EDUCATION

Zimsec dismisses exam paper leaks

THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has dismissed social media reports claiming that there would be a resit for three examination papers that allegedly leaked during the just-ended Novem...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

LPG shortages hits Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) says the obtaining foreign currency challenges are to blame for the shortages in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at a time its consumption is on the incre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe to screen second-hand vehicles

GOVERNMENT is working on a policy to screen all second-hand vehicles to make sure they meet minimum standards before they can be imported into the country, a Cabinet minister said yesterday. Officiall...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe currency volatility not good for recovery plan

THE 2019 National Budget presented by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, though commendable for putting in place fiscal austerity and fiscal consolidation measures to contain the widening fiscal deficit, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe Treasury Bills rollover triggers market panic

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's engagement with market players to explore options for restructuring the Treasury Bills (TBs) to longer tenure - effectively rollovers of maturities - and surging inflat...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Bond notes and Zimbabwe's currency debate

WHEN Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya announced in 2016 plans to issue bond notes, a currency he claimed had the same value as the US dollar, many were apprehensive.It was backed by a U...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe moves up on prosperity index

ZIMBABWE has moved up from 137 to 118 on the 2018 Legatum Prosperity Index due to gains in the country's judicial quality, political freedoms, and improvements in life expectancy, although government ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

OPINION

Canada sanctions on ZImbabwe to remain

CANADA is one of the Western countries which imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe following the violent and chaotic post-2000 land reform programme. Since then, relations between the two countries have been ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe ranks lowly on investment

ZIMBABWE attracted US$470 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2018, making it one of the least attractive investment destinations in the Southern African Development Community.This comes aga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

OPINION

Mnangagwa claiming to be the light in darkness

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been telling us ad nauseam that Zimbabweans should not abuse the democratic space which he claims the so-called "Second Republic" has opened up."The advent of the new ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Turmoil rocks collective bargaining

COLLECTIVE bargaining in 2019 will be dampened by the persisting currency volatility crisis which has unnerved the market.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube pronounced in the 2019 National Budget that the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube boost for insurance sector

FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube says government has reviewed upwards the minimum prescribed asset thresholds for the insurance and pension industry which were introduced in 2010 in order to improve reso...

By Zim Ind | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Job creation tops Mnangagwa's priorities

Government has resumed discussions with the private sector in an endeavour to incentivise them through measures such as tax cuts so as to promote the creation of more decent jobs for citizens in line ...

By Business Weekly | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe may lose out on Chinese funds

China, a comprehensive strategic partner of Zimbabwe, feels its debt stricken ally has moved slowly towards seizing funding opportunities Beijing pledged at this year's Forum for China-Africa Co-opera...

By Business Weekly | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa to wield axe on pharmaceuticals

Players in the pharmaceutical industry insisting on charging medical drugs and other consumables in foreign currency despite receiving support from the central bank are set to lose their routine forei...

By Business Weekly | Published: 30 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe left with less than a week of fuel supplies

POOR planning by the Zimbabwe government has resulted in the country facing dwindling fuel supplies.For the past two weeks there have been long, winding queues countrywide. The most affected are motor...

By Times Live | Published: 28 November 2018

POLITICS

US news anchor says Trump now like Zimbabwe's opposition

A PROMINENT news presenter in the United States said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is taking America back to a "tribal" form of politics resembling Zimbabwe "where all the opposition does is say...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 28 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Civil servants reject govt's bonus offer

Civil servants have rejected government's offer to pay their bonuses based on basic salaries saying that it was a blatant violation of their rights.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube proposed in his 2019 b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa, Biti put in polished show

MDC president Nelson Chamisa and the party vice chairperson Tendai Biti turned the tables on President Emmerson Mnangagwa after putting up a polished show that many in the opposition say exposes Zanu-...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

POLITICS

Abducted soldier's wife petitions High Court

The wife of a retired army colonel who was allegedly kidnapped at his home on Sunday, has approached the High Court seeking an order compelling the government to investigate the incident and to establ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

POLITICS

Chamisa, Biti push for talks to end economic turmoil

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and one of his key lieutenants, MDC national vice chairperson Tendai Biti, have called for political dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to end the country's ec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

POLITICS

Scores injured as vendors, police clash

POLICE in Gweru on Monday evening fired teargas to disperse crowds in the city's central business district after violent clashes with vendors who were resisting confiscation of their wares.The skirmis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zanu-PF legislator sued over $55k power debt

Mutoko South legislator Herbert Shumbamhini (Zanu-PF) has been taken to the High Court by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), over an unpaid electricity bill of $54...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

POLITICS

Foreign currency shortage triggers Zimbabwe passports backlog

REGISTRAR-GENERAL (RG) Clemence Masango yesterday said his department had a backlog of 170 000 passports, which has accumulated since May, and requires additional foreign currency to speed up the proc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Black market rates to fall in medium-term'

Local research firm IH Securities sees parallel market rates falling in the medium term, as government implements fiscal discipline and moderating consumer demand.Since the presentation of the 2019 Na...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 November 2018
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