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John Mangudya's Bonditary policy confirms US$100 salary for a teacher
I am not an economist, I am a subsistence farmer but with a little knowledge of economics that I grasped from my experiences with primary education, John Mangudya's latest Bonditary policy is going to...Published: 10 mins ago | 54 | by Don Chigumba
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga are scaring investors away
The recent military crackdown on Zimbabwean citizens is not only a grave infringement on the citizens' fundamental constitutional rights but it ultimately presents Zimbabwe as a volatile business envi...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1146 | by Frazer Muzondo
RTGS is the electronic version of the bond note
Firstly, is the RBZ going to print the RTGS dollars or not? Either way the effect is the same because previously they created RTGS balances from thin air while physically printing bond notes. On...Published: 3 hrs ago | 2148 | by Colls Ndlovu
Beitbridge border expansion commences
EXPANSION work on the Beitbridge Border Post appears to be finally starting eight months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa laid the foundation for the $241 million upgrade of Zimbabwe's premier port....Published: 6 hrs ago | 649 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Monetary policy highlights - RTGs now a currency
THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya released the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) and below are the highights.-Interbank FX market.- Being establish...Published: 6 hrs ago | 2295 | by Staff reporter
Looting cases clog Bulawayo courts
The recent fuel riots have left the justice delivery system in Bulawayo creaking under a deluge of cases which have forced the government to dispatch additional magistrates and prosecutors to the City...Published: 7 hrs ago | 353 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa avails $30m for Matabeleland South roads
Government has availed $30 million for various roads in Matabeleland South province under the road development programme that will see maintenance of roads and undertaking of developmental projects in...Published: 8 hrs ago | 705 | by Staff reporter
How to Choose the Best Forex Broker for Beginners
The Forex market is one of the largest financial markets in the world. It offers 24 hours trading with a turnover of trillions of dollars a day. The currency market is filled with people with diverse ...Published: 8 hrs ago | 371 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa, the Statesman versus Chamisa, the charlatan
"A Statesman thinks about future generations, while a politician thinks about winning the elections" so goes the popular saying. This adage rings true to the Zimbabwean scenario.When there was...Published: 9 hrs ago | 3597 | by Elijah Chihota
Delta demands payment in forex
Delta Corporation is reportedly demanding customers to pay for part of their orders from the beverage maker in hard currency to allow it to source imported raw materials as a pressing foreign currency...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Air Tanzania to relaunch Harare, Dar es Salaam flights
AIR Tanzania is set to relaunch flights into Harare from Dar es Salaam this Friday at a time other airlines are pulling out of the country, citing currency challenges."Get to explore the beaut...Published: 9 hrs ago | 293 | by Staff reporter
US extends $3m grant to UZ
Forgarty International Centre of the United States Institutes of Health (FICUSIH) has extended a US$3 million grant to the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) aimed at strengthening research and training at t...Published: 9 hrs ago | 452 | by Staff reporter
Two MDC officials abducted by armed soldiers
MDC has reported that armed members of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces on Tuesday abducted two of its officials in Manicaland after assaulting their family members. The two members Jack Roberts an...Published: 12 hrs ago | 5965 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Local authorities seek exemption from 2c tax
LOCAL authorities have appealed to Government seeking exemption from the two percent Intermediated Money Transfer Tax, which they say is impacting negatively on effective use of road fund allocations ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to replace POSA with Peace & Order Bill
CABINET yesterday approved the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill which seeks to repeal the Public Order and Security Act (POSA), Protection of Personal Information Bill and the Freedom of Informatio...Published: 21 hrs ago | 1313 | by Staff reporter
China spends $2,5 billion on Zimbabwe
China has spent $2,5 billion on Zimbabwe, which is by far the highest amount of money it has ever advanced to any African country.Speaking at the 2019 Spring Festival Gala held in Harare on Su...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 13:47hrs | 1695 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tourism earnings surpass $1 billion
Zimbabwe's tourism receipts have breached the US$1 billion mark as the sector continues to register strong growth with expectations that the country will achieve its goal of generating at least US$7 b...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 11:57hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation seen slowing down in October
ZIMBABWE'S central bank expects inflation to start slowing by October and believes current inflationary pressures are a temporary phenomenon despite hitting a 10-year high of 56,9 % in January....Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:28hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa escalates fight against Nduna
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (independent) has asked the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate death threats made against him last week by Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna (Zanu-PF) during a fr...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:27hrs | 1501 | by Staff reporter
African Union and Sadc are spineless
A combined African Union (AU), Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and President Emmerson Mnangagwa trio-solution to the entangled, Zimbabwean problem will not yield the correct result. In p...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:26hrs | 150 | by Pearl Matibe
$7bn needed for cleaner energy in Zimbabwe
A CLIMATE change specialist has said Zimbabwe needs close to $7 billion to mitigate climate change effects by 2030.This was revealed last week in Parliament by director of water and climate ch...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:24hrs | 138 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa MPs set tone for dialogue
POLITICAL parties represented in Parliament met in Bulawayo over the weekend to set the tone for the proposed national dialogue, despite their party principals' hardline stance on talks seen as critic...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1384 | by Staff reporter
'EU sanctions will spur Zimbabweans to bust sanctions' - nonsense just what we need
"Zimbabweans should not be distracted from their focus on turning around the economy by the country's enemies threatening to effect and strengthen illegal sanctions on the country," wrote the Chronicl...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1028 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe FCA deposits hit US$600m
The decision to separate real time gross settlement (RTGS) foreign currency accounts from actual United States dollar accounts is beginning to pay dividends amid indications that deposits for the latt...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 23:05hrs | 2876 | by Staff reporter
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums
African religion comprises of witches, satanists, spiritualists, spirit mediums, healers, kings and queens. While Christianity remains as that or those institutions preaching, teaching and prophesying...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2046 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Mnangagwa and his love for expensive jets
At a time when Finance minister Mthuli Ncube is implementing austerity measures that have only brought more suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is behaving as if he is from...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | 5226 | by Benjamin Manzini
Mugabe stews in legal bills
FOR over 37 years, former president Robert Mugabe had remained untouchable as many citizens suffered in silence at the hands of the autocratic leader. But when his rule came to a dramatic end nearly t...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:33hrs | 3702 | by Staff reporter
7 Labour MPs resign
Reports say Seven MPs have resigned from the UK's Labour Party in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's approach to Brexit and anti-Semitism.Reports say they are: Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Chris Lesl...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:27hrs | 1610 | by BBC
Farewell Dr. Charles Muzuva Mungoshi
As I did farewell our champion, hero, mind liberator and academic warrior, I must admit that we have been left with a seat too high to occupy and a bar not that easy to reach. We shall write but the s...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 11:00hrs | 729 | by Tapiwa Kapurura
Mnangagwa warns tycoon 'Queen B' Tagwirei
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come out guns blazing against businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who is apparently his nephew, for allegedly withholding fuel meant for farmers involved in the governmen...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:24hrs | 12196 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plots crippling mega demos
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the MDC will soon roll out massive protests against the government, putting him on a collision course with authorities who warned at the weekend that security for...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 2160 | by Staffg reporter
Call to declare Mungoshi national hero
The Zimbabwe Writers Association (ZWA), through the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe (NACZ), has petitioned government to declare the late prolific and multi-award-winning writer Charles Mungoshi a n...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:16hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
2,4m Zimbabweans food insecure as drought, rising costs bite
The 150% fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week.Worse is likely to come....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 226 | by IRIN
Zimra not auctioning seized vehicles
THE Customs and Excise Department is not in a hurry to auction impounded vehicles worth millions of dollars held at its various ports countrywide despite their depreciation and threats from yet unexpl...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Sponsors court Dembare?
HARARE football's fallen giants Dynamos are reportedly being courted by several corporates who are eager to partner them this season in a bid to bring back the glory days of the previous seasons when ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:09hrs | 686 | by Staff reporter
Makwavarara's $80m fraud docket to be merged
THE court has ordered that former chairperson of Harare City Council's caretaker commission, Sekesai Makwavavarara, who is accused of awarding a road dualisation tender to Augur Investment Company wit...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:06hrs | 288 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance threaten to unleash more protests
THE MDC party has threatened to unleash more protests as part of efforts to pile pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently engage with opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa to resolve the ...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:04hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Minister blasts poor workmanship on roads
GOVERNMENT will not tolerate poor workmanship on road projects and going forward strict adherence to maintenance of quality standards on infrastructural development will be done to save the country mi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:53hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fuel marking will deter smuggling
Energy and Power Development Minister Joram Gumbo says his ministry has requested funding, potentially several millions of dollars from Treasury, to start fuel marking to curtail illegal activit...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 06:50hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
'Will have local currency when economic fundamentals are right' - not right last 38 years and counting
One of the many reasons Zimbabwe is in this economic mess is the sheer incompetence of those running the nation's affairs. Our leaders have a knack for making a mountain out of a mole hill and thus en...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:06hrs | 838 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The panacea for future hydro-political conflicts: You-Me-Us!
You, me and us, saving water! The old adage is clear that prevention is better than cure, and indeed saving is better than expending to beg tomorrow. You care, I care and we care, but our care is litt...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:05hrs | 252 | by Eugine Makaya (PhD)
German Methods can work in Zimbabwe
After World War II, in 1945 Germany was divided into two with the United States, Great Britain, and France occupying the western portion of Germany and the Soviet Union occupying eastern Germany. Its ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:02hrs | 1786 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Pre-monitory policy statement expectations
Expectations are high as the market awaits the presentation of the first monitory policy statement (MPS) of 2019 by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in the coming days. The bank knows the weight of hyperi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:58hrs | 1028 | by Victor Bhoroma
Can Air Zimbabwe be run profitably?
Air Zimbabwe was placed under reconstruction on 4 October 2018 after operating for over 51 years in the skies. The airline has debts of over $350 million that are weighing down any restructuring exerc...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:54hrs | 402 | by Victor Bhoroma
The most popular slots in the year review
In 2018, there were many games that were at the top of the most popular slots rankings at online casinos and are therefore the most played. In addition to "old hands", numerous new slots have been add...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:35hrs | 76 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe urgently needs own currency
THE drive for Zimbabwe to have its own currency is understandably gain-ing traction, particularly given the aberrations of price increases, multi-tier pricing and foreign currency shortages on the loc...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 18:44hrs | 5039 | by Edmore Ndudzo
Zimbabwe maize harvest forecast at 900 000t
ZIMBABWE expects to harvest 900 000 tonnes of maize this year. This is an upward revision from the 800 000 tonnes initially forecast but is below the 1.8 million tonnes, the country consumes on an ann...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:40hrs | 1759 | by Staff reporter
More bad news for Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe should brace for more problems after the European Union (EU) Parliament proposed a fresh round of punitive sanctions this week against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government, followi...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 16:12hrs | 18367 | by Staff reporter
Bushiri's private jet attached
Self-proclaimed prophet Shepherd Bushiri's multimillion-rand private jet has been attached by the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) - part of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) - amid allegations that...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:32hrs | 8235 | by news24
Joy, anger as trapped miners are rescued
A visibly shaken Thinkmore Madimutse was the first survivor to be retrieved from a flooded shaft at Silver Moon mine yesterday four days after disaster struck in the gold-rich Battlefields area....Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:11hrs | 1144 | by Staff reporter
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