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'Scrap import duty on sanitaryware'

KUWADZANA legislator Betty Nhambu-Kaseke (Zanu-PF) has called on the government to scrap import duty on sanitaryware and raw materials used to manufacture the product to make it more affordable.She ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Ex-chamber secretary spills beans on Chitungwiza rot

FORMER Chitungwiza Municipality chamber secretary Charity Maunga who resigned last week following her suspension over a slew of allegations has fired back, saying the city fathers were punishing her f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa 'would be killers' arrested

There was frenzied media and public interest here yesterday as two men were brought to court for the attempted assassination of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.The identity of two men arrested in connect...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa 'bomb' probe in dramatic twist

The identity of two men arrested in connection with a grenade attack allegedly targeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a rally in Bulawayo on June 23 was revealed yesterday as details started to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe ghost haunts Mnangagwa in Tanzania

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Tanzania last week intent on projecting Zimbabwe as a country that has moved on from the shadow of former president Robert Mugabe, the man he deposed in a milit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa goes to Israel

MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa last week took a break from his campaign schedule to make a "private trip" to Israel, which he said was meant to strengthen his Christian beliefs.Cha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe bread shortage averted

The milling industry has received a boost after it took delivery of 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat, which is enough for three weeks, to avert a potential bread shortage.The wheat was imported from Germ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Mthwakazi 7 granted bail

Seven people including Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) officials who include former Pick and Pay employees who were arrested on Thursday and Friday respectively following protests over alleged tribalis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Zim experiencing no inter-party pre-poll violence

Zimbabwe is enjoying relative peace ahead of the July 30 general elections despite the bomb attack targeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Saturday.Unlike in previous elections, there have been no...

By Tichaona Chifamba | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Mashonaland East Zanu-PF confronts Mnangagwa

ZANU-PF supporters in Murewa South have written a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa informing him that they will vote for the party's parliamentary candidate, Joel Biggie Matiza as he fraudulentl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

OPINION

Ambiguities and fall of Chamisa

The 2018 election is here. Certainly, nothing will change the unescapable fate which awaits Zimbabwe after the July 30 plebiscite.This reality is confirmed by the fact that even the MDC-Alliance has v...

By Richard Runyararo Mahomva | Published: 01 July 2018

OPINION

Beware of the 'Devil on the cross'

There is a group of self-appointed trustees of morality and political truth. This crop of thinkers calls itself the democrats and economic recovery enthusiasts.It is known for its dismissive tendencie...

By Micheal Mhlanga | Published: 01 July 2018

OPINION

Was abandoning of structural adjustment export wise?

THE political economy of  misunderstood patriotism and sovereignty led the old political dispensation and former Government to abandon the structural adjustment export-driven economic model that ...

By Bongani Ngwenya | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa preserving Joshua Nkomo legacy?

AFTER a 17-year-long wait, Ekusileni Medical Centre, a brainchild of one of the founding fathers of the liberation, Dr Joshua Nkomo will finally open its doors thanks to the new administration led by ...

By Nduduzo Tshuma | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Youths urged to take an active part in politics

THE Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Terrence Mukupe, has urged youths to take an active part in politics so that they can be considered in Government positions.Addressing students...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Graft, insecurity dominate AU Summit

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa today joins his counterparts from across the continent for the official opening of the 31st Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit, whose proceedings started on Friday with a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Churches welcome peace pledge

THE Ecumenical Church Leaders Forum (ECLF) has welcomed the signing of a peace pledge by political parties leaders, saying a peaceful environment is a prerequisite for a prosperous nation.ECLF leader,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Currency reforms to address shortages

Zimbabwe's currency reforms will include measures to bring harmony between money in banks or Rapid Transfer Gross Settlement (RTGS) balances and foreign currency resources on the market, Reserve Bank ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Biometric register for Ninth Parliament

Legislators in the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe - which will be formed after the July 30, 2018 elections -- will have their attendance recorded by a biometric register.Presiding officers will also rec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

A violent welcome to Zimbabwe politics

Politics is not for the faint-hearted or lily-livered.For Mrs Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, the move from being a pastor to fighting for the right to be the MDC Alliance's representative for the Glen View S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Munyanduri promises Garden of Eden

National Patriotic Front leader Engineer Peter Munyanduri believes the leadership of Zimbabwe should rotate among professionals, saying a teacher and lawyer have had their turns and it is now time for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

'MDC-T has failed Mufakose'

FreeZim Congress Party candidate for Mufakose National Assembly seat Mr Desire Ncube says opposition MDC-T legislator Ms Paurina Mpariwa Gwanyanya has presided over regression in the constituency.In a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ stops issuing $ to banks

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has temporarily stopped giving US dollars to banks for withdrawal by individuals, as the latter are said to be at the centre of black market currency dealings.The central ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Madhuku throws in the towel, targets 2023

NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly (NCA) president, Professor Lovemore Madhuku has said he is not expecting to win in this year's presidential elections, but will use the opportunity as a stepping stone...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

POLITICS

Drones, special security for rallies

Zimbabwe's security cluster has activated robust anti-terrorism measures which will see police introduce special anti-terror personnel, drones and other monitoring mechanisms commensurate with the mag...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

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