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Zimbabwe's Chamber of Commerce calls for 'Marshal Plan'

Zimbabwe's retail and wholesale industry has lost an estimated US$3 billion in value, according to a report released this week by the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC), with business leaders warning that the country has reached …

Published: 06 Sep 2025 at 19:49hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's debt plan faces test

Zimbabwe's arrears clearance and debt resolution plan will come under renewed scrutiny as Mauritanian banker Sidi Ould Tah assumes office today as the ninth president of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).Tah secured the presidency …

Published: 01 Sep 2025 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fresh displacement looms under Tugwi-Mukosi development plan

A new wave of forced displacements is set to strike Chivi and Masvingo Rural districts, with over 17,000 people-estimated to be from 3,652 households-expected to be relocated under the Government's Tugwi-Mukosi Dam Development Masterplan.T…

Published: 02 Aug 2025 at 13:24hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter

Residents slam prepaid water meters plan

Harare residents have strongly opposed the government's plan to roll out prepaid water meters in the capital, saying the move will do little to resolve the city's deepening water crisis and instead risks becoming another profit-driven sche…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter

Tensions erupts over Harare Master Plan

Tensions erupted during a City of Harare Works and Town Planning Committee meeting today, as councillors fiercely resisted attempts by city management and consultants to push through a massive 900-page draft master plan without adequate sc…

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 19:09hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter

Ex-Zupco workers plan court action over outstanding pay

Former workers of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) have raised serious concerns over the company's failure to pay outstanding salaries, some of which date back to July last year. The disgruntled employees claim that despite wo…

Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 157 | by Staff reporter

BCC in ambitious 2034 housing plan

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has revealed an ambitious plan to construct 500,000 housing units by 2034 as part of a broader 15-year master plan aimed at addressing the city's severe housing backlog.The initiative comes in response to th…

Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:26hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter

BCC scrap support for NRZ public transport interchange plan

The Bulawayo City Council has rescinded its support for a planned public transport interchange on National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) land, which was intended to alleviate congestion in the central business district (CBD) by providing spac…

Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 07:05hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter

Zesa unveils strategy to end load-shedding

ZESA Holdings has announced a transformative strategy to eliminate load-shedding by next year and achieve universal electricity access across Zimbabwe by 2030. The plan, detailed by ZESA executive chairman Dr. Sydney Gata in an interview w…

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter

Zimplats shields US$1,8 billion expansion plan

PLATINUM giant Zimplats says the current cost-cutting initiatives aim to lessen the effect of budget cuts on its growth strategy, which includes a US$1,8 billion expansion programme.The company on Tuesday initiated a voluntary layoff exerc…

Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fast growing Zimbabwe diaspora spurs demand for funeral plans

In December 2023, Mavis Clinic Manyonga travelled to the Republic of Ireland from Zimbabwe, looking forward to spending the Christmas holidays with her daughter, Valerie Munashe Makuwe, a nurse in town of Letterkenny, in Donegal county.But…

Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 18:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Botswana backlash to Zimbabwe border plan

A proposal by Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Botswana counterpart Mokgweetsi Masisi to allow citizens to cross borders using national identity cards instead of passports has drawn heavy criticism in Botswana.Speaking at a …

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 08:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Plans to develop Zimbabwe's biggest mine near Bulawayo

Caledonia Mining is exploring options to raise US$250m to develop its Bilboes project into what could be Zimbabwe's biggest gold mine.The company, which also owns the Blanket gold mine in Zimbabwe, could raise the money via a combination o…

Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa outlines rapid and accelerated economic transformation plan

The CITIZENS government will come up with policy framework and turnaround strategy which among others includes the following:Develop demand driven policies informed by inclusive policies and inclusive politics anchored upon an inclusive di…

Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 19:54hrs | 11 | by Nelson Chamisa

TelOne lays out fresh fibre plan

STATE-OWNED telecoms operator, TelOne is seeking funding to deploy fibre network to over 100 000 homes in the next five years under the National Broadband Phase II project, as it moves to counter network vandalism.This was revealed by TelO…

Published: 01 May 2022 at 11:21hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube hits brick wall on debt clearance plan

FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube is struggling to nail down the debt clearance roadmap which has been on the table since 2015 to clear urgent US$2,3 billion in arrears before securing game changing new funding, the Zimbabwe Independent can re…

Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's 'new' political project

The irony of Zimbabwean politics, today, is the variable that must change for matters to move forward is the one which new President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not prepared to change.What needs to change is the pursuit of power by all and any m…

Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 13:07hrs | 1 | by Vivid Gwede

The Zimbabwe Industrial Revolution plan

This is an preliminary Architecture of the massive industrial Transformation of Zimbabwe to be led by the Church Leadership The Zimbabwe Industrial Revolution plan : for the Church created by Hannington Mubaiwa by Business Daily Zimbabwe o…

Published: 01 Dec 2016 at 06:07hrs | | by Hannington Mubaiwa

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Bulawayo water shortages a critical problem

Nyambirai stirs succession troubled waters

Zanu PF appoints new Director General

Dangote to invest US$1 billion in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe speeds up mercury phase-out

Girls warned against visiting 'prophets' alone

Domestic worker fined for assaulting employer's toddler

Baby dies after slipping from mother's back as parents fight

Govt approves 5,000 health posts to boost sector capacity

Police arrest suspect in fatal shooting of officer

Minister's aide arrested over gun at Zanu PF Conference

Mnangagwa critic arrested in US$10,000 trap

Chivayo gifts comedian US$150,000 for 'making Mnangagwa laugh'

Dembare edge Bosso on penalties

Man rapes woman at axe point

Security guards convicted for stealing company truck

US flags Zimbabwe's rigid labour laws

Cameroon elects world's oldest president at 92

ZIMSWA applauds push to decriminalise sex work in Zimbabwe

CCC MP Hwende Commends President Mnangagwa for Recognizing ZINARA’s Accountability Progress

Cyclones predicted

Fired cops reinstated after 10-year legal battle

Zanu-PF UK women donate sewing machines to Mnangagwa's wife

Zimbabwe approves scheme to protect workers in diaspora

ZRA warns ZESCO over excessive water use at Kariba dam

'Incompetent' magistrate banned from criminal trials

Mnangagwa launches book on Zimbabwe's economic revival

Pupil kidnapped, sexually violated

Cop fatally shot at police station

2 dead, several injured in head-on crash