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Sanctions eroding value of Zimdollar
The depreciation of the Zimbabwe dollar is partly due to illegal economic sanctions imposed on the country by Western countries, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said in its African Economic Outloo...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:30hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 702 | by Jonathan Moyo
African Union is funded by the same people they are fighting
Imagine getting advice from your enemy on how to beat them in an economic or guerrilla war. The adage that goes, "It's not your duty to stop your enemy when they are making mistakes" is always seen wh...Published: 28 May 2023 at 16:06hrs | 169 | by Erick Matotoba
Economic sanctions continue to place Zimbabwe further into unsustainable debt
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says the government supports Zimbabwe's implementation of key reforms to resolve its debt problems and end 21 years of sanction.If successful, such moves can ...Published: 26 May 2023 at 16:26hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe debt resolution will open funding floodgates'
THE successful conclusion of discussions on Zimbabwe's arrears clearance and debt resolution will lay a firm foundation for the lifting of economic sanctions and help to unlock fresh and affordable ex...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:02hrs | 55 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers cry for Indaba with Mnangagwa
THE mantra ‘‘leaving no place and no one behind'' as touted by the incumbent Second Republic Government in its national development policies must surely inspire all of us Zimbabweans to march into...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 67 | by Staff reporter
AfDB to assist Zimbabwe govt compensate white farmers
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) says it is working on a financial instrument to fund the US$3,5 billion needed to compensate white former commercial farmers.AfDB is working with the Minist...Published: 16 May 2023 at 05:10hrs | 639 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa breaks 23-year diplomatic stand-off with UK?
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's engagement and re-engagement drive has broken a 23-year-old diplomatic stand-off between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom, a development that bodes well for bilateral relations an...Published: 10 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Loosen Zimbabwe sanctions for renewable energy future
MORE than 20 years ago, the late former President Robert Mugabe endorsed a move by indigenous Zimbabwean farmers to occupy and forcibly retake farmland that was owned, at the time, by farmers of Europ...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:06hrs | 241 | by Glenn Jakins
Mr. President, it's great to be loved by the Brits, isn't it!
I can not help finding it thoroughly amusing how the ZANU PF regime is always so excited over the supposedly 'warming relationship' between Harare and London.We witnessed this with the embarra...Published: 08 May 2023 at 15:41hrs | 558 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Palestinian Embassy In Solidarity With Citizens Against Economic Sanctions
Palestinian Embassy on Saturday joined Citizens Against Economic Sanctions (CAES) in Harare in launching campaign against economic sanctions for Harare province.Sanctions which were imposed by...Published: 01 May 2023 at 19:38hrs | 269 | by Desire Tshuma
Zimbabweans will wake up after elections…well, hopefully!
Yesterday, during a relative's burial, I had a wonderful opportunity to mix and mingle with friends, family, neighbors and people from all walks of life. In these interactions - especially wit...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 07:00hrs | 621 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US businessman calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe
A United States businessman has said the illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe have failed and are only preventing American access to Zimbabwe's business opportunities, especially its vast lithium resources....Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:24hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
U.S. instructed to lift 'antiquated' sanctions against Mnangagwa
Entrepreneur from the United States (US), Glenn Jakins, claims that it is critical to relax sanctions in order to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a chance and allow for access to Zi...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 07:03hrs | 2730 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe on charm offensive UK investment drive
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is on a charm offensive in the United Kingdom as his country wades out of international isolation to attract investors and kickstart the ailing economy....Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:01hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Judas Iscariot and the Gold Mafia
When we look at the character of Judas in the Bible we notice that one has to belong to a certain group of people in power or has to form his own group th...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:27hrs | 187 | by Erick Matotoba
'Al Jazeera documentary an attempt to sully Zimbabwe'
THE documentary series titled "Gold Mafia", produced by Qatar-based international news network Al Jazeera, was an attempt to sully the ZANU PF Government and prompt the West to tighten economic sancti...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:55hrs | 1615 | by Staff reporter
'CIO, army seal off rural areas'
ZIMBABWE's security agencies have been accused of conniving with traditional leaders to turn rural areas into ‘no-go zones' for the opposition ahead of elections expected later this year.Acc...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:36hrs | 1112 | by Staff reporter
You can't 'negotiate' for reforms with a criminal government!
Here is a picture. Let us say, for instance, information minister Monica Mutsvangwa - in her press conference a week ago, responding to the Gold Mafia exposé being aired by Al Jazeera - had s...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:48hrs | 920 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe's Commonwealth bid still on course, claims Govt
FOREIGN Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana has said government is still locked in negotiations to re-join the Commonwealth group of nations.Zimbabwe was first suspended from the Commonwe...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel reveals calls to Mnangagwa's wife, son were recorded during Al Jazeera exposé
Ubert Angel, a self-proclaimed prophet and one of Zimbabwe's most influential diplomats, has revealed Al Jazeera recorded his telephone conversation with the state leader's wife and one of his sons du...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:25hrs | 3829 | by Staff reporter
Kenya President Ruto meets Zimbabwean envoy
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday urged African countries to rethink their visa regimes to boost intra-Africa trade and position the continent for transformation.Ruto said African states...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:48hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that there is no place for incompetence
INEPTITUDE and poor performance in local authorities and State-owned enterprises are unacceptable and have no place in the Second Republic which will soon be implementing an Accelerator Model to quick...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:27hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
South African based Mozambican Herman Mashaba threatens terror on Zimbabwean officials
SOUTH African opposition party leader Herman Mashaba has fired a salvo again at Zanu-PF saying his party will push for Zimbabwe's ruling party officials to be barred from the neighbouring country if h...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 19:11hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions on Zimbabwe are through ZIDERA and augmented by OFAC
ZIMBABWE remains under a punitive regime of economic sanctions that have negatively impacted the movement of funds and trading capabilities in the past two decades, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Gove...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:28hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter
What if US president is wrong on Ukraine?
Since the once great newspapers, the New York Times, the Washington Times and Los Angeles Times have been captured by the Democratic Party, they are all blowing President Joe Biden's narrative about t...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:24hrs | 627 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Chiwenga invites Iranian businesses to explore opportunities in Zimbabwe
VICE President and Minister of Health and Child Care Dr Constantino Chiwenga yesterday met his Islamic Republic of Iran counterpart, Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, and extended an invite to Iranian ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:35hrs | 51 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, Iran sign health equipment deal
Zimbabwe and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in pharmaceutical and medical equipment, plus medical education and health system management.Vice President and Healt...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions choke Zimbabwe, says AfDB chief
Economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States (US) and its Western allies remain the biggest impediment to the country's ability to clear its arrears and resolve its debt, president of t...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:08hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
US, UK to spoil Zimbabwe polls
The United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are determined to spoil the country's elections to isolate Zimbabwe on the international stage and in their subversive plots, they have roped in non-...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:46hrs | 837 | by Staff reporter
Iran exposes Zimbabwe's lies about sanctions crippling economy
As a Zimbabwe delegation, led by foreign affairs minister Fredrick Shava, visits Iran, and is showcased the repressive regime’s phenomenal economic and scientific breakthroughs - amidst enduring arg...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 21:09hrs | 1320 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Belarus equipment to spur Zimbabwe agric'
The US$66 million agricultural equipment deal entered between Zimbabwe and Belarus last week is expected to further boost agricultural productivity, ensuring national food security and restoring Harar...Published: 06 Feb 2023 at 04:52hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Belarus credited for Zimbabwe's bumper wheat harvest
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has attributed the country's bumper wheat harvest last season to the modernisation and mechanisation of the country's agriculture sector thanks to machinery and equipment from Bela...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 08:24hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
In a normal country, both ZANU PF and CCC/MDC would be history!
It is bewildering listening to ZANU PF mouthpieces condemning the opposition (CCC and MDC) for running down once plush urban areas into disgusting shanty towns - thereafter, suggesting that residents ...Published: 17 Jan 2023 at 19:12hrs | 713 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Third World Underdevelopment - a forced condition
Underdevelopment in Africa, Latin American and much of Asia is not a condition of being several centuries behind the various kinds of transformations experienced in the capitalist centre but a conditi...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 08:47hrs | 431 | by Maxwell Teedzai
Why should only ordinary Zimbabweans 'pay the price' whilst ruling elite enjoy lavishness?
For as long as I can remember - and, that goes back three to four decades - the ruling establishment in Zimbabwe has repeatedly alleged that economic hardships being faced by ordinary citizens were ju...Published: 31 Dec 2022 at 19:44hrs | 1645 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Ordinary Zimbabweans bear the brunt of sanctions'
A "GO FUND ME" campaign for a Nkayi family living with albinism was stopped midway after the online fundraising platform said Zimbabweans could not run the initiative since the country was under econo...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 20:43hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Corrupt cartels shouldn't hold nation at ransom but be held to account!
It was really strange reading a report - whereby, Fossil Group, threatened to retrench over 2,000 workers - ostensibly, in response to its, and its proprietor Obey Chimuka's recent placement on the US...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 23:23hrs | 612 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
AfDB rallies support for Zimbabwe debt solution
When the African Development Bank (AfDB) president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, speaks on the effects of devastating economic sanctions slapped on Zimbabwe over two decades ago by Britain and her western all...Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 00:21hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accuse the US of 'barbarism and cowardice'
Zanu-PF has accused the United States (US) of "barbarism and cowardice" after Washington added President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son, Junior, three individuals and two business entities on its sanctions ...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:44hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
US removes 17 Zimbabweans from sanctions list, but country remains under sanctions
THE United States government has today removed 17 Zimbabweans from the illegal sanctions list while adding four people and two companies, as the clarion call for total and unconditional removal of the...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:31hrs | 641 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe steps up re-engagement with US, investors
ZIMBABWE will use the United States-Africa summit which opened here yesterday to court investors, and initiate further dialogue with the US both on the political and economic fronts, the Minister of F...Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:29hrs | 139 | by Staff reporter
Fossil retrenches 2000 employees
The recent placement of Fossil Group on Sanctions by United States has pushed the firm to lay off more than 2000 employees. United States of America put Fossil on sanctions list ami...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 14:35hrs | 1961 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
Surely, does ZANU PF need 100 years to build electricity infrastructure?
ZANU PF never ceases to amaze! Always full of excuses - some just incredible, others pure madness, whilst there are downright stupid!I always say to myself, 'if ZANU PF had been a man,...Published: 13 Dec 2022 at 14:13hrs | 647 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangangwa 'wants to inject fear'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has been accused of railroading proposed legislation to punish "unpatriotic citizens" in order to avoid scrutiny and accountability.Critics said the p...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:14hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reiterates his call for tolerance and peace
As Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has reiterated his call for tolerance and peace, saying constructive criticism and divergent views can spur national develop...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:03hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's wife gets an honorary doctorate degree from Russia
RUSSIAN State University for the Humanities yesterday conferred an honorary doctorate degree in Philosophy (Honoris Causa) on First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa in recognition of her philanthropic work ...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:34hrs | 394 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe now one of the fastest growing African economies
ANALYSING Zimbabwe's unconventional economy always proves somewhat cumbersome because it is a country bridled with policy inconsistency, unfavourable operating conditions buoyed by decades of unilater...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:32hrs | 1570 | by Respect Gwenzi
'EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospect of opposition govt fades' - we only have ourselves to blame for this
"EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. Of course, every thinking Zimbabwean out there must be disappointed the EU has given up the fight end ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:12hrs | 1239 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF claims to be ready to engage progressive opposition
Zanu-PF is ready to engage with all progressive opposition parties as long as they are not receiving instructions from foreign forces targeting regime change, the party's acting Secretary for Administ...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:47hrs | 367 | by Staff reporter
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