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Zanu-PF battle for Harare gets ugly

THE Zanu-PF battle for control of Harare province is getting uglier by the day amid allegations of vote-buying by bigwigs seeking to influence the outcome of ongoing district coordinating committee (D...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2019

POLITICS

'Mugabe married mistress Grace in1992 - not 1996'

DESPITE vigorous denials at the time - which even resulted in journalists at The Financial Gazette being charged and incarcerated for criminal defamation for reporting the fact - it has now been confi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2019

POLITICS

Court orders striking doctors to report for work within 48 hours

Striking doctors must return to work within 48 hours, or face a misconduct charge, the Labour Court ruled on Friday.The court found that the work boycott by junior doctors pressing for better pay, whi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

POLITICS

Chivayo hires South African lawyer

CONTROVERSIAL businessman, Wicknell Chivayo is restless after the Justice Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi barred his attorney of choice from representing him in his pending  criminal cases.Chivayo has ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa tours hospitals

The health crisis entered a new and deadly phase on Thursday when nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals – the country's biggest referral hospital – walked out of work, joining doctors who are ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's chief of protocol quits

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chief of protocol Munyaradzi Kajese has resigned after a career spanning over three decades in the presidency, reports said Thursday.Kajese was one of former president R...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

EDUCATION

Lawyers ask court to order equal teaching of Ndebele, Shona and English

Zimbabwean law requires Shona, Ndebele and English to be "taught on equal time basis" up to Form 2, but this has not been implemented since 2006, the High Court has heard.Two lawyers on Friday petitio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet continues to lead Zimbabwe mobile telco space

THE mobile telecoms industry continued to register subscriptions growth despite the challenges the industry and the entire economy face, underlining the importance of communication.The total number of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

POLITICS

Chamisa warns of implosion

OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday came face to face with empty hospitals as members of the public now opt for private health centres following the countrywide doctors' industrial action o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

POLITICS

Europe pushes for Mnangagwa, Chamisa talks

THE European Union (EU) is ramping up pres- sure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to hold much-needed talks with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. This comes as Mnangagwa is battling to put back on tra...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

POLITICS

Zimbabwe 'killer soldiers' facing the gun

IN A surprise development, a close confidante of President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the long-awaited prosecution of soldiers who killed innocent civilians in August last year will begin next year, the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

High Court orders mine to cease operations

The High Court has ordered Gwanda-based mining concern, Imani Mine, to cease operations with immediate effect after failing to follow proper mining procedures.The order was issued by Justice Jester He...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Colliery bounces back to profitability

HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) is on the rebound after posting a profit of $3,5 million in the first half of 2019, recovering from a loss of $23 million recorded in 2018.The troubled firm had ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

PPC boss steps down

Cement company PPC and its chief financial officer have "mutually agreed to separate", the company announced yesterday.PPC is listed on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and the Zimbabwe Stock Exch...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe economic reforms win IMF approval

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lauded Zimbabwe's economic reforms but warned they might take time to bear fruit since they were meant to correct mistakes that happened over two decades.IMF ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Govt to unveil electronic fuel monitoring

The government is fast pushing for the introduction of electronic monitoring devices for the petroleum industry as part of measures to reduce arbitrage opportunities in the fuel sector, Energy and Pow...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Mnangagwa to launch ambitious US$$12bn mining roadmap next week

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially launch a roadmap towards achieving an ambitious US$$12bn mining industry in the next four years as government moves to get more value from the capital...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

OPINION

Sell the laggards, buy disruptors

As Jorge Paulo Lemann, co-founder of 3G Capital would put it, "I've been living in this cozy world of old brands, big volumes, nothing changing very much and you could just focus on being very efficie...

By Batanai Matsika | Published: 11 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

'80% of Zimbabweans have no savings'

NEARLY 80% of Zimbabweans neither have savings nor an emergency fund to fall back on, a new report on workers' spending patterns says.According to a survey carried out by the Industrial Psychology Con...

By staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe business, labour confront govt over TNF

GOVERNMENT has been taken to task for failing to take the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) seriously at a time the country's economic crisis is worsening.The TNF is a social dialogue platform that b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

New Bill to revamp pensions funds set to be gazetted soon

THE upcoming Pensions and Provident Fund Bill will allow pension funds to invest up to 20% of their assets in offshore markets, but the regulator says this is subject to the fulfilment of local obliga...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Granite miners face threat of closure

GRANITE producers are making frantic efforts to avoid a ban on exports to save their operations and jobs in the sector, businessdigest has learnt.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has tasked Industry minis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube taken to court over inflation figures

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has been dragged to the High Court by National Social Security Authority (Nssa) employees who, in conjunction with members of the Zimbabwe Pension and Insurance Rights Tr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Mnangagwa reins in Matiza over NRZ

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa this week moved to rein in Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza over his bid to scuttle the US$400 million National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation project by...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe failing to attract an investor

INSOLVENT flag carrier Air Zimbabwe is failing to attract an investor, 11 months after government invited bids from potential suitors to take over the embattled entity, the Zimbabwe Independent can re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 October 2019
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