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March 2017

Mnangagwa speaks on cash crisis

By  Blessings Mashaya Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said banks should dispense money to depositors in time, as government struggles to curb a cash crunch that has forced people to spend hours on end at banks queuing for money. Responding a question in Parliament on Wednesday by Mufakose MDC MP Paurina Mpariwa on what government […]

Ex-Nssa bosses face jail

By John Kachembere National Social Security Authority (Nssa) is pushing for the prosecution of its former managers accused of making decisions that prejudiced the pension funds administrator of nearly $13 million. Nssa chairman Robin Vela on Wednesday said the law must take its course on those found guilty. This was after the deep-pocketed investor called […]

Zuma names 10 new ministers, 10 new deputies

President Jacob Zuma has appointed 10 new ministers and 10 deputy ministers following one of the biggest culls of a cabinet since the advent of democracy. The new appointments were confirmed in a statement from the Presidency issued after midnight on Friday. And the worst kept secret of the past week has been confirmed in […]

DA to ask court to halt Cabinet reshuffle

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane on Friday said his party was filing papers in the Western Cape High Court to seek an urgent interdict to stop the swearing of new ministers as the furore around the Cabinet reshuffle gathers momentum. President Jacob Zuma announced a Cabinet reshuffle at midnight that saw the removal of […]

Dagga can be used at home, Cape court rules

By Noloyiso Mtembu | IOL | Parliament has 24 months to align relevant legislation to the use of Cannabis with the Constitution, the Western Cape High Court has ruled. , In a much celebrated outcome, Judge Dennis Davies ruled on Friday morning that an adult may cultivate and use cannabis in the privacy of their […]

Letter from America: The future of Zim education (3)

By Ken Mufuka In this letter, I want to kindly bring the attention of Brother Lazarus Dokora and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to the tragedies that are daily occurring in the United States because of certain progressive ideas now embedded in their education.  These thinkers forget that man is in a state […]

Most common reasons people get divorced

If you think that sexual infidelity is the leading cause of divorce, you’ve got it all wrong. We polled over 100 YourTango experts to see what they say are the top reasons married couples decide to split, and — believe it or not — communication problems came out on top as the number one reason […]

The mad president

By Boyd Madikila The insistence by a nonagenarian Robert Gabriel Mugabe that after 37 years in power not even a single member of his Zanu PF party is good or fit enough to succeed his fragile bones as President is beyond laughable. It can only be best explained as dementia and insanity of a mad king […]

Buy Zimbabwe critical for economic recovery

By Vince Musewe I have shared before with readers some key points made by Austrian Philipp von Hornigk on how to emulate rich countries. More than 300 years ago the Austrian came up with nine very simple things to do in order to stimulate Austria’s economic development way back then in 1684. I want to […]

Dendairy sues ZETDC

Dairy milk processor Dendairy Limited has taken a unit of ZESA Holdings to court for allegedly refusing to either refund or credit the company with power worth more than US$236 000. The Kwekwe-based company filed summons at the High Court last week citing the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) as the defendant. Dendairy […]