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Greed, graft major undoings for Zimbabwe
Over the years, the Zanu-PF leadership has taken the country and its citizens down a bottomless pit where recovery is proving very difficult.Since independence from the British in 1980, when t...Published: 10 mins ago | 6 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda Peace Committee on Vova Mine mediation exercise
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) in partnership with the Churches Convergence on Peace (CCOP) and Zimbabwe Christian Council (ZCA) has met various stakeholders in Gwanda, Matabe...Published: 4 hrs ago | 192 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo councillors declare assets
BULAWAYO councillors have given in to residents' pressure to declare their assets with two of them handing over their list of assets to the leadership of the Bulawayo Progressive Residents' Associatio...Published: 4 hrs ago | 119 | by Staff reporter
The bad habits Mnangagwa won't stop
One of the reasons Zimbabweans were eager to see long-time ruler Robert Mugabe's back was because his regime stifled freedom of expression and those that dared criticise him publicly paid dearly. ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 822 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo defends Zanu-PF spending spree
A year after Zanu-PF's succession war was settled with the help of the military, the ruling party says it is happy with the direction in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa is steering the country....Published: 4 hrs ago | 164 | by Staff reporter
Currency options for crisis-ridden Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe needs to introduce a hybrid foreign currency management system or create a long maturity US$ Brady type bond to preserve savings amid the currency chaos, renowned economist Ashok Chakravarti ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 221 | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya raided by Zimra as part of its lifestyle audits
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority last week raided Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries leader Prophet Walter Magaya as part of its lifestyle audits.Zimra has been seeking clarity on how ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 208 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions, Zimbabwe has change enough 'to scold ED' - but not to stop him rigging elections
Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble and there many reasons why this is so. One of these many reasons; the country is cursed with an unusually large army of corrupt and incompetent vi...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1027 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mutsvangwa a distracting sideshow
THAT former War Veterans' minister and President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa is a motor mouth, who is self-serving like many in the ruling Zanu-PF party is not in doubt...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:52hrs | 835 | by Editorial - newsday
Opinion: Perspective . . .
SEEING things in perspective has never been more important in Zimbabwe. If we fail to do so, our view of the current problems we are encountering will be distorted and we may all make decisions we lat...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:49hrs | 109 | by Eddie Cross
Churches demand national budget reforms
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has demanded far-reaching financial reforms in the national budget to be presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube next week.Some of the changes the chu...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice on laxity in corruption cases
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba yesterday breathed fire over some magistrates' lackadaisical approach to high profile corruption cases, which has resulted in the collapse of cases and unjustified release of...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:36hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba fights in Ginimbi's corner
In a move that has been viewed as a desperate attempt to sing for his next supper, embattled whistleblower William Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) has called for the immediate release of millionaire Ge...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 21:37hrs | 4094 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's anti-graft fight unconvincing
FOR splurging £16 million (US$21 million) on pricey jewellery and vintage wines over a decade, a British woman became the first target of a law seeking to dissuade criminals from enjoying their ill-g...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:46hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe informal sector rises to 95%
The number of Zimbabweans earning a living from the informal sector rose to 95 percent in 2014 from 84 percent in 2011, a new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has revealed....Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:27hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sets privatisation timelines
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has set timelines for the disposal and partial privatisation of a number of state-owned enterprises, as part of a raft of measures to revitalise Zimbabwe's fragile econom...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:02hrs | 4238 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe - ZimAirways merger talks collapse
MERGER talks between flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and the dodgy Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) to create a merged state-run airline have collapsed after a nominee shareholder demanded to be paid ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 07:01hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
Only 2 Bulawayo councillors declare assets
ONLY two out of 29 Bulawayo councillors have heeded the call by residents to declare their assets.The call to declare the assets was made by the Bulawayo Progressive Residents' Association (BP...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 795 | by Staff reporter
JSC mentors magistrates on handling corruption matters
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is training magistrates on dealing with cases to do with corruption which is now viewed as one of the biggest threats to the resuscitation of the fledgging econom...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
Police swoop on Chivayo, Ginimbi at court
Controversial businessmen Wicknell Chivayo and Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure were yesterday picked up separately at the Harare Magistrates' Court by the police for questioning.Police spokesperson...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:49hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns over democracy abuse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said after 37 years under former President Robert Mugabe's stifling dictatorship, his government has brought democracy which he claimed was now being abused by "...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs demand police visibility
CHIEFS in Matabeleland South Province have said police must be visible in mining areas following a spate of violent crimes in Gwanda and Esigodini mining areas that have resulted in the loss of life a...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa decries abuse of democratic space
President Mnangagwa yesterday spoke out against people abusing the democratic space ushered in by the Second Republic saying such behaviour had no place in the new dispensation. Addressing a P...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga's war vets from Mashonaland East join Mutsvangwa ouster calls
War Veterans in Mashonaland East Province have joined their Mashonaland West counterparts' quest to recall Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangw...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:28hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
'Forgive Chamisa he is undergoing emotional trauma' says MDC youth leader
The Secretary General of MDC Youth Assembly Discent Bajila has claimed that Nelson Chamisa is undergoing emotional trauma after his alleged abduction attempt by the dreaded Central Intelligence Organi...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 16:48hrs | 8203 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa takes a swipe at 'Chamisa'?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has censured retrogressive, unpatriotic, selfish individuals who are bent on abusing democracy and not adhering to the dictates of the constitution.President Mnang...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 15511 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans demand more after Mugabe coup
As the country marks exactly a year since the military rose up against former president Robert Mugabe by way of a popular coup, long-suffering Zimbabweans say they want President Emmerson Mnangagwa an...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1595 | by Staff reporter
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 684 | by Brian Maregedze
Mutsvangwa's ouster:A plot to destroy Mnangagwa
Public relations specialist Never Maswerasei has alleged that the move by the War Veterans Association to oust Ambassador Christophe Mutsvangwa is a plot by bthe anti Mnangagwa faction of ZANU PF to w...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 10:42hrs | 8547 | by Mandla Ndlovu
African govts fight 'conflict diamonds' resolution
AFRICAN governments led by South Africa are fighting tooth and nail to stop the passing of a resolution by the Kimberly Process to expand the definition of "conflict diamonds", it has been learnt....Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 06:01hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Undenge's trial deferred
The trial of former Energy minister Samuel Undenge, who is facing allegations of corruption, was yesterday moved to November 19 due to non-availability of the State's last witness.While seekin...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fingered in $1million Potraz fraud
Exiled former G40 Kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has alleged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa instructed disgraced former Minister of ICT Supa Mandiwanzira to transfer $1million to Zimbabwe Football...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 10:45hrs | 5820 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'I have Thatcher's iron lady resolve,' says ED - rigged election for iron grip on power, must prise free
"WHEN Margaret Thatcher was elected UK prime minister in 1979, she recognised that piecemeal change would not be sufficient to tackle the problems of labour unrest, rampant inflation and economic stag...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 09:05hrs | 1366 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
A 'Operation restore citizen-power' only path to Zimbabwe's prosperity
As Zimbabwe commemorates last year's military intervention that led to the removal of long-time president Robert Gabriel Mugabe, and replaced by his then recently expelled deputy Emmerson Dambudzo Mna...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 08:56hrs | 985 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
War Vets recall Chris Mutsvangwa?
Reports reaching us are that Mashonaland Province chapter of the War Veterans association have met and official passed a Vote of no confidence on embattled War Vets Chairperson Ambassador Cristoph...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 08:14hrs | 7147 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa finally breaks free of Mugabe shodow
After 56 years of working under Mugabe, ED finally breaks free from the ambits of his master and successfully established himself in one year. November has become a month which will be r...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 07:00hrs | 12083 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Masvingo slams door on Chiwenga, backs Mnangagwa 2023
Zanu-PF Masvingo Province has passed a resolution endorsing President Mnangagwa as the party's Presidential candidate in the next elections in 2023 to afford him ample time to fulfil his vision of mak...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 4849 | by Staff reporter
Winston Chitando implicated in Hwange looting
A FORENSIC auditor engaged by Hwange Colliery to investigate financial impropriety has fingered Mines and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando, who he said was likely in cahoots with shady cha...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:59hrs | 1184 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says accept 'painful' economic reforms
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will undergo a "painful" reform process to achieve transformation and modernisation of the economy. Government has already begun implementing some austerity m...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:45hrs | 677 | by Staff reporter
Hwange: a sore thumb on a decomposing body
THE depth of corruption is astonishing that even those that have ranked Zimbabwe highly, regionally and internationally, should be ashamed of themselves for doing a disservice to the people of this gr...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:41hrs | 159 | by Editorial - newsday
We have no choice, but to embark on painful reforms
When Margaret Thatcher was elected UK prime minister in 1979, she recognised that piecemeal change would not be sufficient to tackle the problems of labour unrest, rampant inflation and economic stagn...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 410 | by E.D. Mnangagwa President
Zinara bosses off the hook
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA)'s bid to revive corruption charges against five Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) bosses yesterday hit a snag after the Supreme Court threw out t...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:37hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter
No going back on austerity measures, says Mnangagwa
President Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe will undergo a "painful" reform process to achieve transformation and modernisation of the economy. Government is already implementing austerity measures and ...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Anti-laundering, illicit dealings law takes effect
A clampdown on ill-gotten and unexplained wealth obtained by individuals involved in money laundering, crime and other illicit dealings has come into effect following the amendment of Statutory Instru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 19:04hrs | 2516 | by Staff reporter
'Arrest Mangudya now for $1billion loot' whistleblower demands
Whistleblower Prisca Mutema has heightened her call for President Emerson Mnangagwa , Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and General Constantino Chiwenga to probe Reserve Bank Governor John Panonetsa Mangu...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 12:00hrs | 7762 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa cornered
Veterans of the country's liberation struggle last Saturday met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and demanded that he fires Zanu-PF's secretary for administration Obert Mpofu who they allege faces a ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 10:56hrs | 5554 | by Staff reporter
War vets corner Mnangagwa over Obert Mpofu
Veterans of the country's liberation struggle last Saturday met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and demanded that he fires Zanu-PF's secretary administration Obert Mpofu who they allege faces a lita...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:26hrs | 5306 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's corruption laws must not just be paper tigers
WHILE we applaud President Emmerson Mnangagwa for gazetting regulations meant to deal with the scourge of corruption in the financial services sector, it is more important to ensure implementation of ...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:08hrs | 197 | by Editorial - newsday
Harare owes Ken Sharpe over $23 million
BUSINESS magnate Ken Sharpe and his Augur Investment yesterday claimed that they were owed over $23 million by the Harare City Council.This followed reports that the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption C...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Acie Lumumba turns ZACC informer?
Embattled Whistleblower William Mutumanje (Acie Lumumba) is reportedly working with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) investigators in closing the net on suspected criminals a...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 2043 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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