By Alois Vinga THE cost of living for Zimbabweans continues to go beyond the reach of many as a family of six now requires a total $42 708 to meet monthly expenses, the latest statistics released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTATS) have revealed. The latest data confirm that the cost of living has
By Leopold Munhende PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking a bloated entourage of over 100 people to the 26th edition of the United Nations Climate Change conference in Glasgow, Scotland, including family members, friends and Zanu-PF youths who will enjoy a two-week long stay in the UK on taxpayer’s funds. This was revealed by Centre for
By Alois Vinga THE Zimbabwean dollar this week weakened by 4,3% on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) foreign exchange auction system as the official exchange rate slowly catches up with parallel rate. A trading update released at the close of business Tuesday shows that the official exchange rate hit US$1:$97,13 up from last week’s
By Anna Chibamu RIOT cops heavily descended on war veterans protesting their paltry monthly allowances in Harare Monday morning, arresting 30. The easily irritable ex-combatants once again took to the streets barely two months after they were chased away by baton wielding police officers for the same reason. This time, they intended to submit a
By Leopold Munhende HOME AFFAIRS minister Kazembe Kazembe has been implicated in massive tender scandal after a company he has interests in won a lucrative tender under suspicious circumstances, it has emerged. The company, Learbridge Investments (Learbridge) was awarded the tender ahead of more reputable firms offering the service at lesser costs. The tender, worth
By Staff Reporter SURVIVORS of the devastating Cyclone Idai in Chimanimani were left in a serious predicament after 200 goats donated to them under the World Bank funded Zimbabwe Idai Recovery project died within a short space of time. The goats are suspected to have died from a disease which also affected local goat species
By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent POLITICAL temperature is boiling up in Zanu PF’s Mashonaland West province after acting chair Abiel Mujeri at the weekend barred provincial members from Zvimba, Chegutu, Makonde and Kadoma from presiding over district elections in Hurungwe and Kariba in a move rivals say was meant to stifle them. According to
By Thandiwe Garusa THE Main Opposition MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala has blasted Zanu PF’s proposal to amend the constitution to allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa to serve more than two terms. The Zanu PF youth league national executive committee proposed a constitutional amendment which would extend Mnangagwa’s term in office beyond the constitutionally permissible
By Andrew Kunambura PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently threatened fire State Security minister Owen Mudha Ncube following his involvement in devastating factional battles currently ravaging Zanu PF, highly placed sources in the ruling party said. Mudha, as he is more popularly known, has been fighting to wrest the provincial chairmanship from the incumbent, Daniel Mackenzie-Ncube. The
By Staff Reporter STATE security minister Owen Mudha Ncube has dropped out of the race for the Zanu PF Midlands provincial chairmanship as the deadly internecine fights for control of the party heats up following the indefinite postponement of provincial polls last month. He is now backing former national youth league deputy secretary member Edson
By Thandiwe Garusa MDC-T senator Yvonne Musarurwa Thursday stormed and brought to an immature end a press conference by a party official Kudzanai Mashumba who wanted to expose how party leader Douglas Mwonzora was allegedly stealing party funds. @DMwonzora ally Yvonne Musarurwa shuts down Harare press conference called to reveal how he stole party funds.
By Bulawayo Correspondent ZANU PF youth member, Sybeth Musengezi has approached the Bulawayo High Court seeking the nullification of Zanu PF’s 19 November 2017 special session of the Central Committee meeting, which elected, Emmerson Mnangagwa as the incumbent president. According to the court application filed Wednesday, Musengezi through his lawyer Nqobani Sithole cited Zanu PF as the first respondent
By Mary Taruvinga THE case in which Doves Life Assurance Company (Doves) shareholders, Farai Matsika and Phibeon Busangabanye are embroiled in a nasty ownership wrangle has been postponed indefinitely by High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi. This follows a successful application by Busangabanye through his lawyer, Ray Goba. “It simply means it must be returned
Bloomberg ZIMBABWEAN authorities shut down a popular black-market currency-tracking platform, the latest action to try and stop an accelerating decline in its currency. The central bank ordered marketwatch.co.zw and other sites that publish parallel-market currency rate to shut down, Governor John Mangudya said in a phone interview on Tuesday. The website has been used by
By Thandiwe Garusa THE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is desperate for parliamentary and local council by-elections to be held as he has lost considerable ground and hopes to regain some credibility as Zimbabwe heads towards the 2023 national elections. This analysis was said by Knox Chitiyo, an associate fellow at the UK-based Chatham House
By Thandiwe Garusa MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s convoy was Tuesday afternoon blocked just outside Mutare along the Mutare-Masvingo highway by heavily armed suspected Zanu PF activists who fired gunshots at the opposition leader’s convoy. Chamisa was on his way to Mutare from Chipinge. He is in Manicaland to drum up support ahead of the
By Anna Chibamu PARLIAMENT will avail a chartered flight for MPs to attend the 2022 annual pre-budget seminar in the resort city of Victoria Falls. House of Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda confirmed the 2022 pre-budget seminar will be held this weekend. Mudenda told National Assembly members Tuesday all MPs residing from provinces furthest Victoria Falls,
From Andrew Kunambura In Hwange ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairperson Sydney Gata has strongly castigated Finance Ministry secretary George Guvamatanga for refusing to guarantee Independent Power Producers’ (IPPs) deals and unlock their funding. The deals have the potential to produce 300 megawatts of electricity, which would go a long way in easing the current
By Thandiwe Garusa THE government has excluded opposition parties and civic society organisations from meeting the United Nations special envoy, Alena Douhan. Douhan, who arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday, is in the country on a fact-finding mission on the impact of sanctions imposed on the nation by the West two decades ago. She paid a
By Leopold Munhende DIVISIONS among warring Zanu PF Mashonaland Central province’s top dogs deepened at the weekend after they turned their WhatsApp group into a battleground, exchanging fierce vitriols and threatening each other with violence. It all started when provincial chairman Kazembe Kazembe posted a message on the group which is a preserve for the
