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Mnangagwa's foot in the mouth again
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has an uncanny ability to frequently put his foot in the mouth, sometimes without harm but his recent episode on structured currency has left a trail of economic disaster....Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:11hrs | 6 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Voters reject Zanu-PF's big spenders
Zanu-PF big spenders suffered electoral defeats in urban areas with analysts saying the urban electorate could never be swayed by temporary trinkets, which did not address the issue of poverty....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is mortgaging Zimbabwe for a song!' complained Biti - true but who is facilitating looting
When Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF got into power in 1980, he proclaimed mass prosperity, "Gutsa ruzhinji!", in Shona. He was convinced he would achieve that by spending, spending and spending....Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Dreams made and dreams shattered at West Nicholson's 'Entabeni yegolide'
"Intaba yeWest" or "Entabeni yegolide", the soaring mountain with impervious vegetation along the Gwanda-Beitbridge highway in West Nicholson is not for the faint hearted.From afar, the mounta...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Chiefs take over AmaZulu Sports Club
HIGH spenders, Bulawayo Chiefs Football Club has added another milestone to their résumé after they won the bid to take over the running of the former AmaZulu Sports Club in the city.Chiefs ...Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big Zulu set to rock Bulawayo
The Boundary Bar and Restaurant in Bulawayo is the place to be today as the Imali Eningi hit-maker Big Zulu is set to perform at the bar.The South African star will touch down at Joshua Mqabuk...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube gunning for Golden Boot in Tanzania
HIS debut season at Azam might have been punctuated by injuries yet Zimbabwean striker, Prince Dube is gunning for the Golden Boot in the Vodacom Tanzania Mainland Premier League.With seven ma...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fireworks expected at Bosso AGM
HIGHLANDERS outgoing chairman, Kenneth Mhlophe is a man caught between a rock and a hard surface when he presents his report to the club's members at an eagerly anticipated Bosso Annual General Meetin...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Prince Dube scores third league goal for Azam
PRINCE Dube continued with his fine start to his Azam career when he scored in his team's Vodacom Tanzania Mainland Premier League 10 triumph over Tanzania Prisons at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Sum...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sex panners invade mines
After finding the going tough in the city, sex workers have devised a new way of survival as they have invaded mining areas in a bid to eke out a living as some of them were now failing to pay rent an...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The future of Zimbabwe's economic growth through proper collection of taxation and diaspora taxation
Zimbabwe is a country that is coming out of three decades of of economical abyss The Zimbabwean economic challenges are many and addressing them will not happen overnight. Security situation has...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 18:50hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'No immediate end to load-shedding'
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi (FC) took his oath of office this week, promising to tackle the electricity crisis head-on. His appointment comes at a time power utility Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Auth...Published: 24 May 2019 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi's club Sankayi to shut down
CONTROVERSIAL businessman and socialite Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure is set to shut down his upmarket glass-structured nightclub - Club Sankayi located along Kwame Nkrumah in Harare barely a year after ...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe boys laying low as govt cracks down on big-spenders
Following the decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to fight corruption – particularly in government and the business sector – several public figures have been either briefly caged, released on...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by TimesLive.co.za
Zimbabwe beer stores run out of stock
Most night clubs and bottle stores in and around Harare have run out of popular beer brands as revellers are now being forced to drink whatever is available.Mineral water has also been out of ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:29hrs | | by staff reporter
RBZ avails $10m to manufacturing sector
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week released over $10 million to the manufacturing sector to address the shortages of basic commodities and wanton price increases, NewsDay reported.In...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Case for return of Zimdollar
In year 2014, I wrote an article explaining why the government should bring back our own local currency, and I was bashed by all and sundry. I am expecting the same reaction in response to this articl...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:48hrs | 5 | by Ayanda Nyanga
Mnangagwa 'moved' to charter plane for Grace Mugabe but not to save 100 000 babies' lives
According to a New Zimbabwe report, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was "moved" to facilitated the return home from Singapore of former first lady Grace Mugabe whose mother died last week. "...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Ngezi Platinum players raking in cash
MONEY in the bank!Ngezi Platinum Stars players are not just playing well, they are also smiling all way to the bank.They are in form and their average salaries have been revealed-and a...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
5 Alternative business investment ideas other than stocks
Have you been thinking of some alternative way to make money to supplement your daily job and want to look at other ideas that are not so main stream? It is easy to think about investing money in the ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 18:21hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's 'Zimbabwe is open for business!' vs Mukadota's 'Sadza hobo!' clarion calls!
"Sadza hoboo! Nyama hoboooo! Rimai!" (There is plenty of food! Plenty of beer! Work!) Is one of the late Safirio Madzikatire's best catch phrases. To those who do not know who Safirio Madzikat...Published: 29 Apr 2018 at 20:35hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ginimbi brings '30 Billion Concert'
FLAMBOYANT business tycoon, Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure, has taken it upon himself to ensure that slippery Nigerian superstar, Davido, who last year stood up Zimbabwean fans on more than one occasion, ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kill the vices of procrastination'
We publish the opening remarks by Speaker of The National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda last week at the Pre-Budget Seminar in Victoria Falls. The seminar ends today.Let me start by extendin...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Advocate Jacob Mudenda
Visit Zimbabwe campaign launched
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has unveiled a Visit Zimbabwe campaign targeting three markets, in an ambitious bid to grow tourist arrivals.The campaign targets South Africa, China and R...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Grace Mugabe's son imports $5,4m luxury cars
Grace Mugabe's oldest son, Russell Goreraza (33), from her first marriage, imported two Rolls Royce limousines into bankrupt Harare on Sunday.The two vehicles - valued at more than R70 million...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Independent Foreign Service
'We have messed up,' admits Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday conceded that his Zanu-PF government had grossly mismanaged parastatals and turned them into "awful money spenders, awful burdens around our neck".He describe...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe advocates closure of non-performing parastatals
President Mugabe yesterday said non-performing parastatals and State enterprises must be dissolved as they are stifling economic growth through perennial dependence on the fiscus.He said some ...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans big spenders, says Mangudya
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya says the country has big spenders of foreign currency who lack the entrepreneurship to generate export receipts.Mangudya told guests at a ...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 12:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF 'voodoo economics' have failed - just as MDC failed in all during GNU
Tendai Biti gave a sterling performance in his attack of the Zanu PF government on Violet Gonda's Hot Seat. He did not fool me!Tendai Biti and his MDC friends' primary task in the GNU was to i...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Gold panners fuel child prostitution
GOLD panners in Silobela, Midlands Province are allegedly fuelling child prostitution by targeting school-going children, teenage sex workers and child-headed families.This emerged at a meetin...Published: 14 May 2017 at 14:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra audits lifestyles of big spenders
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is monitoring big spenders who make outrageously-priced purchases in and outside Zimbabwe under a new tax compliance enforcement strategy.The surveillance co...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taunts Chinamasa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa taunted Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa in humorous remarks last week, saying the frugal Treasury chief is pre-occupied with saving money. Taking pot-s...Published: 07 Mar 2017 at 16:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
China to bail economy if Mugabe goes - is just another Chinese 'opium' laced gift
Zanu PF got a lot of military, diplomatic and financial support from China throughout our war of independence; there is no doubt that the nation but Zanu PF, in particular, owns the Chinese a huge...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 22:40hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Nkomo's 'Revolutionary house' carries countless memories
OVER the protracted struggle to liberate the country from the shackles of white minority rule, the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo went through thick and thin.At his house located in Pelan...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:30hrs | | by Yoliswa Dube
Zimbabwe army general calls on industry to invest in research, development
ZIMBABWE industry should invest in research and development and link with the defence forces and the government to promote local production and procurement to support economic growth, Defence Forces G...Published: 27 May 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A nation of spenders
PRESIDENT Mugabe's intervention last week in the indigenisation turf war between Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa on one hand, and Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empower...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
The harmattan that brought Buhari is dredging Nigeria clean of corruption - Zim is feeling the chill!
In his book, THINGS FALL APART, Chinua Achebe has often written about the harmattan winds or storm as the precursor or bearer of great change. It is the harmattan wind that fanned the inconsequential ...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 20:07hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Empower the girl first before she gets married Pt 1
Taken from eBook "Sweetmother"I am Ruvimbo and my family comes from Mawanda near Makwiro. We are seven in the family and I am the last born child, born in 1957. The first four were girls...Published: 08 Jun 2015 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
New breed of Zimbabwean celebrities
ARE you aware that there is a new breed of celebrities in town?Something better than those "p-rn actors" and "big spenders" often described as socialites in the Press, who think that they are ...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 09:30hrs | | by Mtandazo Dube
Qhubani Moyo, wake up and smell the coffee
On Sunday January 18 2015, The Sunday News published an article entitled; Civil society anti-prepaid water meters mislead residents.Naturally there are traditional names that I have always kno...Published: 25 Jan 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by Tendai Muchada
Minister Mzembi defends Mugabe's multi-million dollar Singapore holiday is defending the indefensible!
Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi comes out fighting in defence of Mugabe and his whole family's annual holiday in the Singapore again for the umpteenth time. The minister should have known that by defe...Published: 01 Jan 2015 at 17:21hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Woman marries a dog
A British woman chose her pet dog over man. While she can be sure they won't leave the toilet seat up or put foam round the sink… there is the chance she might get fleas.Amanda Rodgers marr...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The difficulty of a return to the Zimbabwe dollar
SOUTH Africans often ask how Zimbabwe was able to adopt the dollar as its official currency and, conversely, how it could re-establish its own currency. The answers begin with an understanding of what...Published: 14 Oct 2013 at 05:13hrs | | by Gavin Keeton, BDLive
Zimbabwe to 'aggressively promote' its tourism to Chinese tourists
Zimbabwe plans to aggressively promote its tourism to Chinese tourists, relax visa restrictions, and boost air connectivity to grab a bigger share of the world's largest outbound tourist market, the ...Published: 29 Jun 2013 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wits approaches Mwaruwari
FORMER Manchester City and Portsmouth striker Benjani Mwaruwari is in demand in the Premier Soccer League as his contract with Chippa United comes to an end this month.Big spenders BidVest Wi...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar's daughter poses topless for £3 a minute
The daughter of Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar is stripping for cash as a seedy webcam model, The Sun revealed.Blonde Tahli Grobbelaar, 28, charges £3-a-minute to pose topless wit...Published: 09 Jun 2013 at 20:55hrs | 13 | by Sun
R10 million price tag on Khama Billiat
SOUTH African Premiership side Ajax Cape Town have reportedly put a staggering R10 million price tag on their star midfielder Khama Billiat as interest from local rivals mounts over the talented Zimba...Published: 09 May 2013 at 04:03hrs | 1 | by Sports Reporter
'Banned Mwanjali safe at Sundowns'
ZIMBABWE internationals, Method Mwanjali and Esrom Nyandoro, are set to have an extended stay at South African Premiership side, Mamelodi Sundowns, beyond the current season that ends in May.N...Published: 15 Jan 2013 at 04:46hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Global facts in figures
Rwanda has the most female MPs in the world, Canada has the most computers but Iceland has the most internet users...Published: 08 Sep 2012 at 22:16hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe tourist arrivals expected to increase
Tourist arrivals are expected to have increased marginally during the first half of this year after international awareness on brand Zimbabwe, which struggled under the country's decade-long economic ...Published: 28 Jul 2012 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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