OPINION

Was Zimbabwe ever the breadbasket of Africa?

A hackneyed expression is that Zimbabwe went from the breadbasket of Africa to its basket case under long-time autocrat Robert Mugabe. But was the first part true?There is a commonly held view that Zi...

By Wandile Sihlobo | Published: 28 November 2017

POLITICS

Mugabe sons still partying up a storm in SA

While their parents were negotiating the future of Zimbabwe, it was business and fun as usual for the Mugabe boys.Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe took to Facebook and posted about bringing top Nigerian mus...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2017

POLITICS

Mnangagwa gives Chinamasa his job back

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday named Patrick Chinamasa acting finance minister until a new cabinet has been appointed, the chief secretary to the president and cabinet said in a statement.Chin...

By Reuters | Published: 28 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Bond Notes gain ground

THE ascendency of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power has created a positive perception in the economy in a move that has seen bond notes gaining some ground against some of the world's major curren...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2017

POLITICS

Mnangagwa to arrest cash shortages

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to arrest the ongoing cash shortages which have seen most citizens relying on the parallel market to get hard cash.The President said this on Friday in his in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Exports up by 20% to $353m

ZIMBABWE's exports have increased by 20 percent in the first 10 months of the year to $352.9 million, official figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency show.In January, the country exporte...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2017

POLITICS

Bank chickens out on Mnangagwa ally

CHEGUTU West legislator and businessman Mr Dexter Nduna has dispelled press reports that he is bankrupt, arguing that a newspaper article stating otherwise was calculated to "sully" his person and sta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

$30 million shopping mall for Gweru

GWERU-based land developer True Destination Investments is set to construct a $30 million shopping mall at North Gate Heights Phase Two suburb of the city. North Gate Heights is a low-density suburb u...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa might introduce technocrats

New Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to form a new cabinet this week, with all eyes on whether he breaks with the past and names a broad-based government or selects old guard figure...

By Reuters | Published: 27 November 2017

POLITICS

Mugabe's birthday declared a Zimbabwe holiday

The 21st of February has been gazetted as Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, effectively making former President Robert Mugabe's birthday a public holiday.The notice is contained in Statutory I...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2017

POLITICS

Zanu-PF bigwigs jostle for Cabinet posts

TOP Zanu-PF officials, among them politburo members, from the former President Robert Mugabe-led regime have reportedly circled President Emmerson Mnangagwa , jostling for Cabinet posts ahead of the a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

SEZs initiative to be expanded

GOVERNMENT will draw lessons from the pilot projects of the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) to expand the programme across the country as part of measures to promote industrialisation and economic growth...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2017

POLITICS

US pledges support for Zim economic recovery

THE US has pledged to continue supporting Zimbabwe in all sectors of the economy and assist with the political and economic reforms following the inauguration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the co...

By Staff reporetr | Published: 27 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Chirundu highway to create youth jobs

GOVERNMENT has assured youths in Mashonaland West that they will benefit from employment created through the dualisation of the Beitbridge-Harare-Chirundu Highway.The Harare-Chirundu Highway, which st...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Adjustments to Zim-Asset

Government says it will make additions to the second phase of Zim-Asset, as it seeks to align it with the National Vision 2040, which will also guide economic growth in the coming decades. Zim-Asset I...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Good times beckon for SMEs

Negotiations involving the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), ZimTrade and the Export Credit Guarantee Company (ECGC), which will culminate in small and medium enterprises - mainly those in the export bu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 November 2017

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's new Cabinet expected this week

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to announce his new Cabinet team this week, which analysts say will indicate how his administration is likely to perform - amid much speculation and jockeying ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2017

POLITICS

Zimbabwe white farmers will be compensated

Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, say that Zimbabwe's land reform was inevitable and cannot be reversed as that would be a betrayal of the liberation struggle.But the new presiden...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa's economic headaches

President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the reins on Friday, inheriting a struggling economy, thanks to years of ill-governance and neglect by his predecessor whose thrust was power retention at all cost...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2017

POLITICS

Mnangagwa talks tough

IMPLEMENTATION of consistent policies, which has been the glaring missing link in the past, is required if plans set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa are to succeed.President Mnangagwa, who took off...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Cash dealers re-invade Byo CBD

ILLEGAL cash dealers are back on the streets of Bulawayo, charging desperate citizens over 50% premiums on United States dollars.This is despite the fact that in September this year, former president ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Shopaholics celebrate new Zimbabwe

On Friday November 14, 1997, Zimbabweans woke up to the news that the local currency had crushed against the United States dollar by 72 percent.That fateful day, which marked the beginning of the coun...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2017

POLITICS

Mnangagwa must walk the talk on graft

One of the reasons former president Robert Mugabe's forced departure was met with wild celebrations was because during his torturous rule, lack of respect for the rule of law and impunity had become t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 November 2017

POLITICS

Mugabe gets $10m lump sum payment

Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, 93, was reportedly offered a $10 million lump sum payment, full monthly salary, medial cover, security as well as protection of his private properties, as pa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2017

POLITICS

Mnangagwa and the 'poisoned ice cream' plot

On August 17, the Zimbabwean government issued an official denial that Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was vice president at the time, had eaten ice cream at a political rally."For the record, the Vice Presid...

By AFP | Published: 25 November 2017

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