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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: 7 hrs ago | 1548 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mpopoma whiz kid gets scholarship
LOCAL cement producer PPC Zimbabwe has offered a Bulawayo whiz kid who got 20 points at A-Level a scholarship to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Zimbabwe starting this year.Mkh...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Lawyer dumps Nyagura
ADVOCATE Lewis Uriri yesterday recused himself from representing the suspended University of Zimbabwe Vice- Chancellor, Levi Nyagura in a case he is accused of criminal abuse of office for allegedly p...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1853 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura trial put on hold
The trial of suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Levi Nyagura, who is accused of illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, has been put on hold pending the determination of his applic...Published: 8 hrs ago | 232 | by Staff reporter
Brilliant research paper guide for academics
For those who are doing their post-graduate studies of carrying out certain research, this can be of use even in term papers. What do you mean when say a researcher? Research is systematic study or in...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 14:06hrs | 715 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa's special graft team under siege
In May this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa set up a team of lawyers and prosecutors to form the Special Anti-Corruption Unit as part of his pledge to deal with corruption.months later, the...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:34hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi: Eccentric politician or mere court jester?
For eccentric Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services deputy minister Energy Mutodi, old habits die hard.Mutodi, a struggling sungura musician and controversial businessman before his...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Factional fights simmer in MDC led Bulawayo's new council
DIVISIONS are simmering among Bulawayo's new councillors amid revelations that there is bad blood between the city's Mayor Solomon Mguni and his deputy Tinashe Kambarami resulting in the former side-l...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:52hrs | 502 | 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 | 798 | by David Mhlanga
Cholera blocks Chamisa 'inauguration'
HARARE's deadly cholera outbreak, that has so far claimed 25 lives, yesterday forced opposition MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa to postpone his party's 19th anniversary celebrations that had been schedule...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:23hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Economic war cabinet
After the noise and deliberate anti-development scheme by the opposition President Mnangagwa has appointed a new well balanced and surprising Cabinet. The nation is very anxious for change and the anx...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 684 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1570 | by Staff reporter
Coventry 'a mere swimmer'?
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, so says Murphy's law.Well, Murphy's law seems to following — nay, stalking — losing MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa.If ...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2397 | by CONWAY TUTANI
UZ graduation postponed
The University of Zimbabwe (UZ) has deferred a graduation ceremony that was set for today owing to an outbreak of cholera which has claimed 25 lives and left several people hospitalised mostly in Glen...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:48hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe cholera death toll rallies
THE death toll due to the cholera outbreak that has hit Harare and other parts of the country has increased to 25, with more than 3 700 people hospitalised as government availed a paltry $1 million to...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 1898 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to axe permanent secretaries
A root and branch shake-up looms in government as President Emmerson Mnangagwa, continues to take bold steps to boost public and investor confidence in his administration, while also consolidating his...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:17hrs | 11450 | by Staff reporter
Govt to institute Provincial Councils, says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says provincial councils will be instituted soon as they are provided for in the constitution of Zimbabwe so as to ensure government's devolution thrust is fully implement...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 14:41hrs | 5199 | by Staff Reporter
Its time for Mthwakazi to ensure their aspirations are met - activist
Mthwakazi activist Hloniphani Ncube has said now that the usually fraudulent elections have come and gone, it's time for the people of Mthwakazi to ensure that, their aspirations are met.He sa...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 09:06hrs | 972 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa calls Mnangangwa bluff on devolution
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed President Emmerson Mnangagwa was bluffing on his promises to implement devolution, accusing him of violating the Constitution by appointing Ministers of State for...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 06:28hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has changed Zanu-PF into a fresh new-look organisation
Political analysts say President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet - in which he dumped both friends and foes alike on Friday last week - demonstrates that he is determined to reset the government's co...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 20:01hrs | 5017 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'is now his own man'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new cabinet signifies his determination to "reset the government's compass", as he hopes to turn around the country's deteriorating economy, an analyst has reportedly sa...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 15:48hrs | 5172 | by Staff reporter
What is the real truth?
Professor Jonathan Moyo is a very very good schemer of a politician who nearly gave Zimbabwe what it needed most, that is to get out of the Junta hands into civilian rule. It's like a foot-work talent...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 11:58hrs | 2630 | by Clement Moyo
Chamisa's MPs heckle shaken Malaba, Chigumba
THERE was drama in the National Assembly yesterday as opposition MDC Alliance legislators heckled and booed Chief Justice Luke Malaba, calling him a "thief" after he entered the House to swear in retu...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 4870 | by Staff reporter
Financial illiteracy is our biggest enemy in Zimbabwe
I found a very interesting letter in one of my old books that I last read in 2004. It is a letter that I received from Barclays Bank (Zimbabwe), offering me a Z$1 million overdraft facility. Three yea...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:47hrs | 262 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Zimbabwe's new Cabinet: A patronage, merit alchemy?
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa, following a disputed narrow victory in July which had to be validated by the Constitutional Court in August, appointed a new Cabinet on Friday, September 7....Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 1584 | by Washington Katema
No difference between Grace Mugabe & Judas Iscariot
The only difference between Grace Mugabe and Judas Iscariot is on gender, otherwise, they are a brother and a sister from different mothers. Judas Iscariot betrayed Christianity because of some few pi...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 09:40hrs | 4955 | by Don Chigumba
Building an effective public service in Zimbabwe
PUBLIC financial resources ought to be managed with integrity, transparency and accountability, all for efficient and effective service delivery, sustainable economic growth and development.Ab...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:12hrs | 755 | by Mthuli Ncube
ZimTrade board appoints new substantive CEO
THE ZimTrade board has announced the appointment of Mr Allan Tawanda Majuru as the new substantive chief executive officer for the country's trade promotion agency with effect from 1 September 2018. ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks return to dollar as new govt sworn in
Zimbabwe's newly sworn-in finance minister on Monday said he planned to reintroduce the Zimbabwe dollar and accelerate plans to repay the country's debt, in a bid to revive the battered economy....Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 4585 | by AFP
Mthuli Ncube gets whole of Zimbabwe talking
AT last, the long-awaited Cabinet is here. And it's full of shocks and surprises, with heavyweights falling by the wayside and lightweights making it to the much leaner list of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:49hrs | 1825 | by Editorial - newsday
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura to stand trial
Suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice-Chancellor Levi Nyagura, accused of illegally awarding former First Lady Grace Mugabe a PhD, will stand trial on September 17 following the dismissal of his ...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's endorsement of Mnangagwa did not come cheap
Former president Robert Mugabe's endorsement of Emmerson Mnangagwa after an ugly fallout did not come cheap.Mugabe and Mnangagwa's relationship broke down in November last year after the 94-ye...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 18:11hrs | 14046 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Cabinet raises Zimbabwe hopes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has raised fresh hopes among long-suffering Zimbabweans that his administration could finally end the misery and despondency that characterised life under fo...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 17:19hrs | 5818 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa's Cabinet
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new Cabinet has been well-received after his bold decision to bring in technocrats who are not necessarily politicians and the more to drop deadwood.Zimbabweans ...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1279 | by Editorial - The Standard
Mthuli Ncube lays out his plan for Zimbabwe
The people of Zimbabwe will prosper only when Government can lay the foundation of a stable macroeconomic environment that will encourage investment from home and abroad.The key to creating su...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:19hrs | 6837 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's new Health Minister labelled academic fraud
Zimbabwe's new Health Minister, Obadiah Moyo, is an academic fraud who does not have the qualification he claims to possess, according to the United States embassy.Moyo, who lost to the MDC Al...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:48hrs | 13780 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe, Cross drown Chamisa
The determined bids by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and some Zanu-PF bigwigs to bring down President Emmerson Mnangagwa are now effectively dead in the water - after Zimbabwe's former leader Rob...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:06hrs | 2961 | by Staff reporter
Business endorses Mthuli Ncube
ZIMBABWE'S business executives have endorsed Professor Mthuli Ncube's Friday appointment as Finance Minister with some hoping he leveraged from his education and vast experience in world business to e...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 11:17hrs | 2749 | by Staff reporter
Value for money, public financial resource management and effective public service delivery in Zimbabwe
Public financial resources ought to be managed with integrity, transparency and accountability, all for efficient and effective service delivery, sustainable economic growth and development.Above all ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:25hrs | 1206 | by Prof Mthuli Ncube, Finance Minister of Zimbabwe
Chiwenga urges nation to embrace Dr Nkomo's legacy
VICE President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has said Zimbabweans should embrace the late Vice President Dr Joshua Nkomo's legacy of peace, love, unity and tolerance if the country is to develop. Dr Chiweng...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:22hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Rebranding Zimbabwe's embassies in Mnangagwa’s economic vision
The announcement of the Cabinet yesterday - making the team that President Mnangagwa will work with in the next five years - came as a huge relief as it signalled that real work on mending and develop...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:21hrs | 280 | by Keith Guzah
Mnangagwa silences critics with new Cabinet
A developmental Cabinet I would call it. Brilliant balance between old and trusted hands, technocrats and youthfulness. A well thought out Cabinet that balances the competing demands of the economy an...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:23hrs | 15329 | by Lloyd Msipa
Know your Minister of Finance Prof Mthuli Ncube
Professor Mthuli Ncube is currently Managing Director and Head of Quantum Global Research Lab (Switzerland), part of Quantum Global Group, the largest Private Equity group dedicated to investing in Af...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 19:14hrs | 12123 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans in limbo after giving SA home affairs asylum papers
In 2009, the South African government introduced the Dispensation of Zimbabweans Project (DZP) to legalise the many Zimbabweans already inside the country because of the political and socio-economic s...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 08:45hrs | 3818 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura ConCourt bid in limbo
HARARE magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday dismissed a bid by suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) vice-chancellor Levi Nyagura to approach the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), challenging the legality...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1091 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe State Universities must also open for business
The introduction by His Excellence President ED Mnangagwa of the concept "Zimbabwe is open for business" which he continues to back-up with a raft of measures to open up the economy, continue to be we...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 804 | by Enock Jonathan
Zanu-PF lawyer guns for Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lawyer in the just-concluded presidential election challenge, Advocate Lewis Uriri, yesterday challenged the Zanu-PF leader's authority to appoint a special anti-corrupt...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | 7078 | by Staff reporter
EMA okays Gweru water
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has given Gweru City Council water a clean bill of health after conducting tests at the city's main water source, Gwenhoro Dam and also sampled tap water in a...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe PhD: Nyagura seeks referral to Con-Court
Suspended University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Professor Levi Nyagura who is facing charges of abuse of office has made an application for referral of his matter to the Constitutional Court cit...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 16:14hrs | 1907 | by Staff reporter
Rigged votes aren't just an African thing
AFRICA has a reputation for particularly poor quality and controversial elections. I have just come back from Zimbabwe, where the election campaign was heated and the outcome explosive.When de...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 255 | by Nic Cheeseman
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