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Zimbabwe urges nuclear powers to disarm
Zimbabwe has urged countries in possession of nuclear weapons to engage in serious negotiations to eliminate and ban the weapons of mass destruction.Foreign Affairs and International Trade Min...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 15:26hrs | 920 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda bemoans MPs' lack of economic literacy
SPEAKER of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has bemoaned lack of economic literacy among some of the Members of Parliament saying this was negating efforts to steer the country forward. Speak...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:12hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's unskilled ministers to be sent to China
THE Chinese embassy is organising seminars in Beijing for Zimbabwean cabinet ministers and bureaucrats to help them learn how to engage top investors and financial institutions in the world's second l...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 08:50hrs | 2250 | by Staff reporter
Seke One High School Rules the Roost in History Advanced Levels 2018 Zimsec Exams
Seke One High school in Chitungwiza defied the odds in the November 2018 public examinations under the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec), under the tutelage of Shepherd Mundondo popularly k...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 2045 | by Brian Maregedze
Zanu-PF losing councillor gets nod to initiate twinning deals
Government has set in motion an urban councils twinning initiative which will see councils benefit from cities in developed countries by engaging a United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean in a bid to improve ...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:52hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
UK-based Zimbabwean businessman keen to promote twinning links
A UK-based Zimbabwean businessman has mooted a plan to form twinning links between several local authorities and those in the Diaspora — something which could attract foreign funding.Spearhe...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 15:01hrs | 975 | by Staff reporter
Minister embarks on tour to assess violent protests damage
Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Minister Sithembiso Nyoni has embarked on a countrywide tour to assess the extent of damage caused by violent demonstrations last wee...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:39hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Let the walls come down
The recent shutdown in Zimbabwe stirred a lot of reflective moments as I took time to engage some critical thinking and problem-solving mechanisms in a bid to find solutions that could address our bro...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 255 | by Cynthia C Hakutangwi
Growing role of Zimbabwe's Embassy in China
ZIMBABWE and China have excellent relations that date back to the pre-independence era. During the visit by His Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa, in April 2018, relations were elevated to the highes...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 07:58hrs | 164 | by Mr Chikawa
Ngezi Platinum reject in Warriors comeback
FORMER Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Tonderai Ndiraya is set to bounce back in the Warriors technical team set-up in a restructuring exercise that will also see former Highlanders coach Bonga...Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Law society raises bar for newly qualified advocates
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has started enforcing regulations to ensure that all lawyers undergo compulsory pupilage before practising on their own, with the bar being raised for one to practise...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:54hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe start-up targets foreign market
A Zimbabwean start-up, Flexi Africa, has set up an online trade platform which links local vendors to international markets.Flexi Africa chief executive Gerald Nyamadzawo told Standardbusiness...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:38hrs | 1850 | by Staff reporter
The truth that eludes Rebuild Africa Initiative
As Rebuild Africa our heart is bleeding for betterment of Africa. Africa once dubbed the black continent continues unabated its trend of not satisfying needs and aspirations of its especially the yout...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 13:31hrs | 427 | by Enos Denhere
The Historian Orator - Mr Muso
The pedagogue of History and historiography from primary to tertiary level remains an indispensable facet in our everyday life not only in Zimbabwe, but, the world over. To some, history as a subject ...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 15:14hrs | 312 | by Brian Maregedze
Zimbabwe outlines university innovation hub strategy
THE Government has set aside hundreds of millions of dollars that will see the construction of innovation hubs in six universities as well as infrastructural overhaul in the higher and tertiary educat...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:57hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean company signs a $1.8 billion mega solar projects deal
Craft Properties (Pvt) Ltd a subsidiary of Craft Properties Holdings and an elite member of the World Confederation of Businesses have signed a mega solar projects deal worth 1.8 billion United States...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 07:41hrs | 2759 | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba rescues Bulawayo youth
A CHANCE meeting between a Bulawayo young man and Zanu-PF's Buhera South legislator Joseph Chinotimba when he was in Bulawayo proved a life-changing encounter for the youth. Mr Shadreck Ndlovu...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:08hrs | 2183 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe not ready to liberalise bond note exchange rate'
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has said the country is not ready to liberalise the bond note exchange rate or introduce a new currency as this will raise inflation and worsen the economic situatio...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 11:29hrs | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Parliament urged to oversee govt spending
PARLIAMENT has to keep strict checks and balances on government expenditure to control the budget deficit, economists have advised.Last week, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented his maiden...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri accused of being a sellout
Disgruntled MDC members yesterday scaled up calls for deputy president Elias Mudzuri's expulsion from the party for attending a meeting at State House with President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Parliament b...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Falling In Love - Part 1
Her desire is deepest in the morning. She is too much woman for me, at sunrise. But I sip eagerly from her cup and inhale her essence. She is my thick cup of creamy coffee.We both wake up earl...Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 22:40hrs | 3943 | by Jerà
Mthuli Ncube sticks to his bond notes
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Friday said the $8,2 billion budget for 2019 will address the currency crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe in the next few months, saying the shortage of the United States dol...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:40hrs | 1027 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, the poor cousin of the EFF
The days leading to the July 30 general election gave birth to desperadoes, some of them claiming to be holier-than-thou and campaigning whilst clutching the Bible.Promises to serve the electorate...Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:17hrs | 339 | by Nicole Hondo
Mthuli Ncube's National Budget tomorrow
The minister of Finance and Economic Development will present the 2019 Annual Budget Statement to the National Assembly tomorrow. In addition to the Budget Statement he will table the Estimate...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 12:56hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sets privatisation timelines
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has set timelines for the disposal and partial privatisation of a number of state-owned enterprises, as part of a raft of measures to revitalise Zimbabwe's fragile econom...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | 4550 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation hits the 20.8% mark, RBZ targets 7%
Zimbabwe's annual inflation rose sharply to a record 20.8 percent in October after it gained 15.46 percentage points from the September rate of 5.39 percent. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 16:03hrs | 1697 | by Staff reporter
Ahoy! MPs' allowances to be slashed
Members of Parliament are to get their sitting allowance cut in an attempt to reduce the public wage bill.The MPs' $75 per sitting pay will be slashed, although their salaries will remain unch...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:53hrs | 2050 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dam levels drop
THE national dam levels have declined to an average 71% as at November 1, but the water is still sufficient to meet the domestic and irrigation requirements, Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Lands,...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
Plea to exempt cotton farmers from 2% tax
THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) has proposed that cotton farmers be exempted from the 2% tax on electronic transactions as well as from the 10% withholding tax to help them build capacity....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 158 | by staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Namibian port project taking shape
STATE-OWNED logistics firm Road Motor Services (RMS) says its dry land port project at Walvis Bay in Namibia is now 70% complete, four years after work began on it.RMS, a subsidiary of the Nat...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:00hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
Miners to retain 55% export earnings
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has agreed to increase large scale miners' retention of foreign currency from mineral exports to 55 percent to allow them to cover production costs. Recently...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:52hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Supply, price of commodities normalise
Interventions by the government to normalise the supply of goods especially fuel and basic commodities are bearing fruit as fuel queues have disappeared with supermarkets shelves filled to the brim an...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 18:17hrs | 5425 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube under fire
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has come under heavy fire after signalling his intention to acquire vehicles for the country's lawmakers as well as paying the thirteenth cheque for government's 550 000 ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 5578 | by Staff reporter
Allocate reasonable budget to Parly, begs Mudenda
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has called on the Finance ministry to allocate a reasonable budget to Parliament as well as prioritise the construction of the new Parliament building in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
'Diasporans should pay for Air Zimbabwe services in US$'
CABINET has resolved that Zimbabweans living in the diaspora should pay for Air Zimbabwe services in United States dollars, Transport and Infrastructural Development minister Joel Biggie Matiza has sa...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Inflation likely to stabilise, says Mangudya
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says inflation is likely to stabilise around 7% in the medium term.Giving his presentation during the pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo last ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 828 | 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 | 193 | by Staff reporter
Govt seeks investor for Air Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT will this week float a tender for Air Zimbabwe seeking an investor to turnaround the fortunes of the troubled national airline. Speaking at the just ended 2019 pre-budget seminar in...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
'Bond notes have been a success'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya had a torrid time at the pre-budget seminar for legislators in Bulawayo last week when he was grilled over currency problems bedevilling the country....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:26hrs | 2103 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube's maiden national budget should target the revival of the productive sectors of the economy to set the tone for revival, business has advised....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 1266 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs boycott Chamisa's rally
MDC Vice Presidents Elias Mudzuri, Welshman Ncube and Morgen Komichi and other bigwigs boycotted MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's Marondera "Thank You" rally at Rudhaka Stadium on Saturday. Among p...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:49hrs | 4618 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli screwing Zimbabweans but assures MPs vehicles
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has promised to buy vehicles for parliamentarians, although there are still deliberations over the modalities."I am on the side of making sure that you get your v...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 16:47hrs | 3359 | by Staff reporter
'2019 budget deficit will be 4% of GDP'
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has indicated that the 2019 national budget would reduce budget deficit to 4% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2019, and subsequently to 2,4% in the following year....Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 11:04hrs | 1495 | by Staff reporter
Greedy MPs demand vehicles from cash strapped Zimbabwe govt
LEGISLATORS have said the Government has taken too long to buy them service vehicles with the issue being among the most topical during the ongoing 2019 Parliamentary pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo. ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 09:15hrs | 465 | by Staff Reporter
Mangudya lost his cool under pressure from legislators
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya - who is usually calm and patient - yesterday lost his cool under pressure from legislators at a pre-budget seminar in Bulawayo who took him to ta...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 16:41hrs | 5073 | by Staff reporter
'I am Zimbabwe's saviour' says Mangudya
Embattled Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr. John Panonetsa Mangudya has claimed that he is going out of his way to solve economic challenges happening in Zimbabwe.Addressing legislators at...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 08:46hrs | 6079 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Hold Mnangagwa's govt to account on mega deals, says Mudenda
SPEAKER of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda has urged government to fight inertia, whereby deals worth billions of dollars are signed every time, but not implemented on time or never."Let us fight th...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:06hrs | 2464 | by Staff reporter
Government drops duty on sanitary pads
GOVERNMENT has removed duty on sanitary pads, a move likely to be welcomed by women as the price of basic toiletries is now beyond the reach of many. Gender activists and legislators have over the yea...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:04hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
RBZ boss refuses to scrap bond notes
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya yesterday defended the use of bond notes saying the real cause of problems facing the economy was not the surrogate currency but ballooning ele...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:02hrs | 5786 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Zimbabwe democracy at work - Mthuli Ncube on 2019 budget projections
Minister of Finance and Development Mthuli Ncube presenting on the Zimbabwe economy and 2019 budget projections at the Parliamentary Pre-Budget Seminar in Bulawayo. ...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 18:40hrs | 3342 | by Agencies
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