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Mthuli Ncube pushes walls to save Victoria Falls Stock Exchange
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube this week pumped up fresh incentives to attract companies to list on the United States dollar-denominated Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), which has entered it...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1432 | by Staff Reporter
Mid-term budget stakeholder consultations underway
TREASURY in the process of consultations on the upcoming mid-term fiscal review and the 2022 Budget Strategy paper (BSP) from key stakeholders. The mid-term fiscal policy review statement will...Published: 12 hrs ago | 136 | by Staff Reporter
Hands off Grace, says the Mugabes
THE late former President Mugabe's family yesterday rubbished moves by a Zvimba traditional leader to summon former First Lady Grace Mugabe to appear before his traditional court on a charge of "impro...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:57hrs | 6238 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe sets conditions for cannabis production
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced guidelines for the production and processing of medicinal cannabis.The southern African nation's laws only allow for cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and sc...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:54hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Family needs help for son's surgery
A MAN from Zhombe in the Midlands is appealing for assistance from well-wishers to raise US$1 500 to take his 18-year-old son for emergency surgery in South Africa. Mr Takesure Khumalo from Ch...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:46hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe petitioned over 'courtyard' burial of Robert
A Zimbabwean chief has summoned former First Lady Grace Mugabe to appear before a village court to answer charges of "inappropriately" burying the country's late former president, Robert Mugabe, at th...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:46hrs | 3886 | by Staff reporter
Put Zimbabwe first to help re-engagement efforts
IT is the role of the media to put Zimbabwe first when reporting to complement Government's re-engagement efforts meant to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The media when disseminating...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:36hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Market research innovation improvements in the wake of Covid-19
Most, if not all businesses and organizations will be forced into a change of habits in the workplace just like we have all had to adapt our personal lives due to the coronavirus. Washing your hands m...Published: 10 May 2021 at 19:09hrs | 141 | by Staff writer
90% of Zimbabwe's forex in formal market
ABOUT 90 percent of the country's foreign currency is now circulating in the formal market thereby stabilising the exchange rate and stimulating economic growth, Finance and Economic Development Minis...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 405 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean banks in strong position to fund economy
Fundamentals in the financial services sector have improved over the past few years, with the sector poised to bankroll local economic activity, the central bank has said.Bank failures that pl...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:01hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean brands need to step up to the plate
Production seems to be the driving spirit of the new dispensation, as the country pursues a modernisation and industrialisation agenda whose objective is to grow the economy, create rewarding and sust...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Boost local production to save forex, says Mnangagwa
The local manufacturing sector should take advantage of several initiatives by Government to reduce import dependency and boost local production to save the much needed foreign currency, President Mna...Published: 08 May 2021 at 07:59hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Kariba primes for real estate growth
THE prime resort town of Kariba is inching towards exponential growth as evidenced by the huge demand for commercial and industrial stands in what is expected to spawn a property boom in the predomina...Published: 07 May 2021 at 11:09hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
In Zim, we need another dictionary to define the term 'Development'
Zambian President, Edgar Lungu has Commissioned more than five hospitals in less than six months, apparently, he has decongested Lusaka city, by Commissioning four fly overs, in less than a year. Forg...Published: 07 May 2021 at 10:07hrs | 490 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mwonzora party implodes?
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T formation faces implosion after top executives including his deputy Thokozani Khupe, were ordered to leave the party for recently defying a directive to withdraw financial imp...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:47hrs | 7661 | by Staff reporter
Tharisa buys Great Dyke chrome asset in Zimbabwe expansion
THARISA, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed platinum and chrome producer, has acquired Salene Chrome Zimbabwe for US$3 million as part of its growth strategy in the country.Salene Chrome i...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:40hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga says parastatal failure unacceptable
Government is forging ahead with its parastatal reform agenda which is aimed at bringing the ailing entities back to profitability and has recorded early successes despite Covid-19 drawbacks, Vice Pre...Published: 06 May 2021 at 19:43hrs | 806 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's breakneck inflation rate slows
ZIMBABWE'S breakneck inflation rate is slowing and that's prompting signs of normalcy in the local stock market.In the southern African nation's topsy-turvy markets, stocks have proved a haven...Published: 06 May 2021 at 19:25hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
Are new-technology online casinos overtaking the old online casinos?
As the online casino indust...Published: 06 May 2021 at 07:16hrs | 277 | by Staff writer
Zimbabwe inflation to fall below 55%, says RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is targeting a slide in the annual inflation to below 55% by July this year, underpinned by its disinflationary strategy that has been credited for calming m...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:47hrs | 723 | by Staff reporter
ZimSwitch partners with Visa in ZImbabwe
Zimswitch, Zimbabwe's designated national switch and clearing house, has announced that it has partnered with Visa to help enable more Zimbabweans and businesses to make and receive secure and seamles...Published: 05 May 2021 at 15:26hrs | 1003 | by Agencies
Bulawayo water points record spike in violence
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has decried the sharp increase in cases of violence at water points in Bulawayo.This was revealed yesterday following a survey conducted last...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:24hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
RBZ approves $500 million MSMEs facility
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has approved a $500 million facility for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMES) to stimulate economic growth.In a statement yesterday, the RBZ said the ...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:18hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's lands commission handling over 1 000 disputes
THE Zimbabwe Lands Commission (ZLC) says it is handling over 1 000 disputes involving farm allocations and boundary rows.The ZLC has also admitted the fast-track land reform programme created ...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:38hrs | 554 | by Staff reporter
Government starts issuing birth certificates for children born during lockdown
GOVERNMENT has started issuing birth certificates to children who were born during the Covid-19-induced lockdown and had not been captured in the national registry following the suspension of the serv...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:21hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
DJ Phuti bounces back
IN between serving the nation as Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Postal and Courier Services and Bulilima West legislator, Dingumuzi Phuti has been working on bouncing b...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:19hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa deserves 2023 re-election'
INFORMATION minister, Monica Mutsvangwa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa deserved to be reelected the country's leader in the 2023 for what she said was the incumbent's wise leadership in taming what...Published: 03 May 2021 at 17:19hrs | 1959 | by Staff reporter
Cloud computing: How this trading tech will boost the future of forex trading
As the world's largest financial market, the foreign exchange sees a daily average trading volume of $5 trillion, with price movements affected by factors such as different countries' economic growth,...Published: 03 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 442 | by Staff writer
Gugulethu Moyo is accuses Jewish museum of racism and sexism
Zimbabwean lawyer Gugulethu Moyo has abruptly resigned from her job as executive director of the Jewish History Museum/Holocaust History Center in Tucson, Arizona, in the United States, citing racism ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:33hrs | 2245 | by Staff reporter
2008 terror leader dies
ZAKA residents say they are not sorry about the recent death of a Zimbabwe National Army colonel, Christopher Rufu Mayoyo, who led a murderous terror campaign against opposition supporters in the dist...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:32hrs | 5685 | by Staff reporter
Zinwa cuts off government departments over unpaid bills
THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has disconnected water supplies to several government departments, local authorities and growth points as it seeks to recover ZW$2.1 billion in unpaid bil...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:31hrs | 680 | by Staff reporter
The paradox of Zimbabwe's rising prices and falling inflation
FOLLOWING months of scepticism over Zimbabwe's ability to achieve its targeted annual inflation rate, some of the country's leading analysts are beginning to change theirview.Now, they fee...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1198 | by Staff reporter
SA-based Mr Breeze back with new album
South Africa-based musician, Zenzo Bhekimpilo "Mr Breeze" Siziba who is known for songs, Umendo Unzima and Ntombana is preparing to release his 12th album this month. Mr Breeze said the album ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:17hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa thinks Zimbabwe economy is showing rapid growth
Zimbabwe is on a path to rapid socio-economic growth driven mainly by measures put in place to boost production, which has risen remarkably across various sectors of the economy in the last few months...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:11hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has capacity to fund its growth agenda'
Zimbabwe has the capacity to fund its growth agenda, but there is need for financial institutions and cash-rich entities such as pension funds to effectively deploy current savings, according to an ex...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:51hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has capacity to fund its growth agenda'
Zimbabwe has the capacity to fund its growth agenda, but there is need for financial institutions and cash-rich entities such as pension funds to effectively deploy current savings, according to an ex...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:10hrs | 165 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh salary increment for civil servants
GOVERNMENT will table a fresh salary increment offer for civil servants before the end of this month, making good on its promise to further review public sector earnings and follow up on last month's ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 08:06hrs | 1140 | by Staff Reporter
Workers have kept us going, says Mnangagwa
THE nascent economic rebound being witnessed in Zimbabwe, characterised by increasing industrial capacity utilisation and a stable macro-economic environment, is a product of the country's dedicated a...Published: 02 May 2021 at 07:55hrs | 289 | by Staff Reporter
Government must expeditiously engage ZIST
Zimbabwe has for a very long time been experiencing boorish governance which led to unprecedented economic abyss coupled with gross violation of human rights and other ignoble injustices manufactured ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 19:31hrs | 217 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Heath Streak apologises
ZIMBABWE cricket legend, Heath Streak has apologised for his involvement with a shadowy character that resulted in the International Cricket Council slapping him with an eight-year ban from all cricke...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe private sector vaccination takes off
While Zimbabwe has so far avoided a third wave of high levels of Covid-19 infection, public health experts stress that everyone has to stick to all the prevention measures since complacency can allow ...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:32hrs | 435 | by Staff reporter
Minister says only 6 % Zimbabweans unemployed
SMALL to Medium Enterprises minister Sithembiso Nyoni says only 6 % Zimbabweans were currently unemployed, contradicting wide claims that the country's unemployment rate was hovering above 90%....Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:35hrs | 2114 | by Staff reporter
Govt on drive to promote marginalised languages
GOVERNMENT has embarked on a nationwide drive to promote previously marginalised indigenous languages.Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema yesterday told journalists at the la...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 345 | by Staff writer
Stanbic equips Sally Mugabe Hospital
STANBIC Bank has donated equipment worth US$37 000 to Sally Mugabe Central Hospital's maternity wing.The bank also availed $2 million towards refurbishment of the wing.This initiative ...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 230 | 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 | 209 | by Staff writer
CABS and European Investment Bank unveil EUR15m COVID resilience business financing initiative
The European Investment Bank has agreed to support EUR 15 million of new long-term financing for entrepreneurs and businesses across Zimbabwe in cooperation with leading local bank CABS. The first eve...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 18:31hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Strategy to revive Bulawayo in the works
BULAWAYO'S provincial strategic development plan will be driven by employment creation, industry revival and expansion as the city is geared to ensure it plays its part towards attainment of Vision 20...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:13hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Ministry compiles absentee teachers' list
The list of teachers who skipped lessons last month has been sent by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to the Public Service Commission while the list of teachers missing from their clas...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:11hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Let us stop child sacrifice
The death of a child of any age is devastating. The pain and anguish can be compounded when the death comes at the hands of another human being. Parents and family members can face many complicated is...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 11:18hrs | 499 | by Heaven Munyuki
Stanbic resuscitates Sally Mugabe Hospital maternity theatre
Leading financial services institution, Stanbic Bank has purchased equipment to resuscitate operating procedures in theatre number 1 at the maternity wing, and also refurbished its recovery room at Sa...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 10:16hrs | 534 | by Agencies
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