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Zanu-PF youth projects ploy to siphon funds
THE much-talked-about Zanu-PF youth projects that President Emmerson Mnangagwa commissioned recently will be used for corrupt activities.The piggery and chicken projects are just a ploy to ill...Published: 4 hrs ago | 164 | by Ngodza
Key economic lessons for Zimbabwe from South Africa
Zimbabwe and South Africa share a long history of trade, socio-economic, political and cultural ties that span for decades. The two countries are separated by a 225km border that runs along the Limpop...Published: 21 hrs ago | 449 | by Smetch Sibanda
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Police ordered to descend hard on pirate taxis, kombis
GOVERNMENT has said police should come down hard on pirate kombis and taxis and also ensure there is tight security at quarantine centres. In Gweru, Bulawayo and other cities, private commuter...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:35hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Govt to decongest Bulawayo
GOVERNMENT is working on a new strategy of decongesting Bulawayo following an increase in the number of illegal vending activities in the Central Business District (CBD). Briefing journalists ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:34hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean fathers petition parliament...demand equal custodial rights with mothers
We the people being bona Fide citizens of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and also being tax payers and constituents drawn from various constituencies in Zimbabwe hereby exercise our rights as enshrined in ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 15:21hrs | 1013 | by Fathers' Rights Movement
Zupco bus deal a hot potato in govt circles
CABINET ministers were evasive this week after being asked to explain the details of a murky deal between the government and Landela Investments (Pvt) Ltd, a company linked to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:35hrs | 3338 | by Staff reporter
'Restrictions on ZIPIT counter-productive'
IN a desperate bid to halt the rapid weakening of the Zimbabwean dollar, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has, with immediate effect, imposed daily and monthly tr...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:15hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
23 arrested for grocery smuggling through Limpopo river
TWENTY-THREE people have been arrested and $1,5 million worth of groceries seized from smugglers who bring in the contraband through the Limpopo River while 21 vehicles were impounded by the authoriti...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Sadc ministers to meet over Covid-19
SADC Council of Ministers are scheduled to hold a virtual meeting tomorrow to consider issues of regional development, cooperation and the economic impact of Covid-19. Foreign Affairs and Inte...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:35hrs | 256 | by Staff reporter
'Parliament useless without Chamisa's MPs,' says Mliswa
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday said the National Assembly would be "useless" without opposition MDC Alliance MPs, adding that Zanu-PF legislators were incapable of asking probing quest...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5592 | by Staff reporter
Beitbridge gruesome murder suspect nabbed
POLICE have arrested a 31-year-old taxi driver linked to the gruesome murder of a man who was killed at his estranged wife's homestead in Beitbridge. It is alleged that Langton Ribombo (35) was fatall...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1273 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF Inspired by Nazis
on "Africa Day," as reports surface that they lack Ubuntu and are STARVING even the INNOCENT CHILDREN of Zimbabwe.Some of the great work being done by the ladies from the humble kitchen called...Published: 26 May 2020 at 18:13hrs | 1298 | by Thabo Makuyana
Tsenengamu blasts 'blood sucking economic vampires'
SACKED Zanu-PF youth leader, Godfrey Tsenengamu has launched his Front for Economic Emancipation in Zimbabwe (FEEZ) pressure group he says will champion the fight for empowerment among poor locals....Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2252 | by newzimbabwe
The African COVID-19 conundrum: Risking death to avoid death
WHEN the coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, for most countries, it was a problem far from their horizons. Little did they know that in no time, it would inf...Published: 25 May 2020 at 08:00hrs | 220 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Reckless police action almost cost girl's life
Dear Editor, On Monday 18 May 2020 I witnessed a horrific accident caused by ZRP's reckless action. The accident occurred along Zvishavane - Gweru road a few metres from Zvishavane hospital. T...Published: 24 May 2020 at 10:19hrs | 2031 | by Munya Shumba
The international elites are at the gate!
AS the month of November draws near and the United States national elections in the first week of November become a reality, it behoved me to search with diligence why this is an explosive season. The...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 681 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Is our money safe in this lockdown?
JUST recently, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya blamed a faceless devil for the economic crisis that a whole new generation now takes as custom.He was right. There is cert...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:41hrs | 971 | by Tawanda Majoni
Scapegoating Africans as a lazy lot unable to use land
THE war of words against African holders of land continues unabated as government finds itself in an embarrassing situation after the land reform programme of the year 2000. In an extremely disquietin...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:39hrs | 234 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Let's clean our dirty stables!
AS human beings, we need to accept that there are often both comprehensible and incomprehensible life forces around us.Where Bishop Lazi comes from, for example, you cannot venture deep into t...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 77 | by Bishop Lazarus
EcoCash limits ridiculously low in comparison to similar markets
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been on a war path against EcoCash, one of Africa's successful mobile money service. The battle has been tariffs, barring of EcoCash agents and some crazy pronou...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:50hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
Omalayitsha feel Covid-19 pinch
IT'S a Tuesday morning and Dennis Dube, popularly known as Ndlesto, is basking in the sun gazing at the pride of his life, a spotless Quantum that is parked at a car park in Emakhandeni suburb. ...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:33hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
Queen B in Zupco buses procurement scandal
LEAKED government documents this week confirmed that buses initially said to belong to Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) were imported by a private company Landela Investments (Landela), befor...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:18hrs | 4635 | by Staff reporter
Slain lockdown violator's family sues govt
RELATIVES of a Bulawayo man who succumbed to police assault injuries on the first day of the national lockdown in March have filed a notice of intent to sue the government for the incident.The...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Police clampdown on truck drivers
Police are being more strict in checking trucks and private cars ferrying passengers for during the lockdown in violation of transport and lockdown regulations. Most passengers using trucks an...Published: 22 May 2020 at 06:24hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's policymakers are flying blind
...COVID-19 exposes gaps in social infrastructureThe lack of accurate data, which is the lifeblood of any economy, is a disease of incompetent governance and makes informed economic developmen...Published: 21 May 2020 at 19:42hrs | 743 | by Vince Musewe
Man found with human head
HORRIFIC details have emerged in a court case in which a Harare man was allegedly found with a decomposing human head in December 2018.Emmanuel Anesu Matsika appeared before Harare magistrate ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 18:30hrs | 7671 | by Staff reporter
RBZ not printing more money, says Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has said the printing of new $10 and $20 denominations does not translate to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) printing more money, but it was merely swapping RTGS balan...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 2400 | by Staff reporter
Fireworks expected as Musarara appears in Parliament on Thursday
Fireworks are expected at the parliamentary portfolio committee on Agriculture on Thursday where Tafadzwa Musarara is set to have another showdown with Chairman Mayor Justice Wadyajena.On the ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 22:04hrs | 2151 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 20:51hrs | 2402 | by Victor Bhoroma
Vic Falls foreign exchange: A potential game Changer
The Zimbabwean government announced that it will soon launch the Victoria Falls Securities Exchange (VFEX) as part of a broader plan to turn the renowned resort town into an offshore International Fin...Published: 20 May 2020 at 14:39hrs | 2952 | by Victor Bhoroma
Our silence is not stupidity
Two million jobs were promised by ZANU PF. Massive housing was promised. Standard healthcare was promised. Reliable energy was promised. All these on multi million dollar billboards that were paid for...Published: 19 May 2020 at 14:19hrs | 3085 | by Zapu Youth Front
R1,4m contraband seized
South African police in Limpopo intercepted four vehicles carrying cigarettes worth R1,4 million suspected to have been smuggled from Zimbabwe across the Limpopo River. Owners of the contraband disapp...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
For country or love? Mangwana, Mthuli Ncube must put money where mouth is
Let's be honest, at law there is nothing wrong in individuals acquiring dual citizenships.Even the Zimbabwean constitution has not said anything untoward about multiple or dual citizenships ex...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:22hrs | 3248 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Banning kombis a blow to the transport industry
Whilst government monopoly regulates costs within affordable levels, to control growth and development, this new government's move to control the transport industry is an ambush to other transport pla...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:14hrs | 1835 | by Leonard Koni
Covid-19 economic stimuli is not alive to a SME driven economy
Zimbabweans cannot reasonably expect President Emmerson Mnangagwa government to handle the twin challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and the economy without making mistakes. However In times of crisis,...Published: 17 May 2020 at 15:07hrs | 235 | by Brian Sedze
Zimbabwe sport's top earners
THE secrecy around sportspersons' salaries and earnings in Zimbabwe has been around for decades but as the world of sport has developed into big business, that veil is slowly being lifted and these is...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 876 | by Staff reporter
Jitters over indefinite Covid-19 lockdown
Zimbabwe's indefinite lockdown to stop the spread of coronavirus could sound a death knell to an ailing economy and lead to massive job losses, experts have warned.President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:26hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Council yet to approve Egodini building plans
THE Bulawayo City Council is yet to approve detailed building plans of the Egodini Bus Terminus with councillors ordering management to engage the contractors, Terracotta Private Limited to ensure the...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:23hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Mater Dei opens COVID-19 centre
THE Catholic Church-run Mater Dei Hospital is reopening as a COVID-19 isolation and treatment centre and will be Bulawayo's only fully equipped institution to handle coronavirus patients.The M...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
New $10, $20 notes next week
New $10 and $20 banknotes are being introduced with the red $10 note circulating from Tuesday next week and the blue $20 note from the first week of June, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
MDC cheap politicking, will not stop parly business
ZANU PF MP and committee chair for Industry and Commerce, Joshua Sacco says the MDC Alliance was playing ‘cheap politicking' through boycott of parliament business, adding that this will not prevent...Published: 15 May 2020 at 17:35hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
EU refuses to fund Mnangagwa's administration
THE European Union (EU) has ruled out prospects of providing budgetary support to the broke Zimbabwean government, citing "massive misuse" of public funds as exposed by various audits and the failure ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 2185 | by Staff reporter
Settle your US$ debt in US$, say Zimbabwe court
THE High Court yesterday ruled that the monetary changes made by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on October 1, 2018, including the conversion of the US dollar account balances into RTGS and the Finance m...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
GMAZ Boss Musarara wins court case against ZIMRA
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe Chairman Tafadzwa Musarara has won a court case against the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority which had impounded his car after claiming it had been under-valued at the ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 21:19hrs | 1651 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Remembering Leonard Dembo
On a very beautiful Saturday morning in February 1982 I was very young by then but could understand and comprehend what was happening.My father used to have a record player which was like a sm...Published: 14 May 2020 at 11:45hrs | 1710 | by Leonard Koni
'Infrastructure investments would bolster the Zimbabwean economy'
LISTED financial institution, BancABC, has resolved to prioritise financing infrastructure development projects of national significance as this would boost economic growth. In its financial r...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 211 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Cyril Ramaphosa's speech on lockdown measures
My Fellow South Africans,This week, our country reached a sad moment in the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, as we recorded our 219th death from the disease.Every life lost is ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 21:46hrs | 4171 | by Cyril Ramaphosa
'Zimbabwe's financial system is risky: to money laundering' - worse, rotten to core to institutionalised corruption
"Zimbabwe is among 12 countries put under the spotlight by the European Union because it has deficiencies under its Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the F...Published: 12 May 2020 at 18:16hrs | 2051 | by Nomusa Garikai
Councillors to decide on Egodini
BULAWAYO councillors will this week decide on the fate of the Egodini rehabilitation project in the city as they resume sittings after the country downgraded its Covid-19 national lockdown to Level Tw...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:29hrs | 463 | by Staff reporter
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