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Revisiting the ZUPCO urban transportation model
The re-introduction of ZUPCO buses to ply urban routes in the aftermath of January fuel protests was a welcome move for most urban commuters. This is largely because commuter omnibus operators had tak...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1827 | by Victor Bhoroma
Price stability key to economic recovery
"A more efficient management system of scarce foreign exchange is key to price stabilisation and business growth."According to the "Transitional Stabilisation Programme" (TSP), the aspirations...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:52hrs | 457 | by Vince Musewe
Zimbabwe targeting to process FDI approvals in hours
The establishment of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) will capacitate the country to process foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals within a day, Finance and Economic Developme...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:36hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe is on the path to progress
Zimbabwe is on a journey of reform. Nobody ever said it wouldn't be a bumpy ride; but the most important thing is that the journey has begun, and we are heading in the right direction.The Tran...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:45hrs | 536 | by Mthuli Ncube
Mnangagwa bullish on TelOne future prospects
The professionalism of TelOne's management, including their determined push to turnaround the State-owned enterprise (SOE), will likely be a drawcard for reputable technical partners or suitors, Presi...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:30hrs | 212 | by Staff rpeorter
Tsholotsho FC folds
FORMER Premier Soccer League side, Tsholotsho, have withdrawn their participation in the Zifa Southern Region Division One League due to financial constraints. Tsholotsho spent three seasons i...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:44hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt goes for broke to lure tech tourists to Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe ICT bosses are pulling out all the stops to use a networking event for tech entrepreneurs and investors here to market its tourist hotspot, Victoria Falls, in a bid to boost the number of vis...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:35hrs | 1736 | by Staff reporter
Panner duped by hooker goes berserk
AN artisanal miner from Shurugwi went berserk and randomly attacked patrons at Mzansi Night Club in the gold mining town with a machete leaving three people dead and several others injured as revenge ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | 882 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa arrives
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in the country last night ahead of today's third session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission Summit in Harare. President Ramapho...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:48hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
November 2017: Wharton is being dishonest
This month former American Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Bruce Wharton and former American Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield published an article on the Zimbabwe's 2017 transition from the old ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 09:53hrs | 1490 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Expanding economy driving fuel demand'
The huge demand for fuel, which has caused supply challenges and spawned fuel queues across the country, is testimony that economic activity has expanded significantly over the past year or so, Reserv...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt to spend $1bn on roads
Government has committed over $1 billion for road construction and rehabilitation with various projects underway across the country under the 2019 Road Development Programme. Funding for this ...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:53hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime's weapon of choice against dissent
Joshua Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Dumiso Dabengwa, Lookout Masuku, Abel Muzorewa, Tendai Biti, Renson Gasela and Ndabaningi Sithole all have something in common.The firebrand politicians challe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 581 | by Desmond Chingarande
Mnangagwa cranks up reform gears
A TEAM of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:03hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Dlamini-Zuma talks up Zimbabwe's economic prospects
Former African Union (AU) Commission chairperson and South Africa's Minister in the Presidency Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has expressed confidence that Zimbabwe will soon turn the tide and become the r...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:46hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping constitutional reforms begin
A team of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Building national confidence
And so the old Indian tale is told. When the country became infested with venomous cobra snakes, government, in its wisdom, reacted with a smart snake stabilisation programme.A dollar for ever...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:38hrs | 81 | by Zifiso Masiye
Gukurahundi haunts Mnangagwa
More than 22 years after the Gukurahundi massacres ended, that sad episode in Zimbabwe's history continues to rear its ugly head with the deputy minister of Defence, Victor Matemadanda this week rushi...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:31hrs | 4772 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu's ex-employee arrested with 120kg of ivory?
A former mayor of Zimbabwe's tourist hotspot Victoria Falls was caught with nine elephant tusks weighing 120 kilogrammes and arrested with two other suspects, police said on Friday.Sifiso Mpof...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 07:09hrs | 2532 | by Staff reporter
CMED tasked to supply fuel, equipment to road authorities
Government has tasked CMED to supply fuel and road equipment to local authorities to help speed up road infrastructure projects currently underway.Speaking to local authorities from Midlands p...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:23hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hits brick wall on debt clearance plan
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is struggling to nail down the debt clearance roadmap which has been on the table since 2015 to clear urgent US$2,3 billion in arrears before securing game changing new f...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:22hrs | 2412 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Mnangagwa meets his advisors
President Mnangagwa yesterday held his inaugural meeting with members of the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC) and exhorted them to quickly give impetus to the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 06:45hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
Privatisation of Zimbabwe parastatals takes shape
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube says government will appoint transaction advisors to spearhead the privatisation of five key State-owned enterprises (SOEs).The targeted five enterprises are Zimp...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:44hrs | 3243 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sneaks back into the country
MDC Alliance leader, Advocate Nelson Chamisa's so called diplomatic offensive has raised stink following reports that his claims that he was going to meet the African Union (AU) and SADC chairpersons ...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 16:28hrs | 5628 | by Staff reporter
Senior govt officials to buy own vehicles
The government has moved in to reduce expenditure emanating from the purchase and maintenance of government vehicles by introducing the public service vehicle loan scheme.The public service ve...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 19:42hrs | 2845 | by Staff reporter
Key constraints to economic growth in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a naturally endowed country with unimaginable potential across various economic sectors from mining, tourism, agriculture and manufacturing among others. The country has a highly diversifi...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 10:11hrs | 939 | by Victor Bhoroma
Teacher doorsteps Minister Mavima over poor salary
A DISGRUNTLED Gokwe teacher was arrested at the weekend after he allegedly confronted Primary and Secondary Education minister Paul Mavima and told him off that he was contributing to his misery throu...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:26hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
International bidders for Zimbabwe dam projects
Government has floated an international tender for the construction of 19 major water infrastructure facilities, including dams and water purification structures to enhance agricultural production and...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:05hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe mansion a 'bazooka' target
ZANU-PF women's league boss Mabel Chinomona says ex-President Robert Mugabe's Blue Roof mansion in Harare's elite Borrowdale neighbourhood would now be reduced to rubble by a "bazooka" if he lived in ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:49hrs | 3914 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa accelerates ease of doing business
Government says a fully-fledged Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) that will process investment approvals within a day will be fully operational this year. This is part of Gover...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:26hrs | 324 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi lashed over Mugabe comments
Outspoken Information deputy minister Energy Mutodi has courted public anger over his attacks on former president Robert Mugabe who last week railed against a recent government crackdown against prote...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:22hrs | 1716 | by Staff reporter
Botswana proposes hunting and trade as elephant population declines.
The results of the recent and most extensive elephant population survey of Botswana estimates the country’s population at 126,000 elephants, a further decline from 131,600 reporte...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 10:55hrs | 1271 | by Dr Louise de Waal
Ncube et al on yet another 'global roadshow' to lure investors - whilst Zim remains a pariah state, will lure no one
The real tragedy in Zimbabwe is that we have a regime that knows it will never ever be held to account for anything and so it has said and done as it jolly well pleased. It has made promises only to b...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1035 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zimbabwe govt is cash positive,' says Mthuli Ncube
Government is currently operating on a positive cash basis as revenue enhancement and austerity measures announced in the 2019 National Budget continue to yield dividends, Finance and Economic Develop...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Zimra set to rake in billions
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is set to rake in billions of dollars, thanks to an International Monetary Fund tool that puts the tax collector into the global-best category. Zimra has...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 22:32hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs demand answers on Gukurahundi
Traditional leaders in Matebeleland have written to the South African parliament requesting permission to be allowed to present "facts" about the 1980's mass killings in Matebeleland and Midlands as t...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:48hrs | 771 | by Staff reporter
The sincerity of Mnangagwa's Reform Agenda
Eddie Cross reports that a few years before he took over the reins of power, President Mnangagwa remarked, "What this country needs are free and fair elections."Emmerson Mnangagwa was not the ...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:35hrs | 202 | by Nick Mangwana
Mthuli Ncube declares war on inflation
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says Government will continue to implement appropriate fiscal measures to bring inflation down to single-digit levels by year end. ...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 22:50hrs | 5409 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Evan Mawarire's treason trial
#This Flag founder Pastor Evan Mawarire's trial was yesterday moved to 19 March after the state indicated that it was not ready for the trial.Mawarire is accused of two charges 1) plotting to ...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:10hrs | 501 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chief Maduna and Ndiweni write to Mnangagwa's defence minister
Defiant Matabeleland chief Vezi Maduna and Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni have escalated their row with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - this time demanding the appointment of an independent prob...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:46hrs | 3552 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Expected to Correct Mistakes in Mini-Cabinet Reshuffle
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has hinted that he will name the new resident minister for Harare Province, almost 6 months after appointing his cabinet.The ZANU PF First Secretary is also ex...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 20:41hrs | 8509 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pre-monitory policy statement expectations
Expectations are high as the market awaits the presentation of the first monitory policy statement (MPS) of 2019 by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in the coming days. The bank knows the weight of hyperi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 1040 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe urgently needs own currency
THE drive for Zimbabwe to have its own currency is understandably gain-ing traction, particularly given the aberrations of price increases, multi-tier pricing and foreign currency shortages on the loc...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 18:44hrs | 6165 | by Edmore Ndudzo
Tafataona Mahoso: A man of many hats
Rupise: Poetry of Love, Separation and Reunion 1977-2017; By Tafataona Mahoso; Mutare, Samwasika Heritage Products.136 PagesISBN: 978-1-7706-070-9 (Paperback)INDEED Tafataona M...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:09hrs | 1857 | by Staff writer
Matebeleland chiefs ditch Mnangagwa, back Chamisa?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa last Thursday received backed from two traditional chiefs following a meeting with the traditional leaders from Matebeleland who threw support behind him saying Zimb...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:16hrs | 4028 | by Staff reporter
Government committed to implementing reforms
The new administration under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has shown serious commitment in amending major reforms, which are mainly economic, political and media reforms, as shown by ...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:45hrs | 1031 | by Gift Mashoko
Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project comes to life, says Mthuli
A flurry of activity over the Batoka Gorge Hydro-Electric project is expected in the next few weeks amid indications that the updating of feasibility studies would be concluded at the end of the first...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:33hrs | 614 | by Staff reporter
Chief Maduna fears for his life
Outspoken chiefs in Matabeleland, who have spoken out against the government's delay in addressing the Gukurahundi atrocities of the early 1980's, now say there is a plot to silence them involving the...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2175 | by Staff reporter
All aboard Zupco: Is this a rebirth or stillbirth?
This article is a follow-up to my previous one, Kombi nation: Re-imagining our urban transport system.In that article, I presented a number of options on how we could improve our public transp...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:33hrs | 1487 | by Mike Murenzvi
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