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Warning to South Africans - Zimbabwe also started with 2 to 4 hours of power cuts per day
South Africans are grappling with regular load-shedding which can last four hours at a time, but this could be the start of something much worse.This is the warning from Zimbabwe national Tafa...Published: 8 hrs ago | 565 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti slams Mthuli Ncube
THE Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube has come under fire for exempting Huawei from paying tax, with legislators saying it's against the principles of good public finance manageme...Published: 10 hrs ago | 460 | by Staff reporter
Justice Wadyajena divides parliament?
The 33 member Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and rural resettlement is alleged to be divided on tribal, political and personal interest lines as it emerged tha...Published: 14 hrs ago | 1826 | by Nicholas Ncube
Maize 'cartel' boss summoned to Parliament
Parliament has officially summoned Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe chairman Tafadzwa Musarara to appear before a portfolio committee after he snubbed several invitations.The committee on...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1225 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean family hopes to be granted US asylum after long wait
The Dzawo family has built their life in Burlington since fleeing government persecution in Zimbabwe in 2012. On March 4, a judge will decide whether to grant or deny them asylum status.It's b...Published: 19 hrs ago | 754 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru biography traces hero's life, suspicious death
CHOFAMBA SITHOLE - A newly-published scholarly biography of the late retired commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General Solomon Mujuru, captures the liberation war hero's key role in shaping the...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1520 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt struggling to contain graft,' says Ziyambi
THE government is facing hurdles in its efforts to deal with corruption, despite hoping that the new Money Laundering Act will provide the answers, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told Senators this ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 457 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's tactics fail to work
RIDING the wave of popular anger has not worked out for Nelson Chamisa as it did for the late Morgan Tsvangirai. That is probably because Tsvangirai was popular first before surfing the great ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 375 | by Lawson Mabhena
Mphoko must receive a full package of his benefits
To be fair, the former VP must be paid all his benefits as is stated in our Constitution. The legal reasoning here being that his resignation was not voluntary.There were unforeseen supervenin...Published: 21 hrs ago | 292 | by Njabulo
Zanu-PF factions square off in Parliament
ZANU-PF factionalism has spilled into Parliament as rival camps position themselves ahead of the long-awaited restructuring exercise to elect new provincial structures and district coordinating commit...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 4948 | by Staff reporter
New passport measures will go a long way
On Tuesday, Cabinet reviewed fees for ordinary and emergency passport applications.Under the new fee structure, ordinary passports, which were previously $53, are now $150, while emergency pas...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1874 | by Staff reporter
2018 elections not rigged?
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday put to rest speculations that 2018 elections were rigged as he confirmed to journalists that his party doesn't have many suppor...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 18:54hrs | 3160 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns corrupt fat cats
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has warned that corrupt fat cats would soon have their assets seized and forfeited to the State should they fail to account for their ill-gotten wealth as government t...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:34hrs | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Judges get better with age, says JSC
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has rallied behind government's proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill, especially on sections to do with extension of judges' tenure after reaching retirement ag...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:31hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Judges get better with age, says JSC
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has rallied behind government's proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill, especially on sections to do with extension of judges' tenure after reaching retirement ag...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:31hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube has no authority to backdate tax'
LEGAL think tank Veritas has said Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, who recently exempted Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies from paying income tax, has no jurisdiction to backdate tax....Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 05:49hrs | 3480 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe launches Twalumba Travel and Tourism Awards
The Minister of Environment, Tourism and hospitality Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu has announced that Zimbabwe has launched the Twalumba Travel and Tourism awards.He said the national tourism aw...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 15:42hrs | 659 | by Stephen Jakes
Cop smashes wife's phone in custody dispute
A double loss!A police officer who was fighting to be granted the custody of her two children lost the appeal and later on her former husband smashed her cellphone on the ground after she refu...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 594 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa keeps dialogue invitation open
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) - a grouping of politicians who contested the 2018 presidential elections - yesterday held its maiden Economic Summit which drew together captains of industry, la...Published: 21 Feb 2020 at 05:31hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
There is no honour among thieves
A FORTNIGHT ago, the Constitutional Court in Malawi set a precedent by overturning that country's 2019 election results, setting aside the victory of the incumbent Peter Mutharika, citing "widespread ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:32hrs | 979 | by Crispen Manjonjo
'Zimbabwe is redollarising, not de-dollarising'
On Tuesday, ZUVA Petroleum announced that eight of its service stations would be accepting foreign currency payments as number of fuel operators continue to withhold the liquid.ZUVA said four ...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:29hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
'General Mujuru was murdered'
ZIMBABWEAN-BORN and Oxford University associate professor, Miles Tendi has launched a book which claims that the late army general, Solomon Mujuru, did not die in an ordinary fire hence there was a de...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:41hrs | 5347 | by Staff reporter
Kombis hike fares
SCORES of commuters in Bulawayo were yesterday stranded after commuter omnibus operators hiked fares, some doubling them during peak hours, citing fuel shortages that have forced them to source the co...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:33hrs | 1800 | by Staff reporter
Corporates bank balances worry RBZ
ABOUT 50 percent of the ZW$34,5 billion total bank deposits belongs to corporates, which makes liquidity management critical to keep inflationary pressures under check. Reserve Bank of Zimbabw...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:32hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Stanbic enhances digital banking
Stanbic Bank is stepping up the digitisation exercise hot on the heels of being named Best Bank of The Year in 2019 by leading financial magazine, The Banker, at a gala in London. The bank wil...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 06:29hrs | 174 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube explains subsidised roller meal system
GOVERNMENT is next week expected to roll out the new targeted system for the distribution of subsidised roller meal to vulnerable groups with more work still needed to upgrade the database of urban be...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1260 | by Staff reporter
5 years to full de-dollarisation
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the country has registered significant progress in embracing the use of the local currency since its adoption in June last year but expects complete de-dollaris...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa playing opposition politics
Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of some opposition political parties in talks with the ruling ZANU-PF on resolving Zimbabwe's crisis, have said there is no stalemate between mainstream o...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:12hrs | 784 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay off Eskom debt in March
President Mnangagwa says the government will pay off its debt to South Africa`s power utility - Eskom, by March, a development expected to improve power supply in the country.According to the ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:11hrs | 1145 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa stalemate dismissed
Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of some opposition political parties in talks with the ruling ZANU-PF on resolving Zimbabwe's crisis, have said there is no stalemate between mainstream o...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 11:06hrs | 2553 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC took money from 'murderers'?
THE motor-mouthed MDC secretary for elections, Jacob Mafume, has defended the party's decision to embrace people implicated in the murder of the party's activists in previous elections.Respond...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 3379 | by Staff reporter
Is the US ready for a gay president?
When the ancient Romans saw the African horse (the zebra), they announced that those who want to experience wonders must visit Africa. Today, the surprising showing of 37-year-old Pete Buttigieg, a ga...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:41hrs | 615 | by Kenneth Mufuka
National interest or Partisan dynamics in Economic Policy Design
This instalment marks the end of this series on political transitions and economic policy architecture in Zimbabwe. To refresh your memory reader, you would recall that policy-making is a seri...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:36hrs | 74 | by Richard Mahomva
Land Reform: Zimbabwe's biggest independence milestone
ON 18 April this year, Zimbabwe will be celebrating 40 years of self-rule from British colonial domination. It is the right time for the country to take stock of its achievements, developments and cha...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:34hrs | 240 | by Vincent Gono
Priority shifts to investigations, asset recovery
The commission has so far this year received more than 60 reports of suspected corruption.The reports were received through walk-in clients, by telephone, through letters, email and use of soc...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:32hrs | 96 | by Comm John Makamure
Parirenyatwa has case to answer: Magistrate
HARARE regional magistrate Elijah Makomo has dismissed an application for discharge filed by former Health minister, David Parirenyatwa, who is being charged with abuse of office for ordering the irre...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:23hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's legacy and Shona triumphalism: Zimbabwe's case for a two-state solution
ZIMBABWE, which was called Rhodesia before its attainment of independence in 1980, is a former British colony.Although there are over ten tribes that inhabit the country, Zimbabwe can neatly b...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 17:59hrs | 4452 | by George Mkhwanazi
Zimbabweans ready for Kasukuwere to lead them
Inflation in Zimbabwe has gone past the 500% mark, while salaries remain stagnant. A number of households are currently living below the poverty datum line and the future seems bleak for the 90% of th...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 12:14hrs | 8594 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Zacc won't be used to settle personal scores
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's lethargic approach in the fight against corruption has raised the spectre of distrust towards his administration's will to fight graft. The appointment of Loice ...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Parirenyatwa requires US$31m to function optimally
PARIRENYATWA Group of Hospitals requires US$31 million if it is to operate efficiently as a central hospital, the hospital’s group chief executive officer Ernest Munyawu told Parliament last...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:28hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Berita drops another love gem
LAST year at around this time, award-winning songstress Berita Khumalo gave people Ndicel'ikiss. This year, she has another offering, Jikizinto which she wants people to jam to as they celebrate...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 06:00hrs | 230 | by Staff reportert
Chamisa linked ZCTU snubs Polad's economic summit invite
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), an ally of the main opposition MDC, has turned down an invitation to attend the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) Economic Summit saying they cannot assoc...Published: 14 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 171 | by newzimbabwe
'MDC does not control cities'
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, says while his party won elections in 2018 across the country's cities, they do not have control over the same, with the ruling ...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 21:07hrs | 877 | by Staff reporter
Zapu raps govt over Mashurugwi
Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa government of being complicit in the terror gangs called maShurugwi that have been terrorizing the mining sector.In...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 13:34hrs | 1027 | by Stephen Jakes
Stab victim in financial dilemma
A 21-YEAR-OLD stab victim, First Chisora, is literally wasting away on his hospital bed as he cannot afford the huge amount of money required for him to undergo corrective surgery. His kidneys are alm...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1347 | by Eddie Cross
Tshinga Dube slams silencing of youths
FORMER War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has slammed the suspension and silencing of Zanu-PF youth leaders who spoke out against graft, adding that the named cartels should prove their innocence and ...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 07:55hrs | 4841 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally wants Chinese nationals barred from entering Zimbabwe
MDC Parliamentary Chief Whip, Prosper Mutseyami has questioned why the government is still allowing visitors from China to enter Zimbabwe in light of the calamitous coronavirus outbreak, which has kil...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 10:42hrs | 2259 | by newzimbabwe
Maize meal 'cartel' boss evades MPs over US$27m RBZ payment
Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) chairman Tafadzwa Musarara, accused of running a cartel by the Zanu-PF Youth League two weeks ago, on Tuesday ducked out of appearing before a parlia...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 10:40hrs | 2036 | by Staff reporter
Some degrees to become obsolete
THE Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education Professor Amon Murirwa has reiterated on the shelving some of the degrees offered by the country's learning institutions.Speaking during the prese...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 06:52hrs | 7546 | by Staff reporter
Employers oppose blanket minimum wage
EMPLOYERS have said they prefer a sector-specific wage review mechanism as opposed to a national minimum wage policy being advocated by social partners under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF). ...Published: 12 Feb 2020 at 05:38hrs | 600 | by Staff reporter
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