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No such thing as bad luck in economics Prof Ncube
ASSERTIONS coming from government corridors that the country's current socio-economic state of affairs has been caused by sheer bad luck are very unfortunate that they simply point to an administratio...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube rues Mnangagwa lost opportunity to unite with Tsvangirai
ZIMBABWE could be better off economically if President Emmerson Mnangagwa had roped opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai into an inclusive transitional arrangement soon after the November 2017 coup....Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:50hrs | 2414 | by newzimbabwe
Tsholotsho councillors refuse to suspend acting CEO
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council councillors last Friday refused to suspend council acting chief executive officer, Mr Nkululeko Sibanda who is facing two separate court cases where he is alleged to ...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:48hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
School in shock $60 000 fees per term
PARENTS with children going to boarding schools and private schools in and around Bulawayo are likely to have a bleak Christmas as they will be agonising over school fees for next year, with some scho...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:46hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
$1bn road rehab gathers momentum
Government has paid 10 percent upfront for project costs to five contractors that have been chosen to rehabilitate the Chirundu-Harare-Beitbridge road, which is expected to gobble $1 billion.T...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:44hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Fees hike sparks exodus to government schools
Schools might have closed last week, but parents and guardians are already agonising over the fate of their children next year, and it is now widely believed there will be an exodus from private...Published: 08 Dec 2019 at 11:28hrs | 394 | by Staff Reporter
MDC mourns ZUPCO accident victims, blames unroadworthy buses
The MDC has expressed its condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the Epworth ZUPCO bus disaster. In astatement, party secretary for transport Settlement Chikwinya said it was sad...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:35hrs | 1764 | by Staff Reporter
'Let Zimbabweans find one another, by themselves' diplomats instructed - after 39 years, ravenous hyena midwife to a goat
It is a real tragedy that Zimbabwe is now in a serious mess; millions are facing heart breaking hardship from lack of water, no food, no work, no fuel, no medicine, etc. The situation is now so bad th...Published: 07 Dec 2019 at 09:13hrs | 746 | by Nomusa Garikai
maShurugwi invades Inyathi, 1 dead
ONE person died while another was severely injured in Inyathi, Bubi district, Matabeleland North when a gang of about 50 gold panners went on a rampage attacking other miners in the area. In a...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1213 | by Staff reporter
VID depot suspends operations over water shortages
The Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) depot in Belvedere, Harare, was on Monday forced to temporarily close after the water system collapsed due to aging pipes.When NewsDay visited the depot...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:20hrs | 623 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe prisons struggle to feed, treat inmates
The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) is struggling to feed and provide medical attention to inmates due to shortages of food and drugs, officials have said.This emerged at a Z...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 09:19hrs | 397 | by Staff reporter
NetOne Vice chair loses property claim
NetOne vice chairperson Ms Susan Mutangadura has lost a claim to two upmarket houses plus US$177 588 she ostensibly advanced to her estranged husband Mr Alban Chirume, the former Zimbabwe Stock Exchan...Published: 04 Dec 2019 at 08:57hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
SADC waiting to see a bloodbath in Zimbabwe before finally taking explosive situation seriously!
As the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe continually deteriorates beyond the average citizen's minimum threshold - as the suffering and over-burdened people increasingly become restive with...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 2807 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Jonathan Moyo clashes with Chinese Ambassador
Professor Jonathan Moyo has lashed at Chinese Deputy Ambassador Zhao Baogang after the latter said of Moyo, "In the past decades he changed colors many time just for power, he is power thirsty and his...Published: 02 Dec 2019 at 08:57hrs | 9247 | by Mandla Ndlovu
UN blame starvation on ZanuPF dysfunctional system - at long last, speaking truth to power
"Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation and the number of people needing help is "shocking" for a country not in conflict, a United Nations special expert on the right to food said Thursday,"...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 21:39hrs | 3509 | by Nomusa Garikai
Minister guns for NSSA board
The troubled National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is headed for more turmoil after the new Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavhima asked the State-controlled pension schem...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:10hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
'The C'wealth officer jumped from his seat when I threw my AK-47 at him'
Today we conclude the series of interviews that we have been doing with former Zipra guerilla, Tapson Ncube aka Makhula. Ncube was a maverick guerilla who at one point was detained on the orde...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:58hrs | 3313 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube: The Anti-colonial Transfiguration of the Self: Part 2
Last week's introductory instalment attempted to locate Retired Col Tshinga's profile within the shifting currencies and contexts of our struggle for independence. His radical political tutela...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:56hrs | 147 | by Richard Mahomva
If amnesia is a disease, we are all sick!
Fate and fortune, just as life itself, have a weird sense of humour.Just as Bishop Lazarus was busy narrating the age-old anecdotal tale of the "Arab and The Camel" last week, well, our very o...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 05:47hrs | 76 | by Bishop Lazarus
Govt brutality on citizens bad example for nation
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:49hrs | 194 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Carnage in Zimbabwe hospitals continues
TOUTS are usually known for their confidence, foul language and naughtiness, but recently, they sobered up when one of their own died right on the streets with his hospital record card in hand, after ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 10:48hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe hunger 'shocking' for country not at war
Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation and the number of people needing help is "shocking" for a country not in conflict, a United Nations special expert on the right to food said Thursday....Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:54hrs | 571 | by Farai Mutsaka I Associated Press
'There are no sanctions on Zimbabwe'
The Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (Zpra) has Zanu PF is lying that sanctions are the major cause of economic crisis in the country. Zpra Veterans Association spokesperson Buster Magwizi said pe...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:12hrs | 388 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Communist Party speaks on doctors' strike
ZCP Statement On the Incapacitation of Workers: Senior Doctors' Strike 26 November 2019 In November 2017 when the late President Robert Mugabe was forced to resign from power after a military coup whi...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1274 | by ZCP
'Expect steady economic recovery by December 2019' - nonsense, none as long as we remain a pariah state
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:52hrs | 1799 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Pepkor exit testifies Zimbabwe not open for business'
The Zimbabwean market exit by South African retailer Pepkor, which runs local retailer Power Sales, is testament that Zimbabwe is not open for business and speaks volumes about the increasingly toxic ...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:44hrs | 787 | by Staff reporter
Shoe sells out thieving traditional healer
A SHOE left behind at a crime scene sold out a Chipinge traditional healer who broke into a friend's house and stole a vehicle gearbox and money, leading to his incarceration for an effective two year...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1194 | by Staff reporter
Saviour Kasukuwere to lead Mnangagwa ouster?
Saviour Kasukuwere the exiled dark horse of Zimbabwean politics has remained deafening silently amid a rapid rise and popularity of a pro Kasukuwere movement dubbed the Tyson Wabantu movement. T...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 15:47hrs | 10211 | by Dr S J Utete
The arrogance of the men in suits and scarfs
Constantine Chiwenga is the man who spearheaded a coup which toppled Mugabe from power in November 2016 in Zimbabwe. After the coup he became unwell. He was so ill that you could hardly recognis...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 13:05hrs | 1298 | by Lucia Mungwari
Ramaphosa asked to push Zanu PF and MDC dialogue - endorsed rigged elections soiled his hands
There is no denying that President Mnangagwa's trade-mark "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call is dead in the water. Instead of putting the Zimbabwe economy back on track, the economic meltdo...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 09:23hrs | 3260 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe's road to recovery just got longer
THE road was long enough as it stood, but the stretch is getting longer by the passage of every minute. The incontrovertible truth is that Zimbabwe will not be achieving any economic or political stab...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:29hrs | 422 | by Learnmore Zuze
Mnangagwa, NGOs collide
CIVIC society organisations (CSOs) yesterday said government was closing the democratic space in Zimbabwe targeting critics of its failure to address the deepening economic challenges.This fol...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:27hrs | 2668 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt brutalization of citizenry sets bad example in campaign against domestic and gender-based violence
Every community and society's norms and standards are usually set by those in authority. That is why, even at family level, the parents' behaviour and teachings play a primary role in determining the ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 14:04hrs | 597 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe army bosses sweat over social medial leaks
Army bosses have expressed concern over the leaking of sensitive information on social media by junior staffers which they feel compromises national security. The Zimbabwe National Army head o...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 10:46hrs | 8530 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga torches storm
HARDLY a day after his arrival from a four-month long medical trip in China, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga torched a fierce storm when he blasted MDC-run councils for failure to address service ...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:58hrs | 5531 | by Staff reporter
Firm faces blacklisting over Zimra scandal
The Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) has warned that a company that supplies government with vehicles risks being blacklisted if investigations establish that it was involved in smu...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:48hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs solution to board failures
Due to the prevalence of company failures, there is now a need to establish how directors of listed, public companies and parastatals companies are selected to reduce the high rate of company and boar...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:47hrs | 70 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Matabeleland Zambezi water project remains a mirage
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni was in the news recently calling for action to bring the Zambezi River water to Bulawayo. The city of kings, if I may join those who want us to remember the city's history...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:36hrs | 215 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Ramaphosa asked to push Zanu PF and MDC dialogue - endorsed rigged elections soiled his hands
There is no denying that President Mnangagwa's trade-mark "Zimbabwe is open for business!" clarion call is dead in the water. Instead of putting the Zimbabwe economy back on track, the economic meltdo...Published: 23 Nov 2019 at 18:41hrs | 4263 | by Nomusa Garikai
Presidential Guard Commander suspended over shooting at State House
The Commander of One Presidential Guard Samson Murombo has been suspended over a shooting that happened in State house on Wednesday Professor Jonathan Moyo has said. Moyo who broke the story o...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 13:19hrs | 8315 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa should now engage Prophet Makandiwa to stop this, 'economic rot'
A shortage of foreign currency has put Zimbabwe in a dire economic situation with little means for short-term recovery....Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 07:33hrs | 6450 | by Knowledge Hakata
Zimbabwe no safe haven for Homosexuals
Ten percent of Zimbabwe's population are estimated to be gay or lesbian – they are simply born like this. However, only few dare to disclose their sexual orientation as homosexuality is largely reje...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:04hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube rocks Mnangagwa's boat
Former Cabinet minister Tshinga Dube has thrown the cat among the pigeons in official circles by questioning the authorities' commitment to bringing to book the people who master-minded last year's bo...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 21:01hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
MDC never staged an 'illegal regime change' (coup) in Zimbabwe, but it was ZANU PF itself - so why repress the opposition?
The gruesome events of yesterday (21 November 2019) in the Zimbabwe capital of Harare, whereby scores of innocent people - mainly bystanders - were reportedly brutally beaten up by police officers, ou...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 09:55hrs | 2220 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Expectant mothers overwhelm Mpilo's maternity wing
MPILO Central Hospital's maternity wing is overwhelmed by numbers of expectant mothers seeking its services thereby compromising service delivery. The hospital is attending to an average of 20...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 04:00hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
ZACC must follow due processes in investigating corruption cases
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has said it is concerned about the public perception that corruption suspects are only arrested as a window dressing measure. Speaking in a...Published: 21 Nov 2019 at 03:59hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
We are stuck in a (Zanu PF and MDC) 'man-made crisis' - they cannot be man-made solution too
"For months now, we have been asking our African brothers and sisters to look into the man-made governance crisis in Zimbabwe and help us restore the dignity of citizens," said MDC President, Nelson C...Published: 20 Nov 2019 at 07:47hrs | 758 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Gloomy festive season for Zimbabweans
The National Consumer Rights Association (Nacora) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) have predicted a gloomy festive season for ordinary citizens. They have also blamed the government fo...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:38hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Don't blame Mnangagwa for Mugabe's failures - George Charamba
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has said it is funny that some Zimbabweans want to blame his boss for all the country's economic problems when most of them have root in for...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 18:21hrs | 3758 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans caught in witchcraft practices in the UK
Zimbabweans in the UK have totally refused to abandon their beliefs in Witchcraft lucky charms and in superstitions. They have carried their beliefs in the United Kingdom and created a world of supers...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:32hrs | 9448 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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