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Mnangagwa's govt to borrow money without Parly approval
GOVERNMENT will soon have powers to borrow money from international institutions without Parliament approval if proposed amendments are passed.Legal watchdog Veritas said it is not wise for th...Published: 11 hrs ago | 208 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's govt to blame for food shortages'
THE opposition MDC has blamed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for contributing to the country's acute food shortages due to its failure to adequately mobilise aid despite receiving enough wa...Published: 11 hrs ago | 127 | by Staff reporter
Nurses to ambush government
RESTIVE nurses, who along with other professionals in the health sector have declared incapacitation due to poor remuneration, are planning to ambush government by staging crippling industrial actions...Published: 11 hrs ago | 316 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt must operate above petty politics
GOVERNMENT'S decision to dispossess former Local Government minister and Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere of his Mazowe farm is a clear demonstration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ad...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Corruption in police force irks Mnangagwa's govt
POLICE Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga has moved Chief Superintendent Johannes Govo from Gokwe where he was the officer commanding Gokwe South District over a perennial land dispute in Chemagora....Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:16hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt forfeits 1 000 mining claims in Matabeleland South
THE Government has forfeited more than 1 000 gold mining claims in Matabeleland South following failure by owners to pay inspection fees since last year and beyond, as it implements its "use it or los...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 239 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa Govt acts on Gukurahundi healing
Implementation of healing measures for victims of civil disturbances that rocked parts of Midlands and Matabeleland provinces in the early 1980s is set to receive a fresh boost when Government meets a...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:13hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa loyalist says Govt roller meal taskforce foolish
South African based President Emmerson Mnangagwa's confidante and MDC critic Kudzai Mutisi has scoffed off at Industry and Commerce Minister Sekai Nzenza's roller meal committee set to monitor the sel...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:11hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt revises civil servants pay offer
Government and representatives of civil servants are set to meet again today after the latter turned down Government's revised salary offer made on Friday, which would see the least-paid employee earn...Published: 26 Jan 2020 at 06:08hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to repeal Gold Trade Act
civil society organisations and captains of industry, among others, have called on government to swiftly repeal the Gold Trade Act and formalise artisanal and small-scale mining to boost gold producti...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:39hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sets up commission to probe MDC councillors
GOVERNMENT has set up a commission of inquiry to investigate reports of alleged corruption and abuse of funds by MDC councillors in Marondera town.The investigations come after residents prepa...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:31hrs | 475 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt universities defer intakes
STATE universities have suspended February intakes as they are aligning their curricula to the Zimbabwe National Qualification Framework. Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and...Published: 23 Jan 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1238 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt dismisses Chamisa speech
Government has dismissed MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's address which he made to his supporters in Harare yesterday as a series of contradictions. Mr Chamisa told a paltry crowd in hi...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Doctors leave Zimbabwe in droves amid govt hostility
FRUSTRATED Zimbabwean medical doctors are leaving the country in droves as government fails to break an impasse with the health professionals following a four-month strike action late last year over p...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:57hrs | 1422 | by NewZimbabwe.com
Mthuli Ncube must stop lying on inflation
EXACTLY a year after Zimbabwe's first biggest fuel hike since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power from the late Robert Mugabe, the administration was at hand to celebrate the Jan...Published: 21 Jan 2020 at 18:48hrs | 143 | by Staff rpeorter
Former legislator accused govt of being inactive in dealing with economic crisis
Former Bulilima West legislator Norman Mpofu has accused government of being inactive in dealing with economic crisis which has impoverished the majority of citizens.The country is currently r...Published: 20 Jan 2020 at 14:12hrs | 2258 | by Stephen Jakes
'Machete gangs created by govt bigwigs'
Independent Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa says the machete-wielding gangs that are terrorising people in most parts of the country are a creation of people in high offices.Speaking ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 13:18hrs | 874 | by Staff reporter
Govt mulls Telecel debt equity swap
TELECEL International (TI), a State-owned vehicle which owns 60 percent of Telecel Zimbabwe (TZ), is considering converting the US$90 million debt owed by the mobile network operator into equity, a mo...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:31hrs | 178 | by Staff rpeorter
Mphoko's daughter slams Mnangagwa's govt for lack of respect
FORMER Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's daughter, Siduduzile, has rapped the government for allegedly disrespecting and failing to honour her father despite his contribution to Zimbabwe before and ...Published: 19 Jan 2020 at 05:25hrs | 631 | by Staff reporter
British govt issues travel warning to Zimbabwe
The British government on Friday issued a travel warning to Zimbabwe citing possible political upheavals and regional flight services disruptions.A ...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 08:43hrs | 17072 | by Staff reporter
Govt rolls out community radio stations
Marginalised communities are set to have their voices heard on radio as the Government has embarked on a programme to set up community radio stations across the country. The programme, which i...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:36hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo squeals over farm
SELF-EXILED former Cabinet minister and Zanu-PF politburo member, Jonathan Moyo, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of systematically grabbing his property and others owned by G40 a...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:34hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Journalist acquitted on anti-govt protest charge
HARARE-BASED freelance journalist, Doubt Asima, who was arrested in August last year on public violence charges after he was found rendering first aid to an elderly woman during an anti-government pro...Published: 18 Jan 2020 at 05:32hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commissariat implores UK queen to look into solving Zimbabwean problems, considering that her govt caused it
Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God Queen of this Realm and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, is not going to live forever.Since...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 15:05hrs | 2825 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Court acquits Good Samaritan Journalist over anti govt protest
A ZIMBABWEAN court has acquitted Doubt Asima, a freelance journalist, who had been on trial on charges of committing public violence after he was arrested when he tried to rescue an elderly woman, who...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:07hrs | 1307 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's govt defends Ndiweni ouster
GOVERNMENT has said that Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni was dethroned procedurally because he was not the legitimate heir to the throne.Ndiweni, through his law...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 06:06hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
$90 million for student loans
GOVERNMENT has availed $90 million for students' loans as it moves to ensure that higher education is accessible to all including the poor. This comes after Higher and Tertiary Education...Published: 17 Jan 2020 at 05:59hrs | 91 | by Staff reporter
Govt dismisses Mphoko's benefits claim
GOVERNMENT is disputing former Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko's claim of more than US$300 000 in benefits and monthly pension pay-outs, saying there is no explanation as to how he arrived at that f...Published: 16 Jan 2020 at 07:36hrs | 4998 | by Staff Reporter
Mthuli can only afford allowances
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday poured cold water on civil servants' demand for United States dollar-benchmarked salary adjustments, saying the broke Zanu-PF government will, instead, continue...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:48hrs | 3792 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt working on new designs for schools
THE MINISTRY of Primary and Secondary Education says it is working on new designs for school buildings and infrastructure that can withstand extreme weather conditions.Floods and hailstorms ar...Published: 15 Jan 2020 at 06:26hrs | 934 | by Staff reporter
Khumalo clan to engage Mnangagwa govt over Ndebele ‘king’
The Royal Crown Trust and the Khumalo clan in Matabeleland will now engage government over the public coronation of Ndebele king, Bulelani Colin Khumalo, after the State blocked his purported installa...Published: 13 Jan 2020 at 20:27hrs | 4209 | by Staff reporter
Govt warns private schools charging in forex
Government has warned private schools charging in forex or indirectly that they risk being deregistered and gave a directive to public schools not to raise tuition fees. Speaking at a media br...Published: 12 Jan 2020 at 09:20hrs | 5281 | by Staff Reporter
Charamba dismisses Mnangagwa house arrest reports
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has dismissed as gibberish reports that his boss was under house arrest.He was responding to a report by an online publication claim...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 18:24hrs | 19874 | by Staff Reporter
Govt to increase fuel supplies
GOVERNMENT is working round the clock to maintain increased fuel supplies as witnessed over the festive period, Energy and Power Development Minister Advocate Fortune Chasi has said."We ...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 22:29hrs | 4299 | by Staff Reporter
Govt mulls solar systems for public health facilities
Government will soon start installing solar systems in all its urban and rural hospitals and clinics to mitigate challenges of power cuts and high costs involved in running generators, Energy and Powe...Published: 04 Jan 2020 at 13:19hrs | 839 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt warned against printing money
Business leaders have warned government to desist from excessive money printing, as it is negatively affecting real growth.Inflation happens if the money supply grows faster than economic outp...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 11:38hrs | 10688 | by Staff Reporter
Govt employs 5 000 teachers
THE Civil Service Commission has given the nod to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to employ 5 000 teachers to ease pressure in the country's schools while further proposing that teache...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 08:18hrs | 2366 | by Staff Reporter
Govt, millers agree on subsidies
More subsidised roller meal will be in the shops once all millers start receiving the special maize allocations from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) from Monday after a fruitful meeting between the Go...Published: 28 Dec 2019 at 08:24hrs | 2079 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's govt takes plunge to compensate white farmers
ONE of the most interesting developments in the recent budget statement is government's decision to compensate former white farmers after nearly 20 years following the 2000 land reform programme. The ...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:39hrs | 171 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Ndiweni calls for interim govt
DEPOSED Ntabazinduna chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has reiterated his suggestion that an interim transitional government (ITG) of technocrats must be put in place to abolish the bond note and impleme...Published: 23 Dec 2019 at 15:38hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Govt responds to fake versity fees hike messages
GOVERNMENT has dismissed social media messages that universities have raised fees by more than 500 percent. One of the discredited messages reads: "Un...Published: 21 Dec 2019 at 08:31hrs | 1495 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe govt speaks on borders congestion
The Zimbabwean government says the country's border posts were not designed to cater for the large volumes of people and traffic they are currently processing leading to congestion.The country...Published: 20 Dec 2019 at 10:12hrs | 5421 | by Staff Reporter
Not enough breathalysers for festive season - Zim Govt
The Zimbabwean government says it does not have adequate breathalysers to test suspected drunken drivers, who have been blamed for causing accidents, during the festive season. Transport Minis...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 18:42hrs | 819 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa's advisor slams govt over doctors impasse
BUSINESSMAN and cleric, Shingi Munyeza has called out government for failing to equip hospitals and underpaying doctors while at the same time expecting them to save lives.In a video posted on...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:10hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
'Craft laws to jail pro-sanctions politicians.' says Chinotimba
BUHERA South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu PF) yesterday suggested in the National Assembly that laws must be crafted to throw into jail all those who travel outside the country calling for sanctions, in...Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:09hrs | 525 | by Staff reporter
Chapfika dies at govt offices
BUSINESSMAN MacDonald Chapfika (57) collapsed and died outside Munhumutapa offices in Harare moments after meeting with top government officials over procurement of maize from outside the country....Published: 19 Dec 2019 at 05:08hrs | 1523 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt establishes 3 000 'bush' bakeries
MORE than 3 000 community bakeries have been established in various remote areas in the country as part of Government efforts to increase the production of confectionery products, including bread, at ...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt establishes 3 000 'bush' bakeries
MORE than 3 000 community bakeries have been established in various remote areas in the country as part of Government efforts to increase the production of confectionery products, including bread, at ...Published: 15 Dec 2019 at 12:10hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt did not ban demos, says SB Moyo
Government has not banned marches or demonstrations that are conducted in a peaceful manner and within the confines of the law, a Cabinet Minister has said. Foreign Affairs and International T...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:02hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
Govt begins grain maize subsidy rollout
Government has commenced the roll-out of the subsidy programme on maize roller meal to registered grain millers.Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube said today that grain millers...Published: 13 Dec 2019 at 17:46hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
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