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Mnangagwa encourages industries to export 20% of their produce
President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) yesterday urged companies and producers to export 20% of their produce to the foreign markets, but retain 80% for local markets.Mnangagwa made the remar...Published: 18 hrs ago | 221 | by Staff reporter
Banking Survey places NMB among country's top three banks
NMB Bank's top level performance was acknowledged in this year's Zimbabwe Independent Banks and Banking Survey, where it was second runner-up for the Overall Bank of the Year award.The results...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1033 | by Agencies
Dear Boris Johnson: Removal of sanctions against Zimbabwe
Dr Masimba Mavaza 6 Sandown Close Corby NN18 8QW 9TH OCTOBER 2019 DEAR Honourable Prime Minister RE REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS AGAI...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 16:42hrs | 142 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Curb corruption in the police force now
The recent case involving 11 police constables from different police stations who were arrested in Borrowdale while trying to extort money from a businessman they accused of illegally dealing in forei...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:48hrs | 4 | by Beaven Dhliwayo
Integrity and Accountability Panel and VP Assignments
President Nelson Chamisa is concerned with the deteriorating situation in the country and recognises the urgent need for the peopleof Zimbabwe to engage this crisis immediately. All social a...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 11:58hrs | 2480 | by Dr Nkululeko Sibanda
A historical lesson for Kembo Mohadi. #1987 Unity Accord and its demise in 2009.
Whilst the Zimbabwean economy dovetails under mismanagement by ZANU PF government, while millions are at the verge of starvation, while there seems to be no reprieve in sight for the cash, crisis, ene...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 09:27hrs | 9530 | by Iphithule Maphosa
Zimbabwe not open for business - Report
THE World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked Zimbabwe at 127 among 141 countries on the Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), an indication that the southern African nation remains uncompetitive compared t...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:25hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Peace through jazz music - The trumpet is a 'cool' instrument to unite people
Each year, on 30 April, music lovers around the world celebrate International Jazz Day to "honour jazz and its enduring legacy, as well as its power to bring people together," says Audrey Azoulay, the...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:26hrs | 2750 | by Frank Kuwonu
Questions arising from Treasury's strategy paper
THREE official documents published in recent weeks paint a different, but fundamentally depressing pictures of Zimbabwe's economy. All pose more questions than answers, leaving readers to ponder the m...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:54hrs | 735 | by Tony Hawkins
Zimbabwe adopts hyperinflation reporting
Zimbabwe's listed companies will start presenting their financial statements using the hyperinflationary economies standard (IAS) following approval by the Public Accountants Board (PAAB).Acco...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 06:45hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's plan to ship 33 of its baby elephants to China
A Chinese ground crew has just arrived to prepare 33 baby elephants for imminent shipment to China, according to sources near Hwang National Park. These elephants have been held in captivity for nearl...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:40hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
'You are a sell-outs!' - discredited opposition undermine ED's legitimacy
Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country's opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is pleasing to note that m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1049 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chemplex to supply water chemicals to all local authorities
Government has reappointed Chemplex Corporation, the country's largest chemical and fertiliser maker as the sole water chemicals' provider for all local authorities as a measure to promote import subs...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:25hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
NRZ mulls setting up shopping malls
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) plans to invest towards construction of shopping malls to transform its main stations to match global standards. Speaking on the sidelines of the NRZ Te...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:38hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean Cyber Crime Bill, a good way forward
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his cabinet passed the long awaited Cyber Crime, Cyber Security and Data Protection Bill in what they say is an effort to "protect the country's cyber space...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 23:03hrs | 330 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Lawyers still looking at Nssa report'
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Sekai Nzenza has been in her post for just over a year. During her tenure she has had to deal with various issues, including the current drought, the...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:13hrs | 354 | by Staff reporter
Impact of sanctions on Zimbabwe, region
Sanctions have led to the drying up of traditional sources of external finance from the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), with the country receiving no support from the African Development ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:26hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gears for hyperinflation reporting
ZIMBABWE is on the verge of adopting a hyperinflation financial reporting model at a time inflation figures have spiked as its fragile economy teeters on the brink of collapse.The reporting modali...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:55hrs | 524 | by Staff reporter
$241m Beitbridge upgrade takes off
CIVIL works on the $241 million Beitbridge modernisation projects are underway with the contractor indicating that the project could be complete within three years. ZimBorders is carrying out the proj...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Doctors lament 'dead' hospital services
Doctors are being forced to watch their patients die from avoidable conditions as fundamentals for safe provision of healthcare are not in place.In a shocking revelation, senior doctors said t...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:23hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T MP lauds Mnangagwa's tough talk on rapists
PROPORTIONAL Representative legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga (MDC-T) has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1449 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe ill treating its citizens'
The government of the United States was blunt, candid and unwavering about the status of bilateral relations with Zimbabwe on October 2, United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:15hrs | 806 | by Pearl Matibe
Passport backlog ballons to 370,000
THE backlog in the issuing of passports in the country has ballooned to 370 000 from around 340 000 last month as the Registrar-General's Office is only able to process just 750 per day, an official h...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 16:03hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's PSL back among Africa's finest
THE Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) championship race is getting more and more competitive by each passing season, but what is more significant is the strides that the Zimbabwean game has mad...Published: 06 Oct 2019 at 15:31hrs | 174 | by Michael Kariati
Zimbabwe diamond ban by the USA an act of sabotage
The Chiadzwa community and Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) workers have described the barring of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe into American Market on allegations of ‘forced labour' ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 18:55hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Busting the myth of an 'upper middle income' Utopia in Zimbabwe
Ever since the November 2017 military coup, in which then iron-fisted late Zimbabwe leader Robert Gabriel Mugabe was toppled, his predecessor Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has ridden on the mantra of ta...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 18:16hrs | 298 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Kill the beast in US
South African opposition leader Mr Julius Malema wrote (yes, wrote) a chapter of Zimbabwe's founding father and iconic revolutionary, the late former President Robert Mugabe, the whole or part of whic...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:51hrs | 17 | by Stephen Mpofu
Mnangagwa conferred with honorary degree
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been honored with an honorary Doctor of Engineering, Sciences and Technology degree from the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) .In his acceptance speech,...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 16:05hrs | 318 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa conferred with honorary degree
Proceedings at the 15th graduation ceremony at the Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) are underway and President Emmerson Mnangagwa is officiating at the event. The President has been hon...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 10:58hrs | 440 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South EPO challenges rural schools
RURAL schools should embrace the new curriculum and come up with programmes that will enhance development within their provinces, Matebeleland South Education Planning Officer, Mr Godfrey Mathuthu has...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 08:08hrs | 287 | by Siphosami Mhlanga
Mugabe: A champagne Pan-Africanist
Since the death of Robert Mugabe on September 6, both the local and international media has been saturated with competing, complementary and contradictory obituaries, opinion pieces and narratives abo...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 9 | by Blessings Denhere
An indictment on Mnangagwa's govt
THE hard-hitting report by United Nations special rapporteur Clement Nyaletsossi Voule on human rights pointing out that citizens' hope for a new dawn under President Emmerson Mnangagwa is fast fading...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs urges stiffer penalties to curb crime
MDC-T legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga has welcomed plans by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to impose stiffer penalties on rapists as part of efforts to deal with the crime....Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe broadcasters urged to embrace global standards
THE Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services has called upon radio training institutions to embrace global standards to maintain a competitive edge in the broadcasting sector. ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
'People vote Zanu PF notwithstanding hardship and repression' - repressed, per se, don't have free vote
Professor Lovemore Madhuku, leader of the opposition party the National Constitution Assembly, should wash his mouth with bleach; the foul insults coming from him are intolerable. "Go to a by-...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:09hrs | 240 | by Nomusa Garikai
We've no forced labour evidence on Zimbabwe diamonds, says US Embassy
The United States (US) Embassy in Harare, which influenced its capital to bar rough diamonds from Zimbabwe on allegations of forced labour, yesterday admitted it had no primary evidence of the practic...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:17hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
'ED Mnangagwa must learn to listen' - forget him, he is beyond the pale and so is Chamisa
"ED Mnangagwa, You must learn to listen first so that you are listened to," wrote Luke Tamborinyoka MDC party deputy spokesperson."Listen to the suffering cries of those abductees, the 2,6 mil...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 18:25hrs | 1452 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Latest on forced labour in Marange diamonds
Centre for Natural Resource Governance leader Farai Maguwu has denied that he participated in causing the American government to raise a flag on the Marange diamonds accusing them of using forced labo...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 10:24hrs | 2761 | by Mandla Ndlovu
2022 Census preps begin
Government has begun preparations for the 2022 Population and Housing Census which is held in terms of the Census and Statistics Act, which requires that it be held every 10 years. Cabinet yesterday a...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's jest causes uproar
The political hard hat area in Zimbabwe surely needs to be improved so that people would negotiate without fear of anything. The outrage about a video where President of MDC-Alliance Nelso...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 14:54hrs | 2419 | by Leonard Koni
Armed robbers throw spikes at moving cars
ARMED robbers who use spikes to disable moving vehicles have resurfaced in Beitbridge.Last week, a motorist and his wife, driving towards Beitbridge, were attacked by the robbers who stripped ...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2905 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland Chiefs turn heat on govt
Chiefs in Matebeleland have vowed to defy a government ban on the coronation of a South African Bulelani Collins Khumalo as Ndebele king revealing that plans are afoot to hold the ceremony in October....Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 07:33hrs | 2563 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's estate: The skeletons are also hiding
Years ago, the late former president Robert Mugabe furiously denied that he owned properties or bank accounts outside Zimbabwe. He challenged sceptics to bring back even a pin belonging to him, if the...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1236 | by Tawanda Majoni
Forex pricing ban vital
The nonsense Zimbabwe saw in the first fortnight of September in foreign exchange markets, whose serious and unnecessary side-effects may well be felt for months, was an example of how a small number ...Published: 29 Sep 2019 at 12:13hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa copies Mnangagwa; unveils Presidential Advisory Council
South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed his own Presidential Advisory Council which is modelled along the one which was formed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Ramaphosa'...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 15:15hrs | 1830 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL TEXT: UN Special Rapporteur releases scathing report on Zimbabwe
In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, I conclude today the first official visit carried by a United Nations Special Proc...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 13:39hrs | 5996 | by Online
Mugabe: Hero or villain?
THE death at 95 of former president of Zimbabwe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (pictured) has evoked varying emotions in the country. On one hand, there are those who revered and deified him and took his word ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 331 | by Simayedwa Moyo
Sanctions slow down Zim progress, says Mnangagwa
Illegal and ruinous sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West have markedly slowed down the country's development, President Mnangagwa has said. He further dismissed the embargo as an attack on the ri...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt installs trackers on vehicles and Zupco buses
The Central Mechanical and Equipment Department (CMED) has set up a control room at its headquarters in the city to monitor the movement of all Government vehicles and collecting information on vehicl...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 06:56hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
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