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Ziyambi says no urgent need for civil servants' cost-of-living adjustment

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has dismissed calls for an urgent review of civil servants' cost-of-living allowances, citing what he described as stable inflation levels and a resilient local currency.Spe…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:52hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter

Trabablas Interchange cost US$114.3 million, not US$88m

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has revealed that the cost of the recently completed Trabablas Interchange in Harare was significantly higher than previously reported, confirming the total expenditure amounted to US$114.3 million - a US$26.3…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 12:40hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter

Boomerang Voodoo!..Removing US$35 hex from son costs US$700

NEVER pray for your enemies to die, you might bury your own relatives . . .A woman from Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo is a living testimony to the adage.She experienced the mind-numbing agony of getting home to find empty rooms after thieves…

Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's internet costs surge

When a sharp hike in Zimbabwe's internet costs drove Joyce Kapvumfuti's small catering enterprise offline for a week, orders for her wedding cakes, business lunches and frosted cupcakes collapsed."I used to get at least five customers a we…

Published: 13 Jan 2024 at 06:52hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter

Cost of living rises as Zimdollar slips

The cost of living has surged by an additional 4.8% to reach ZWL$95,462.53 per person in September, driven by the ongoing depreciation of the Zimbabwean dollar against the US dollar. The country's currency has depreciated approximately 18%…

Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe cost of living up by 11%

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said $33 044 could adequately sustain a consumer's basic needs last month, which at today's official exchange rate translates to just US$31,54."The Total Consumption Poverty Line for Zi…

Published: 01 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

'Sadc data costs prohibitive'

The Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Zimbabwe has castigated the high cost of data in southern Africa as an assault against freedom of expression."The cost of accessing the internet remains prohibitive, with southern African count…

Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:10hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zupco costs Zimbabweans $1,2 billion in 1 year

GOVERNMENT pumped up to ZWL$1,2 billion (US$10 million) to subsidise the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) in 2020 alone without any supporting documents, Auditor General Mildred Chiri has disclosed.The bus service was re-introduce…

Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

SA cost of living remains unaffordable

The cost of living in South Africa keeps going up and the basics are likely to continue to be unaffordable for many despite the 4,7 percent increase in the minimum wage, according to analysts at e-commerce company Picodi.In the research, w…

Published: 26 Jan 2022 at 04:42hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Cost of living spirals to $20 680

ZIMBABWE'S monthly cost of living rose by 4,4% to $18 750 in October, even as the Zimbabwe National Statistics agency (ZimStat) said the annual inflation rate dropped during the period.This figure was estimated at $17 956,87 in September.B…

Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

The high cost of being a repressive regime

IT is an inescapable fact that America, as the most influential State in the world, lays claim to the world's most powerful military.But military might is nothing compared to the repercussions that economic sanctions from the United States…

Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Learnmore Zuze

'Zimbabwe farm compensation to cost at least US$10bn'

GOVERNMENT'S decision to offer RTGS$53 million in compensation to white farmers who were dispossessed of their land has been met with mixed reactions. While some of the ex-farmers who are now in dire straits after being plunged into povert…

Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Cost of dying goes up in Zimbabwe

A NEW wave of price increases has seen hard-pressed Zimbabweans grappling with counting the cost of dying.Funeral insurance companies, hit by a failing local currency, have joined the bandwagon by increasing premiums by 100% effective next…

Published: 02 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa and the cost of election propaganda

An opinion poll conducted just a month before the election by Afro Barometer gave Mnangagwa a slim lead. This evidence was brushed aside. The response of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)-Alliance, …

Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | | by Derek Matyszak

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