Surging violence unsettling
ZANU-PF political commissar, Saviour KasukuwereAT least 68 civil society organisations (CSOs) have reported a sharp rise in incidents of politically-motivated violence, intimidation and human rights...
View ArticlePatrick Chinamasa to deliver moot budget
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa“MIDLANDS, as a province, was allocated US$460 000 in the National Budget, but to date only US$3 000 has been disbursed.“We continue to lobby the rest of the...
View ArticleZBC sweats over salary cuts
Lawyer, Lovemore Madhuku is representing the 563 ZBC workers.THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has started making overtures to negotiate with its workers after it lost a court case in which...
View ArticleZIMRA peeping Tom fired
Labour Court dismissed an appeal by former ZIMRA investigations manager, Andrew Shangu, who was fired for peeping into girls’ hostels at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ).THE Labour Court has confirmed...
View ArticleJonathan Moyo’s case falling apart
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister, Jonathan MoyoTHE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC)’s case against Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo and his deputy Godfrey Gandawa...
View ArticleNatfoods wins Top Companies Survey award
National Foods Limited chief executive officer, Mike Lashbrook receiving the overall best performing company on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange from African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank)’s regional...
View ArticleVictoria Falls International Airport to be opened on Friday
The airport was funded by a US$150 million Export-Import Bank of China loan to the Zimbabwean government.THE new look US$150 million Victoria Falls International Airport will be commissioned on...
View ArticleIMF executive board removes remedial measures applied to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is now current on all of its financial obligations to the IMF.THE executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday approved on a lapse of time basis, the removal of the...
View ArticleSouth African retailer Spar Group pulls out of Zimbabwe
Spar Group has closed its distribution centre in Zimbabwe. SOUTH African retailer and wholesaler Spar Group has closed its distribution centre in Zimbabwe due to weak economic growth and will now...
View ArticleOf fugitive lifestyles, proudly uneducated leaders … and all
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa“LOOK at me. You don’t know how humiliated I sometimes get? Have you ever been a debtor? Say, a debtor who has borrowed from everyone in the street and no longer takes...
View ArticleAfreximbank confirms export incentives facility
Afreximbank’s regional manager for southern Africa, Gift SimwakaShame Makoshori and Dumisani NdlelaTHE African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has revealed that it had released a US$200 million...
View ArticleTemba Mliswa returns to Parliament
Temba MliswaJOURNALISTS in Zimbabwe seem to have great difficulty resisting the temptation to prefix the name Temba Mliswa with rich superlatives.Controversial, mercurial, outspoken, combative and...
View ArticleLovemore Matombo thrown out of office
Lovemore MatomboCOMMUNICATION and Allied Services Workers Union of Zimbabwe (CASWUZ) members this week forcibly chucked out of office the union’s president, Lovemore Matombo, who was refusing to...
View ArticleWar veterans dare ZANU-PF
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association leader Christopher MutsvangwaTHE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) is co-ordinating the preparation of a document...
View ArticleOld Mutual launches smallholder farmers insurance product
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Chief executive officer, Jonas MushoshoZIMBABWE’S largest integrated financial services group, Old Mutual has pioneered a pilot drought insurance product for smallholder farmers in...
View ArticleHaemorrhaging ZESA sees loss doubling to US$233 million
Last year ZESA Holdings reported a loss of US$111,4 million.ZIMBABWE’S power utility ZESA Holdings has incurred a loss of US$140 million in the nine months to September, which is expected to widen to...
View ArticleIndustrial capacity utilisation rises to 47 percent
Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries president, Busisa MoyoZIMBABWE’S industrial capacity utilisation rose to 47,4 percent in 2016, up from 34,3 percent last year, mainly driven by an import ban...
View ArticleMining revenue flat; gold, platinum output higher
CoMZ chief executive officer, Isaac KwesuZIMBABWE’S mineral earnings in the nine months to September were flat at US$1,38 billion despite a marked increase in platinum and gold output, as commodity...
View ArticleThousands of houses face demolition
Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Oppah Oppah Muchinguri-KashiriBy Nyasha ChingonoTHOUSANDS of homes built on wetlands face demolition.The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has, for some...
View ArticleBond notes to help industry: Mangudya
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe John MangudyaRESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, yesterday said bond notes would be introduced at the end of this month, advising that the central bank...
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