Many Zimbabweans have reacted with astonishment after Mthuli Ncube was named “Best African Finance Minister of the Year” despite the country’s economic turmoil. One user on X, formerly known as Twitter, said the award was “akin to applauding a captain for steering a ship straight into an iceberg”. Another user called it “the greatest joke…
ZimLive Zimbabwe held special elections on Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from running again. The opposition called it an illegal push by the ruling Zanu PF party to bolster its parliamentary majority and possibly change the constitution. This may allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 81,…
Chronicle RECALLS kingpin and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu has said the party will accept the outcome of the by-elections as to the CCC, what was key was seeing democracy at play. Mr Tshabangu said elections were part of a democratic process which needed to be embraced and acknowledged,…
newZWire Invictus Energy has declared a gas find at its Muzarabani prospect, setting Zimbabwe on a long journey towards producing gas for the first time. The company announced on the Australia Stock Exchange that four samples from the Upper Angwa section of its Mukuyu-2 exploration well confirm the presence of gas at the site. “The…
Regina Pasipanodya THE secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions, David Dzatsunga, has urged policymakers to go beyond lip service if the country is to decisively combat the corruption scourge. Speaking at the Accountability Lab Zimbabwe’s integrity summit held last Thursday, Dzatsunga said corruption was very rife in the public sector “starting…
Tafadzwa Mwanengureni “I was particularly jaded by party politics and I switched off,” said former MDC-T Harare West member of Parliament Jessie Majome who was last seen in political circles after the 2018 elections when she lost her seat to Joana Mamombe. Majome is one of the pioneer female politicians following the formation of the…
newZWire Alongside his Budget Statement, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube last week also tabled the annual debt report, which shows how much Zimbabwe owes. What does the latest report tell us? Zimbabwe remains in a deep debt hole and penalties are piling up. The report also partly explains why, with no external support, Mthuli will continue…
ZimLive Unregistered small businesses reaping profits from the country’s money-spinning environment could soon find themselves elbowed out of the supply chain, finance minister Mthuli Ncube said recently, as he took measures to drag the country’s thriving but unregulated informal sector onto government’s punitive taxation radar. Presenting his 2024 budget proposals this past week, Ncube said…
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