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Rampant deforestation blamed for climate change
The Africa Carbon Forum (formerly the Africa Voluntary Carbon Credits Market Forum, or AVCCMF) has blamed the rampant cutting down of trees and irresponsi...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 07:09hrs | 98 | by Stephen Jakes
UNDP to assist Bulawayo
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has pledged support to the Bulawayo City Council and its residents to tackle various challenges, particularly the severe water crisis gripping the city....Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economy urgently needs tax reforms
For the fourth consecutive year, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has been exceeding budgeted quarterly and annual revenue targets (in ZW Dollar and in US Dollar terms). Even though the economy ...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 12:40hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Policy incentives to reindustrialization lacking
Zimbabwe aspires to create an upper middle income economy with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$65 billion by 2030. This vision is premised on the reindustrialization strategy where competitivenes...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 10:35hrs | 9 | by Victor Bhoroma
Policy implementation key in reindustrializing economy
The re-industrialization of the economy is a vital piece in the achievement of Zimbabwe's sustainable economic development goals and effective participation in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:15hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Supply side intervention key for Zimbabwean Industries
The local industry has been operating below par in the last 20 years. Various policies by the government have failed to reindustrialize the economy with the sector's contribution to GDP falling below ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 10:22hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Bleak Workers Day Celebrations
Tomorrow, the working people of Zimbabwe will again converge to celebrate workers day or rather to interrogate the plight of the working people of Zimbabwe.38 years after independence the peop...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 23:29hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson, MDC Alliance Information Committee
Five years of nothing, a manifesto of hot air promises
The Zimbabwean people have been dragged into a bottomless, many rue the 2013 election, the election has turned out to be a late July fool's day dummy. Many false promises were made by ZAN...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
How Zanu PF underdeveloped Zimbabwe 1980-2018 -Tapiwa Mashakada
MDC-T Secretary for Finance and Economic Affairs Tapiwa Mashakada has chronicled the events in how Zanu PF has run down the country since year 1980."To make the story short, i will not b...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 05:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tendai Biti's State of the Economy Address- Fulltext
STATE OF THE ECONOMY ADDRESS (SEA) BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) PRESIDENT, HONORABLE TENDAI BITI PRESENTED ON THE 9TH OF DECEMBER 2016 AT THE PDP PARTY OFFICES IN HARARE, AT...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 13:08hrs | | by Tendai Biti
PDP Policy Brief - Background to the NTA idea
Issue date 29 September 2016In 2015 the PDP crafted two documents these being, the Holistic Program for Economic Transformation (HOPE) and the Agenda for the Restoration and Rehabilitation of ...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
'Chinamasa's wings fully clipped'
On 8 September, 2016, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa presented his long overdue Midyear Budgetary Review Statement.That review was presented in the context of massive structural challe...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 19:04hrs | | by Tendai Biti
Ubuntu, Hon Ntando Mlilo, ubuntu
The reports and suggestions that Luveve MP Ntando Mlilo is planning to mobilize school children in his constituency to demonstrate against their parents for failing to pay fees cannot go uncha...Published: 10 Aug 2016 at 21:11hrs | | by Thando Dube
The case for a National Transitional Authority (NTA) in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently facing significant challenges. Never in the history of the country have political, economic and social crises converged with such devastating consequences for the population....Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 15:06hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Zanu-PF is the real Third Force
Today, the 14th of July 2016, the PDP leadership comprised; of myself, the Party's Treasurer General, Mr Benison Ntini, the Secretary for International Relations, Mr Willas Madzimure, the Secretar...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 15:55hrs | 1 | by Evelyn Masaiti
Zimbabwe's doomed re-engagement exercise
As the PDP we have consistently argued against the regime's re engagement exercise. Our objection has been clear and is based on principle. It has been based on long years of understanding Zanu-PF...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 11:24hrs | | by Jacob Mafume & Vince Musewe
Revised economic growth targets still imaginary
Zimbabwe has revised down its economic growth targets it had unrealistically set at a paltry 2.7% in the 2016 budget to 1.4%.We in the People's Democratic Party (PDP) correctly argued, soon af...Published: 17 May 2016 at 16:08hrs | | by PDP
Tendai Biti's statement on the state economy
Introduction The Zimbabwean economy is grinding to a halt with clear evidence that the economy if fast tracking into deep seated economic recession. It ...Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 14:39hrs | | by Tendai Biti
Zanu-PF Conference: Much ado about nothing
The ZANU PF annual circus rolls into the magnificent national resort of Victoria Falls while a bewildered and bemused nation wonders how a group of men and women can recklessly sacrifice this beautifu...Published: 10 Dec 2015 at 16:00hrs | 1 | by Moses Manyengavana, PDP Youth Assembly President
Zimbabwe records 3.2% economic growth
The African Economic Outlook 2015 said Zimbabwe's economy is set to record marginal increases in gross domestic product (GDP) this year and in 2016 on the back of a planned investment in infrastru...Published: 26 May 2015 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic Attacks in SA - Blame the politicians and their politics of redistribution and patronage
Yesterday, the war cry was "kill the Boer." Today, the cry is "kill the BLACK immigrant." Black on black violence. Tomorrow, the war cry would be "kill the Indian," and finally "kill the white ...Published: 15 Apr 2015 at 06:15hrs | 7 | by Tendai Kwari
De-industrialization sinks Zim economy
HOPES for the country's economic revival might be a pie in the sky as the country continues to reel under serious deindustrialization.According to the 2014 Confederation of Zimbabwe Indust...Published: 09 Oct 2014 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai's end of year statement and Christmas message
IntroductionFellow Zimbabweans, we have come to the end of yet another tough year and we are five days away from celebrating the birth of Christ....Published: 20 Dec 2013 at 10:27hrs | | by Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
Devolution is the answer
DEVOLUTION of power is the answer and solution to problems currently bedeviling the Matabeleland region, which include deindustrialization of the city of Bulawayo and the marginalisation of the regio...Published: 06 Sep 2011 at 07:08hrs | | by Dumoluhle Mayisa
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