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US keenly watching Mnangagwa
THE United States government says it is keenly watching how President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration was upholding constitutionalism, basic human rights and the rule of law.The statement ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 369 | by Staff reporter
Vigilance needed as Zimbabwe prepares to easy the lockdown
As Zimbabwe begins to ease the lockdown measures instituted to control the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a risk of a resurgence of the pandemic. Most people mistakenly took the Lockdown as a sort of a h...Published: 4 hrs ago | 176 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SA tightens screws on cross-border trading
SOUTH Africa's Border Management Authority Act 2 of 2020 enacted on July 21, 2020 could severely restrict Zimbabwe's cross-border traders as the neighbouring country prepares to open its borders start...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:05hrs | 3420 | by Staff reporter
Cabinet puts state firms up for sale
CABINET on Tuesday resolved to finalise the privatisation of perennial loss-making parastatals and state-owned enterprises by year-end after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube reported that it had become u...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:54hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa forges ahead with Constitution amendments
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa Thursday told the United Nations his administration was forging ahead with amendments to the national constitution, a process which has been dismissed by opponents as an a...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Kombis given green light to operate
GOVERNMENT has given commuter omnibuses the nod to start operating but they have to register with relevant authorities and also strictly comply with Covid-19 health guidelines. The kombis amon...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:34hrs | 12271 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implored to unite Zanu-PF
ONE of the founders of Zanu-PF and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo has reiterated that it is in the best interest of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for unity to prev...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:28hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 11797 | by Israel Dube
ZCTU mobilises for nationwide protests
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has begun mobilising for a national general strike of both public and private sector workers. The event, according to ZCTU president Peter Mutasa, ...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:05hrs | 3446 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar gains against the US dollar
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe held its weekly foreign currency auction today, which saw the local currency maintain its appreciation trend against the US dollar after it gained 0.26% to 81.4965 from 81...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:42hrs | 6998 | by Staff reporter
Rushed Zim Dollar introduction cost the economy
The Zimbabwean government recently gazetted the Finance Bill (H.B.4 of 2020) which validates the fiscal changes that were tabled in the Mid-Term budget review in July 2020. The Bill amends the Gains T...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:17hrs | 1222 | by Victor Bhoroma
Govt salary talks collapse
GOVERNMENT salary talks broke down last week, with teachers saying they will boycott classes when schools reopen for examination classes next week as a result.The Apex Council, an umbrella bod...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:38hrs | 4834 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's indigenisation law ill-conceived, says Zanu-PF
GOVERNMENT rolled out an ill-conceived indigenisation policy for political expediency during the late former President Robert Mugabe's era, Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has said....Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
'Worn out US dollar notes notes acceptable'
BADLY damaged, dirty or even torn United States dollar notes remain valid for all transactions and can be exchanged as legal tender. This comes as some businesses and individuals have been rej...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1636 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba to observe Covid-19 rules
AHEAD of its annual conference to be held in Bindura, Mashonaland Central, the ruling Zanu-PF party has hinted that it is likely to reduce the number of delegates in line with the Covid-19 regulations...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Mr. President, Hard Talk builds nations and dreams !!!
In 1994, I was doing my primary education at Nyazura Primary school, a boarding primary school in Manicaland Province. It was the norm back then that you would buy an envelope and get a postage ...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 3627 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
75% Zimbabwe urban workers jobless, says WFP
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has disclosed that three quarters of Zimbabwe's urban workers have lost their jobs due to the deteriorating economic situation and the COVID-19-induced restrictions whic...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:52hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions hold key to ending Zimbabwe problems
FORTHRIGHT former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says the push by South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa and his ruling African National Congress (ANC) to end Zimbabwe's decades-long political and ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | 3876 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa still to decide on Beitbridge Border Post re-opening
THE Government is still deliberating on whether to re-open its land borders especially Beitbridge Border Post to international travellers following an announcement by South Africa that it will re-open...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:35hrs | 4376 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Diaspora districts galvanise party
Zanu-PF'S Diaspora districts have started enhancing collaboration as they work together to share strategies of strengthening the revolutionary party's footprint outside Zimbabwe.This comes as ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 236 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 660 | by Staff reporter
Gono says Zimbabwe is in a crisis
Former reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says there is no need to deny that the country is in a crisis as the problems were self-evident.President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:19hrs | 3052 | by Staff reporter
What's Mnangagwa and Auxillia up to?
QUITE a morsel of things doesn't add about the trip that Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi has just made to Zimbabwe, outside the winding name. The sheik arrived in Zimbabwe last Sun...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:59hrs | 1442 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mystery surrounds Mnangagwa meeting with sheik
MyStery surrounds the recent visit to Zimbabwe by a top United Arab emirates (UAE) official, Sheik Fayez Muhamad Salem Sultan Al Qassimi, who arrived in Harare last Sunday to reportedly discuss invest...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1439 | by Staff reporter
Government and kombi operators in crunch talks
The Government and private commuter omnibus operators are this week expected to hold crunch talks as the latter angle for a return to intra-city operations after a six-month ban.The discussion...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:47hrs | 916 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa govt promises 200 000 new houses by 2023
At least 200 000 new houses will be constructed by 2023, while apartments that are unfit for human habitation will be rebuilt and informal settlements revamped as part of a raft of measures to overhau...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:40hrs | 233 | by Staff Reporter
Chiwenga assesses main airports
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also Health and Child Care Minister, has declared the country's three main airports ready to start operating, marking a significant step in reopening the ec...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 07:38hrs | 372 | by Staff Reporter
Gweru Hospital gives patients 48-hour ultimatum
GWERU Provincial Hospital yesterday have given debtors a 24-hour ultimatum to settle their debts or risk having their property attached by the health institution to recover outstanding bills, Southern...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Voting in Zimbabwe a waste of time
SPEAKER of the Nation-al Assembly, Jacob Mudenda wonders why there is so much voter apathy among voters in Africa with only 35% of populations voting. As a lawyer, he should be educated enough...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:19hrs | 578 | by A Mbire
Either Zanu-PF is out of touch, or its leadership is hopeless
REPORTS of last week's explosive meeting between Zanu-PF and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party of South Africa make interesting reading.On face value, one can be forgiven to mis...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 1325 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'crisis only exists in minds of opposition'
President Mnangagwa has shot down claims of a crisis in the country, thanking Zimbabweans for remaining resolute in defiance of machinations by opposition elements bent on fomenting political instabil...Published: 19 Sep 2020 at 06:15hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
'We cannot impose ourselves on Zimbabwe' says SA - yet no qualms imposing illegitimate Zanu PF
South African International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says South Africa's intervention in Zimbabwe can only happen at the request of the Government of Zimbabwe.There is real very little...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 15:34hrs | 2354 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF loses out on goodwill over its stark denialist attitude
UTTERANCES by Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa (pictured) that neighbouring South Africa's ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), has no mandate to intervene in Zimbabwe's mul...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 07:08hrs | 1190 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt abuses critics, allege rights groups
GODFREY Kurauone, a Zimbabwean opposition official, sang a protest song at the funeral of a party member in July. For that, and other political charges, he spent 42 days in jail before the prosecution...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:50hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe takes sanctions fight to UN
Zimbabwe will next week use the opening of the 75th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), that will be held virtually because of Covid-19, to reiterate its call for the unconditional remo...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 341 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns brawling Zanu-PF
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has issued a stern warning to party members who are brawling ahead of the ruling party's District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections. This comes as Zanu-PF has...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:04hrs | 4214 | by Staff reporter
Khupe barred from Polad
THE MDC has directed its interim president Thokozani Khupe to stop being part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) until she gets the mandate from the party's congress....Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 13913 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa must renew cordiality
In 2009, former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Dr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai appointed the then MDC National Organizing Secretary, Nelson Chamisa to be in charge of Ministry of Information and Communicatio...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 10:27hrs | 3739 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Whisky, bootlicking at Mnangagwa's birthday
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials and corporate executives yesterday fell over each other to spoil President Emmerson Mnangagwa with presents that included flowers and expensive whisky brands on his 78th birth...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 7445 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Mthuli denies policy consistency reports
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday denied that there were policy inconsistencies in the country, claiming his austerity measures were simply "reforms" aimed at bringing back stability to the econ...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa clears the air on ANC delegation visit
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Zanu-PF and its organs to lead the way in telling the Zimbabwean success stories to counter the anti-Zimbabwe sentiments being peddled by the country's detract...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:04hrs | 1149 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's curfew remains in place
The 8pm to 6am curfew to restrict night activities as part of Government measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 remains in place despite the extension of business hours permitted for exempted non-...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:02hrs | 2761 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warns Zimbabwe detractors
President Mnangagwa yesterday challenged Zanu-PF and its organs to lead the way in telling the Zimbabwean success stories to counter anti-Zimbabwe sentiments being peddled by the country's detractors....Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 05:57hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe sets dates for resumption of flights
Flag carrier Air Zimbabwe said it would resume domestic flights on September 23 and regional flights from October 3 after the government lifted a coronavirus lockdown in place since March.Air ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 22:10hrs | 938 | by Staff reporter
When a Nguni Kingship chases his own agenda to undo other Ndebele Kings
We have been saying it for a long time that the Nguni Kings are chasing their own agenda but will want to ride at the backs of the Ndebele populations so that they get recognition by Zanu Government. ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:11hrs | 1836 | by Nomazulu Thata
ANC, Zanu-PF collides
Zanu-PF and the African National Congress have sharply disagreed over the latter's future role in trying to find a solution to the deepening crisis in Zimbabwe.The ANC on Tuesday said it inten...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 12:07hrs | 6171 | by Staff reporter
RBZ sees blended inflation in single digits in 2021
Inflation is expected to drop to double digits next year as the economy converges to a new steady state although there are now heightened stagflation fears. According to the RBZ, blended annua...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:47hrs | 2571 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar continues to regain strength
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe allotted its highest foreign currency to date at the weekly foreign currency auction today as the local currency continues to regain strength. The Zimbabwe do...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:40hrs | 3345 | by Staff reporter
Hon Biti attempting to ensnare Prof Ncube, Dr Mangudya for political gain
FORMER Finance and Economic Development Minister, Honourable Tendai Biti is one of the very few political figures within the country's multiple opposition parties who appear to understand their respon...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 11:34hrs | 3935 | by Nathan Gurira
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1195 | by Staff reporter
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