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Saviour Kasukuwere: The visionary leader Zimbabwe needs
As the 2023 elections in Zimbabwe approach, one candidate stands out as the leader the country needs to overcome its economic and social challenges: Saviour Kasukuwere. The 53-year-old former Cabinet ...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1893 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Mliswa leaps to defence of Ginimbi's ex
Zimbabwe has long struggled with the problem of drug and substance abuse with experts noting that a deepening economic crisis and the attendant poverty and despair have resulted in increasing numbers ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1139 | by Staff reporter
Did the emergence of a strong opposition extinguish the revolutionary spirit in Zimbabweans?
To me, those where the good old days - when Zimbabweans were a people of valor, who did not brook any nonsense from their government and never wasted any time in courageously standing up for themselve...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:27hrs | 254 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Substance abuse not necessarily due to idleness but poor socialization and mindset!
With the scourge of drug and alcohol abuse on a worrying upward trajectory, the question of how to deal with this pandemic had been, understandably, uppermost on the nation's lips.There have b...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 654 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
D'Banj visits Mnangagwa
NIGERIAN music star D'Banj who is still being investigated over fraudulent activities visited Zimbabwe where he met President Emerson Mnangagwa at the State House during the week.D'Banj's visi...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 13:02hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranked one of the most 12 advanced countries in Africa
ZIMBABWE has been ranked one of the 12 most advanced countries in Africa on 11th position, due to its gross income from the informal sector which sustains the country's economy.In a recen...Published: 28 Dec 2022 at 20:59hrs | 1812 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora promises to fix all Zimbabwe mess
OPPOSITION MDC president Douglas Mwonzora has promised to fix all problems being faced by Zimbabweans who are currently struggling to make ends meet in this festive season and beyond when he eventuall...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 15:53hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
There is plenty of water in Redcliff, but it does not get to the taps in homes
Redcliff municipality has been reeling from acute water supply shortage, a situation that has been going on since the fall of Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (ZISCO) around 2010.The water cris...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 11:23hrs | 507 | by Taruberekera Masara
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition starts looking for money through fear mongering
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition believes the country will have one of its bloodiest elections since independence in 1980.The group of more than 80 organisations, among them human rights bodie...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:49hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
'Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo' insist Mnangagwa - Reality, Zimbabwe is a failed state in ruins, mocks him
On Monday, 12 December 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated four Zimbabwean individuals and two Zimbabwean entities and removed seventeen Zimb...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1716 | by Nomusa Garikai
Blame yourselves, not Mugabe for power crisis
IT is so embarrassing that a grown-up person like Zanu-PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa blames the late former President Robert Mugabe for all the woes the country is facing, especially on this curren...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:43hrs | 412 | by Leonard Koni
Stop blaming Mugabe on power crisis
It is so embarrassing that a grown up person like Chris Mutsvangwa blames the late Mugabe for all the woes the country is facing especially on this curren...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 05:27hrs | 246 | by Leonard Koni
Fossil retrenches 2000 employees
The recent placement of Fossil Group on Sanctions by United States has pushed the firm to lay off more than 2000 employees. United States of America put Fossil on sanctions list ami...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 14:35hrs | 1947 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Zimbabwe unemployment, education system not directly linked
IN the Wednesday edition of NewsDay we carried a story in which some of our college student leaders were frothing at the mouth over the failure by many of the students to get employment soon after gra...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:09hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube 'snubs' Gukurahundi programmes
HUMAN rights activists in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the failure by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to fund Gukurahundi national healing programmes.This is despite the launching of a G...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Sex work now the 'most mentioned source of income' in Harare
High unemployment and the increasing cost of living are fuelling a rise in sex work in Zimbabwe.It is now the most mentioned source of income in Harare, according to a survey by the Zimbabwe C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:10hrs | 725 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF now past sell by date
Zanu-PF does not have any capacity to revive the country's economy, let alone improve the people's lives.Its leaders' energy is mostly spent on jailing political opponents, activists, critics,...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | 461 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe now one of the fastest growing African economies
ANALYSING Zimbabwe's unconventional economy always proves somewhat cumbersome because it is a country bridled with policy inconsistency, unfavourable operating conditions buoyed by decades of unilater...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1505 | by Respect Gwenzi
The alternative Sona by Trevor Ncube
DEAR compatriots, comrades, and friends.Since independence in 1980, our nation has experienced moments of joy punctuated with anguish and trauma.The dream of our liberation struggle of...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 285 | by Trevor Ncube
Zimbabwe sanctions hurting South Africa, says Ramphosa
SOUTH African President, Cyril Ramphosa, has pleaded with the British monarch and government to facilitate a smooth re-admission of Zimbabwe into the Commonwealth and lift the sanctions imposed on the...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe records surge in sex workers
ZIMBABWE has recorded an increase in commercial sex workers, with Harare adjudged to be the biggest red-light district, a new survey by the National Aids Council (Nac), Health and Child Care ministry ...Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:53hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth readmission will not solve Zimbabwe's problems
IT looks very likely that in the near future Zimbabwe will be readmitted into the Commonwealth, the grouping of former British colonies, boosting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's re-engagement efforts a...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:29hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 928 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement effort faces brickwall
The Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive is largely influenced by many issues, chief among them political instability, democracy, high inflation and unemployment.Through the ongoing re-engagem...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | 414 | by Nomatter Jakachira
Mnangagwa's job creation mega deals facade exposed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's much-vaunted job creation thrust and mega deals have proven to be mere political rhetoric after the country's statistical agency noted continuing joblessness, particular...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 19:14hrs | 2814 | by Staff reporter
Pharmacists behind drug smuggling
A NEW report has revealed that some government-employed pharmacists are running smuggling rackets and use their influence to evade border controls.In a report titled: Infamous by Design: Illic...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:51hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
US hits back at SA claims on Zimbabwe sanctions
South Africa and the United States have traded barbs over the migrant crisis in the southern African economic hub which its president blames on American sanctions on Zimbabwe.President Cyril R...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 04:53hrs | 2519 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa attacks Zanu-PF for 'child abuse and terrorising citizens'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has chided Zanu-PF for roping in school children to participate in just ended anti-sanctions events held across the country.He said c...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:32hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
Chinese embassy response to ZCTU statement
THE Chinese embassy in Zimbabwe has noted the Press release by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) on October 25. However it looks rather like a lame judgment in which there are only groundle...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:28hrs | 511 | by Chinese embassy
Ramaphosa reiterates call to lift Zimbabwe sanctions
Sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe must be lifted urgently as they weaken Harare's economy, resulting in citizens migrating to neighbouring countries where they exert pressure on limited resources, South A...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:20hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans aren't fools and refuse to be hoodwinked with 'sanctions on country' yarn!
Today, 25 October, was put aside as a so-called 'Anti Sanctions Day' - in which, the ever suffering people of Zimbabwe, and even citizens across the regio...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 19:05hrs | 553 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Residents storm ZINWA office in protest of high water bills
Mvurwi residents stormed their Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) offices on Thursday demanding answers on high water bills.The angry residents who spoke to this publication blamed ZINW...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 12:36hrs | 506 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Mvurwi
Majaivana's love-hate relationship with Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is a subject that runs like a thread through Lovemore Majaivana's extensive catalogue of music.Perhaps, because he hails from the city, some might take it as given that Majaivana, wit...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:15hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition set for Armageddon in 2023
What a hugely important and symbolic week this will be for Zimbabwe.On Tuesday, African voices, particularly those from Southern Africa, will rise to a crescendo, as they continue to speak out...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:08hrs | 138 | by Bishop Lazarus
Zimbabwe govt lacks spine
THE Zanu-PF government is at long last trying to get back to the basics on its initial promises at Independence in 1980, reintroducing a minimum wage.However, questions will continue to linger...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 149 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Pushcarts face city centre ban
Bulawayo City Council (BCC) intends to ban push carts, popularly known as "Scanias" from operating within the city centre while also criminalising displaying goods on the city's pavements, triggering ...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firms brandish US$ salaries in crisis-hit Zimbabwe
CHINA's 80 biggest firms with a footprint in Zimbabwe said at the weekend that they were ready to pay United States dollar-indexed salaries for skilled workers and professionals.This emerged d...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1174 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he's got nothing to hide
In his weekly column in the state-run weekly, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared that next year Zimbabwe would "hold elections in the full glare of world attention"."We have nothing to hide...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 19:06hrs | 867 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has 2,3 million youths loafing on the streets
SOME 2,3 million youths are loafing on the streets, hinting at the need for policies which will see the economy benefiting from this demographic dividend, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency's (ZI...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 982 | by Staff reporter
Bornfrees4ED calls for the removal of sanctions
BORNFREES4ED, a newly-formed Zanu-PF affiliate whose membership is drawn from young people born after 1980, has joined the fray in calling for the unconditional removal of illegal sanctions imposed on...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:05hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's insatiable appetite for power a security threat
There are a number of issues that disturb the security of any nation. A nation's success depends largely on how it is governed. But for many nations in Africa, politics has been the most destabi...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:43hrs | 2086 | by Zanda Shumba
Zimbabweans face 'modern day Mfecane' in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS in SA are living in a perilous state of uncertainty as the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) system is due to come to an end in June 2023.There are reports of Zimbabweans, living and...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:16hrs | 3028 | by Ciaran Ryan
If Mnangagwa is unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why?Simpl...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 581 | by Tendai Mbofana
If Mnangagwa unable to explain 'sanctions on Zimbabwe' then just how real are they?
Did you know that countries that have genuine economic sanctions imposed on them by world powers, oftentimes, actually deny their true impact on the affected nation's economy?Why? Simp...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 20:54hrs | 493 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Bulawayo industries revival hinges on secure water sources'
BULAWAYO residents have advocated for the allocation of more resources towards the speedy completion of the Lake Gwayi-Shangani project, setting up a special fund for the revival of Bulawayo industrie...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
More than half of Zimbabwean workers earn US$51
Sixty-two percent of employed people in Zimbabwe were earning approximately Z$20 000 in April 2022, the latest figures released on Monday by Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) show....Published: 05 Oct 2022 at 06:42hrs | 1280 | by Staff reporter
'Half of Zimbabwe youths loafing'
ABOUT half of Zimbabwean youths are loafing, the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) 2022 second quarter labour force survey has revealed, laying bare the job crisis facing the countr...Published: 04 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi in scathing riposte at claims he's trying to help Zanu-PF win 2023 elections
SOUTH Africa's home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi has scornfully dismissed speculation that his decision to extend permits for Zimbabwean immigrants was aimed at helping the ruling Zanu-PF party w...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:18hrs | 3591 | by Staff reporter
All Zimbabwe qualified health professionals recruited
ALL qualified health professionals seeking employment in the public sector have been hired, giving that group a zero unemployment rate as the Health Services Board (HSB) acts to upgrade the public hea...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Globetrotting Mnangagwa walking in Mugabe's footsteps
IN June 2017, the late former president Robert Mugabe attracted an angry backlash following his trip to a United Nations (UN) conference in Mexico on oceans even though the country is a landlocked sta...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:49hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
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