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Zimbabwe economy in safe hands
THE appointment of a leaner Cabinet by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only welcome, but also goes a long way in demonstrating that the President listened to the people, mindful of the need to man...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1013 | by Daniel Ngwira
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 2342 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe economy on the mend
Zimbabweans have entered the most anxious week. The new cabinet flew into a cholera crisis and from nowhere prices sky rocketed and rates came to obnoxious stinking levels. Mthuli Ncube's first week i...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:32hrs | 2457 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1895 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
Beyond the fiscal policies, long term national vision is required
The political drama and the rituals that come after elections have come and gone. It is time to hit the ground running and get the country back to normalcy. The new Cabinet is well aware of the challe...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:00hrs | 67 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Small political parties likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023
A number of opposition political parties are likely to collapse before the next polls in 2023 primarily as a result of lack of funding and their failure to gain traction at the just-ended polls....Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:36hrs | 906 | by Staff reporter
'No one wants Zimbabwe hangman's job'
Despite government's frantic efforts to recruit a hangman, Zimbabweans have frowned upon the job offer even though unemployment is above 90 percent.In this Question & Answer with the Daily...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:29hrs | 2100 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's reckless spending, corruption can hinder new Cabinet fortunes
ELECTIONS have come and gone in Zimbabwe and the new Cabinet is now in place, both Parliament and Senate are now in their respective houses, with the President also now in office.What Zimbabwe...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:25hrs | 800 | by David Mhlanga
Business opportunities in Zimbabwe that will make more millionaires in 2018
The term "millionaire" is taking on a new meaning in Zimbabweans abroad. It's no longer just about the size of your bank account; any shady politician, corrupt bureaucrat, or unscrupulous busi...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1753 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'We are stuck with (vote rigging) ED junta, make it work' argue Cross - how, GNU fog has never cleared
The trouble with dealing with single track minded people like Eddie Cross is once they have made up their minds on something they are off. Even a train on a single track can be stopped and even revers...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3000 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's 'enemy of the people' returns home
In our series of letters from Africa, Zimbabwean journalist Wilf Mbanga reflects on his return home after 15 years in exile - and 10 months after long-time leader Robert Mugabe was ousted from office....Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | 3812 | by BBC News
Daunting task awaits Mnangagwa's new Cabinet
WITH Zimbabwe in serious economic woes, announcement of the new Cabinet was obviously a keenly awaited event. Tongues had for some time been wagging, posturing on a number of possibilities, ranging fr...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:43hrs | 1035 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
MDC Alliance told to focus on service delivery
THE MDC Alliance should focus on service delivery in areas where it controls local authorities instead of making irrelevant debates about the legitimacy of the Government, Alliance for People's Agenda...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
To introduce or not to introduce domestic currency in the short run, that is the question!
By "To be or not to be" is the manner the literary genius William Shakespeare chose to employ as an opening of a soliloquy for Prince Hamlet in the play Hamlet. "To re-introduce or not to re-introduce...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 16:08hrs | 1703 | by Prosper Munyedza
The impacts of Credit Card Debt on the Economy
Consumer spending is the main driver of economic growth and citizens sometimes borrow to spend. While debt isn't a bad thing, the economy becomes unsustainable if people are burdened with too much cre...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 10:14hrs | 1793 | by Agencies
'I will take Zimbabwe forward' twittered Coventry - how naïve, vote rigging ED is taking it backward
"I am honoured to be appointed by President Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Sports, Art and Recreation. I will continue to carry our Flag with pride and dedication of service so we can come...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | 5447 | by Wilbert Mukori
All eyes on Mnangagwa's new Cabinet
THE new Cabinet will be sworn-in at Sate House today with Zimbabweans across the political divide optimistic that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new 20-member team will immediately hit the ground runn...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
More enrol to train as teachers
TEACHERS' colleges have in recent months witnessed a 10 percent increase in the enrolment of students intending to train as secondary school teachers, an official has revealed. In his keynote ...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe should look beyond US'
FORMER State Enterprises and Parastatals Minister Dr Gorden Moyo says the Government should not read much into the sanctions imposed on it by the United States of America but seek various ways of revi...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:31hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Musings from an outgoing minister Chinamasa
Zimbabwe should not heed any dictation by foreign institutions on how best to address outstanding issues to the land question, but should deal with the matter in terms of its Constitution, an outgoing...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:20hrs | 998 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will soon make tough decisions
LOSING Presidential candidate and MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa today held a rally in Chitungwiza where he engaged his supporters on the way forward.The rallies, to be held throughout ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:15hrs | 4953 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe endorses rigged elections as 'will of the people' after ED guarantees of fabulous wealth
A team of top notch scientists must be dispatched immediately to Blue Roof Mansion, Harare; the task is to take and test blood samples, urine samples, test all medicine, perfume, test all the fo...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1338 | by Nomusa Garikai
South Africa heads for an economic crunch
South Africa is likely going face a recession starting from the last quarter of this year. The recession is mainly attributed to the malfunctioning of the agricultural sector, the mining sector, the t...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 10:16hrs | 3098 | by Daniel Itai
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga 'rift' may paralyse govt
UNDERLYING tensions between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and one of his deputies, retired General Constantino Chiwenga, over power struggles, risks distracting the new administration from tackling a p...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:37hrs | 10942 | by Staff reporter
ED rigged elections, per se, illegitimate and 'Chamisa holds the key' argue Biti - what a narcissist
Zimbabwe is in serious trouble already with unemployment at the dizzying heights of 90%, basic services such as clean running water and health all but collapsed and 75% of our people living on US$1.00...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 16:37hrs | 2519 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa seeks to revive Chinese mega deals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will pursue mega deals with China during his visit to the Asian country.The southern African nation, still battling to shake off a hangover from a decade-l...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1856 | by Staff reporter
Two vital pillars towards 'fixing' Zimbabwe
THESE are trying times we find ourselves in; the election has come and gone. Peaceful voting was met with excessive use of force by the police and army, which resulted in the regrettable loss of life....Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 461 | by Stakes Chigs
'Business is unsettled,' says Chamisa
There are three things one could have predicted with 100% certainty six months ago:1) That Nelson Chamisa and his MDC Alliance will take part in this year's elections even th...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 22:07hrs | 3701 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe’s expectations are high, justifiably so
Since November 24 last year when President Mnangagwa assumed office following the resignation of Mr Robert Mugabe, expectations have been high for him to change Zimbabwe's complexion and turn around i...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:33hrs | 268 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Mnangagwa 'moved' to charter plane for Grace Mugabe but not to save 100 000 babies' lives
According to a New Zimbabwe report, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was "moved" to facilitated the return home from Singapore of former first lady Grace Mugabe whose mother died last week. "...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:30hrs | 5518 | by Nomusa Garikai
'GNU is best foot forward' some say - feeble excuse for appeasing vote rigging Zanu PF, again
Desperate people do desperate things but there is nothing more irrational that doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.Everyone knows that Zanu PF rigged these el...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 19:43hrs | 1457 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa to dump old ministers
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to retire long-serving Cabinet ministers and deploy them at Zanu-PF headquarters, as he comes under growing pressure to dump the deadwood that worked for decades wi...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 07:21hrs | 12432 | by Staff reporter
Bass' compare 'messy' USA elections to Zim's rigged elections is Antoinette's 'eat cake!'
"Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!" (Let them eat cake!) is what Queen Marie Antoinette is said to have said on learning that the peasants had no bread. USA Congresswoman Karen Bass' callous indifference ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:22hrs | 371 | by Nomusa Garikai
Gomba elected Harare mayor
SEASONED Glen Norah (Ward 27) councillor Herbert Gomba (MDC-Alliance) was yesterday elected Harare mayor, becoming the first mayor from western suburbs to take over the coveted post, while Councillor ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youth leader still adamant Chamisa defeated Mnangagwa
Despite being in hiding following a government crackdown against opposition leaders in the aftermath of the July 30 disputed elections, MDC youth assembly chairperson Happymore Chidziva still refuses ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 17:12hrs | 2077 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to reshuffle old Mugabe's cabinet'
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary general Japhet Moyo has said he is very disheartening to note that what has been billed as a new dispensation in Zimbabwe is just to have a reshuffle of for...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:43hrs | 15935 | by Stephen Jakes
Over the Zimbabwean horizon
These are trying times we find ourselves in, with the election having come and gone. Peaceful voting was met with excessive use of force by the police and army, which resulted in the regrettable loss ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:35hrs | 274 | by Stakes Chigs
Mnangagwa's likely trajectory
THE most significant political fact about Zimbabwe today is that it is mired in a complex and turbulent multi-dimensional transition of which the just-ended elections were a part. The bitterly contest...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:48hrs | 3155 | by Eldred V Masunungure
1.1 million Zimbabweans will need food aid, warns WFP
The World Food Programme warned on Friday that 1.1 million Zimbabweans could need food aid before the next harvest in 2019, with rural smallholders most at risk of food shortages.Growing food ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 10:24hrs | 452 | by AFP
Government has an obligation to sort the economy
In the narrowest sense, the government's role in the economy is to help correct market failures, or situations where private markets cannot maximize the value that they could create for society. ...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 07:16hrs | 192 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Time to pick up the pieces and stop political grandstanding
Zimbabwe a land full of plenty but grappling in poverty where the majority are living under the poverty datum line. Now that the elections are over which have been disputed from the time ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | 911 | by Leonard Koni
The 'lazy man' debate, Zimbo men not willing to work?
"ZIMBABWEAN men in the UK have graduated into lazy benefit seekers content to stay in council houses with no zeal to develop their lives," laments one Angela."Most of them have turned into a g...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | 2089 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa must deliver on election promises
After everything is said and done, it's now high time President Emmerson Mnangagwa turn all those promises he made on the campaign trail into reality.When Mnangagwa came into power last Novemb...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fighting a losing battle
The decision by the MDC Alliance to ratchet up pressure to overturn President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory confirmed by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) last week in reaching out to the African Com...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 08:51hrs | 3635 | by Editorial - newsday
Corruption major hurdle to meeting development goals
THERE are many questions which require some answers for Zimbabwe pertaining to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially on whether Zimbabwe will achieve the targets of the 17...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 52 | by David Mhlanga
Jobless Chamisa the biggest loser of 2018 elections
Zimbabwe's July 30, 2018 elections have come and gone and the Constitutional Court on August 24 buttressed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s position that President Mnangagwa was the winner. ...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:38hrs | 539 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, the biggest loser of 2018 elections
Zimbabwe's 30 July 2018 elections have come and gone and the Constitutional Court on 24 August buttressed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) position that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the win...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 12:00hrs | 4115 | by Elijah Chihota
While ED's critics keep talking, our president is fulfilling his promises
The Zimbabwean president has started his mandate to rule Zimbabwe for the next five years. He made many sweeping promises on his way to victory on Election Day. After he took the oath of office on 26t...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 14:41hrs | 2132 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Case was more than Chamisa vs Mnangagwa it was People vs Zanu PF - we were cheated again
The single most important issue raised in Nelson Chamisa's Con-Court challenge of Emmerson Mnangagwa's electoral victory was that the election process was not free, fair and credible. This is importan...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 17:52hrs | 3440 | by Wilbert Mukori
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