© RENOWNED United States economist and currency expert Steve Hanke has disputed the latest official inflation figures released by government this week. [GoogleAd] Hanke, who had previously volunteered to advice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government but was turned down by Harare, said official inflation should be at 364 percent. The Zimbabwe National Statistics agency (Zimstats) —…
© PUBLIC interviews for the recruitment of two judges to the Supreme Court conducted yesterday exposed a lack of human resources in the judicial system that has resultantly clogged the justice delivery system with a backlog. [GoogleAd] Five High Court judges Felicia Chatukuta, Samuel Kudya, Elfas Chitakunye, Charles Hungwe and Nicholas Mathonsi participated in the…
© PAYNET Zimbabwe (Paynet), a salary payment software vendor, has offered companies a free service to wire salaries to their employees using EcoCash until August 1 2019, escalating a simmering row with banks. [GoogleAd] This comes after the payment service provider, which is a subsidiary of AIM-listed investment firm Cambria, suspended services to Zimbabwean banks…
© THE country is heading towards a total blackout as Kariba water levels have drastically dropped to 29 percent, with Energy and Power Development minister Fortune Chasi warning there is no quick fix solution. [GoogleAd] Speaking to journalists at a post-Cabinet briefing on Tuesday, Chasi painted a gloomy picture about the electricity situation in the…
© ZANU PF deputy chief whip and former deputy Foreign Affairs minister Obedingwa Mguni has died after succumbing to an undisclosed illness. The 57-year-old legislator passed away on Tuesday evening at Avenues Clinic in Harare. Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said Mguni’s sudden and untimely death has left the ruling party in utter bewilderment. …
© THE BaKalanga speaking people, mostly domiciled in Matabeleland South have upped their voice in pushing for the reinstatement of their chieftainships which were abolished by the colonial settlers, as part of a broader agenda to restore their culture and tradition. [GoogleAd] Research shows that the Kalanga chiefs were demoted during the colonial era to…
© CENTRE for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) conducted multi-stakeholder engagement sessions bringing together churches, community-based organisations and resident associations in Marondera, Kadoma, Chinhoyi, Karoi, Magunje and Goromonzi. [GoogleAd] The main objective of these meetings was to create platforms for dialogue by stakeholders and interface between elected officials and residents to tackle service delivery challenges…
© PARLIAMENT has demanded that Health minister Obadiah Moyo, Energy minister Fortune Chasi and Lands minister Perrance Shiri come to parliament to explain what action they have taken to solve teething problems being faced by Zimbabweans which are in line with their ministries. [GoogleAd] On Wednesday, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga told the National Assembly that Chasi must…
© WITH Zimbabwe’s official inflation now nearly at 100 percent, and the plummeting RTGS dollar hitting a staggering 10 to the United States dollar on the black market yesterday, there are fears that the country is fast reaching a tipping point from which there is no return, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes…
© THE Supreme Court has thrown out former Cabinet minister Igantius Chombo’s appeal to have his passport released urgently to facilitate his trip to South Africa for medical reviews. [GoogleAd] Chombo’s passport was seized by an unidentified security agent on May 12 at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport while intending to travel to South Africa…
