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MDC appeals to Jacob Mudenda over arrested MPs
Dear Mr Speaker Hon. Adv. Jacob Mudenda, Re: UNWARRANTED ARRESTS AND PERSECUTION OF THE MDC MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. I write this letter...Published: 4 hrs ago | 2117 | by Tabitha Khumalo
16-year-old looter victim collapses in court
A 16-YEAR-OLD Epworth girl, who was arrested last week alongside 60 other suspected anti-government protesters from the populous settlement, collapsed at the Harare Magistrates' Court last Friday due ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 865 | by Staff reporter
Gory tales of beatings, torture, anguish and military brutality
At the foot of a mountain lies a plot reportedly owned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Kuwadzana Phase 3. The mountain has come to be called by the locals as "Gomo raMnangagwa" loosely translated t...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:41hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt evicts villagers to pave way for game park
The 1 000 Masvingo families who have been living at Mzaro Farm near Sikato resettlement area since 2000, are being evicted to pave way for the establishment of a game park, The Standard has establishe...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
MDC Chamisa has nothing to do with last week's massive protests
The MDC says it has nothing to do with last week's massive protests which brought the country to a standstill for at least three days. Thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets across the country i...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
MDC hawks in the dock
But law enforcement agents have been working around the clock to account from criminals implicated in last week's violent demonstrations.Our Bulawayo Bureau reports that four MDC-Alliance legi...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's violence streak
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa - who is easy bedfellows with the NGOs who are doing his bidding - has even been intimating that the MDC-Alliance has the capacity to take up arms.Duri...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:06hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies charged for subverting Mnangagwa's govt
Two MDC Alliance legislators have been charged for subverting a constitutionally elected government following the looting and violence that rocked the country this week.The two: Mbizo Constitu...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 19:04hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
ZCC's Bishop Mutendi vows to transform Gokwe
Midlands Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavhima has urged Zimbabwean companies to generate foreign currency by producing internationally competitive products and not expect allocations from the gov...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
More deadly protests lined-up in Zimbabwe
DEADLY street protests which brought Zimbabwe to a standstill this week have added impetus to calls by opposition parties and civil society organisations for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to agree to d...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:50hrs | 9407 | by Staff reporter
Mining sector to meet Chitando over forex allocation
MINE workers and the Chamber of Mines have agreed to approach the government and table a request for the sector to get at least 80% of their foreign currency earnings, businessdigest has learnt....Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
More MDC leaders arrested
The opposition MDC has reported that Member of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya was arrested on Friday while the trial of Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya was fast tracked.They stand accused of inciti...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 15:56hrs | 9431 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe's Monetary Death Spiral
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's pledge that Zimbabwe is "open for business" rings hollow. Indeed, many businesses in Zimbabwe are shuttered. An increase in government controlled fuel prices over the weekend has...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 12:59hrs | 2298 | by Prof Steve H. Hanke
Belarus deal to make Zimbabwe transport logistics hub
President Mnangagwa and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko yesterday sealed eight agreements, and also advanced a grand infrastructure scheme that could make Zimbabwe a regional transport...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 11:43hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Military in civilian life: lessons from the fall of Mugabe
Since the fall of long-term ruler, Robert Mugabe in a coup in November 2017, Zimbabwe's military has become a daily part of the country's political life, in your face and very much in charge.B...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:06hrs | 584 | by The Source News Agency
Mnangagwa signs 8 MOUs in Belarus
Zimbabwe and the Republic of Belarus have signed 8 memoranda of understanding in different spheres of development to promote economic ties between the two countries.Of the 8 MOUs signed by the...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:05hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's woes deepen
Not having a currency of its own hasn't stopped Zimbabwe from sliding into a currency crisis.A scarcity of foreign exchange has led to long queues for fuel, bread and medicine and sent prices ...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 12:56hrs | 1333 | by Bloomberg News
Court orders 'resettled' people to vacate farm
THE High Court has ordered a group of people allegedly resettled at Storny Croft farm in Umguza district to vacate the property. The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese...Published: 15 Jan 2019 at 07:12hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa rapped for pegging fuel prices at black market rates
ECONOMISTS and analysts yesterday said the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to peg the new fuel prices at the parallel market rates proved government's insincerity when dealing with the issue ...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Use dollarised taxes to pay civil servants
Government must stop using foreign currency (forex) to finance lifestyles for elites and instead use dollarised taxes to pay civil servants in United States dollars, an official from Zimbabwe's larges...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 22:26hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Mukupe pushes for Zimdollar return
Former deputy Finance minister Terence Mukupe, said without reintroducing local currency and having a serious reengagement with the United States of America (USA) the country will continue to suffer....Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:33hrs | 2863 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to have own currency in 12 months
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday said the country will have its own currency within the next 12 months, as Government is frantically working on raising enough...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | 3592 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa under massive pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration faces a mammoth task to steady the ship and deliver the goods as pressure mounts from all angles amid massive economic, social and political turbulence wh...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:03hrs | 5543 | by Staff reporter
Growing unrest exposes official posturing
FAILURE by government to address the unrelenting currency crisis has come back to haunt the country as evidenced by widespread unrest triggered by the rising cost of living.Finance minister Mt...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:00hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
Essential services must be cushioned against fuel crisis
THE fuel crisis in the country is slowly deepening and spreading to other facets of society, with the City of Harare warning that it may not be able to collect waste in the city's neighbourhoods' as i...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:37hrs | 216 | by Editorial - newsday
Python used to scare churchmen
SEVENTH Day Adventist emissaries who were on a door-to-door bible teaching outing were last Thursday left scurrying for cover after a Nyamajura man did the unthinkable when he pulled out and released ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 09:00hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga slams panic buying and hoarding tendencies
Acting President Retired General Dr Constantino Chiwenga says panic buying and hoarding tendencies are fuelling shortages and price distortions.Dr Chiwenga was speaking at the launch of the se...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:12hrs | 3803 | by Staff reporter
From Great Zimbabwe to Zimbabwe Ruins with Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
With great good hope Zimbabweans of all polical affiliation, race, colour and creed poured-out onto the streets, led by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, to tell Mugabe of The Enough of the journey from Th...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1852 | by Reginald Thabani Gola.
Zimbabwe bans importation of meat from South Africa
The Ministry of lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and rural resettlement has immediately banned the importation of the importation of live, cloven hoofed animals and related products from South Afric...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 12:00hrs | 2175 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe govt evicts 1 000 resettled villagers
About 1 000 families from Sikato resettlement in Masvingo West constituency are facing an uncertain future after being served with seven-day eviction notices to vacate the land which they occupied at ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:50hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
US$ is not at par with bond note, period!
Government's continued insistence that its surrogate bond note currency and real time gross settlement (RTGS) bank balances have the same value with the United States dollar is unfathomable.It...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1662 | by Editorial - newsday
Zimbabwe's currency conundrum
ZIMBABWE'S ongoing currency crisis can be best described as a conundrum. Not only is it problematic, but it is also confusing and complex.On the one hand, you have an evident devaluation of lo...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:34hrs | 1467 | by Staff reporter
Chipanga ordered to settle $62,000 bank loan
Former Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga has been ordered to settle a $62 000 debt with CBZ Bank and pay costs of suit to settle a legal wrangle that had dragged on for years.The order, b...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:26hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Chipanga ordered to settle $62,000 bank loan
Former Zanu PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga has been ordered to settle a $62 000 debt with CBZ Bank and pay costs of suit to settle a legal wrangle that had dragged on for years.The order, b...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 11:26hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
FAO Supported Irrigation Scheme Wins First Prize in National Competition
Masvingo - Stanmore B, an irrigation scheme which was rehabilitated by FAO working directly with Government of Zimbabwe and with support from the Swiss Development and Cooperation (SDC) was judged the...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:40hrs | 584 | by Agencies
Harare left with 18 months' water supply
Harare's main water supply dam, Lake Chivero, is now left with water to last only 18 months largely due to siltation, droughts and algae, which has also affected water quality. Harare city off...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:00hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt engages workers in crucial meeting
Members of the Apex Council, which brings together unions in the civil service, will today meet representatives of government in a crucial meeting that will discuss civil servants' working conditions ...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:11hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Uncertainty shrouds schools opening
A cloud of uncertainty is hovering over the education sector, amid fears schools might not open tomorrow after teachers vowed not to report for duty until their employer agrees to pay them in United S...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 20:10hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter
Harare sued over $1,3m water levy debt
THE Harare City Council has been hauled to court over a $1 386 832 water levy debt owed to Upper Manyame Sub-Catchment Council (UMSCC) for water drawn from Chivero, Manyame, Seke and Harava dams....Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter
Poor funding stymies Zimbabwe digital TV switch
Meagre budget allocations are delaying Zimbabwe's switch to digital television from the traditional analogue signals.Settlement Chikwinya, the acting chairperson of the Parliamentary portfolio...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:59hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Of mute MPs and their mute brigade
Parliament offers its members many platforms to speak on diverse issues.A member can rise on the floor to table a petition, a private members' Bill, raise a matter of national importance, ask ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 631 | by Blessings Mashaya
Zimra to tax donations
As the broke Zimbabwean government seeks to seize every cent it can lay its hands on, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will tax specific classes of donations to beef up the fiscus.The ta...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:52hrs | 1359 | by Staff reporter
'ZSE downward trend likely to persist'
The downward trend that has characterised the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange since October last year is likely to persist in 2019 as the allure of protecting value wears off, analysts have said.The Z...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 09:47hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Bus overturns at roadblock
FIFTY three people cheated death when an Inter Africa bus they were travelling in overturned at a police roadblock at the 10km peg along Masvingo-Zvishavane Road around midday on Thursday. Mas...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:13hrs | 3664 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's limited options
THE results of the elections and the outcome of the Constitutional Court did not go in favour of the youthful MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his party, but there remain numerous avenues and options for...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:12hrs | 5113 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Zimbabwe bond notes under siege
The bond note is increasingly suffering rejection from the corporate sector after Delta Corporation Limited went public on Wednesday saying it will be selling its products in hard currency.Del...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 19:31hrs | 6798 | by Staff reporter
'Intern' doctors threaten to snub disciplinary hearings
THE over 500 suspended junior doctors at public hospitals have vowed to snub disciplinary hearings scheduled for today at their various work stations around the country and continue with their industr...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
BCC technically insolvent
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) is technically insolvent, with town clerk Christopher Dube attributing the situation to the country's unforgiving harsh economic climate.This comes after Bulawayo m...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | 726 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivayo cornered on fraud
THE criminal trial of Intratrek Zimbabwe (Pvt) Limited director Wicknell Chivayo will now proceed after the High Court in Harare overruled his bid to block prosecution on corruption charges involving ...Published: 04 Jan 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1126 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga claims that 'Vision 2030 is on track'
Vice President Retired General Constantino Chiwenga says nothing can stop Zimbabwe from attaining middle income economy status even before the year 2030 given the resilience of the Zimbabweans people....Published: 03 Jan 2019 at 15:35hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
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