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Zimbabwe revises inflation target
FINANCE and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube increased annual inflation targets to between 35% and 46% at the weekend, saying pressures from rocketing international food and oil prices were ...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1408 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sanctions frustrating investors
THE Bulawayo Zanu-PF youth league yesterday claimed that sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West were frustrating investors.Party youths marched from the city centre to Zimbabwe Internationa...Published: 12 hrs ago | 483 | by Staff reporter
'Zisco requires US$360m for resuscitation'
INDUSTRY and Commerce deputy minister Raheshkumar (Raji) Modi on Sunday said the defunct Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) requires US$360 million for its resuscitation.Ziscosteel was on...Published: 12 hrs ago | 693 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must court Chamisa to end crisis
THE situation in which Zimbabwe finds itself is very bad to say the least, as this reminds the citizens of the 2008 hyper-inflationary era.Already signs of hyperinflation and disorder are clea...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2042 | by Mai Ruru
US, UK tell Mnangagwa to introspect on sanctions
THE United States (US) and Britain yesterday accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of hiding behind a finger by blaming sanctions for his misrule and rising corruption, economic mismanagement, failure ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 2794 | by Staff reporter
Local labour for Bulawayo roads rehab
BULAWAYO roads are undergoing a major facelift after Government and the Bulawayo City Council yesterday started a citywide road rehabilitation programme to improve the city's road network.The ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ready for hybrid format conference
THE ruling party Zanu-PF's 19th National People's Conference kicks off at Chipadze Stadium in Bindura, Mashonaland Central province tomorrow, with a number of high-level engagements expected to domina...Published: 12 hrs ago | 212 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs and Mliswa reiterate call for removal of sanctions
The Parliament of Zimbabwe has added its voice in denouncing the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by western countries, amid reports that the nation lost US$2 million that had been earmarked f...Published: 12 hrs ago | 232 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe sanctions not targeted at individuals'
Illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the West must go as they are targeted at collapsing key pillars of the national economy but Zimbabwe will use its resources to fend them off and foster grow...Published: 12 hrs ago | 115 | by Staff reporter
Treasury beats revenue target by $35,6bn
Zimbabwe's Treasury has beaten its revenue collection targets for the nine months to September 2021 by $35,62 billion, Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said at the pre-...Published: 12 hrs ago | 73 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking ZIDERA, atrocities of sanctions
It is without doubt that sanctions are a crime against humanity, an unfair treatment of race against race, nation against nation, the strong against the presumably weak, all with the intention to crea...Published: 12 hrs ago | 105 | by Takasununguka Ziki
Mnangagwa begs US, UK for dialogue
The illegal and unilateral Western economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe must immediately be lifted to allow the country to grow to its full potential, President Mnangagwa has said.In his sta...Published: 12 hrs ago | 452 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans march against sanctions
Zimbabweans across the country commemorated the Sadc-initiated Anti-Sanctions Day by holding peaceful demonstrations denouncing the embargoes imposed by some Western countries against Zimbabwe....Published: 12 hrs ago | 77 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions not justifiable under New Dispensation'
WESTERN imposed sanctions must be removed unconditionally as the New Dispensation under President Mnangagwa has turned a corner through engagement and re-engagement initiatives, Zanu-PF Secretary for ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 48 | by Staff reporter
Mwazha celebrates 103 years
One of Zimbabwe's leading religious leaders, Bishop Paul Mwazha, marks his 103rd birthday today amid celebration by church members that God was protecting their leader.Celebrations involving f...Published: 12 hrs ago | 540 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Youth League endorses Mnangagwa for polls
Zanu-PF National Youth League has endorsed President Mnangagwa as the party's sole candidate for the 2023 harmonised elections.The youth said President Mnangagwa is an exceptional leader who h...Published: 12 hrs ago | 57 | by Staff reporter
'We will never tire until we are free from sanctions'
This is an interview done by The Daily newspaper of Nigeria with Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Nigeria, Maxwell Ranga , who is also accredited to Cameroon, Niger, Benin and Equatorial Guinea, on the SADC A...Published: 12 hrs ago | 61 | by Staff reporter
'Abandon the Zimdollar'
PRESSURE is mounting on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to dollarise the economy after members of the public told Parliamentarians that it was the only way to tackle price and exchange rate instability ...Published: 12 hrs ago | 384 | by Staff reporter
Mthulisi Ncube promises pro-poor 2022 budget
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has promised a pro-poor 2022 national budget.He however said ministries submitted bids so high they are beyond government's capacity to satisfy.Ncube said...Published: 12 hrs ago | 151 | by Staff reporter
'Remove the sanctions!' chorused SADC leaders on Anti-Sanctions Day - leaders cum howler monkeys
Man is a creature of reason and it is therefore most disconcerting when he starts to behave like one of the other animals, especially when the individual is in a position of power and authority. ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 642 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Of sanctions and misgovernance
Am writing this piece after 1 year since I wrote on sanctions and with this small piece I think I will manage to clarify the position on sanctions, however, democracy dictates that one is free to agre...Published: 22 hrs ago | 412 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Econet network upgrade targets increased coverage, improved customer experience
HARARE - Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has embarked on a network expansion programme that will see the country's largest mobile network operator add 130 new sites as it upgrades its existing base stations ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 548 | by Agencies
There's more evidence of rampant corruption in Zimbabwe than imagined economic sanctions!
As the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan winds up her much talked about visit, I wonder what real incontrovertible evidence she has managed to garner, on how exactly the so-called 'e...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:28hrs | 839 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Aren't Zimbabwe ruling elite ashamed when citizens have to beg to stay in foreign lands?
Imagine your spouse and children having to flee from home, due to your abusive, cruel, and irresponsible behavior - which had resulted in their untold hunger and unspeakable suffering - thereafter, se...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:16hrs | 290 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We need each other as Zimbabweans
Dear Zimbabweans, Greetings my fellow countrymen, guess I find you well despite the simmering October heat and the economic hardships. I'm really sorry to the Chinmasa family on the loss of th...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:14hrs | 156 | by Munya Shumba
Will SADC national dialogue finally end King Mswati III absolute monarch - Zimbabweans watching like hawks
SADC has finally stepped in to try end the cycle of violence and political unrest in Eswatini. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the current Chairperson of Chairperson of SADC's Organ on...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:02hrs | 471 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Corruption at Beitbridge has gone too far
IMAGINE a border post where haulage trucks are forced to spend more than five days in a queue to complete a customs clearing process that under normal circumstances would not take mere hours.T...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2137 | by Staff reporter
When will Africa wake up from economic slumber?
THE Chinese bamboo is an amazing tree. Its seed stays underground for five years without germinating, but when it does, it grows considerably big in one week.What is important is not how long ...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 270 | by Anon
Zimbabwe moving in cycles
ZIMBABWE is reeling under the effects of bad leadership and awful ruling Zanu-PF party governance.With what is happening under President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule, it would not be surprising i...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 326 | by Mai Ruru
Brace for the worst under Mnangagwa
THE crushing of dissenting voices by the Zanu-PF government is just, but a tip of the iceberg compared to what is to come under the new dispensation, especially as the 2023 elections draw nearer....Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1306 | by Chief Chiduku
Banks under fresh pressure
CHIEF executives of banks came under pressure at the weekend to act on concerns that financial institutions were fleecing consumers through punitive fees and commission charges on their accounts, whil...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube told to dollarise
PRESSURE is mounting on Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to dollarise the economy after members of the public told Parliamentarians that it was the only way to tackle price and exchange rate instability ...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2817 | by Staff reporter
'US shifting goalposts on re-engagement'
Home Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana has alleged that the United States (US) was changing goalposts to stall government's re-engagement efforts.Musabayana said this in the Senate last...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:25hrs | 1554 | by Staff reporter
Teachers to protest against govt on anti-sanctions day
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) has planned anti-government protests today to coincide with the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) anti-sanctions solidarity day....Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 550 | by Staff reporter
'There is no freedom of expression' in Zimbabwe
TSITSI Dangarembga, born in 1959 in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), studied psychology in her home country and later at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.Today she is one of t...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:23hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
NetOne mobile broadband to drive financial inclusion
NETONE says its recently launched national mobile broadband (NMBB) programme will enhance the country's efforts towards expanding financial inclusion through the firm's mobile money platform, One Mone...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 99 | by Staff reporter
RBZ calls for Zimdollar pricing
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr John Mangudya has implored public entities including local authorities to price their services in local currency. Speaking at the ongoing 2022 pre-bu...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
SADC wants sanctions lifted
On October 25 2019, Southern African Development Community (SADC) stood together in solidarity to formally denounce and call for the removal of the unilateral sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by some Wes...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Remove sanctions on Zimbabwe; Chakwera tells West
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) wishes to reaffirm its solidarity with the Government and People of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and to collectively voice its concerns on, and disapprov...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga proposes new beer, cigarette taxes
Health and Child Care Minister Costantino Chiwenga says government should introduce taxes on beer and cigarettes to raise money for medical services.Chiwenga, who is also the country's vice pr...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | 386 | by Staff reporter
Legislative, logistical challenges stalling diaspora vote
The Zimbabwe's Consul General to Johannesburg, South Africa, Melody Chaurura has blamed the legislative and logistical challenges in the country as currently stalling the possibility of the Diaspora c...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:46hrs | 581 | by Stephen Jakes
$6.8bn govt funds saga raises dust
Parliament has raised concern over unauthorised expenditure by government amounting to $6.8 billion, describing it as an "unacceptable anomaly".Auditor-general Mildred Chiri, in reports releas...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:29hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
23 Bulawayo schools hit by Covid-19
A TOTAL of 23 learning institutions in Bulawayo have recorded Covid-19 cases since schools opened in September but officials said most have recovered and the situation was under control.Accord...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:29hrs | 371 | by Staff reporter
Land commission to carry out land audits
THE newly appointed Zimbabwe Land Commission will carry out periodic land audits to determine equitable use of land and productivity as the country seeks to continue producing enough food for its citi...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:28hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Remove yoke of sanctions so Zimbabwe can breathe
ZIMBABWE tomorrow joins the Southern Africa Development community, the wider African continent and other progressive nations of the world in commemorating the Day of Solidarity Against Illegal Sanctio...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:28hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
No to US dollar as sole currenc, says Mthuli
ZIMBABWE will not adopt the United States dollar as the country's sole currency, but will work to progressively defend the value of the local unit, while businesses that refuse to accept the Zimbabwe ...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:27hrs | 260 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tense as factional intrigue overshadows upcoming conference
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will preside over a potentially heated Zanu-PF conference in Bindura next week amid bruising infighting in the Midlands and Masvingo, with the party leader expected to cra...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:53hrs | 844 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's huge coal reserves might soon be redundant
TOP executives at Zimbabwe's power utility Zesa Holdings Limited and policymakers are deeply worried about the future of coal-fired electricity projects in the country following China's recent move to...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:52hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Disingenuous US embassy dispels sanctions 'myth' to UN envoy
THE United States embassy in Harare this week met with United Nations special rapporteur on human rights Alena Douhan despite the American government's reservations about the mandate of rapporteurs on...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:51hrs | 1160 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths want life Presidency for Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF is plotting fresh constitutional amendments that would allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to serve for more terms after the 2023 elections.Under the provisions of the 2013 Constitution...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:36hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
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