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Zimbabwe's striking nurses declare total shutdown after govt snub
HEALTH workers in the country's public hospitals Monday declared a complete shutdown of the sector after government continued to pay a deaf ear to their plight.Zimbabwe nurses downed tools som...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter
Money changers and the secret of their wisdom
THE foreign currency auction announced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently appears to have started on a high note, but there is a nagging fear that those favourable comments by observers may have...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 5586 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Bread does not grow in supermarkets
IF there is an immutable truism that has stubbornly stood the test of time, it is the fact that common sense is not at all common.It is fair to say while common sense is rare, nonsense is ubiq...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:14hrs | 167 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe poverty datum line more than doubles
THE poverty datum line has jumped by more than 100 percent from $3 398 in May to $8 484 in June, the country's statistical agency — the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) - revealed yeste...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
Zinara introduces digital vehicle licensing
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) has digitised vehicle licensing and motorists can now renew their discs in the comfort of their homes as the administration moves to bring convenienc...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
New US$ pricing sparks confusion
THERE was massive confusion yesterday as retail shops were meant to start charging their goods in both American dollars and the local currency, the Daily News reports.Instead of making life ea...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 17:22hrs | 4034 | by Staff reporter
13 more Mpilo Central Hospital nurses test positive
HEALTH workers, especially nurses, are at a high risk of contracting Covid-19. Minister of State for Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Judith Ncube has suggested that this is due to some members of the publ...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube challenged to shape up or quit
THE pressure is mounting on under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, with Members of Parliament challenging him this week to fix the country's comatose economy or resign from his Cabinet post....Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 17:46hrs | 2976 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's US dollar allowance to stimulate economic activity'
GOVERNMENT'S move to pay civil servants a United States dollar allowance may stimulate economic activity in the shortterm, but will expedite re-dollarisation, economic analysts have said.Gover...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1666 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube must apologise for 'lying', says Biti
FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti (Harare East MP) yesterday demanded that Finance minister Mthuli Ncube appear before Parliament to explain fiscal policy inconsistencies and apologise for "lying th...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 2196 | by Staff reporter
Army, police blockade Bulawayo, MDC Alliance come up with theories
BUSINeSS came to a standstill in Bulawayo yesterday after police supported by the army drove people out of the city centre in an early morning operation believed to be clearing the way for the MDC fac...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:07hrs | 3737 | by Staff reporter
Outcry over suspension of door-to-door roller meal sales
The door-to-door sale of subsidised roller meal in Mutare has been stalled, triggering an outcry from residents who say it is difficult to buy the basic commodities in supermarkets. For over a...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:10hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants demand meeting with govt
CIVIL servants have written to the government demanding an urgent meeting over salaries, which they say have been significantly eroded by inflation.This comes as prices of basic commodities an...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 11:21hrs | 3116 | by Staff reporter
7 quarantine escapees taken back to centres
SEVEN of the 18 returning residents who escaped from Mkoba Teachers' College quarantine centre in Gweru two weeks ago have been taken back to quarantine. The 18 allegedly escaped from the coll...Published: 08 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes aim at Zimbabwe banks
Zimbabwean banks are in the line of fire after President Emerson Mnangagwa accused finance institutions of "stashing" foreign currency for speculative street currency dealings, thereby fuelling high i...Published: 05 Jun 2020 at 17:28hrs | 3327 | by Staff reporter
Catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe, says SA's BusinessDay
As Zimbabwe enters the next phase of its coronavirus-induced lockdown - a partial but indefinite hold on economic activity - fears for the country’s economic future are rising.The economy wa...Published: 28 May 2020 at 20:45hrs | 3606 | by Chris Muronzi I BusinessDay
Zimdollar crashes
LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend - on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar.At...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:50hrs | 10767 | by Staff reporter
Health experts, CSOs warn of spike in COVID-19 cases
HEALTH experts and civil society organisations have warned of a possible spike in COVID-19 cases due to reckless behaviour by citizens who are moving around without masks and ignoring social distancin...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:01hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Army, police lock down Harare CBD
Police and soldiers yesterday locked down central Harare, ordering jaywalkers and those not formally employed to go back home.On Monday, following the easing of the lockdown restrictions by Pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 7279 | by Staff reporter
Non-tourism businesses start to re-open in Victoria Falls
VICTORIA Falls is slowly coming back to life as some businesses reopen but tourism, the town's mainstay, remains the missing link. A snap survey around town showed that shops, construction sit...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:25hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 18:44hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
The Impact of COVID-19 on agriculture in Zimbabwe: Have we learnt anything from the pandemic?
Whilst the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak first hit the Wuhan province of China in November 2019, it soon spread to the rest of the world, and now it has affected over 4 million people, causing over ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:14hrs | 332 | by Peter Gambara
Chamisa's MP wants govt to provide free masks
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance MP Dorcas Sibanda (Bulawayo Central) yesterday challenged government to provide free face masks and mealie-meal to citizens under lockdown to entice them to stay indoors and be...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
Shebeens rise in Beitbridge
THE rumbling sound of a goods train crossing the border from South Africa distinctly pierces the night across the small shipping town of Beitbridge slightly after 10pm.In the absence of the us...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:29hrs | 2991 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt goes after defiant retailers
Government is dispatching monitors across the country this week to engage retailers who are resisting a recent agreement to reduce prices to March 25 levels, according to Information Minister Monica M...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:52hrs | 1531 | by Staff reporter
Haulage truck drivers take up omalayitsha duties
A kilogramme of smooth peanut butter costs R57,95 across the Limpopo while at home, a 375g bottle of the same product costs R53 ($77) at a retail supermarket rate of 14,3. Nan baby formula costs $889,...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:35hrs | 13668 | by Staff reporter
Hunger stalks Matebeleland region
HUNGER has stalked hundreds of families in the Matebeleland region who relied mostly on remittances from migrant workers in South Africa and Botswana after borders were closed due to the coronavirus o...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:29hrs | 1459 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans are not the problem in South Africa, Big business is
While studying at the University of Cape Town in 1997, I discovered the presence of "gaps" in the South African labour market. Sometimes my friends Credence, Fair, Chi and I would catch a ta...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 15826 | by Tafi Mhaka
Price controls do not work says Ruhanya
Political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya denounced ZANU PF's move to control prices of basic commodities citing the eroded Zimbabwean economy."Zanu PF should know that price controls don't work ...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 11:51hrs | 418 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Shortages looming after price controls
IT seems the Zimbabwean government never learns. While the public will probably welcome reports that prices of basic food items such as maize meal, rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, flour and bread will...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1057 | by Staff reporter
Triple threat of COVID-19, food shortages and economic crisis
Some restrictions of an initial 21-day lockdown that began last month, and was later extended by two more weeks, to contain the spread of CoVID-19 are being eased as the government tries to offset the...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:35hrs | 118 | by The New Humanitarian
Cops accused of hoarding basic goods
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has ordered its members to purchase basic commodities from their cantonment shops following accusations that they were using their authority to jump queues at retail...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Smugglers, army, police open own border posts along Limpopo river
SMUGGLERS operating in cahoots with security service personnel from both Zimbabwe and South Africa have reportedly opened unofficial border posts at a number of points along the Limpopo River, defying...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:17hrs | 8534 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt orders price controls, shops to open 4 hours daily
GOVERNMENT yesterday reintroduced price controls on basic commodities, raising fears of shortages as industry remains under lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak with supplies running out.P...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1633 | by Staff reporter
Bottlestore owners cry foul
Bottlestore owners in Bulawayo's Central Business District are crying foul after they were ordered by the police to close during the lockdown period while those in the western suburbs continue to oper...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's McDonalds could be making food again before lockdown ends
The South African government is considering an exception to the hard ban on fast-food during the national Covid-19 lockdown: McDonald's.But though some of the group's kitchens would come back ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 15:18hrs | 27820 | by Staff reporter
Manicaland residents get roller meal at home
Manicaland has started door-to-door deliveries of subsidised roller meal to residents in the high-density suburbs of Mutare and Makoni districts to curb long queues and promote social distancing. ...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should increase local production of raw materials
The president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), Denford Mutashu, says that the shortages experienced by supermarkets and pharmacies should save as a warning to the government to work o...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 17:51hrs | 1320 | by Staff reporter
Shops emptying as prices keep soaring
LONG-SUFFERING Zimbabweans, supermarkets and pharmacies are more and more feeling the deepening negative effects of the country's economic chaos and the coronavirus pandemic.This comes as the ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 17:43hrs | 8157 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown necessary, but works against long-term good
THE catastrophic results of the Covic-19 pandemic, which continues to ravage the world cannot be determined at this stage.However, it is clear that one does not need a crystal ball to foresee ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:19hrs | 199 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Zesa told to harden blow on debtors
THE Government has instructed Zesa Holdings to come hard on defaulters in its efforts to recover its outstanding debt, which has ballooned to more than $1 billion.Power and Energy Development ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
WALPE concerned over rising incidences of systematic state security crackdown targeting women
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) ahs expressed grave concern over the rising incidences of systematic state security crackdown targeting women as the country goes th...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:54hrs | 122 | by Stephen Jakes
Pair arrested over 2 500kg of roller meal
POLICE have arrested two people in separate raids in Mutare and Bulawayo for illegally possessing 2 500kg of subsidised roller meal they had corruptly or criminally obtained and were diverting to the ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers lock down Chivhu
SOLDIERS in Chivhu on Wednesday tightened lockdown measures and banned residents from entering the central business district ahead of Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Aplonia Munzverengi's...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1215 | by Staff reporter
Govt condemns lockdown price hikes
GOVERNMENT has condemned businesses that are taking advantage of the ongoing lockdown to increase prices. This comes as some shops in parts of Matabeleland South province, especially rural ope...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:16hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally wades into roller-meal wars
Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Ezra Chadzamira has waded into Chiredzi subsidised roller-meal wars and is backing Chiredzi West MP Farai Musikavanhu (Zanu-PF), who reportedly grabbed the staple ...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 4732 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Is there a plan after the lockdown
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, countries have put their citizens under various forms of lockdowns that have technically shut down vast sections of economies with only essential business...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 825 | by Joseph Ndondo
Bleak future beckons for businesses after lockdown
AS the 21-day lockdown continues with shops that sell non-essentials closed, there are concerns in the Gwanda business community that some of them might collapse while others might be left crippled. ...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:16hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash removes transfer fees for Covid-19 relief cash from government & NGOs
As Zimbabwe and the rest of the world battle the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic, EcoCash has moved to remove all processing fees for cash transfers designated as COVID-19 relief, to enable the Governme...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 10:43hrs | 457 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's response to COVID-19 not inspiring yet
After withering criticism of its lackadaisical approach to the coronavirus outbreak, the government has started responding in a very dangerous and bizarre fashion.The authorities started invit...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:07hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
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