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Mthuli Ncube has a plan, but is it gobbledegook?
Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube has laid out a plan to end the nation's two-decade stand-off with international creditors and has dismissed rapidly accelerating inflation as "wage compression...Published: 1 hr ago | 384 | by Bloomberg News
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa 'We will remain in the streets'
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that a protest called off by the police on Friday was only a "teaser", as he vowed: "We will remain in the streets....Published: 17 hrs ago | 6165 | by Reuters
Mnangagwa 1 - 0 Chamisa - handeyi tione
The MDC succumbed on Friday to pressure from what it labeled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set up roadblocks and barred access to its Harare offices.Friday...Published: 23 hrs ago | 5208 | by Reuters
Zimbabwe finds a new ally in the UAE
ZIMBABWE is going through an unbelievable socio-economic crisis and is slowly reaching a tipping level. With skyrocketing inflation, a biting forex crunch and failing institutions among the myriad iss...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to establish Offshore Financial Centre in Zimbabwe
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwe is "very serious" about establishing an Offshore Financial Centre (OFC) in the country, but analysts say given the country's handli...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa heads for Sadc Summit
President Mnangagwa will tomorrow join fellow Sadc leaders for the 39th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government scheduled to take place in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania this weekend.The Pre...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 08:06hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
Khupe attempts to 'steal' Chamisa's money
The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe, in connivance with government, allegedly attempted to claim the money entitled to Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance through the Political Finances Act.Party secre...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:43hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Teacher walks with bullet lodged in backside
A SCHOOL teacher, who was shot by members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) during the August 1, 2018 protests, has been walking with a bullet lodged in his buttock after failing to raise cash to un...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget gets Parliament's thumbs up
FINANCE Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube's Finance Bill and $10,62 billion Supplementary Budget as well as measures proposed in the mid-term budget to boost production and revenue inflows sailed past t...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 00:00hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
The economics of demonstrations
Demonstrations are a huge mark on a nation's economy. The average man is not aware of this. Maybe after reading this piece, the common man will be able to contextualize what a political demonstration ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 12:10hrs | 1422 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
#ShutDownZimbabwe: Why Chamisa's MDC needs to spell out its objectives
On June 2, 2003, the MDC undertook its most ambitious action ever; they were going to stage a three-day demonstration known as the "final push", with the intention of either forcing then President Rob...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 703 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Fact-checking Mthuli Ncube
"It's early days, we just introduced the new currency regime a little over a month ago, so it (the new currency) is trying to find its way, it is trying to find equilibrium; it will get there and clos...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter
9 car batteries recovered from theft gang
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two men for theft of car batteries and unlawful entry cases at Barham Green suburb. Police recovered more than nine car batteries and property which Kudakwashe Mapare ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:25hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Falgold ceases gold production
Troubled mining group Falgold Zimbabwe published its delayed financial statements for the year ended 31 September 2018. During this period the group's net loss after tax widened by 609% to US$4.9 mill...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 19:01hrs | 1294 | by FinX
Zimbabwe in new wave of price increases
ZIMBABWE is witnessing another wave of massive price increases, following the presentation of the 2019 mid-term fiscal policy review, which are further decimating citizens' incomes.In the mid-...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 2611 | by Staff reporter
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | 18614 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
EXPOSED: Hwende holds Mnangagwa's red passport
Several opposition MDC-Alliance legislators are holders of diplomatic passports issued by Government, allowing them to enjoy various advantages that include easy passage at borders, special lines at c...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 2917 | by Staff reporter
Kombi crews circumvent tollgates
Commuter omnibus operators plying highway routes are reportedly dropping off passengers just before approaching tollgates as a strategy to avoid paying high tollgate fees which were introduced by Fina...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 1876 | by Staff reporter
ZACC boss says 'no-one above law' as husband sucked into NSSA scandal
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) boss Loice Matanda-Moyo said "no-one is above the law" after her husband Sibusiso Moyo was sucked into the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) corrupti...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 19:06hrs | 2527 | by ZimLive
The 1929 Bulawayo Shona-Ndebele fights reconsidered
From Christmas Eve of 1929 to the end of that year, Bulawayo was an ungovernable city marred by fights between Shona, on the one hand (perceived as a 'common enemy’), and forces that were predomina...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:34hrs | 2545 | by Enocent Msindo
Mthuli Ncube warned against subsidies
The government's move to subsidise transport services and agriculture will complicate efforts to extricate the economy from a myriad of challenges, analysts have warned.Finance minister Mthuli...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:29hrs | 2619 | by Staff reporter
The futility of Mthuliconomics
We used to have that chap called Gideon Gono at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. He was always full of energy, busy doing things that never solved any problem. The cynics called that egonomics.Go...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:26hrs | 312 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa's Heroes Month message to the people of Zimbabwe
It is exactly twelve months since disputed and stolen election of 2018. The majority of Zimbabweans are still in shock at the brazen manner inwhich their vote was stolen. Disputed ele...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 17:24hrs | 1664 | by Nelson Chamisa
By-elections TKO and below the belt politics
If the Matabeleland North by-elections held recently were a boxing match, the MDC-Alliance would have been dealt a technical knock-out (TKO).After jabs and uppercuts, then a flurry of combinat...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 08:50hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Minister unleashes riot police at Joshua Nkomo Cooperative
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says an unnamed Minister dispatched anti-riot police to evict members of the Joshua Nkomo Cooperative.Posting on Twitter Mliswa said, "I have been invi...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 17:53hrs | 2086 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Army to declare martial law to crush Mnangagwa and MDC protests
The country's military is reportedly preparing to declare martial law in the event of planned opposition protests becoming violent insurrections and grinding the nation to a halt, Spotlight Zimbabwe, ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:47hrs | 20910 | by Itai Mushekwe
Mthuli Ncube quizzed over budget surplus
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube was grilled over the benefits of his much-touted ZW$803,6 million budget surplus at a time the majority of Zimbabweans are suffering from a rapidly deteriorating economic...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1792 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to act on liquidity crunch
The country is reeling under a massive liquidity crunch and Government is now looking at appropriate ways of re-injecting liquidity into the productive sector, according to Secretary for the Ministry ...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 08:05hrs | 3770 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's 'illegal' budget causes chaos in parliament
THERE was chaos and drama in Parliament yesterday as tempers flared when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi ignored issues raised by opposition MDC Alliance MPs and Nor...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 1988 | by Staff reporter
Mass arrest of foreigners in South Africa
At least 600 foreign nationals were arrested by police on Wednesday, South African media reports.In the targeted search operation carried out in the main city, Johannesburg, police also confis...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 15:22hrs | 4625 | by BBC
NSSA forensic audit report: Who is who?
Adam Molai, Environment, Tourism and Hospitality Industry minister Priscah Mupfumira, Robin Vela and Ozias Bvute are the individuals heavily implicated in the National Social Security Authority (NSSA)...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:51hrs | 1946 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube moots dry ports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said setting up dry ports in Zimbabwe would spur economic activity through connecting the landlocked southern African country with the rest of the world.Ncube...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:31hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Quick-fix solutions to Zimbabwe's huge electricity crisis
THE Zimbabwe government has announced that it’s facing critical power shortfalls. The country's anchor power producer, Kariba Dam, might have to stop production in weeks due to dropping water levels...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 696 | by Tafadzwa Makonese
Mnangagwa sinking $13 million monthly into Zupco hole
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday revealed that government was coughing about $13 million every month to subsidise the country's public transport system through Zupco buses."Again, we ha...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 12:59hrs | 5257 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe consumers decry rising taxes
Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) chairperson Philip Bvumbe says the new plethora of taxes introduced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube would significantly weigh down consumers and further erode their...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
MISSING PERSON: Bhekinkosi Sibanda
The family of Bhekinkosi Sibanda is appealing to anyone with information on the whereabouts of miss missing political activist who was last seen during the violent January 2019 protests that led to th...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 17:30hrs | 2687 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Budget tinkering will not solve Zimbabwe crisis
In an economy with inflation nearing 200% a year, budget figures come with severe health warnings as Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube can attest. His presentation on August 1 was his third in nine months...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1499 | by The Source
MDC Alliance boycotts unwarranted, retrogressive
The MDC-Alliance is known for boycotting Parliament, national events and other important occasions in a bid to create side shows and fool its supporters into thinking the party is still relevant. But ...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 491 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in tough balancing act
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will find it difficult to balance the books during the last half of the year after he unveiled a supplementary budget envisaging huge spending on agriculture, analysts ha...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:13hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office caught in massive car scandal
A coterie of businessmen linked to Zanu-PF allegedly imported over 100 cars duty free under the pretext that they were meant for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office in a case that could prove to be ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:25hrs | 3228 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's private sector is not doing its part'
Professor Mthuli Ncube presented the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review on Thursday last week and many naturally sought to understand what his new measures mean. Understandably, many are concerned about th...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:09hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
We are here waiting for the signal
As Bishop Lazi writes this, somewhere in Tripoli, Libya, a family is hunkered down or huddled in an apartment, fearing that if they venture out onto the streets, the likelihood of parting with their l...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:08hrs | 447 | by Bisho Lazi
Nssa fresh US$12 million probe
ANTI-corruption officials have opened fresh investigations into the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) over the purchase of an office park in Borrowdale, which is alleged to have been overprice...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:07hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
Power tariff hike gives Zesa headstart
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube last week announced an interim tariff framework meant to support Zesa's operations.But will the new tariff(s) address the cripp...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:06hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
'Economy in good stead for growth'
The reforms that have been instituted by Government since September last year to restore sound macro-economic fundamentals have placed the economy on a firm foundation to support sustainable recovery,...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:04hrs | 160 | by STaff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget plots progress on fundamentals
Presenting his supplementary budget last week, Minister of Finance and Economic Development Professor Mthuli Ncube spoke directly to the concerns of Zimbabweans, both as individuals and as businesses....Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:02hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe printing new currency, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said his government would soon unveil new notes and coins to complete the cycle of the introduction of the new currency put in motion through the banning of the ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:52hrs | 4644 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hiding behind a finger
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's 2019 Mid-Term Monetary Policy Review statement on Thursday was very interesting in more ways than one.Firstly, that publishing annual inflation has been suspend...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:47hrs | 799 | by Editorial _ Newsday
Mthuli Ncube closes illegal forex tap on mobile money
THE transfer of funds from mobile money transfer agents to recipients will now be subjected to taxation as Treasury moves to plug out rampant illegal foreign currency deals being conducted via the cas...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:44hrs | 3766 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube widens tax-free threshold
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has reviewed upwards the tax-free threshold by 100 percent from $350 to $700, with immediate effect, in an effort to increase workers' ...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:32hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
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