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Zimbabwe's desperate power situation points to poor planning
THIS week, Justice minister Ziyambai Ziyambi, in his capacity as leader of government business in the National Assembly and responding to Members of Parliament's concerns about the country's rolling p...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:09hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Education has highest inflation, says ZimStat
THE country's education sector has the highest inflation compared to other sectors, according to the latest Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat) report.ZimStat says education had the highest i...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter
$9bn gold coins sold as individuals join rush
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says gold coins worth $9 billion have been sold since July this year, with individuals taking a significant chunk of the bullion, while the Monetary Policy Committee...Published: 28 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins selling like hotcakes
THE Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins have generated $9 billion from the sale of 9 516 coins with 35 percent having been sold to individuals and 65 percent to corporates, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said....Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 19:27hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter
Harare City Council resumes US dollar charges
THE Harare City Council (HCC) has reissued its request for United States dollars (US$) payments for on-demand services after it stopped taking foreign currency due to a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) ...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
The importance of parastatals
WHEN State-managed institutions work well they are often not recognised or rewarded and are taken for granted. When they fail, everyone suffers the consequences.At independence in 1980, 40% of...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 145 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa finally proves 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe' a big fat lie!
I have always asserted to my friends that, as much as state media is an insufferable drag to read or watch - due to the pathetic and disgraceful substandard work - but, most of the Zimbabwe regime's l...Published: 26 Sep 2022 at 09:31hrs | 4138 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Will the removal of sanctions restore democracy in Zimbabwe
The issue of sanctions imposed by the West on the government of Zimbabwe has always been sparking a debate across the country with mixed feelings.At the UNGA 77th President of Senegal Macky Sa...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:42hrs | 2107 | by Leonard Koni
Are African leaders incredibly daft or deliberately pretending unaware why Zimbabweans are truly suffering?
The past week has been eventful as far as calls for 'sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe should be removed', by various, mostly southern African leaders.Firstly, it was the South African President C...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 07:39hrs | 1646 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe teachers' union vows full blown strike on Monday
TEACHERS are pressing ahead with industrial action slated for Monday, despite receiving a cost of living adjustment increment by government.Government dangled a 25 percent increase to the cost...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:15hrs | 796 | by Staff reporter
Cartels bay for Mthuli Ncube's blood
PREDATORY cartels of "tenderpreneurs" preying on Zimbabwe's lax procurement systems, prejudicing government of millions of United States dollars, are baying for the blood of Finance minister Mthuli Nc...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:26hrs | 7877 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank raids banks, firms
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Exchange Control Division has raided and penalised top banks and firms for violating exchange control regulations with some companies failing to account for United State...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:25hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
SA blackouts bleed Zimbabwe industry
ZIMBABWEAN industries, already battered by a long running economic crisis, have been thrown off balance by rolling blackouts in South Africa, which escalated this week, briefly grounding trade....Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 19:24hrs | 740 | by Staff reporter
Matabeles not Zimbabweans: the sooner Zimbabweans accept this glaring fact the better
Matabeles are not Zimbabweans, they have never been and will never be Zimbabweans. On the same breath, Matabeleland is not Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe is not Matabeleland. This should sink into the ...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:17hrs | 1297 | by Israel Dube
The harder the Zimbabwe regime pushes citizens into believing economy improving the more unbelievable they sound!
I have repeatedly asserted: 'nyama inonaka inotaura yega' - tasty meat speaks for itself - in other words, a truly good thing seldom needs advertising, but its goodness does the marketing.Simi...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:14hrs | 466 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US$100m Govt bond to hit market by December
THE Government will launch the US$100 million bond on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) by the end of this year to mobilise more resources for critical public infrastructural development projec...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 05:49hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Trump warns of World War III
The Ukraine conflict could end in a world war, but would not be happening if he were in power, the former US president claimsThe conflict in Ukraine could spiral into World War III, former US ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 18:45hrs | 8747 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar shortage hits the country
ZIMBABWE has been hit by Zimdollar shortages, a situation that has resulted in long-winding queues resurfacing at banks throughout the country.Of late, banks have been disbursing less than $5 ...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 1210 | by Staff reporter
Billions vanish from Zimbabwe govt coffers?
MILLIONS of United States dollars and billions in local currency have vanished from government coffers due to accounting malpractices and breach of protocol, with no paper trail to back the spending....Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 994 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar shortage bites
THE government will today give an update on contracts it suspended last month pending a pricing review as pressure mounts for it to honour its obligations.Last month, as part of measures to sa...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 2852 | by Staff reporter
Dump this 99-year lease nonsense
ZIMBABWE'S land issue has cracked our heads for too long to a point that we are now unable to utilise the God-given natural resource for our own good.As we write, millions of Zimbabweans face ...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zinara stops US$70 million payment to bogus entity
THE new Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board stopped a US$70 million legacy payment to a company called Golden Roads whose terms of reference were not clearly defined in the contract....Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 18:44hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe food inflation tops world, claims WB report
LATEST World Bank statistics indicate that Zimbabwe has the highest food inflation of 353%.Recently, Zimbabwe was ranked second to Lebanon, but it has since overtaken the Middle East country o...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Donors come to Zimbabwe army's aid
Commander Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant General David Sigauke has commended the corporate world for supporting their rehabilitation centre.Tsanga Lodge is the forces' rehabilitation ...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar to further strengthen?
The Zimbabwe dollar is likely to strengthen as extra strands in the policies to decrease the amount of local currency in bank accounts, while increasing the amount of foreign currency in official mark...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 763 | by Staff reporter
A president who's always seeing enemies and detractors is oftentimes the one who's the problem!
I miss my late father - since he was an inexhaustible source of profound knowledge and wisdom.I learnt so much about life from him - something that I immensely enjoyed and valued - although, i...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 18:51hrs | 267 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
A president who's always seeing enemies
I miss my late father - since he was an inexhaustible source of profound knowledge and wisdom.I learnt so much about life from him — something that I immensely enjoyed and valued - although,...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF stretching the truth on prices
YOU know we are in the election season when the Zanu-PF government starts lauding itself over non-existent economic improvements.The latest self-praise comes from the Treasury, the Reserve Ban...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Plumtree: A fuel smugglers paradise
FUEL smuggling is rampant along the Zimbabwe-Botswana border, with illicit traders resorting to paying bribes to evade arrest, a practice that has seen the country losing millions of dollars in potent...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Zacc goes after schools refusing local currency
THE Government has advised parents to report schools that are refusing fees in local currency to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), saying doing so was a breach of the learners' constitut...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:51hrs | 83 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe civil servants issue 10-day ultimatum
CIVIL servants yesterday gave government a 10-day ultimatum to increase their salaries or face a crippling strike. They made the threats after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube failed to fulfil his August...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 3426 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF is more equal than others
A WHOPPING two months after Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika unambiguously, and in broad daylight of July 2022 called for the assassination of opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 180 | by Khanyisani S Ncube
Parastatals defy govt directive on US$
SOME government departments are reportedly still demanding payment exclusively in United States dollars (US$) in defiance of a government directive to accept both local currency and US$.Treasu...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:54hrs | 654 | by Staff reporter
‘No need for Zimbabwe to import cement'
THERE is no need for Zimbabwe to import cement as it has adequate supplies and capacity to meet all ongoing construction projects by the Government and private sector, PPC Zimbabwe managing director, ...Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 05:48hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
United Nations rubbishes Chamisa claims
The United Nations on Tuesday rubbished claims by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa that it was in talks with his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party to supervise the country's general elections ...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:35hrs | 6958 | by Staff Reporter
Armchair activists make Pan-Africanism elitist and irrelevant to ordinary suffering Africans!
Imagine an impoverished widowed grandmother, struggling to fend for her orphaned grandchildren, somewhere in rural Marange, Zimbabwe - without any means of income, nor anyone to assist her tend her ti...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 12:26hrs | 172 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's central bank widens probe into city councils charging in US dollars
Zimbabwe's central bank widened its probe into city councils charging for services in US dollars, after freezing the accounts of the capital over the practice.The bank's Financial Intelligence...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:58hrs | 599 | by Staff reporter
University of Zimbabwe students stage protest against 1,000% fees hike
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students Monday staged a flash demonstration over the latest round of tuition fees hike, and have vowed to boycott lectures until the new fees are reversed.The univ...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:06hrs | 2086 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe chefs attempt to sneak to UN
SENIOR government officials reportedly secretly contacted the United Nations (UN) secretariat seeking to attend the UN General Assembly and other routine meetings, a leaked memo from Agriculture perma...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1442 | by Staff reporter
Wadyajena seeks passport release
Zanu-PF legislator for Gokwe Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, is seeking the release of his passport to travel out of the country on parliamentary business.On his previous remand appearanc...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:18hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter
BCC's new parking system generates $30m
THE new parking system implemented by the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) in partnership with the privately-owned Tendy Three Investments (TTI) has generated a combined $30 million in parking and clamping...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 06:04hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe nurses fume over paltry govt loans
The government is under fire after releasing a measly $23 million loan facility to health workers to buy or construct houses, yet the figure is only enough to construct one house.Vice-Pr...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:22hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans shouldn't blame anyone for failing to fully benefit from British colonial rule
What does Britain mean?In fact, where is the name London, or for that matter, England derived?Britain is a derivative of the Latin name, 'Brittannia', or 'Britannia' - whilst, London i...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 12:06hrs | 499 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zacc descends on 'delinquent' schools
GOVERNMENT has unleashed the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on schools allegedly refusing to accept tuition fee payments in local currency.Reports abound of a number of schools exc...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:22hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
'I earned more as a farmworker in South Africa than as a maths teacher in Zimbabwe'
A teacher living in Zimbabwe says he made more money working as a citrus farm labourer in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape than he does teaching mathematics in his hometown.Nhamburo (not his real name) ...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 08:35hrs | 2184 | by Staff reporter
'NGOs plotting to remove Mnangagwa'
FORMER Vice President, Kembo Mohadi has queried the proliferation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country, numbering over 3,000, accusing them of agitating regime change....Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 4553 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Mnangagwa
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,We appeal to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to officially either serve you summons or issue a warrant of arrest or proceed to apprehend, interrogate a...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 409 | by Zvaringeni Samuel Chasi, Patriotic Party Zimbabwe president
The destructive force of corruption
IN my business life I have handled several billion dollars of revenue and expenditure over a period of 65 years. In that time, I have been blatantly approached and asked for a bribe once — by a loca...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:46hrs | 207 | by Eddie Cross
American economist wants Zimbabwe to disband its central bank
AMERICAN economist Steve Hanke says the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) needs to immediately be completely removed from all monetary matters, blaming the bank for all the inflationary problems facing t...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:44hrs | 3413 | by Staff reporter
Devolution fund the new Zanu-PF feeding trough
MILLIONS of United States dollars under the devolution funds are exposed to looting by government hawks who are brazenly violating the constitution and undermining public procurement processes, a new ...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 19:19hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
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