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Gold Backed Currency vs Dollarisation: Lessons from Zimbabwe's New ZiG
Since April 2024, Zimbabwe has started a new monetary policy by introducing a gold-backed currency known as the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), to get rid of its reliance on the U.S. dollar. In t...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 23:27hrs | 464 | by Staff Reporter
Mutsvangwa's half-truths and the need for fact-checking
Mutsvangwa was in his element with half-truths and mistruths, but the tragedy of it all is that no journalist held him to account or even fact checked some of the things he said.The needy and ...Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 15:11hrs | 524 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa inspects Zimbabwe's gold reserves
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday morning conducted a high-profile inspection of Zimbabwe's gold reserves held in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) vaults, following his directive for the coun...Published: 19 Jun 2025 at 13:38hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
China mining firms partner with Zimbabwe on lithium mine
Chinese miners Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and Tsingshan Holding Group Co. are defying low lithium prices to develop a deposit of the battery metal with a Zimbabwean state company.The two firms...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF has dismally failed
The Zanu PF government continues to fail the majority of the people. All hope is now lost. The majority of people who are now finding it hard to eke out a living and put food on their tables. We shoul...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 15:40hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
Why is Welshman Ncube being ethnically targeted and bullied?
I repeat and for good reasons, no matter what it takes, Shona ethnic majoritarianism, Gukurahundism and imperialism has to be fought in the following spheres: culture and language , education, healthc...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 08:48hrs | 2 | by Bekithemba Sibhalwa Jnr
Sengezo Tshabangu still in charge
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs who were recalled by the party Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu have suffered a set back after the Supreme Court dismissed their appeal.The a...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 15:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's US$700k splurge on Chinese private jet for Russia trip
President Emmerson Mnangagwa hired a private jet from China to fly him to Russia on Tuesday at an estimated cost of nearly US$700,000.Mnangagwa, attending the Russia-Africa summit in St Peters...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 19:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo fire tender destroyed by fire
TWO firefighters from Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s Fire and Ambulances Services sustained severe burns while their fire tender was reduced to ashes as they battled to put out a veld fire at a plot in...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 20:46hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
UK to invade Zimbabwe for teachers
Foreign teachers will be offered £10,000 to work in English schools amid chronic staffing shortages, according to a report.Ministers have begun an overseas recruitment drive following a rise ...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Former colony resists direct British rule
The British Virgin Islands' acting premier says "draconian measures" would undermine the "historical constitutional progress"The acting premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) has expresse...Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ex-British soldier fights deportation to Zimbabwe
A FORMER BRITISH Army soldier who fought in Iraq and returned from action with mental health issues is facing deportation.Joram Nechironga, a Zimbabwean national, is due to be deported by the ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Set back for Zifa board
ZIFA lawyer Chenaimwoyo Gumiro was yesterday thrust back into the spotlight as the board's Administrative Court appeal against their suspension by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) suffered a...Published: 05 Dec 2021 at 06:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanla fighter's daughter now top medical officer in US
While a good number of gallant veterans of Zimbabwe's war of liberation brawled this week in Harare with the police, who charged them with seeking to incite public violence, a city in a distant land t...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 17 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Power outages new blow to recovery
LOCAL businesses, still reeling from the devastating effects of Covid-19 lockdowns, have suffered yet another blow following a load shedding schedule by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distr...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa mulls tariff hike
ENERGY deputy minister Magna Mudyiwa has told Parliament that the Zimbabwe Electrical Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is considering hiking tariffs to raise money for operations, includi...Published: 22 May 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Malawi burns AstraZeneca doses donated by South Africa
Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 doses of expired AstraZeneca vaccines, defying calls not to do so from the World Health Organization and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.M...Published: 19 May 2021 at 18:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tharisa buys Great Dyke chrome asset in Zimbabwe expansion
THARISA, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed platinum and chrome producer, has acquired Salene Chrome Zimbabwe for US$3 million as part of its growth strategy in the country.Salene Chrome i...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Process to map Zimbabwe's constituencies starts
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has started collecting data for the 2021 population and housing census - paving the way for the delimitation of new legislative constituencies ahead o...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 20:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'New COVID-19 variants a threat to poor African countries'
NEW COVID-19 variants likely to hit Africa might prove difficult to combat due to inadequate health budgets as countries on the continent are failing to recover fromthe economic effects of the pan...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Herbal solutions for 'modern' diseases
The unexpected recall of Zumbani from the herbal back bench is a wake up call for Africa and Africans at large. Even Caucasians are steaming with Zumbani to keep Coronavirus at bay. Orientals ...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 12:24hrs | 7 | by Tondo. Chinehasha
Will Mnangagwa go East as more sanctions come from the West?
ZIMBABWE President Emmerson Mnangagwa's attempts to win over the West to his cause are failing, the latest sign being the UK's sanctions on his security chiefs.On Monday 1 February 2021, the U...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 15:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kariba Dam upgrade delayed by two years
Upgrades to Kariba Dam, the main source of electricity for Zambia and Zimbabwe, have been set back by at least two years because of technical challenges and supply disruptions caused by the coronaviru...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
AfCFTA will launch Africa forward post Covid-19
THE African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was established in 2018 with the aim to create a single market for goods and services, facilitated by movement of persons to deepen the economic integr...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Admire Maparadza Dube
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Paying for access in Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe's economy craters and salaries lose their value, everything - including free basic services - has a price.Many residents have a story of a back-door, or "grease," payment they made...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 07:26hrs | 10 | by Linda Mujuru
Underfunded Zec likely to postpone 2023 elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is likely to fail to run the 2023 harmonised elections due to gross underfunding, Parliament has disclosed.This came out in a report on the 2021 Nationa...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Water rationing hours to be reduced
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is now working 24 hours a day on the Epping Forest Borehole Project in Nyamandlovu, a move meant to ease water problems in Bulawayo by end of next month....Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hails Ramaphosa
President Mnangagwa, who is scheduled to address the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) today, has thanked South African counterpart President Cyril Ramaphosa for using the Ass...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa takes Zimbabwe sanctions removal call to UN
THE 75th Session of the UN General Assembly began yesterday with African Union (AU) chairman and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterating the call for the removal of illegal sanctions agai...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:01hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa given deadline to vacate office as Zimbabwe President'
LONDON - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is reportedly on the verge of becoming the shortest serving leader in the country's history, amid confirmed reports that the die-hard politician has been given a...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 08:45hrs | 7 | by Itai Mushekwe
What I learnt from man City Vs Tottenham Champions League match
The game will be remembered for several decades. In the first leg Tottenham won 1- 0. Man City was confident it would overturn the results in the second leg in it's home ground, but it was not to be. ...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:43hrs | 6 | by Mthokozisi Gwizi
Massive job losses, Bulawayo worst affected
INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said hundreds of people lost their jobs as a result of this week's violent protests and Bulawayo companies were the worst affected. He said ...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa desperate for Mnangagwa talks
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has described 2018 as very difficult following the death of the opposition party's founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai and a controversial election in July.Cha...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
KFC re-opens, hikes prices
Fast food franchise KFC has re-opened with a new pricing structure after temporarily shutting down all its outlets in the country due to economic instability.The popular food outlet announced ...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 12:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Shootings inquiry a charade'
THE opposition MDC Alliance says the on-going public hearings by a commission probing post-election violence that left seven people dead on August 1 is "a choreographed charade" meant to sanitise the ...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is dead! what next?
Opportunistic leaders not only cost lives and resources but also set back the march to freedom by decades. In Zimbabwe and across Africa, democracy has suffered a steady decline in recent years becaus...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:49hrs | 5 | by Sam Wezhira
Disputed polls: Zimbabwe govt credibility in jeopardy
HOW the government of Zimbabwe rejuvenates its re-engagement strategy will be critical to the country's prospects for economic recovery and political cohesion.The government posited that the f...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Piers Pigou
Mnangagwa regime legitimacy in limbo
The Zimbabwean government posited that the first elections after the November 2017 ouster of Robert Mugabe would enhance the state's credibility and strengthen the country's prospects for economic rec...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 16:39hrs | 4 | by Piers Pigou
Mr. Biti, A snake cannot outrun its head
I am not writing this article as a disrespect for Tendai Biti but to bring to the fore how he has helped the status core to prevail. Biti has been a figure associated with opposition politics but not ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
50kg spoons, forks in sewer system
BULAWAYO mayor Martin Moyo has challenged the city's residents to safeguard infrastructure and help in its maintenance after 50kg of spoons and forks as well as a dog's remains, were retrieved from th...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Job Sakala: As worst as they come!
The Editor,On 18 April 2018, Tendai Biti was quoted as saying, "Zimbabwe's elections scheduled to take place this year will be the most important in a generation and critical to restoring demo...Published: 16 May 2018 at 13:23hrs | | by Wezhira Sam
Chamisa's open-mouth-shut-mind freestyle
One of the emerging discourses around the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe centres firmly on the hitherto untested leadership qualities of Nelson Chamisa, leader of the MDC-Alliance.Chamisa w...Published: 10 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
MDC-T split must not be celebrated
An MDC-T supporter Mandla Masuku has warned that the opposition political parties must not be celebrated as it means another set back to the democratic processThokozani Khupe on Saturday was e...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Gukurahundi: The untold story, Dabengwa to blame?
BULAWAYO - A founding member of the Zimbabwe Liberation War Veterans Association (ZLWVA) John Netsiyanwa has challenged Zapu president Dubiso Dabengwa to come clean on his role in the emotive Gukurahu...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa assures food security
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has assured the nation of food security this year despite delays in the distribution of inputs under the Command Agriculture Programme and the prevailing dry spell....Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Many Zimbabweans thought any president would be better than Mugabe
Many Zimbabweans thought any president would be better than Robert Mugabe. What's more, they high hopes that the Crocodile - Emmerson Mnangagwa - had undergone a Dama...Published: 05 Dec 2017 at 14:25hrs | | by Eddie Cross
People salutes the ZDF but still calls for Zanu-PF to go
Saturday 18 November marks the end of of Robert Gabriel Mugabe who has been tormenting the children of Zimbabwe since 1980. He has been a "goblin" which haunts the whole family "Zimbabweans" while he ...Published: 20 Nov 2017 at 10:19hrs | 4 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
'Zanu PF fooling the people'
A social commentator Tererai Terry Matara has said it was sad that the ruling Zanu PF is fooling people to believe that it has achieved a lot of things during its rule yet the citizens have suffered a...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Steward bank officials accused of spinning clients money
AN ENGINEERING COMPANY in Bulawayo Ball Joints has accused the Econet subsidiary Steward Bank's employees of possibly spinning clients' money amid revelations the company banked its money one and a ha...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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