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Cyclone Idai, which brought unprecedented destruction as incessant rain and gusty winds caused catastrophic damage, has prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree to deepen the Fund’s engagement with Zimbabwe through a 12-month programme to assist and monitor the country’s reforms of government operations and fiscal management. [GoogleAd] The significant milestone for Zimbabwe —…

ZANU PF has ordered its structures countrywide to incorporate war veterans into influential positions as part of implementing the resolutions of its 2017 extra-ordinary congress which confirmed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership following the coup which swept away ex leader Robert Mugabe. [GoogleAd] The country’s former combatants of the 1970s Rhodesian bush war of liberation have…

GOKWE Rural District Council has invited interested bidders to undertake road construction and surfacing of the area’s bad roads. In a statement, the RDC has advised bidders to get detailed tender documents from its banking hall upon payment of a nonrefundable fee of US$12 which is also inclusive of VAT per each tender document. [GoogleAd]…

Kwekwe City Council (KCC) says it will be removing from the waiting list those who fail to report to the city council to update their details within the next two weeks. In a notice, the city council invited applicants who are on the waiting list for high density residential stands and home industry, saying that…

The High Court has forced police to issue a notice of death to enable a hospital postmortem to obtain information on the cause of death of man allegedly killed by police. The family of Witness Mashereni had sued the law enforcement agency for refusing to grant consent for the postmortem, with rights lawyer Obey Shava…

MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora yesterday stunned party supporters and his rivals when he announced that he won’t be contesting interim leader Nelson Chamisa at next month’s congress. Instead, Mwonzora said he would fight to remain in his current post which is being eyed by MDC deputy treasurer general Chalton Hwende who has so far been…

THE government is running out of time to ensure that Bulawayo has enough fuel stocks to cover the forthcoming Independence and Easter holidays, as well as the annual Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) — which kicks off immediately after the extended break. This comes as Bulawayo and the entire Matabeleland region are experiencing worsening fuel…

LONG-suffering Zimbabweans should brace for even tougher economic times ahead, following last week’s surprise announcement by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube that the country would have yet another currency within a year — a move experts say will drive up the prices of basic goods and also cause shortages. The warning comes as most big supermarkets…

ZIMBABWE will have to toe the line and meet certain demands set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), if it is to get the much-needed bail out aimed at kick-starting the ailing economy, economists have said. [GoogleAd] This comes after the IMF announced a Zimbabwe Staff-Monitored Programme (SMP), which will devise ways to increase government…