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Diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe rise to US$635.2m
Diaspora remittances into Zimbabwe grew by 7.1% in the first half of 2025, reaching US$635.2 million compared to US$593.2 million during the same period last year, according to Finance Minister Mthuli...Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 10:08hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe reviews national diaspora policy
The Government of Zimbabwe has launched a comprehensive review of its National Diaspora Policy, aimed at fostering stakeholder engagement and ensuring inclusive participation in national initiatives. ...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:56hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
BCC developing a new diaspora policy
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is developing a new diaspora policy to engage Zimbabweans living abroad, aiming to harness their financial resources for local development and address challenges in fun...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:14hrs | 234 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets IOM backing to engage nationals abroad
Zimbabwe has received support from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to enhance its engagement with nationals living abroad. This initiative is part of the Southern African Migration ...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 09:10hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in SA push for parliamentary representation
Zimbabweans in South Africa are pressing for representation in Parliament, arguing that their numbers warrant consideration.This call comes as the Zimbabwean government reviews the 2016 Nation...Published: 19 May 2024 at 19:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's digital borders to go online in first quarter
ZIMBABWE will start the full implementation of the digitalised border concept this first quarter with a target of transforming all ports of entry into electronic gates by the end of the year.O...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:31hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Bard Santner Markets to tap diaspora investment capital
BARD Santner Markets Inc, a new Harare-based international banking and finance advisory firm, has come up with a plan to tap into diaspora investment capital seeking new opportunities in pro...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 18:46hrs | 28 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa opens door for Diaspora
IN light of a huge appetite by the Zimbabwe Diaspora community to invest in the country given the array of skills they have acquired abroad, President Mnangagwa has directed relevant ministries to set...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives US$1 billion through diaspora remittances
GOVERNMENT has advised citizens wishing to travel to other countries to look for jobs to make due diligence prior to travelling so as to minimise chances of being trafficked and exploited.Chie...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC promises US$100bn economy
THE MDC Alliance has said if voted into power in 2023, it will transform Zimbabwe's ailing economy into a US$100 billion economy.This was said on Saturday by the party's secretary for policy d...Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:50hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean migrants making it big in South Africa
WHEN he made the decision to leave the country and cross the border into South Africa several years ago, his family and his peers tried to dissuade him, telling him he was putting his life in danger u...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 13:07hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe works on national migration policy
ZIMBABWE is working on finalising the National Migration Policy, whose implementation is expected to contribute to the country's economic development agenda.Representatives of various ministri...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Asylum seekers flood Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE is experiencing an influx of asylum seekers and separated children of migrants who will be in transit from the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes region.This was said on Tuesday by Ho...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'COVID-19 has paralysed Zimbabwe'
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday said the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic had paralysed the economy and increased the country's domestic and international debt burden....Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:03hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt in process of crafting diaspora policy
GOVERNMENT is in the process of crafting a diaspora policy to, among other things, document all Zimbabweans living in foreign countries including those staying there illegally. To document all...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe documents citizens in foreign lands
ZIMBABWE's Foreign Affairs ministry claims it has begun a process of documenting the number of fellow citizens residing in foreign lands.There is no exact number of Zimbabweans in foreign land...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe keen to rejoin Commonwealth
Government will prioritise rejoining the Commonwealth as a launch-pad to unlock international goodwill and sustain re-engagement milestones already realised through resumption of political dialogue wi...Published: 28 Nov 2020 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe working on re-engaging with EU, US'
FOREIGN Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo yesterday told Parliament that Zimbabwe is working on normalising relations with the United States and British governments to end decades of isolation.Mo...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
UN to probe Zimbabwe rights abuses
THE United Nations Human Rights Council will dispatch special rapporteurs to Zimbabwe to investigate allegations of human rights abuses by State security agents, Parliament has heard.Appearing...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Unpaid Zimbabwean diplomats live in shame
Zimbabwean diplomats are going for months without being paid and now live in dilapidated houses as the cash-strapped government is failing to adequately fund the country's 46 consulates and embassies,...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt gets equipment to interact with diasporans
Government yesterday launched video conferencing equipment from the International Organisation of Migration that will facilitate interaction between Harare and Zimbabweans living in foreign countries ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa targets diasporans
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has invested US$56.1 million in an effort to implement the diaspora policy that will court the diasporans to invest in the economic development of Zimba...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 09:10hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Who is DIDG/Transnet Consortium?
"A SLEEPING giant has finally woken up". Those were the words of Mr Larry Mavima, the board chairman of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), a strategic enabler in the economy that had been reduce...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe develops National Diaspora Policy with UN Migration Agency Support
GENEVA, Switzerland - On 5 and 6 July, the Government of Zimbabwe, with support from IOM, the UN Migration Agency, and the European Union, convened a high level discussion to develop the country's 201...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 12:15hrs | 1 | by APO
Mudenda queries lack of Diaspora policy, Act
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has questioned why Zimbabwe does not have a Diaspora policy and Act that encourages remittances into the country in view of the ZimAsset economic bluepri...Published: 30 Jun 2017 at 06:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
War vets back Diaspora vote
Government is facing mounting pressure to grant millions of Zimbabweans living abroad their right to vote in the 2018 general elections, with war veterans making the latest demand.With the maj...Published: 20 May 2017 at 12:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe still needs aid'
ZIMBABWE will again this year extend its begging bowl to the international donor community for poverty alleviation and development assistance.As has been the case before, the United Nations De...Published: 19 May 2017 at 15:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu says 'Its time to correct Zimbabwe's image'
Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Minister, Dr Obert Mpofu says the Zimbabwean delegation at the 27th World Economic Forum for Africa has a role to correct the negative perception being...Published: 03 May 2017 at 16:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora remittances second source of external capital inflows
Remittances by locals from abroad are now Zimbabwe's second source of external capital inflows with calls to implement policies aimed at increasing foreign direct investments increasing.Data c...Published: 31 Dec 2016 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe Freedom pressure group rates Mugabe's ministers in very poor performance
The Zimbabwe Freedom has created a score card for Zanu PF ministers who are viewed as having contributed to serious economic crisis in the country.The rating is A to D. A being given to the on...Published: 23 Dec 2016 at 03:47hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe urged to tap into Diaspora
Confederation of Zimbabwean Industries (CZI) president, Busisa Moyo, has urged the government to craft a comprehensive Diaspora policy and improve relations with its citizens in the Diaspora to en...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt launches National Diaspora Directorate
GOVERNMENT has launched the National Diaspora Directorate as part of efforts to enhance engagement and the participation of Zimbabweans in the diaspora in the national development agenda.This ...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 23:34hrs | 1 | by Enacy Mapakame
Diaspora remittances drop 25%
DIASPORA remittances dropped by 15 percent in the first half of the year to $387,9 million due to rapid currency depreciation in source markets against the United States dollar.The Government ...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Oliver Kazunga
Pressure mounts on Diaspora vote
GOVERNMENT is facing mounting pressure from civic society organisations to give the millions of Zimbabweans living in foreign lands their right to vote during the 2018 general elections.Wi...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Foreign investors welcome clarification on indigenisation policy
A number of foreign investors have warmed up to Zimbabwe following President Mugabe's clarification of the indigenisation policy, with the Zimbabwe Investment Authority approving investments worth US$...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe approves National Diaspora Policy
Zimbabwe's efforts to effectively engage its Diaspora community are taking shape after Cabinet yesterday approved the National Diaspora Policy.Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Musarurwa
Zim Citizens Working Outside The Country To Be Taxed
The government has drafted a Diaspora policy, which seeks to tap into remittances that are estimated to be about $1,8 billion per annum.This comes as the importance of remittances has risen, a...Published: 20 May 2016 at 07:24hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe target BRICS for investment
Government is targeting at attracting foreign direct investment from BRICS nations, Macro-economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Obert Mpofu has said.To that end, investment roads...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 12:40hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Industrialisation critical, says Mnangagwa
VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa says embracing a technologically-driven business model is critical if Zimbabwe is to achieve meaningful economic progress and make an impact in the global economy....Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Zim government must allow people in diaspora to vote before trying to get their money-analyst
A political commentator Ngqabutho Mabhena has said the government of Zimbabwe must not try to lure Zimbabweans in the diaspora before it allows them to vote.At the moment the diaspora votes ar...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe Diaspora - a case of fatigue and loss of interest
For many years, especially in the last fifteen when the Zimbabwean economy took a sharp nosedive owing to ZANU PF's classic malfeasance coupled with gross ineptitude, Zimbabweans in the diaspora have ...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 10:14hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Opposition blasts government over Diaspora remittances
Opposition parties yesterday blasted the Zanu-PF government of rushing to tap into remittances by thousands of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora without providing them with a platform to participate in ...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe unveils its National Diaspora Policy
ZIMBABWE has unveiled a draft National Diaspora Policy that will put in place mechanisms and an institutional framework to receive diaspora remittances aimed at supporting targeted productive ventures...Published: 28 Sep 2015 at 06:38hrs | | by Conrad Mwanawashe and Tinashe Makichi
Official opening of Zimbabwe Parliament - Live update
During the tenure of the Third Session, Parliament is expected to craft legislation to facilitate speedy implementation of the 10-Point Plan presented by President Mugabe in his State of the Nation Ad...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's State of the Nation Address 2015 - Live
President Mugabe will this afternoon give a State of the Nation Address where he is expected to inform the nation about the country's present socio-economic and political situation.15:31: Zan...Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 15:16hrs | | by Simiso Mlevu and Lloyd Gumbo
Dual nationality is an irreversible side-effect of globalisation
This writer was under the impression that the dual citizenship debate was now water under the bridge. How could it not be? First there is Chapter 3 in our Constitution, then there are the two cases of...Published: 05 May 2015 at 10:51hrs | 2 | by Nick Mangwana
Zim govt steps up efforts to tap into Diaspora remittances
Government will soon hold workshops on the proposed National Diaspora Policy meant to harness investment from Zimbabweans working abroad, an official said last week.The policy seeks to "facili...Published: 19 Jan 2015 at 15:22hrs | | by Rumbidzayi Zinyuke
National Diaspora policy on cards
Government is developing a National Diaspora policy meant to harness investment from Zimbabweans working abroad, according to a progress report on ZimAsset. The policy seeks to "facilitate...Published: 12 Dec 2014 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
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