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President Emmerson Mnangagwa will officially open the Fourth Session of the Ninth Parliament this Thursday. He will deliver the State of the Nation Address in which he will set a legislative agenda for the session. The third session was adjourned on the 16th of September. Laws expected to be debated …

Another wave of price increases is set to hit the local markets following the latest approval of fuel price increases by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA). This will see fuel prices reaching US$1,40 per litre this week. In a statement late Tuesday evening, ZERA said; “Please be advised that …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on a push to eliminate any possible challenge from within Zanu-PF for the 2023 presidential election ticket. The 79-year-old already seems to be in control. In April he successfully abolished the running mate clause in the constitution, giving him power to have his deputy serve at …

Cabinet has given licensed bars the greenlight to reopen after nearly 19 months of Covid-19 restrictions, which saw the showbiz and nightlife industry go into comatose. Ironically, the announcement was made as President Mnangagwa extended the Level 2 Covid-19 lockdown by a further two weeks. The Level 2 lockdown comes …

Records from a massive offshore data leak have provided the most detailed account yet of buccaneering mining and fuel magnate Billy Rautenbach’s family empire. It started with a marriage settlement. In 2013, one of Zimbabwe’s richest men and arguably one of the most controversial business figures in southern Africa, Muller …

When Mthuli Ncube was appointed Zimbabwe’s finance minister in September 2018, the country’s crypto enthusiasts hoped he would walk back some of the restrictions imposed on cryptocurrency trading. The truly optimistic hoped he would become a champion of digital currencies. “When he joined government, he was bullish about cryptocurrencies,” William …

The family of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, that has dominated the country’s politics since independence, secretly owned a network of offshore companies for decades, according to a huge leak of financial papers. The Pandora Papers – 12 million files – is the biggest such leak in history. Mr Kenyatta and …

Zimbabwe’s deputy chief secretary to the president and cabinet set up an offshore shell company in the Seychelles while serving as defence secretary, leaked financial documents show. Martin Rushwaya, a relative of then defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, now president, created Greatgem Corp. in the Seychelles in 2010, with the help …

The Matabeleland South branch of the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora on Friday resolved to work with councillors affiliated to the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa in an electoral pact that will see them fielding one candidate to contest elections in the province.  More than 80 council by-elections are …

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame says his government is urgently looking for ‘quality’ Zimbabwean teachers who are in high demand in a vote of confidence for the country’s professionals, Business Times can report. Kagame revealed this yesterday at the on-going Rwanda-Zimbabwe Trade and Investment Conference in Kigali, Rwanda. “Zimbabwe can offer …