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Zanu-PF delegation off to China
Zanu-PF has sent a 25 member delegation to Beijing, China, for an exchange programme with the Communist Party of China on socio and economic developmental projects.The delegation, which compr...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1202 | by Staff reporter
'Second Republic saw expansion of democratic space' boasted ED - didn't last, tyranny returned with a deadly bang!
"Mupakati anokubirwa nomutsitsi; akakupa chisvanda, anopendedza nenyika!" (A tyrant robs you by the bushel full; if he gives away a bowl, he will make a big song and dance of his generosity!) So goes ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 995 | by Wilbert Mukori
ED's First Ever Conference As The First Secretary
The Zanu-PF National People's Conference will be held in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province in December, the party's secretary for information Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has said.The 17th Nation...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1485 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
18 November 2017 - the day of Zimbabwe's delusional politics!
I have just been reading some testimonies from some of the people who partook in the 18 November 2017 mass protests against Robert Gabriel Mugabe's 37 year long tyranny - and the tremendous hopes that...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1572 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Greed, graft major undoings for Zimbabwe
Over the years, the Zanu-PF leadership has taken the country and its citizens down a bottomless pit where recovery is proving very difficult.Since independence from the British in 1980, when t...Published: 17 hrs ago | 1054 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube hints on confidence measures
The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube has hinted on confidence rebuilding measures in his 2019 national budget to be presented on Thursday this week.The nati...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3181 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plans massive demo 'to topple Mnangagwa'
A titanic clash is looming between increasingly twitchy authorities and the MDC, over the main opposition's plans to mount a massive demonstration to protest the country's falling standards of living ...Published: 17 hrs ago | 5851 | by Staff reporter
$17m unaccounted for in Mugabe's nephew-led Youth ministry
At least $17 million was unaccounted for by the Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment ministry, Auditor General Mildred Chiri has said.In her 2017 report, the AG said the ministry fai...Published: 17 hrs ago | 3172 | by Staff reporter
More than $5 billion required for Zimbabwe roads rehabilitation
THE Government requires more than $5 billion to rehabilitate the country's entire road network with more than $250 million having been availed to the department of roads as work on re-establishing tra...Published: 21 hrs ago | 355 | by Staff reporter
The bad habits Mnangagwa won't stop
One of the reasons Zimbabweans were eager to see long-time ruler Robert Mugabe's back was because his regime stifled freedom of expression and those that dared criticise him publicly paid dearly. ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1661 | by Staff reporter
Diamond exploration starts along highway
THE Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) has intensified diamond mining by spreading its tentacles from Chiadzwa to Murazvu Village A adjacent to Wengezi, along the Mutare-Masvingo highway, wh...Published: 21 hrs ago | 391 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo defends Zanu-PF spending spree
A year after Zanu-PF's succession war was settled with the help of the military, the ruling party says it is happy with the direction in which President Emmerson Mnangagwa is steering the country....Published: 21 hrs ago | 338 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must adopt the rand, says Fitch Solutions
ZIMBABWE must adopt the South African Rand to deal with the worsening currency crisis caused by the shortage of United States dollars, an international research firm has said. United Kingdom-b...Published: 21 hrs ago | 964 | by Staff reporter
Currency options for crisis-ridden Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe needs to introduce a hybrid foreign currency management system or create a long maturity US$ Brady type bond to preserve savings amid the currency chaos, renowned economist Ashok Chakravarti ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 573 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges media to highlight success stories
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has urged the media to highlight the country's success stories instead of expending energies on negative stories that weigh down Government efforts to resuscitate the economy and l...Published: 21 hrs ago | 163 | by Staff reporter
'We saw fire consume fellow passengers'
A SOMBRE atmosphere fills the air as relatives and passers-by watch in disbelief at the charred remains of a bus which has somewhat been turned into a mass grave.The remains of people that hav...Published: 21 hrs ago | 328 | by Staff reporter
'Arbitrary arrests, detention rise'
The month of October witnessed an increase in cases of arbitrary arrests and detention, the Human Rights NGO Forum has said in its Organised Violence and Torture Report for October.This follow...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 15:48hrs | 1444 | by Staff reporter
Public funds unaccounted for in post-coup ministry mergers
The merger or demerger of government ministries after recent changes of government has made it difficult to account for assets and public funds, Auditor General Mildred Chiri has said.Merging ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 13:29hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Lift sanctions, Zimbabwe has change enough 'to scold ED' - but not to stop him rigging elections
Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble and there many reasons why this is so. One of these many reasons; the country is cursed with an unusually large army of corrupt and incompetent vi...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:34hrs | 1096 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa has problems, Chamisa has answers
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the economic and political paralysis in Zimbabwe can be resolved through dialogue between his party and Zanu-PF.Zimbabwe has been on edge since President Emmerso...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 12:20hrs | 1392 | by zimlive
Mnangagwa divides Ndebele chiefs?
A petition to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by Chief Vezi Maduna pleading with him to act on the marginalisation of Matabeleland and to set up a commission of inquiry into the Gukurahundi genocid...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 10:34hrs | 2526 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutsvangwa's allies hit back
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) chairman Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday staged a come-back, days after he was accused of divisiveness and selfishness, with some p...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:54hrs | 5404 | by Staff reporter
Opinion: Perspective . . .
SEEING things in perspective has never been more important in Zimbabwe. If we fail to do so, our view of the current problems we are encountering will be distorted and we may all make decisions we lat...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:49hrs | 111 | by Eddie Cross
China denies deploying 4k at Chiadzwa diamond fields
THE Chinese government is exasperated at criticism by "smart" Zimbabweans who do not appreciate what the Asian economic behemoth is doing in the country.Acting Chinese envoy Zhao Baogang on Th...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:48hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Churches demand national budget reforms
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has demanded far-reaching financial reforms in the national budget to be presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube next week.Some of the changes the chu...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
KFC is back in Zimbabwe, but its damn expensive
Fast food outlet Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Africa which closed all its restaurants in the country a month ago, has re-opened the restaurants. In a statement, KFC Africa - the franchise in Z...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1232 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe
SOUTH AFRICAN President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called on the European Union (EU) to lift sanctions on Zimbabwe saying the country has turned a wonderful corner and needs support on its path to great re...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:33hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
CIO confine Chief Maduna?
The District Intelligence Officer of Filabusi a Mr Mlotshwa allegedly summoned the all powerful Chief Vezi Maduna of Filabusi to his office on Thursday over the petition the ch...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 16:55hrs | 9585 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Where are you Mr President ED Mnangagwa
First off, let me confess that I was the happiest man to see you ascend to the post of the President of Zimbabwe but that euphoria is quickly running thin.My dismay has many sources but today ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:14hrs | 7259 | by Sam Wezhira
Wutawunashe petitions Trump over sanctions
On Friday Family of God leader Reverend Andrew Wutawunashe in partnership with National Elders Forum today launched an anti-sanctions initiative dubbed Faith for the Nation Campaign....Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 15:10hrs | 2269 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa launches Zimbabwe National Defence University
The Commander in Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces Emerson Mnangawa on Friday officially launched the Zimbabwe National Defence University (ZNDU). The launch was held...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:48hrs | 3350 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe informal sector rises to 95%
The number of Zimbabweans earning a living from the informal sector rose to 95 percent in 2014 from 84 percent in 2011, a new study by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has revealed....Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 12:27hrs | 667 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa's insults regrettable
People are allowed to demonstrate as enshrined in the constitution of Zimbabawe but calling demonstraters stupid is uncalled for.I have been following the political and economic events current...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 10:54hrs | 5042 | by Leonard Koni
Tinashe Kambarami lights up Bulawayo
The Deputy Mayor of Bulawayo Tinashe Kambarami has proved to be a councillor par excellence after being the first City father in the current council to do meaningful development to his ward. ...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 04:01hrs | 8284 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Morocco beats South Africa, to unveil Africa's first ever high speed train line
French President Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI are inaugurating Morocco's first high-speed rail line, the first ever such line in Africa.The $2 billion project was launched in...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:17hrs | 1320 | by Associated Press
Bulawayo gets 'insulting' $1m from Zinara
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) last month disbursed slightly over $1 million for the rehabilitation of Bulawayo's roads, but city authorities said the money was not enough to finan...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:04hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa risks capture by corporate leaders
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's idea that the industrialists and bankers he met on October 29, 2018 should constitute and second some advisers from within their ranks to his office stinks of inviting c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 06:02hrs | 2351 | by Brian Sedze
One year after Mugabe: A revolution still not televised
On November 15, 2017, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's longest serving ruler was confined to his private residence in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale in Harare, Zimbabwe. This came as armed soldiers took c...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:48hrs | 618 | by Takura Zhangazha
Mnangagwa warns over democracy abuse
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said after 37 years under former President Robert Mugabe's stifling dictatorship, his government has brought democracy which he claimed was now being abused by "...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:39hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council wants to charge in forex
THE Bulawayo City Council has formulated a policy designed to raise foreign currency through giving a 50 percent discount to individuals who pay bills in United States dollars after service providers ...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:35hrs | 1701 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa decries abuse of democratic space
President Mnangagwa yesterday spoke out against people abusing the democratic space ushered in by the Second Republic saying such behaviour had no place in the new dispensation. Addressing a P...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:33hrs | 309 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes a swipe at 'Chamisa'?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has censured retrogressive, unpatriotic, selfish individuals who are bent on abusing democracy and not adhering to the dictates of the constitution.President Mnang...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:52hrs | 15570 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should start embracing agrobusiness as priority of turning around the economy
Agriculture have to be in the centre stage in plans for the revival of Zimbabwe's ailing economy. Getting agriculture moving in Zimbabwe is a big task. The radical land reform of 2000 has left many ou...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 14:02hrs | 822 | by Enos Denhere
Opposition Parly antics a betrayal of the electorate
On Tuesday, this week, Parliament had to adjourn prematurely following ZANU legislators' objection to the MDC-T Chamisa faction Dangamvura-Chikanga legislator, Prosper Mutseyami's mischievous claim th...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1033 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Zimbabweans demand more after Mugabe coup
As the country marks exactly a year since the military rose up against former president Robert Mugabe by way of a popular coup, long-suffering Zimbabweans say they want President Emmerson Mnangagwa an...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 13:04hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | 2101 | by MDC
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 699 | by Brian Maregedze
Mutsvangwa's ouster:A plot to destroy Mnangagwa
Public relations specialist Never Maswerasei has alleged that the move by the War Veterans Association to oust Ambassador Christophe Mutsvangwa is a plot by bthe anti Mnangagwa faction of ZANU PF to w...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 10:42hrs | 8556 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Vertical Agreements and Competition Law
The Competition & Tariff Commission has, in the past months and years, been publishing articles on competition law and policy with a view to raise awareness of Competition Law amongst industrialis...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:32hrs | 487 | by Competition & Tariff Commission
A year after Mugabe, hopes for a new Zimbabwe still low
A year since a trio of army generals held former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe under house arrest as part of a 10-day military operation that enabled his protege, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to take powe...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 09:19hrs | 940 | by Aljazeera
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