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What triggered the call for the failed 31 March 'uprising' in Zimbabwe?
The old-age wisdom that facts are stubborn came alive last week after social media platforms and sections of the mainstream media went into a frenzy with sensational claims that the Parliament of Zimb...Published: 15 Apr 2025 at 18:22hrs | 2797 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe currency crisis: Time to face the truth
THERE is, of course, no such thing as "a shortage of foreign currency".In open and disciplined markets, all that such a claim reflects is an over-valued local currency, whose managers resist t...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by Obert Nyandoro
New trade union formed
A NEW trade union Confederation of Zimbabwe Trade Unions has been formed to push for workers' rights across the country.Union leader Peter Mpofu said the union seeks to reduce tension between ...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 43 | by Stephen Jakes
AI and the Architecture of Governance: Redefining Politics, Welfare, and Wealth Distribution
Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionize the architecture of governance, transforming the way societies are managed and how...Published: 15 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Tedious Teddy Ncube
Mthuli Ncube says Zimbabwe's economy remains on positive trajectory
The country's economy remains on a positive growth trajectory with the prevailing macro-economic stability expected to continue, Finance and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has sa...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZNCC calls for review of Customs and Excise Act
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has called on government to review the Customs and Excise Act, saying the law is now outdated and no longer addressing critical issues."For the...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa's economic adviser jumps ship
President Cyril Ramaphosa's economic advisor, Trudi Makhaya resigned on Friday.According to a statement by the presidency, Makhaya was appointment in April 2018 and "helped craft the administr...Published: 13 May 2023 at 19:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Uneducated' politicians to be locked out of Zimbabwe councils
GOVERNMENT is finalising a new law to bar politicians without tertiary education qualifications from running for local authority seats in a development meant to restore competency and improve service ...Published: 17 Apr 2023 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland Central has most unregistered births
Mashonaland Central has the lowest number of registered births, a situation that exposes girls to early marriages, a Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat)'population and housing census report ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions choking Zimbabwe: Myth or reality?
"African politics is dogged by crises of legitimacy, monetised politics and corruption, personalised leadership, and lastly the sit-tight syndrome" notes the African Exponent. During an electoral seas...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Zvikomborero Sibanda
Mnangagwa drafts in G40 members in 'new' Zanu-PF politburo
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Generation 40 (G40) members into the Zanu-PF politburo while keeping the usual tired horses close to him in an apparent political balancing act that betrays ...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabweans must stop parroting foreign narratives
ZIMBABWEANS should believe in themselves despite the continued imposition of sanctions on the country and be inspired by the national interest to work harder to develop their own country rather than "...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells profiteers to play fair,
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated the need to adopt fair business practices and urged economic stakeholders to rally behind the country's transformation agenda and leave a legacy of positive im...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's hectic schedule
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today lead key proceedings in a double hectic schedule in the resort city of Victoria Falls where he is set to officially open the End of Term Judges Symposium this morning an...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
PETITION: Remove Wadyajena from Parliamentary committee
Justice Mayor Wadyajena is currently under investigation by law enforcement authorities in the country.It is only fair and prudent that Justice Mayor Wadyajena steps aside from the Portfolio c...Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 11:56hrs | 10 | by Mgcini Ncube
Dozens trafficked Zimbabweans stuck in Turkey
A FRESH human trafficking scandal involving the Turkish embassy in Harare has rocked the country following revelations that dozens of Zimbabweans are now trapped in Turkey where they have been turned ...Published: 23 Jun 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Longing for a bygone era will not fix Zimbabwe's economy
Social media can be a tool for comedic relief, venting frustration and a means of trolling at the same time. My favourite Social Network is Twitter due to its remarkable interface and ability to conne...Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 16:03hrs | 13 | by Dr Farai Nyika. Economics Academic at Management College of Southern Africa (MANCOSA).
Child Presidency goes to Bulawayo
GIFFORD High School (Bulawayo) student Unathi Nyoni was yesterday elected Child President ahead of the official opening of the 13th Junior Parliament by President Emmerson Mnangagwa tomorrow.N...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:34hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Is the voice of people really the voice of God?
VOX populi, vox Dei is a common Latin phrase loosely translated to mean "Voice of the people is the voice of God". Sometimes this same conjecture is replicated as the will of the people is the will of...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:30hrs | | by Tendai Makaripe
Bulawayo dominates provincial GDPs
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) provincial gross domestic product (GDP) data shows that nominal GDP per capita was highest in Bulawayo province at $203 868 in 2020 followed by Harare...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa chairs first Cabinet meeting of the year
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is on Tuesday expected to chair the first Cabinet meeting of the year. Cabinet is the country's highest policy making decision in Government and is attended by Ministers....Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 16:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament resumes sitting
Both houses of Parliament have this afternoon resumed sitting following a two-month break. The National Assembly and Senate adjourned sitting in December last year for the festive season after...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance buried and dusted as CCC take stage
Finally the cat is out of the bag.The MDC Alliance has finally changed its party name to Citizens coliattion for Change (CCC).A...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 02:24hrs | 12 | by Shelton Muchena and Desmond Nleya
Chamisa's MDC has no capacity to mobilise 1,6m voters, says Hwende
THE opposition MDC Alliance has called for "genuine" opposition political activism in 2022 and civil society support to mobilise 1,6 million voters for the forthcoming 2023 plebiscite.MDC Alli...Published: 04 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
PSC in skills audit
The Public Service Commission (PSC) intends to carry out a job evaluation exercise to review competencies and skills, among others, within the Public Service.It has since invited expressions o...Published: 01 Jan 2022 at 13:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo warns Victoria Falls mayor
LOCAL Government and Public Works Minister July Moyo has ordered Victoria Falls Mayor, Councillor Somveli Dlamini to stop interfering in the day-to-day management of the city and concentrate on his co...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Vic Falls town clerk reinstated
A COMMISSION of inquiry set by Victoria Falls City Council to investigate allegations of corruption levelled against suspended Town Clerk Ronnie Dube has exonerated him, paving way for his reinstateme...Published: 26 Jun 2021 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC councillor threatens to bash resident association member
MAZOWE ward 28 councillor Fannuel Chigonero (MDC) has been accused by Mvurwi residents Association of attempting to assault their treasurer in a consultative meeting on Tuesday.The association...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:41hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Hardships pushing young girls into prostitution
SHE wriggled in pain, trying to set herself free from the tightened grip of the menacing older woman, who was about to choke her to death.She was too frightened to scream, let alone say anythi...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Failed economic blueprints
The status of paralysis in which Zimbabwe has slipped throughout the past 40 years might be traced back to the early 1980s.A number of economic policies have been formulated and subsequently i...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Both MDC and Zanu-PF lacks structural constraints and Organizational Barriers
Arrogance does not pay in politics. The biggest enemy of Zanu-PF now is the mouths of specific spin doctors and bad mouthing. The most important thing is to respond to a problem in a proper way. The m...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 20:20hrs | 1 | by Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:
Both MDC and Zanu PF lacks structural constraints and Organizational Barriers
Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes: NB: A balanced analysis without taking sides Arrogance does not pay in politics. The...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Gukurahundi offered a subtle entry point for disempowering the USSR's ideological strength
I CONCLUDED the previous article of this series by exploring how Zapu was a victim of neo-colonial treachery which was brazenly targeting its Matabeleland and Midlands strongholds. The aim of this pol...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Mnangagwa govt getting in the way of its own reforms
FOR much of the past year, Zimbabwe's economy has oscillated between confusion and chaos, and as the second half of 2019 wears on, the headwinds show no immediate sign of relenting.This is in ...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Perry Munzwembiri
Monetary Policy and the rule of law
Much debate has been generated after the promulgation of SI 142 of 2019 by the Minister of Finance.Some commentators particularly Veritas have come out accusing the government of not obs...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Request for all Zimbabwean engineers to regulate their membership
The Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers (ZIE) and the Engineering Council of Zimbabwe (ECZ) is appealing to all persons or professionals doing engineering work across all the disciplines and or related ...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:19hrs | 8 | by Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers
Mthuli's mortal fight with the Hydra
If you ask the Bishop what will distinguish E D's Presidency, he will tell you that it is his fierce decisiveness, keen pragmatism and a commendable ability to swiftly change and adjust as the situati...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 3 | by Bishop Lazi
Devolution confusion - marginalised communities lose out
Concern has arisen amongst some marginalised rural communities in Southern Zimbabwe about the slow implementation of the devolution process and how it was rushed to line up the pockets of a few ruling...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | 4 | by MakhoPrecious Moyo
Land compensation and IMF re-engagement: A legacy of an Anti-poor government.
The full import of Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is open for business mantra is now being painfully realized by the working class of Zimbabwe. Salaries of the workers have been eroded, the majority of our popu...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 20:10hrs | 10 | by Obert Masaraure
The global and technological effect
An extract from a book titled 'The next Zimbabwe'The twenty first century has brought about the idea of globalization were interconnectivity is the new...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 11:26hrs | 12 | by Terence Simbi
Insurance companies, Peoples Savings, Fixed income earners at Risk due to unstable economy.
Zimbabwe financial system is still in a disarray despite the measures unpacked in the monetary policy statement of the first half of year 2019 with Dr Mangudya on 19 February. The economy is continuou...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Elvis Dzvene
Has the revolutionary party lost the plot?
So many conspiracy theories have been written on the revolutionary party with some saying the party died when Robert Gabriel Mugabe the former President was ejected from the party.The revoluti...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 17:54hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
Form One boarding places almost full
ONLY 56 out of 258 boarding secondary schools in the country still have vacancies for Form One, the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Edgar Moyo has said. In an interview on T...Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 11:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US continues tangling in Zimbabwean politics
Problems of African development and integration with the world have continued to attract concern in the policy making within and beyond the shores of the continent as American hegemony continues to ta...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:05hrs | | by Daphine Zulu
Barking at the wrong tree
It all came down to me in the strangest place of all the places one can imagine. There I was, sitting in my Chinese class where I came to the realization that that My President - E.D Mnangagwa is bark...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Nicholas Nhau
Youth Governance Hub launched in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) in conjunction with Youth-led Innovative engagement With Leadership and Development Trust (YIELD) recently launched a Youth Governance Hub in Eastl...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:41hrs | | by Lisa Tazviinga
Kirsty Coventry fires SRC board
EDWARD SIWELA'S 13-year-tenure in the Sport and Recreation Commission came to an end yesterday when Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation Minister Coventry dissolved his board. The Minister wielde...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:58hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU demo banned
The Zimbabwe Congress Trade Union (ZCTU) is headed for a clash with police after banning the labour body's planned demonstrations against the 2% tax, tomorrow, saying it could lead to a fresh cholera ...Published: 10 Oct 2018 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube assures FCA holders
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday assured Foreign Currency Account holders that Government will not raid their hard currency, instead adequate measures will be...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa moves to stabilise prices
Government has started working on a cocktail of measures to ensure stabilisation of prices of essential commodities and their availability, an official said yesterday. Early this month, Govern...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
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