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Zimbabwe suspends cannabis/ mbanje licensing

Government has suspended the licensing and growing of marijuana -— popularly known as mbanje.Last month, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration gazetted licence fees for those interested in g...

By Staff reporetr | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

'Zim elections set for July,' says Mnangagwa

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told thousands of Zanu-PF supporters here that elections would be held in July.The revelation comes amid calls by Zanu-PF's rival and civic organisations for the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

OPINION

'Zimbabwe needs own currency'

Since the President Emmerson Mnangagwa-led new dispensation took charge last November, long-suffering Zimbabweans feel the country's economy has remained in the doldrums.The cash crisis, which started...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF running scared

Zanu-PF is dangling ambassadorial postings, directorships in parastatal boards and other consolations to aspiring Members of Parliament who lost in its hotly-disputed primary elections to avert electo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Mujuru launches election manifesto

The People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) yesterday launched its 2018 election manifesto at Dotito business centre in Mashonaland Central province.All five political parties under the PRC banner namely, Na...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Democratic Opposition begins grassroots campaigns

Bulawayo based Democratic Opposition Party (DOP) has began its grass roots campaigns with its leader introducing the parliamentary candidate for Lobengula constituency and a councilor for ward 14 in B...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa neck tie proceeds handed over

The CEO roundtable executive has handed over a $15 000 cheque donation to the Victoria Falls Hospital from the proceeds of the auctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's neck tie in March during the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa is our Obama, says Musekiwa

Former MDC Zengeza legislator Tafadzwa Musekiwa believes MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has what it takes to dislodge President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the forthcoming elections.Musekiwa, who ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

OPINION

Bank notes crisis: Will imports help?

A local weekly has reported that Zimbabwe's bank note shortage would ease, following $400 million cash imports by the Reserve bank of Zimbabwe [RBZ] since the beginning of the year, as well as improve...

By Nelson Banya | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Zim exiles reluctant to return until polls

Most Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa are ready to heed the call by the government to return home and take part in the economic revitalisation efforts, but many first want concrete proof th...

By ANA | Published: 20 May 2018

OPINION

Khupe faction rebuffs Chamisa

The MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe is forging ahead with its preparations for the forthcoming elections, extinguishing any chances of reconciliation with the mainstream party led by Nelson Chamisa.Khupe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Mliswa's graft dossier to Mnangagwa opens can of worms

NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa's letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa pleading for a forensic investigation into the operations of the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has opened a can of w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF candidate preaches peace

ASPIRING Zanu-PF candidate for the Dzivaresekwa parliamentary constituency George Chimhini yesterday implored voters to be tolerant and avoid violence as the country prepares to hold harmonised electi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ warned on US$ imports

THE government should consider putting more money into the productive sectors of the economy instead of importing cash.Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya revealed recently that the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Bulawayo Mayor shocked in MDC-T primaries

MDC-T primary elections brewed a shocker in Bulawayo yesterday after the city's Mayor, Councillor Martin Moyo lost to little known Mr Tinashe Kambarami to represent the party in Ward 3.Clr Moyo's defe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Welshman Ncube not contesting for parly

MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube will not contest for any position in the forthcoming elections and will only help co-ordinate and campaign for his party candidates and MDC-Alliance presidential...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Date set for Mnangagwa's Mat North rally

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will take his campaign trail to Matabeleland North Province next month where he is expected to address a star rally, as the party gears for this year's harmonised election...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'New SEZs boss must hit ground running'

THE newly appointed Zimbabwe Special Economic Zones Authority (Zimseza) chief executive officer, Mr Edwin Kondo, should hit the ground running and expedite implementation of the SEZs model to steer in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

OPINION

The story about Chamisa's wife

It really looks like Nelson Chamisa is missing something and we are all not being helpful at all. The boy is missing something terribly,  yet we choose to stay political with him as if he is a re...

By Bishop | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa says more cash to ease shortages

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says he will announce dates for the harmonised elections within the next two weeks, signalling that the ruling party should engage in overdrive campaigns designed to both lure vote...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Firms express eagerness to partner Govt on road projects

A NUMBER of foreign and local companies have expressed interest in partnering Government in the construction and rehabilitation of major roads in the Matabeleland region, a Cabinet Minister has said.I...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

A boost for small-scale miners

The private sector has begun complementing Government's ambitious plan to establish service centres for small-scale gold miners across the country, with a local firm - Small-Scale Mining Supplies - co...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

'Zimbabwe will be like Dubai,' says Bushiri

ENLIGHTENED Christian Gathering Church (ECG) leader Prophet Shepherd Bushiri says God has showed him a vision in which Zimbabwe will develop to the levels reached by Dubai in the United Arab Emirates ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

POLITICS

Free, fair elections possible: Mohadi

ZIMBABWEANS should tolerate each other even if they are from different political parties so that the country can deliver credible, free and fair elections in July, Vice President Kembo Mohadi said yes...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

OPINION

A season of action, delivery

Finally, Zanu-PF's election campaign machinery has been set in motion. This comes a fortnight after the party's manifesto was unveiled.The manifesto, themed "Unite, Fight Corruption, Develop, Re-engag...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2018

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