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Chamisa to lead mass protests against Mnangagwa
MDC President Nelson Chamisa says his party will engage in a radical approach and hold demonstrations to push President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the negotiation table and the implementation of political ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 1349 | by newzimbabwe
Sikhala warns Mnangagwa
Fresh from being acquitted, MDC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to prepare for major civil unrest, unless he halts Zimbabwe's worsening national rot. ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 4532 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo begs Chiwenga for mercy
SELF-EXILED former minister and Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo is seeking to apologise to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga after accusing him of using a ghost writer for his doctoral ...Published: 13 hrs ago | 7701 | by Staff reporter
'General Mujuru was murdered'
ZIMBABWEAN-BORN and Oxford University associate professor, Miles Tendi has launched a book which claims that the late army general, Solomon Mujuru, did not die in an ordinary fire hence there was a de...Published: 13 hrs ago | 4469 | by Staff reporter
Zera gives final warning to two fuel companies
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has issued a final warning to two fuel firms who risk losing their licences without a hearing if they wantonly increase fuel prices in future based on f...Published: 13 hrs ago | 2283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's own Big Brother version on the cards
A NEW reality show, One House Zimbabwe, similar to the Big Brother Africa concept, is brewing with the winner set to pocket up to US$50 000.The reality show, which will be the first of its kin...Published: 13 hrs ago | 441 | by Staff reporter
Political analysts hail EU decision on Zimbabwe sanctions
Political analysts have hailed the decision made by the European Union (EU) to remove top Government officials from its sanctions list, a move which is expected to ensure more constructive relations b...Published: 14 hrs ago | 552 | by Staff reporter
CIO controlled journalism run stark mad
I hardly respond to social media reports, but found it prudent to respond to acidic reports peddled by the so called 'Harare Post' insinuating that Ptuz has not paid its workers since November 2019, w...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1743 | by Takavafira Zhou
'Free elections are a process not event' - given will, 18/4/1980 event and not 40+ year process
Zimbabwe is facing a very serious social and economic crisis that is now causing untold human suffering and deaths and is threatening the country's stability and that of the whole southern African reg...Published: 22 hrs ago | 407 | by Wilbert Mukori
Brace for Mnangagwa, Chamisa's Kenyan handshake
Infighting in Zanu-PF has been the talk of the town for the past couple of years and it took a turn in the last few weeks. All hell broke loose when two Zanu-PF young musketeers - Lewis Matutu and God...Published: 24 hrs ago | 3796 | by Cliff Chiduku
Mnangagwa's new republic is losing the plot
The question is, are we where we are because of sanctions or corruption? Since the year 2000, Zimbabwe spoke of the crippling sanctions to the economy. This resulted in government adopting a Look East...Published: 24 hrs ago | 969 | by O Gutu
Man axed to death
Police in Bulawayo are investigating the gruesome murder of a 42-year-old man who was axed to death during an altercation with three men from his neighbourhood.The deceased who has been identi...Published: 24 hrs ago | 941 | by Staff reporter
FW De Clerk denialism, Zim can draw lessons
South Africa is a country on tenterhooks!Race relations are to be handled with meticulous care.And without a doubt, Julius Malema and his party, the EFF are an 800-pound gorilla in Sou...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 18:02hrs | 434 | by Josiah Mucharowana
BCC has powers to change street names - Justice Minister
The Bulawayo City Council has the powers to change street names in the city contrary to claims by deputy local government minister Marian Chombo that the local authority cannot effect the name changes...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 16:18hrs | 1199 | by Staff Reporter
Mahere called to order over Mnangagwa coup threat
OUSTED Zanu-PF youth league boss, Pupurai Togarepi has warned MDC secretary for education Fadzayi Mahere that any attempt to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa from power will be met with resistance....Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:28hrs | 4954 | by Staff reporter
EU tightens screws on Mnangagwa
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday tightened screws on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government after they maintained sanctions against the Zimbabwe Defence Industries (ZDI), citing human rights abuse...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:17hrs | 4710 | by Staff reporter
Factions rock Chamisa's MDC camp
The 2023 elections seem so far away, but with the speed of light unravelling of the MDC, we might reach that interesting year with no opposition party to speak of. The house that the late Morgan Tsvan...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:16hrs | 2713 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4187 | by Israel Dube
RBZ maintains $300 bank withdrawal limits
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya remains tight-lipped on cash withdrawal limits by individual depositors in a Monetary policy statement in which he reported declining inflation a...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 06:33hrs | 3746 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa feeling the heat
OPPOSITION MDC president Nelson Chamisa yesterday conceded that he was under "immense pressure" from restless party supporters who want to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa over his handling of th...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:54hrs | 3250 | by Staff reporter
Residents call for ban of donkeys in city
GWERU residents have implored the local authority to come up with a by-law effectively banning the rearing of donkeys in the city following an upsurge in their numbers as they are used as draught powe...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:53hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
Herentals abandon High Court case
HERENTALS have decided to abandon their High Court challenge against a decision by the Premier Soccer League to dock them three points, over alleged match-fixing, which many feared could derail the st...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:39hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda defends docking Chamisa MPs allowances
MDC-Alliance legislators must be charged with contempt of court for their failure to respect President Mnangagwa during Parliamentary proceedings after the Constitutional Court ruled that he was duly ...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 05:35hrs | 306 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa approaches Sadc, AU on Mbeki, talks
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says he will approach Sadc and the African Union (AU) in a bid to compel the government to accept former South African President Thabo Mbeki as a mediator in the count...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 20:09hrs | 1974 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dangling plots
ZANU-PF is dangling plots to women and youth around the country as it aims to attain five million members and ensure it cruises to victory in the 2023 harmonised elections, the Daily News can report....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 20:06hrs | 2726 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe removed from sanctions
The European Union has renewed its arms embargo on Zimbabwe, as well as a targeted asset freeze on the state arms company.In a statement on Monday, the Council of the European Union said the l...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:19hrs | 1379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to pay off Eskom debt in March
President Mnangagwa says the government will pay off its debt to South Africa`s power utility - Eskom, by March, a development expected to improve power supply in the country.According to the ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 19:11hrs | 1120 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defends corrupt MDC councillors
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says MDC councillors running several municipalities across the country are not to blame for poor service delivery as they do not have total control of the local author...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:52hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU plots crippling living wage protests
THE country's largest labour body, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), has threatened to roll out mass protests and make life difficult for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government until it...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:49hrs | 903 | by Staff reporter
The market has redollarised, says Biti
MDC vice-president Tendai Biti (TB), who during the inclusive government era, served as Finance minister speaks to NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Blessed Mhlanga on the failing Zimbabwe dollar and other...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:45hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Canaan Banana an unsung hero, says Son
NATHAN Banana - the son of the late founding President of Zimbabwe, Canaan Sodindo Banana, has described his father as an unsung hero and lamented government's failure to honour him for the key ...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 10:41hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Wadyajena misled the nation on GMAZ?
Portfolio Committee on Agriculture Chairperson Mayor Justice Wadyajena has been accused of misleading the nation into believing that the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has refused to appear bef...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 09:48hrs | 919 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe army generals running mining, fuel cartels - report
THE influence of the military in Zimbabwean politics is reported to be on the ascendancy in politics, economy and government while the army generals have also been reported to be heavily involved in m...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:12hrs | 8460 | by newzimbabwe.com
Zanu-PF women want party projects to benefit non-members
THE Zanu-PF Women's League has said party-initiated projects should spread to benefit other members of the community regardless of their political affiliation. Speaking at a Women's League lea...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:08hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai was a 'sell-out' says Mutodi
INFORMATION Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has described the late MDC founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai as a ‘sell-out' who invited sanctions imposed by the West and the US against Zimbabwe....Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 1085 | by newzimbabwe
StanChart has no plans to exit Zimbabwe
One of Zimbabwe's oldest financial institutions, Standard Chartered Bank, has reiterated it has no plans to exit the country but is rationalising its distribution channels, becoming more digital as it...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:02hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube fights in Matutu, Tsenengamu's corner
OUTSPOKEN Zanu-PF Politburo member, Tshinga Dube has described the suspension of Zanu-PF youth leaders, Lewis Matutu and Godfrey Tsenengamu as a perpetuation of a culture of intolerance and would wors...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1266 | by newzimbabwe
Kariba water challenges worsen
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has further reduced the allocation of water for power generation at Kariba hydro-power station for 2020, which will result in suppressed electricity supplies from the...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1482 | by Staff reporter
Britain invests US$1.9 billion to Zimbabwe
United Kingdom Ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson says companies from the former colonial power have invested about US$1.9 Billion into Zimbabwe. Robinson however, said the laws of Zimbab...Published: 17 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 7542 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC took money from 'murderers'?
THE motor-mouthed MDC secretary for elections, Jacob Mafume, has defended the party's decision to embrace people implicated in the murder of the party's activists in previous elections.Respond...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 3350 | by Staff reporter
Does Trafigura have a monopoly on the fuel pipeline?
The agreement between Government through the National Oil Infrastructure Company and Trafigura does not permit the commodities firm to exceed 40% market share. This has resulted in capacity utilizatio...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:56hrs | 1935 | by FinX
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 | 1497 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe recession deeper than thought?
Nyasha Mutseyekwa, a minivan transporter in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, cannot afford new tyres for his ramshackle kombi, selling at US$45 for a good second hand.Whether he opted to pay in US c...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:35hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's spin nurse speaks of MDC friction
DR Nkululeko Sibanda, the spin nurse for MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, dismissed speculation that there was friction between the MDC leader and the party's chairperson Tabitha Khumalo."I need to ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:53hrs | 2699 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Industry capacity utilisation to fall to 27%
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has projected that industry's capacity utilisation will fall to 27% this year if the government does not change its policy direction.According to...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:44hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's economy most vulnerable in the region'
ZIMBABWE'S economy is vulnerable, with its growth trends now 2% below the average of sub-Saharan Africa's economic expansion, partly due to exchange rate misalignment, volatile weather patterns, and u...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:43hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Queen Bee and Chinamasa's fat lies
Where just about everything is going nowhere very fast — as is the case in Zimbabwe — even a badly scripted drama series is not a bad idea.There was that time when we were kept glued to th...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:40hrs | 634 | by Tawanda Majoni
Sikhala brings Masvingo to a standstill
IT was Valentine's Day without much love in Masvingo's central business district this year.For those who know Masvingo, the morning of February 14 was anything but normal.Not even the ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:37hrs | 840 | by Staff reporter
National interest or Partisan dynamics in Economic Policy Design
This instalment marks the end of this series on political transitions and economic policy architecture in Zimbabwe. To refresh your memory reader, you would recall that policy-making is a seri...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:36hrs | 70 | by Richard Mahomva
Mnangagwa's govt mobilises $105m for student loans
Government has mobilised $105 million to be accessed as loans by students in tertiary institutions.The loan scheme, which was recently reviewed by removing stringent conditions and introducing...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:36hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
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