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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: 1 hr ago | 233 | 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: 1 hr ago | 81 | 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: 1 hr ago | 646 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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: 10 hrs ago | 19000 | 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: 10 hrs ago | 1397 | 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 | 263 | 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 | 345 | by Staff reporter
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: 12 hrs ago | 4087 | 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: 13 hrs ago | 899 | 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: 13 hrs ago | 640 | 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 | 560 | 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: 16 hrs ago | 2637 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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 | 8636 | 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: 18 hrs ago | 999 | 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: 19 hrs ago | 752 | by cite.org.zw
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: 20 hrs ago | 1866 | by Ndou Paul
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 | 4036 | 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: 23 hrs ago | 6179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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: 24 hrs ago | 2566 | 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: 24 hrs ago | 487 | by Dumisani Muleya
Bond note, RTGS model didn't fail, says Mangudya
Following the announcement of the Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya (JM) this week that effectively liberalised the exchange rate between the US dollar...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1111 | by Staff reporter
$400m NRZ deal set to top Mnangagwa - Ramaphosa talks
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) US$400 million deal will be one of the key items on the agenda during the South Africa-Zimbabwe bi-national commission meetings when South African President Cyr...Published: 24 hrs ago | 736 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's military changes fuel fears of internal strife
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s daring manoeuvres to change and redeploy critical personnel and commanders in strategic military units in a major shake-up has triggered fears of purges among...Published: 24 hrs ago | 5872 | by Staff reporter
Nespresso to launch first Zimbabwe coffee
NESPRESSO, a coffee company wholly-owned by Nestlé, is set to launch its first Zimbabwean coffee in 15 countries in May this year, a company official has said.Nestlé Zimbabwe last year launc...Published: 24 hrs ago | 351 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's utterances have Mugabe's yesteryear echoes
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent utterances that government would take unspecified action on lawyers providing free legal advice and doctors voluntarily attending to victims of last month's viole...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:11hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe financial markets serene after RBZ's monetary policy measures
MARKETS largely remained unperturbed following monetary policy measures announced this week that saw the central bank abandon its fixed exchange rate management system for a managed floating approach ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Mnanagwa's mega projects stall
AFTER earning the uncanny title of "Mr Groundbreaking" for his vast portfolio of much-publicised investment "mega deals" which are taking rather too long to be implemented, President Emmerson Mnangagw...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:08hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans disillusioned with the 'new dispensation'
MORE than a year ago events touted as an unfolding new beginning in this Southern African nation raised public hope. The Zimbabwean "benign" coup in November 2017 must be counted among the greatest of...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 185 | by Ray Matikinye
Journalism needs overhaul
Zimbabwean journalist Haru Mutasa recently drew fire from some local journalists and social media couch potatoes - many of whom masquerade as experts on each and every issue - when she pointed out the...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:06hrs | 189 | by Conway Tutani
'US$ remains Zimbabwe's base currency for trading'
THE Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) says the United States dollar will remain the base currency for trading purposes in Zimbabwe because businesses prefer trading in a stable curr...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:03hrs | 357 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T welcomes POSA repeal
THE pariah image still haunting Zimbabwe in the West can easily be sanitised by making sure that the country's Constitution is religiously obeyed and upheld, opposition MDC-T said.Led by Thoko...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:00hrs | 176 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabweans abroad face difficulties with accent
Speakers with foreign accents can face discrimination even in a country with a diverse population and a long immigrant history. But much remains to be done. "We're going to increasingly be exposed to ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 08:31hrs | 939 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Damnatio memoriae and Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day?
In the recent past few years, it had become a norm in February to see pomp and extravagance in Zimbabwe's state and independent media with preparations towards and celebrations on the birthday of "com...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 21:18hrs | 384 | by Brian Maregedze
Mangudya's retreat to safety is timely.....
Governor Mangudya has fundamentally been a good central banker, and perhaps that is why, just like yesterday afternoon, he frequently deflates the air of anticipation that precedes his scheduled polic...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 21:03hrs | 1441 | by Staff reporter
MDC slams RBZ currency moves
Zimbabwe has "de-dollarised through the back door," the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe unveiled its delayed Monetary Policy Statement....Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 20:56hrs | 875 | by ZimLive
What will a teacher's strike in Zimbabwe mean
Following a lengthy dialogue, Zimbabwean teachers have decided to call off their strike. The talks for a strike have been going on for months now when the Zimbabwe Teachers' Association union decided ...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 16:02hrs | 1984 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa opens up on Monetary Policy Statement
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has described the Monetary Policy statement issued by RBZ Chief John Panonetsa Mangudya as a disaster that will destroy the livelihoods on Zimbabweans."The Monetary p...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 12:31hrs | 10408 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZANU PF only listens to violent rebellion!
The recent violent protests that rocked most Zimbabwe cities between 14 and 16 January 2019, have offered enough proof that the only way the ZANU PF regime will ever seriously listen to the people's g...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 10:51hrs | 1282 | by Peace Chiwara Marangwanda
Mnangagwa's sincerity sways EU
There has been a lot of debate around President Mnangagwa's honesty with regards to his promise to respect the rights of citizens, end Zimbabwe's international isolation and achieve a middle income st...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 10:01hrs | 7464 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Robert Mugabe a hero and a true patriot
Cde Robert Mugabe tendered his resignation as the president of Zimbabwe on the 21 st September 2017. This came about after a bloodless army intervention. The man who became a hero and fought many stro...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 09:35hrs | 2130 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Monetary Policy Statement will bring sanity' says RBZ Governor - will not and never will as long as insane rule the roost
The primary objective of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) long awaited Monetary Policy Statement was to bring sanity to Zimbabwe's chaotic economic world, especially the madness in financial and c...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1155 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZANU PF Youths celebrate Mugabe's birthday
ZANU PF Youth League leadership has encouraged the generality of the young people to take time and introspect about their role in the development of the nation-state.In a statement issued by t...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2156 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mawarire, Mutasa dockets merged
A HARARE court yesterday merged dockets of #ThisFlag founder Evan Mawarire, and Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union secretary-general Peter Mutasa, who are both accused of attempting to subvert a constit...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Sadc, EU positions on Zimbabwe: Attempting an end of history
Last week, there were two very important statements issued on Zimbabwe by two very important inter-State political bodies. The first of these statements and closer to home was issued by the Southern A...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:22hrs | 870 | by Takura Zhangazha
Mawarire wants treason charges tossed
ACTIVIST cleric Evan Mawarire ramped up pressure on prosecutors Wednesday after his treason trial failed to take off.Through his lawyer, the cleric gave the State a notice to challenge further...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 213 | by newzimbabwe
UK volunteer facing Zimbabwe deportation praises 'heartwarming' support at rally
A Sheffield volunteer fighting deportation to Zimbabwe thanked supporters for their ‘heartwarming' backing, as he addressed protesters today.More than 75,000 people have signed a petition ca...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:19hrs | 583 | by thestar.co.uk
Sunday dumps Katsande
THE Warriors' technical team led by coach Sunday Chidzambga is facing a team selection quandary that has forced them to drop former captain Willard Katsande from the squad that faces Congo Brazzaville...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 2044 | by Staff reporter
For economy to take off, we must take air out of inflation
What is inflation and why must we get it under control? What has been going wrong, and how are we putting things right? As an Economics Professor, its important I first explain the basics. In ...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:22hrs | 1463 | by Prof Mthuli Ncube
Mugabe turns 95, 9 things you didn't know about him
Robert Mugabe is turning 95 and his birthday has been declared a holiday in Zimbabwe. The holiday was mooted by the ruling ZANU-PF youth league to honor their then icon, whose birthday had since the 1...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:19hrs | 19325 | by BBC
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