dlamini
Matemadanda disowns Twitter handle
ZANU-PF Secretary for Commissariat Victor Matemadanda has disowned a Twitter account in his name, which he claims was engineered by his enemies bent on tarnishing his image.This follows a mess...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1288 | by Staff reporter
A new oppostion front stronger than MDC threatens ZANU PF
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that the government is aware of a new opposition front led by market manipulators which seeks to overthrow the government. In an intervie...Published: 20 hrs ago | 13759 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe security chefs fingered in mobile money suspension
Zimbabwe's security force leaders sidelined the nation's economic chiefs and forced the government to close the stock exchange and halt most mobile-money transactions, people familiar with the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 22:44hrs | 5290 | by Staff reporter
Govt launches regularisation programme
Government has launched the national regularisation programme, which is expected to tighten the screws on land barons by bringing sanity to all informal settlements countrywide. Land barons ha...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 16:50hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
Plot to oust Khupe gathers pace
VULTURES are circling over MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe with insiders saying there is a plot to oust her by end of this month after she failed to convene an extraordinary congress (EOC) with...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:22hrs | 14606 | by Staff reporter
Only MDC Alliance vendors getting vending bays in Bulawayo
INFORMAL traders have accused the MDC-Alliance dominated Bulawayo City Council (BCC) of politicising allocation of vending bays by sidelining vendors with Zanu-PF links.Speaking at a meeting w...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1329 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League warns detractors
THE Zanu-PF Youth League yesterday castigated coordinated campaigns by detractors to cause chaos in the country while also seeking to soil the image of the First Family. In a Press conference ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
Plot to destabilise Zimbabwe economy exposed?
AS Government intensifies efforts to close channels that are fuelling the black market and other illicit financial activities, it has emerged that some foreign nations and individuals have been trying...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1877 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Covid-19 death toll rises to 7
FIVE Zimbabwe police officers have tested positive for the deadly Covid-19, Ministry of Information secretary, Nick Mangwana has confirmed while the death toll from the pandemic has risen to seven....Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Introduction - Reform Agenda Part 1 of 3
1. What is the Reform Agenda?The Reform Agenda is a politically conscious organisation that seeks to inform and influence political and civic outcom...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:24hrs | 375 | by Robert Sigauke
WATCH: ZANU PF Youths demand Chihuri to be taken to mental hospital
ZANU PF Acting Deputy Secretary for Youth Affairs Tendai Chirau has condemned former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri for telling the media that President Emmerson Mnangagwa snatched his ...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 05:27hrs | 2501 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Madhuku blasts government on electoral reforms
National Constitution Assembly (ANC) leader Lovemore Madhuku has challenged the government on electoral reforms and recommendations of the Commission."I will speak as a politician and NC...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 23:06hrs | 2125 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Mnangagwa told to engage rivals
RETURNING Zanu-PF liberation stalwart, Rugare Gumbo, pictured, has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to join hands with the opposition and other social formations to end the country's deepening po...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 3463 | by Staff reporter
Journalist arrested for 'insulting' Mnangagwa
MASVINGO-based journalist and Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) vice president, Godfrey Mtimba was arrested Monday on charges of insulting and undermining the authority of President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:50hrs | 2286 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe switches to substitute ARV drugs
THE government says it has a substitute for the second line drugs for anti-retroviral treatment (ART) which is currently in short supply.In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, deputy m...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 18:47hrs | 2233 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Front announces new Youth leadership
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ZSE trading suspended, awaiting guidance from ministry
Following the statement issued by the Secretary for Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services on 26 June 2020, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has suspended trading until further notice, FinX repor...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 2015 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri dossier exposes govt rot
EXILED former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has exposed how serving and former top government officials and service chiefs allegedly used their spouses as conduits to grab lucrative te...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 4176 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to tumble
A forex dealer brandishes wads of $2 and $5 notes in Harare. The Zimdollar has continued losing value against stronger currencies like the rand and the United States dollar.THE Zimbabwe dollar...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:46hrs | 4208 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gives Zivhu green light
Zanu-PF First Secretary and President, Mnangagwa, has given expelled party legislator for Chivi South Mr Killer Zivhu the green light to continue with programmes and projects he was implementing in th...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2899 | by Staff reporter
Reward for turning-in tax dodgers
Whistle-blowers turning in tax dodgers can now claim a reward of 10 percent of the recovered taxes or duties under regulations gazetted on Friday by Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU dares Khupe over congress invite
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has vowed it will not entertain reinstated MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe who reportedly plans to hire the labour group to observe a party elective poll in S...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 2943 | by newzimbabwe
Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?
Zimbabwe is at crossroads, the economy is in decline, deprivation continues, with ordinary citizens yearning for reprieve from the challenges to do with daily survival.Grace KwinjeThis is ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:06hrs | 3021 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Zimbabwe mobile operators called to further national interests
The Zimbabwean government has been commended for its firm stance in fighting illegal dealings connected with the foreign currency black market to restore mobile money platforms to their original purpo...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:05hrs | 1175 | by Staff reporter
Khupe in congress U-Turn
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe has made a dramatic extra-ordinary congress U-turn after she rolled back the new dates she had set for the Indaba to the original July 31 date.This comes ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 18:03hrs | 6749 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told to go back to the drawing board
BATTERED and bruised MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, should go back to the drawing board and come up with new strategies to fight for his political life in the wake of the political and legal loss...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:49hrs | 2110 | by Staff reporter
'Mobile money suspension will bury Zimbabwean economy'
THERE is a debilitating mixture of chaos, confusion and panic among both consumers and businesses across the country, after the government made a surprise announcement late on Friday evening that it w...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:41hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter
Taxis show Ramaphosa the middle finger
The South African National Taxi Council (Santaco) and the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) say government is not taking the industry seriously and that they have decided to take the "the bull by its horns...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:21hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe constitution amendment (bill no. 2) - 2019
Written submission in accordance with section 328 amendment of constitution ZAPU notes with grave concern about the implications of the proposed r...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 10:47hrs | 877 | by Sakhile Sibanda
Chamisa moves to new offices?
The Nelson Chamisa led MDC faction, which receiving another morale-sapping blow after it lost the battle for the warring party's hugely symbolic national headquarters in Harare, is reported to have mo...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:43hrs | 11396 | by Staff reporter
We are loyal to Chamisa, says Chibaya
MDC Alliance organising secretary Amos Chibaya says all party MPs recently recalled by the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T remain resolute and unshaken by the purges.Speaking to The Standard yesterd...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1251 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash ignores govt ban amid
ECOCASH has continued offering its services despite a shock government ban on mobile money services on Friday.The government said it had suspended all mobile money services as it battles again...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1065 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy run by master criminals fleecing the poor
Ordinary Zimbabweans have suffered for years as a result of currency manipulation and corruption by the elites who have siphoned US dollars away into their overseas bank accounts. Now, a recent ruling...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:11hrs | 1425 | by Thandekile Moyo
Money changers and the secret of their wisdom
THE foreign currency auction announced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently appears to have started on a high note, but there is a nagging fear that those favourable comments by observers may have...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 5173 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mobile money suspension drastic
The move on Friday night by government to suspend, with immediate effect, all monetary transactions on mobile money platforms, left the country confused and in shock.President Emmerson Mnangag...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:03hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter
Dr Nkomo: The triumph and paradox of the liberation agenda
Early career timing and ideological wiringTHE nationalist anti-colonial movement in modern Zimbabwe directly intertwines the ideological efforts and political charisma of the late Vice-Preside...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 159 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Bulawayo burial regulations to continue beyond lockdown
BURIAL regulations introduced by the Bulawayo City Council as part of the Covid-19 pandemic preventive measures are set to continue beyond the national lockdown.At the onset of the pandemic in...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:26hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Pensioners send SOS to Govt
THE National Railways Pensioners Association has appealed to the Government to extend the US$30 allowances to retired workers that were not in civil service, saying pensioners were struggling to make ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:22hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Boarding schools open today
BOARDING schools will open today to receive pupils who will be writing June/ July examinations that start on Tuesday.As part of ensuring the smooth running of examinations, the Government has ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:19hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
RBZ confirms mobile money ban but keeps platforms open for small transactions
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has suspended all money agents from mobile financial transactions but the general public can still continue to transact using the platforms.In a statement ye...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:18hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 166 | by Bishop Lazarus
Motlanthe Commission recommendations met?
GOVERNMENT has fully complied with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry into the August 1, 2018 post-election violence, a senior official has said.The Commission of Inquiry â...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 338 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya suspends mobile money agents
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has suspended mobile money agents from facilitating mobile financial transactions and has placed restrictions on merchant transactions.This follows a pronouncement...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 19:51hrs | 3623 | by Staff reporter
Govt suspends EcoCash, 3 other platforms
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended all monetary transactions on mobile money platforms "to deal with malpractices, criminality and economic sabotage perpetuated by the wolves in sheep sk...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:03hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's faction receives another morale-sapping blow
IT DOES not rain but pours for Nelson Chamisa's MDC faction, with the beset group receiving another morale-sapping blow yesterday after it lost the battle for the warring party's hugely symbolic natio...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:02hrs | 8909 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to the Minister of Local Govt and Rural and Urban Development Hon. July Moyo
As concerned citizens, it is our belief that Local Government refers to the establishment of participatory and democratically elected structures that can identify with the needs of people at grassroot...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:47hrs | 1811 | by Concerned citizens of Bubi Rural District
Brutality and Aggression against journalists by security forces must stop
The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists, ZUJ, has called on the Zimbabwean government to ensure the safety of journalists following the latest incident in which two journalists were tortured by soldiers and...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:44hrs | 444 | by Stephen Jakes
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