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An acid test for Zimbabwe's opposition parties
EVERY institution is bound by a code of conduct which helps an organisation to run professionally and within the parameters of operations.There are several kinds of codes of conduct which the ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 250 | by Staff reporter
Have black people failed to govern themselves?
I sit here without any electricity - due to outrageous load shedding or outrages induced by antiquated equipment becoming a daily occurrence - whilst not ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 13:07hrs | 1214 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Debt financing to fund 2023 budget
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says debt financing will be used to fund the $4,5 trillion 2023 national budget, raising concerns about money supply growth.Treasury expects $3,9 trillion in reve...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:11hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
CCC raises intimidation concerns in Mberengwa by-election
THE OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has raised intimidation concerns in the ongoing by-election being held in Mberengwa.A woman suspected to be a Zanu-PF member allegedly ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:09hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
$6 billion for new Zupco buses
Government will spend $6 billion to recapitalise Zupco next year in a development set to enhance service delivery and modernise the mass public transport system.Presenting the 2023 National Bu...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:05hrs | 108 | by Staff reporter
Zimra boosts manpower at ports of entry
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has beefed up its manpower at the country's borders to ensure smooth movement of goods and people as the festive season beckons.The Beitbridge Border Pos...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:05hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
ZESA and government corruption and incompetence to blame for perennial power challenges in Zimbabwe
As I write this article, I am preparing for a scheduled eight-hour power outage - from 08:00 to 17:00 hours - and, as can be seen, translates into an enti...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 11:57hrs | 2240 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF now past sell by date
Zanu-PF does not have any capacity to revive the country's economy, let alone improve the people's lives.Its leaders' energy is mostly spent on jailing political opponents, activists, critics,...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | 445 | by Leonard Koni
Zimra gears for festive season traffic surge
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it is fully geared to render efficient service and handle the anticipated surge in traffic volumes at all ports of entry during the festive season.A...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:34hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now one of the fastest growing African economies
ANALYSING Zimbabwe's unconventional economy always proves somewhat cumbersome because it is a country bridled with policy inconsistency, unfavourable operating conditions buoyed by decades of unilater...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1127 | by Respect Gwenzi
A clinical test for the opposition
Every institution is bound with the code of conduct which helps an organisation to run professionally and within the parameters of operations....Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 09:11hrs | 842 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabweans head to court to stop 'harassment' by SA banks and schools
The Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) heads to court next week seeking an urgent interdict to stop banks and schools in South Africa from harassing Zimbabweans who are under threat...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3265 | by Ciaran Ryan for Moneyweb SA
Chiwenga calls Zimbabwe hotels to order
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has warned operators in the hospitality industry against charging exorbitant rates which he said contributed to economic instability.Officially opening the ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 7816 | by Staff reporter
Zesa tariff hike looms for miners
ZESA Holdings is set to review tariffs for major consumers such as miners to improve generation and boost its capacity to import electricity to meet local demand.In his 2023 national budget st...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube rules out income tax relief
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube (pictured) says raising the income tax threshold again after the previous one in August would have been too soon because widening this tax relief further is dependent on ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not ready for free, fair elections
FOR decades after independence, Zimbabwe seems to have been disillusioned by the electoral system.Democracy has been elusive. Elections have been marred by violence. Every past election has be...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 250 | by Innocent Mpoki
Does the Zimbabwe opposition stand any realistic chance of winning 2023 elections?
This is the million dollar question - which has been on the lips of many, and the source of much debate, in Zimbabwe. What I see, though, is that most of us are living in a delusional world - ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:08hrs | 1339 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Bankers call for more taxes
BANKERS have urged Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to introduce sin-taxes to help grow the country's revenue base.In his presentation at a Parliament post-budget seminar on Monday, Bankers Assoc...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:59hrs | 387 | by Staff reporter
Zimplats dumps community share payment obligations?
Despite notching up a record revenue of US$1.4 billion last year coupled with tax contributions and royalties totalling US$404,6 million, platinum mining giant Zimplats has been dragged to court for f...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1663 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU blasts Mthuli Ncube's paltry 2023 budget tax free threshold
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's tax free thresholds in the 2023 National Budget are a blow for the workers who will continue to carry the yoke of ove...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 547 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa using chiefs to sanitise Gukurahundi genocide'
Gukurahundi is haunting President Emmerson Mnangagwa as evidenced by his attempts to use traditional leaders to appease affected communities in the region, leader of Bulawayo-based political outfit, t...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 19:49hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rejigs US$3.5bn compensation to farmers
ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped Treasury has proposed a staggered payout plan to settle the US$3.5 billion compensation to white ex-commercial farmers who lost vast tracts of land when the government embarke...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:00hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt likely to print money to fund deficit'
ONE of Zimbabwe's top financial institutions, FBC Holdings Limited (FBC) says the 2023 National Budget announced last week will likely be funded by money printing, amid dwindling revenue options for T...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
'VFEX growth exceeds expectation'
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has lauded the rapid growth of the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which witnessed the listing of the fifth counter, Nedbank Gr...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Passengers lose cash, cellphones to robbers
A gang of four armed robbers in a red Honda Fit registration number AFD8585 offered lifts in Harare and attacked their passengers in two incidents and stole cash, cellphones and valuables.Poli...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe foreign debt now US$14.4bn
DEBT-RIDDEN Zimbabwe's total official Public and Publicly Guaranteed (PPG) debt is estimated at ZW$2.2 trillion for domestic debt and US$14 billion for external debt (including blocked funds of US$3.1...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:58hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt in $174 billion expenditure overrun
ZIMBABWE has reported a $174 billion expenditure overrun in the nine months of 2022 to September, latest figures show.Despite beating revenue collection targets for the nine months of 2022 by ...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:54hrs | 84 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man up for robbery, rape, fraud in South Africa
A ZIMBABWEAN man suspected to have fake South African identity documents has been arrested on charges of rape, robbery and fraud.His 30-year-old victim gave him away when she wept hyster...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:53hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Govt to recruit 7 000 teachers
The GOVERNMENT will recruit an additional 7 000 teachers next year to enhance the delivery of quality education, with special focus on infant education.In the 2023 National Budget tabled in Pa...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:51hrs | 106 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube raises VAT, restores duty on basics
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube unveiled his 2023 budget on Thursday, raising value added tax (VAT) in a move the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) described as "an attack on working p...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 10413 | by Staff reporter
Biti dismisses Mthuli Ncube's budget as 'power retention project'
HARARE East Member of Parliament (MP), Tendai Biti has said Finance Prof. Minister Mthuli Ncube should have dollarized the economy as the opposition politician condemned the 2023 budget as "cruel and ...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 647 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube pampers security sector
THE security sector, which includes the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), Defence and War Veterans Affairs and the Home Affairs ministries were some of the departments that got the largest ch...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:15hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt turns to Treasury bills, bonds
THE cash-strapped government is likely to print money to finance its $575,5 billion budget deficit, economic analysts warned yesterday after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube announced next year's $4,5 tr...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:12hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants get lion's share
SALARIES for civil servants are set to go up markedly after the Government allocated the biggest chunk of the 2023 National Budget towards the public sector wage bill to cushion workers from the negat...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Key priority projects allocated $1,1 trillion
Key infrastructure projects such as the Harare-Beitbridge highway upgrade and construction of Lake Gwayi-Shangani, have been allocated $1,1 trillion as the Government moves to accelerate their complet...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:04hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube must pay civil servants USD salaries'
PRESSURE is mounting on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to announce the payment of civil servants' salaries in United States dollars in the 2023 national budget which he will announce today.Ncub...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 1776 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe miners in urgent plea for forex
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe says it is engaging authorities to come up with mechanisms that can accommodate the foreign currency requirements for the sector as shortages are weighing down the sec...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:59hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Bogus 'police officer' robs woman of US$98K in a Ponzi scheme
A-RUWA man who impersonated a police officer and robbed her of US$98 000 in a botched Ponzi scheme was today arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi to answer to the charges.The susp...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:58hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Gold buyer robbed of US$350 000
A REGISTERED gold buyer from Bulawayo lost US$350 000 in cash to two armed robbers who told him they were selling 50g of gold before pulling out a firearm and ransacking his house.National pol...Published: 24 Nov 2022 at 04:56hrs | 467 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's personalization of government programs divisive and counter-productive
So, now there is a 'Miners for ED' group!Another, in a long line of shady organizations that have mushroomed over the recent past – a...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 16:06hrs | 1515 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Plastic carrier bag ban postponed
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has indefinitely postponed a ban on plastic carrier bag use, which was initially scheduled for December 31 this year.In a letter to the Confe...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:31hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
US$1m grant splits MDC-T, infighting reaches crescendo
DIVISIONS are rocking the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T over a US$1 million government grant that insiders say was abused by party officials.Rifts are widening as top officials are fighting publi...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 7124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's draft electric vehicles policy ready
Zimbabwe is almost ready to adopt the electric vehicles (EVs) technology, with the draft Electric Mobility Policy Framework and Roadmap now in place but being refined.This was said by Ms Munas...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Biti spills more beans
HARARE East legislator, Tendai Biti has accused Augur Investments of fraudulently acquiring a national project status for the construction of the Airport Road, a move he said prejudiced the country of...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 18:45hrs | 3086 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa meets Commonwealth delegation, gives damning report on Mnangagwa
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa met the visiting Commonwealth delegation Wednesday and highlighted the continued persecution of political opponents by President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2788 | by Staff reporter
Mafume promises to rebuild decrepit Rufaro to international standards
HARARE Mayor Jacob Mafume has declared that council will rehabilitate Rufaro Stadium to world class standards on its own, declaring the local authority has the financial capacity to implement the ambi...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has made very impressive progress' says Commonwealth team
Zimbabwe has made "very impressive" progress in meeting conditions to re-join the Commonwealth, a top official of the group of 56 mainly former British colonies said after an assessment mission, even ...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Critiquing and exposing flaws in government policies central to 'development journalism'
Lately, there has been a noticeable resurgence in calls - more specifically from Zimbabwe government officials - for media to focus more on what is termed 'developmental journalism'.The latest...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 09:10hrs | 216 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zacc investigators threatened, assaulted
A DIRECTOR at Lanwood Private Limited, trading as Megasave, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of defeating the course of justice and assaulting Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 894 | by Staff reporter
Tagwirei denies stealing $3 billion, claims he wanted to leave Zimbabwe in 2015
FUEL mogul Kudakwashe Tagwirei has for the first time proudly commented on the controversial Command Agriculture programme, distancing himself from abusing US$3 billion as reported by the Auditor Gene...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 2867 | by Staff reporter
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