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Mnangagwa's gamble works for the economy
Monetary Policy is defined as an attempt to achieve broad economic goals by the regulation of the supply of money. The 2018 Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) was prepared on the narrative that Zimbabwe ...Published: 37 mins ago | 248 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwe's rural politics
The vulnerability of Rural Zimbabweans politically is appalling. It doesn't matter how politically clear they may be or how knowledgeable of their human rights they are, they still fall prey to Zanu-P...Published: 2 hrs ago | 388 | by Clement Moyo
ZAA International launches Canada Edition
ZIMBABWE Achievers Awards (ZAA) International has announced the forthcoming launch of ZAA Canada. The North American country is the fifth nation to join the growing franchise first established in 2010...Published: 2 hrs ago | 117 | by Agencies
Cross, Ncube's reforms will never deliver economic prosperity not as long as Zimbabwe remains a pariah state
"People of Zimbabwe deserve a new day" wrote Eddie Cross in Bulawayo24. Mr Cross was writing about Zimbabwe's economic chaos, the country has already claimed the position of being the poorest ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1125 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Callistus Ndlovu to be buried today
All is set for the burial of former Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF Bulawayo provincial chairman Professor Callistus Dingiswayo Ndlovu at the National Heroes Acre today. President Mnangagwa last night vi...Published: 3 hrs ago | 453 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa snubs Mnangagwa indaba, again
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday said it will snub another round of national dialogue slated for today, claiming President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu PF government is not taking their concerns seri...Published: 3 hrs ago | 1562 | by Staff reporter
Can Zimbabwe learn from history, the pain of yesteryear?
CENTRAL bank opens up currency trading, reads a headline in a State-owned daily newspaper. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has liberalised the foreign currency market by introducing an interbank tr...Published: 3 hrs ago | 347 | by Editorial - newsday
On the run MDC MPs, not on the run, says MDC
THE MDC yesterday said its MPs Charlton Hwende (Kuwadzana East), Joanah Mamombe (Harare West), and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North), who have been absent from Parliament, are not on the run and had...Published: 3 hrs ago | 505 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lost $2 billion on 1:1 forex exchange rate
GOVERNMENT lost $2 billion last year for maintaining the parity between the bond note and the United States dollar, Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has said.Economists h...Published: 11 hrs ago | 4096 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cries as his political career ends
The MDC Alliance is now constitutionally without a leader following the expiry of the temporary term of the leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on 14 February 2019. Chamisa ascended to the thrown after twisting ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 20124 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Chamisa, Mnangagwa power-sharing not on the agenda'
Four political parties - Zanu-PF, MDC-Alliance, MDC-T and the National Patriotic Front - that are represented in Parliament, met in Bulawayo last weekend to lay the groundwork and set the agenda for t...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1423 | by Staff reporter
Ginimbi to 'tour' Australia
The arts and entertainment scene definitely has royalty whether for good or bad reasons and the media seems to always feed from that fodder willingly and with such a keen and voracious appetite they s...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1224 | by Staff reporter
Fake news rocks Zimbabwe military
Zimbabwe National Army has disowned reports circulating that they would conduct home searches for stolen army uniforms.ZNA spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Alphios Makotore yesterday said ZNA h...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3570 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa courts Chinese
Chinese firms should take full advantage of the upgrading of relations between Harare and Beijing to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to invest in Zimbabwe where their investments will be given p...Published: 11 hrs ago | 269 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe/South Africa officials to meet ahead of Ramaphosa visit
Zimbabwean and South African officials will meet next week, as preparations for the visit by South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa to his northern neighbours gather momentum. President Rama...Published: 11 hrs ago | 358 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance members run away with ballot papers
DIVISIONS in the MDC Alliance saw the party fielding two candidates yesterday at the Nomination Court for Bulawayo Ward 28 election set for March 30 after primary polls were shelved as some members ra...Published: 11 hrs ago | 583 | by Staff reporter
'Technology changing face of epidemic'
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa says technology is fast changing the face of the HIV epidemic following the invention of a new generation of diagnostic machines that can test for HIV in infants with res...Published: 11 hrs ago | 90 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approves 37 mbanje investors
GOVERNMENT has approved 37 investors who have shown interest to produce cannabis (mbanje or dagga) for medicinal or scientific purposes. This follows last year's decision by Government to legalise can...Published: 11 hrs ago | 465 | by Staff reporter
American starlet trialing with Bosso
QUESTIONS: IS it a major American diplomatic coup for Highlanders? Or the story should read from California to Emagumeni?Answer: Only time will tell as another American could soon be donning t...Published: 11 hrs ago | 432 | by Staff reporter
Cholera vaccine campaign begins in Harare
A major typhoid vaccination campaign begins today in Harare to tackle a drug-resistant outbreak of the disease.The campaign aims to vaccinate 325,000 people in nine suburbs of Zimbabwe's capit...Published: 11 hrs ago | 64 | by Staff reporter
Opposition parties walk out of Mnangagwa's post-election dialogue meeting
The second session of the national dialogue with July 2018 presidential candidates at State House in Harare on Friday got off to a rocky start, with some candidates and their representatives walking o...Published: 13 hrs ago | 1434 | by TimesLive
Chiwenga aborts flight back to Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S troubled Vice President Constantino Chiwenga's plane was Friday forced to abort take-off after developing a "snag" some moments before the ex-military boss was about to fly back home from I...Published: 13 hrs ago | 4261 | by newzimbawe
Mnagagwa is a habitual liar
I am now forced to believe that the President of South Africa is visiting Zimbabwe in days to come because he may want to get a lecture/exchange notes from/with John Mangudya and Mthuli Ncube. News th...Published: 14 hrs ago | 911 | by Don Chigumba
MDC National Council Resolutions
The MDC National Council met today, 22 February 2019 at the party headquarters Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, 44 Nelson Mandela Avenue and made the following resolutions1. The National Situa...Published: 14 hrs ago | 648 | by MDC
Zimnat assists families of deceased miners
Zimnat, one of the leading players in the Zimbabwean life assurance and short-term insurance industries since 1946, has donated funeral services worth $10 000 for the burial of 10 of the miners killed...Published: 17 hrs ago | 564 | by Staff reporter
EU lifted sanctions to join in looting of diamonds - not fooled by elephant dung smelling hyena
When the EU Foreign Ministers decided NOT to impose new and tougher sanctions on the Mnangagwa regime for failing to hold free, fair and credible elections last July and for using excessive violence ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 2651 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
RBZ sets rate of 2.50 for devalued RTGS dollars
Zimbabwe's new currency is expected to begin trading at around 2.5 to the U.S. dollar, Central Bank Governor John Mangudya said on Friday, a significant devaluation as the regulator attempts to stem c...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2712 | by Reuters
Zimbabweans should accept that their balances have been devalued by 2.5 times, says Mthuli Ncube
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has set the interbank rate at 2.5 to the US dollar to kick start its auction system. However its ability to sustain it at those levels depends, among others o...Published: 18 hrs ago | 8713 | by FinX
Zimbabwe moves to set up super-specialist hospital
Government is setting up a super-specialist hospital at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals in order for patients in need of specialist services to get treatment in the country, hence cutting high costs o...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1008 | by Staff reporter
'Chiwenga rushes to Zimbabwe after military purges' - it's fake news
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is still being treated in India contrary to social media claims that he is back in the country, a top government official has said.Presidential spokesperson...Published: 19 hrs ago | 7464 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sidelines Chamisa in talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has side-lined MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in today's national dialogue meeting involving presidential candidates that featured in last year's harmonised elections.M...Published: 19 hrs ago | 3881 | by Staff reporter
SA Airways suspends advance bookings
South African Airways has temporarily suspended the advance booking of air tickets following the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) monetary policy.In a statement, the company's acting regional ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1192 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF not keen on devolution'
The implementation of devolution of power is taking too long due to lack of political will on the part of the government.Speaking at a devolution symposium in Bulawayo, Friday, Zimbabwe Open U...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1009 | by cite.org.zw
2 candidates from the MDC Alliance battle it out in Bulawayo by-election
Two candidates from the MDC Alliance Collet Ndhlovu (former cllr) and Nomagugu Mloyi successfully filed their papers at the nomination court this Friday to contest in the Bulawayo Municipality Wa...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1384 | by Staff reporter
Shutdown 'cop killers' granted bail
THE Bulawayo High Court, Friday, granted bail to activist Charles Thomas and Bernard Sibanda who are jointly accused of killing a policeman during the nationwide shutdown protests last month.T...Published: 20 hrs ago | 755 | by cite.org.zw
Mnangagwa meets opposition leaders
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday met with leaders of opposition political parties that contested the 2018 Presidential elections to discuss the way forward as far as the National Dialogue is con...Published: 20 hrs ago | 6080 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Dead miners worked for a top polical cartel' Mliswa alleges
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has alleged that there is a cartel of politicians who are behind the illegal mining activities that led to the death of miners recently in Mashonaland West....Published: 20 hrs ago | 3408 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa calls a crucial MDC National council meeting
The MDC national council, the party's supreme-decision-making body between Congresses, is meeting today to discuss the health of the party and the crisis affecting ordinary Zimbabweans, among a host o...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1877 | by Ndou Paul
Govt shoots down ZESA's proposal to increase tariff
The government has turned down the proposal by the ZETDC, a branch of the Zesa power utility, to increase its tariff by 52%, saying it is unjustified as local generation capacity has increased....Published: 23 hrs ago | 1986 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe forex dealers struck by fear
Illegal foreign currency (forex) dealers were on tenterhooks yesterday as they weighed their options in the wake of new measures by the RBZ that seek to eradicate parallel market activities. ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 11895 | by Staff reporter
Developers for Batoka Dam scheme short-listed
At a meeting held at the David Livingstone Hotel in Livingstone, the Council of Minister's approved the short-listing of a Consortium of General Electric of USA and Power Corporation of China, Salini ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 503 | by Staff reporter
RBZ to stabilise exchange rate
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has put in place adequate safeguards to ensure stability of exchange rates after the apex bank this week floated the US dollar on the interbank market....Published: 23 hrs ago | 2665 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe money transfer agencies to import own notes
Zimbabwean money transfer agencies face increasing problems in meeting their customer obligations owing to the termination of correspondent-bank arrangements between local banks and international fina...Published: 23 hrs ago | 4047 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking floating of exchange rate by Zimbabwe
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr Mangudya in his monetary policy statement liberalised the exchange rate that is, departing from the 1:1 position of the bond notes or real time gr...Published: 23 hrs ago | 836 | by Dr Mugano
BREAKING: 'Baba Jukwa' arrested over army uniform
Former government employee and Sunday Mail editor, Mr Edmund Kudzayi of the Baba Jukwa fame, was arrested on Friday morning after police stopped his vehicle at a roadblock and found a "camouflage umbr...Published: 24 hrs ago | 6203 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mangudya says 'I am guilty as charged' on bond notes
THE ZIMBABWE central bank governor Dr John Mangudya has admitted prejudicing the country’s exporters by exchanging their US dollar earnings at parity with the local bond note, when rates on the para...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:22hrs | 5862 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must act before it's rather too late
THERE was some bittersweet news for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration this week when the European Union (EU) decided not to extend existing sanctions against Harare despite a recommendatio...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:18hrs | 4349 | by Owen Gagare
Chamisa seeks meeting with Ramaphosa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly seeking to meet South African President Cyril Ramaphosa when he arrives in Harare for a State visit on March 12, NewsDay has learnt.MDC insid...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:18hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure to fire incompetent ministers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure from senior Zanu-PF officials to reshuffle cabinet, which has failed to turn around the imploding economy, the Zimbabwe Independent understands.M...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 2574 | by Staff reporter
Mugabeism must be dismantled
YESTERDAY Zimbabweans commemorated, or simply just observed, former president Robert Mugabe's birthday which has now been institutionalised into a national holiday, even though the majority might have...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:16hrs | 487 | by Dumisani Muleya
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