© EVERY political formation is bound to have differences right from issues of ideological orientation to policy formulation and implementation. In the case of Zimbabwe, such differences seem to have earned the term factionalism. In democratic dispensations, there is nothing wrong with harbouring political ambition. In fact, it is wrong not to be ambitious, even…
© IT’S now over a year since President Emmerson Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s head of State for the Second Republic. A lot has happened; his government has missed targets and at the same time managed to score some points. The major notable negative since Mnangagwa took over is government’s failure to unite the…
EDITOR — The Mighty Warriors in the 2019 Cosafa Women’s Championship have made us proud as a nation despite the economic challenges that are gripping the country, they have represented us well so far. The Mighty Warriors’ journey so far has been nothing but impressive and showing the confidence of the team and the skills…
EDITOR — I just finished perusing the Mid-term Budget Review, and sadly it is another indicator of the doom that is lurking on the horizon of our future economic prospects. The future is indeed bleak. Unfortunately, the minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mthuli Ncube has tried to cure a disease by doctoring the symptoms. Not…
MPs from across the political divide yesterday ripped into Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube’s $10,5 billion supplementary budget, launching a blistering attack on the government’s entire political direction, claiming the economic stewardship was “abitrary” and the brunt borne by working people and families. [GoogleAd] Describing it as a “useless” spending plan that does…
© INFORMATION and Communication Technology minister Kazembe Kazembe says Africa must rapidly develop a new set of public policies for a single pan-African digital market that fosters accelerated digital transformation and innovation. Addressing a ministerial round table at the India- Africa ICT Expo 2019, which is currently taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, Kazembe said there…
© FINANCE ministry secretary George Guvamatanga says the country’s power crisis is expected to improve after Zimbabwe paid off part of its debt to Eskom and is in continuous engagements with suppliers. However, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) also indicated on Monday that the electricity situation in the country may worsen next month due to…
© GOVERNMENT has widened its two percent tax bracket to include the movements of money between mobile money agents and recipients. In October last year, Treasury reviewed the intermediated money transfer tax from five (5) cents per transaction to two (2) cents per dollar transacted “to expand the tax collection base and ensure that the tax…
THE lion of Gutu, Stephen Joel Chifunyise, Shumba Sipambi is no more! The creative and cultural industry in Zimbabwe is left poorer with the passing on of the legendary playwright Chifunyise, aka Uncle Steve, who died on Monday. Condolence messages from across a cross section of Zimbabweans continued to pour in for the former permanent…
© MOTTLED cow hide stretched over a massive, intricately decorated drum carved from the trunk of a huge tree lies in the dust, facing the burning sun of a Binga afternoon. Five similar drums, diminishing in size, face the same direction, while a seemingly aimless crowd mill around, sharing stories and maybe a smoke. [GoogleAd]…
