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ZANU PF is not Zimbabwe - so there's no anti-Zimbabwe campaign!
Over the past month or two - ever since the announcement by some opposition political parties, as well as human and labour rights activists, of a planned national demonstration on 31 July 2020 against...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1416 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chiwenga's shock move: Details emerge
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga opted to take over the Health and Child Care portfolio following differences with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the sacked Obadiah Moyo's successor, it has emer...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:30hrs | 28589 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's tone-deaf speech: A tutorial on 'how not to lead'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday morning had yet another chance to show leadership in a national address. But, as he has done countless times, he squandered it in a tone-deaf statement that onl...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:55hrs | 694 | by newZWire
Mnangagwa suspends Gata, Zesa board members
The entire Zesa Holdings board, including executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata, was suspended by President Mnangagwa yesterday, with the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) given four weeks to con...Published: 07 Aug 2020 at 08:43hrs | 500 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean state capture
In my weekly political review show on the Gambakwe media platform two Sunday ago, we discussed about the planned demonstration on the 31st of July 2020. During the interview I invok...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 22:59hrs | 4048 | by Terence. T. Simbi
Zanu-PF bigwigs accused of plotting against Mnangagwa
THE ructions consuming the ruling Zanu-PF are escalating, with the former liberation movement ramping up its investigations targeted at party bigwigs suspected of plotting against President Emmerson M...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 17:48hrs | 12608 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF burns as bosses fight
THE ructions consuming the ruling Zanu-PF are escalating, with the former liberation movement ramping up its investigations targeted at party bigwigs suspected of plotting against President Emmerson M...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:37hrs | 7765 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes appointments
ZANU-PF First Secretary, President Mnangagwa has appointed Dr David Parirenyatwa to act as the party's Secretary for Health and elevated Central Committee member Richard Ndlovu to the Politburo. ...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:03hrs | 1754 | by Staff reporter
Ruling on NetOne chief's firing reserved
THE High Court has reserved ruling in the case in which NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje is challenging the decision by the company's board to fire him on three months' notice last month, hours...Published: 06 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 429 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF launches internal witch hunt
ZANU-PF has reportedly launched a massive witch hunt for party leaders who joined forces with civil society groups to stage the July 31 anti-corruption protests, and is systematically axing them, Sout...Published: 05 Aug 2020 at 08:18hrs | 7769 | by Staff reporter
ZSE reopens amid $240m loss
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) will resume trading tomorrow after a month-long government shutdown that saw the bourse losing at least $240 million in potential revenue.On June 29, the gove...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:21hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
Zesa boss suspended over graft allegations
ZESA Holdings executive chairman Dr Sydney Gata has been suspended from office and will be blocked from accessing his office at the power utility's headquarters, the Minister of Energy and Power Devel...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:06hrs | 252 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo praises Zanu-PF's Cleveria Chizema
EXILED former Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has described suspended Zanu-PF Politburo member Cleveria Chizema as an unheralded but cunning politician with an excellent sense of contemporary dynamics ...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 08:52hrs | 2503 | by newzimbabwe
Zesa chairperson suspended and banned
ZESA Holdings executive chairperson Dr Sydney Gata has been suspended and will not be allowed to enter the power utility's headquarters, Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi said yester...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 07:16hrs | 968 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF suspends Chizema
ZANU-PF yesterday suspended the party's secretary for Health Cleveria Chizema for further investigation after the security department presented a report on how internal forces are fomenting discord in...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 07:28hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Politburo Member found in possession of #31July protest fliers
A SENIOR Zanu-PF official and Politburo member, Cleveria Chizema was Wednesday suspended from the party with immediate effect after she was found in possession of fliers and placards for the planned J...Published: 30 Jul 2020 at 08:48hrs | 905 | by newzimbabwe
2020 Mid Term Budget Hits and Misses
The 2020 mid-term budget and economic review was delivered amid high inflation levels and declining economic productivity that has been worsened by the Corona Virus pandemic. The Zimbabwean economy is...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 20:38hrs | 1147 | by Victor Bhoroma
'Politicians must stop victimising health professionals'
HEAlTH workers in Zimbabwe bear the brunt of savage politics and are victimised for providing professional services to victims of political violence and demanding better working conditions, United Kin...Published: 27 Jul 2020 at 08:50hrs | 689 | by Staff reporter
Herbert Murerwa, Biata Nyamupinga eye Parly return
Former Finance minister Herbert Murerwa and ex-legislator Biata Nyamupinga are tipped for the Goromonzi South seat if the incumbent Energy Mutodi is expelled from the party.Mutodi was dismisse...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 19:04hrs | 6019 | by Staff reporter
Was the shutting down of mobile money, ZSE a necessary evil?
ON June 26, 2020 the Information ministry announced in a tweet that all mobile money transactions and the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) would stop transacting forthwith.The authorities halted ...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:11hrs | 2667 | by Admire Maparadza Dube
NRZ expects to fail to achieve target again
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) will for the second consecutive year likely miss its annual freight movement target largely owing to the impact of Covid-19.NRZ public relations manager...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:57hrs | 187 | by Staff reporter
ZEC readies for next elections
ELECTORAL activities will soon commence under strict Covid-19 guidelines crafted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to allow for safe resumption of elections, The Sunday Mail has gathered....Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 10:55hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt, Old Mutual smoke peace pipe
GOVERNMENT is set to hold a crucial meeting with Old Mutual over the standoff between the two parties in which the largest financial services company has been accused of stoking currency volatility on...Published: 24 Jul 2020 at 08:21hrs | 4735 | by Staff reporter
Absolute power, The precursor to deceptive democracy in Africa; The case of Zimbabwe
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (John Dalberg-Acton)In Shakespeare's Macbeth play, the relationship between the amount of power Macbeth obtained and the corrup...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:46hrs | 924 | by Peter Muzira
Ex-Zesa boss arrested
Former Zesa Holdings group chief executive, Josh Chifamba, and two other senior officials, were arrested yesterday by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) on allegations of appointing a city...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 09:00hrs | 937 | by Staff reporter
View from up here - Absolute power, the precursor to deceptive democracy in Africa; The case of Zimbabwe
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (John Dalberg-Acton) In Shakespeare's Macbeth play, the relationship between the amount of power Macbeth obtained and the corrupt a...Published: 21 Jul 2020 at 08:27hrs | 446 | by Peter Muzira
Basketball (NBA): Baskets on fire soon!
Initially planned to be held as closed-door matches or even delocalized, Adam Silver, the Commissioner of the North American basketball league and his team, decided finally to suspend the season on Ma...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 18:35hrs | 429 | by Staff writer
Key aspects sinking the Zimbabwean Dollar
The Zimbabwean economy is rapidly re-dollarizing, less than 12 months after the government banned the trading of multiple currencies through Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019 and introduced a local cur...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 07:03hrs | 3290 | by Victor Bhoroma
Assault on property rights closes Zimbabwe for business
The government directive to suspend the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) operations on the 26th of June 2020 and the recent political threats to eject Old Mutual Zimbabwe, PPC and SeedCo International fr...Published: 19 Jul 2020 at 07:00hrs | 1357 | by Victor Bhoroma
Former Bulawayo mayor says govt estates must be independent of each other
Former Mayor of Bulawayo Martin Moyo has said government estates such as the parliament, executive and the judiciary must work independent of each other so as to influence public interests issues and ...Published: 17 Jul 2020 at 13:51hrs | 1860 | by Stephen Jakes
ZSE resumes trading
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) will resume the trading of shares next week minus three fungible securities, nearly a month after the local bourse was forced to suspend trades on allegations of spec...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 08:03hrs | 2947 | by Staff reporter
NetOne acting board chair faces police grilling
POLICE yesterday said they were keen on questioning NetOne Cellular (Pvt) Limited acting board chair, Susan Mutangadura over perjury allegations involving a member of the telecom's board of directors....Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:43hrs | 976 | by Staff reporter
New twist to NetOne case
NETONE chief executive Lazarus Muchenje yesterday got a second reprieve after the High Court suspended the termination of his employment contract until the NetOne board has a chance to file its reply ...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 07:40hrs | 634 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF recommends Victoria Falls Stock Exchange for Old Mutual
The country's ruling party, Zanu-PF has called for the compulsory delisting of Old Mutual from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange but to protect its local shareholders, it has recommended that it lists on th...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 20:11hrs | 1820 | by Staff reporter
Panic Chinamasa and the Old Mutual threat
WHAT did Zanu-PF politburo member Patrick Chinamasa mean when he said the ruling party had endorsed a decision to "eject Old Mutual from the financial system"? Nobody knows. Not even Old Mutual itself...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 08:43hrs | 4351 | by newZWire
Khupe, Chamisa peace deal on the cards?
THE ugly infighting that has divided the MDC could soon come to an end, amid renewed attempts to unite Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa ahead of the party's planned extra-ordinary congress.A...Published: 12 Jul 2020 at 11:19hrs | 11863 | by Staff reporter
Muchenje reinstated and fired as NetOne CEO
NetOne chief executive officer Mr Lazarus Muchenje's turbulent tenure at the helm of the State-owned mobile telecommunications company ended dramatically yesterday after he was fired barely 24 hours a...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:02hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Japan launches Chamisa's bullet train
A NEW bullet train has entered service in Japan that's the country's fastest, smoothest, most comfortable and safest yet it's able to "escape" to safety in the event of an earthquake.The N700S...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:14hrs | 5479 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube walks a tightrope
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is expected to present a mid-term fiscal review statement next week. The country is on edge, as the steepest economic decline in living memory wreaks havoc. Even the hype...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:12hrs | 4452 | by Staff reporter
Muchenje 'mysteriously' bounces back at NetOne
GOVERNMENT has reinstated embattled NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje with immediate effect.The development was confirmed by a well-placed source, who asked for anonymity for fear of rep...Published: 10 Jul 2020 at 07:02hrs | 1244 | by Staff reporter
'We don't want Covid-19 cases' says hospital - and it paid dearly for its foolishness
The Zimbabwe authorities have not been testing for covid-19 as aggressively as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended repeatedly, especially among the local community. And now it is emerg...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:45hrs | 2273 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans should refuse to be abused, and used as sacrificial lambs for a self-serving ruling elite opportunist clique
Whenever any government resorts to habitually and incessantly using the 'national interests' tag, then a wise nation should immediately know that their leaders have reached record lows in their parasi...Published: 09 Jul 2020 at 15:32hrs | 843 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MDC targets 'fence-sitting' councillors
MDC Alliance ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora has been ejected from the Bulawayo East constituency district chairmanship over his alleged questionable loyalty to the opposition party and its leadership...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:01hrs | 782 | by Staff reporter
Mnagnagwa loyalists facing purges from Zanu-PF
FRESH fissures are emerging in the ruling Zanu-PF party with cadres seen as loyal to President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the Team Lacoste banner facing purges amid reports of a plot to reform the party...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 18:07hrs | 5210 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is a 'liar' who doesn't deserve the presidency, says MDC councillor
The MDC-Alliance Bulawayo East District has allegedly suspended its district chairman, Silas Chigora from his position over allegations of denigrating the party's President Nelson Chamisa and declarin...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2981 | by Staff reporter
The greatest threat to Zimbabwe's peace and security are not foreign entities, or their 'stooges', but it's ZANU PF itself!
Reading the media in Zimbabwe, even since the November 2017 military coup d'etat - which toppled long-time tyrant Robert Gabriel Mugabe, replacing him with his decades-long right-hand man and protégÃ...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 14:46hrs | 2059 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Who is in control of Zimbabwe's crashing economy?
LAST month, in an unprecedented Press conference, military generals said they didn't plan to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Yet weeks later, security leaders sidelined his administration to forc...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:08hrs | 2815 | by Bloomberg
84 year old Didymus Mutasa bounces back in Zanu-PF
ZANU-PF leaders in Makoni have officially welcomed back former national secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, 84 years old, into the party as it revisits a formula to re-strengthen the party....Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 19:12hrs | 11825 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa drags Mudenda to court
INDEPENDENT Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has dragged Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda to court challenging a decision to suspend him for six sittings on allegations of disorderly conduct. ...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 17:25hrs | 4020 | by Staff reporter
Gweru council engineer resigns
GWERU council engineer Robson Manatsa has resigned barely two days after another top official was suspended on graft charges, with sources indicating that more senior employees were likely to quit to ...Published: 03 Jul 2020 at 07:44hrs | 1223 | by Staff reporter
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