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Opaque $18bn stimulus irks business
BUSINESS and labour are in the dark over the distribution of a ZW$18 billion (US$219,5 million) stimulus package announced by government three months ago to ameliorate the impact of the Covid-19 pande...Published: 8 hrs ago | 537 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling groceries from SA new Covid-19 frontier
FOR most families in Zimbabwe, the days leading to month-end are a painful slog because the meagre salaries people earn do not last the distance.As soon as the funds run out, the rat race begi...Published: 8 hrs ago | 681 | by Staff reporter
RBZ, police probe Ponzi schemes
POLICE and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) have launched a countrywide probe on companies operating suspected Ponzi schemes in urban centres in breach of the Banking Act. The firms, which are opera...Published: 9 hrs ago | 388 | by Staff reporter
Decolonisation of Zimbabweans
Dear fellow Zimbabweans we need to remove this yoke of bondage and free our minds, spirit and bodies from this Zanu-PF and its government and their colonised leaders' minds that still continue to suff...Published: 20 hrs ago | 1137 | by Mzilikazi Zwane
Ramaphosa's sealed CR17 records create fertile ground for corruption
The sealing of the CR17 documents creates a fertile ground for the continuation of corruption, the EFF has argued in its application to the High Court in Pretoria. EFF secretary-general Marsha...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 07:36hrs | 3072 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga tells farmers to 'utilise land or lose it'
FARMERS not using their farms fully risk having them repossessed or reduced to sizes they can use productively, so agricultural production can rise and play a pivotal role in the attainment of an uppe...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 06:48hrs | 841 | by Staff reporter
BCC pleased with BF progress
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is pleased with the progress they have made in the renovations at Barbourfields Stadium in order for the venue to meet the Confederation of African Football (Caf) requi...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 16:15hrs | 851 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt suspends new road projects
GOVERNMENT says it will continue with major road projects across the country, but suspend new projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic which has paralysed a number of developmental projects.Trans...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 07:10hrs | 4185 | by Staff reporter
Zera warns errant service stations
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has warned service stations not using their own offshore funds against charging fuel in forex only. Zera said it is illegal for service stations...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:46hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
'Unboiled borehole water not suitable for drinking'
Bulawayo residents should not drink borehole water without boiling it as it is susceptible to contamination from burst sewers and soil bacteria. Most Bulawayo residents now depend on borehole ...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 06:45hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Persons with disabilities concerned about Zimbabwe human rights violations
Zimbabweans had yet another opportunity to define their destiny as a collective when they exercised their constitutional right to choose a leader of their choice. The July 2018 elections had new conte...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 11:35hrs | 752 | by Tsepang Nare and Abel Mavura
Cancel African public debts, ethics committees of African scientists must be formed
The International Coalition Against the Coronavirus (ICAC) Africa has demanded the cancellation of African public debts and establishment of the ethics committees of African scientists before an...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 07:19hrs | 138 | by Stephen Jakes
Matepatepa farming area needs good roads
Matepatepa farming area of Bindura is well known for tobacco and maize production, racking in the much needed forex and helping feed the nation. Places like Brutton, Lilstock and Chipa along t...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 18:21hrs | 113 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa. Chiweshe.
Misappropriations of national funds
Although considered as one of the mineral hubs of southern Africa, the country finds itself in the deep end financially grappling to stay afloat. Zimbabwe's mineral resources include amongst other chr...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 18:20hrs | 145 | by Sandra Bvungidzire
Zimbabwe not dollarising, says RBZ
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Dr John Mangudya, insists there is no going back on the process of de-dollarising the economy despite the growing use of the US dollar in most transactions, mor...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 17:12hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows will not relent on restoring democracy, fighting corruption
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reiterated his government will not relent in its attempts to remedy the dire socio, economic and political situation in the country.He was delivering his addre...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 17:03hrs | 969 | by newzimbabwe
Swaziland political party condemns Mnangagwa
The Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) has thrown its support behind the Zimbabwean workers who are trying hard to make ends meet during a time when the Zimbabwe Dollar is losing value every week....Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 09:07hrs | 2772 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Bosso's new kit
HIGHLANDERS have given their supporters a glimpse of the club's new kit as well as replica shirts, which should be available for the fans to purchase soon.Bosso have in the past few weeks used...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:46hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
Beyonce won't vote in Zimbabwe
The Bishop laughed his lungs out last week when he saw the desperate efforts of some activists who were trying to foist their latest hashtag movement on US singer Beyonce.There was a lot of eu...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:43hrs | 386 | by Bishop Lazarus
Disaster looms as Harare runs out of water chemicals
Harare is in a serious water crisis further exposing the vulnerable residents to the lethal COVID 19 virus. The City has attributed poor water supply to shortage of water treatment chemicals."...Published: 08 Aug 2020 at 21:17hrs | 2164 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Corporate Governance and State Entities Decay in Zimbabwe
The unfolding corporate governance scandal at Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) provides a hint of how the country's State Entities and Parastatals (SEPs) have been run down over the years....Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 22:11hrs | 1168 | by Victor Bhoroma
Hopewell Chin'ono unmasked, as America slaps Tagwirei with sanctions
Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei was born on the 19th February 1969 in SHURUGWI, his father the late Phineas Tagwirei was a modest man ND A MEMBER OF THE Seventh Day Adventist church.Kudakwashe Re...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 15:12hrs | 4816 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
BCC yet to receive devolution funds
GOVERNMENT has not yet disbursed devolution funds to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for roads rehabilitation, the local authority has said.Council had budgeted $20,7 million for resurfacing o...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:56hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF's shamelessness know no bounds
IT cannot get any worse than this, 40 years after independence, the Zanu-PF government wants to expurgate political parties in what is clearly a push towards a one-party State.On Wednesday, th...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:54hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean state capture
In my weekly political review show on the Gambakwe media platform two Sunday ago, we discussed about the planned demonstration on the 31st of July 2020. During the interview I invok...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 22:59hrs | 4119 | by Terence. T. Simbi
Stanbic enhances FCA digital banking
Stanbic Bank has stepped up functionality of Foreign Currency Accounts (FCAs) on their digital banking platforms, in a move that will allow customers to take full advantage of the interbank rates bein...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 08:57hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Silly protest threats must stop! Covid-19 is Real
Covid19 is real and we have real challenges that require all Zimbabweans regardless of political affiliations to put heads together on how we can survive this. Opposition supporters are crowded in the...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 07:51hrs | 452 | by Ms Tendayi Lynnette Mudehwe
BREAKING: Kuda Tagwirei added on America sanctions list
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Kudakwashe Regimond Tagwirei (Tagwirei) for providing support to the leadership of the Government of Zim...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 16:14hrs | 4102 | by US Treasury
High inflation sees Zimra exceed targets in Q2
Increased loss of value in the ZWL saw tax revenue in the second quarter exceed target by 42.75% to $20.11 billion. The tax collector had a target of $14.09 billion after collections amounted to $13.8...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:24hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Defections hit Chamisa's MDC in Zaka
MDC Alliance led by Mr Nelson Chamisa has suffered a heavy blow in Zaka after scores of its members, led by its parliamentary candidate for Zaka West in the 2018 polls, Mr William Zivenge, recently de...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1307 | by Staff reporter
Land reform beneficiaries must compensate ex-farmers
GOVERNMENT'S US$3,5 billion compensation offer to former commercial farmers dispossessed of land during the land reform programme has raised a lot of anxiety within and outside the country's borders, ...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:19hrs | 1167 | by Staff reporter
'Security sector hijacks Zimbabwe economy'
ZIMBABWE'S security sector has taken over control of all levers of the national economy, making it difficult to eliminate corruption as the "law does not apply to them", the Public Policy Research Ins...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Motorists plead for fuel dual pricing
Government should come up with legislation that makes it mandatory for service stations to sell fuel in both foreign and local currency in line with the prevailing exchange rate, motorists have said. ...Published: 04 Aug 2020 at 08:07hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Silandulo leaves Nust
National University of Science and Technology (Nust) director of communications and marketing Mr Felix Moyo has retired after serving the institution for 23 years. Mr Moyo bade farewell to Nus...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:50hrs | 2532 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt seeks Mzembi extradition
South Africa has been asked to extradite former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi who skipped bail while on remand on charges of criminal abuse of duty and theft of trust funds involving US$847 000. ...Published: 03 Aug 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders seek free use of BF
HIGHLANDERS could play their first two home league matches at Barbourfields Stadium for free when the season eventually starts if the Bulawayo City Council's finance and development sub-committee has ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:09hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, no one can breathe
On July 20, police in Zimbabwe arrested and detained journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. The prominent investigative reporter had blown the whistle on a $60 million corruption scandal in June.They a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 143 | by Panashe Chigumadze
Mum migrates leaving three fatherless children alone with no food
FIFTEEN-year-old Josphat Chibaya (15) dreams of being a soldier and aims at protecting his country in times of trouble, his younger sister Emma (13) wants to ensure we have a healthy nation as she wan...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:17hrs | 2905 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt tells off Malema
ZIMBABWE will not be lectured by misinformed and misguided regional parties such as the South African Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) on anything as the country is not a province of South Africa. ...Published: 01 Aug 2020 at 07:53hrs | 8825 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa urinates on the graves of Zimbabwe's heroes' Malema says
South African opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters, have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of undermining the war of liberation that was waged by Zimbabweans through signing a deal to compen...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 11:31hrs | 7149 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Noic, Sakunda sucked in US$17m loan scandal
EXPLOSIVE details show that the state-owned National Oil and Infrastructure Company (Noic) was advanced by Sakunda Holdings US$17,5 million of a US$22,75 million loan agreement to buy out Lonmin's 50%...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 08:00hrs | 3854 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says his hands are clean
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has challenged ex-Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono and presented evidence that he settled his debt under the Farm Mechanisation Program...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:46hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Will Shiri's demise force Mnangagwa govt to act?
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday woke up to news of the death of Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri, who reports suggest was the latest victim of COVID-19.He was no angel, but we hope his passing on may...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1090 | by Staff reporter
'Security forces ready to deal with demos'
President Mnangagwa yesterday warned that security forces "will be vigilant and on high alert" to deal with any attempts to destabilise the constitutionally-elected Government or create a public healt...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:50hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
RBZ Farm Mechanization Saga: Kasukuwere produces V11s
It is with great disappointment that I learnt RBZ and some former executives of Fiscorp under which we were allocated farm equipment have professed ignorance on there being any payment on my part with...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 21:19hrs | 11588 | by Saviour Kasukuwere
Zanu-PF councillor in pyramid scheme scam
Over 2 800 people in Chiredzi are counting their losses after money pyramid schemes that were operating around town collapsed. Chiredzi Town Council ward 4 councillor, Liberty Macharaga (Zanu-PF) ...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Vela piles pressure on BDO Zimbabwe
FORMER National Social Security Authority (NSSA) chairperson Robin Vela has threatened to sue BDO International if it fails to distance itself from a 2019 audit report by BDO Zimbabwe on the pay-as-yo...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:21hrs | 644 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere didn't pay for farm equipment'
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's former subsidiary, Fiscorp, which handled the Farm Mechanisation Programme between 2007 and 2008, has challenged former legislator, Mr Kudakwashe Bhasikiti and self-exil...Published: 29 Jul 2020 at 09:12hrs | 1398 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar loses 6% against the dollar
The local currency continues to lose value as it searches for a stable range based on demand and supply. The ZWL lost 6.01% to trade at 76.7596 against the dollar from 72.1470 attained last week....Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 19:26hrs | 4909 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo reveals ZANU PF's source of funding
The ruling ZANU PF is being bankrolled by public funds through the state owned enterprises, Professor Jonathan Moyo has revealed. Moyo, who was speaking to journalist Zenzele Ndebele, sa...Published: 28 Jul 2020 at 09:23hrs | 10781 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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