BUSINESS NEWS

SEP privatisation to spur market growth

Government's move to privatise and restructure Zimbabwe's state enterprises and parastatals (SEPs) will have a significant impact on the growth of the local capital markets, according to analysts at A...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$400m for roads rehabilitation

GOVERNMENT is working towards raising US$300 million from bonds issued by the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) for road repairs across the country.Separately, US$100 million has already...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

OPINION

MDC Alliance: Pitfalls of running without 'mother's milk of politics'

"DADDY, I think Chamisa will be defeated by ZEC. He can't win this election," my seven-year-old daughter said to me last week. "What do you mean?" I asked her. "Isn't it that Chamisa and ZEC are going...

By Bishop | Published: 15 July 2018

POLITICS

ZEC commissioner receives death threats

A commissioner with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Mrs Netsai Mushonga, has reported death threats received on social media to the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), saying she takes them very ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa wants SADC, AU to run elections

MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday made a stunning demand by calling for the disbandment of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the constitution of an independent ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

POLITICS

Obert Mpofu, Mudenda get Mnangagwa praise

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday paid tribute to Zanu-PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu and Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda's roles in the political transition that ush...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa sticks by Grace Mugabe

MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's alleged dalliances with the former First Family is understood to be making partners in the coalition uneasy and there are now real fears that he is planning to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim's bold economic statement to the world

Restarting and restructuring the economy has been a priority since November last year.The agricultural and mining sectors, the country's largest foreign currency earners, have largely taken the lead i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Economy glitters as gold rakes in $715m

Zimbabwe'S economy has continued on a solid upward trajectory since the beginning of the year, with exports rising 23 percent in the January to June period led by gold shipments, which earned more tha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

POLITICS

Church foretells Mnangagwa victory

The Johane Marange Apostolic Church yesterday prophesied that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the July 30 polls was not only certain, but guaranteed.The prophecy was announced at the Mafarar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa says MDC-T stands for MDC-Tsotsi

MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has now publicly disowned the MDC-T name saying his party would not be using the name ever again.Addressing thousands of party supporters at Mutasa DC yesterday, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC Alliance in all-night protest at Ross Camp

MDC Alliance officials spent a night at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) headquarters at Ross Camp here in a bid to thwart police officers from casting their votes.Top MDC Alliance official Gideon S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's office speaks on SMS campaign

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has said the text-messaging campaign that debuted this week was part of the ruling Zanu-PF's sophisticated online campaign that had absolutely nothing to do with ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Zimbabwe tension mounts as polls beckon

Political tension is rising in Zimbabwe as the country prepares to hold its national elections in two weeks' time - with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday accusing the election management bod...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Minister Bimha death hoax rubbished

MINISTER of Industry, Commerce and Enterprise Development, Mike Bimha has scoffed at reports circulating on social media that he had died in a road traffic accident in Chegutu.Speaking from China wher...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa ready to sleep in the streets

Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa told thousands of his supporters who marched through Harare streets demanding electoral reforms that next week will be decisive in their fight for key reforms ahead of t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa's supporters storm police voting venue

ANTI-RIOT police were called in to disperse hordes of MDC Alliance supporters who had stormed Bulawayo's Ross Camp to "monitor" the police postal voting process which spilled into Friday.During the pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Chigumba snubs Chamisa poll demands

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has hinted it may not budge to continued election demands by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his group.At a routine stakeholder briefing of the commissio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa storms ZEC offices

MDC Alliance presidential candidate on Wednesday stormed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) offices demanding to meet chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba after it emerged she was not available...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

'I can deliver better than Chamisa'

ASPIRING legislator for Kuwadzana East, Ishmael Kauzani, claims if he wins the July 30 elections as an independent candidate, he will outperform the incumbent and MDC Alliance presidential candidate N...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Residents fume over deceased estate duty

HARARE residents have expressed concern over the exorbitant charges of 4% on deceased estate duty charged by government.In a statement yesterday, the Harare Residents Trust said the fee charged should...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Banker promises to transform Harare CBD

BANKER and economic development consultant, Kudzai Mubaiwa promises to help transform the Harare central business district (CBD) and city into an economic empowerment hub if elected as an independent ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

POLITICS

Chiwenga warns G40 remnants

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has warned Zanu-PF members that are not happy with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership to "shape up or ship out".Addressing the party's Matabeleland South Bul...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

EDUCATION

Bulawayo public schools go digital

PUBLIC schools in Bulawayo have pioneered digitalisation with about 80% of them having embraced the technology as part of the government's plan to digitalise all schools to improve the education syste...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 July 2018

OPINION

Nuisance campaign messages

RECENTLY, we discussed privacy and data protection within the context of the voters' roll and certain events of the past week appear to have confirmed some peoples' worst fears. Zanu-PF sent election ...

By Miriam Tose Majome | Published: 14 July 2018

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