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'Abduction of MDC ladies was fake' General Sibusiso Moyo says
Minister of Foreign Affairs General Sibusiso Moyo says the abduction of MDC female officials was a stage-managed theatrical display meant to tarnish the image of the government. Moyo issued a ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 4025 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1439 | by Victor Bhoroma
Is our money safe in this lockdown?
JUST recently, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya blamed a faceless devil for the economic crisis that a whole new generation now takes as custom.He was right. There is cert...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:41hrs | 874 | by Tawanda Majoni
FIFA agree to bail out ZIFA
FIFA have agreed to bail out ZIFA by approving a package to cater for the association's crippling legacy debt which had now ballooned to $10 million and stifled various development programmes over the...Published: 23 May 2020 at 19:32hrs | 609 | by Staff reporter
Chihuri up for diverting US$32m
Former Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri is suspected of diverting US$32 million of public funds into family companies and buying a large swathe of property, which the State now wants froz...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:49hrs | 810 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 shifts attention from other health services
In a few days time, Langa Mthethwa will be due for a visit at Mpilo Central Hospital to get her Jadelle removed. The implant contraception has helped ensure she does not have unplanned pregnancies as ...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:12hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
Time to hold MDC leaders to account
IT was in 2000 when I had just begun my "A" level studies at Rupare High school in Bikita, Masvingo.We were going towards the 2000 parliamentary election. Zanu-PF had just lost a constitutiona...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:27hrs | 2645 | by Moses Tofa
Squabbles to weaken opposition movement
WIDENING fractures within the ranks of the opposition, which have culminated in four of its representatives being recalled from Parliament, will weaken the MDC in its various formations and retard the...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 907 | by Tinashe Kairiza
Arrogance vs ignorance: How the MDC's lurching deeper into chaos
RECENTLY, I wrote two articles which were both published in the Zimbabwe Independent. The first was an opinion piece titled The MDC imbroglio is devastating for the opposition. In the opinion piece, I...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 693 | by Jonathan Chando
'MDC has lost direction,' says Mudzuri
Former MDC Vice President Engineer Elias Mudzuri says the party has been infiltrated by individuals who do not follow the founding values of the labour backed opposition movement. In a tw...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:50hrs | 3651 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tendai Biti fingered in Chamisa party fissures
FISSURES have erupted in the main opposition MDC Alliance after three legislators defied a party directive to disengage from all parliamentary business and showed up for duty, triggering allegations o...Published: 14 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 6786 | by Staff reporter
Khami Dam plan reignites debate
Bulawayo City Council's proposal to purify Khami Dam water for drinking has reignited the debate on the suitability of the water for domestic consumption with some residents flatly objecting the plann...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:24hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
World Bank donates US$7 million to Zimbabwe
The World Bank has announced that it will be donating US$7 million to Zimbabwe to help it fight the new coronavirus, Reuters has reported. The paper quoted the World Bank spokesman who sai...Published: 06 May 2020 at 19:19hrs | 1399 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 6562 | by Leonard Koni
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 | 365 | by Lovemore Moyo
Retailers are corrupt, says Ncube
BULAWAYO Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube yesterday accused some retailers tasked with handling the government subsidised food of being corrupt.Ncube made the remarks yesterday when th...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 658 | by Staff reporter
Give BCC bulk water rights, residents say
RESIDENTS have appealed to the Harare government to give Bulawayo City Council (BCC) bulk water rights to alleviate the water crisis rocking the city. Human rights groups, Better Bulawayo Init...Published: 01 May 2020 at 08:21hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube throws algorithm farce
THE insinuation by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube that he used a sophisticated algorithm system to determine who should benefit from funds to be disbursed to vulnerable households once again exposes go...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:44hrs | 2263 | by Staff reporter
Kombi driver makes false theft report
A BULAWAYO commuter omnibus driver was involved in an accident after diverting from his route without his employer's knowledge and abandoned the vehicle at the scene before making a false police repor...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Staff row at RG's office
A staff row at the Registrar-General's Office has sucked in the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) after chief accountant, Mr Peter Bwanya, accused Registrar-General Mr Clement Masango of embe...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 23:57hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa reads riot act on Norton mealie-meal barons
FIERY Norton MP, Temba Mliswa Saturday vowed to close all shops in his constituency found overcharging or selling government's subsidised mealie-meal in foreign currency.On Saturday, Mliswa te...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:36hrs | 441 | by newzimbabwe
State wants judge's son's tried by retired judge
THE Prosecutor-General's Office yesterday demanded that High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze's son, Munyaradzi's bail application must not be heard by any sitting judge of the High Court, but ra...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:28hrs | 871 | by Staff reporter
GMB starts importing GMO maize for consumption in Zimbabwe
THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has started importing genetically modified maize for consumption in the country. Addressing delegates at a Matabeleland North provincial taskforce meeting in Bu...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 1239 | by Staff reporter
'Mealie-meal a source of conflict in Zimbabwe'
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has said access to subsidised mealie-meal has become a source of conflict that needs to be diffused before it gets out of hand during the lockdo...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 07:11hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe@40: Still standing . . . going strong
APRIL 18 marks Zimbabwe's Independence Day.We commemorate this auspicious national occasion heroically fighting Covid-19, a global pandemic that has claimed and is still claiming thousands of ...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 104 | by Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa
Pair arrested over 2 500kg of roller meal
POLICE have arrested two people in separate raids in Mutare and Bulawayo for illegally possessing 2 500kg of subsidised roller meal they had corruptly or criminally obtained and were diverting to the ...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Residents, Chamisa's councillors row over Mnangagwa rice
VICTORIA FALLS residents are divided over the distribution of rice allocated to rural constituency MPs by government after it emerged some greedy councillors diverted some bags of the special starch t...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1195 | by newzimbabwe
PHOTO: Countrywide roller meal distribution kicks off
The Roller meal distribution program kicked off with distribution in Mashonaland East's Epworth Rural district council. According to eyewitnesses, trucks offloaded the basic commodity at Munyu...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 14:19hrs | 776 | by Mandla Ndlovu
More added to Zimbabwe's essential services list
GOVERNMENT yesterday expanded the list of essential service providers to include manufacturers and distributors of medical supplies to combat COVID-19 and but other medical emergencies.The Hea...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 1931 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 preparedness & response plan implementation
The COVID-19 pandemic was first reported in Wuhan, China, on 31st December 2019, and was declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30th, 2020. The disease has since spread...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 12:07hrs | 410 | by Dr Henry Madzorera - Secretary for Health and Child Welfare, MDC-A
The pipeline that its detractors call a pipedream
IN December 1992 Joseph Msika who was then minister responsible for water development, announced that Government had plans to build a pipeline from Lake Kariba to Kudu in the rich Kadoma District whic...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 284 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mahlalela puts drama launch on hold
South Africa-based Zimbabwean producer Mthulisi "Mahlalela" Moyo says his new drama, where he has roped in Tshawe of Emzini Wezinsizwa, which was supposed to be shot on April 16, has been postponed du...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:02hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park councillor in mealie-meal storm
COWDRAY Park councillor Kidwell Mujuru has refuted allegations that he was diverting Government subsidised mealie-meal to the black market.Residents were left fuming last Monday after a truck ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:36hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
Stern warning to abusers of Covid-19 aid
ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo, recently issued a statement calling on those conferred with the mandate to manage Covid-19 donations to exercise a h...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:34hrs | 98 | by Comm John Makamure
Motorists evade checkpoints
Motorists are evading police checkpoints and using alternative routes into Harare's central business district (CBD) where vehicular traffic has significantly increased over the past few days despite t...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 619 | by Staff reporter
SIM swap fraudster hits malayitshas, gets access to Mgcini Dlamini's phone number
Technology has negated tasks like queuing at a bank or at a licensing department, but there are also inherent security threats associated with it. As the lockdown hit, fraud incidents looks li...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 16:58hrs | 1491 | by Staff reporter
Covid-19 Zim Lockdown: Gendered impacts, implications and effects on women and girls as primary caregivers
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global challenge that affects our lives and our work. Zimbabwe is under a total lockdown for a period of 21 days from Monday 30th March 2020 as a precautionary and m...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 15:21hrs | 609 | by Alfred Towo
So the capital will be in Mt Hampden after all
THE decision to locate Zimbabwe's new capital at Mount Hampden will indeed go down in history as the only decision that deserved poetic justice in memory of an episode whereby African nationalism and ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1564 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Mask shipment bound for Germany was reportedly diverted to the US
A shipment of masks made by US manufacturer 3M that was bound for Germany was diverted from Thailand and sent to the United States instead, according to a report from the Financial Times.The d...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:30hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa accused of US$3 million fraud
The Chairperson of the Morgan Tsvangirai Legacy Edwin Dzambara has sensationally accused MDC leader Nelson Chamisa of diverting over US$3 million party funds for his personal use.In a pr...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:48hrs | 2644 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Kasukuwere's movement offers solution to fighting Coronavirus
Tyson Wabantu Movement has issued a statement urging the government of the day to implement tough measures in fighting the dreaded Wuhan virus that seen positive cases rise to nine in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 10:28hrs | 2451 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BCC 2020 budget dealt blow by COVID-19 pandemic
BULAWAYO City Councils' $2,7 billion budget for 2020 which saw rates and tariffs shoot by 716% has been dealt a huge blow by the coronavirus pandemic, with mayor Solomon Mguni predicting tough times a...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:58hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will never choose leadership for us - MDC
MDC Alliance, Mashonaland Central province has rubbished the Supreme Court ruling which found that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of MD...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 19:41hrs | 4085 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
US backs Nelson Chamisa
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF COMMUNICATIONS.We in the MDC NAP are clear, resolute and behind Adv President Nelson Chamisa. We have always maintained that the judiciary in Zimbabwe and courts have be...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:53hrs | 6013 | by MDC North America
Government-led lockdown not enough for Zimbabwe’s fight against Coronavirus
It took a while for the Zimbabwean government to meaningfully respond to the Covid19 pandemic, better late than never.Now that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has decreed that there shall be a 21...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 10:36hrs | 955 | by Edzai Zvobwo
Health workers are the frontline soldiers against COVID-19. Let's protect them
The COVID-19 or the new Corona Virus is different. In this virus we have an enemy which is invisible and sometimes deadly, and the task is harder.About a century ago the Spanish flu pandemic k...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 19:29hrs | 679 | by Siddharth Chatterjee and Mutahi Kagwe
Sakunda and the COVID-19 facility of shame - MDC
The news that in the wake of this pandemic that has affected everyone, Sakunda Holdings has created an exclusive COVID-19 facility only for the elite and well-heeled in Mt Pleasant is an indictment on...Published: 27 Mar 2020 at 10:12hrs | 1573 | by MDC Communications
Bulawayo woman up for mealie meal fraud
A WOMAN from Bulawayo allegedly duped Silo Food Industries in Belmont of more than $19 000 after she bought subsidised roller meal and sent it to the black market for sale at higher prices. Bu...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 06:34hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa declares coronavirus a 'national disaster'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday afternoon declared the global novel coronavirus "a national disaster", despite that Zimbabwe has not recorded a single case, at least officially.In a te...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:45hrs | 531 | by Staff reporter
Illegal fuel dealers thrive as crisis bites
ILLEGAL fuel dealers continue to thrive in the city with new selling spots sprouting due to the ongoing fuel crisis. The latest crop of illegal fuel dealers seemingly make no effort to conceal...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:41hrs | 656 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo
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