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Zimbabwe's structured currency launch on Friday
IN a bid to address currency volatility and exchange rate-driven inflation badly battering the economy amid arbitrage, the Zimbabwean government will next week launch a "structured currency" which the...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 20:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has no political and, with no competent cabinet, no performance legitimacy either. He must go!
"As I said last week, stealing elections through all manner of rigging before and after the polling day itself would have been ignored by the business and investor communities if Mnangagwa had appoint...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Why Mnangagwa failed to improve Zim's economic prospects
IT is now more than five years since President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed power with a mandate from his backers to improve the country's economic fortunes, the nemesis of his predecessor, Robert Gabri...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 06:29hrs | 10 | by Martin Majaji
'Want change? Register to vote!' insist CCC. Stuff mothers of nightmares are made.
"If you sleep curled up like a foetus, you will always turn a bad dream into a nightmare!" my late mother, may her soul rest in peace, would patiently explain. "If you sleep with your legs str...Published: 12 May 2023 at 11:10hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe teachers earn ZW$39 636 (US$33)
THE impoverishment of professionals by the government has reached heart-rending levels, but those who dare complain are often victimised, leaving public sector workers feeling helpless in the face of ...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 11:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Lee Ndlovu's goal ensures his non-league side continue FA CUP run
Boreham Wood have form for a giantkilling in this competition and were in the fourth-round draw for the second season running - but goalscorer Lee Ndlovu admitted the National League side were di...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mr Mnangagwa, longevity is a treasure beyond measure
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, congratulations on your 80th birthday. Given that for many people, 40 years is a lifetime, you rank among the fortunate remnant who have live...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
'Mnangagwa to name General PV Sibanda as deputy president'?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is poised to name Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda as his second vice president, former minister Jonathan Moyo claimed on Thursday....Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 09:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Inflationary pressures choke Zimbabwe industry
A rising bout of inflation is posing a severe threat to Zimbabwe's industries amid growing fears most companies will struggle to restock, which could potentially trigger a significant reduction in pro...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans told to leave South Africa ?
Thousands of Zimbabweans recently given 12 months to leave South Africa have suffered a double whammy after a "cruel" decision by Zimbabwean authorities which will rob them of a chance to enjoy the Ne...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate arrested for criminal abuse of office
A Bulawayo magistrate has been arrested for allegedly ordering the unprocedural release of a car that was an exhibit in a car theft case.Stephen Ndlovu, who was based at Tredgold Magistrate Co...Published: 07 Nov 2021 at 07:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ABC of knowing Mbudziyadhura munyaya dzematongerwo enyika
Not many zealous seemingly political Zimbabweans know @daddyhope, better called Mbudziyadhura. Let me measure for you the depth of his political convictions and what sets him hissing. I will do so fro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 19:38hrs | | by Jamwanda
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
The desecretion of the memory of gukurahundi victims
Greeting to all! Just when the memory of victims of the Gukurahundi, was brought to the attention of all the people of Mthwakazi, by Ibhetshu Likazulu, through the erection of tombstones, it w...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:27hrs | | by Dr Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza
'Vaccination will guarantee achieving vision 2030' said Mnangagwa - it's idiotic 'Kurotomoka!'
"The National covid-19 Vaccination Programme will further guarantee a Zimbabwe that continues on its course to achieve Vision 2030. We are determined to emerge out of this pandemic with greater capabi...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 08:38hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
NRZ slapped with US$236m lawsuit
SOUTH Africa-based business syndicate, the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG), has filed a lawsuit at the High Court demanding damages amounting to a staggering US$236 million from the N...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Water crisis ravages Bulawayo
Women carry the burden of collecting water for households...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:48hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba
'Finance cops soldiers better'
CABINET ministers in charge of security ministries have pleaded with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to avail more resources to security forces when he presents his 2021 national budget this week, the D...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Honouring the war spirit
COMRADE Muchazotida, born Sekai, was a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, better known as ZANLA.She died during the 1977 Chimoio Attack by the army of racist Rhodesia....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:49hrs | | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
NRZ slapped with US$236m lawsuit
DIASPORA and Infrastructure Development Group (DIDG) is demanding US$236 million from the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) as compensation after cabinet controversially terminated the consortium's ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fuel shortages worsen
MOTORISTS here have for the past week endured stock outs of fuel supplies, indicating a worsening fuel situation in the petroleum industry.So bad has been the situation that even the pump stat...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Money changers feeling the pinch
Black market foreign currency traders have been hit hard by the new measures that were announced by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week, which have seen parallel rates beginning to stabilise....Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa to expose Kembo Mohadi
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has threatened to expose Vice President Kembo Mohadi over corruption scandals. He fiurther called for the firing of the Vice Presiddnt highlighting that the co...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Travellers stranded in Zimbabwe as fuel crisis grows
The double whammy of biting fuel shortages and steep transport fares is leaving thousands of commuters stranded - forcing many of them to hitch precarious rides on lorries and pick-up trucks, in the l...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga threatens to 'pay back (for illegitimate verdict) in hard coin' - shoot to kill, no doubt
"Cde President, you personally stretched out your hand to the opposition after Zanu PF's July 30 landslide victory. But the opposition spurned that hand," said VP Constantino Chiwenga at the Annual Za...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
UK Zimbabweans die of HIV after being fooled by faith healers
A number of Zimbabweans in London with HIV have died after they stopped taking lifesaving drugs on the advice of their Evangelical Christian pastors. Pastors have taken advantage of the respect they g...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The dilemma of filling Mugabe, Tsvangirai boots
Two characters exited the political stage almost simultaneously; one through a forced retirement and the other through death. They were both larger than life: one by what he achieved in life, the othe...Published: 23 May 2018 at 08:35hrs | 1 | by Nevanji Madanhire
Khupe created her drama, now she deserves her karma
In early 2008, a few months before the elections, opposition party supporters waited with bated breath on a meeting that could decide the country's future, as the two factions of the MDC - anti-Senate...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 07:26hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa and the theft of history
IT is with indecent haste that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa has of late been seeking to flag his increasingly questionable presidential credentials and ambitions before Zimbabwe and the world. Th...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Dinizulu Macaphulana
Zimbabwean born Civil Engineer makes history with innovative 3D road safety scheme
The power of optical illusions has been put to good use on London roads and the brain behind this innovative concept is Zimbabwean born Civil Engineer Urayayi Muvuti.Muvuti, who lead the devel...Published: 04 Sep 2017 at 09:43hrs | | by Tidi Kwidini
Grace Mugabe unplugged
The furore around Grace Mugabe, her sons, their behaviour and the Mugabe family properties in South Africa illustrates the axiom: Their enrichment has come at the expense of Zimbabweans.There ...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 12:51hrs | | by Tendai Biti and Greg Mills
Mugabe is still one of the 'hottest news stories' on African continent
Robert Mugabe is still one of the hottest news stories on the African continent - and as he gets older that's unlikely to change.According to ...Published: 22 May 2017 at 10:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has over-valued US$ exchange rate
Zimbabwe has an over-valued exchange rate against the United States dollar and other major economies due to the singular usage of the greenback, economists have said, while pushing for the adoptio...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Singer George Michael dies aged 53
British Singer Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou popularly known as 'George Michael' has died at the age of 53.His publicist broke the news in a statement issued and George Michael is said to have&...Published: 25 Dec 2016 at 23:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Fate of Africa's Elephants Hangs in the Balance after COP 17
A golden opportunity to stop the catastrophic decline of Africa's elephants had been missed as CoP17 wrapped up in Johannesburg yesterday.Following the results from the Great Elephant Census a...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 11:11hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Tongaat Hulett fires 4 300 employees
GIANT sugar producer Tongaat Hulett has sacked thousands of contract workers barely two months after they embarked on a crippling month-long industrial action that disrupted local sugar supplies....Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Secret to Mugabe's 35 years plus in power - both party and government are full of his subservient 'wives'!
Mugabe has turned a "jewel of Africa", as President Julius Nyerere called Zimbabwe back in 1980, into the basket case of failed state. Life expectancy, the universally accepted qualitative and quantit...Published: 17 Dec 2015 at 21:14hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zuma's govt fuelling immigrant attacks?
THE South African government's hardening attitude toward foreigners seeking refuge in the country may be fueling intolerance toward immigrants that exploded into attacks and looting in townships, acc...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by Bloomberg News
This and that with Mal'phosa - Christmas; Is it still Ho Ho Ho?
Anyone who still believes in those big old men with long, white beard, red work-suits, and over-sized gum-boots who appear on TV at this time of the years every year, going 'Ho Ho Ho, it's Christm...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Clerk Ndlovu
Zimbabwe can no longer delay question of succession
THE hoary old "WHAM" question is before us again. It was first raised by foreign investors worrying about what would happen after Nelson Mandela, which, of course, they know only too well today: steep...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 20:11hrs | | by Allister Sparks I BDLive
Dr Stem's dose of encouragement - The Power of 'Thank you, in love, work and life'
Rebecca, a young wife and mother of two small girls was understandably stressed and worried when her twenty month-old little girl became seriously ill; so ill, that she spent over thirty days in th...Published: 12 Aug 2014 at 07:03hrs | 5 | by Dr Stem
'Zuma should resign within 20 days'
President Jacob Zuma should resign within 20 days, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said on Thursday."Zuma should step down. If he fails to do so within 20 days, the EFF wi...Published: 20 Mar 2014 at 18:18hrs | | by Sapa
SA govt's approach to crime is not working says ISS
Cape Town - An increase in serious and violent crime in South Africa shows that government's approach to crime is not working, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said on Thursday."After ...Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
South Africa awaits national crime statistics
Johannesburg - Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa is expected to release the national crime statistics on Thursday.Last year the figures released by Mthethwa showed that the actual murder rat...Published: 19 Sep 2013 at 03:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Warriors ready for Diaspora Afcon battle
The Zimbabwe Diaspora National Team in the UK is ready for battle ahead of the African Nations Cup (UK) Tournament which kicks off this weekend on the 1st of June in East London. The Warriors are in G...Published: 31 May 2013 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Marshall Gore
Zimbabwe Olympics team set for final public send off in London
The small squad of Zimbabwean Olympians who are hoping to do the southern African proud at this year's London 2012 games, get a final send off from their diasporian compatriots tomorrow (Thursday 26 ...Published: 25 Jul 2012 at 12:18hrs | | by Henry Makiwa
Chinese, our 'small friends of little benefit'
Chinese friendship and relationship with Zimbabwe is unfortunately tethered and seen through the old prism of stale ideological ties in a common struggle against a Western imperial world. This revolut...Published: 07 Feb 2012 at 08:19hrs | | by Dr Raymond Chamba, Presidential Candidate (Independent)
Bar Talk: The drinkers' 2012 resolutions
Welcome to all the members of the drinking constituency who have made it thus far into 2012. This is an achievement as it is a well-known fact that we are the most vulnerable demographic group when it...Published: 07 Jan 2012 at 08:38hrs | | by Bra Gee
This and that with Maluphosa - Dilemma of the born-location
Then there was Ndithu, a typical born-location who believed that any other house besides the main house was next door. He found himself grounded in the rural areas by virtue of her sister marrying my ...Published: 27 Nov 2011 at 13:35hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
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