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MDC buoyant ahead of Mutasa by-election

The MDC-Alliance says it expects to retain the Mutasa Rural District Council's (MRDC) ward 10 seat in a by-election set for May 11 after High Court judge Justice Isaac Muzenda dismissed an application...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe to host inaugural wine-tasting semi finals

Zimbabwe will this month host the inaugural Wines of South Africa (WoSA) Sommelier Cup Zimbabwe semi-finals in Victoria Falls, with the winner set to represent the country at the fourth grande finale ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa stops eviction of 20 000 villagers by Chinese miner

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered a Chinese company to stop its planned quarry mining activities in Domboshava, following an outcry by over 20 000 villagers who had already been ordered to vaca...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

'Price hikes reflect anti-export policy'

THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says price hikes currently obtaining in the country are a reflection of government's anti-export policies and not the fault of industry.CZI president Sif...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Currency issues hit Pick n Pay performance

PICK N PAY's Zimbabwean subsidiary TM Supermarkets took a 6,3 percent drop in profits in the 52-week period to end of March as it adjusted to currency and exchange reforms. The South African headquart...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Sengwa power station project set to start

LISTED mining group, RioZim, says it is set to kick start development of the proposed US$2 billion Sengwa Thermal Power Station project in Gokwe before the end of this year. In a statement accompanyin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

CFI divisions get $33 million working capital

CFI Holdings' divisions, Agrifoods and Victoria Foods, will next month go for a scheme of arrangement after their judicial managers, Grant Thornton, courted an investor, Dominion Trading, which inject...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Seed Co issues fake seeds warning

REGIONAL seed producer, Seed Co, has warned against buying uncertified seed, saying it has poor germination rate and results in low yields. Seed Co southern region manager, Mr Charles Munyoro, said fa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

More Japanese firms for Zimbabwe

MORE Japanese are set to invest in Zimbabwe in response to the on-going economic reform process with Tokyo and Harare pushing for improved bilateral relations. Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Toshi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa meets Advisory Council

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday met members of the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC), with discussions on how to move the country forward topping the agenda. Speaking to journalists after the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

POLITICS

G40, MDC Alliance plot to form GNU exposed

THE notorious G40 cabal and the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance made futile attempts to form a coalition under the "Grand Union" in the run up to last year's elections in the vain hope of forcing a Go...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

IDBZ to bankroll Mat South irrigation scheme

AT least 450 hectares of farm-land in Mangwe District, Matabeleland South Province will be opened up under a planned irrigation scheme to enhance the country's food security while some of the produce ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa wants workers' salaries reviewed?

President Mnangagwa has implored employers to review salaries and conditions of service for their workers to improve their living standards.  Addressing the nation on the eve of the 2019 Workers ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe's Boeing B767 back in skies

A foreign object absorbed by Air Zimbabwe's Boeing 767-200ER on the left engine at take-off caused an engine surge resulting in the "brief" tail pipe fire, a probe by a team of the national airline's ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet data bundle price hike largely expected

The country's largest mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has adjusted its data bundle tariffs upwards in a move that was largely expected, following  State-owned competitors NetOne ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 May 2019

OPINION

Mnangagwa's workers' day message: 'Restore workers' dignity'

Press statement by His Excellency, E.D. Mnangagwa, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, on the occasion of the Workers' Day celebrations 1 May 2019 Fellow workers of Zimbabwe On behalf of the Govern...

By President Mnangagwa | Published: 01 May 2019

POLITICS

Tsvangirai family, MDC in memorial showdown

A war of words has broken out between the opposition MDC and the family of its founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai over the late former Prime Minister's memorial service set for this weekend.Family spo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Zimbabwe police warn rioters

POLICE are ready and will in future not hesitate to react ruthlessly if attacked by rioters a senior police officer here has warned.Officer Commanding Marondera district, Superintendent Didymus Sakaro...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 30 April 2019

ZIMBABWE

ZSE expects more listings

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) projects strong capital growth through initial public offering (IPO) listings next year, with revelations that the government intends to encourage state-owned enterpr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe takes delivery of Embraer ERJ145

Government took delivery today, of the first additional aircraft, an Embraer ERJ145 purchased from the United States of America, as plans to revive Air Zimbabwe gather momentum.The 50-seater jet is ex...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa to appoint top aides

OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will appoint some of the party's standing committee members, among them the organising secretary and spokesperson as well as a number of deputies "as per the party...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

MDC regalia banned at Tsvangirai memorial

THE family of the late MDC founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said they will not allow wearing of party regalia at the memorial service for the former Prime Minister in Buhera at the weekend....

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa to appoint half of the MDC's leadership

MDC president Nelson Chamisa will appoint almost half of the party's leadership after he was given a blank cheque to do so by the party's national council.Chamisa, who has no challengers for the post ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

OPINION

Mnangagwa's legitimacy cannot be wished away

FORMER MDC official Eddie Cross portrays the administration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as an improvement on that of former president Robert Mugabe.He claims that the overthrow of Mugabe was legit...

By Mike Carter | Published: 30 April 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa's MDC allocates posts to ex-G40 cadres

FORMER members of the deposed Generation 40 (G40) faction have secured positions in the opposition MDC party's Harare provincial executive. G40 is a Zanu-PF faction that worked tirelessly to secure fo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

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