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'Neo imperialists continue looting our continent'
It's been 57 years since the formation of the Organization of African Union which is now termed the African Union.Although strides have been made by the Union in addressing issues such as inde...Published: 13 hrs ago | 123 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Pair in court for ivory possession
Two men from Mutoko were remanded in custody Wednesday when they appeared in court facing charges of unlawful possession of ivory.The two are Peter Kachere (46) and Vambayi Chiripanyanga (37)....Published: 13 hrs ago | 187 | by Naume Muza
Parallel market rates a bubble, says Mangudya
The rapid rise in parallel market foreign currency exchange rates is symptomatic of a bubble as it lacks any fundamental basis and could lead to economic depression, says Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe gove...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:10hrs | 2331 | by Staff reporter
Fixed Exchange Rate: More harm than good
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe suspended the new managed floating exchange rate and introduced the fixed exchange rate of 1 US Dollar to 25 Zimbabwean Dollars on the 26th of March 2020. Two weeks earlie...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:24hrs | 1741 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mozambique's problems are ours too
A FEW months ago, I travelled to Mozambique. I was struck by the stark dichotomy on one hand between the unmistakeable sense of optimism which is palpable when you talk to the local intelligentsia and...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 1442 | by Brezh Malaba
Harare hit by crime wave amid COVID-19 lockdown, residents organise neighborhood watch committees
The current lockdown currently underway to fight coronavirus pandemic has seen a surge in crime as people are hard-struck to make a decent living in Harare. Residents took to social media time...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:48hrs | 1580 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
'Zimbabwe can outpace South Africa'
Zimbabwe has potential to be an investment hub for platinum mining ahead of South Africa, which can enhance export earnings and drive economic growth, according to analysts. Fermain Limited mining and...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's politics, priorities (I)
A NEW Zimbabwe is struggling to be born. Up till now, Zimbabwe has still been living with the visions of the 1950s and 1960s, tempered by the visions of the liberation struggle of the mid-1960s and 19...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:17hrs | 390 | by Fay Chung
Mnangagwa reshuffles top cops
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has transferred 110 officers between the rank of inspector and commissioner, in a development expected to improve efficiency in the police service. Inspector...Published: 12 May 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3054 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube explains stimulus package
THE foreign currency earning sectors of manufacturing, tourism and mining will receive just $4,52 billion, the shorter end of the $18 billion stimulus package despite the impact of COVID-19 being more...Published: 06 May 2020 at 08:04hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
Price controls, a clear path to market shortages
The Zimbabwean government passed a price moratorium (prize freeze) on the 22nd of April 2020. The moratorium compels retailers and producers to revert back to the prices that prevailed on the 25th of ...Published: 05 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 886 | by Victor Bhoroma
10 Chegutu police officers arrested
At least 10 police officers have been arrested for allegedly prospecting for gold without a licence at David Whitehead Textiles effluent ponds in contravention of the Mines and Minerals Act. D...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 07:04hrs | 3526 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 exposes groupthink mentality in Zimbabwe
On 25 April 2020 I went to buy some groceries for the first time in a month. I must admit it; I was scared of coming closer to strangers. What made it worse was the total disregard of social-distancin...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:34hrs | 683 | by Sam Wezhira
Govt reviews mining fees
Government has gazetted new mining fees that basically take into account the inflation rate since the last review of fees. The Mining (General) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 are contained in S...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 09:39hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
Cops up for stealing 7t of gold ore
TWO police officers have been arrested after they allegedly used an AK-47 rifle to rob two gold panners of seven tonnes of ore in the Wimpy area on the outskirts of Masvingo. The officers - Pi...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 07:44hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
Calls grow to reopen parts of Zimbabwe's crisis-ridden economy
A tall, medium build security guard stands behind a large steel gate at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors on the outskirts of Harare, his face partially covered by a white surgical mask and his hands encase...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 19:46hrs | 2022 | by Al Jazeera
Get ready to work, says Mnangagwa
ZIMBABWEANS should get ready to go back to work with increased discipline as the country readies to achieve speedy economic recovery in the next 10 years to transform it into an upper middle-class eco...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 1218 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's video address on the occasion of the 40th Independence Day commemorations
INDEPENDENCE Day speech by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Cde Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, April 18, 2o209The First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa;Honourable Vic...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 14:24hrs | 774 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 07:41hrs | 244 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Gender Perspective with Linda WekwaMasarira: Feminization of poverty amidst the Corona virus pandemic
The burden of poverty has a heavier weight on a woman, yet very little commitment has been shown by the government to deal with poverty reduction and the rampant corruption in this country. Most women...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 10:56hrs | 313 | by Linda Masarira
Pedestrian solutions are not helping the debate on surrender requirements
A SPIKE in the Zimbabwe dollar exchange following the liberalisation of the foreign exchange (forex) market in February last year is symptomatic of the country's unhealthy balance of trade whereby our...Published: 11 Apr 2020 at 21:00hrs | 494 | by Rajib Naran
Zimbabwe military in US$90m murky weapons deals
ZIMBABWE'S military splurged vast amounts of money, exceeding US$90 million, on undeclared and opaque transactions to acquire new and refurbished armaments from 2000 to 2016 at a time the country was ...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:42hrs | 1700 | by Staff reporter
State firms privatisation drags
THE privatisation of subsidiaries and associate companies of state-owned Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) is moving at a snail's pace as most offers are well below market value, a...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:55hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
'Cease all mining operations'
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (Zdamwu) has called upon the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) and all mine workers to immediately stop going to work for the next 30 days in o...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 840 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zimbabwe to resize Exclusive Prospecting Orders
THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development is working on reducing the size of land under Exclusive Prospecting Orders (EPOs) in Matabeleland South province following an outcry from miners who are fa...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 07:54hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF benefactor in murky Zupco bus deal
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisor and Sakunda Holdings boss Kuda Tagwirei, whose tentacles stretch across a vast spectrum of the economy, has been acquiring buses for Zupco's public transportatio...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 08:10hrs | 5624 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is sucked into multi-million Zisco assets stripping
A fresh probe has revealed that the government facilitated a shady US$225 million deal meant to strip the comatose Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) of its critical assets.The investigat...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1096 | by Everson Mushava
Perrence Shiri just resign, you are a sellout: period
Let me take this opportunity to advise you Perrence Shiri the Women's University educated graduate, that when it comes to law the devil is in the detail, its you who has gone rogue , anti revolutionar...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 17:00hrs | 6144 | by Peter Moyo
Enforcement of the rule of law can boast our economic - Gandawa
Former Higher, Tertiary, Schence and Technology deputy minister Godfrey Gandawa has said the proper application of the rule of law in the country will boast the country's economy through establishment...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 08:35hrs | 638 | by Stephen Jakes
Mines minister gives mining progress report to parly
Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has given a mining progress report to the house of assembly in which the government has aspirations to achieve the $12 billion by 202...Published: 19 Mar 2020 at 09:09hrs | 1160 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe registers US$52,8m trade surplus against South Africa
ZIMBABWE recorded a US$52,8 million trade surplus against South Africa, its major trading partner, after exporting goods worth US$218,4 million to the neighbouring country in the month of January 2020...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 06:43hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
East Instant Pot Orange Chicken: A Mom's Impression
There are many health benefits of chicken. Improved appetite, healthier bones and heart, and stronger muscles are just to name a few. There are various ways to prepare chicken to make it even healthie...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 09:20hrs | 776 | by Staff Writer
2 arrested for robbing tuckshop owner at gunpoint
TWO men have been arrested for allegedly robbing a tuckshop owner of groceries worth $3 000 and $2 000 cash at gunpoint. Dumolwenkosi Dube (27) from Filabusi and Mthabisi Moyo (27) from Kwekwe...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 05:58hrs | 708 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe dismisses UN Food findings
GOVERNMENT has dismissed findings by the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food that food shortages in the country are man-made saying the situation is a result of a combination of fa...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:21hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
ZITF bars exhibitors from COVID-19-affected countries
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) hangs in the balance amid reports the ZITF Company will bar exhibitors from countries affected by coronavirus (COVID-19) from attending this year's trade e...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 08:19hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
Diamond miners want salaries in US$
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers' Union (Zidamwu) has written to government seeking to be allowed to bargain for salaries in line with the forex retention threshold.In a letter...Published: 05 Mar 2020 at 05:49hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira pens damning letter to Mnangagwa
Dear @edmnangagwa When you got into office, a lot of people had high expectations that you would clean up the mess left by Mugabe. We expected a corrupt-free cabinet & fiscal discipline to ensure ...Published: 04 Mar 2020 at 11:16hrs | 5731 | by Linda Masarira
Mnangagwa says committed to reforms
Zimbabwe is committed to implementing political, economic and legislative reforms as part of efforts to escalate sustainable socio-economic development initiatives, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sa...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:52hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
Mines ministry demands weekly reports
THE Mines ministry has demanded weekly reports from its parastatals as a way of tracking progress towards attaining the ambitious US$12 billion industry.President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Octob...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:55hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Money laundering threat declines
Zimbabwe recorded a decline in money laundering threat between 2014-2018 after assessed value of the money laundering vulnerability per year came down by approximately half. Money laundering i...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:30hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
Youth are sleeping on duty
It is the right moment for the youth in Zimbabwe to realise that gone are the days when government would proffer a lot of opportunities in a silver plate. Our brothers who had an opportunity to ...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 06:17hrs | 81 | by Matora Hupile
Police officers in US$10 000 heist
THREE police officers allegedly pounced on a gold trader and robbed him of US$10 000 worth of property during a stage-managed arrest.Happymore Gwande, 35, who is stationed at Nyabira Police St...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:47hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Armed cops rob miner
THREE police officers have been arrested on charges of robbing a Guruve miner of 92 grammes of gold and US$2 700 at gunpoint.Happymore Gwande (35) of Nyabira ZRP, Ronald Masendeke (29) of ZRP ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:33hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Inyathi farmer shoots 2 neighbours for trespassing
AN Inyathi farmer has been arrested on charges of shooting and injuring two of his neighbours for trespassing into his property.Nhlanhla Makuyana (56), of Twin Farm in D...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:32hrs | 616 | by Staff reporter
Is the New Dispensation keen on devolution?
It should be recalled that the nationalist struggle's main focus was the achievement of an electoral system with one person one vote as its basis and the resultant establishment of a newly independent...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:25hrs | 122 | by Vivian Viyo Siziba
Mnangagwa playing dangerous gukurahundi games in Matabeleland - we see blood on the floor
This has to be put as crude as it is. Mnangagwa, Zanu-PF government and the Shona majority that cheered the Zimbabwe National Army 5th Brigade and celebrated the death of innocent Matebeles in the 198...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 09:08hrs | 4930 | by Israel Dube
RBZ sets inflation targets
ZIMBABWE is projected to record single digit monthly inflation this quarter with annual inflation seen coming down to about 50 percent by the end of the year. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Go...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:42hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Forex retention thresholds deterring production
The prevailing foreign currency retention thresholds to various sectors of the economy are acting ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 13:36hrs | 1241 | by Victor Bhoroma
Forex accounts are safe, secure, says Dr Mangudya
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has reassured holders of free funds that their funds are safe and secure in Zimbabwe as the bank has no appetite to temper with the legal status of the public's foreign cu...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:56hrs | 2106 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's community share ownership schemes crumble
THE government's decision to repeal the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act in a bid to woo foreign direct investment into the mining sector has rendered community share ownership schemes acro...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:37hrs | 1565 | by Staff reporter
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