POLITICS

Chiwenga warns Chamisa

VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday warned MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa against inciting violence by claiming that he had the capacity to disrupt next week's watershed polls.Chiweng...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Cash dealers slash exchange rate

CASH dealers are selling bond notes at a premium rate of 22% to buyers using EcoCash in the high-density Harare suburb of Mbare, which is the lowest rate on offer thus far.In a snap survey conducted b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance snub constituency debate

RESIDENTS of Harare's Braeside community on Saturday organised a public debate for parliamentary and local government candidates contesting in the area, but Zanu PF and MDC Alliance candidates alleged...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Electorate doubts police, Zec credibility

THE majority of residents in most of the country's eight provinces still have a negative perception of police and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and doubt their capacity to professionally man...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

OPINION

'Zimbabwe bigger than Chamisa'

ZIMBABWE is heading for elections next Monday and opposition political parties are piling pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to reform the electoral roadmap ahead of polling day. On t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Sadc pledges to ensure credible polls

THE Sadc Observer Mission has pledged to work tirelessly to ensure the July 30 polls produced credible elections.Addressing journalists, opposition parties and civil society groups in the capital at t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

EU provides $20m facility to fight gender imbalance

THE European Union (EU) has set up a $20 million facility to fight all forms of gender-based abuse and violence.EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe Philippe van Damme confirmed the development last week, saying...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

CTC director appointed Comesa commissioner

ZIMBABWE's Competition and Tariff Commission director, Ms Ellen Ruparanganda, has been sworn in as one of the nine commissioners for the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Competit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

'I have not joined Chamisa's MDC'

Sibangilizwe Nkomo, son of the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo, says he has chosen to remain unattached to any of the country's political parties, but regularly attends their meetings to preac...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC Alliance supporter fined over Mnangagwa poster

DEFACING of political campaign posters has increased over the past few weeks as political temperatures hot up ahead of next Monday's do-or-die general elections.Several Zanu PF and MDC Alliance activi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ bemoans social media abuse

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has bemoaned the abuse of social media by other members of the society, saying the practice had cost the nation socially, financially and economic...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Campaign billboards a waste, says Nkosana Moyo

Alliance for the People's Agenda (APA) presidential candidate Nkosana Moyo has lampooned his rivals, accusing them of wasting large sums of money on campaign billboards instead of using the resources ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa and keeping the promise

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's meeting with members of the white, Asian and mixed race communities at Borrowdale Race course in Harare on Saturday generated a lot of excitement among opposition parties as they...

By Nduduzo Tshuma | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa meets Green-bombers tomorrow

President Mnangagwa will tomorrow meet members of the National Youth Service Graduates Association at Robert Mugabe Square in Harare. The association, which is registered under the Zimbabwe Youth Coun...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Industrialist defends bond notes

INDUSTRIALIST and United Refineries chief executive officer Mr Busisa Moyo has defended the bond note, saying the surrogate currency has never been a problem for business.Writing on his Twitter page r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mergers, acquisitions in Africa decline

Total deal volumes and values of Merger and Acquisition (M&A) transactions in Africa fell sharply in the first half of 2018, declining 44 percent in deal volume and 57 percent in aggregate value, ...

By CNBC Africa. | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

1 200-bed hospital for Harare

Government is set to build a world-class 1 200-bed hospital in Harare as President Mnangagwa's administration pushes to improve the country's primary health care system. In his remarks during the hand...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

MDC Alliance candidates fight it out in court

MDC-Alliance aspiring legislator for Goromonzi West Luke Tamborinyoka, who is facing charges of defacing his rival's posters, has accused the complainant of having an agenda against him because he was...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

OPINION

Zimbabwe Election Support Network's damascene moment

In April 2008, Canadian writer and blogger Stephen Gowans wrote an insightful piece in which he revealed the unbelievably intricate web of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Western organ...

By Tichaona Zindoga | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zinwa profit jumps 172%

The Zimbabwe National Water Authority's (Zinwa) profitability jumped 172 percent to $1,8 million in the year to December 2017 on the back of strong growth in revenue; as the authority also recovered f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

'Mnangagwa poised for victory,' claims Chiwenga

President Mnangagwa is poised for resounding victory in next Monday's elections as he has been endorsed by a cross section of the country's population, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. He...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

AU observer team pledges impartiality

The African Union Election Observer Mission has said it will be professional and impartial in the discharge of its duties in assessing harmonised elections on Monday next week. In a statement outlinin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

'Khamisa's' oldest supporter 'receives death threats'

AN elderly woman from Matabeleland, whose video while declaring her support for MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa went viral on social media, is reportedly being victimised for her po...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa to expel Bulawayo co-candidates?

MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa on Saturday read the riot act on the coalition's two parliamentary candidates for Bulawayo South constituency.According to NewZimbabwe.com, this is ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Underutilised beerhalls must be turned into clinics

HEALTH and Child Care Minister David Parirenyatwa says some under-utilised council beer-halls countrywide must be converted into local clinics in order to be of use to a bigger number of people, NewZi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 July 2018

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