Bloomberg ZIMBABWE continued on its march back to hyperinflation in June, adding to the nation’s economic woes. While annual inflation slowed for the first time in five months to 737.3% from 785.6% in May, the monthly inflation rate more than doubled to 31.7%, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency said Tuesday on Twitter. International Monetary Fund
By Matabeleland North Correspondent PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to visit Hwange in a tour of nine coal mining and coke making companies this Thursday and Friday. The tour was initially planned for last March but was suspended due to the devastating Covid-19 outbreak. Mines Minister Winston Chitando and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube visited the coal mining
By Ndatenda Njanike FORMER Kenya Prime Minister, Raila Odinga will be the main speaker at the official launch of the Ndabaningi Sithole Foundation (NSF) set for next week. The foundation is named after nationalist Ndabaningi Sithole who died in 2000 at the age of 80. Sithole founded Zanu, a militant political organisation that opposed the then oppressive
By Robert Tapfumaneyi EMBATTLED NetOne chief executive Lazarus Muchenje has again approached the High Court challenging his dismissal where he claims in papers that only President Emmerson Mnangagwa has the power to dismiss him from his post. Muchenje was recently dismissed from the State-run company but is challenging the termination to be declared null and
By Idah Mhetu GOVERNMENT has halted the further reopening of the country’s economy while schools that were set to resume classes on 28 July have deferred opening. These are some of the new regulations put in place by Cabinet after its meeting Tuesday. The measures are meant to curb the spread of Covid-19 as cases
By Staff Reporter A FEMALE Harare High Court judge (name supplied) is in self-isolation at home after her husband tested positive for Covid-19 Monday. Also is isolation is the judge’s clerk. Sources said the judge informed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of the development Monday. The JSC recommended she be put under quarantine together with
By Staff Reporter FORMER Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP and businessman Keith Guzah has died. He died at his Harare home after a short illness. He is the past president of the Affirmative Action Group (AAG). Businessman and Zanu PF MP Philip Chiyangwa confirmed Guzah’s death. “I can confirm that Cde Guzah has passed on
By Bulawayo Correspondent AS the spread of Covid-19 increases in Zimbabwe, some homeowners in Bulawayo have reportedly started evictions on some health workers renting their properties for fear they will expose them to Covid-19. The most affected tenants are health workers at Mpilo Hospital and the United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) where several nurses recently tested
By Staff Reporter CONTROVERSIAL company, Drax Consult SALG (Drax) is suing the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) over the cancellation of a highly suspicious US$60 million contract it had been granted for the supply of Covid-19 medical supplies. Drax lawyers, Samukange Hungwe Attorneys, have since written to Natpharm arguing the termination of the controversial contract was
By Costa Nkomo OPPOSITION Transform Zimbabwe president and organiser of the July 31 national protest against corruption, Jacob Ngarivhume has urged the country’s military to stand with the masses as opposed to politicians who have plundered national resources. His call comes amid growing fears that State security forces will derail the protest through arrests and
By Robert Tapfumaneyi ZANU PF and the MDC Alliance were Monday absent from a Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHCD) meeting held in Harare to consult stakeholders on the formation of a national dialogue process. At least 17 political parties attended the meeting with the church leaders at Kentucky Hotel. However, conspicuous by their absence
Agencies LAND barons and illegal settlers have besieged an open space earmarked for the Harare -Chitungwiza railway line project. A sprouting illegal settlement is fast setting up on an area reserved for a national project that would link Harare and Chitungwiza through rail. The ZBC News team went on the ground to gather information regarding
By Bulawayo Correspondent OPPOSITION Zapu has accused Zanu PF senior politicians Patrick Chinamasa and Victor Matemadanda of fanning political violence through threats on anti-government protesters July 31. This follows two media briefings held on different times by the two politicians condemning national protests planned by the opposition and its allies against unchecked high-level corruption in
By Robert Tapfumaneyi MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti says the current economic difficulties visited upon citizens through mismanagement by the Zanu PF led administration has exposed locals to social ills such as rape and domestic violence. He was speaking in an interview with NewZimbabwe.com weekend. Biti said the current crisis has taken away the
By Robert Tapfumaneyi OPPOSITION Transform Zimbabwe leader and organiser of the July 31 national protests against corruption, Jacob Ngarivhume has hit back at Zanu PF commissar Victor Matemadanda over claims the citizen action was a western ploy to spread coronavirus in the country. Matemadanda, also deputy defence minister, made startling claims at a press conference
BBC South Africa has introduced new restrictions, including another ban on alcohol sales, to help contain the spread of coronavirus. A night-time curfew has been imposed, and the wearing of masks outdoors is now compulsory. President Cyril Ramaphosa said the alcohol ban – South Africa’s second this year – would take pressure off the national
By Staff Reporter REDCLIFF councillor, Nyasha Benza and some 15 other activists believed to be aligned to the Thokozani Khupe led MDC Saturday stormed MDC Alliance offices in Kwekwe and demanded the eviction of members aligned to their party rivals. Alliance youth deputy chair for Midlands Thembinkosi Mulahleki narrated the incident. “Fifteen people, amongst them,
By Anna Chibamu ZIMBABWEANS are generally not happy with a government push to amend the national constitution, a parliamentary committee has said in a report. This follows public hearings conducted by MPs recently on the Zimbabwe Amendment (No.2) Bill. The Bill seeks, among other objectives, to grant powers to a sitting President to appoint his
By Staff Reporter IN a suspected case of infidelity badly wrong, a soldier stationed at 5 Infantry Brigade in Kadoma, shot and killed his married lover with an AK47 rifle, before turning the lethal weapon on himself. The tragic incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday last week. Police statements indicate the now deceased
Bloomberg Zimbabwe’s ruling party said it will expel Old Mutual from its financial system, sowing confusion over the status of the insurance giant in the country and what will happen next in the government’s battle to fix its chaotic currency system. The highest decision-making body of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front on Friday said
