Just What is a Bond Note
Eddie Cross In the history of money, the US Dollar has a special place. It is the reserve currency of choice – people hold their savings in this form because they are confident that it will not...
View ArticleThe President’s State of the Nation Address has been Postponed to Next Tuesday
Both Houses of Parliament will instead meet this afternoon for ordinary sittings. Bond Notes Bill Update As expected, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development introduced the Bill in the...
View ArticleTwo former MPs rejoins MDC-T
Paul Madzore and Pearson Mungofa were welcomed back by party president, Morgan Tsvangirai at Harvest House. Also rejoining the MDC -T today was former Harare city councilor Victor Chifodya who had also...
View ArticlePublic Interviews for Four Chief Justice Candidates
The candidates are— Hon Mr Justice Luke Malaba, Deputy Chief Justice Hon Mr Justice Paddington Shadreck Garwe, Judge of the Supreme Court Hon Mrs Justice Rita Tambudzai Makarau, Judge of the Supreme...
View ArticleClipboard: what’s on in Harare
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View ArticleBrave Zimbabwean activist abducted, tortured and run over
Missing activist Itai Dzamara Ishmael Kauzani, a courageous pro-democracy activist, was abducted and severely assaulted on the night of December 1, 2016 by unknown men who accused him of being a member...
View ArticleA time for the axe
There is a numbing predictability about politics, such that one almost always knows how leaders will react to a crisis: more security, more controls, more screening, more walls. It is rare that someone...
View ArticleZimbabwe : A nation of jokers.
Joseph Chinotimba Just a few days ago, on Monday the 28th of November, a useless form of a currency was introduced, instead of coming together to question this currency, Zimbabweans are busy making...
View ArticleA dead parrot – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/31284139141/sizes/m/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/30591382053/sizes/m/ (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218). For those who are...
View ArticleZanu PF will unleash army to defend Mugabe rule – Hungwe
Speaking at the inter-district meeting at Masvingo Polytechnic last Saturday, Hungwe said when the worst scenario comes, Zanu PF was prepared to go to war against opposition political parties. Hungwe...
View ArticleParliamentary Committee Meetings: 5th to 8th December
The details given in this bulletin are based on the latest information from Parliament. But, as there are sometimes last-minute changes to the meetings schedule, persons wishing to attend should avoid...
View ArticleHow do we get out of this hole?
Eddie Cross is MDC MP for Bulawayo South The delinquency of this regime has no limits, not satisfied with the theft of State revenues at over $2 billion a year through rampant and in certain cases...
View ArticleIntegrated water resource management: panacea or problem?
Water as a scarce commodity should in turn be priced and paid for through tariffs charged on level of use. This would pay for the management systems, and also for improvements, as well as investments...
View ArticleCoalitions can only be driven by the people
Obert Gutu The MDC passionately believes in a people – driven as opposed to a leaders – driven political discourse. Whilst we appreciate that a coalition of opposition political parties,if carefully...
View ArticleNew $264m Zimbabwe platinum mine to last 34 years
Zimplats Holdings Limited and its parent company, Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) (JSX:IMP) announced on November 30 that the Mupani mine would go ahead following the completion of a...
View ArticleGPA a solution to Zim’s economic problems
SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES Speaking at an Alpha Media Holdings Conversations on The Introduction of Bond Notes jointly hosted by Africa University in Mutare yesterday, Irvin Mbengo from the Zimbabwe...
View ArticleChivaviro calls for divine intervention
Togarepi Chivaviro The song Maranatha (Come Lord Jesus), which will be given for free to his fans feature other musicians that include Blessing Shumba, Mathias Mhere, Agatha Murudzwa, Olinda Marova,...
View ArticleHow Zimbabwe’s ‘bad’ bond notes are driving out ‘good’ U.S. dollars
The new Zimbabwe bond notes are driving the more valuable U.S. currency into hiding. Who would have guessed that in our time this medieval axiom would be tested — of all places — in Zimbabwe, the once...
View ArticleHealth delivery system in intensive care in Zaka district
Community Tolerance Reconciliation and Development`s Action for Accountability Groups implemented a social accountability monitoring exercise and conducted social audit the found out that the health...
View ArticleMugabe’s SONA a damb squib
President Robert Mugabe Instead of addressing critical issues such as the grinding poverty that is afflicting at least 75% of the Zimbabwean population in both rural and urban areas, rampant...
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