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IMF, World Bank urged to back Zimbabwe economic recovery efforts
Former Mozambican President Dr Joaquim Chissano and African Development Bank (AfDB) President Dr Akinwumi Adesina have called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to support Zim...Published: 23 Apr 2025 at 08:29hrs | 137 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to pacify war veterans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to hold a crucial meeting with Zimbabwe's war veterans in the coming weeks, amid increasing dissent within their ranks, with some calling for his resignation. The m...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 14:59hrs | 3438 | by Staff reporter
Chadzamira grabs widow's property
Ezra Chadzamira, the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Masvingo, is embroiled in a legal dispute with a widow whose 8-hectare plot he allegedly seized in Morningside, Masving...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:31hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Sadc leaders send reps to Zimbabwe Summit
Harare is hosting the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit today, with up to 10 heads of state and government sending representatives to the crucial meeting. The summit, ...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 06:57hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa met Botswana's Boko
President Emmerson Mnangagwa used the platform of the regional World Children's Day commemoration in Victoria Falls on Saturday to hold a crucial meeting with newly elected Botswana President Duma Bok...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:51hrs | 4600 | by Staff reporter
Harare, Chitungwiza meet over water crisis
The Harare City Council (HCC) is set to hold a crucial meeting with Chitungwiza Municipality this week to address the ongoing water crisis in the dormitory town, which worsened following the decommiss...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:17hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
BAZ, central bank meet over policy interventions
The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) held a crucial meeting with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Dr. John Mushayavanhu, on Monday to address key policy changes from the Monetary Poli...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean bishop deported from Nigeria
Bishop Eben K. Nhiwatiwa of the United Methodist Church Zimbabwe was arrested and subsequently deported from Nigeria while on a mission to oversee the election of a new church leader. The inc...Published: 27 Aug 2024 at 07:46hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition plans to disrupt upcoming Sadc meeting
DESPERATION can drive one to extremes and often than not, it results in an undesirable outcome, chief among them embarrassment.The opposition elements in this country have become irrelevant an...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 09:46hrs | 198 | by Dr Obert Moses Mpofu
Smith & apartheid regimes were angels compared to 44-Year-Old 'independent' Zimbabwe
Talking in terms of segregation, oppression and savagery towards those considered as foreigners or political undesirables, no present or past government in Southern Africa matches the black Shona supr...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:56hrs | 28 | by Israel Dube
Zanu-PF to crack whip on MPs
Zanu-PF Politburo member Ziyambi Ziyambi has urged disciplinary action against party Members of Parliament (MPs) and officials who habitually skip crucial meetings of the ruling establishment's organs...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's upper middle-income economy is not achievable!
For the past six years, the Zimbabwe government has made enormous noise over its 'upper middle-income economy' vision. The country is supposed to attain this dream by the year 2030.The...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 21:40hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's CCC faction suspends Tshabangu
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) standing committee has suspended interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu pending a disciplinary hearing. The suspension is with immediate effect.In ...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MRP gears up for Umkhombandlela rally
The Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) is set to host its highly anticipated Umkhombandlela Rally on December 21, 2023, at Stanley Hall in Makokoba, Bulawayo. The event comes at a crucial time for the par...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 10:44hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa disappointed by some members of the business community
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is disappointed by some members of the business community whose conduct continues to frustrate Government efforts to stabilise the economy and the current wave of price increases o...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zambezi River Authority further limits Kariba Dam water usage
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), an agency established by Zimbabwe and Zambia to manage the river's basin, has tightened screws against its principals, pushing them to adhere to laid-down consumptio...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ recues HCC on water crisis
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has agreed to rescue the Harare City Council (HCC) by providing it with foreign currency to buy water treatment chemicals to improve potable water supply in the capi...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jolts Zimbabwe ministers into compromise agreement
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was recently forced to compel 13 ministers who sit in the Tripartite Negotiating (TNF) Forum to urgently attend meetings to discuss solutions to worsening economic hardshi...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fresh test for Zimbabwe's re-engagement efforts as the US hosts crucial Africa meeting
DESPITE spending millions of taxpayer dollars on a public relations stunt and expending energy on an international re-engagement exercise, Zimbabwe continues wallowing in isolation amid reports that t...Published: 31 Jul 2022 at 17:50hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
High-level indaba for Gwayi-Shangani
A HIGH-LEVEL inter-ministerial indaba will be held in Hwange this Friday to assess progress and evaluate the impact of the construction of the giant Lake Gwayi-Shangani, which is set for completion ne...Published: 31 May 2022 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fifa bans Zimbabwe
AFTER months of speculation over Fifa's stance on the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC)'s suspension of the Zifa board in November last year, the world governing body, Fifa, yesterday banned Zimb...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora throws knockout punch
OPPOSITION MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) seeking to bar his rival and leader of the MDC Alliance, Nelson Chamisa, from using the acronym MDC....Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC in crunch meeting over party name
THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance will Monday hold a "crucial" meeting to deliberate on a possible new name for the party ahead of the March 26 by-elections and the 2023 plebiscite after their nemes...Published: 09 Jan 2022 at 06:05hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers yet another diplomatic blow
THE United States government has poured cold water on President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured)'s claim that he held a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden last month to discuss ways of removing san...Published: 03 Dec 2021 at 05:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa suffers yet another diplomatic blow
THE United States government has poured cold water on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claim that he held a crucial meeting with President Joe Biden last month to discuss ways of removing sanctions agai...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 19:38hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Gukurahundi packages imminent
GOVERNMENT will provide social security benefits, among a host of other forms of assistance, to victims of Gukurahundi as part of President Mnangagwa's pledge to find a lasting solution to address pro...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe firms fret over Mozambique crisis
ZIMBABWE'S industries have warned that a deadly insurgency roiling neighbouring Mozambique has emerged as the greatest threat to power and fuel imports that could further hurt Harare's fragile economy...Published: 23 Jul 2021 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tours cultural sites in Bulawayo
President Mnangagwa is touring the Heritage Corridor in Bulawayo, Inxwala Grounds; Hanging Tree; Joshua Nkomo Statue; St Mary's Basilica; Joshua Nkomo Museum; and National History Museum.After...Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 18:06hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Gukurahundi exhumations inch closer
GOVERNMENT will soon convene a meeting with traditional leaders from Matabeleland and Midlands provinces to finalise plans to begin the exhumation and reburial of victims of the post-independence dist...Published: 16 May 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Good Advisors must be around the 'PRESIDENT'
The office of the President and Cabinet, is a highly regarded, commended, and respected office, it deserves honour, dignity and respect. Those who are responsible for preparing meetings around the " P...Published: 11 May 2021 at 22:42hrs | 4 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Construction at Nust to resume this year
THE National University of Science and Technology (Nust) in Bulawayo will this year commence construction work after Government reached an agreement with previous contractors to terminate their contra...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
TNF talks collapse over US dollar wages
Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) engagements have been thrown into disarray following labour's decision to pull out of a crucial meeting recently, as the standoff over minimum wages intensified....Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
General strike is the only way out, says ZCTU
WORKERS under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) banner have declared that a crippling general strike was the only way out of the current salary crisis as government was not keen on addressi...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Private sector-led growth
Two years ago, the new Minister of Finance in Zimbabwe, Mthuli Ncube brought together a small group of local business persons in an informal advisory group.I was privileged to be included. our...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Zimdollar to remain stable
TWO years ago, the new Minister of Finance in Zimbabwe brought together a small group of local business persons in an informal advisory group. I was privileged to be included.Our meetings were...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Talks between Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable
DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe leaves MDC-T vote in a huff
CHAOTIC scenes rocked the combustible MDC-T extraordinary congress which was held at the Harare International Conference Centre yesterday, with backers of the interim party president Thokozani Khupe (...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Spooks investigate US$45m CAPS deal
ZIMBABWE's state security service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), is investigating a volatile commercial dispute that has erupted between the government and interim trustees of Caps Phar...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP in trouble for 'disrespecting Mnangagwa'
MAZOWE Central MP Sydney Chidamba faces disciplinary action for disrespecting President Emmerson Mnangagwa by walking out of a meeting that was preparing the Zanu-PF leader's visit to the legislator's...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF MP disciplined for undermining ED
Mazowe Central Legislator Sydney Chidamba has been placed under disciplinary action for undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa who was scheduled to visit his constituency for National Tree pla...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 12:03hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Government, employees in crunch indaba
THE government will today hold a crunch meeting with its restless workers, in a bid to resolve a long-standing salary dispute.This comes as teachers — who make up the bulk of the public sect...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa appear ready to ditch suicidal factional battles
AFTER years of engaging in futile internal wars, MDC leaders now appear ready to ditch their suicidal factional battles and work together in the interest of the party. Yesterday, the party's i...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beware a woman sc Beware a woman scorned - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
When is a crisis not a crisis? When it's a challenge. Despite the manifest economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe the ANC agreed to refer to it only as a challenge when it held a crucial meeting wi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 23:27hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
President Mnangagwa, you need to attend to Political acumenship, legacy & perceptions !!!
In 2013, the former Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, upon his arrival at Harare International Airport, speaking to journalists, shortly after his arrival , he said in Shona , " Nhai weduwe imi, tonz...Published: 27 Aug 2020 at 16:06hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
New rules to deal with drunk councillors
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister July Moyo has called on local authorities to formulate standing rules to rein in councillors who attend meetings while drunk. Minis...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, SA to implement programmes under Trans-Limpopo initiative
Matabeleland region is poised for economic growth following a crucial meeting in Polokwane, South Africa to operationalise programmes under the auspices of the Trans-Limpopo Spatial Development Initia...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:38hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's meeting disaster in Japan
The Local Solutions Council would like to register its outrage at the prima facie evidence of inadequate preparation by President Mnangagwa and his delegation at the 7th TICAD meeting being held from ...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 23:53hrs | 9 | by Darlington Nyambiya
Chamisa's MDC gives Mnangagwa two- week ultimatum
THE MDC leadership has given President Emmerson Mnangagwa a 14-day ultimatum to engage opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in talks to end the economic meltdown or face protests and civil disobedience fr...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC, ZPC impasse escalates
THE Bulawayo City Council has vowed not to grant a development licence to Zimbabwe Power Company for the refurbishment of the Bulawayo Power Station as the impasse between the two continues to escalat...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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