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Mutsvangwa a distracting sideshow
THAT former War Veterans' minister and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa is a motor mouth, who is self-serving like many in the ruling Zanu-PF party is not in doubt...Published: 15 hrs ago | 781 | by Editorial - newsday
Where are you Mr President ED Mnangagwa
First off, let me confess that I was the happiest man to see you ascend to the post of the President of Zimbabwe but that euphoria is quickly running thin.My dismay has many sources but today ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:14hrs | 6555 | by Sam Wezhira
Mnangagwa's anti-graft fight unconvincing
FOR splurging £16 million (US$21 million) on pricey jewellery and vintage wines over a decade, a British woman became the first target of a law seeking to dissuade criminals from enjoying their ill-g...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:46hrs | 1622 | 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 | 4075 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe - ZimAirways merger talks collapse
MERGER talks between flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and the dodgy Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) to create a merged state-run airline have collapsed after a nominee shareholder demanded to be paid ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1370 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2264 | by Brian Sedze
Chamisa lampoons supporters he incited
MDC leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, yesterday described the violent August 1 demonstrations by his supporters as stupid and uncalled for in a desperate attempt to cleanse himself of blame for the post-elec...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:31hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws supporters under bus - #GodIsInIt
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday threw his supporters under the bus and branded them "stupid" for undertaking an unnecessary demonstration that resulted in the death of six people and d...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:26hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 676 | by Brian Maregedze
Chamisa accuses Mnangagwa of trying to engineer his arrest
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respo...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 15:40hrs | 4906 | by Staff reporter
17th November 2017, One year on - Was it a second coup?
For Zimbabwe to achieve stability, there was to be a return to constitutionality. Sanity had escaped the political landscape. The operation restore legacy was not be complete without order and a...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:55hrs | 795 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa fears army backlash
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants are living in fear of an imminent government crackdown, after army and police chiefs suggested this week that a militant wing in the MDC was respon...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:11hrs | 4069 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says accept 'painful' economic reforms
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will undergo a "painful" reform process to achieve transformation and modernisation of the economy. Government has already begun implementing some austerity m...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:45hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
We have no choice, but to embark on painful reforms
When Margaret Thatcher was elected UK prime minister in 1979, she recognised that piecemeal change would not be sufficient to tackle the problems of labour unrest, rampant inflation and economic stagn...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 407 | by E.D. Mnangagwa President
Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030. This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabil...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 208 | by Emerson D. Mnangagwa
No going back on austerity measures, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will undergo a "painful" reform process to achieve transformation and modernisation of the economy. Government is already implementing austerity measures and ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Is it Inkosi or Mambo for Matebeleland?
Just when we all thought the three-dimensional intra-Khumalo royal feud pitting Princes Bulelani Lobhengula, Peter Zwide and Raphael Stanely was enough of an unnecessary impediment in the path of the...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 1772 | by Imbovane YaMahlabezulu
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 | 537 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt unveils parastatal reform strategy
Government has rolled out detailed plans for the restructuring of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs), with 41 entities lined-up for privatisation, departmentalisation and listing on the Zimbabwe Stock Exc...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:42hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa opts out as Econet profits surge
After tax profits in Econet Wireless spiked, propped up by increased uptake of data and fintech services although founder, Strive Masiyiwa has now opted out of the day-to-day board functions of the co...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | 11230 | by Staff reporter
Chinese billionaire commits to invest in Zimbabwe
ONE of China's top billionaires, Mr Li Jinyuan, has committed to invest in Zimbabwe after he held talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week. Mr Li, who is chairman and chief executive ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | 606 | by Staff reporter
'How Chiwenga, Mnagagwa wanted to kill me' Jonathan Moyo speaks
Exiled Former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has allehed thatn he is writing a tell all auto biography that will speak to issues relating to ZIMDEF and Gukurahundi. Responding to lawyer A...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:45hrs | 4848 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Economic Dialogue: Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030.This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabili...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 63 | by HE Emmerson D Mnangagwa
Time to value add, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proposed an indaba on how Zimbabwe should develop value chains for the country's mining and agriculture sectors with a view to advancing the twin objectives of moderni...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:18hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Banana's son opens up
Nathan Banana, the son of former Zimbababwean President Canaan Banana has opened up on a number of issues relating to his father including Gukurahundi and his relationship with ZANU PF. In a s...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 07:41hrs | 4753 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Reality check for Mthuli Ncube
Under-pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube faces a tough task in balancing policy measures that stabilise the economy and populist demands from the ruling party when he presents his much-awaited N...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 17:18hrs | 4363 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF perpetuating poverty
Would you believe that your poverty is being created by your own government? I know it is hard to believe, but here is the story.Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson in their 2012 seminal book...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 15:37hrs | 461 | by Vivid Gwede
Zimbabwe to cut farm sizes
THE government has started a land audit to cut farm sizes, flush out multiple farm owners and correct some of the mistakes from its chaotic land reform programme.The effort is an attempt by th...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 19:11hrs | 3984 | by Business Live
Give peace a chance
The immediate past government of Robert Mugabe assembled a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) mandated to investigate and make recommendations on past injustices in Zimbabwe. The need...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 1121 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Defining and identifying the new leadership trajectory in MDC-T
The last days of President Morgan Tsvangirai will always be remembered as the episode when the truth was the biggest casualty as the succession debate moved from his office to his death bed. After a w...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2118 | by Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda
Zimbabwe must set a clear development agenda
First and foremost, Zim is poised with toxic politics. We must deal with our politics first before we table economic matters. , it is important to admit that we have a crisis so that whoever comes on ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 16:27hrs | 507 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Local content creators expected Kwese shutdown
LOCAL content creators have reacted to the closure of Econet's Kwese TV saying it was inevitable. The media group last week announced that it would be closing their Kwese satellite services from Novem...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | 954 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to present 2019 budget on November 22
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said he will present his maiden budget statement on November 22, in what will be a litmus test of how he will address Zimbabwe's economic crisis.Shortages of ...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:07hrs | 941 | by Staff reporter
A dismissal that changed the course of Zimbabwe's history
The band played on. Feverishly. Madly. Deafening sounds and wet, clammy bodies gyrating against each other in lustful, prodigal passions. Zimbabwe was enthralled by a mad political spectacle. It was t...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 4570 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Welshman Ncube, Tabitha Khumalo clash over Kambarami
The Bulawayo deputy mayor fiasco has created an acrimonious fight between MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and National Chairperson Tabitha Khumalo.The facts are that Welshman Ncube...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 17:15hrs | 4576 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC Alliance rocked by confusion over expulsions
Confusion has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid conflicting signals from senior officials over suspended mayors as well as the fate of those who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 ele...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:43hrs | 3284 | by Staff reporter
Kwesé TV pulled plug after losing court case
Econet Wireless pulled the plug on its pay satellite service, Kwesé TV last week after losing a Supreme Court battle in which the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) successfully argued that it ...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1586 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court sinks Kwesé
Econet Media (Mauritius) cannot distribute Kwesé TV satellite content to Zimbabwean viewers because it failed to comply with the terms and conditions under which it was granted the licence, the Supre...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:20hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Econet cannot distribute Kwese TV content to Zimbabwean viewers
Econet Media (Mauritius) cannot distribute Kwese TV satellite content to Zimbabwean viewers because it failed to comply with the terms and conditions under which it was granted licence, the Supreme Co...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 16:54hrs | 3387 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya puts fresh spin to arrest
Embattled Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries (PHD) leader Walter Magaya has poured his heart out about his legal woes, but said the silver lining was that government has agreed to put his co...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 13:39hrs | 3897 | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwe Kakistocracy
A Kakistocracy is a government by the worst persons; a form of government in which the worst persons are in power (Oxford Dictionary). This has been the case since 1980 when Zanu pf took over, a year ...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 13:26hrs | 1029 | by AT Kadada
'I was there before Dabengwa'
The Sunday Mail's Deputy News Editor Levi Mukarati continues his conversation with Clark Ngiyo Mpofu, one of the first nationalists to undergo military training in China. Mpofu reflects on his time in...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 09:45hrs | 2694 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa contradicts Mthuli Ncube on farmer subsidies
Government will continue to subsidise farmers to ensure both national food security and sufficient feedstocks for local industries, which get 60 percent of their raw materials from the sector, Preside...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:38hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Children of War Vets bay for Masiyiwa's blood
Children of War Veterans Associations has came out guns blazing accusing Strive of corruption and manipulating shareholding of a number of companies in a dubious manner. Read the full open letter to M...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:04hrs | 3823 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The ball is now in Mnangagwa's court
The banking sector - which plays a vital role in financial intermediation as well as other critical functions which collectively are the lifeblood of the economy - should be commended for presenting a...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:57hrs | 2054 | by Editorial - The Independent
Government nails Prophet Magaya
In a surreal development, Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries founder, Walter Magaya, appeared in court yesterday - where he was charged with distributing and advertising his controvers...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 10:15hrs | 4641 | by Staff reporter
Strategy changes needed to push Zimbabwe media forward
IN this instalment, I will try to discuss, albeit briefly, strategic issues of the media in Zimbabwe, going forward. I am not sure how far forward we should look, but I would assume that so long we lo...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:55hrs | 63 | by Takura Zhangazha
Econet stops Kwese subscriptions
ECONET Media has stopped its satelite subscription service to pave way for a review of its business strategy and service offerings to ensure they are in sync with changes in the global and digital bro...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:46hrs | 1637 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets $1 billion bailout?
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended a $1 billion loan to Zimbabwe to guarantee the convertibility value of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) balances into United States dollars a...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 15:08hrs | 13663 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to seize assets of corrupt convicts
Government will through the Asset Forfeiture Unit housed under the National Prosecution Authority (NPA), seize all assets accumulated through corruption proceeds in the event of a conviction as the fi...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 15:07hrs | 3302 | by Staff reporter
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