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America, Europe easing their stance on Zimbabwe
The current economic stability prevailing in the country is indirectly forcing the West to mend its relations with Zimbabwe, economic analysts have said.Economic analysts, Abednigo Matsika sai...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 09:59hrs | 2501 | by Innocent Mujeri
Mnangagwa's govt tightens screws on procurement
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says government has tightened screws on procurement processes as it tries to plug holes that have seen suppliers and contractors inflate prices of goods sold to State depa...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:26hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
MPs say forced to stay in grubby Harare lodges
LEGISLATORS have been forced to put up in sub-standard lodges in Harare, footing their own bills, as the treasury has not paid hotel bills since July 2022, NewZimbabwe.com can reveal.One of th...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
West Indies survive Zimbabwe fright
The West Indies have kept their T20 World Cup campaign alive, overcoming another batting collapse, horror run out and wayward early bowling to beat Zimbabwe by 31 runs in Hobart.The two-time c...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:26hrs | 80 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt sets terms for NGOs
GOVERNMENT says non-governmental organisations (NGOs) may only be allowed to operate in the country if they are willing to complement its development policies. Addressing journalists on the si...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
Zinara tightens screws on unlicensed vehicles
THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) says it will bar all vehicles without valid licence discs from passing through tollgates.In a statement, Zinara said this would be implemente...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Treasury blows whistle on plot to loot public funds
ZIMBABWE'S Treasury has exposed a calculated plot to loot public funds through an inflated tender awarded by Parliament to two companies which are charging astronomical prices for the supply of laptop...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:57hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
Chiefs speak out against Zanu-PF coercion
Zimbabwe's rural areas have for decades been a Zanu-PF stronghold, and are turned into no-go areas for the opposition during elections.Previous Zanu-PF election victories in the rural ar...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:21hrs | 1443 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube turns screws on errant Govt departments
ALL ministries, Government departments and agencies have been given up to September 2 to submit due diligence reports on all contracts that were submitted as of July 31 but whose payments were suspend...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Traffic volumes surge as travellers return to new-look Beitbridge
THE volume of traffic has started to increase at the transformed Beitbridge, with more tourists and ordinary travellers coming in from South Africa now preferring to drive through the new-look port of...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar makes paper gains
The economy has largely stabilised, especially from late last month, as a result of aggressive measures by Government to rein in market indiscipline, and market watchers are confident the latest inter...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
South Africa-based Zimbabweans blast Shava
ZIMBABWEAN immigrants residing in South Africa have blasted Foreign Affairs minister Fredrick Shava for not consulting them before meeting his counterpart Naledi Pandor.Shava met the South Afr...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:27hrs | 3974 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean dollar gaining value
Parallel market exchange rate responds to RBZ measuresTREASURY has been hailed for tightening screws on money supply growth in the market, in a move credited for stabilising the foreign curren...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 17:57hrs | 35018 | by Staff Reporter
Western countries trying all tricks to remove Zanu-PF from power
AS the clock ticks towards the 2023 harmonised elections, which some have described as "crunch" (interestingly all polls since 2008 have been dubbed as such!), Zimbabweans should brace for more shocks...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:49hrs | 735 | by Staff reporter
South Africa piles more misery on Zimbabweans
SOUTH Africa has piled fresh pressure on Zimbabweans living in that country to return home after Pretoria's Social Development minister Lindiwe Zulu said nations need to take care of their citizens....Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 6844 | by Staff reporter
SA tighten screws on border crimes
Zimbabwe and South Africa have tightened screws on border crimes along the Limpopo River and at the Beitbridge port of entry, where cases of irregular migrations and smuggling of prohibited goods are ...Published: 15 Jul 2022 at 09:04hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Injury forces Nyoni into early retirement
FORMER Highlanders and Caps United winger Gabriel Nyoni has been forced into retirement about a year-and-a-half since he sustained an injury while in the colours of South African second-tier club Cape...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 18:33hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition should stop nauseating obsession with foreign intervention
IF there is something stinking high and wide in Zimbabwe's opposition political landscape, it is its love for foreign intervention.In fact, there is a whorish competition in the opposition cir...Published: 22 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe further tightens noose on NGOs
GOVERNMENT is further tightening screws on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in the country with Public Service minister Paul Mavima proposing more amendments to the Private Voluntary Or...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
RBZ tightens screws on bank loans
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered banks to conduct site visits to clients who have taken out loans to ensure the money is used for its intended purposes, among other stringent measures....Published: 20 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 2283 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt tightens screws on nurses
GOVERNMENT has tightened screws on nurses wishing to resign from the civil service as it battles to stem the massive exodus of health workers.Hundreds of nurses are leaving the country for gre...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | 2785 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar worries industry
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) is having sleepless nights over an overvalued Zimbabwean dollar (Zimdollar), which is now undermining the scope for maximising structural efficiency and ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:09hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Screws tightened on 'dishonest' civil servants
GOVERNMENT has tightened the duty-free rebate scheme on motor vehicles for civil servants following reports that unscrupulous car dealers were importing second-hand vehicles duty free after conniving ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 12:47hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Embassy mulls mobile consular exercise for SA-based Zimbabweans
ZIMBABWE's embassy staff in South Africa is set to conduct a mobile consular exercise in Durban, KwaZulu Natal (KZN)province from March 28 to 31 to give fellow countrymen in that country a chance to r...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 1433 | by Staf reporter
Mnangagwa makes headway in re-engagement crusade
THE removal of three Zimbabweans from the European Union (EU) sanctions signals the positive strides that the country has made under President Mnangagwa's reengagement policy.Commenting on the...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:42hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is changing the game
Within a few days, President Mnangagwa threw serious warning shots.Some are already calling them silencing shots.The President gave opposition opportunists a teaser of forthcoming attr...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:50hrs | 576 | by Major Action Mandingo (Retired)
Military tightens screws on rogue soldiers
SECURITY has been heightened in army barracks across the country in the wake of a spate of robberies involving soldiers as the military descends on "rogue" elements, amid reports that the assets...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:40hrs | 887 | by Staff reporter
RBZ tells banks to shape up or ship out
BANKING sector experts have thrown their weight behind the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s move to tighten screws on operators that fail to comply with new minimum capital requirements, which came in...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
Ministers splashing on foreign trips, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday warned Cabinet ministers against globetrotting with no tangible results at a time when the country faces an economic meltdown, with millions swimming in deep pov...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 1127 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans choking South Africa's health system
SOUTH Africa's Department of Health in Musina has raised concern over the influx of Zimbabweans seeking treatment, especially maternity services in that country.This emerged during a Zimbabwe-...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:25hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
RBZ tightens screws in inflation battle
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has further reduced its quarterly reserve money (cash available for use in the economy) target, cutting it to 7,5 percent from 10 percent.The measures are pa...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 207 | by Staff reporter
Expelled Ndebele chief challenges SA on Zimbabwe crisis
United-Kingdom-based former Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has challenged South Africa to intervene in the Zimbabwean political crisis as sporadic xenophobic attacks start simmering again...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 18:34hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
Xenophobic attacks resurface in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS in neighbouring South Africa are living in fear of xenophobic attacks following a wave of violence targeting foreign nationals in that country.There have been reports of violence a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:27hrs | 5201 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa needs a generous miracle!
Make no mistake about this, President Emmerson Mnangagwa had this hugely golden chance to become Zimbabwe's political legend, post-coup.If he had done the right things after the removal of ex-...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:56hrs | 871 | by Tawanda Majon
Rebate on duty scammers exposed
GOVERNMENT has tightened the conditions for businesses benefiting from the rebate of duty facilities amid concerns over lack of transparency and accountability, which has seen some beneficiaries makin...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
'End Zimdollar fuel fraud'
Government has roped in the National Oil and Infrastructure Company (NOIC) to monitor the distribution of fuel imported under the Reserve Bank's foreign currency allocation facility to ensure oil firm...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:55hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Special courts for black market forex dealers
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi has said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Evidence piles against forex saboteurs
PROSECUTOR-General, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi said the State has gathered more evidence against economic saboteurs driving the spike in the exchange rate on the parallel market, in a development that will lea...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens screws on NGOs
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday approved changes to the laws governing private voluntary organisations (PVOs) to give his government powers to suspend, penalise or sanction boards if it feels t...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:35hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
80 border jumpers arrested daily
ABOUT 80 border jumpers are arrested daily at Beitbridge Border Post as the Department of Immigration working with other border agencies is tightening screws to minimise cases of illegal migration bet...Published: 23 Aug 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Funerals now COVID-19 super spreaders
CABINET yesterday noted that funerals were fast becoming COVID-19 super spreaders as mourners are not adhering to the laiddown regulations.As part of efforts to contain the spread of the respi...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 11:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens screws on forex speculation
GOVERNMENT yesterday gazetted new regulations that criminalise the conduct of charging above the official exchange rate and refusing to take the Zimdollar in local transactions.Companies that ...Published: 28 May 2021 at 07:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bids to ban 'sanction beggars' 2023 elections
IN AN ominous message for the opposition, Zanu-PF says it wants all people who have supported the West's sanctions on Zimbabwe to be barred from taking part in the 2023 polls.In that light, th...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Vote overwhelmingly and counter (Zanu PF) rigging' - regurgitated nonsense, didn't work for 41 years why now
The 2023 elections are nigh upon us and already the volume of material offering fool proof strategies on how the opposition can win the rigged elections in growing."The only option left for th...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:16hrs | 9 | by Nomusa Garikai
Vote overwhelmingly to counter rigging
The 2023 election is going to be the most interesting do or die battle for both the main two political rival parties Zanu PF and MDC-Alliance who are playing their cards right on their chests....Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 15:34hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa says they've changed tact
Nelson Chamisa the opposition MDC Alliance leader says his party has tightened the criteria used to select parliamentary and local authority candidates to avoid infiltration by "fortune seekers" who d...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Activist's conviction stirs controversy
The opposition MDC Alliance and political analysts say the conviction of activist Makomborero Haruzivishe last week is a strategy to silence critics and instil fear ahead of the 2023 harmonised electi...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 09:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa tells Mnangagwa to stop MDC persecutions
THE opposition MDC Alliance and political analysts yesterday said Zimbabwe should expect the worst in terms of arrests and conviction of opposition activists as the country approaches the 2023 harmoni...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Govt tightens screws on used car imports
IMPORTATION of second-hand vehicles that are 10 years old and more will now require import licences from the Industry and Commerce ministry as part of efforts to discourage imports of defective vehicl...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe borders to open soon, says Mthuli Ncube
ZIMBABWE will next week receive another consignment of Covid-19 vaccine procured by Government from China to bolster the country's inoculation efforts to achieve the herd immunity, Minister of Finance...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:28hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
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