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Zimbabwe hyperinflation: ZASH the natural alternative
Covid-19 pandemic has been the worst crisis in this century. Many governments in the world are struggling to fight the pandemic which has drastically affected world economies. Global governments respo...Published: 21 hrs ago | 806 | by Sammy ChiyazMan
Mthuli Ncube in catch-22 situation
THE provision of subsidies to small-scale gold miners in defiance of advice from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has left the government in a quandary amid a rapidly deteriorating economy....Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:30hrs | 1784 | by Staff reporter
Clueless gaze in the face of free-falling Zimdollar
THE spectacular collapse of the Zimbabwean dollar in the past week has yet again exposed the government's bankrupt currency policies worsening the country's deepening economic crisis.The Zimdo...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 411 | by Staff reporter
Catastrophe looms in Zimbabwe, says SA's BusinessDay
As Zimbabwe enters the next phase of its coronavirus-induced lockdown - a partial but indefinite hold on economic activity - fears for the country’s economic future are rising.The economy wa...Published: 28 May 2020 at 20:45hrs | 3575 | by Chris Muronzi I BusinessDay
Robert Mugabe divides opinion on Africa Day
THE South African Presidency yesterday used the Africa Day commemorations to remember the late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's much-quoted "Africa is for Africans" statement, but immediate...Published: 26 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 2164 | by Staff reporter
Makomo, Zambezi Gas resolve concession dispute
ZAMBEZI Gas and Makomo Resources have resolved a long-standing concession dispute the two Matabeleland North-based coal mining companies were embroiled in. In 2018, Zambezi Gas implored the Go...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:11hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar crashes
LONG suffering Zimbabweans will have to dig deeper into their pockets to survive, after prices of basic goods went up sharply again at the weekend - on the back of the collapsing Zim dollar.At...Published: 24 May 2020 at 16:50hrs | 10698 | by Staff reporter
Arrested journalists to spend four nights in remand prison
Two journalists arrested for trying to interview three hospitalised MDC Alliance activists will spend at least four nights in remand prison after they were denied bail yesterday.Frank Chikowor...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:55hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
Major diplomatic row brewing between Harare and Islamabad
A largely unknown, but wealthy businessman, Mian Sohail Qaiser, is threatening to ignite a diplomatic row between Zimbabwe and Pakistan. The Pakistan embassy in Harare is unhappy with the protection Q...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 1203 | by Staff reporter
Celebrating an auspicious Day
TOMORROW is Africa Day, a truly and deeply auspicious day on the continent's calendar.On this day, various leaders of African nations that had wrestled freedom and independence gathered in Add...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:11hrs | 163 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
'Zimdollar under siege again'
The Zimbabwe dollar is once again reeling under unrelenting pressure from speculative activities by crafty individuals seeking personal gain, it has been learnt.The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (R...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mangudya blames demons for economic collapse
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Panonetsa Mangudya told Parliament on Wednesday that he does not know the causes behind the dying Zimbabwe economy.Mangudya told parliamentarians that th...Published: 21 May 2020 at 00:09hrs | 6063 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Diabetic 73-year-old widow relieved as Bigtime gives aid to 1,100 Zimbabweans
For 73-year-old widow Ellen Ndlovu, who lives in the mining town of Gwanda, south of Zimbabwe, lockdown has been nightmarish. The diabetic granny, responsible for the upkeep of her late son's seven-ye...Published: 20 May 2020 at 08:28hrs | 1032 | by Busisani Ncube
Banks to swap RTGS for new notes: RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says banks will have to swap RTGS balances for new higher denomination notes, as part of the bank's strategy to keep a firm grip on money supply growth. The ...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:50hrs | 933 | by Staff reporter
Food poisoning kills 3 family members
THREE family members have died in a suspected case of food poisoning in Gwanda. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Chief Inspector Philisani Ndebele said Jotham Sibanda (64) fr...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19: Masiyiwa tips govts
BUSINESSMAN Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the "ITTIT" formula for fighting the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic as governments across the continent gradually ease national l...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1561 | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa urges collaboration among private sector, NGOs and faith-based organizations in combating COVID-19 in Africa
Businessman Strive Masiyiwa has urged Africans to adopt what he calls the 'ITTIT' formula to fighting the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus epidemic as governments across the continent gradually ease...Published: 16 May 2020 at 15:05hrs | 861 | by Agencies
The Zanu PF affair is a curse to Zimbabwe
Immediately after the 2018 harmonised elections, Zapu in consultation with a number of Civic Organisations issued a statement calling for an all-inclusive dialogue that would culminate in the creation...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:21hrs | 686 | by Mark Mbayiwa Zapu Treasurer General
Mnangagwa must extend lockdown, there are more than 42 covid-19 cases, but no one must starve
As of today, Friday 15 May 2020, Zimbabwe has 42 confirmed covid-19 cases, 13 have recovered, 4 deaths and 25 active cases, none of whom are in hospital.The country imposed a 3-week total nati...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:00hrs | 1329 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC must show strength and defy headwinds
THE ongoing battle for the heart and soul of the MDC is unfortunate, coming at a time Zimbabwe needs a strong, united and focussed opposition to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa's incompetent admin...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 591 | by Owen Gagare
UK has become Zimbabwe's tribal tower
The MDC sings from Zanu PF's hymn books without shame when it comes to tribalism. How do you replicate a party you are opposing in all aspects of its operations? MDC is comfortable with tribal allocat...Published: 13 May 2020 at 19:22hrs | 3101 | by Nomazulu Thata
'It's time for real dialogue,' says Mnangagwa's advisor
A MEMBER of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisory council, Shingi Munyeza says Zimbabwe needs a new political leadership and broad-based dialogue to tackle political and economic crises that have le...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:47hrs | 5633 | by Staff reporter
In Era of COVID-19, Russia's Strategic Politics of Coronavirus Aid Takes the Stage in Africa
With coronavirus rapidly spreading among the population of 148 million, Russia took the third position in the world. According to the official data provided on May 11, Russia had an aggregate total of...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:02hrs | 475 | by Kester Kenn Klomegah
It's now clear why Tsvangirai couldn't ascend to power
RECENT events within the main opposition are living proof that the late founder of the MDC in 1999, Morgan Tsvangirai, was all but surrounded by insincere, dishonest and mean-spirited people.T...Published: 12 May 2020 at 08:02hrs | 6870 | by Learnmore Zuze
Boy collapses and dies after being intimidated by soldiers
In a bizarre incident a boy in Mudzi North, Mashonaland East collapsed and died after soldiers allegedly intimidated him during lockdown.THis is revealed in the latest Zimbabwe Peace Project r...Published: 11 May 2020 at 14:47hrs | 916 | by Stephen Jakes
No bailout for Zimbabwe: Mthuli Ncube
It sounds irrational and unpatriotic to have such wishes: never give Corona stimulus to Zimbabwean government for whatever reason. Mthuli Ncube admitted for the first time that Zimbabwe is heading for...Published: 10 May 2020 at 18:42hrs | 3628 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: 'Satanic Mnangagwa's regime about to collapse' says Shingi Munyeza
The member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Advisory Council Shingi Munyeza says God is about to bring an end to the suffering of the people of Zimbabwe by collapsing the powers behind th...Published: 10 May 2020 at 14:13hrs | 10778 | by Mandla Ndlovu
A new voice in the face of the old guard
Before the 2017 coup and for decades, this country had been referred to as "robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe". Now with the late former president gone and his former lieutenants in charge, we need new names a...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 599 | by Maxwell Zeb Shumba
Mthuli Ncube thoroughly disgraced himself!
No man intentionally disgraces himself. But brother Mthuli Ncube should have known the possible risk, and the possibility of being thoroughly disgraced if such confidential communication was broadcast...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 4505 | by Ken Mufuka
'$18 billion stimulus to stoke inflation'
The government's $18 billion stimulus package to breathe life into the local economy battered by the effects of the coronavirus outbreak will worsen inflation because of lack of external funding, a fi...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
US tightens screws on World Bank's US$7m Zimbabwe COVID-19 grant
THE United States government has said the US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe by the World Bank (WB) will come with stringent accountability measures to ensure that it is not abused by President E...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:39hrs | 4395 | by Staff reporter
Boy dies following threats by Mnangagwa's aides
AN eight-year-old boy from Mudzi district, Mashonaland East province, collapsed and died after being intimidated by First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's security aides, a human rights lobby group Zimbabwe ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:38hrs | 6789 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa a stone in Zanu-PF's shoes
I am not a fundi or guru in constitutional law but I feel like unpacking some of the ruling done by our Supreme Court which has a little bearing on people's lives.Putting my political&nb...Published: 06 May 2020 at 12:07hrs | 6565 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe standing on its last leg, says Think Tank
NKC African Economics says that Zimbabwe's economy is on the verge of collapse and there is need for other countries to help resurrect it. NKC says that the coronavirus had worsened the situat...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 4341 | by Staff reporter
Price controls, a clear path to market shortages
The Zimbabwean government passed a price moratorium (prize freeze) on the 22nd of April 2020. The moratorium compels retailers and producers to revert back to the prices that prevailed on the 25th of ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 886 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe pleads for aid to avert 'collapse' and fight Covid-19
Zimbabwe has pleaded with international institutions to help it clear billions of dollars in debt arrears so the country can avoid economic collapse and unlock funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic....Published: 04 May 2020 at 11:05hrs | 1639 | by James Cotterill I Financial Times
'We are standing on the edge of the precipice' warned Mandaza - true, Zanu PF centric NTA will take us over the edge
"Today Zimbabwe stands on the edge of the precipice, and it is no time for prevaricating, but one for action. The political crisis must be addressed with urgency, and we can see no other way than the ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:45hrs | 3145 | by Wilbert Mukori
Could There Be Any Hope for Education in Zimbabwe After Covid-19
The corona virus also known as covid-19 caused immediate stoppages of all activities of life as a whole hence formal education especially of children in schools and young people in tertiary institutio...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1167 | by Lovejean Ndlovu, Zapu Deputy Secretary For Education- NEC
Chamisa says Mnangagwa's $18 billion stimulus package is just hot air
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has accused the Zanu-PF government of deceiving local industries by dangling an $18 billion bailout package at a time State coffers were dry.Chamisa yesterday ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:25hrs | 6351 | by Staff reporter
There is no other way than a National Transitional Authority in Zimbabwe
SINCE 2016 the Platform for Concerned Citizens (PCC) has argued consistently for a process leading to the establishment of a National Transitional Authority (NTA). We have done this for no ulterior mo...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 5339 | by Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler
'A chance for Zimbabwe to reindustrialise'
THE outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which has so far killed over 230 000 people and crippled economies around the world, is a huge opportunity for Zimbabwe to reindustrialise, economic analysts hav...Published: 03 May 2020 at 09:59hrs | 1662 | by Mthandazo Nyoni
Mnangagwa rattled by Mthuli Ncube's letter?
IN A surprising development which will rattle President Emmerson Mnangagwa, his government and the ruling Zanu-PF, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has openly admitted that his policies have failed and t...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:44hrs | 19417 | by Staff reporter
The delicate balancing act in Zimbabwe's lockdown: Safety vs Survival
The Zimbabwe's second phase of the national lockdown comes to an end on Sunday, the 3rd of May 2020. Notably, statistics reveal that the scourge of the coronavirus disease still presents a...Published: 02 May 2020 at 16:29hrs | 366 | by Lovemore Moyo
Mnangagwa begs for support as Zimbabwe collapses
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has approached international financiers begging for a lifeline to avoid a possible economic collapse and political upheaval, a respected security publication ...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:26hrs | 7172 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube grovels before IMF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's troubled administration has admitted the country's economy was taking a nose-dive and has begged for US$200 rescue package from international financial institutions to a...Published: 01 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe close to collapsing...Mnangagwa apologises to world institutions
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to apologise to the International Monetary Fund and the World for the policies that have led Zimbabwe's e...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 16:12hrs | 14765 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Africa, the sleeping giant must wake up
I am a firm believer in the concept of the African Renaissance, i.e. African people and nations shall overcome the current challenges confronting the continent and achieve cultural, scientific, and ec...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 14:09hrs | 806 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
MDC Alliance led Harare seeks $180m Mnangagwa govt bailout
HARARE City Council has approached Finance minister Mthuli Ncube seeking a $180 million rescue package or the local authority will collapse under the strain of coronavirus-induced lockdown. Ma...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:31hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Five-year-old burns 8-roomed house
FOUR people narrowly escaped death in Hwange when a five-year-old boy allegedly set fire to his elder sister's clothes in a wardrobe before the fire spread through the eight-roomed house and burnt all...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 584 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt goes after defiant retailers
Government is dispatching monitors across the country this week to engage retailers who are resisting a recent agreement to reduce prices to March 25 levels, according to Information Minister Monica M...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 09:52hrs | 1530 | by Staff reporter
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