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Failed state warning for South Africa
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) chief executive Busi Mavuso says that businesses cannot function properly in a failed state, but partnering with the government to fix its failures comes at a s...Published: 11 Aug 2025 at 10:10hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Zida launches eRegulations portal
The Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) has launched a new digital platform, the eRegulations portal, aimed at reducing bureaucratic red tape and enhancing the quality and ease of doing busi...Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 09:12hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Africa's inequality crisis: How government systems fuel corruption and entrench elitism
A recent Oxfam report has ignited renewed scrutiny of Africa's political and economic order, revealing a disturbing truth: while a handful of billionaires accumulate staggering wealth, hundreds of mil...Published: 14 Jul 2025 at 07:12hrs | 210 | by James Mathonsi
Zimbabwe Republic Police to audit food rations
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is set to conduct a thorough audit of food rations distributed to police stations nationwide following allegations that some senior officers have been abusing the sy...Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:07hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Outdated regulations stifling development in Zimbabwe
Councils across Zimbabwe must urgently modernize and adopt private sector-friendly reforms to eliminate bottlenecks in local government systems that threaten the country's ambitious economic transform...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 15:03hrs | 58 | by Staff reporter
Fake Zimbabwe ID syndicate busted in Bulawayo
A syndicate behind the production of fake national identity documents has been exposed at the Civil Registry Department's Tredgold building in Bulawayo, with links to a company contracted by the Depar...Published: 09 Apr 2025 at 21:26hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans fret over army hand in politics
A growing number of Zimbabweans are expressing alarm over the increasing involvement of the military in civilian life and politics, raising concerns about its impact on democracy and public trust. Thi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 167 | by Staff reporter
Govt to accelerate road rehab in urban centres
The Zimbabwean government is fast-tracking road rehabilitation projects in urban centers under the Nhimbe/Ilima programme, a joint effort involving local authorities, the Zimbabwe National Road Admini...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 07:41hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants abusing vehicle import rebate
Some of the civil servants recently allowed to import vehicles duty-free are now abusing the privilege, importing vehicles for other people and charging a "fee" of between US$700 and US$1 500 dependin...Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Citizens' new hope for a New Great Zimbabwe
In the last quarter of 2021, it seemed as though the political arena of Zimbabwe was hopeless due to the enemy-fuelled split in the main opposition party. The turning of the tables was hatched overnig...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 08:51hrs | 7 | by Nontokozo Malaba Ncube
Goblin economy creating goblin wealth
Without change of government's way of leading the economy, its system of governance of closely-controlled economy, Zimbabwe continue to be a goblin economy that creates goblin-induced wealth.G...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | 99 | by Brian Sedze
How about a Spice of uBuntu in Our Governments?
Democracy is such a good idea, but quite foreign to human nature. The absolute definition of Democracy is, "A government for the people by the people". This means, a system of government for t...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Hlatshwayo Dlamini
Oil deal strategic, says Mnangagwa
The Zanu-PF-led Government has made considerable progress in delivering on developmental projects and other election promises outlined in its manifesto despite disruptions caused by the coronavirus pa...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Building a new Zimbabwe is possible
A new Zimbabwe is possible. It is up to every Zimbabwean, those who are based at home, and in the Diaspora, to find each other, and come together for one goal and one goal only, change the course of t...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Anele Ndlovu
Zimbabwe government systems among most improved in Africa, says Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Zimbabwe is slowly improving its governance systems according to the latest results from the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) which have seen the country ranked among the five most improved ...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourning
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to the Kawonza family following the death of Ambassador Evelyne Kawonza who was a long serving Director of State Occasions in his office.Am...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Legislation to support devolution needed: Ncube
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says there is need to enact legislation on provincial councils to implement devolution so that the councils can get their statutory allocations.Ncube last week to...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No one will starve, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has assured the nation that no one will die of hunger as Government has enough grain in its reserves to assist those in need of aid. The President implored structures of Go...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Justice Matanda-Moyo: The new sheriff in town
FOR a long time people have been accusing Zanu-PF and President Mnangagwa in particular of not doing enough to deal with corruption. These critics accused the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissi...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:20hrs | 3 | by Khumbula Vodloza Sibanda
Valerio Sibanda's war time exploits
LET me congratulate General Philip Valerio Sibanda for his new post as the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander.I met Comrade Ananias Gwenzi (General PV Sibanda), in Zambia in March 1974 at...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 09:01hrs | 11 | by Dr Milton, Chemhuru
Mnangagwa sees end to commuter woes
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned 39 of 300 buses Government has secured as part of measures to address the plight of commuters that are being ripped off by unscrupulous private operators. ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ICSAZ launches public sector accounting qualification
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Zimbabwe has launched a public sector accounting qualification that is designed to strengthen the capacity of public sector accounting prof...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approaching point of no return
Long-suffering Zimbabweans should brace themselves for more price hikes and shortages of basic goods, after stressed companies said yesterday that they were left with an average of about 10 days' wort...Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Shooting report for Mnangagwa's eyes only
President Mnangagwa in his capacity as the Head of State and Government is the sole recipient of the report by the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 post-election violence that left six people d...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cannot do it alone
Command Agriculture has put the country on the path of food self-sufficiency, increased rural incomes and better living standards.Agriculture's influence, as a sector which supplies 60 percent of ...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Munyaradzi Mlambo
ZCTU SG questions change of system in Zanu PF govt
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Japhet Moyo has questions if the Zanu PF government systems have changed to allow rational minds in some of the ministers like Finance Minist...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mthuli Ncube lays out his plan for Zimbabwe
The people of Zimbabwe will prosper only when Government can lay the foundation of a stable macroeconomic environment that will encourage investment from home and abroad.The key to creating su...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
When politics blocks hope
SO here we are again, stalled by inconclusive politics. Only time, dates and names of politicians have changed and the clock continues to tick. The scenario is the same. With every day that passes, ou...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:55hrs | 11 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa's inauguration scuttled by Chamisa
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa's inauguration ceremony scheduled for yesterday had to be aborted after the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance last Friday successfully filed its Constitutional Court (...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally blames cash crisis on US sanctions
PROPER banking services will return after the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (Zidera) has been removed, opening lines of credit, Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe said yesterday....Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 05:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ministers are just faces, the system works through Pemsecs - Fidelis Fengu
Former Zanu PF youth member, Fidelis Fengu have said it is not necessary for the people to worry themselves over the cabinet ministers who were appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying the cog...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zapu blasts govt over plans to close 40 Matabeleland South Schools
Matabeleland South Zapu Spokesperson Ernest Ndlovu has blasted the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education following its announcement of plans to close 40 schools in Matabeleland South on the grou...Published: 26 May 2017 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe diaspora in UK demand voting rights
Birmingham: The emergence of Zimbabwe's civil society movements in politics since #thisflag movement has become both fascinating and challenging. Fascinating in that the demonstrations does not seem t...Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 14:38hrs | 3 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Is Mnangagwa the ultimate survivor or is he living on borrowed time?
EVENTS of Wednesday last week proved that the 69-year old veteran politician is indeed a cunning survivor - that is if he is not living on borrowed time.GIVEN the rough and tumble of Zimbabwean politi...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Andrew Kunambura
Zimbabwe govt departments reject the rand
THE Government is formulating a framework to promote use of multiple currencies in its departments, municipalities and parastatals to reduce over-reliance on the United States dollar. The Rese...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 08:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tweaks multi currency regime
Government is urgently formulating a framework to promote use of multiple currencies in its departments, municipalities and parastatals to reduce over-reliance on the United States dollar.The ...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 02:06hrs | 3 | by Kuda Bwititi
Perm secs outrage at anti-corruption 'ambush'
Permanent secretaries yesterday expressed outrage over the behaviour of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to ambush them and accuse them of alleged crimes committed by officials in parast...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 07:13hrs | 2 | by Felex Share
Mugabe rule a photocopy of Smith regime- Mthwakazi
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said President Robert Mugabe's rule is clearly a photocopy of Ian Smith's regime but his is highly aggressive and retrogressive.Party's Secretary General: Hlonipha...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 14:34hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Samsung to set up plant in Zimbabwe
Global technology giant, Samsung on Thursday signed a partnership agreement with a local firm which could eventually result in the establishment of an assembly plant by the South Korean firm in Zimba...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 02:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai helped save Mugabe from possible contempt of court charges
After having recently described himself effectively as neither a leader nor a player but as only a main actor, whose script and what role is Morgan Tsvangirai acting in his High Court bid filed las...Published: 01 Apr 2013 at 11:26hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Mrs Tsvangirai's controversial trip canned
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Office yesterday failed to explain why the premier's wife Ms Elizabeth Macheka trip to India and South Africa was cancelled at the last minute.Ms Macheka was...Published: 10 Jul 2012 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe should be digital by 2015 — ICT Minister
THE Information Communications Technology (ICT) ministry headed by Nelson Chamisa has been a driving force behind Zimbabwe’s move towards e-government and e-edu...Published: 06 Jan 2012 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Key reforms necessary before elections: MDC
The MDC-T will not be force- marched into elections by Zanu PF before the completion of key reforms, a senior party official said at the weekend.Addre...Published: 12 Dec 2011 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Zim, India signs MOU to pave way for e-govt education programme
Zimbabwe and India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of an e-government education programme which is being spearheaded by the Office of the President and Cabinet, ZBC N...Published: 14 Sep 2011 at 18:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe launches Zimbabwe's e-government programme
President Robert Mugabe, has launched the e–government computers programme which will see the computerisation of all government departments. Speaking during a brief present...Published: 03 Aug 2011 at 08:01hrs | 15 | by .
Zimbabwe requests for a $50 million rescue package for ailing Bulawayo companies
Zimbabwe has made a request to South Africa for a US$50 million rescue package for struggling companies in Bulawayo, the country's industrial hub.The issue was raised during a meeting between ...Published: 17 Jun 2011 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
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