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Mthuli Ncube under fire
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has come under heavy fire after signalling his intention to acquire vehicles for the country's lawmakers as well as paying the thirteenth cheque for government's 550 000 ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 4950 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fight against corruption is real
This week saw an unprecedented number of high-profile individuals appearing before our courts of law in connection with corruption, giving momentum to Government's fight against graft. Given t...Published: 10 Nov 2018 at 10:34hrs | 625 | by Nick Mangwana
Reality check for Mthuli Ncube
Under-pressure Finance minister Mthuli Ncube faces a tough task in balancing policy measures that stabilise the economy and populist demands from the ruling party when he presents his much-awaited N...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 17:18hrs | 4157 | by Staff reporter
Hold Mnangagwa's govt to account on mega deals, says Mudenda
SPEAKER of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda has urged government to fight inertia, whereby deals worth billions of dollars are signed every time, but not implemented on time or never."Let us fight th...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:06hrs | 2399 | by Staff reporter
Zinara officials use personal bank accounts for business
The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) and National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC) were using personal bank accounts for employees outside Harare to administer cash transact...Published: 09 Nov 2018 at 05:00hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Do magistrates matter in Zimbabwe?
"IT is in the magistrates' courts that justice is tested in its most crucial, most pervasive, most voluminous, most pressurised, and logistically most demanding dimensions – in literally thousands o...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 514 | by Sandra Kayereka
Gaddafi's son engages lawyer to challenge detention
An adopted son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, Abhallha Mone Moussa Moummare has engaged a local lawyer to challenge his continued detention at Harare Remand Prison where he has been held f...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 05:30hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt targets 1,5m houses by 2023
Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister Ezra Chadzamira has reaffirmed that Government is committed to its development agenda targets of constructing a total of 1,5 million middle-income housing units by...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Masiiwa Ragies Gunda, At the Crossroads: A Call to Christians to Act in Faith for an Alternative Zimbabwe
(University of Bamberg Press, 2018, pp. 113) Masiiwa Ragies Gunda's book is timely as the ‘Zimbabwe crisis' is traced from 1997 to 2018. Although the...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:19hrs | 378 | by Brian Maregedze
454 schools in Mashonaland West go digital
AT least 454 schools in Mashonaland West Province have so far gone digital as Government is adopting new ways of learning that will lead to the transformation of the country's economy. This is in line...Published: 06 Nov 2018 at 05:24hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Meat prices continue to rise
THE prices of meat and most beef products have continued to increase despite Government's efforts to normalise the price hike situation.While prices of most basic commodities have started goin...Published: 04 Nov 2018 at 08:34hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Afreximbank pledges to continue assisting Zimbabwe
AFRICAN Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has pledged to continue assisting Zimbabwe meet its financial needs, saying all the loans extended to local entities by the bank have performed to expectation,...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 12:54hrs | 1079 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga present united front
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ailing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga appeared together to announce that Australia's Invictus Energy had found oil and gas deposits in the northern Muzarabani are...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 10:13hrs | 8146 | by Staff reporter
Renewing Mangudya's term an insult
George Charamba's revelation that John Mangudya's term is about to be renewed is nauseating, cynical, contemptuous, disrespectful and an insult to the suffering masses of Zimbabwe.Charamba is ...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 12:18hrs | 1636 | by Jacob Mafume, MDC National Spokesperson
Mnangagwa welcomes Strive Masiyiwa's statement
The President Emmerson Mnangagwa led government welcomes statement by the Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa calling for the removal of sanctions imposed against the country, saying they were not justifie...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 12:04hrs | 6326 | by Ndou Paul
Strive Masiyiwa wants US sanctions on Zimbabwe lifted
Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa has called for sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States to be removed, saying they were not justified.The 57-year-old telecoms tycoon's unusually forth...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 09:11hrs | 1967 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe beer stores run out of stock
Most night clubs and bottle stores in and around Harare have run out of popular beer brands as revellers are now being forced to drink whatever is available.Mineral water has also been out of ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:29hrs | 2002 | by staff reporter
Modi woos Belgian, Luxembourg investors to Bulawayo
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister, Raji Modi, has enticed Belgian and Luxembourg companies to exploit manufacturing investment opportunities in Bulawayo and Zimbabwe at large. The Bulawayo...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:32hrs | 964 | by Staff reporter
'Free float exchange system catastrophic for Zimbabwe'
ZIMBABWE risks plunging into rampaging price inflation if it liberalises foreign exchange controls, according to the proponents of a managed exchange rate system. But critics of the system argue that ...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:27hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans sleeping in food and petrol queues
Zimbabweans are sleeping in petrol queues and spending hours lining up for basic food, as the country suffers its worst economic crisis in a decade.Nearly a year after the downfall of dictator...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:51hrs | 1040 | by abc.net.au/
Bulawayo Councillor in 'employment scam'
Bulawayo Ward 24 Councillor Arnold Batirai continues to clash with residents in his ward with latest accusations being his alleged employment of members of his 30 July campaign team to the ward's comm...Published: 28 Oct 2018 at 08:04hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
Origins of the Zimbabwe crisis
This article was first published by hsf.org.za.Zimbabwe is experiencing a cumulative breakdown. Living standards, life expectancy and production have plummeted while political oppression h...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 09:11hrs | 5740 | by Teddy Brett and Simon Winter
Joram Gumbo Zimbabwe's poster boy of sleaze
As ZANU-PF's long-serving chief whip, Joram Gumbo came across as a tidy, backroom operator, quietly but efficiently pulling the strings for his party in Parliament. But his scrapbook in government sin...Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:45hrs | 614 | by newZWire
Farm inputs prices skyrocket
The farming inputs such as fertilizer and maize seeds prices have escalated to unbearable levels as the farmers prepare for the farming season this year.The increases come at a time when the c...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 17:01hrs | 2791 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC @19: A lamentation over the death of democracy
This week the police gave the MDC-T Chamisa faction the go ahead to hold an event to celebrate its 19th anniversary after postponing the event over the cholera outbreak of September in Harare. While t...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1049 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Fierce crackdown on parallel market drops forex rate
A fierce government crackdown on illegal forex dealers, increased electronic surveillance of bank accounts, deployment of state security agents and arrests of individuals suspected to be at the centre...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 08:13hrs | 6133 | by Staff reporter
Parliament must influence content of the 2019 budget
Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube will present his maiden National Budget to Parliament towards the end of November.Parliamentary portfolio committees have been conducting...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:16hrs | 155 | by John Makamure
Best advice on how to deal with current Zimbabwe economic crisis
Patience pays for our situation. What has contributed much to our current situation is that Zimbabwe pressed the panic button after contested elections. We need to move on and deal with what is curren...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1546 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mthuli Ncube proposes belt tightening measures
TREASURY has proposed to drastically reduce the Budget deficit in 2019 through interventions such as limiting Government borrowing from the central bank, tightening of Treasury Bills issuances and cut...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 06:43hrs | 2135 | by Staff reporter
'Need transition Govt if there is no Govt' Zanu PF acknowledges - Exactly, present is illegitimate
"Zimbabwe does not need a transitional Government. Transiting to where? This country is governed through the Constitution which was adopted by more than 90 percent of Zimbabweans in 2013 and the same ...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | 3079 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF rubbishes Chamisa, 'he has to move on from the political drubbing'
ZANU-PF Secretary for Legal Affairs Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana has said the call by MDC Alliance to have a transitional Government is not feasible as it is unconstitutional. Mr Chamisa, addressi...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
$2m surveillance cameras for Harare
Harare City Council and its parking unit, City Parking, have embarked on a $2 million programme of installing surveillance cameras at traffic lights in the central business district (CBD) to deal with...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF meets as tension rises
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow chair two crucial Zanu-PF meetings in Harare as he battles to deal with the twin challenges of Zimbabwe's worsening economic crisis, as well as mounting disc...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 17:04hrs | 3816 | by Staff reporter
All eyes on Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will tomorrow chair two crucial Zanu-PF meetings in Harare as he battles to deal with the twin challenges of Zimbabwe's worsening economic crisis, as well as mounting disc...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 07:18hrs | 7328 | by Staff reporter
Emergency recovery measures to stop Zimbabwe economic free-fall
This article will be brief and straight to the point. There is no need to continue to pontificate on the political-economy of the country because we all know that after the 30th July elections the eco...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 14:00hrs | 5129 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada
Fresh bid to nullify Cyril Ramaphosa's ANC election
A fresh bid to nullify the election of President Cyril Ramaphosa as ANC leader is under way, with unhappy party members claiming that Ramaphosa was elected by bogus Mpumalanga branches at the party's ...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 18:35hrs | 3613 | by City Press
Mthuli Ncube ditches Nick Mangwana, creates parallel Ministry of Information
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is a fraud,he has removed all doubt by his decision to give Acie Lumumba a treasury job. Lumumba is being rewarded for peddling pedestrian propaganda while expressing a v...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:54hrs | 2635 | by Jacob Mafume
Devolution to fight 'marginalisation'
"When we finish the July 30 elections, when we win, the Second Republic will come into place. Under the Second Republic, each province will have its own economic planning programming from ward, to dis...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:38hrs | 153 | by Vusumuzi Dube
When Cupid flew Modi to Zimbabwe
Growing up in the populous streets of India, little did he know that he would one day be a government minister in a country that is 7 000km from his birth place.Until a few weeks ago, many Zim...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:29hrs | 551 | by Staff reporter
Demand for Indian sex sweets rises
There is a new craze for Indian aphrodisiacs and other related herbs commonly known as Indian sweets in the town, with one enterprising merchant of the products saying she is making a killing out of t...Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:35hrs | 4451 | by Staff reporter
Karikoga Kaseke set to leave ZTA
ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer (CEO) Karikoga Kaseke is set to leave the institution he has led for 13 years.Kaseke, who took the role of CEO in July 2005 on reassign...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:08hrs | 3332 | by Staff reporter
Fresh turmoil rocks Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF
Trouble is brewing in Zanu-PF, with some militant war veterans pushing for former Cabinet ministers now stationed at the party's Harare headquarters to be expelled from the former liberation movement ...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:34hrs | 6354 | by Staff reporter
Lobengula did not disappear
INFORMATION diffused widely in this country after the extermination of the Allan Wilson Patrol by the heroic rear guard of King Lobengula under the command of Mtshana Khumalo was that the last Ndebele...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:11hrs | 4199 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
It's Mthuli Ncube's electronic transfer tax, stupid
Sometimes one can be an excellent macroeconomist and a very bad public finance expert at the same time. I think this is the case with new Finance minister Mthuli Ncube.One such bad idea is the...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:01hrs | 2648 | by Tendai Kamba
Zimbabwe companies reject US$ pay demands
Zimbabwe companies reject US$ pay demandsUnder-pressure local companies - reeling from myriad problems which include having to deal with soaring production costs - have rejected demands by unions ...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:19hrs | 3657 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo firms' tenders 'very poor '
BULAWAYO town clerk, Christopher Dube, has said local business people were failing to come up with competitive tenders, which leads to them losing out to Harare-based firms.Companies in Bulawa...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1314 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation hits post-dollarisation high
THE year-on-year inflation rate stood at 5,39 % in September, the highest since dollarisation, latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZimStat) shows.This is the highest fig...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1542 | by Staff reporter
Of the national flag, scarf and patriotism
On 28 September, the Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation, Kirsty Conventry, was part of the send off ceremony of the Zimbabwean team which is participating in the ongoing Youth Olympic Game...Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 14:27hrs | 1175 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Bond notes disaster: Zimbabweans count costs after a week of madness
Mary Muchenje bolted out of a pharmacy in Harare's Avenues area, only to stop a few metres away scratching her head.Muchenje's world had just crumbled after the pharmacists informed her she ne...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:59hrs | 4328 | by Staff reporter
AFM divorce sealed
Leadership structures in Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM)'s two camps are already being set up as moves are made to seal the divorce between church president Dr Aspher Madziire's camp and tha...Published: 14 Oct 2018 at 09:02hrs | 2440 | by Staff Reporter
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