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Chamisa to address Zimbabweans tomorrow at MDC offices
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will address Zimbabweans at the Morgan Tsvangirai House after the police banned his planned address at the Africa Unity Square. Addressing the media MDC Spokesperson ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 934 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Nightmare is madman wielding a stick - pity Zimbabweans have corrupt president wielding absolute power, for 39 years counting
"If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1039 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa to reform at his own pace
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that he will implement political and economic reforms at his own pace, and insisted that the impetus for change and reform comes from within. In...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2600 | by Staff reporter
2 years on, Mnangagwa remains steadfast
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said he will not waver in his determination to work and achieve the goals and dreams of millions of Zimbabweans who marched in 2017 in a series of events that gave birth to the...Published: 14 hrs ago | 326 | by Staff reporter
This is how Zimbabwe has changed since I became President
TWO years ago, on November 18th, 2017, hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans took to the streets in the spirit of peace, unity and hope, calling for a new start. For a new Zimbabwe. Coming into...Published: 14 hrs ago | 717 | by Emmerson Mnangagwa
Business suffers as EcoCash still down
Retailers and other business entities may have lost potential revenue running into hundreds of millions of dollars after Zimbabwe's biggest mobile money platform, EcoCash, remained largely out of serv...Published: 14 hrs ago | 609 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: RBZ statement on exchange rate
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee has emphasized the need for the Central bank to find ways of of funding productive sectors of the economy. The Committee which met on Mon...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 15:37hrs | 8635 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Patients share wards with dead bodies in Zimbabwe
The medical personnel industrial action in Zimbabwe is blamed on the country's crumbling healthcare service, poor governance and corruption.The lack of response of the international community ...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:29hrs | 2580 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Cyber Etiquette: Beware how you behave in cyberspace
"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own." - Carol Burnett. In my profession of project management it is estimated that we spend 90% of our time in communication. I can vouch fo...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:23hrs | 624 | by Engineer Tororiro Isaac Chaza PMP
Kasukuwere speaks on Share Ownership schemes
Exiled former Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has distanced himself from allegations that he profited from the Community Share ownership Scheme that was launched when Kasukuwere was Minister of Indiginisa...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 07:58hrs | 4960 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe, global de-dollarisation case study - Prof Ncube
Zimbabwe is undergoing a de-dollarisation process that very few countries have successfully implemented and will need time to address the lingering effects of dollarisation, Finance and Economic Devel...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 940 | by Staff reporter
'HIV wears a woman's face'
In 2001 at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the former and late UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said "HIV has the face of a woman", and for decades even up to date it still has that face!&n...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 1158 | by Nyasha Phanisa Sithole
South Africa's DA handed back to whites
Newly elected interim leader John Steenhuisen has promised to turn the party's recent election set back into the biggest comeback in political history. Steenhuisen said this during his first m...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 19:06hrs | 4775 | by Staff reporter
RBZ Autonomy and Quasi-Fiscal Activities
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Zimbabwean Government that it needs to give autonomy to its central bank if it is to avert the risk of plunging the economy into hyperinflation aft...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1097 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa's minister caught in messy scandal
INDUSTRY and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza has been accused of failing to pay back US$8 000 she allegedly took from the corruption-ridden National Social Security Authority (NSSA) under the guise of ...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 3722 | by Staff reporter
Millers sell subsided maize at +200% profit
MILLERS are allegedly engaged in massive corruption, where they access cheap maize from Grain Marketing Board, mill a small portion and then divert the rest to rural areas especially those near the co...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:21hrs | 180 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli's budget a drop in the ocean
The 2020 budget is out but the future of the country still looks all gloom and not inspiring at all.The budget lacks clarity and is full of deception, lies and falsehoods. After austerity meas...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1588 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe to enforce 'use it or lose it' policy for mining assets
Zimbabwe will vigorously enforce a policy to force companies to develop their mining assets and not keep the land for speculative purposes, Mines minister Winston Chitando said on Wednesday.Ch...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:32hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Local authorities stifling business growth: Industry
MANY local authorities in Zimbabwe are using archaic laws and municipal by-laws that do not take into account the changing business environment and globalisation, a situation that has made it difficul...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:26hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube misses fiscal reform targets
ECONOMIC reforms and austerity measures being spearheaded by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube under the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) have gone off the rails after it emerged the central ban...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:20hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Currency change sparks confusion
A SERIES of changes to the country's currency has triggered confusion for accountants, consumers of financial information and investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE).The Zimbabwean gove...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:19hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar and the quest for redemption
A NEW currency is in town and this week we witnessed its physical manifestation exactly four-and-a-half months after its official return. Since February, however, the near-return was almost predictabl...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 148 | by Respect Gwenzi
Mnangagwa's Cabinet reshuffle fails to impress
PRESDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet reshuffle last Friday, where he retained tired and incompetent ministers, including those tainted by corruption allegations, and assigned supposedly fresh minds t...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:18hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
The Budget 2020 - Which way Zimbabwe
In the darkness of the Zimbabwean economy with ordinary people grinding beans using their back Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube casts a very bright light at the end of the tunnel. He said the count...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 23:50hrs | 2027 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mthuli Ncube reduces VAT and corporate tax
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube marginally cut corporate tax (24% from 25%), VAT (14.5% from 15%) and increased the tax free threshold to $2 000 from $700 with effect from Janua...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:36hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Let's give the MPC time to deliver
The newly constituted Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) had its inaugural meeting on the 28th and 29th of October 2019. This was another milestone for the Central B...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 12:41hrs | 1538 | by Nathan Chikara
MDC speaks on Mnangagwa's legitimacy
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has maintained that it does not recognise ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa as President of the country because he lost the elections to Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 11:00hrs | 4557 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa is Illegitimate, Period! - MDC
The MDC and indeed our President's stance remains very clear and unequivocal ... ED is illegitimate Period.It remains our considered view as the people's party that Zimbabwe still does not hav...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1903 | by Daniel Molokele, MDC Spokesperson
CAAZ mourns funds repatriation
Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) says failure to repatriate funds to international airlines has piled on to challenges that are discouraging the firm from efficiently discharging duties in ...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:31hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
MDC to humiliate Mnangagwa today...again
The MDC Members of Parliament are highly expected to implemented their Congress resolution not to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he arrives in parliament for the budget presentation by Fi...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 05:02hrs | 5492 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZAPU shuts down St Anne's hospital nursing school
Opposition political party, ZAPU, Tuesday forced the temporary shutdown of the St Anne`s Mission Hospital nursing school in Matabeleland South following an outcry from villagers that locals were being...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:43hrs | 3152 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF hits back at Julius Malema
The Zanu-PF youth league has lashed out at South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema for calling for a stop on the attacks against former First Lady Grace Mugabe. Malema on...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 19:04hrs | 4679 | by Staff Reporter
Is Biti crafting the US Policy on Zimbabwe?
A well placed source close to Tendai Biti has revealed that the MDC Co-Vice President actually crafts US policy on Zimbabwe.According to the source, the US Embassy regularly consults Biti on w...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 11:59hrs | 2482 | by Felix Kundishora
Business Executives can change the political fortunes
Now that the President of Zimbabwe has reshuffled the cabinet. There is a lot of hullabaloo who should have been included, but the truth of the matter is, he can only choose and work with the crop of ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 10:31hrs | 1149 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Mnangagwa sends special envoy to Guinea
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday dispatched Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe as an envoy to Conakry, Guinea, where he delivered a special message to President Alpha Condé. ...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:36hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parliament ratifies UK agreement
The National Assembly yesterday ratified the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the Eastern and Southern Africa states and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland aimed at p...Published: 13 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe economic empowerment policy on the cards
Zanu-PF is working on crafting a draft economic empowerment policy which will replace the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act as Zimbabwe moves to attract foreign direct investment.Rec...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 17:36hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Do's and Don'ts of Las Vegas Day Clubs
From tasty buffets, 24-hour casinos, world-class entertainment to endless rows of clubs, you can bet that Las Vegas has it all. The Strip is famous all over for late-night parties that last through th...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 13:45hrs | 417 | by Staff Write
Chamisa's MPs in another Mnangagwa head-on
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is Thursday headed for yet another potential confrontation with MDC MPs when he returns to parliament for Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube 2020 national budget presentation....Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:29hrs | 2675 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe-EU dialogue goes to ministerial level
The re-engagement policy being driven by President Mnangagwa will reach a milestone next week when the second session of the Zimbabwe and European Union (EU) formal political dialogue is elevated to t...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:14hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter
Shocking primary school pupils dropout statistics recorded
ABOUT 20 400 pupils in the country dropped out of primary school in 2018, some after being married off, statistics by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) have...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:29hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube to present $28,5 billion budget
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2020 national Budget on Thursday, with industry and citizens expecting better economic fortunes following the num...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:28hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Mimosa shelves US$70m Zimbabwe refinery plant
Platinum Group of Metals (PGM) producer, Mimosa Mining Company, has shelved plans to build a US$70 million refinery plant at the Zvishavane premises for local beneficiation of the minerals after feasi...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 778 | by Staff reporter
Currency reforms can work if Zimbabweans want them to
YESTERDAY (November 11, 2019) the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) started the process of injecting new notes into the financial system to improve the level of physical cash in circulation.This ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:55hrs | 782 | by Anthony Matutu
Widow challenges hero's will
THE widow of the late national hero Jevan Ben Maseko has approached the High Court seeking an order declaring as null and void a will left by her husband.Maseko, a former deputy minister and M...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:54hrs | 1705 | by Staff reporter
Inflation out of control: Guvamatanga
Finance ministry permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has revealed that the government is not considering removing the 2% tax on mobile transactions despite criticism that it is fuelling inflation....Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:46hrs | 898 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's money merry go-round
Zimbabwe is trying everything in the book to address a currency crisis that has undermined its productive capacity and threatened its economic sustainability. But its measures so far seem to have had ...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:45hrs | 245 | by Staff reporter
Policy inconsistency dogs economy
ZIMBABWE is again back in the jaws of policy inconsistency and discord, which characterised the late president Robert Mugabe's administration, pushing away foreign direct investment as a result, analy...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:44hrs | 78 | by The Standard Editorial comment
Mnangagwa commissions $600m cane project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned a $600 million Kilimanjaro Sugar Cane project which is expected to create 2 000 jobs in the next one year.In a joint venture between Tongaat Hu...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:31hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banks start issuing new notes, coins
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will tomorrow release the new Zimbabwe dollar notes and coins into the market, with depositors set to start withdrawing limited amounts when banks open in the mornin...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:30hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
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