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The offspring of Africa’s strongmen are living it up

THE Mugabe brothers are having a night out again. Here they are showing off their outfits: distressed white denim, high-top sneakers, statement sunglasses. Now they’re in a VIP booth at […]
Zanu PF succession implodes party

the Zanu PF “succession” crisis generates considerably more heat than light in the eyes of the media, and there remains ignorance about all the legal niceties that surround the issue […]
Mugabe summons security bosses over disturbances

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe last week summoned Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo and police bosses, then acting Defence minister Kembo Mohadi as well as Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Constantino Chiwenga […]
ZB Holdings net revenue increases 17%

ZB Holdings net profit for the half year to June rose 38% to US$8,2 million from US$5,9m in the comparative period in H116 helped by improved revenue performance. The group’s […]
How to Invest on the Capital Market

How to Invest on the Capital Market

Succession madness must end

TOMORROW President Robert Mugabe and his marauding band of loyalists, fronted by the women and youth leagues, take their nationwide political roadshow to Gwanda where they are expected to reinforce […]

Will there be military coup in Zim?

IN late July, 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe — the oldest serving head of state in the world — alleged that military involvement in his party’s struggle over who […]

ICC boss skirts finance issues

VISITING International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Shashank Manohar has given Zimbabwean cricket the thumbs up despite skirting issues of finances while addressing journalists in Harare yesterday.

Zanu PF politburo video exposé

A 72-minute video presented in the Zanu PF politburo by Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo on July 19, which is now circulating among senior party members and state security agents, […]

Politics

The offspring of Africa’s strongmen are living it up

THE Mugabe brothers are having a night out again. Here they are showing off their outfits: distressed white denim, high-top sneakers, statement sunglasses. Now they’re in a VIP booth at […]

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Zanu PF chefs drain Zinwa dry

TOP security officials, Zanu PF bigwigs and senior government functionaries owe the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills for water supplied to their […]
Mugabe summons security bosses over disturbances

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe last week summoned Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo and police bosses, then acting Defence minister Kembo Mohadi as well as Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Constantino Chiwenga […]
VP Mnangagwa offers to resign

IN a dramatic development which could have led to a seismic shift in local politics, Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week offered to resign from his government and ruling party posts, […]
Duty-free fuel scam deepens

A FUEL scandal has rocked government after it emerged that two private companies imported 312 million litres of diesel duty-free, while prejudicing the broke Treasury of revenue in unpaid taxes, […]

Business

The Role of Zimbabwe Stock Exchange as an Investment Platform

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Banking stocks turn off investors

Banking stocks are still a huge turnoff for investors on the local equities market if valuation multiples are anything to go by.
Old Mutual avoids monetary assets

Old Mutual Ltd will take positions in real assets and avoid monetary assets to preserve value, CE Jonas Mushosho said.
ZB Holdings net revenue increases 17%

ZB Holdings net profit for the half year to June rose 38% to US$8,2 million from US$5,9m in the comparative period in H116 helped by improved revenue performance. The group’s […]
How to Invest on the Capital Market

How to Invest on the Capital Market
Mangudya leaves interest rates static

Zimbabwe’s central bank chief John Mangudya left interest rates unchanged, saying lowering the rates could be a moral hazard in the troubled country, despite his push to stimulate production and […]

Opinion

Mugabe’s plot risked civil war

THE so-called Entumbane disturbances of November 1980 and February 1981, during which President Robert Mugabe’s then guerrilla army, Zanla, fought that of his nationalist rival Joshua Nkomo’s Zipra, are typically […]

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Leading courageously in a challenging environment

DESPITE the excruciatingly difficult economic environment, there are some positive indicators that we are currently experiencing.
Zanu PF succession implodes party

the Zanu PF “succession” crisis generates considerably more heat than light in the eyes of the media, and there remains ignorance about all the legal niceties that surround the issue […]
More bond notes fuel uncertainty

INSTEAD of bringing a sense of relief and stability, the announcement by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya in his mid-term monetary policy statement last week that he […]

Sport

Chance to sort out mess at ZRU

I WOULD have never anticipated the kind of reaction generated after last week’s instalment of this column.

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ZRU a monument to failure

HERE lies Zimbabwe’s national rugby team: Died in 2017 at Windhoek, Namibia, on July 15. Cremated at Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on July 22. Buried at Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 29.
Chidzambwa shouldn’t be judged too harshly

HOW two weeks can change things so spectacularly in football.
‘World Cup heartbreak still hurting Zim rugby’

WHAT really happened on that fateful day in Madagascar three years ago?
Sables seek survival

The Zimbabwe national 15s rugby side are targeting a quick turnaround of their fortunes when they clash with Tunisia in a Gold Cup match at Prince Edward School in a […]
Sables overhaul for Kenya clash

REJUVINATED Sables have made two backline changes for tomorrow’s Africa Cup tie against Kenya at Hartsfield Stadium in Bulawayo.