Political, Policy Uncertainties Major Setbacks for New Govt
POLITICAL and policy uncertainty stand out as the elephants in the room for the new government as it targets an ambitious economic growth rate of 4,5%, a figure far much higher than the 0,9% projected...
View ArticleMobile Registration Exercise Under Probe
By Hazel Ndebele THE Civil Service Commission (CSC) is investigating the mobile registration exercise which is being conducted by the Registrar-General’s (RG) department amid reports of alleged...
View ArticleMDC-T Spokesperson Dismisses Harvest House Ban
MDC-T Spokesperson Obert Gutu has dismissed claims that had has banned from setting foot at the party’s Harvest House headquarters by a group of party youths calling themselves The Vanguard. The...
View ArticleElectronic Transfers Levy Could Stop Vendors Dodging Tax – MP
AN opposition legislator has urged government to introduce another levy on electronic cash transfers saying this would help address the problem of taxing the country’s vendor economy. MDC-T’s Bulawayo...
View ArticleEngagement Might Pay Off for Mnangagwa
ANALYSISBy Blessed Mhlanga MOST opposition parties in Zimbabwe appear to be torn by divisions raising fears that they may not perform well in the forthcoming general elections. With less than five...
View ArticleFinance Minister Says ‘Bond Notes Aren’t Going Anywhere’
Zimbabwe’s finance minister Patrick Chinamasa has reportedly denied reports that the country’s surrogate currency – the bond motes – would be phased out soon. The state-owned Herald newspaper quoted...
View ArticleKasukuwere Begging ED for Forgiveness, Claims Zanu-PF Official
Exiled former Zanu PF national commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, is begging President Emmerson Mnangagwa to be allowed back into the country, a Zanu PF official has claimed. Also, according to the...
View ArticleNRZ Loss As Gold Panners Damage Rail Line
Illegal gold panning activities have extensively damaged the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) rail line, a development which has been blamed for increased train derailments. NRZ public relations...
View ArticleBreakthrough for Zim Film Industry
By Munashe Chokodza Zimbabwe will this Friday become the first Sub Saharan Africa country to host the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) which is set to be held at the Theatre in the Park....
View ArticleGukurahundi, 2008 Violence Victims Must Speak – Nkosana Moyo
By Shorai Murwira Alliance for People’s Agenda (APA) President, Dr Nkosana Moyo has called for a fair hearing on the concerns of victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities and 2008 elections violence saying...
View ArticleMakeover of Post Offices Bridges Zimbabwe Digital Divide
By Marcus Mushonga Harare — Zimbabwe has transformed more than 80 obsolete post offices to community information centres following an investment of US$13 million. This is part of a project to bridge...
View ArticleGovt Reduces Duty On Fuel Imports
Government has reduced excise duty on fuel imports, in a move aimed at reducing overall production costs in the country. Petrol prices in Zimbabwe which are ranging between $1,40 and $1,56 per litre...
View ArticleZesa Gave Chivayo $7m, Not $5m – Parliament Told
Power utility ZESA paid controversial Harare tenderpreneur Wicknell Chivayo US$7million, parliament heard this Monday. The payment, reportedly ordered by former energy minister Samuel Undenge, has been...
View ArticleMnangagwa – I Thought Grace Mugabe Was Mentally Unwell
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that he stopped giving too much regard to Grace Mugabe’s angry public rants against him, having concluding that she was likely struggling with mental health...
View ArticlePresident Arrives in Switzerland for WEF
By Happiness Zengeni President Mnangagwa and his high-powered delegation arrived here yesterday for the 48th World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meetings where he is expected to present the country’s...
View ArticlePotraz Stresses Need to Work With Media
By Shingie Lev Muringi The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) held its first ever media engagement forum in Kadoma last week Friday where the regulator stressed the...
View ArticleGovernment Reduces Excise Duty On Fuel, Hopes Prices Come Down
By Wendy Muperi The government has reduced excise duty on fuel with effect from this Tuesday. In a statement, permanent secretary in the Finance and Economic Development Willard Manungo said the duty...
View ArticleDiamond Firms Destroy Over 100 000 Hectares of Land, Zcdc Sets Aside $20 M...
Former diamond mining firms which operated in Chiadzwa before the consolidation exercise by government last year destroyed close to 100 000 hectares of land, an executive has said. The companies which...
View ArticleED’s Audacity of Hope to Canaan
OPINIONBy Lovemore Ranga Mataire President Mnangagwa’s interview with Alec Russell of the London-based Financial Times was illuminating in many ways. For a start, the President seemed to have been in a...
View ArticleTobacco Under Threat
By Livingstone Marufu Zimbabwe’s largest foreign currency earner is under threat after main international buyers resolved not to accept tobacco cured using coal citing environmental concerns. Recently,...
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