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US dollar suffocates the ZiG
A liquidity crunch in Zimbabwe is deepening the economy's embrace of the US dollar and undermining the bullion-backed currency introduced by the government almost a year ago.The ZiG, short for...Published: 06 Apr 2025 at 11:38hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
MPs unite is ruckus call for better wages for teachers - yet none of MPs want free elections, that's a bridge too far
"Zanu-PF and MDC MPs showed rare unity on Tuesday as they combined to demand better salaries for public sector workers who have declared "incapacitation", reported Zimlive."Civil servants are ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 18:46hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zimbabwe's private sector is not doing its part'
Professor Mthuli Ncube presented the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review on Thursday last week and many naturally sought to understand what his new measures mean. Understandably, many are concerned about th...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube just the same as Chidzero
Zimbabwe Communist Party secretary genral Ngqabutho Mabhena has said Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance Prof Mthuli Ncube, is no different from the late Minister of Finance Dr Bernard ChidzeroHe s...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:09hrs | 4 | by STep[hen Jakes
3,188 youth officers reinstated after Mugabe directive
3188 youth officers have been reinstated to the civil service payroll following President Robert Mugabe's directive to reverse the retrenchment, a cabinet minister has said.The Minister of You...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 19:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reportetr
Panicking opposition asking SADC 'to manage' Zim elections - to what end and purpose
As the 2018 elections approach a few opposition leaders are finally waking up to the reality that with not even democratic reform implemented, Zanu PF will once again blatantly rig the elections as ha...Published: 10 Oct 2016 at 18:20hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ncube advises frustrated Chinamasa to commit 'hara-kiri' - show by your example
Last week Zimbabwe's Minister of finance Patrick Chinamasa confirmed that Zimbabwe's economic meltdown is getting completely out of hand. The regime is now spending 97% of the collected revenue on civ...Published: 17 Sep 2016 at 23:21hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Street protests are an important first step but first of many even tougher to follow
Zimbabweans must not allowed themselves to be misled by those who see the street protests as all the nation needed to do to end Mugabe's reign of terror and have, in its place, economic prosperity and...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mujuru calls for fresh elections, that is knee jerk reaction - first implement reforms
"Former vice president and opposition leader Joice Mujuru has called for fresh elections amid public anger and protests over the country's deteriorating economic situation," report VOA"Mrs. Mu...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
By renewing funding to Zanu PF Paris Club and IMF are helping no-regime-change agenda
We in the Zimbabwe Social Democrats call on the Paris Club, IMF, WB and all the other Financial Institutions and governments all over the world, particularly the Chinese, to stop extending financial a...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zim Ministers in a magical economic double act to half civil servants wage bill - drum roll
We have a government that has promised to reduce by half the civil servant wage bill, goggling up an unsustainable 83% of collected revenue, on the one hand. On the other hand the same regime maintain...Published: 04 May 2016 at 09:51hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zim Ministers in a magical economic double act to half civil servants wage bill - drum roll
We have a government that has promised to reduce by half the civil servant wage bill, goggling up an unsustainable 83% of collected revenue, on the one hand. On the other hand the same regime maintain...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:30hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe eat humble pie and promise to pay IMF debt - he is not out of the woods yet
When Mugabe broke Zimbabwe's relationship with the IMF and WB in 1999, it was a very bitter and acrimonious breakup. Zimbabwe was coming to the tail end of the second and last Economic Structural Adju...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 23:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Kahiya tells minister Mushowe a few home truths: government is arresting journalist 'to silence them'
The pressure of the worsening economic meltdown is a reality and Mugabe and his Zanu PF regime are now finding it increasing difficult pretend they are not feeling the pressure. They are feeling it no...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 21:25hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Murewa if Tsvangirai 'lacks vision' as you say then why 'crisis of expectation' at his demise!
A close look at this nation and even a total stranger will immediately see why we are drowning in a pond of water three feet deep. Even when someone gets the facts right trust him or her to make the w...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 18:37hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Musewe says no to GPA reforms because are 'suicidal' for Mugabe - how typical!
Vince Musewe, you used to write wonderful pieces guided by one thing and one thing only the truth but ever since you took unto yourself the task of midwife to this Tsvangirai - Mujuru coalition you ha...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Grace Mugabe's succession game plan unravels
After eight rallies across the country's provinces in a whirlwind campaign almost similar to her blitz against ousted Vice-President Joice Mujuru, First Lady Grace Mugabe might not have been prepared ...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 09:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
To defeat Mugabe we must implement the reforms and be fooled by Mutasa, a dumped passenger!
From the everyday Mugabe signed the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in 2008 committing him and Zanu PF to accepting democratic reform the next national elections were as good as won for Tsvangirai an...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 06:24hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Minister Zhuwao to pay 61 trusts '$1.5M / year' from killing investor goose that lays the golden egg!
Youth and Empowerment Minister, Patrick Zhuwao, says he will go ahead and impose a new 10% indigenisation levy on gross income which only foreign companies who have not sold the 51% shares to locals w...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 23:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe's allies fear ousting him could see them sidelined
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's oldest allies favour letting the 91-year-old remain in office indefinitely rather than trying to oust him even as Zimbabwe's economy collapses, members of the decision-making...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 12:06hrs | 1 | by Mail and Guardian Africa
Chinamasa reneges on promise to cut civil servant wage bill - regime has lost the will to end crisis!
"We're not going to be chasing away or sacking anyone. I don't know where that is coming from, but if you are a ghost worker, then you are not there. You should not be receiving a salary because you a...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
In April Mugabe rebuked Chinamasa for bonus or 8% wage cut now he accepts a 50% - 'penga udzoke!'
In his Mid-Term Fiscal Review in Parliament Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa, told the house the regime is planning to cut the public sector wage bill to 40 percent of total revenue from the curren...Published: 31 Jul 2015 at 15:17hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zhuwao says Mugabe will contest 2018 elections - economic meltdown will force regime change before 2018!
President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, has told the Sunday Mail that Mugabe plans to stand as Zanu PF presidential candidate in 2018 and only step down at the end of his second presidentia...Published: 31 May 2015 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Economic meltdown has hit war vets Mutsvangwa says it is 'deliberate maladmin plot'!
GOVERNMENT has in the past two school terms failed to remit school fees for children of the country's former liberation war fighters, The Standard reported. Some of the former guerrilla fighters ...Published: 10 May 2015 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC-T decision to recall MDC Renewal MPs and then boycott by-election was a monumental blunder!
Having triggered the recall of the 21 MDC – Renewal MPs and Senators, MDC-T have confirmed they will not try to win back the 14 seats to be contested in the by-elections but reallocate the 7 se...Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Worried gvt officials are seeking solutions to economic meltdown but avoid Mugabe - the elephant in the room!
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown is now so serious that all efforts by the Zanu PF government to ignore the problem are now futile as hardly a day goes by these days without a big story on the subject. S...Published: 04 Mar 2015 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'My life is an open book,' Mnangagwa says - who wants to know; that the people want for you to step aside NOW!
Mnangagwa told VOA Zimbabweans have nothing to fear. "Those who fear me are not honest people," said Mnangagwa - a man of few words. "They are afraid of relating to an honest person and those wh...Published: 13 Dec 2014 at 07:06hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe calls for futile faction inquiry to appease Mujuru whilst he await to deliver coup de grace!
Reports of the Zanu PF politburo meeting last week shows that some of the docile members have for the first voiced their displeasure at the way VP Joice Mujuru was been ill-treated. Sadly, it seems i...Published: 03 Nov 2014 at 08:29hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chinamasa admit to economic meltdown but not to the only solution of Zanu PF resigning
It was a matter of time before this Zanu PF regime finally acknowledged that the economic meltdown affecting Zimbabwe is real, is getting worse and, most significantly, that the regime does not know ...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 04:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe bluffing, trip to China wont stop economic meltdown!
The West imposed sanctions on Mugabe in 2002 and he countered by announcing his "Look East" policy. But as the Zimbabwe economy continued to go down the tube Mugabe reverted to the mantra of blaming t...Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 11:58hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Doubling Toll gate fees is a vicious circle that will hurt the poor without changing anything
Since the rigged 2013 elections the national economy has taken a nose dive leaving the regime struggling to pay civil servant wages much less anything else. The regime has resorted to all kinds o...Published: 05 Jul 2014 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori, Secretary General Zimbabwe Social Democrats
Simba Makoni tells silent Mugabe to say something
Mavambo leader Simba Makoni has called on President Robert Mugabe to "come out of his closet" and provide direction on the crisis gripping the country. In his overview of the state of the...Published: 06 Feb 2014 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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