Search / Zimcodd
Mliswa blasts July Moyo for Harare's worsening water problems
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has teared into Minister of Local Government, July Moyo for plunging Harare into debilitating water shortages.Most areas in the capital experienced w...Published: 08 Aug 2022 at 05:52hrs | 1860 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube, civil servants meet over salaries
PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima has invited more than 40 public service unions to a meeting to discuss salaries and conditions of service today.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to...Published: 01 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube evades Parliament grilling
UNDERFIRE Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday dodged Senate after he was summoned to give a ministerial statement on the currency crisis, gold coins and state of the economy.Senate deput...Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 07:32hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's consumer basket now incalculable, says CCZ
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) says it has failed to calculate the price of the family food basket for the month of June due to regular price increases of basic goods and services.In M...Published: 08 Jul 2022 at 07:36hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has higher inflation than war-torn Ukraine
ZIMBABWE's inflation rate at 191,7% as of June 23 is now much higher than Ukraine's 41%, a country in the middle of a fierce war with Russia.In a statement, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and ...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
'4m children in Zimbabwe failing to pay fees'
FOUR million children are failing to pay fees and are now clamouring for government's Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) programme, the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has s...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 08:12hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sinks deeper into debt hole
THE government last year added US$6,45 billion to the public debt as the Treasury assumed the former white farmer's compensation fund under domestic debt and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) legacy ...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:56hrs | 850 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa-linked firm bags US$780,000 from Pomona dumpsite bill?
THE ministry of local government has written to the Harare city council ordering the local authority to pay up the ballooning Pomona dumpsite bill, which is now close to a million United States dollar...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Govt tops pension defaulters list
STATE enterprises and parastatals top the list of 50 employers paying their former workers measly pensions, while owing the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) $5,3 billion in pension contributio...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:41hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Davos jaunt criticised
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been accused of blowing taxpayers funds on a "window-dressing" jaunt while ignoring calls to implement far-reaching reforms to attract capital.Mnangagwa was in...Published: 30 May 2022 at 06:58hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Panic as fuel shortages loom in Zimbabwe
A FUEL crisis is looming as major dealers say they are struggling to stock up because of foreign currency shortages, which they say are threatening their viability.Fuel dealers say they may be...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:27hrs | 2298 | by Staff reporter
'Harare to pay US$22,000 a day for dumpsite'
ANTI-CORRUPTION watchdogs, civic groups and Harare residents yesterday described as scandalous and shameful the Pomona waste management deal awarded to Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV.Ge...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo accused of abusing devolution funds
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Manicaland chairperson, Proper Mutseyami has accused local government minister July Moyo of abusing devolution funds.Mutseyami said Moyo was deliberately de...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:16hrs | 948 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to miss 2022 GDP forecast
ZIMBABWE will most likely miss its 5,5% gross domestic product (GDP) forecast due to prolonged hyper-inflationary conditions as the country's local currency continues to tumble against the United Stat...Published: 11 May 2022 at 09:12hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Examination fees shocker
GOVERNMENT has raised examination fees by up to three times, and immediately attracted brickbats from weary parents.Many parents, still to come to terms with school fees hikes and already batt...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:08hrs | 1656 | by Staff reporter
'Cartels controlling Zimbabwe fuel sector'
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has alleged that the country's fuel sector is run by cartels that are manipulating fuel prices.In its weekly review on socio-economic d...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:04hrs | 1288 | by Staff reporter
'Hiring lobbyists unhelpful for Zimbabwe's image rebuilding'
ZIMBABWE'S failure to attain and build a good image in the international community is worsened by hopeless tactics like the hiring of lobbyist organisations, critics have said.In 2019, Preside...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:40hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zera's continued excessive fuel price increases worry Zimcodd
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has expressed worry over the continued excessive increase of fuel price by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera).The worry ca...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1049 | by Stephen Jakes
Future of Zimbabwe health sector looks gloomy
The Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has said the future of the health sector looks gloomy and the government must make efforts to address the crisis."Comparatively, the regional key...Published: 22 Apr 2022 at 14:52hrs | 578 | by Stephen Jakes
IMF applauds Zimbabwe on meeting NDS1 targets
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has applauded Zimbabwe for meeting the National Development Strategy (NDS1). This is revealed in the Zimbabwe Coalition for Debt and Development (Zim...Published: 18 Apr 2022 at 12:32hrs | 797 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe's perennial water crisis worrying
Zimbabwe's Perennial Water Crisis is worrying various stakeholders amid the observance of human rights, including socio-economic rights, participation rights and non-discrimination rights, is critical...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:40hrs | 168 | by Stephen Jakes
Ghost Workers: A Testament of Government's Failure in Rationalising the Wage Bill: Zimcodd
The findings of the Auditor-General on the Appropriation Accounts, Finance and Revenue Statements and Funds Accounts for the financial year ending December 31, 2020, stated that approximately $2.5 bil...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 19:37hrs | 156 | by Stephen Jakes
IMF Calls for More Taxes as Citizens Face Cost-of-living-crisis
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development has revealed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for more taxes as citizens in Zimbabwe f...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 08:09hrs | 1451 | by Stephen Jakes
ZACC fails to account for over US$12m availed to it
The Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development has expressed concerns that in a contradictory and dramatic irony that has left the country in shock, the Z...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 08:03hrs | 1064 | by Stephen Jakes
Mealie meal price rockets; 10kg roller meal packet hits US$11
CONSUMERS have been dealt a hard blow after the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe's (GMAZ) increase the retail price of mealie meal by 50% Wednesday evening.Millers held an emergency meeti...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 22:10hrs | 1111 | by Staff reporter
New ZWL100 banknotes: Much ado about Nothing: Zimcodd
Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development has described the new Zimbabwe $1000 bills as a lot of nothing.In the week under review the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Prof. Mthul...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 12:27hrs | 572 | by Stephen Jakes
Failure to compensate white farmers will result in Zimbabwe debt ballooning; IMF warns
ZIIMBABWE's failure to compensate white former farmers as per agreement will result in the country's public debt bulging, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.The Bretton woods ins...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 07:56hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe debt burden to worsen, claims IMF
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Zimbabwe's debt burden will worsen considerably due to the country's inability to compensate its displaced white former farmers, and the Reserve B...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
Lithium: Chinese lead scramble for Zimbabwe assets
CHINESE firms have invested over US$570 million in Zimbabwe's lithium mines since the last quarter of 2021, as the rush for Zimbabwe's resource escalates.It is not only the Chinese who have st...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:33hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
All Zimbabweans must benefit from mineral Resources: Zimcodd
THE Zimbabwe Coalition of Debt and Development has reported that in the week under review, Zimbabwe registered a big milestone in the mining of Platinum Group Minerals (PGMs) with the addition o...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 11:08hrs | 790 | by Stephen Jakes
Concerns over endless Zim debt escalates
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) and the Zimbabwe Public debt Indaba (ZPDI) have said there are rising concerns over the deepeni...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:59hrs | 425 | by Stephen Jakes
Voter apathy threatens Zimbabwe's 2023 polls
ELECTION observers have warned that Zimbabwe could witness a poor voter turnout in the 2023 polls amid revelations that the number of registered voters has gone down by 63 000 from the 2018 statistics...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:51hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Biti tells Zimbabwe govt to shutdown the Reserve Bank
FORMER finance minister Tendai Biti says government must shut down the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) arguing it has become a rogue and unnecessary institution.Speaking at a Zimbabwe Debt Inda...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:29hrs | 3187 | by Staff reporter
'Auction system creating fresh public debt'
ZIMBABWE'S foreign currency system could be creating fresh debts for Zimbabweans who could be forced to settle them in the future, former Finance minister Tendai Biti warned yesterday.Biti, wh...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:24hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe wallows in debt distress
ZIMBABWE has reached a critical moment in terms of its debt obligations as serious violations of constitutional provisions of public finance management continue unsolved.Deliberation at this w...Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:49hrs | 345 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's economic projections unrealistic
ECONOMIC analysts have dismissed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's inflation and economic growth forecasts as unrealistic as they did not factor in the rising global oil crisis and the country's gallopi...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:03hrs | 102 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says corruption has killed the country
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has bemoaned the scourge of corruption, which he says has resulted in US$1,8 billion being lost through illicit financial flows (IF...Published: 22 Mar 2022 at 05:46hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
#HowFar campaign ruffles plenty feathers
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has bemoaned the intolerance against its #HowFar campaign, an initiative to hold the government to account on public finance management....Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:18hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Forex backlog dents machinery imports
ZIMBABWE'S industries are still battling to access millions of United States dollars allocated through the foreign currency auction system, Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president, Kurai ...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:52hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Currency: The long road of pain awaiting Zimbabwe
IN June 2019, the Zimbabwe dollar was officially reintroduced as the main legal tender for domestic transactions in the country amid scepticism from the general public concerning its sustainability. T...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | 1181 | by Staff reporter
Mining sector key to Zim economy: Zimcodd
The mining sector is a key sector for Zimbabwe as it contributes about 60% to annual export receipts and at least 14% to Gross Domestic Product (GDP).This was revealed by the Zimbabwe Coalitio...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 11:30hrs | 263 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mineral leakages bleeding Zimbabwe economy'
SOCIO-ECONOMIC watchdog, Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) has called on government to curb mineral leakages and export of raw minerals to help revive the economy.In its rec...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists on the rampage
HUMAN rights groups have implored the government to provide security during on-going public hearings on the Private and Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill after the meetings were violently disrupted b...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:11hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF activists rampage over contentious NGO Bill
HUMAN rights groups have implored the government to provide security during on-going public hearings on the Private and Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Bill after the meetings were violently disrupted b...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:09hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in fresh NGO threats
Zanu-PF has issued fresh threats to private voluntary organisations (PVOs), accusing them of using violence and mobilising people to push a sinister political narrative in a fresh fight that has revea...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:15hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe political violence poses risk to region,' says American firm
An American research firm Fitch Solutions has said Zimbabwe poses political and economic risks in southern Africa ahead of the 2023 general elections.The report, produced in December 2021, sta...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:07hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must do more to stop mineral revenue leakages: Zimcodd
While good mineral resource governance seeks to ensure the exploitation of mineral resources for the benefit of the economy, improvement of the quality of life and poverty reduction (Diallo, 2015), Zi...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 12:47hrs | 277 | by Stephen Jakes
Politicians frustrate crucial mining reforms
A LEADING resources campaigner has claimed that Zimbabwe's elite are reluctant to push through amendments to the Mines Act, a 60-year-old legislation that has outlived its usefulness.The Zimba...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:01hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Stop abusing youth, political bigwigs told
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been urged to put in place measures to stop political parties from using young people as conduits of political violence.The Zimbabwe Coalition on De...Published: 01 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1193 | by Staff reporter
Pushback over Chinese lithium push from US funded NGOs
A massive push by Chinese investors into Zimbabwe's multibillion dollar lithium mines has raised fresh fears of plunder with a leading resource campaigner pushing for stronger Parliamentary oversight....Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Load More Stories
