Source: Zanu PF, Zec conflation exposed –Newsday Zimbabwe ZANU PF has exposed its alliance with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) after the ruling party revealed that it would use the voters roll to verify its members’ registration status in the upcoming voters’ roll inspection exercise. A leaked Zanu PF party internal memo seen by NewsDay […] …
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Monthly Archives: May 2023
ZB expands its services to Botswana
Source: ZB expands its services to Botswana –Newsday Zimbabwe THE ZB Financial Holdings Limited (ZB) has expanded its services to neighbouring Botswana as it seeks to grow its regional presence, it has been revealed. Last month, the group announced that it had adopted a regional expansion strategy and successfully launched reinsurance operations in Botswana. This […] …
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Telecel denies corporate rescue proceedings
Source: Telecel denies corporate rescue proceedings –Newsday Zimbabwe Telecel board chairperson James Makamba EMBATTLED telco, Telecel Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (Telecel) has dismissed its placement under “corporate rescue proceedings” first announced in a notice in the Government Gazette dated May 12, 2023. The Government Gazette published a Notice of Beginning of Corporate Rescue Proceedings of Telecel […] …
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SABC airs Chamisa documentary
Source: SABC airs Chamisa documentary –Newsday Zimbabwe Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa THE South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has aired a documentary detailing opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa’s 2018 electoral campaign trail, after it was banned by the Zanu PF government last year. In 2018, Chamisa contested the […] …
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CSOs warn against resource-backed loans
Source: CSOs warn against resource-backed loans –Newsday Zimbabwe REGIONAL public finance watchdogs have raised a red flag over Zimbabwe’s continued mortgaging of natural resources to secure loans from abroad. This came out during the fifth edition of the Zimbabwe Debt Conference which was organised by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) and the […] …
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WATCH: Phaphamani Irrigation success story
Nqobile Tshili – nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw FROM 2002, Phaphamani Irrigation Scheme in Nyamandlovu, Umguza District in Matabeleland North farmers were struggling to produce due to lack of mechanisation equipment, making them redundant on 30 hectares of land. The majority of the 72 farmers at the irrigation scheme abandoned the project, leaving only 12 resilient scheme members. The […] …
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Zimbabwe, Egypt hold high-level bilateral discussions
Hebert Zharare in Sharm El-Sheikh – EGYPT President Mnangagwa held high-level bilateral talks with his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi here yesterday on the sidelines of the 58th African Development Bank (AfDB) annual meeting, where the two veteran leaders discussed various areas of cooperation for the mutual benefit of the two sisterly countries’ economies. […] …
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World Vision constructs US$33K classroom block
Thupeyo Muleya – thupeyo.muleya@zimpapers.co.zw WORLD Vision Zimbabwe has poured US$33 000 into the construction of a classroom block and the upgrading of water and sanitation facilities in Beitbridge East to complement Government’s thrust of creating child-friendly schools. The organisation’s Matibe Area Development Program has so far completed the construction of a classroom block at Tshaswingo […] …
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7 Osiphatheleni arrested over illegal POS machines
Peter Matika – peter.matika@chronicle.co.zw POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a probe into the criminal activities of illegal foreign currency dealers who are using Point of Sale (POS) machines and so far seven osiphatheleni have been arrested. In recent months, illegal forex dealers have resorted to using POS machines for transactions involving large sums of money. […] …
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WATCH: Leather sector struggles to access US$5m package
Nqobile Bhebhe – nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw PLAYERS in the leather sector have said they are struggling to access the US$5 million retooling fund availed under the IMF Special Drawing Rights, as financial institutions administrating the facility are turning down applications on account that they are not foreign currency earners. This is despite the massive business potential the […] …
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