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Government controls fuelling the black market
Business at the country's parallel (black) market for foreign currency and other commodities has never been as brisk. Billions of dollars in local or foreign currency exchange hands on a daily basis i...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 09:07hrs | 3474 | by Victor Bhoroma
Teen girl inspired by mother into philanthropy
AFTER hearing harrowing stories of a fragmented upbringing of her mother, dotted with untold suffering and endurance, a Bulawayo teenager has been motivated to venture into philanthropic work in a bid...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1696 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe lures China direct flights
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is lobbying for a direct flight from China to Zimbabwe as it seeks to attract more tourists from the Asian giant. ZTA said the absence of a direct flight b...Published: 24 Dec 2019 at 06:01hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Govt responds to fake versity fees hike messages
GOVERNMENT has dismissed social media messages that universities have raised fees by more than 500 percent. One of the discredited messages reads: "Un...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1492 | by Staff Reporter
Nelson Chamisa is a capital requirement for National Dialogue
The 41 year old and Former Minister of ICT carries a legitimacy tag around him which brings an end to the national crisis. The former Organising & Vice President of the MDC plays a critical role t...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 16:09hrs | 5246 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Energy challenges sinking Zimbabwe's economy
The 2019 survey report by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) on the impact of energy challenges on business paints a grim picture of the state of production in the economy. Unrelenting p...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:08hrs | 759 | by Victor Bhoroma
Transparency & Accountability is a key component in Governance & Leadership
One of the pre-requisite of good governance in leadership and development is transparency and accountability which boosts confidence and investor's interests. In short, since the departure of Robert M...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 16:38hrs | 998 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Rebuilding Zimbabwe starts with strong institutions
It is now apparent that Zimbabwe's socio-economic status needs rebuilding and radical reforms if the country is to develop. The economy is set to contract by at least 6.5% in 2019 according to data fr...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 10:35hrs | 576 | by Victor Bhoroma
Guvamombe case: State under fire
HARARE regional magistrate Mr Christopher Maturure has expressed disappointment at the State's failure to indict former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe for trial at the High Court, saying this show...Published: 06 Dec 2019 at 07:07hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs commodities exchange markets
The recent revelations by the Zimbabwean government that the country loses over 30 tonnes of Gold (Worth around US$2 billion) to South Africa and other world markets, through smuggling every year are ...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:14hrs | 794 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa shames Mthuli Ncube
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's surprising decision to reinstate subsidies on grain and wheat - embarrassing his Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, betrays the level of anxiety within government over the c...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:41hrs | 2667 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa presides over ZNA graduation
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday presided over the graduation ceremony of the Joint Command and Staff Course No.32 at the Zimbabwe Staff College in the capital.Speaking during the grad...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 16:32hrs | 2452 | by Staff reporter
2020 Budget Hits and Misses
Zimbabwe's 2020 National Budget was presented amid high expectations from the market on the urgent need to turnaround the fortunes of the waning economy, restore incomes, and improve productivity and ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 11:17hrs | 1317 | by Staff Reporter
Concerns over Mnangagwa security escalate
THERE are fresh concerns over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's personal security following Tuesday's gunfire scare at State House, involving one of his guards, the Daily News On Sunday reports.A...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 18:00hrs | 10795 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teacher killed for his phone in SA
Police are investigating a case of murder after a 49-year-old schoolteacher was shot and killed for his cellphone. The incident happened on Monday morning in Delft South as Henry Chikutuva was on his ...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
UZ cancels medical examinations
The Department of Surgery in the College of Health Sciences at the University of Zimbabwe said no medical examinations will be held this November. In an internal memo addressed to medical stud...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 18:01hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, global de-dollarisation case study - Prof Ncube
Zimbabwe is undergoing a de-dollarisation process that very few countries have successfully implemented and will need time to address the lingering effects of dollarisation, Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 977 | by Staff reporter
RBZ Autonomy and Quasi-Fiscal Activities
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Zimbabwean Government that it needs to give autonomy to its central bank if it is to avert the risk of plunging the economy into hyperinflation aft...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1142 | by Victor Bhoroma
RBZ investigates banks over new currency
The Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services has announced that government through the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is investigating allegations of abuse of newly released bank notes. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 08:02hrs | 5262 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Soft genocide underway in Zimbabwe'
A ZIMBABWEAN living in the diaspora has castigated government's move to fire nearly 300 medical doctors from their jobs.Netsai Makarichi, a Zimbabwean based in the United Kingdom, said the mov...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Violence rocks University of Zimbabwe
The ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Tendai Chirau has claimed that some MDC members caused violence during an SRC election that took place on Tuesday. Writing on social media Chirau ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 19:30hrs | 6343 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans angered by $300 bank withdrawal limits
Zimbabweans finally got access to new low-denomination currency on Tuesday that authorities hope will end chronic cash shortages, but banks maintained an existing weekly withdrawal limit of $300 (US$2...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 18:08hrs | 4034 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe under fire over junior doctors
The government of Zimbabwe has forced the junior doctors to sit for exams after they signified that they want them to be postponed because they did not learn enough to sit for them. The Zimbab...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4643 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa releases $20m for innovation hubs
THE Mnangagwa led government has so far released $20 million towards operationalising innovation hubs which are being constructed across the country, Higher and Tertiary Education minister Amon Murwir...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1310 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trainee medical registrars boycott final exams
DOZENS of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) postgraduate medical registrars, Monday boycotted their end of course examinations claiming they missed out on crucial practical lessons due to the ongoing strike...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 21:45hrs | 2781 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe study proposes sanctions-busting measures
GOVERNMENT should intensify re-engagement with the West and pursue trade with fellow African countries, Latin America and Asia to counter and minimise the damaging impact of sanctions, a study by loca...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:29hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt has all but trashed re-engagement drive
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has effectively abandoned its international re-engagement agenda as evidenced by public confrontations with the European Union (EU) and United States, rem...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Bulawayo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday arrived in Bulawayo where he is scheduled to commission 79 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses and officiate at the National University of Science and Technol...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:54hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission new Zupco buses in Bulawayo on Friday
BULAWAYO is set to have 76 more Zupco buses to ease transport problems in the province, with President Mnangagwa expected to commission them on Friday. Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Jud...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:36hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to commission Nust innovation hub on graduation day
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will this Friday officially commission the National University of Science and Technology Innovation Hub in Bulawayo in an event that will coincide with the institution's 25th gradu...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:47hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
No need for Press briefing from Government Ministers, Set a Development agenda !!!
Zimbabwe Government Ministers have reduced themselves to journalists in a war room instead of adopting statesmanship rules. I watched yesterday press briefing and I was embarrassed. There is no need t...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 13:58hrs | 998 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe de-dollarization & other countries experiences
Zimbabwe suspended its local currency on the 9th of April 2009 and adopted a basket of multiple currencies such as the South African Rand, British Pound, Botswana Pula, Japanese Yen, Euro and the Unit...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 13:41hrs | 5245 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa to appoint Mkwananzi as Deputy S.G
Factionalism in the MDC has reached critical levels, with MDC leader Nelson Chamisa planning to remove MDC Deputy Secretary General Jameson Timba and have Tajamuka leader Promise Mkwananzi, replacing ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 17:43hrs | 9169 | by Rudo Saungweme
Mnangagwa top ally in trouble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt yet another blow with US President Donald Trump on Friday adding his close ally, State Security minister Owen Ncube, to the sanctions list.Ncube who...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 10:37hrs | 2616 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions: Who is being targeted?
Southern African countries have joined calls from the Zimbabwe government for the sanctions to be lifted, saying they're damaging the region's economy.So why are sanctions in place and what impact...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 06:47hrs | 1180 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe stands up against sanctions
ALL is set for today's anti-sanctions march, with Government availing 265 buses to ferry people from the country's 10 provinces to the main event to be held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:53hrs | 910 | by Staff Reporter
Economy facing new de-industrialization wave
Zimbabwe's hyperinflation and the general economic decline are now posing serious viability challenges for the local industry. This will be a second phase of de-industrialization in a space of 2 decad...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 21:34hrs | 2257 | by Victor Bhoroma
Chamisa, Khupe Court Judgment: Legal complex & Political Narrative
What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numbers, it requires strategic intelligence to deal with an opponent,...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:18hrs | 2871 | by Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:
Wednesday court judgment: Legal complex & political narrative
(Balanced views) What you need to understand is that intellectual capacity is a key component in political strategy. Politics is not only a game of numb...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 17:31hrs | 1278 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Varsity uniforms proposal sparks outrage
People from all walks of life, including Government officials, yesterday reacted with outrage to a proposal by the Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) for tertiary institutions to introduce uniforms for ...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:49hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Specialist neurosurgeon in trouble for saving life
Parirenyatwa Hospital-based neurosurgeon Aaron Musara has accused the institution's department of anaesthesia and clinical medicine of neglecting and refusing to attend to patients in need of urgent s...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 09:01hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Unlocking Zimbabwe's dead capital
Agriculture remains central to Zimbabwe' economic revival hopes even though its contribution has declined to less than 12% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018. Agriculture has strong backward and ...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 14:18hrs | 565 | by Victor Bhoroma
Outcry over high graduation fees
GRADUANDS at various universities are in a quandary over whether they will be able to graduate after most institutions announced exorbitant graduation fees.Most universities hold their graduat...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:48hrs | 803 | by Staff reporter
Firing doctors won't ease Zimbabwe health crisis
ZIMBABWE'S health sector is mired in a crisis as public hospital doctors have been on strike for over a month. The job action has resulted in patients being turned away from hospitals while there have...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 07:08hrs | 446 | by Staff reporter
Mental health service platform launched
Zimbabwe faces a critical shortage of mental health professionals, with only 17 psychiatrists and 900 mental health nurses available to serve the whole country.Speaking at a combined commemora...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:40hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Polytechnics urged to adopt new technologies
Polytechnics should embark on a relentless drive for adoption, adaptation and import substitution of advanced technologies in line with the policy of developing and adopting scientific technologies th...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:28hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
UZ doctors abandon strike
University of Zimbabwe (UZ) consultant doctors who temporarily withdrew their services from the institution in solidarity with paediatric surgeon Bothwell Mbuwayesango and consultant cardiothoracic su...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1954 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs to move beyond uncertainty
"Climate change in Zimbabwe. You can hear it on the banks of Lake Kariba up north and feel it in the fields of Beitbridge in the south. You'll see it in the classrooms of rural Gokwe, where the succes...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 348 | by Pearl Matibe
Zanu-PF blasts UZ over Doctors sacking
The Zanu-PF youth league has blasted the University of Zimbabwe over the the sacking of two specialist doctors that sparked an uproar from their colleagues who also threatened to down tools.Th...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 19:02hrs | 4586 | by Staff Reporter
BREAKING: Dr Mbuwayesango suspension lifted
The University of Zimbabwe has lifted the supension of two top medical doctors Mbuwayesango and Chaminuka who were suspended over participating in an ongoing industrial action/. The lifting of...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 18:33hrs | 2284 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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