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Zimbabwe trials Czech fuel additive
The National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has begun testing a revolutionary fuel additive from the Czech Republic in a bid to cut fuel consumption and harmful emissions.The addi...Published: 4 hrs ago | 196 | by Staff reporter
Honey processing project rakes in US$20 000
A rural beekeeping initiative in Buhera is making waves in Zimbabwe’s agro-processing sector, with the Chapanduka Honey Processing Association generating over US$20,000 in revenue over the past year...Published: 09 Aug 2025 at 09:59hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo company pioneers dust suppression breakthrough
In a significant stride towards sustainable industrialisation, Bulawayo-based manufacturing firm, Chemical Technology Africa (CTA), has unveiled an innovative solution to combat air pollution caused b...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 17:10hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe bans ethanol-laced alcohol
The Zimbabwean government has officially outlawed the manufacture, sale, and consumption of ethanol-laced alcoholic substances commonly known as "kambwa" or "musombodhiya," as part of its ongoing effo...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:35hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling takes toll on Zimbabwe economy
A sharp increase in smuggling and unregulated imports is intensifying illicit financial flows (IFFs) in Zimbabwe, severely undermining the country's formal retail sector. Authorities have recently pro...Published: 16 May 2025 at 10:41hrs | 405 | by `
Smuggled, counterfeits goods flood Zimbabwe's market
Illegally imported goods, ranging from soft drinks to baby formula, are flooding Zimbabwe's markets, threatening public health and the economy, a recent market surveillance by the Consumer Protection ...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:05hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
UK, Czech Republic investors in Bulawayo
Investors from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom (UK) visited Bulawayo on Monday to explore opportunities in various sectors as the city grapples with the challenges of de-industrialisation....Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:27hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces influx of counterfeit goods
The Consumer Protection Commission (CPC) has raised alarm over the rampant influx of counterfeit goods into Zimbabwe, revealing that the smuggling of these products is occurring on an industrial scale...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 14:13hrs | 277 | by Staff reporter
Can aspartame in soft drinks cause cancer?
Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame released by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agric...Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:49hrs | 863 | by Erick Matotoba
Zimbabwe's new multi-billion industrial hub to create 25 000 jobs
A NEW industrial energy hub worth over US$13 billion that is set to create more than 25 000 jobs will soon be running in Mapinga Mashonaland West province in yet another transformative initiative from...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FULL LIST: Donors who assisted Nkayi farmers which lost 21 cows revealed
A full list of donors who assisted the Nkayi family which lost 21 cattle after mistaking a deadly pesticide for one of the popular worm remedies for livestock has been availed. The...Published: 29 Jun 2022 at 17:27hrs | 22 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe targeting key role in global electric car industry
ZIMBABWE is poised to become a key player in the global transition to green energy, not only through lithium mining, but its beneficiation that can empower local communities and develop the nation as ...Published: 18 Jun 2022 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US blinks first on Russian sanctions
Washington has eased sanctions on Russian agricultural products, including fertilizers, placed on Moscow over the crisis in Ukraine. The move aims to protect US farmers from a shortage of chemical pro...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 14:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa's first ever cannabis research laboratory revives Zimbabwe health sector
In 2018, the new political dispensation in Zimbabwe took a new trajectory in the health sector by issuing out 57 licences for cultivation of cannabis also known as mbanje or marijuana for medicinal pu...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:35hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zimbabwe would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:34hrs | 13 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
Beyond raw produce: without its food producers, Zim would face a major health crisis
It's almost become a cliche when discussing Zimbabwe's economic difficulties over the past two decades to lament the fact that it was once the "breadbasket of Africa". This is typically contrasted wit...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:57hrs | 13 | by Andre Redinger, Founder of Millhouse International
5 Zimbabwean entrepreneurs win big in AfCFTA Caravan Prize
The AfCFTA Secretariat rewarded winners of the AfCFTA Caravan Prize with five young Zimbabwean entrepreneurs joining a list of finalists and seme-finalists of enterprising entrepreneurs with potential...Published: 06 Nov 2021 at 06:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Wondering how you can step up your game in the bedroom? Find out here
If you've noticed that your performance in the bedroom is lacking, then you need to step up your game. If you don't perform well, then you'll find it difficult to keep and maintain sexual partners, no...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 15:39hrs | 68 | by Staff Writer
Huge boost for construction sector
The construction industry in Zimbabwe will be revolutionised following the commissioning by President Mnangagwa yesterday of Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe's dry mortar mix plant, dramatically expanding the ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:15hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Africa University develops umsuzwane medicinal cough drops
United Methodist Church run Africa University's College of Health and Agricultural Sciences has made headway in developing throat lozenges made from the umsuzwane plant, which many Zimbabweans have be...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Can we use ZUMBANI A traditional medicine for treatment of COVID19?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines traditional medicine as "the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultu...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Herbalists dismiss claims bute heals Covid-19
AS the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to hit the country with record infections and deaths being recorded, some desperate locals have resorted to using Bute in the hope the traditional...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 24 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe discovers rare minerals
Zimbabwe sits on bountiful and lucrative deposits of minerals known as rare-earth elements (REE), some of which sell for more than US$1 000 for a single kilogram and where investors are seeking altern...Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:03hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
The tale of a jewel and a giant: Facts about revival of Zimbabwe's economy
The Country, Nation and Our WorldMany have talked, written and caricatured Zimbabwe as a country of educated but inept leaders. A country once a jewel of Africa brought down by corruption, greed a...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 17:35hrs | | by Vincent Gwarazimba
Mixed views on Schweppes sweeteners
SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited has added three artificial sweeteners to the Mazoe concentrated drinks which are feared to cause cancer and brain cell damage among other diseases, if consumed in large quan...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mazoe Orange Crush formula adulterated, boycott called
AMID market reports suggesting politics on social media where a campaign against Mazoe Syrups has been going on, Coca-Cola have come out to explain changes to formulation on their products.Ove...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 15:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chinese, US firms in joint bid for Batoka
GLOBAL electrical engineering giants, China Power and United States incorporated General Electric (GE), have launched a joint bid for a contract to construct the 2 400-megawatt Batoka Gorge hydropower...Published: 14 May 2018 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Harare's dirty and smelly water
Harare's piped water is dirty and smells foul when it is available, but scientific research indicates that it could also be killing residents slowly and silently.Health minister David Parireny...Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 09:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's first 100 Days: Crossing the river while feeling the rocks
Mnangagwa will complete his first 100 days in office on the 4th of March, 2018. A period of 100 days in power is too short to judge Mnangagwa, but it is certainly long enough a period to judge the dir...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Vusi Nyamazana
Forex woes hit Unilever
UNILEVER Zimbabwe has failed to produce Sunlight dishwashing liquid for the past two weeks due to foreign currency shortages, which have hindered the importation of raw materials from South Africa, wi...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sex-starved wives in demo
IF Hollywood directors were to come to Zimbabwe to pick comic stories to make movies, they would definitely make a perfect movie out of the following tale of some married women from Makore Village in ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to ban 500 ppm diesel, sets deadline for migration to 50 ppm diesel
The Ministry of Energy and Power Development says Zimbabwe will be phasing out regular high sulphur diesel used in the country in favour of low sulphur 50 ppm as part of efforts to promote a cleaner e...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 20:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Fuel fraud costs Zimbabwe $240m
ZIMBABWE could be losing at least $240 million annually to fuel fraud while globally at least $40 billion is lost to smuggling activities associated with subsidies, tax and price differentials worldwi...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fuel marking programme to begin 2017
Zimbabwe's fuel marking programme aimed at stamping out "dirty" petroleum products that have flooded the local market damaging cars and prejudicing the government potential revenue is set to comme...Published: 23 Nov 2016 at 14:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Untold story of Zipra Women's Brigade
Starting this week, The Sunday Mail will be publishing excerpts of the biography of Group Captain Sithabile Sibanda aka Ntombiyezizweni Mhlanga. Under the working title "A Woman's Choice, The untold s...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 10:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru won't sleep alone
I LIKE what is happening in Europe, namely the trekking to its shores of thousands and thousands of refugees from North Africa and Middle East, foremost refugees from war-torn Syria. It's a pity Ameri...Published: 12 Sep 2015 at 09:09hrs | 3 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Mugabe set to die chewing the cud
ANIMALS such as cows have a ruminant digestive system, which can be symbolic and representative of the story of Robert Mugabe.Cows spend the day feeding and largely stocking huge quantiti...Published: 05 Oct 2014 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Itai Dzamara
E-cigarettes retail in Zimbabwe
Electronic cigarettes imported from the United States are being sold in Harare's Borrowdale suburb, in supermarkets and night clubs.The cigarettes come in five flavours, Menthol, Marlboro, Ca...Published: 31 Oct 2013 at 06:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chicken warning for consumers
Consumers were warned on Wednesday about the incorrect labelling of some frozen chicken products sold across the country.The health department said the warning applied to frozen chicken portio...Published: 14 Sep 2012 at 08:28hrs | | by Sapa
Top 10 health tips from around the world
10 global health habits we can learn from other culturesFrom spices to siestas, every culture has their own solutions to staying healthy and managing their weight. To help inspire your healthy...Published: 10 Aug 2012 at 14:49hrs | 3 | by RealBuzz.com
Traditional brew overdose kills woman
A 50-year-old Nyanga woman died on Sunday after drinking an illicit traditionally brewed liquor known as kachasu in Magadu village.Anna Makore (50) had gone for a drinking binge with a male co...Published: 01 May 2012 at 09:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Proper dining out in Zimbabwe is a rare monthly treat
Dear Zfn,RE: Proper dining out in Zimbabwe is a rare monthly treat"From an economic standpoint, the rising demand for fast foods speaks to a gro...Published: 14 Feb 2012 at 08:19hrs | | by FN
Sino-Africa relations: Who is benefiting!
African countries have been failing to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the relationship with the world's next superpower.Is Southern Africa benefitting developmentally from...Published: 18 Jun 2011 at 08:55hrs | 2 | by Tirivangani Masawi
Zimbabwe chicken ban hits South African company exports
COUNTRY Bird Holdings had lost sales of 600 tons of chickens a month to Zimbabwe as a result of the reworked chicken controversy that broke out last month, financial director Robbie Taylor said y...Published: 27 Jan 2011 at 14:50hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
Govt bans SA firm’s chicken
ZIMBABWE has suspended chicken imports from a South African Company, Supreme Poultry, to allow investigations into allegations that the firm is exporting recycled products to Zimbabwe....Published: 31 Dec 2010 at 12:25hrs | 2 | by NewZiana
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