THE water crisis in the second largest city is set to worsen after the local authority said the ongoing power challenges have grossly affected its pumping capacity.The city council introduced a 36-hou...
The government will never repeal Statutory Instrument (SI) 142 of 2019 which bans the use of foreign currencies as legal tender and makes the RTGS the country's sole legal tender - Justice minister Zi...
OUTSPOKEN traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni - who has in recent months courted the ire of Zanu-PF apparatchiks with his stinging criticism of the government - has praised President Em...
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's under-pressure government says it is confident that the sky-high prices of basic goods that have made the lives of ordinary citizens miserable over the past few months w...
Zimbabwe's energy minister Fortune Chasi was on Tuesday forced to put the proof of the country's US$10m (R139m) payment to Eskom on his twitter account, after earlier claims of having paid was refuted...
Zimbabwe's economic crisis has potential to breed instability in the country and needs urgent redress, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said.Chamisa, mandated by the MDC congress in May to find la...
DEFENCE Minister, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has filed a $1 million suit against the Daily News for alleged defamation in a case in which the private paper published an article claiming her housing coop...
Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube says authorities have instituted measures that will ensure that the local currency will not suffer previous depredations, following the...
THE move by government to make the RTGS currency the country's sole legal tender can work if government remains fiscally disciplined, builds political and economic confidence and boost production.Last...
THE Zanu-PF Youth League which has been breathing fire and brimstone over corruption in government and the private sector said it will be looking into Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri's reports whic...
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under extreme pressure to act on Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri's reports, which are exposing the rot in government.This comes after Chiri released damning reports ...
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday said its members will proceed with their demonstration if government does not revert back to the multi-currency regime, but President Emmerson Mn...
WITH a 15 to 19 hour load shedding schedule underway, massive hikes in prices of firewood and acute shortages on gas, some Zimbabweans have resorted to burning plastic to cook meals.Barely a week ago,...
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube's sweeping decision to discard the multi-currency system that had obtained in Zimbabwe for the past 10 years has brought with it some modicum of stability into the econom...
BARRING threats of social upheaval, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared he is ready to stick it out and push with his reform agenda.Mnangagwa on Thursday told captains of industry meeting under ...
Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister Appolonia Munzverengi is being accused of using her political muscle to grab a mining claim owned by Mekasi Engineering.The company claim that the minister...
ON June 24, 2019, Zimbabwe woke to news of a statutory instrument with clearly far-reaching effects in that it alters the currency landscape. This instrument has been followed by directives from the R...
CHIEFS in the Midlands and Matabeleland regions have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently address the rising cost of living, including sharp increases in food insecurity.Mnangagwa met ch...
ENERGY minister Fortune Chasi has publicly apologised for the embarrassment he caused after the government misinformed the public that the State had paid a US$10 million to settle a debt with a South ...
Some Zimbabweans without proper documentation were denied entry into Zambia last week as the neighbouring reacted to the confiscation of maize by Zimbabwean authorities following the introduction of S...
THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is working on a financial package in the region of US$70 million for the local manufacturing sector. This was revealed by Industry and Commerce Minister Nq...
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed mining group, RioZim, has appointed Mr Saleem Rashid Beebeejaun as chairman with effect from June 25, 2019. He takes over from Mr Lovemore Chihota who recently celebrate...
ZIMBABWE plans to conduct a full exploration of its gas deposits in a bid to establish the quantum of the key resource before engaging potential investors. Top United States firm, General Electric and...
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has recorded a relative increase in revenue levied on commercial cargo which passes through Beitbridge Border Post in the first quarter of the year in comparison...
Government is forging ahead with its thrust to modernise rural areas, with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) pledging to bring access to electricity to 60 percent of the rural populace in line wi...