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Zimbabwe situation needs proper strategic development plan
We lack basic fundamentals to fulfil the benchmark of legitimacy and credibility. We need to correct a lot of things on the ground. We have so much potential, we simply need to pass the legitimacy tes...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 16:11hrs | 1247 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
German Methods can work in Zimbabwe
After World War II, in 1945 Germany was divided into two with the United States, Great Britain, and France occupying the western portion of Germany and the Soviet Union occupying eastern Germany. Its ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:02hrs | 1771 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe urgently needs own currency
THE drive for Zimbabwe to have its own currency is understandably gain-ing traction, particularly given the aberrations of price increases, multi-tier pricing and foreign currency shortages on the loc...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 18:44hrs | 4906 | by Edmore Ndudzo
24 bodies retrieved from flooded Zimbabwe gold mine
Rescue workers retrieved 24 bodies and eight survivors Saturday from two flooded gold mines in Zimbabwe where officials fear dozens more illegal miners are still trapped, state television reported....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:38hrs | 4404 | by AFP
The EU Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe read like Chamisa's script
The European Parliament resolutions on Zimbabwe (2019/2563(RSP) are like reading from Chamisa script. In fact it's not surprising as the EU has been half-hearted in its attempts to engage the Second R...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 11:14hrs | 2356 | by Brightface Mutema
European Union to add more sanctions over army killings
The European Union Parliament has called upon the European Council to review sanctions against Zimbabwean individuals and companies in light of the recent alleged human rights abuses by the security f...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1395 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Forget economic dimension of TSP and Vision 2030, talk of politic one - what if it fails?
"In the words of Immanuel Kant who said 'by a lie, a man consumes his own dignity,' it has become apparent that the MDC Alliance and its apologists, this time led by Tendai Biti have become shameless ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:24hrs | 680 | by Nomusa Garikai
Handmade Zimbabwe shoes an unlikely global hit
IN a tiny factory producing handmade boots and shoes in southwestern Zimbabwe, leather cutter Misheck Sibanda is on another hectic shift as he tries to keep up with soaring global demand.Order...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 09:13hrs | 2794 | by AFP
Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks kicked off, but not without confusion
IF you do not organise the people into productive sectors, they will organise themselves into disruptive activities.The talks about the talks have finally kicked off, but not without confusion...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:53hrs | 2031 | by Tapiwa Gomo
What the fuel protests mean for Zimbabweans
Zimbabweans had been hoping for a fresh start when Robert Mugabe's 38-year rule came to an end in November 2017.But 14 months on, a brutal crackdown on fuel protests, which has left 17 people ...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2202 | by IRIN
Political Polarisation our enemy, dialogue is the answer
Zimbabwe is reeling under the brunt of political polarisation and electoral hangover. The ripple effects are hard hitting the ordinary man on the street and scuttling any efforts to revive the economy...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 20:05hrs | 117 | by Brightface Mutema
Is Zimbabwe ready for online casinos?
Online gambling is a worldwide phenomenon. It's already hugely popular among many Western nations, including across Europe and - increasingly - in the US. The market is set to be worth around ...Published: 08 Feb 2019 at 18:23hrs | 505 | by Staff Reporter
'Chamisa must call Mnangagwa president!' pleaded Zanu PF - nation is burning and Tweedle twins fight over rattle!
"Chamisa must acknowledge Mnangagwa who Pastors at today's Prayer called "President!" said Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi in a video released on social media. It was clear in the voice ...Published: 07 Feb 2019 at 21:06hrs | 8266 | by Nomusa Garikai
The untold tale of Chiredzi's 'Muti Wenhamo'
AARON Tonderai trudges along the dusty road in the sweltering heat of the south eastern sun in the sugar-growing town of Masvingo province, trying to reach a nearby shopping centre before exhausting h...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:46hrs | 2147 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF blames UK MP for failing to re-engage IMF - by rigging elections, Mnangagwa delivered the coup de grace
"GOVERNMENT will continue to double down on its re-engagement policy notwithstanding the negative attempts by some British legislators to continue isolating Zimbabwe, a senior Government official has ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:53hrs | 906 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's ingenious intelligence services and a liability Head of State
That shocking erroneous diagnosis grossly lacking real intelligence! Deliberate or otherwise! The inability to see and act on that daily shimmering hot potato pot since the first of August 2018! ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 14:36hrs | 1240 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Money is not the only solution to Zimbabwe's problems
Money has become central to how our authorities are conceptualising and defining solutions to our problems. This is why there is so much effort by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to secure credit lines ...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | 917 | by Tapiwa Gomo
'Chamisa must first accept my legitimate before talks' insist Mnangagwa - then why are you talking to the west
Mnangagwa says he will not talk to MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, until the latter acknowledges Mnangagwa as the legitimately elected president. "I have never refused to talk and that is...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 17:14hrs | 5984 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Posa going nowhere soon'
IN the past few months, the Justice ministry has dominated public debate regarding a number of issues pertaining to its operations. These issues range from combating corruption, alignment of laws with...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:08hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF thanks ANC for demanding the removal of Zimbabwe sanctions
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF has thanked its South African counterpart, the African National Congress (ANC) for the "bold standing in calling for unconditional removal of sanctions" imposed on that count...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 14:54hrs | 1191 | by IOL
Regular as clock, NANGO calls for 'dialogue on rule of law' - yet already accepted rigged elections
The last two weeks have seen stay-aways to protests the soaring cost of living turn into street protests and looting. The Zanu-PF government has, as expected, responded with an orgy of wanton violence...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 10:02hrs | 952 | by Nomusa Garikai
Towards the Zimbabwe people want: A call to inclusive and open national dialogue
Cognizant of the current socio-economic and political challenges Zimbabwe is facing, the National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations (NANGO), an official umbrella body of NGOs operating in ...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 14:15hrs | 287 | by NANGO
Zimbabwe: Policing the police
Every human system needs checks and balances. For developing societies, none is more apparent than the uniformed forces. The fundamental flaw of democracy is that uniformed forces, just like assassins...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 16:45hrs | 1643 | by Sonny Jermain
Looting protests: Vendors feel the heat
THE ongoing crackdown against perceived opposition activists following recent riots in Harare and other parts of the country has left vendors vulnerable. Most of them lost their wares, while trading i...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 11:02hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa willing, or even able to punish those behind killings, beatings
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised an investigation into the excesses carried out by security forces during the latest strife in the country. "Heads will roll," he declared, if the allegations ...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:55hrs | 327 | by The Independent (UK)
'Mnangagwa has failed'
LOSING presidential candidate and Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) leader Nkosana Moyo (NM) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Cabinet have shown that they have no idea how to run the cou...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:09hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
No to sanitising culture of violence
Possibly, the most well-known theory in this genre of work, Wolfgang and Ferracuti's Subculture of Violence attempted to outline a methodological framework for the empirical examination of violent sub...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 19:05hrs | 101 | by Limukani Ncube
Does this new dispensation need time?
It looks like Zanu PF has failed and it's all written on the walls for everybody to see.Our government continue _"kuzvidirira jecha_" literally meaning putting sand or throwing spanners ...Published: 27 Jan 2019 at 10:39hrs | 999 | by Leonard Koni
Miles apart but so many similarities...
Zimbabwe and Venezuela might be thousands of miles apart but we share so much .Disgruntled citizens ,shortage of medicines,high cost of living,protests against the oppressing regimes.More than...Published: 26 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 919 | by AT Kadada
Zimbabwe food shortages warning
AN international food security monitoring agency has warned of severe food shortages in the next few months due to erratic rains this season and the general spike in the cost of living, with the poor ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:25hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa struggles to draw line under brutal crackdown
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed on Tuesday to investigate security forces over their deadly crackdown on protesters, as he returned to the country and scrambled to fend off a barrage of criticism....Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 23:14hrs | 6552 | by AFP
Zimbabwe chaos part of an African plot, claims Charamba
THE recent demonstrations in the country were not a local affair but a way by Western countries to camouflage their goals on Zimbabwe and the African continent in general, Presidential spokesperson Mr...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 22:55hrs | 4250 | by Staff reporter
Appeasing Zanu PF is no solution, should know better after 38 years - must step down now, period
"Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe has condemned acts of violence, while calling for dialogue to end the political and economic dilemma in the country," reported Bulawayo24."We strongly urge ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 11:59hrs | 2071 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwean born top PIC executive suspended in SA
The Head of Listed Investments at state asset manager the Public Investment Corporation, Fidelis Madavo, has been suspended following a probe into the corporation's controversial investment in AYO Tec...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 09:21hrs | 2789 | by Staff reporter
Call for Sadc special summit on Zimbabwe
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Southern African People's Solidarity Network (Sapsn) have pleaded with the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to call for an extraordi...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:56hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will never change his spots
Tinashe Chidzonga, 31, is one of the many Zimbabweans who took to the streets in November 2017 to celebrate the ouster of former Zimbabwe strongman and President Robert Mugabe.To Chidzonga it ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:44hrs | 726 | by Fin24
Zimbabwe faces bleak future, claims IMF
Zimbabwe will struggle to get financial support from international financial institutions due to its high debt levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.Gerry Rice, the IMF spokes...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 12:45hrs | 753 | by Staff reporter
Povo must be clear what they want out of street protests - draining of political sewage swamp
"This is a foolish idea!" I wrote on 17 November 2017, to discourage the ordinary Zimbabweans planning to march in support of the military coup the following day."The ZDF coup is about the fac...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 619 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe industry capacity utilisation seen falling to 30%
CAPACITY utilisation in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industry rose by 3,1 percentage points to 48,2 % in 2018 but there are fears that the sector could contract to as low as 30% if the country's foreign c...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:39hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
No South African bailout for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's plan to seek an emergency financial package from South Africa suffered a big blow after the region's economic powerhouse cited budgetary constraints as it prepares for its next general elec...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 16:53hrs | 6226 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo looting had SA flare
Analysts and politicians in Bulawayo have hailed the significant uptake of the national shut down in the second capital, noting that citizens in the city heeded the call due to the unacceptable levels...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 12:25hrs | 8446 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's economy to grow by 4,2%,' says AfDB
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) projects Zimbabwe's economy to grow by 4,2% this year before rising to 4,4% in 2020 underpinned by growth in the mining and agricultural sectors along with fiscal c...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:27hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe counts cost of violent stay-away
GOVERNMENT has expressed concern over the negative impact of the violent protests, which rocked Zimbabwe last week, paralysing business activity and public sector operations, amid fears the ugly event...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:08hrs | 1334 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa puts Zimbabweans on thin ice
We would like to inform the Zimbabwean State security agents to refrain from going about abusing innocent citizens of this country over the source or the so called sponsors of the nationwide demonstra...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 19:51hrs | 16122 | by Presia Ngulube
Mnangagwa's govt has squandered immense goodwill
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) this week called a three-day stayaway to protest the government's decision to hike fuel prices amid a rapidly deteriorating economic environment and rising...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:04hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Bishops want 'second chance' Zanu PF/ MDC GNU - how many chances wasted 2008 GNU alone!
I would like to thank the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for their well thought out letter of appeal and advice on the possible way out of the present political and economic mess Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | 579 | by Wilbert Mukori
Catholic bishops urges ZANU PF and MDC to unite
(1) We begin by disowning a recent statement issued in our name during the recent stayaway that started on 14 January 2019. We, the Catholic Bishops of Zimbabwe, never issued any statement during that...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 19:40hrs | 2316 | by ZCBC
Zimbabwe counts huge costs of stay-away
Zimbabwe lost millions of dollars after the country was brought to a virtual standstill by a highly successful mass stay-away engineered by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and social medi...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 18:08hrs | 466 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC calls on Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition official and former finance minister Tendai Biti has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the country's economic and political crisis, which has left three people dead...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 15:00hrs | 5708 | by Business Day
Zimbabwe crisis a warning to SA, says opposition leader
THE crisis in Zimbabwe should serve as a warning to SA that liberation movements still cannot be trusted to deliver, DA leader Mmusi Maimane suggested on Tuesday.Addressing the Cape Town Press...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | 1058 | by Business Day
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