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Zim govt shouldn't cry foul when given taste of its own bitter bullying medicine
I could not help laughing my head off, listening to some so-called political analysts - who were, in fact, nothing more than the ruling elite's shameless apologists and defenders - crying foul, on the...Published: 3 hrs ago | 344 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe prices near regional parity
PRICES of basic commodities in Zimbabwe are approaching parity with those in neighbouring South Africa and other parts of the region, with some goods actually now priced lower on the domestic market, ...Published: 14 Sep 2021 at 06:00hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
British American Tobacco (BAT) negotiated bribe for Mugabe, new evidence suggests
A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain's biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.Documents show British American Toba...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 10:26hrs | 3680 | by BBC
Mineworkers demand US$600 pay per month
Mineworkers have demanded their pay base to be pegged at US$600 inclusive of their Covid 19 allowances.In a statement Zimbabwe Diamond Allied and Mineral Workers Union Secretary-general Justic...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 12:18hrs | 1026 | by Stephen Jakes
Banks wary of lending out US dollar loans
ZIMBABWE'S banks are sitting on US$1.7 billion and not willing to lend it to corporates due to the uncertainty around currency reforms which exposes them if they issue United States dollar-denominated...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 06:50hrs | 2437 | by Staff reporter
Will the IMF US$961m windfall rescue Zimbabwe?
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Covid-19 has caused substantial long-term global macroeconomic environment change, and the pandemic inflicted long-term scars on the global economy....Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:04hrs | 246 | by Learnmore Nyamudzanga
LEAD hails RBZ Governor Mangudya
The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) has hailed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya for paying attention to their concerns on the need to make the United States ...Published: 02 Sep 2021 at 10:34hrs | 1022 | by Stephen Jakes
ZEC defends self on failure to submit 2018 -2019 financials for audit
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has defended itself from reports that it has failed to submit financial reports for 2018 and 2019 for audit.The defence was made through a statement by ...Published: 27 Aug 2021 at 10:02hrs | 1414 | by Stephen Jakes
Illegal harvesting of natural resources sparks conflict
The Kenilworth community, in Bubi ward 19 has raised ire over the indigent harvesting of locally available natural resources by villagers from neighboring districts.Premature harvesting of bro...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 12:10hrs | 924 | by Stephen Jakes
Air Zimbabwe to resume Johannesburg - Harare flights
Air Zimbabwe has resumed regional flights after they were grounded for most of last year due to COVID-19 and operational challenges.A recently acquired Embraer plane will be plying the Harare ...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco surpasses expectations, but farmers need better deal
ZIMBABWE has this year enjoyed one of its most productive tobacco seasons, but poor payment models for the farmers caused by the currency volatility left many farmers at the mercy of contract buyers....Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:52hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
ZACC roped in Mashonaland Central dirty politics
RUSHINGA legislator Tendai Nyabani (ZANU) has been summoned by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission today to answer to allegations of a private timber company (Vira Vika) which was reportedly allocated...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 14:52hrs | 694 | by Paul Ndou
Fourwinds armed robbers appear in court
Three of six suspected armed robbers who were involved in a shootout with the police Saturday morning in Bulawayo's Fourwinds suburb have appeared in court charged with armed robbery.The suspe...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1196 | by Staff reporter
New ZW$50 note well overdue?
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently introduced ZW$360 million worth of a new ZW$50 dollar note into the market, having taken regard of inflation and the need for convenience. The new note is w...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:06hrs | 1306 | by Vince Musewe
Locals breath fire over exported timber
The Rushinga community has blasted its traditional leadership, Forestry Commission and Rural District Council for corruptly awarding an obscure company kn...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 10:32hrs | 2184 | by Lloyd Rabaya/Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF's corrupt election funding exposed
THE ruling Zanu-PF mortgaged the country's natural resources in lieu of US$100 million in financial support ahead of the country's 2013 general elections, a new report by a local watchdog has shown....Published: 31 Jul 2021 at 17:54hrs | 2632 | by Staff reporter
No one should be turned away from COVID-19 centres if they can afford to pay
It is12 midnight and I have all the effects of COVID-19. Zimbabwe is battling with the COVID-19 pandemic, one of my employees tested positive for the coronavirus (see attached doc). The fact that we w...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 12:34hrs | 643 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Challenges facing Zimbabwe's foreign exchange auction
IT is clear that the auction for foreign exchange is in trouble. The arrears now stand at over US$200 million. That is equivalent to nearly Z$18 billion and the delays are having a serious impact on c...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1052 | by Eddie Cross
CABS taken to court over currency conversion
ARCHITECTURAL firm Stone/Beattie Studio has filed a High Court application seeking to recover US$142 000 from Central Africa Building Society (CABS) that was converted to the equivalent local unit fol...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:58hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Padenga VFEX listing may 'cannibalise' ZSE
PADENGA'S decision to list on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) was a win for the new bourse and Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's incentive scheme, but the country's biggest broker, Imara, says ...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:54hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses US$2,000 to robbers in lift
A Harare woman lost USD$2 000 after she was given a lift by three suspected robbers from Graniteside industrial area to the Central Business District (CBD). The woman was reportedly robbed along the w...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:41hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Global Compensation Fund mobilised …despite COVID-19 threatening the process
Government has managed to mobilise funds to pay the former white farm owners (FFOs) as agreed under the Global Compensation Agreement (GCA), despite COVID-19 pandemic slowing down the process....Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 16:04hrs | 220 | by Business Reporter
Mthuli Ncube secures US$1m for former farmers
Government has secured US$1 million that will go towards the payment of compensation to white former farm owners as agreed in the Global Compensation Deed signed last year.Government signed th...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 18:17hrs | 1144 | by Staff writer
Messy wrangle erupts over late General Mugoba's estate
A MESSY Family wrangle has erupted over the sharing of property of the late former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) chief of staff, major general Trust Mugoba, with some family members accusing the live-i...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 07:56hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Cheapest passport raised to US$60
The fee for an ordinary passport was raised yesterday to US$60 from US$53. The fee for a three-day passport remains at US$200 and for an emergency 24-hour passport at US$318. The new f...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:50hrs | 2423 | by Staff reporter
Bill Gates should stop telling Africans what kind of agriculture Africans need
Africans have long been told that our agriculture is backward and should be abandoned for a 21st-century version of the Green Revolution that enabled India to feed itself. Western science and technolo...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 22:58hrs | 1313 | by Million Belay,Bridget Mugambe
Zimbabwe can do more than just receiving covid-19 vaccines donations - Mhondoro-Ngezi SMP
In a recent telephone conversation with this reporter, the Shadow-Member of Parliament (SMP) for Mhondoro-Ngezi Constituency situate in Mashonaland West Province has commended the Government of Zimbab...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 09:09hrs | 666 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Kuvimba mining produces 311kgs gold
Kuvimba Mining House subsidiary, Fredda Rebecca Gold Mine has produced another milestone of 311kilogrammes of gold in June, which is the first for the mining firm.The achievement h...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 14:12hrs | 1155 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe gold deliveries in massive surge
GOLD deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refineries (Fidelity) by small-scale miners increased by more 1 000kgs in June compared to May deliveries, the Reserve Bank Governor (RBZ) John Mangudya said M...Published: 06 Jul 2021 at 10:37hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
New Dispensation of Patronage to Cronies
I have been watching our political leaders for a while and have noticed that they are the ones who start all the messy that our country has ended up in. All the vices like black market anything, illeg...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 13:50hrs | 469 | by Sam Wezhira
Fake USD notes lands Bulawayo man in trouble
POLICE in Gweru have arrested a 23 year- old Bulawayo man who was found in possession of US$2 710 in fake notes after he tried to buy medicine from a pharmacy.The incident occurred on Saturday...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 11:17hrs | 2476 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa Admits Zimbabwe is under Armed Siege
On 21 June 2021, President Mnangagwa (ED) put gun robbers on notice. Simply, this is an admission that the country is under siege from gun toting gangs. While we all Zimbabwean citizens except the out...Published: 27 Jun 2021 at 14:20hrs | 7332 | by Sam Wezhira
Woman robbed foreign currency at gunpoint
A Plumtree woman was robbed of ZAR22 500 at gunpoint on Friday at her homestead in Ndolwane.Sethi Ndlovu lost a large amount of m...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:57hrs | 6741 | by Desmond Nleya/Simbarashe Sithole
Cost of living hits $40 680
THE cost of living for a family of six surged by 13,4% to $40 680 this month, from $35 877 in April following relentless price hikes stemming from currency volatilities and market jitters triggered by...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:04hrs | 1734 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe won't get international Covid-19 rescue package
ZIMBABWE will not receive a dime from a multi-billion-dollar facility organised by international financial institutions which seeks to help countries of the global South in dealing with the socio-econ...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 15:03hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs in vehicle purchase scam
THE National Chiefs Council has been caught in a vehicle scam after inflating prices for four Isuzu twin-cab trucks, with each vehicle gobbling about US$125 000 against a market value of between US$38...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 14:57hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
RBZ names companies abusing foreign exchange auction system
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has named 18 companies that have been abusing the foreign exchange auction system. The RBZ released a statement and said the companies that were found out by the F...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Living between a rock & hard surface - Brenda Manyoni Narrates her Story!
The quagmire that Brenda Manyoni (25) is living through is terribly deplorable. Brenda says she does not 'understand' how, her nylon skirt caught fire when she was just five. The girl reports that she...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 13:46hrs | 1056 | by Dumisani Mawere
Holiday lessons at schools banned
Holiday lessons at schools banned Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Senator Monica Mutsvangwa addresses a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday while Chief Secretary t...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya plays down forex crisis
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has down-played fears of an industrial bloodbath in the aftermath of government's move two weeks ago to effect far reaching reforms to stem the ab...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 10:00hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to hold business indaba
GOVERNMENT will soon engage industry to discuss the rationale behind the recent spate of price increases which followed the promulgation of Statutory Instrument 127 of 2021.The SI was introduc...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:48hrs | 105 | by Staff reporter
BCC fixes vandalised traffic lights
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has repaired all the traffic lights that were destroyed during the violent opposition instigated demonstrations in January 2019 at a cost of over US$60 000.The viol...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 18:45hrs | 416 | by Staff reporter
'Government is best which Governs Least,' Nelson Chamisa
The untimely and unplanned introduction of Statutory Instrument 127 (SI 127) 2021 by the ZANU PF regime shows how Zimbabwe is being run as a mafia state. A dictatorship state, ran by clueless an...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 15:00hrs | 1269 | by Prince Njagu
Stanbic Bank's donation pays off as number of births shoots up by 100 % at Sally Mugabe Maternity Hospital
The number of caesarean operations at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital Maternity wing has shot up by 100 percent following the renovation and re-equipping of theatre 1 by financial services institution, ...Published: 31 May 2021 at 14:01hrs | 585 | by Agencies
Zimbabwe gets backing in anti-sanctions war
ZIMBABWE scored big in its quest to have the punitive and illegal economic sanctions imposed by the West two decades ago removed after the United States' House of Representatives Committee admitted th...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
What are we really worth?
Recently I had breakfast with three friends and we were charged at the rate of ZW$115 to US$1 for our food, which was priced in US dollars.later I had coffee with another group of friends and ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | 911 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe hit by serious shortage of cement, PPC fails to meet orders
Zimbabwe has been hit by a shortage of cement, leaving the construction industry stranded, while in some instances resorting to the black market.The country implemented a cement import ban (SI...Published: 25 May 2021 at 13:48hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
Tobaiwa Mudede steals farming inputs
FORMER long-serving Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede was arraigned before a Harare magistrate on allegations of stealing farming equipments at a Mazowe farm.He appeared before magistrate Richa...Published: 20 May 2021 at 19:58hrs | 773 | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole
Sakunda steps up on fight against Covid-19
Sakunda holdings has registered another milestone in the health sector after it adopted and fully equipped a Covid-19 centre at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) which was officially opened by President...Published: 14 May 2021 at 15:17hrs | 1096 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
ZACC arrests land developer for duping homeseekers of US$160 000
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested a land developing company for duping 120 land seekers of more than USD$160 000 by developing two pieces of stateland in Zvishavane and Shurugwi wit...Published: 14 May 2021 at 14:14hrs | 2635 | by Staff Reporter
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