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Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows to US$137,7 million
Zimbabwe's trade deficit shrank to US$137.7 million in October 2024, marking a 34.3% decrease from the US$209.5 million recorded in September. This positive trend is attributed to a significant growth...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:33hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
Arsenal Steadily Closing the Gap with Manchester City: Reasons for the Gunners' Successful Development
In the world of English football, a captivating story is unfolding. Arsenal, once a great club that endured years of stagnation, is rising again, challenging Manchester City's hegemony. This process, ...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 19:05hrs | 428 | by Staff Reporter
Zimplats narrows down costs
Zimplats narrowed down costs in the quarter to end June although it is still investing in capital projects such as a solar power plant that is due for commissioning and a concentrator project....Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 14:06hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
'Rains too late to stop Zimbabwe hunger'
A FAMINE monitoring agency says recent rains may have done little to avert a hunger crisis next year as indications show that over a million people are in need of food aid.The prolonged El Nin...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Colourful place names of Rhodesia and their origin
THE TRACING of place names in a country in Africa can be both fascinating and frustrating. One must know – or quickly learn – something about history, about geography and the origins of word...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | 50 | by Phillippa Berlyn with some amendments by Tony Tanser
Draconian PVO Bill passed, shrinking democratic space to a singularity point. CCC will participate in 2023, regardless. Why?
"Zimbabwe democratic space narrows ahead of 2023 polls" screamed the Bulawayo24 article!"In December alone, critical developments that undermine democracy have unfolded. Most notably, th...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 19:14hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe democratic space narrows ahead of 2023 polls
AS Zimbabwe inches closer to the 2023 general election, the democratic space is narrowing as authoritarian rule takes a toll on the political opposition and civil society.In December alone, cr...Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar, US dollar exchange rate cleavage narrows
THE narrowing of the gap between parallel market and official exchange rates from an elevated level of 140 percent in May to current levels of between five percent and 15 percent is a significant move...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Contractors race to meet Lake Gwayi-Shangani deadline
A SYMPHONY of massive flood lights illuminates the sky at night at the construction site of the gigantic Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Hwange District in Matabeleland North province.The clangour of t...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's trade deficit narrows
Zimbabwe recorded a sharp decline in trade deficit in January this year after exports surged modestly compared to the prior month, December 2021, official statistics show.In January 2022 Zimba...Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ncube rules out dollarisation
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has ruled out dollarisation even as the situation on the ground shows that the economy is self-dollarising as the local currency slides and prices of basic goods and serv...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's curse of one step forward, two steps back
As the curtain comes down on the year, one cannot be blamed for being at sea as to the direction Zimbabwe is taking, considering the contrasting indicators of both progression and regression.O...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 18:57hrs | 8 | by Nigel Nyamutumbu
China Bank dumps plan to fund Zimbabwe’s US$3b coal power plant
CHINA'S biggest bank has dumped plans to fund a $3 billion coal-fired power plant in Zimbabwe, in a blow to a two-decade effort to develop the project, according to a coalition of 32 environmental gro...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Floods alert as rivers rise
TSHOLOTSHO District is on high alert for floods as water levels in the Gwayi and Khami rivers are rising at an alarming speed. With the Meteorological Services Department predicting more rains...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trade deficit narrows 62%
ZIMBABWE recorded a trade deficit of $605 million between February and July this year, down 62% compared to the same period last year.Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimSta...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Controversy over MPs vehicles
An uproar has erupted in Parliament with some legislators questioning the rationale behind being limited to purchase vehicles from only two suppliers, a situations the lawmakers argue "narrows their c...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows by 71%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit narrowed by 71% to $325 million between February and May this year, with analysts attributing the decline to foreign currency shortages as well as a drop in the budget deficit...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe can't pay for imports, narrows trade deficit
Zimbabwe's trade deficit has narrowed to $332m for the five months to May as the southern African country battles to pay for key imports such as electricity and fuel. According to latest figur...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 21:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hungry lions hoovering around to devour Nyaminyami RDC response
I am Mwiimpu Hanjeleha of Monze, Zambia. I read the above story in your news online. I have been serving in the NGOs sector in that district. The persons being attacked in that piece I know them total...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Mwiimpu Hanjeleha
A lot of US dollar buyers, but no sellers over low rate set by RBZ
Zimbabwe's new currency will be backed up with fiscal discipline, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said on Monday, adding that the government would allow the RTGS dollar to fluctuate but would manage exc...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by ZimLive
Transformation: Imparting depth to the economy
Last week closed on a very good note.First, Government announced the much-awaited Diamond Policy.This new policy protects the National Interest, while meeting the expectations of the K...Published: 09 Dec 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa
Trade deficit narrows to $127m
Zimbabwe's negative trade balance narrowed markedly in August this year, falling 42 percent to $127,2 million on the back of strong growth in exports, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) said in its mo...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Knox Mutizwa wins August Goal of the Month award
Golden Arrows striker Knox Mutizwa has been handed the Absa Premiership Goal of the Month award for August.The Zimbabwean striker's cracking strike against Maritzburg United on the opening wee...Published: 05 Nov 2018 at 17:46hrs | | by kickoff
John McCain dies at 81
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam who ran for president in 2008 as a self-styled maverick Republican and became a prominent critic of President Donald Trump, d...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 07:17hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Nuisance campaign messages
RECENTLY, we discussed privacy and data protection within the context of the voters' roll and certain events of the past week appear to have confirmed some peoples' worst fears. Zanu-PF sent election ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:48hrs | | by Miriam Tose Majome
Buhera's game changer
THE vision of providing multi-purpose water to thousands of people in rural and peri-urban segments of Buhera is close to becoming a reality as physical progress at Marowanyati Dam has reached 47 perc...Published: 18 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police action on Dzamara smacks of hypocrisy
Three years ago, activist Itai Dzamara was abducted and the police seemed to be lackadaisical in their investigations to finding him.The police were ordered by the High Court to give regular u...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
No to fresh farm occupations, says Shiri
Government is pushing the issuance of 99-year leases and will not tolerate fresh farm occupations to ensure Command Agriculture succeeds as envisaged under Zim-Asset, a Cabinet minister has said....Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 00:42hrs | | 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
ZDP strategy on ending corruption in Zimbabwe
Beginning of this week Professor Jonathan Moyo issued a statement in which he stated intention to take legal action against several government officials and institutions including the Zimbabwe Ant...Published: 04 Nov 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Tsungi Zambuko
ZDP strategy on ending corruption in Zimbabwe
Beginning of this week Professor Jonathan Moyo issued a statement in which he stated intention to take legal action against several government officials and institutions including the Zimbabwe Anti-Co...Published: 03 Nov 2016 at 13:21hrs | | by Tsungi Zambuko
Mugabe's plane movements used as barometer for his health
It is an indirect clue at best, but it is often all they can get: Many Zimbabweans have taken to divining the state of their increasingly frail 92-year-old leader's health from the movements of his pr...Published: 07 Sep 2016 at 10:14hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono and Norimitsu Onishi | New York Times |
Dawning soon! Zimbabweans have turned Negativity into Positivity
Take pride to be Zimbabwean oh Dear Great people! Be proud to be part of a Nation that continues to prove itself amongst great Nations of the World. Raise your self-esteem where ever you are and h...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 11:19hrs | | by Ryton Dzimiri
Open Letter to Morgan Tsvangirai and Co
Let the people chose their candidates - They deserve it.From my simple and primitive understanding - Democracy is a means for the people to choose their leaders and to hold their leaders ...Published: 01 Jul 2013 at 14:36hrs | | by Ocean Kunene
Zimbabwe's last chance
SADC leaders meet in South Africa for what is expected to be one of the final conflict management stages of the Zimbabwean crisis at which the long-awaited adoption of a process, with indelible bench...Published: 10 Jun 2011 at 08:30hrs | | by MDC
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