OPINION

2018 polls could be Zanu-PF's waterloo

In the past few weeks, the chorus has been how good Zanu-PF is at organising and how they have got the rural areas on lockdown.There is a defeatism about it, as activists and some in the media seem to...

By Nqaba Matshazi | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa promises to phase out bond notes

MDC-T and MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, has pledged to retire Zimbabwe's surrogate currency, the bond notes, which are pegged at par with the United States dollar, by September ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Rugeje sweats over shambolic Zanu-PF primaries

Zanu-PF political commissar, Engelbert Rugeje is reportedly under pressure to make urgent determination on hundreds of appeals filed by party candidates, who lost in the just-ended chaotic party prima...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Air Zimbabwe to lose monopoly

GOVERNMENT has warned Air Zimbabwe saying in "no time" it would be allowing other airlines to start flying the Harare-Bulawayo route, in order to fully utilise the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International A...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Tobacco prices firm on floors

Tobacco prices obtaining at the floors this year are better than last year with associations attributing the trend to stiff competition by buyers.Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board TIMB statistics s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF primaries bode ill for elections

IRREGULARITIES and claims of vote rigging during the Zanu-PF primary elections do not inspire confidence in the country's electoral systems ahead of general elections later this year, a peace lobby gr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Khupe party to select candidates in 2 weeks

THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T will, in two weeks, start selecting its candidates to represent it in the upcoming elections, information and publicity secretary Linda Masarira has said.Masarira said a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF to launch manifesto tomorrow

Zanu-PF is set to launch its 2018 election manifesto in Harare tomorrow and at the same event President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to unveil the party's candidates and campaign material ahead of t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe goes for home-grown economic model

ZIMBABWE is developing its own home-grown economic model and would not copy what other jurisdictions are doing, Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga, has said.He said the adoption of Special Economi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Government implores teachers to negotiate

Government has implored teachers not to participate in any "unlawful" and "highly premature" strike that is being called by some of the teacher union leaders, saying they should "give negotiations a c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Smoking cannabis/ mbanje remains illegal

The use of cannabis, also known as hemp or mbanje, for recreational purposes is still illegal in Zimbabwe and the thrust for legalising its production is specifically for medicinal and industrial purp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

400% accommodation hike during ZITF

MOST hoteliers in and around Bulawayo hiked their accommodation charges by as high as 400 percent taking advantage of desperate accommodation seekers that had thronged the city for the Zimbabwe Intern...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

POS machines reach 70 000

Point of Sale (POS) machines increased 20 percent to 70 000 from 56 000 units by end of last year as the country moves closer to fulfilling targets set under the financial inclusion strategy and resol...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF primary poll winners list out

Zanu-PF yesterday announced the official list of candidates who will contest the forthcoming National Assembly elections on the ruling party's ticket.The results reflect a renewal of the party after s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Royal Air Maroc introduce Harare, Maputo flights

Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), has announced plans to launch flights to five other East African cities only two years after it began its Casablanca-Nairobi operations.Country manage...

By businessdailyafrica | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo de-industrialisation, ZITF success juxtaposed

The 59th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade (ZITF) was by far the largest in decades both in terms of attendance by local and foreign exhibitors as well as the business activity.Not only did ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Tshinga Dube hints at GNU

In a statement that is likely to attract mixed feelings within the Zanu PF family, former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has hinted on a government of national unity with the Nelson Chamisa-led MD...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Teachers gang up against govt

Defiant teachers have ganged up against government, declaring that they will not be intimidated, following threats that those who will down tools will be dismissed the same way nurses were.In recent d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

'5,000 registered voters dead'

At least 5 000 registered voters have died before the finalisation of the biometric voter registration exercise, a senior Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has revealed.Speaking at a Zimbabwe Union ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Gloomy outlook for Zimbabwe workers

ZIMBABWEAN workers celebrated Workers' Day yesterday amid a gloomy outlook, as working conditions have deteriorated into the new dispensation.Labour body, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Incandescent lights give Zera headache

THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) is still experiencing rampant smuggling of incandescent lights despite the existence of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority and law enforcement agents at the cou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

Zimbabweans returning home in droves

Formerly exiled Zimbabweans have been returning home in droves since the ousting of former president Robert Mugabe.Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is also considering ways to enab...

By ANA | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Cash crisis affects ZITF foreign exhibitors

FOREIGN exhibitors at the just-ended Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) expressed dismay over cash shortages in the country, saying despite their good exhibitions they were going home empty-hand...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Zanu-PF 'rigs' own elections

ZANU-PF primary elections ended farcically yesterday amid reports of massive vote-rigging, bloody clashes and the defeat of party bigwigs, while some losing candidates seized and burnt the ballot pape...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa woos rural voters

MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday wooed yet another bumper crowd when he addressed a campaign rally in rural Seke as he drummed up support for the coalition ahead of the for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

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