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The new dispensation: One year on
This week last year Zimbabwe went through the epoch-making Operation Restore Legacy which culminated in the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe on 21 November and the ascension of President ...Published: 6 hrs ago | 704 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Diamond exploration starts along highway
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has intensified diamond mining by spreading its tentacles from Chiadzwa to Murazvu Village A adjacent to Wengezi, along the Mutare-Masvingo highway, wh...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 07:58hrs | 424 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions, Zimbabwe has change enough 'to scold ED' - but not to stop him rigging elections
Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble and there many reasons why this is so. One of these many reasons; the country is cursed with an unusually large army of corrupt and incompetent vi...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1142 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Wutawunashe petitions Trump over sanctions
On Friday Family of God leader Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe in partnership with National Elders Forum today launched an anti-sanctions initiative dubbed Faith for the Nation Campaign....Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 2370 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tinashe Kambarami lights up Bulawayo
The Deputy Mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Kambarami has proved to be a councillor par excellence after being the first City father in the current council to do meaningful development to his ward. ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 04:01hrs | 8387 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ramaphosa tells EU that Zimbabwe 'has turned a corner'
ZIMBABWE was on the agenda in talks South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa had with European Union (EU) leaders on Thursday.During a media briefing, Ramaphosa said he discussed the importance ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:14hrs | 3293 | by Fin24
Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030. This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabil...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 208 | by Emerson D. Mnangagwa
Tsholotsho community build own Zibalongwe Secondary School
BACKGROUND TO THE ZIBALONGWE SECONDARY SCHOOL PROJECTTsholotsho rural district residents at large face serious life challenges which include poverty, crime, unemployment, and a huge number of tee...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 16:25hrs | 977 | by Staf reporter
All eyes on Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube's maiden national budget should target the revival of the productive sectors of the economy to set the tone for revival, business has advised....Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 12:24hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
Economic Dialogue: Building value chains, skills for Vision 2030
Zimbabwe aspires to be an upper middle-income economy with a per capita income of US$3 500 by 2030.This requires fundamental transformations and shifts in the economy. Our Transitional Stabili...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:29hrs | 64 | by HE Emmerson D Mnangagwa
'MDC want to unseat elected ED' - who elected him, even ZEC failed to verify its own result
President Mnangagwa rigged the 30 July 2018 elections cocksure his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call would deliver economic recover. Sadly, that has no happened, the flood of investors has...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 19:43hrs | 4379 | by Nomusa Garikai
We are caught between rock and the abyss and lack Odysseus insight to escape
Zimbabweans are well and truly caught between a rock and the deep blue sea, they either have to confront the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF regime and demand meaningful political change or continue to...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 19:23hrs | 2216 | by Wilbert Mukori
'I am taking Zimbabwe to Canaan,' said ED - rigged elections and dragged us into hell-on-earth
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rewarded one of the biggest indigenous churches, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), with a tractor and other agricultural inputs for overwhelmingly voting for him and h...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4888 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Let's engage as the youths
ELECTIONS have come and gone and remarkably Zimbabwean youths participated in large numbers to shape their future, something we, as the Zanu-PF Youth League, believe is testimony to the fact that we a...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:46hrs | 316 | by Pupurai Togarepi
South Africa stops issuing general work visas?
Ahead of the implementation of new immigration laws and the release of a severely shortened critical skills list, South Africa's Home Affairs Department appears to be pre-emptively clamping down on im...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 21:11hrs | 6588 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should tread carefully on police rationalisation
LAST week, the Zimbabwe Republic Police "retired" more top-ranking officers in a move seen as the renewal of the force to reclaim public trust.There has been a lot of movements in the police f...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1970 | by Editorial - newsday
Zimbabwe has oil and gas - a blessing but only if share by all and not looted by few
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially announced oil and gas deposits discovery in Muzarabani, Mashonaland Central province, following a study carried out by an Australian company, Invictus Ener...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 07:30hrs | 819 | by Nomusa Garikai
The new dispensation a replica of Mugabe era
The narrative of the November coup which ushered in President Emmerson Mnangagwa cannot be white washed and will remain in the Zimbabwe's history.I now plead with the indulgence of...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 08:48hrs | 2503 | by Leonard Koni
What is meant by Dambudzo?
MLF will not accept the naming of the Cowdry Park Mall after Mnangagwa. Bulawayo is a capital of Mthwakazi who is home to many heroes and heroines who better deserve to be honoured by naming such site...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 19:24hrs | 2596 | by Ndabezinhle Fuyane, MLF information and publicity
Zimbabweans sleeping in food and petrol queues
Zimbabweans are sleeping in petrol queues and spending hours lining up for basic food, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in a decade.Nearly a year after the downfall of dictator...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1040 | by abc.net.au/
Origins of the Zimbabwe crisis
This article was first published by hsf.org.za.Zimbabwe is experiencing a cumulative breakdown. Living standards, life expectancy and production have plummeted while political oppression h...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:11hrs | 5816 | by Teddy Brett and Simon Winter
Central bank's independence, benefits to Zimbabwe
WITH the recent developments at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), it is now public knowledge that four directors were suspended from there on allegations of corruption. The worrying aspect is the so...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:05hrs | 295 | by David Mhlanga
Mohadi abandons ground-breaking ceremony
A ground-breaking ceremony for a Norton-based tile manufacturing company which was to be presided over by Vice President Kembo Mohadi last Friday had to be postponed indefinitely after it emerged that...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | 6541 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa statement on the prevailing economic, political and humanitarian situation
Fellow Zimbabweans! 1.1 I have taken time to assess the environment in the country to have a first-hand account of the economic, political and humanitarian situation. Indeed,...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:24hrs | 4571 | by Adv. Nelson Chamisa MDC President
'Everyone (petty forex dealers) must play to rules' says (vote rigging) ED - do you ever
President Emmerson Mnangagwa going after the foreign currency dealers with all guns blazing!"As we work towards improving and stabilising the flow of foreign exchange into the productive secto...Published: 22 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | 922 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZESA must reverse ill-judged decision on massive electricity disconnection around Old Magwegwe
Old Magwegwe residents are warned of the ZESA operations of disconnecting power from the masses who cannot even afford a meal per day. Citizens who lost their pensions and savings to this very...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 06:59hrs | 661 | by Innocent Ndibali
ZCTU, why spare Bulawayo council over rates hike
That the United States has not seized a great opportunity to walk the talk on its human rights mantra shows that things are not what they appear to be.It was always too much to expect US Presi...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 11:32hrs | 535 | by Conway Tutani
Mnangagwa tells graduates to create their own jobs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa last week told over 3 000 Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) graduates that they should create their own jobs or risk sinking into oblivion as formal employment opportunities...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:45hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF rigged electoral victory is worse than a Pyrrhic - dog got hare's ticks and worse
You can tell the dog has a flea or tick problem by the frequency the poor creature scratches itself and the greater the vigour the greater the infestation! Rigging the recent elections was the easy bi...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 19:57hrs | 1617 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ED threaten US$ black market dealers - on what charge, 'Same shit … different thug!'
"Same shit …. different island!" A vintage Caribbean Tourist T-shirt depicting a ganja smoking black Rasta with his trade mark dreadlocks complete with red/yellow/green/black vest greeting a dumfoun...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 15:29hrs | 3562 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe empty shelves scare
Austin Mushanguri shakes his head in dejection and walks away from the fridges in an affluent supermarket in the capital after reading a sign saying he can only buy one bottle of beer instead of the d...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 10:09hrs | 4554 | by Staff reporter
'Elections failed to meet standards' EU tells Mnangagwa and dishing out the punishment - so must we!
President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF regime, as the government of the day, had the legal obligation to hold free, fair and credible elections; the highest law of the land, the constitution demanded it,...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:43hrs | 2723 | by Wilbert Mukori
Extreme poverty in Zimbabwe hits 79%
MDC-Alliance legislator Tapiwa Mashakada has said the poverty situation in Zimbabwe has reached 79% with the unemployment rate pegged at 95%.Mashakada said this in parliament while moving a mo...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:36hrs | 1114 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo residents to fork out more in rates
BULAWAYO residents will next year fork out more in rates and rentals as the city's 2019 budget has increased to $212,5 million from $152,5 million. The increase, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:29hrs | 1854 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election results not 'verifiable' or 'traceable', says EU
THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) yesterday said Zimbabwe's highly contested July 30 presidential election results were not "verifiable" or "traceable", casting doubt on their reli...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 06:19hrs | 2589 | by Staff reporter
Empty shelves, rationed bread ring alarm bells in Zimbabwe
In one of the biggest supermarkets in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, cooking oil, rice and Coca-Cola are all out of stock while a notice on the bread rack tells shoppers they can only buy one loaf each....Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 19:06hrs | 3486 | by AFP
'There are no silver bullets' argues Mnangagwa - wrong, free elections kill vote rigging 'werewolves'
"We must all be realistic… Whatever some may claim, there are no silver bullets or quick fixes," said President Mnangagwa on Monday calling on the people to brace themselves for the economic hardshi...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2085 | by Nomusa Garikai
Individuals don't live to be a hundred years old; tribes do.
In Mhandambabwe, Chivi area, the community is paramount. I drive my perspective from the community, not from me to the community; that to me is a western culture. Tribal survival and prosperity are al...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 19:50hrs | 962 | by Sam Wezhira
Chamisa 'is not the answer to Zimbabwe's economic challenges'
The Zimbabwean government has reportedly dismissed claims by the opposition that the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa holds the keys to the current economic problems affectin...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 09:54hrs | 5859 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube must turn up in Parliament
PARLIAMENT is expected to debate several motions to tackle the economy and the high cost of living currently affecting Zimbabweans, which have seen prices of basic commodities skyrocketing.Opp...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1972 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe rebases economic data
The Zimbabwe Statistical Agency has rebased some of its economic statistics, in an unexpected move that finance minister Mthuli Ncube said on Friday had increased the nominal size of the struggling ec...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 08:47hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter
'Country belongs to the young' Ruhanya argue - replacing one nonsensical dogma with another
One's decisions must always be underpinned by logic and not some foolish dogma. "Respected political analyst Dr Pedzisai Ruhanya has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to swallow his pride and...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 21:29hrs | 1284 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe's economy '4.7% larger'
Zimbabwe's economy is now 40% larger after their statistics agency rebased key data.The Zimbabwe Mail quoted Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube as saying, “Our economy is bigger than we thin...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 17:32hrs | 1209 | by BBC
Water is a human right, It is illegal to disconnect domestic taps: a Petition to the UN
Water is a human right: It is illegal to disconnect domestic tapes: a Petition to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on the way to UN...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 20:11hrs | 968 | by Nomazulu Thata
NSSA grants three-month amnesty to non-compliant businesses
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has granted a three-month amnesty allowing non-compliant businesses to register and or clear their arrears between October and December 2018. In a...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:40hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Anglican Church priest commends Mnangagwa
A ZIMBABWEAN pastor based in Papua New Guinea has commended President Emmerson Mnangagwa for promoting peace and tolerance through shunning hate speech. Anglican Church priest Reverend Nichola...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 07:29hrs | 3393 | by Staff Reporter
British have cut ED adrift, has he even Smith's common sense to admit 'game is up!'
South Africa's then president F W de Klerk and the man who would succeed him, Nelson Mandela, were co-recipients of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize.Nelson Mandela's citation for the prize was easil...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 00:30hrs | 7352 | by Nomusa Garikai
Something stinks in Zimbabwe
Riot police with batons and water cannon patrolling the streets. Disease spreading. Zimbabwe is open for business they say.The most vibrant sector of the economy disagrees. Reports say harasse...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:19hrs | 2382 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Remove illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly urged the west to lift sanctions against his country while the United States government continued to set stringent terms for their removal. Ac...Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 14:10hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa urged to 'unite or fall'
The election dispute between President Emmerson Mnangagwa, and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will derail the country's chances of moving forward, outgoing British ambassador to Zimbabwe Catriona Laing ha...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 10570 | by Staff reporter
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