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Zimbabwe names more illicit drinks
The Government has announced a sweeping ban on a range of dangerous alcoholic beverages through Statutory Instrument (S.I.) No. 62 of 2025, invoking the Harmful Liquids Act to combat the growing threa...Published: 13 Jun 2025 at 06:24hrs | 1342 | by Staff reporter
Why Transparency International’s flagship Corruption Index falls short
For nearly 20 years, Transparency International has published a Corruption Perceptions Index that ranks countries (176 last year) according to how corrupt they are perceived to be by a small group of ...Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 09:54hrs | 246 | by Alex Cobham
Zupco to import spare parts for 100 grounded buses
Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) CEO George Chigora has revealed plans to import spare parts for 100 grounded buses, as the public transporter seeks to revitalize its fleet and improve servi...Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 08:26hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
BCC conducts over 15 000 building inspections in 2024
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has conducted over 15,000 building inspections this year, approving all submitted plans and issuing 310 occupation certificates to residents. This announcement was made...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Starlink goes live in Zimbabwe, unlimited internet price at $50 per month
SpaceX's broadband satellite internet service, Starlink, is now available in Zimbabwe for US$50 a month, plus US$350 for a setup kit, the company said on its website.Several local companies ha...Published: 07 Sep 2024 at 16:02hrs | 2886 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in destructive gold mining
THE once-pristine and picturesque Boterekwa escarpment in Shurugwi, Midlands province, now stands as a haunting monument to the ravages of human exploitation and destructive gold mining activities by ...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:51hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime doing the work of US sanctions in Zimbabwe!
My own views on this sanctions issue have always been that we needed to prove these measures were the cause of our suffering. I have never denied that there have been targeted sanctions impose...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 23:01hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa not a game-changer but merely going in circles
So the ZANU PF regime is exceedingly delighted over the US$1.5 billion Manhize steel project in Mvuma!The Zimbabwe government can not tell ...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:13hrs | 20 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
US$11m LP gas depot complete
GAS supplies are now more assured with the operationalisation of the first phase of the US$11 million liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage and handling facility with a holding capacity of 650 tonnes ...Published: 30 Nov 2023 at 06:51hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zesa plans to connect 3 million rural households
ZESA plans to connect at least three million rural households in Zimbabwe over the next four years via solar-energy home kits as well as grid connections where possible to support the major catch-up i...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Uncle Sam lacks moral authority to lecture on democracy
ON Thursday 29 June, President Mnangagwa addressed a gathering of small scale miners where he emphasised his Government's support to the most productive sectors of the economy. He told the min...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Ranga Mataire
13 distressed Zimbabwe firms rescued
Testifying to its commitment to tangible deliverables aimed at transforming the livelihoods of the people, the Second Republic, under the stewardship of President Mnangagwa, has resuscitated 13 previo...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Farmers defend raw sugar price increase
Small-scale sugarcane farmers, who supply 45 percent of raw sugar in Zimbabwe, have defended the new price of the commodity after Gold Star suspended production at its refinery in Harare this week cit...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Causes of food inflation in Zimbabwe
The World Bank recently released a report of the countries hardest hit by food inflation in the world. Zimbabwe tops that list with food inflation of 353% in the month of August 2022, beating Lebanon ...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 00:11hrs | 20 | by Victor Bhoroma
Southern African power crisis stems from post-liberation history
THE electrical power crisis that has enveloped southern Africa has its roots in our post-liberation history. Prior to that, the utilities created by the States of southern Africa exhibited considerabl...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Infertility: The Cindrella of Reproductive Health
Our hearts melted with joy when we saw a recent article from Healthtimes which stated that Zimbabwe will soon have a low cost public IVF centre that will ...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 14:24hrs | 3 | by Heaven Munyuki
Zimbabwe exporters object to latest forex electricity tariff
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has requested an urgent electricity tariff meeting between exporters, energy bodies and the Government to clarify several operational issues emanating fr...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Tharisa begins $391 million Zimbabwe platinum mine build
South Africa's Tharisa Plc plans to spend $391 million on developing a 194,000 ounce per year platinum group metal (PGM) mine in Zimbabwe, chief executive Phoevos Pouroulis said on Wednesday.T...Published: 13 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
200 000 graves cemetery for Bulawayo
BULAWAYO is set to have a 200 000-capacity cemetery which is expected to address the burial space shortage which has been haunting the city in recent years.The project is being implemented as ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The importance of parastatals
WHEN State-managed institutions work well they are often not recognised or rewarded and are taken for granted. When they fail, everyone suffers the consequences.At independence in 1980, 40% of...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Eddie Cross
High density areas to allow double storeys
THE Government will have a policy in place at the end of this year that allows development of double storey housing in the high density residential areas as part of efforts to narrow demand for low co...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Above normal rainfall forecast
Most parts of Southern Africa are expected to have normal to above-normal rainfall in the coming summer cropping season, especially the southern and central areas, which include Zimbabwe.The l...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zesa switches off top officials, police in blitz
TOP government officials, critical security establishments, including police stations and ministry departments, were left in the dark last week after the country's power utility, Zesa, switched them o...Published: 10 Aug 2022 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police break up 'political' prayer meeting... arrest 36 worshippers
POLICE yesterday stormed into a prayer meeting in Harare and arrested at-least 36 church members, claiming the gathering was political.They were arrested at the Dutch Reformed Church building ...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New app to aide e-education exhibited at ZITF
A Zimbabwean based Spring Hub Publishing Company (SHPC)is showcasing an application at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF)....Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 18:29hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
No hope for Batoka 50 years on
THE 2 400 megawatts (MW) Batoka Hydroelectric Power Station Project has come under the spotlight, with Zesa Holding executive chairman Sydney Gata explaining several missteps that have held back the p...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
BCC smart city project on
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) will this year expedite the implementation of its smart city programme which it hopes to complete by 2024.This strategy, which was boosted by the visit of BCC o...Published: 07 Jan 2022 at 19:40hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Bankers plan to establish a new financial behemoth
ON 3 September 2021, The NewsHawks exclusively published a story that government, bankers and investors, including local business tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei, are working on a plan to create the bigges...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 17:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
LLC vs Corporation: A state comparison
Recent statistics show that the total of active Limited Liability Companies in the state of Florida totaled to around 1,971,0...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 10:00hrs | 13 | by Staff Writer
Caledonia splurges US$4m on Zimbabwe gold mine
DUAL-LISTED resources giant, Caledonia Mining Corporation is set to buy Pan African Mining's Maligreen goldfields near Gweru to develop its second bullion assets in two decades.The asset is wo...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Govt urged to prioritise e-Learning in marginalised areas
NKAYI-Learners, teachers and parents in Nkayi have implored the government to prioritise marginalised communities under its much vaunted e-Learning Strategy. This comes hard on the heels of an e-learn...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The Mauritius example on economic development
Mauritius is ranked by the World Economic Forum as the most competitive economy in Sub-Saharan Africa and high income country with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of US$12,740 (Sub-Saharan Af...Published: 19 Jun 2021 at 08:48hrs | 4 | by Port Louis Riverfront, Mauritius
Using a gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo! an unprofessional in business
HAVING attended the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) 2021 with 7 000 top security professionals from around the world, one of the issues raised was the issue of using free email...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 07:35hrs | 13 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Using a gmail, Hotmail or Yahoo! Is an Unprofessional manner of portraying your business.
Having attended the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) 2021 with 7,000 top security professionals from around the world. One of the issues raised was the issue of using free email...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 15:44hrs | 5 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe Red Cross Society commemorates International Nurses Day
The Zimbabwe Red Cross Society, ZRCS, will be joining the rest of the world in commemorating International Nurses Day as we celebrate our dedicated nurses and other health care workers on the frontlin...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1 | 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 | | 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 | 13 | by Staff writer
Excessive taxation driving fuel prices up
On the 5th of April, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) announced new pump price ceilings for fuel on the local market. The maximum pump price for Diesel is now ZW$111.77 per litre, up fr...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
NMBZ realises $705 million pre-tax profit
NMBZ Holdings realised a profit before taxation of ZWL 705 414 282 last year, in what the group's chairman, Mr Ben Chikwanha, described as a remarkable performance, despite the difficult operating env...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:36hrs | 3 | by Agencies
Millers choke under cheap maize meal imports
GRAIN millers have appealed to government to stop imports of mealie-meal into the country, saying they had become a threat to the local milling industry.On Friday last week, Grain Millers Asso...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Imported maize-meal: Millers voice concern
Imported lower-price maize meal flooding shops in parts of Zimbabwe is a substandard product being dumped in the country, say Zimbabwean millers who want permits to import maize meal suspended with im...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taming high inflation, economic priority
Despite the significant fall in annual inflation from 363% (In January) to 322% for the month of February 2021, prices for goods and services in the economy continue to increase marginally in every mo...Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 22:31hrs | 1 | by Victor Bhoroma
Warrant of arrest for Mupfumira
Warrants of arrest were issued yesterday for several bailed people before the courts, including former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira, after they failed to appear in court following the resumption ...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Huawei partners NetOne to launch mobile broadband services
Leading global provider of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and infrastructure, Huawei, has partnered local telecommunications service provider NetOne, to improve Zimbabwe's ICT techno...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cyberocracy: from prospects to reality?
Implications for Political Communication and Digital Diplomacy for Zimbabwe and the Developing WorldIn 1992, David Ronfieldt writing for the RAND Corpo...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:32hrs | 20 | by Taurai Mutoti
Afro-Sino economic relations in the 21st Century: Mixed Reactions and Misinterpretations
The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National U...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:21hrs | 21 | by Livingstone Kazizi
Zimbabwe govt is robbing gold miners
AN intricate web of Zimbabwean State firms and agencies are being used as government conduits to buy gold from artisanal miners at a song thereby impoverishing thousands of people who have turned to b...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
The advantages of outsourcing production
Production requirements can be fulfilled entirely in-house. However, the company can need additional resources if there are changes in demand or production capacity. Outsourcing is an organiza...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Mupfumira's bid to relax reporting conditions flops
Former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira had a bad day in court yesterday after her application to have her reporting conditions relaxed was thrown out because the lower court has no jurisdiction to a...Published: 27 Oct 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opens airports to international flights
Zimbabwe officially opened its airports to international flights yesterday with five airlines resuming services into the country and the Zimbabwean authorities ready to enforce the new testing and pub...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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