Bulawayo24 News - Skyes! "it makes perfect sense"

CZI urges businesses to align prices with deflationary trend

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has called on local businesses to review and adjust their pricing structures to reflect the country's ongoing dec

Published: 05 Nov 2025 at 16:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

Hope for lower inflation in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate could fall by half by the end of 2025, helped by a steadier local currency and strong gold prices, according to a new report fr

Published: 05 Nov 2025 at 16:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Music should inspire, not corrupt

Music has always been a universal language - healing, teaching and uplifting communities across generations. In Zimbabwe, it remains one of the most powerful avenues for youth expression and empowerment. Yet, amid this artistic vibrancy, a…

Published: 03 Nov 2025 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe inflation plummets

Zimbabwe's annual inflation dropped sharply to 32,7 percent in October 2025, down from 82,7 percent in September, marking one of the steepest slowdowns in recent years as the effects of the 2024 currency devaluation fade and the ZiG contin…

Published: 03 Nov 2025 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZiG inflation plunges by 5000 basis points to 32,7%

Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate measured in Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) fell sharply to 32,7% in October, down from 82,7% in September, despite little movement in the exchange rate and persistently high consumer prices - a development analysts sa…

Published: 29 Oct 2025 at 05:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Govt to absorb 22,000 Community Health Workers into civil service

Zimbabwe will integrate 22,000 Community Health Workers (CHWs) into the civil service by the end of the year as part of efforts to strengthen primary health care amid dwindling donor support, Health and Child Care Minister Dr. Douglas Momb…

Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Inflation slowdown boosts confidence in ZiG stability

Zimbabwe recorded a marked slowdown in price growth in August, strengthening government claims that currency reforms are beginning to stabilise the economy, despite year-on-year inflation remaining high.Data released by the Zimbabwe Nation…

Published: 28 Aug 2025 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe inflation surges to 95.8%

Zimbabwe's inflationary strain deepened in July, with annual inflation accelerating to 95.8%, up from 92.5% in June, underlining the fragility of the country's monetary framework despite tighter policies and a broadly stable exchange rate.…

Published: 31 Jul 2025 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's July inflation shows mixed trends

The latest inflation figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) for July 2025 show a modest rise in prices for goods and services measured in both the United States Dollar (USD) and Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), with nota…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 18:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe central bank reports drop in inflation

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has expressed cautious optimism about the country's economic trajectory, citing encouraging signs in inflation control, exchange rate stability, and foreign currency inflows. The outlook was contained in …

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 10:11hrs | | by Staff reporter

RBZ applauds declining inflation

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has lauded the continued decline in monthly inflation as a key indicator of growing economic stability, with both local and foreign currency-denominated prices showing positive trends.According to the Zim…

Published: 03 Jun 2025 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZiG inflation rises to 92%

Zimbabwe's annual inflation measured in the local currency (ZiG) surged to 92.1% in May 2025, up from April's 85.7%, signaling growing challenges for the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in containing the rising cost of living, Business Time…

Published: 31 May 2025 at 14:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's inflation surges to 11.6% in January 2025

Zimbabwe's weighted month-on-month inflation rate surged by 10.5 percentage points in January 2025, reaching 11.6 percent from 1.1 percent in December 2024, according to figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat)…

Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's central bank claims success in stabilising rate and inflation

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced significant progress in stabilising the country's exchange rate and inflation following a series of monetary policy interventions, including a cumulative injection of US$150 million into the…

Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 14:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Parliament turns heat on Mthuli Ncube

LEGISLATORS have taken Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube to task over the galloping inflation and the crumbling local currency, which they say has eroded salaries of government workers.The parliamentarians' anger comes…

Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe macroeconomic priorities for 2023

Zimbabwe's treasury department presented a ZW$4.5 trillion budget (21% of 2021 GDP) for the 2023 fiscal year. The budget roughly translates to US$5.3 billion if the market exchange rate is used. As is the case over the past 10 years, reven…

Published: 15 Dec 2022 at 23:53hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma

Chiwenga says inflated prices delaying budget disbursement

VICE-PRESIDENT and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga says some government departments are overpricing goods and services, a situation that has resulted in delayed disbursement of funds to line ministries.Chiwenga gave an example where a…

Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe inflation tumbles to 3,5%?

ZIMBABWE'S month-on-month inflation rate has drastically dropped to 3,5 percent in September, shedding 8,9 percentage points on the August rate of 12,4 percent as price stability persists across the market in response to Government measure…

Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's high inflation forecast to plunge to 3%?

ZIMBABWE's month-on-month inflation rate is expected to fall to three percent by year-end while the annual rate is seen dropping below 100 percent on the back of monetary and fiscal interventions the Government is implementing.Official dat…

Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe inflation on downward spiral?

The introduction of gold coins and a review of payment methods for suppliers of goods and services, particularly those undertaking major national infrastructure projects, is expected to see a decline in monthly inflation for the foreseeabl…

Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

'6,4m Zimbabweans living in extreme poverty'

THE latest World Bank report indicates that 6,4 million Zimbabweans are living on less than US$1,90 a day.The report is based on the multilateral institution's Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP), an interactive computational tool that a…

Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter

Inflation is now eating into our salaries

WE are all aware that the cost of living is rising and that people are struggling financially. Not everyone is able to define the word inflation properly but they understand that rising prices are no longer matching the cost of living and …

Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Emmanuel Zvada

Police recover hundreds of stolen cattle in Shanyawugwe and Makhado

GWANDA police have launched a blitz targeting cattle rustlers who have been terrorising farmers in the district.In the past weeks, farmers who lost their cattle managed to locate some of their livestock's in Shanyawugwe and Makhado near Be…

Published: 28 Sep 2021 at 20:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

RBZ still optimistic about low inflation

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr John Mangudya, remains confident authorities will be able to maintain a lid on prices to curtail potential relapse into runaway inflation, following worrying increases in December and January. The mont…

Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

For economy to take off, we must take air out of inflation

What is inflation and why must we get it under control? What has been going wrong, and how are we putting things right? As an Economics Professor, its important I first explain the basics. In Zimbabwe, like any other economy, goods and ser…

Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 23:22hrs | | by Prof Mthuli Ncube

Zimbabwe to face inflationary spirals

In order to maintain a sustainable purchasing power equal to the rising cost of living reflected by a Consumer Price Index (CPI), a taxable salary or wage must increase faster than the increase in the CPI itself. This will result in after-…

Published: 26 Jan 2018 at 07:54hrs | 455 | by George Musvovi

The other side of Zimbabwe's high inflation

On September 30 2010, I was part of thousands of people who attended the 20th First Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony at Sanders Theatre at Harvard University in USA.The Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded for achievements that first make people laugh and t…

Published: 28 Aug 2013 at 06:11hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani

'Zim inflation was 500,000,000,000% when I became FM,' says Biti

Wananchi, I said my farewells to the staff at the Ministry of Finance.Zimbabwe's greatest asset is its people, when they work together as a team for the national good. In that regard they do not come any better than the men and women in Bl…

Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 13:37hrs | 3440 | by Tendai Biti

Zimbabwe coins document inflation

Zimbabwe set a dubious world record for highest currency denomination when, in 2009, it issued bank notes in the astronomical value of 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollars. By the time this Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe note was being released, local …

Published: 21 Jun 2011 at 18:18hrs | 1479 | by Richard Giedroyc

UK inflation rate is now higher than Zimbabwe's

ItâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ‘Â¢s true. Annual inflation in Zim is now three per cent, whereas the UK rate âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ„Ãº even if we take the lowest measure, CPI âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ„Ãº is four per cent (hat-tip, zerohedge). In reality, of course, t…

Published: 17 Mar 2011 at 19:24hrs | 1413 | by Daniel Hannan

Search / Inflation

BCC warns of flash floods

Zimbabwe cuts dairy imports by 20%

Ex-drug addicts for national youth service

Prophet Magaya says detention was unconstitutional

King 'Munhumutapa' convicted

Doctor arrested over alleged mutoriro use

Zimbabwe health sector hit by 14,000 vacancies

$150 Special Presidential bonus hit accounts today

Mnangagwa's so-called 'empowerment projects' are destroying Zimbabwe's economy

All roads lead to Bulawayo this weekend for Solusi University's 29th graduation ceremony

Greyhound racing's online comeback - Can the whistle blow again?

Chivhayo applauds Mnangagwa's 'Open for Business' drive after Dangote deal

How to start betting online in Zimbabwe: A step-by-step guide for 2026

Mbare councillor flees angry vendors, touts

Ramaphosa in another diplomatic setback

Signed, sealed, and delivered US$1 billion

Zanu-PF sets up inquiry into Mashonaland corruption

Prophet Magaya allegedly fathered child with rape victim

Zimsec dispels reports of exam irregularities

Mukoyi 'evicts' Mwonzora from Harvest House

Harare, Lusaka seek reset as Hichilema visits Zimbabwe

Zimsec's examination disaster

Dangote has renewed confidence in Zimbabwe

Mafume: Man with a job to do or harbinger of 'post-opposition' politics?

Ibbo Mandaza speaks out after bomb attack

Prophet Magaya remains in prison

Malunga defends Fuzwayo amid 'sellout' storm

Elderly women protest naked in Mashonaland

'Mugabe was bad, this is worse'

Dangote arrives in Zimbabwe

Tagwirei backs ED2030 plan

Zimra registers 100,000 new taxpayers

BCC grapples with severe water loss

Mudenda's Call for more tollgates in Matebeleland sparks outrage

More rains for the Southern region in December

Mnangagwa launches empowerment fund for Zanu-PF wings

Former Zanu-PF MP arrested

NPA goes soft on Chimombe, Mpofu properties

ZIFA's Expansion Plans Are a Dangerous Distraction from Zimbabwe's Football Collapse

Honda Fit overtaking attempt ends in bloody crash

Zimbabwe's new political order: 'Lickocracy'

Mnangagwa initiates Tribunal to probe Justice Never Katiyo

Marisha Beerhall to be turned into an Innovation Techno Centre

Murechu wants to be Nkulumane MP

ZANU-PF Heavyweights Jostle for Tagwirei's Favor, Hijack Inter-District Events

Fugitive Chinese national accused of smear campaign after fleeing Zimbabwe theft charges

ZANU-PF youths hail Tagwirei's co-option as ‘Economic Relief' for party and nation

Prophet Magaya granted US$3,000 bail

Tagwirei's political star rises

2 students abducted during SRC election campaigns, says Zinasu

Ramaphosa in another diplomatic setback

Prophet Magaya allegedly fathered child with rape victim

Chivhayo applauds Mnangagwa's 'Open for Business' drive after Dangote deal

Zimbabwean woman dies at South African hospital; neglected due to her nationality

Zimbabwe is at peace, says Mnangagwa

Mnangagwa's so-called 'empowerment projects' are destroying Zimbabwe's economy

The harder the Zimbabwe regime pushes citizens into believing economy improving the more unbelievable they sound!

Zimbabwe road carnage claiming 5 people every day

Signed, sealed, and delivered US$1 billion

Ibbo Mandaza speaks out after bomb attack

News Team

Advertising