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'SADC Standby Brigade is ready' Charamba warns Americans
Presidential Spokesperson George Charamba says Zimbabwe might find it necessary to summon United States of America Brian A. Nichols to question him on the violent protests that are rocking America aft...Published: 5 hrs ago | 4735 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Why is it okay for Blacks to kill Blacks, but an utter outrage when Whites kill Blacks?
As the whole world is thunderstruck by the unfolding scenes of massive anger-fuelled protests in the United States of America (US) over the barbaric and savage killing of an unarmed Black man - George...Published: 8 hrs ago | 957 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
WATCH: African Prophet heals American man via TV
South African based Imperial City Church leader Prophet Isaiah Brian has staged a miraculous prophetic deliverance to a man based in Texas, United States of America. In a video posted on Youtu...Published: 30 May 2020 at 13:16hrs | 2113 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Death, secrecy and online assets
PEOPLE are advised and rightly so to ensure tight protection of their online data and other personal information held in electronic format. Protecting data helps against unauthorised access and crimin...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:40hrs | 390 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Tagwirei's business empire comes under scrutiny
WHEN Kudakwashe Tagwirei's father passed away in May 2018, the government came to a standstill.Cabinet was postponed, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, ministe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2267 | by Staff reporter
Clueless gaze in the face of free-falling Zimdollar
THE spectacular collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar in the past week has yet again exposed the government's bankrupt currency policies worsening the country's deepening economic crisis.The Zimdo...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Ship with 182 Zimbabwean returnees docks in Namibia
At least 182 Zimbabweans aboard a cruise ship have docked in Namibia and will come home once suitable transport arrangements are made. The returnees are coming back home amid rising numbers of Covid-1...Published: 29 May 2020 at 07:40hrs | 714 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked company nets US$1 million in Covid-19 funds
The finance ministry authorised the payment of US$1 million for a consignment of Covid-19 equipment at inflated prices from a company linked to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, according to a leake...Published: 28 May 2020 at 11:50hrs | 4438 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks face US$ refund Bill: Veritas
LOCAL legal think-tank Veritas says if the Supreme Court upholds the High Court of Zimbabwe decision dismissing the central bank regulation that separated Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and nostro ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2111 | by Staff reporter
ZW$ remains our best foot forward
At the rate at the Zimbabwe dollar (ZW$) is losing its intrinsic value, it may just be a matter of time before the country dollarizes, officially or non-officially.Those pushing for dollarizat...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:15hrs | 5598 | by Jameson Dapi
MDC Alliances loses confidence in Adv Mpofu?
MDC bigwigs in the Nelson Chamisa-led faction have expressed concern over the continued loss of MDC court cases by the opposition party's top lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu.A source within the ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:13hrs | 2947 | by Christopher Makaza
'Neo imperialists continue looting our continent'
It's been 57 years since the formation of the Organization of African Union which is now termed the African Union.Although strides have been made by the Union in addressing issues such as inde...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:11hrs | 171 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Masiyiwa champions AU COVID-19 fight
THE African Union (AU) has set in motion a bid to raise resources for the procurement of 15 million COVID-19 test kits per month for distribution to member States as the regional body up-scales testin...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:45hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
Not yet Uhuru for Africa: Africa Day message from ZAPU
Africa Day has come and gone on May 25 2020, just like any of the previous years. A day that was set aside by mother Africa herself for commemorations, recognition and appreciation of our African iden...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:41hrs | 456 | by Iphithule Thembani kaMaphosa
Civil servants in fresh call for US$ salaries
Civil servants have made a new call for Government to pay their salaries in United States dollars. Zimbabwe Teachers Association secretary-general Tapson Sibanda said paying teachers and other...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 2721 | by Staff reporter
Parallel market rates a bubble, says Mangudya
The rapid rise in parallel market foreign currency exchange rates is symptomatic of a bubble as it lacks any fundamental basis and could lead to economic depression, says Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gove...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2446 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa running out of time
PRESSURE is mounting on the country's political leadership to put their differences aside and hold much-needed dialogue to help end the country's deepening economic crisis.This comes as life f...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:03hrs | 11009 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel crisis set to worsen
DESPERATE motorists are set to endure more anguish at fuel pumps, after authorities admitted at the weekend that they were struggling to get foreign currency to import petrol and diesel.This c...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:02hrs | 2523 | by Staff reporter
US praises Zimbabwe
THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has wreaked havoc world-wide with countries such as the United States (US) being one of the most affected. Zimbabwe has so far recorded over 50 confirmed cases, 18 ...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:09hrs | 3358 | by Staff reporter
Wolves are at it again, destroying Zimbabwe's currency
Once again, officials at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, along with the honchos at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) find themselves on the back foot of powerful forces that are man...Published: 24 May 2020 at 22:03hrs | 2845 | by Andrew Lampard
Zimdollar crashes
LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend - on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar.At...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:50hrs | 10692 | by Staff reporter
The international elites are at the gate!
AS the month of November draws near and the United States national elections in the first week of November become a reality, it behoved me to search with diligence why this is an explosive season. The...Published: 24 May 2020 at 09:22hrs | 681 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Zimbabwean twins heading to Harvard University
ZIMBABWEAN rowers, identical twins Rory and Patrick Plunket are ecstatic after being accepted at the prestigious Harvard University in the United States of America.The two 19-year-olds finishe...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 1246 | by Staff reporter
FIFA agree to bail out ZIFA
FIFA have agreed to bail out ZIFA by approving a package to cater for the association's crippling legacy debt which had now ballooned to $10 million and stifled various development programmes over the...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
America wants Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks
WITH Zimbabwe's political and economic crises deepening, the United States of America (USA) and the European Union (EU) have once again implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myri...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:14hrs | 3831 | by Staff reporter
West advises Mnangagwa to talk to Chamisa
The United States of America and the European Union have implored authorities to engage the MDC to end the country's myriad of challenges. In a joint statement, which was also supported ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:31hrs | 9498 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique's problems are ours too
A FEW months ago, I travelled to Mozambique. I was struck by the stark dichotomy on one hand between the unmistakeable sense of optimism which is palpable when you talk to the local intelligentsia and...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1443 | by Brezh Malaba
US dollar court ruling set to trigger lawsuits
THE High Court judgement that compels those owed money in United States dollars to be paid in that currency could result in a litany of lawsuits, especially against financial institutions.The ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:13hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi taunts MDC 'abductees'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has taunted the three MDC Alliance abductees of being "very happy to be at the hospital" where they are recuperating at a private hospital in Harare after being tortur...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1055 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe can sustain forex requirements'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the country has adequate capacity to meet its monthly foreign currency requirements. According to central bank figures, Zimbabwe requires US$100 million a month...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
EU, UK, US light fires under Mnangagwa
THE international community has unequivocally told President Emmerson Mnangagwa that it expected his government to carry out swift, thorough and credible investigations into last week's abduction and ...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:08hrs | 3444 | by Staff reporter
USA and EU embassies' statement on MDC and Cowdray Park ladies
The Heads of Mission of the Delegation of the European Union, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Sweden and the Heads of Mission of Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and t...Published: 20 May 2020 at 21:42hrs | 4873 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Agriculture equipment from Belarus arrives
THE country has received the first batch of agriculture equipment from Belarus procured under an inter-governmental agreement worth 51 million United States dollars, as the government steps up efforts...Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:22hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
Fuel queues resurface
LONG fuel queues have resurfaced across the country as traffic increased following the easing of the national lockdown measures by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to allow companies to operate.In...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:33hrs | 777 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar is world's second junkiest currency'
RENOWNED American economist, Steve Hanke says Zimbabwe has the second "junkiest" currency in the world owing to its continued fall.According to Hanke, from end of December 2019 to May 14, the ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1689 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru biography opens can of worms
The recently published biography of Solomon Mujuru really opened a can of worms as it really showed who he was and the effects of his alleged semi illiteracy. According to the former minister in Mugab...Published: 18 May 2020 at 20:05hrs | 6604 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Corruption-accused NetOne CEO Muchenje, 7 other managers freed on bail
Corruption-accused NetOne CEO Lazarus Muchenje and seven other senior managers were released on bail Monday following their arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission last Friday.Harare...Published: 18 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 804 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown diminishes Remittances, Worsens Elderly People's Poverty
Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights has reported that elderly people from various parts of Bulawayo are reeling in extreme hardships and poverty due to diminished remittances caused by the Covid19...Published: 18 May 2020 at 15:40hrs | 865 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's indefinite lockdown dumbfounds doctors
The Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights secretary-general Norman Matara says that the indefinite extension of the national lockdown was not backed by scientific information. He said that ...Published: 18 May 2020 at 08:05hrs | 8689 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe can outpace South Africa'
Zimbabwe has potential to be an investment hub for platinum mining ahead of South Africa, which can enhance export earnings and drive economic growth, according to analysts. Fermain Limited mining and...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1272 | by Staff reporter
There is a method to the MDC's antics
If personal emotional disposition lingering on the vile side could miraculously turn into reality, then the world must stand ready for an implosion that will usher in the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 759 | by Ranga Mataire
Zimbabwe sport's top earners
THE secrecy around sportspersons' salaries and earnings in Zimbabwe has been around for decades but as the world of sport has developed into big business, that veil is slowly being lifted and these is...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:31hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF turning Zimbabwe into a Mafia State
The ZANU PF regime should be held accountable for the disappearance and torture of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance, legislator Joanna Mamombe, youth leaders Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai M...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:23hrs | 1108 | by Prince Njagu
Liquid propane could supply Zimbabwe with fuel
Gift Chitanda remembers the day in 2019 the Zimbabwe company Intergas Zimbabwe offered him an interview for the lucrative job as the company's chief operating officer.The day before his interv...Published: 16 May 2020 at 09:07hrs | 8816 | by Staff reporter
MDC 'self abductors' must help investigators
Although many of the reported so-called abductions have been shown to be fake in the past, each such report needs to be carefully and openly investigated to find answers to at least three questions: W...Published: 16 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 1254 | by Staff reporter
Ezra Tshisa Sibanda questions UK, USA stance on political violence in Zimbabwe
Veteran broadcaster Ezra Tshisa Sibanda has questioned the stance by Embassies of the United Kingdom and the United States of America to condemn the recent alleged abduction of 3 female MDC activists ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 20:26hrs | 9440 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Concern grows over missing MDC trio
THERE are rising fears that three MDCAlliance youth leaders who went missing this week were abducted, amid demands by the opposition party, civil society and the international community for their imme...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:24hrs | 985 | by Staff reporter
Clampdown on forex dealers hits importers
IN the wake of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s latest swoop on several bureaux de change and closure of EcoCash agent facilities in a bid to tame currency volatility and illicit foreign currency ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1477 | by Staff reporter
Settle your US$ debt in US$, say Zimbabwe court
THE High Court yesterday ruled that the monetary changes made by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on October 1, 2018, including the conversion of the US dollar account balances into RTGS and the Finance m...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
We always get a govt we deserve
"EVERY nation gets the government it deserves."These words by philosopher Joseph de Maistre might be sarcastic, but are a sober reminder for introspection today.Zimbabwe is touted as o...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:44hrs | 876 | by Cliff Chiduku
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