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Chiwenga family launches development projects in Insiza district
The Chiwenga family has initiated a series of development projects in Insiza District, Matabeleland South Province, which include the construction of a shopping mall, drilling of boreholes, and renova...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:49hrs | 3911 | by Staff reporter
Withdraw Zimdollar from circulation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, it is my conviction that the Zimdollar, all things considered, is a swine. It is the epitome of voodoo economics, based on implausible assumpti...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 19:25hrs | 2 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zimbabwe family basket skyrockets to $3,6 million
THE cost of the food basket for a family of six has shot to ZWL$3,6 million, with retailers now charging some goods exclusively in United States dollars (US$) owing to the depreciating Zimbabwe dollar...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:56hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MDC founding Gibson Sibanda remembered
THE late founding MDC vice-president Gibson Sibanda has been described as having been politically mature and a unifier during his lifetime.This was said by former MDC legislator Paul Themba Ny...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
American economics says ZimStat is run by a clown
UNITED States professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Steve Hanke, has fiercely hit back at the Zimbabwe Statistical...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's bigwigs living lavishly as ordinary citizens starve'
HUMAN rights organisations have red-flagged the lavish lifestyles of the elite in the country at a time when ordinary citizens are struggling to put food on the table due to a faltering economy....Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation spikes to 257%
ZIMBABWE'S year-on-year inflation jumped to 256,9% this month, up from 191% in June, evoking memories of the 2008 hyper-inflationary era nightmares as prices of basic goods continue to skyrocket....Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe secures 300MW
ZESA Holdings has secured a 300 megawatt (MW) power import deal with regional suppliers as the energy crisis threatens to cripple industry and domestic consumers, confidential documents show.T...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 10:43hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economy not as bad as claimed, says Mangudya
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor, John Mangudya has said the country's economy is doing well despite the negative perception among the people.Giving oral evidence on the performance of ...Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Russia hits back at US
RUSSIA has allayed fears its ongoing onslaught on Ukraine will plunge the world into acute commodity shortages due to delays in shipments as a result of the conflict, the Zimbabwe Independent has repo...Published: 17 Jun 2022 at 08:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
US threatens Zimbabwe over Russian ties
AS Africa reels from the catastrophic effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine marked by acute food and commodity shortages, the United States (US) has issued a stark warning of the prolonged consequen...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
100% uniforms price hike kills back-to-school hype
SOME retailers have raised prices of school uniforms and other school items claiming manufacturers hiked prices by up to 100 percent, dampening the back-to-school preparations by parents and guardians...Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Russia-Ukraine war: Zimbabwe braces for severe crisis
ZIMBABWE should brace for more price hikes of basic commodities and debilitating fuel hikes in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war with observers this week warning the situation in the country may get ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hikes will increase price of goods and services, economists say
The recent hikes in fuel prices are likely to have an adverse impact on the economy as prices of basic commodities are likely to increase, the business community has said.The Zimbabwe Energy R...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
High uniform prices push up family basket to $73,000
RETAILERS recently hiked the price of school uniforms by 230%, pushing the cost of the family basket to $73 000, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has revealed.CCZ in a statement on Frida...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt earmarks US$120m for bonuses
GOVERNMENT released US$120 million to pay civil servants' bonuses in foreign currency in a bid to cushion them against the inflationary environment that has been experienced in the past few months....Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:54hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Public prefers US$ over Zimdollars'
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has blamed the widening gap between the official and parallel forex rates on locals preferring greenback over the local currency as a store of val...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Anger over Zupco fare hike
RIGHTS groups yesterday criticised the 100% fare hike by Zupco at a time when another national Covid-19 lockdown has been imposed.The increase in Zupco fares last week came at a time that priv...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt to review pensioners' payouts upwards to US$60
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima yesterday revealed that pensioners' payouts would be reviewed upward to US$60 per month by December this year from the current US$25....Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ raps pharmaceutical secor for abusing forex
The pharmaceutical industry is abusing foreign currency auctions privileges by selling imported drugs using black market rates, and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe does not have the legal powers to stop ...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Are we heading for disaster? - An Open conversation
This article is an open conversation that touches the many issues that have brought our country to where it is today. It is not an article of opposition but a call to introspection. It is a call for u...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 12:19hrs | 17 | by Liverson Mdongo wa Habe
High inflation drives cost of living
USAID food security arm, FEWS NET, says the cost of living in rural and urban areas continues to increase mainly driven by high inflation. In FEWS NET's December 2020 report, the food security organis...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
18 died in holiday accidents
Eighteen people were killed, while 73 others were injured in 147 road accidents on Christmas Day and Boxing Day holidays. During the same period last year, 17 were killed, while 174 others were injure...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to abandon fixing prices for commodities
ZIMBABWE plans to stop fixing the prices of commodities and will set up a commodity exchange before the end of the year where market prices will prevail, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt has failed to resolve strike by teachers, and all civil servants
The major reason why the Zimbabwe government is failing is in whole part for its reason to resist the tide. For a start, the government has over the decades tried and failed dismally to control th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:29hrs | 5 | by Zanda Shumba
New price of sugar announced
Tongaat and Hulett has announced that the price of sugar has increased with effect from 26 August 2019. The new prices will see 1 kg selling between $9.90 and $10.40, 2Kg selling between $19.9...Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Overfed, unconcerned and arrogant - Zimbabwe's politicians have broken away from the people
Saying all kinds of niceties and delivering nothing. These seem to be the most notable, if not the best traits of a politician. Particularly the Zimbabwean politician. It is not because they lack the ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 21:03hrs | 1 | by Mandla Tshuma
War collaborators starve at Mnangagwa 'thank you' rally
A CONFERENCE in honour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa turned into a nightmare for hundreds of war collaborators who had to sleep in the open on empty stomachs and without water after organisers faile...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans should brace for higher electricity tariffs, says Mthuli Ncube
ZIMBABWEANS have no choice but to expect higher electricity tariffs if power utility Zesa is to continue to be able to supply the commodity, Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has said.Nc...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa attacks Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has failed to deal with the economic problems facing the country.Chamisa told thousands of people at a rally ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 18:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Fifth Estate: A threat to national security
The turn of the century has seen the evolution of various communication platforms. This development also saw the rise of citizen journalism. The bad side of citizen journalism is that the writer i...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
PHOTOS: Mthuli Ncube's magic now working?
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube's prophecy that prices of basic goods in terms of RTGS$ were, in fact, going down looks like is coming to pass.Professor Ncube in June said that reforms whic...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 21:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Emmerson Mnangagwa's cabinet review
News doing the rounds says the Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe has passed on , it seems Chiwenga and Robert Mugabe have one thing in common - they both die in the media and resurrect miracu...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Nicholas Ncube
'I am coming for you' Mnangagwa fires warning shot
President Emmerson has fired warning shots at shop owners accusing them of increasing the prices of commodities in their shops. In a video that ahs gone viral on social media, the President is...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 14:00hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: 'Mnangagwa issues Gukurahundi-like threat to businesses'
A video of President Emmerson Mnangagwa threatening to beat up businesspeople with a sjambok if they continue increasing prices of commodities.Addressing a gathering President Mnangagwa urged ...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 09:28hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Currency reforms restore country's sovereign dignity
The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) has laid the foundation for fiscal consolidation at the same time generating sustainable budget methods. So far, the implementation of the TSP ha...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:03hrs | 3 | by Richard Mahomva
The civil servants problem
All along I have been thinking that cevil servants understand and know how to deal with their problem. No they don't. Cevil servants don't need a bond note salary increment because it becomes the caus...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 11:24hrs | 1 | by Clemen Moyo
Mnangagwa exposes Grace Mugabe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says former first lady Grace Mugabe owns a staggering 16 commercial farms in a revelation that could re-ignite the public spat between the Zanu-PF leader and his predecess...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'no going back on currency'
THE public will soon access cheaper basic commodities at Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots throughout the country as the Government moves to mitigate the wanton price increases by unscrupulous busine...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
War vets voice concern over price hikes
WAR veterans in Bulawayo have expressed concern over wanton increases in prices of commodities, saying the issue needs to be urgently addressed. Speaking during a meeting at Entumbane suburb o...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Black market sharks suppressing interbank rate'
Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu said yesterday that some big companies that were getting the lion's share of foreign currency when the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe was allocatin...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
G7 package to clear Zimbabwe's US$1,3bn WB debt
Government has started token payments to multilateral institutions and plans to borrow from the G7 Community to clear the outstanding US$1,3 billion to the World Bank, according to Finance and Economi...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Measures put in place to protect consumers from price increases
GOVERNMENT has put in place measures to protect consumers against wanton price increases, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, has said. The Minister also warned...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fuel price hike could end Mnangagwa reign
Following a wave of price increases for basic commodities by up to 200 percent in recent days, analysts have said an increase in the price of fuel could be the catalyst for a mass uprising that could ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 23:13hrs | | by Methusi Ncube
Price monitors unleashed in Zimbabwe
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) will this week dispatch price monitors countrywide to ascertain the model being employed by retailers on basic commodities amid an outcry from consumer...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to give residents 30-day rates objection period
RESIDENTS still have a chance to reject the increase of rates by the Bulawayo City Council as the local authority has to wait for a 30-day objection period before sending the proposal to Government fo...Published: 16 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs a serious president
Prices of commodities, insurances and basic food (basically everything) are skyrocketing but wages remain constant equating to the increase in suffering of the ordinary people. Do we deserve this much...Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:14hrs | 2 | by Dr Takesure Tazvishaya.
Minister Mathema's coup statement very unfortunate
After many Zimbabweans' lives have been plunged into deep impoverishment and great uncertainty by a series of price increases which have nearly become the order of the day since the declaration of Mna...Published: 04 May 2019 at 21:09hrs | 6 | by Terrence Wuragu
Civil servants get pay increase
It was a case of smiling all the way to the bank for civil servants yesterday as Government honoured its pledge to increase the workers' salaries by 29 percent beginning this month.The civil s...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prices of goods have risen by between 25 and 75%
RETAILERS have said consumer spending has declined considerably in recent months, as Zimbabwean consumers cannot afford to maintain spending with the high prices of goods and services. Prices ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff repoirter
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