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Zimbabwe railways revival is long overdue
For decades, the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has been a shadow of its former self, crippled by chronic underinvestment, mismanagement, and neglect. Despite its critical role in the country's e...Published: 06 Jun 2025 at 12:07hrs | 129 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe kisses Trump ass on tariffs war?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent move to suspend all tariffs on United States goods in a bid to win favour with the Trump administration has been publicly ridiculed, as U.S. President Donald Trum...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:16hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
'Buy Zimbabwe' won't work until local products meet quality standards
To "Buy Zimbabwe" or not to buy Zimbabwe - that is the question! The recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Buy Zimbabwe and the Content Creators Association of Zimbabwe signa...Published: 12 Mar 2025 at 22:18hrs | 1182 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Is the Buy Zimbabwe campaign a flop?
The Buy Zimbabwe Campaign, launched over a decade ago, was designed to promote locally manufactured goods and services, reduce the trade deficit, and bolster economic growth. While the campaign's obje...Published: 20 Sep 2024 at 11:48hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
OK Zimbabwe says 70% of goods they sell are local
OK Zimbabwe, the country's biggest supermarket chain, says local goods still dominate its shelves despite the government opening up the borders to grocery imports.CEO Max Karombo says up to 70...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga implores fair pricing model
Zimbabwean manufacturers must produce quality products to ensure Zimbabwean consumers make local products their first choice, and must give those consumers value for money, with prices reflecting the ...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Nust sets up factories
PLASTIC container making, honey and fruit processing factories have been established at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) as the institution angles to play a critical role in Bu...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt races towards Deka timelines
TRUCKLOADS of a massive consignment of pipes and key equipment for the US$48,1 million Deka Pipeline Project continue to be delivered in Hwange as Government races to ensure the March 2023 implementat...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa condemns superiority complexes
AS the continent celebrates Africa Day today, President Mnangagwa has condemned injustices, superiority complexes, and xenophobic elements dogging the world.In a pre-recorded speech to mark Af...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt throws industry under the bus
THE decision by the government to open up importation of basic commodities by citizens together with a six month suspension of duty on various products will have a damaging impact on the revival of th...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt throws its weight behind Buy Zimbabwe
GOVERNMENT will complement the efforts by Buy Zimbabwe to promote growth and competitiveness in the country's local industry, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said.Speaking at the 11th editio...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared stiff of Chamisa, Hichilema relationship
IN the aftermath of the rise of Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) and its "yellow wave" from the ashes of the now defunct MDC-Alliance and Zambian...Published: 13 Feb 2022 at 20:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Treasury focussed on inflation, Zimdollar
TREASURY says it remains focused on reducing inflation and stabilising the exchange rate in its quest to achieve full macroe-conomic stability and attain the Government's medium term targets.I...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar's second death seen as only a matter of time
When Zimbabwean businessman Nigel Chanakira asked 100 chief executive officers at a seminar in Harare on January 27 if they were willing to use the local currency, only one raised his hand.Tha...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 16:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ rules out interbank rate
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ruled out using an interbank-driven exchange rate, saying a rate determined at the foreign currency auction system would remain in force.An interbank rat...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt to address business constraints
GOVERNMENT will deal decisively with any bottlenecks in the business environment to ensure the private sector operates effectively and efficiently in efforts to turnaround the economy, Vice President ...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 19:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Buy Zimbabwe in campaign to promote local goods
Buy Zimbabwe is running a promotion next week to sensitise the public on the importance of buying locally-produced products and services and its impact to the economy.The "Buy Zimbabwe Week", ...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 16:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Viral message on Zimbabwe civil servants trips to SA is fake
PUBLIC Service minister Paul Mavima yesterday admitted that civil servants could not afford locally made products and recommended that government sponsors them to buy cheaper goods in neighbouring Sou...Published: 13 Sep 2021 at 06:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Youths to kickout Zanu-PF
If Zambian youths did it so can Zimbabwean youths, they went in their numbers to vote for change and reshape the future of their beloved country in the recently ended Presidential elections. Opp...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 09:11hrs | 3 | by Prince Njagu
Inefficient auction system dragging economic recovery
Zimbabwe has managed to turnaround and achieve double digit annual inflation from a periodic high of 838% realized in July 2020 to 56% achieved in July 2021. The redollarization of the local economy a...Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 15:57hrs | 3 | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa drives Buy Zimbabwe campaign
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was awarded the Buy Zimbabwe Champion of the Decade Award for utmost dedication to the cause of promoting the production and consumption of local products at the organisat...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube may massage his ego, and praise-worship his master, but Zimbabweans know that nothing has improved for them
I am one of those people who find immense joy and pleasure from reading, especially immeasurable delight in continually acquiring new knowledge everyday - but, when I set my eyes on a recent article b...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 16:14hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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 incr...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:29hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants salary talks inconclusive
Government and unions representing civil servants adjourned negotiations to later this week after yesterday's discussions on salaries, wages and other employment terms. Public Service Commissi...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry demands complete reforms
ZIMBABWE'S industry has proposed a raft of far-reaching reforms to be incorporated in Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's 2021 national budget, including the abolishment of subsidies.In its propos...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 06:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Recession, Zim Dollar return and Economic Outlook
As the country enters the last half of the year and warms up to the re-introduction of the Zimbabwean Dollar, it is now evident that the economy is swiftly sliding into a recession. In 2018, the econo...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 12:20hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe's new currency: What does it all mean?
FEW things fill a Zimbabwean with fear and dread more than the word "Zimdollar". So, it was no surprise that the news Zimbabwe had declared the RTGS the sole local currency, one more step in the count...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by newZWire
Mnangagwa to lead buy local indaba
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will meet business executives from across the country at this year's 2019 annual Buy Zimbabwe Summit to be held in Bulawayo next week. Proceedings will be held at the Zimba...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Exporters must invest in trademark protection'
Zimbabwean exporters must invest in trademark protection in order to compete in the region, the country's industry body has said.Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) deputy president Wal...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube speaks about adopting the rand by Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the possibility of his country either adopting the SA rand as its main currency of trade - alongside its local unit, the RTGS dollar - or joining the rand...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by TimesLive
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 22:55hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Redefining the role of government in an economy
The Zimbabwean economy has over the years been largely dominated by the government as the law maker, the regulator, business owner (competitor/supplier), consumer, financier and tax collector at the s...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:28hrs | | by Victor Bhoroma
Mnangagwa squandered global goodwill over Mugabe ouster
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has squandered the international and local goodwill which followed the November 2017 ouster of predecessor Robert Mugabe.This was said by MDC vice pre...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 09:14hrs | | by newzimbabwe
'Mnangagwa's policies should promote use of local goods'
Government should promote policies that stimulate individual and corporate consumption of locally produced goods and services, Buy Zimbabwe chairman Dr Anxious Masuka has said.This development...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
A review of Zimbabwe's trade performance in 2018
ZIMBABWE's exports have been on a steady growth path throughout the year but imports rose at a much even faster pace. In this piece, NewsDay's Mthandazo Nyoni looks at how the country has fared in the...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe start-up targets foreign market
A Zimbabwean start-up, Flexi Africa, has set up an online trade platform which links local vendors to international markets.Flexi Africa chief executive Gerald Nyamadzawo told Standardbusiness...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe festive season shaping up well
In a development that bodes well for the festive season, retailers say they are now operating at near full capacity after a turbulent few weeks which saw panicking Zimbabweans besieging supermarkets f...Published: 19 Nov 2018 at 12:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buy Zimbabwe sings imports tune
BUY Zimbabwe says all stakeholders must co-operate and ensure that the supply of goods and services return to normalcy in the country following the suspension of import restriction measures.Go...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nothing wrong in principle with 2% electronic transfer tax
"In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes," observed presciently Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), one of the founding fathers of the United States, who was both a philoma...Published: 06 Oct 2018 at 09:14hrs | 3 | by Conway Tutani
Turning dream of a $10bn budget into reality
IT is now 24 days to D-Day - the day of democracy, when we all go to a polling station and at the cost of about $50 each (the cost of an election in Zimbabwe) we are asked to appoint our next batch of...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Eddie Cross
Mnangagwa to officiate at Buy Zimbabwe Summit
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially open the 8th Buy Zimbabwe Summit that will be held in Gweru starting tomorrow.Buy Zimbabwe is a lobby group that advocates procurement of loca...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimdollar is the solution to economic stabilisation'
ECONOMIC consultant Nqobizitha Dube has called for the re-introduction of the local currency saying that was the only road to economic stabilisation.Dube made the remarks at the Alpha Media Ho...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rand adoption calls: Biti seeking relevance
This week People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Tendai Biti presented what he termed the state of the economy address at his offices in Harare. One of the issues that he raised was the proposed adop...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mugabe's new-look team fast running out of time
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other key economic stakeholders have urged President Robert Mugabe's new-look Cabinet to quickly deal with the economy, which is now threatened with the retur...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's trade deficit narrows
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit narrowed by 14,5 percent (US$98 million) to US$576 million in the first three months of the year from the same period a year earlier, as exports jumped 15,7 percent to US$724 ...Published: 28 May 2017 at 09:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra blasts profiteering businesses
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has accused some businesses of frustrating economic growth through high mark-ups and backed calls to review the country's production cost structure so as...Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has over-valued US$ exchange rate
Zimbabwe has an over-valued exchange rate against the United States dollar and other major economies due to the singular usage of the greenback, economists have said, while pushing for the adoptio...Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plastic money spurs Christmas spending
MORE than 80 percent of retail transactions during the festive season were conducted through plastic money with more than 4 000 Point of Sale Machines added in December alone.Confederation...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
100% cashless economy for Zimbabwe?
There is too much speculation going on right now in Zimbabwe around the uncertainty concerning the introduction of bond notes and what that will mean for the future of Zimbabwe's economy.While...Published: 11 Nov 2016 at 11:38hrs | | by Donald Mudenge
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