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Zimbabwe's new currency requires bold measures to succeed
JOHN Mushayavanhu, the new Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, yesterday put his head on the block declaring that "not under my watch" will the apex stray from its core functions as he launched a...Published: 06 Apr 2024 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
$10 trillion kitty to complete high-impact projects in Zimbabwe
SEVEN high-impact projects - spanning energy, information and communication technology, transport, water and sanitation, agriculture, health, education and housing, among other sectors - are expected ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:48hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Stolen cellphones ring from dead man's socks
REVELLERS at night clubs around Chikanga's TM area in Mutare were lucky to recover their stolen cellphones which had been tucked in knee-high socks of a thief who was fatally assaulted by his colleagu...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt draws down US$311m from IMF kitty
ZIMBABWE has drawn down US$311 million from the US$958 million it was allocated under extra Special Drawing Rights by the International Monetary Fund in August last year, an automatic allocation along...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Chinhoi dives into Lake Victoria after winning Uganda Open a 2nd time
Robson Chinhoi showed what the Uganda Open victory means to him, by excitedly diving into Lake Victoria after his final putt Saturday.Having totally annihilated the field, the Zimbabwean gave ...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 12:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's attempts to internationalise Sikhala case flops
CCC interim spokesperson, Gift "Ostallos" Siziba and a retinue of other opposition members and other detractors were in the United States for the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that ran f...Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Rogue ZIFA engage FIFA on way forward
ZIFA have written to FIFA to apprise them of the latest developments in local football as part of a process to reintegrate Zimbabwe into the global football family, while a forensic audit is underway ...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:26hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | | by Bishop
US$800m regime change kitty at risk in 2022 NGOs Bill
THE Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill could cost Zimbabwe close to US$800 million in development funding this year – with devastating social and economic consequences – if the governm...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Civil servants, Govt salary talks on today
REPRESENTATIVES of civil servants and Government are set to meet today for a fresh round of salary negotiations with the employees saying they are cautiously optimistic.The parties are expecte...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
US$7,1 billion to address Zesa power shortages
INCESSANT power cuts bedeviling the country are a passing phase, as power utility Zesa Holdings will invest US$7,1 billion in the next 10 years to simultaneously address current challenges and i...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zesa reassures nation
INCESSANT power cuts currently being experienced around the country are a passing phase, as power utility zesa Holdings will invest US$7,1 billion in the next 10 years to simultaneously address curren...Published: 14 Nov 2021 at 05:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
American hunter kills another Zimbabwe iconic lion
ANOTHER iconic male lion was killed by an American hunter using a bow and arrow in the giant Hwange National Park, sparking global outrage.The lion, named Mopane, was killed last week outside ...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF targets farmers, vendors for election funds
THE ruling Zanu-PF party is targeting vendors, small-scale miners and farmers to raise US$140 million for its war kitty for the 2023 general elections, a party official said yesterday. Acting ...Published: 29 Jul 2021 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elections have already been rigged
IN rural areas, men and women, just as cattle and donkeys, are beasts of burden.Life doesn't come cheap and easy in the village.Success also often comes from or after unavoidable physi...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Yes, you can legislate for patriotism
GROWING up in the village, one gets to appreciate the fact that not all dogs are the same.They are actually two distinct types: the abidingly loyal and disciplined type, and the hopelessly use...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
Do we still have a government?
ZIMBABWE'S Covid-19 lockdown elapses on 15 February, bringing the country to yet another moment of truth as difficult decisions must be made in answering the all-important question: What happens next?...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2 | by Samantha Power
Brick-by-brick, we'll build Zimbabwe, says Mnangagwa
BRICK-by-brick Zimbabweans will build the country towards a prosperous future notwithstanding the current challenges, President Mnangagwa has said. Reflecting on his two years since he assumed...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Normal rainy season forecast
GOVERNMENT will begin procuring inputs this week and distribute them to farmers by the end of the month to enable them to timeously prepare for the 2019-2020 summer cropping season, which experts beli...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Massive boost for agriculture
Government will begin procuring inputs this week and distribute them to farmers by the end of the month to enable them to timeously prepare for the 2019-2020 summer cropping season, which experts beli...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mortgages Zimbabwe to Afreximbank
President Mnangagwa yesterday successfully negotiated a fresh financial package for Zimbabwe from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) after meeting the bank's chairperson, Professor Benedict ...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's white farmers: Who will pay compensation?
In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under a government programme of land reform. The seizures were blamed for destroying Zi...Published: 16 May 2019 at 20:25hrs | | by BBC
Non-performing parastatals warned
President Mnangagwa has warned parastatals that continue to under-perform despite Government support saying days of perennial poor performances and failure to complete projects they would have embarke...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
KFC spreads US$150m wings in Zimbabwe
South African giant Chicken Bird Holdings (CBH), the owners of fast-food Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise in the country, have committed to invest US$150 million in Zimbabwe's agricultural secto...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Education vote to spur rural school development
The $1,132 billion allocated to the Primary and Secondary Education ministry will bankroll teacher training in local languages, and fund rural education and development, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:52hrs | | by Caroline Chiimba
Mnangagwa off to Beijing for key talks
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday left Harare for Beijing to attend the Forum for China-Africa Co-operation (Focac), with Zimbabwe's leader saying elevation of relations between the two countries...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe seeks $500m from Afreximbank
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is negotiating a $500 million funding package with the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), as part of efforts to resolve the foreign currency shortages bli...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is fast becoming an international embarrassment
Hardly a week passes these days without some international incident involving MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa.After traveling to the US in December, Chamisa claimed that President Donald Trump ...Published: 24 May 2018 at 20:03hrs | | by Innocent Dube
Chamisa is seriously fake and dishonest
Comrade Douglas Coltart said in his twitter "This kind of sexist joke might get the crowd laughing but it detracts overall message: worst of all it is the patriarchal norms that women are property," h...Published: 08 May 2018 at 19:35hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's lies are eroding public trust
Albert Einstein once said: "Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters."Truth and trust are vital ing...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 13:21hrs | | by Charles (student)
Robert Mugabe: From Hero to Zero
The older generation will recall that in the early part of his leadership of Zimbabwe, former president Robert Mugabe routinely held press conferences in the Airport VIP lounge both when leaving...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 16:19hrs | | by Desmond Kumbuka
RBZ unveils measures to boost investment
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday unveiled a raft of interventions, including enhancing nostro stabilisation facilities to support foreign payments, backed by a $1,5 billion kitty to be ava...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
US shoots down MDC Alliance's $15 billion claim
The United States has distanced itself from claims by MDC Alliance acting chairperson Advocate Nelson Chamisa at the weekend that President Donald Trump promised the opposition party a $15 billion kit...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF stronger than ever before'
Opposition parties have been warned against taking Zanu-PF for granted in the forthcoming general elections after it roped in the military elements within its ranks, hence making it stronger than ever...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe approves EU funding
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, who is accused of a litany of human rights abuses as well as electoral malpractices, has agreed to foreign funding for programmes that promote the rule of law in the country, ...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Industrial production gobbles over $600m
MORE than $600 million was invested in industrial production in the last five months after Government introduced policy initiatives to restrict the importation of products that could be manufactured b...Published: 22 Dec 2016 at 13:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe to address Africa-Arab summit
President Mugabe is today expected to address other Heads of State and Government at the 4th Africa-Arab summit underway here.The President, who is accompanied by First Lady Dr Grace Mugab...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fails to pay SADC contributions
Zimbabwe has failed to pay its just US $2 million contribution to the Southern African Development Community kitty this year, blaming the banking system.According to documents prepared for the...Published: 17 Aug 2015 at 20:43hrs | | by Agencies
Zinara mulls border upgrades
The Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) has dangled the idea of a corridor master development plan (CMDP) towards the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Chirundu road, which emphasises the upg...Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 10:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FC Platinum, Sofapaka match will be live on SuperSport
NAIROBI - Pay television provider SuperSport has acquired rights to broadcast live Gor Mahia and Sofapaka preliminary round Confederations of African Football (Caf) Champions League and Confederation ...Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 18:10hrs | 1 | by CapitalFM
Adult film star fired for sleeping with black man
A German adult film star who was the face of a far-right German political party, has been fired for having sex with a black man in her latest film.Kitty Blair, real name...Published: 29 Mar 2014 at 16:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman moves small house in, asks wife to be maid
A wealthy businessman moved another woman into his home and asked his partner of 30 years if she would stay on as a housekeeper, a High Court judge heard.And the man - who has interests in a ...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chiyangwa's daughter sells sex toys
With many societal transformations taking place, sex seems to be of much interest in the modern world.Last Saturday saw an auction of sex toys to lingerie at a Peep Show in Borrowdale. From se...Published: 01 Oct 2013 at 11:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Realignment of Zimbabwean politics
The 2013 general elections are approaching us at a furious pace often laced with dosages of dramatic twists and turns. The controversies surrounding the political marketplace leading to this crucial p...Published: 11 Jul 2013 at 09:31hrs | | by Mso Ndlovu
Why is the Hero of Hotel Rwanda Controversial?
When I first came to America in 2007, people I met asked where I come from. Being from Rwanda always trigged more questions… "Oh my God! Did you see the movie ...Published: 28 May 2013 at 16:07hrs | | by Louis Gakumba
If you thought Zimbabwe's Gono was bad, what about Cyprus
Euro-area finance ministers agreed to an unprecedented tax on Cypriot bank deposits as officials unveiled a 10 billion-euro ($13 billion) rescue plan for the country, the fifth since Europe's debt cri...Published: 18 Mar 2013 at 05:52hrs | | by bloomberg
Where are they Now - Henry & Pernell Mckop
How many great footballers had an equally talented brother? Jack and Bobby spring to mind but Parnell and Henry? Normally mention Parnell and visions of a bearded gentleman in Avondale, home rule rall...Published: 24 Jul 2011 at 10:19hrs | 63 | by Sean Fitzptrick
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