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ZiG to join global currency club with ISO Code
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is in the process of applying for an International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) code for the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as it moves to make the unit a standalone ...Published: 23 May 2024 at 19:25hrs | 29 | by Tafara Shumba
Maize, mealie meal prices skyrocket
The prices of mealie-meal and maize have gone up by over 100% amid indications that the commodity is fast disappearing from shop shelves as the effects of drought set in.Indications are that t...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Government Should Include PWDs In Drug Abuse Awareness
The African Union Disability Council (AU-DC) Ambassador, Nyasha Nhau urged the government of Zimbabwe and stakeholders in drug and substance abuse awareness champions not to leave persons with disabil...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:04hrs | 3 | by Agencies
No parking fees for those over 70 years old
BULAWAYO residents who are 70 years old and above will now be exempted from paying parking fees in the city as part of the local authority's endeavour to honour them for their contribution to the grow...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Smelly Dube inducted into African Leaders Hall of Fame
Businesswoman and philanthropist Smelly Dube was last Thursday inducted into the African Leaders Hall of Fame at the African Business Summit in Accra, Ghana.Dube, who is the CEO of River Valle...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fingered in Harare City Council recruitment storm
OPPOSITION CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has been fingered in an alleged Harare City Council recruitment storm amid allegations that he is trying to impose senior management staff, with his latest nominee...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube says currency manipulators won't rest
Currency manipulators and economic saboteurs will always be lurking about looking for opportunities and loopholes to unjustly profiteer but authorities will also be always ready to institute measures ...Published: 31 May 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ncube frets over runaway forex rate
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube this week threatened to hike Zimbabwe's policy rate beyond 200%, if companies continue to dabble into parallel market activities.The Treasury chief, who spoke dur...Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs shielded from power cuts
At least 100 top government officials, including service chiefs, are having solar panels installed at their homes at the taxpayers' expense to cushion them and their families from the inconvenien...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe diplomats told to engage diaspora
DIPLOMATS posted to various countries should engage Zimbabweans living abroad and use their experiences and expertise to attract investments and create trade opportunities for the country.This...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parly grills Harare over missing US$200m
PARLIAMENT yesterday opened an inquiry into the disappearance of US$200 million from Harare City Council coffers after the local authority terminated a contract with its financial software supplier....Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:15hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabweans must stop parroting foreign narratives
ZIMBABWEANS should believe in themselves despite the continued imposition of sanctions on the country and be inspired by the national interest to work harder to develop their own country rather than "...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tells profiteers to play fair,
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday reiterated the need to adopt fair business practices and urged economic stakeholders to rally behind the country's transformation agenda and leave a legacy of positive im...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's hectic schedule
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will today lead key proceedings in a double hectic schedule in the resort city of Victoria Falls where he is set to officially open the End of Term Judges Symposium this morning an...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC councillors shoot down Belarus fire tender deal
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) councillors have shot down government's directive that BCC should procure fire tender vehicles from Belarus.A latest council report indicates that town clerk Christ...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
BCC to offer discount for forex payments
Bulawayo councillors have proposed to offer residents that are willing to settle their bills in foreign currency a 50 percent discount.This follows a public outcry after the local authority, a...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
ZimStat to speed up results
The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) will be able to give the outcome within 60 days after embracing technology in conducting this year's National Housing and Population Census, which wil...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Factoring 'animal spirits' into Zimbabwe's economic discourse
John Maynard Keynes is considered by many to be the most consequential economist of the past century. Perhaps one of his boldest contributions to economics was postulating, perhaps correctly, that the...Published: 18 Nov 2021 at 19:02hrs | 20 | by Simbarashe Bepete
Forex abusers, money laundering kingpins not deterred by arrests
Foreign currency abusers and money laundering kingpins continue to defy the law despite recent arrests, a situation that has resulted in the eroding of incomes and unnecessary suffering.The ex...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:46hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to address African CEOs
ABOUT 700 participants, 500 virtually and 200 physically are set to attend the 7th edition of the CEO Africa Annual Roundtable and Awards, with President Mnangagwa expected to deliver the key note add...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Public queries govt policy on PWDs
The public has expressed dissatisfaction with government's slap stick approach in addressing the plight of people living with disabilities (PWDs) in communities, according to a survey by the Zimbabwe ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 05:29hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
New ZW$50 note well overdue?
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) recently introduced ZW$360 million worth of a new ZW$50 dollar note into the market, having taken regard of inflation and the need for convenience. The new note is w...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 16:06hrs | | by Vince Musewe
Will Zimbabwe recover and benefit from the AfCFTA?
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) came at the time when Zimbabwe is at the verge, struggling economically as seen with poverty elongated with COVID-19 dominating the society. AfCFTA is a pr...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 09:37hrs | 4 | by Fifteen Theophelous
Mineral output forecast to jump 11%
Mining companies expect an 11 percent growth output in the second half this year, after seeing production fall across key minerals in the first quarter, the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoMZ) has sai...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has not made the necessary political and economic reforms, says Biden
ONLY genuine national dialogue that includes the opposition and other key stakeholders in the country can energise Zimbabwe's faltering re-engagement efforts with Western powers, political analysts sa...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 17:41hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Lockdown discord costs business
A serious policy discord in government and police is negatively impacting business as businesses are struggling to access exemption documents while workers are blocked from reporting for duty or delay...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
President Mnangagwa 'Develop a Strategic Thinking Approach'
During Mugabe's era, you would easily recite cabinet Ministers without reading from any script, alas today, I can only remember maybe less than five Ministers unless you visit their offices. What is t...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
No bonus for council workers
BULAWAYO City Council workers have reportedly declared incapacitation and are demanding that their salaries be improved as a matter of urgency outside the approval of the supplementary budget....Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dealers appeal for removal of VAT on rice
Players in the rice supply chain have appealed to Government to reconsider a 14,5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) charge on the commodity. A Government VAT payment request in retrospect, for a p...Published: 21 Oct 2020 at 21:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Town Clerk: A man on a mission
Bulawayo City Town Clerk Christopher Dube has demonstrated that he is a man amongst men. The Town Clerk bravely thwarted attempts to illegally kick him out of office and equally thwarted a robbery att...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 11:15hrs | 6 | by Nicholas Ncube
U-turn on white farmers: Mugabe turning in his grave
GOVERNMENT's dramatic turnaround to offer farms to former white farms is indicative of the Zanu-PF government's policy inconsistency, which has decimated the once flourishing agriculture sector, and i...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Kairiza
Investor interest remains high, claims Mthuli Ncube
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube yesterday said foreign investor interest in Zimbabwe remained impressively high, as seen from the numerous multi-million dollar investm...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Starvation to hit Zimbabwe
Food security is a matter of strategic national importance. Issues of food security affect us all regardless of colour, Creed and political affiliation. The issue of food security caused migrati...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 09:42hrs | 5 | by Nicholas Ncube
Workers' unions want salary review formula
THE Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) should come up with formulae to review salaries and cushion workers in line with prevailing inflationary trends at a particular given time, the Zimbabwe Congress...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt must address economic fundamentals
As prices of basic commodities continue to skyrocket amid indications that a family of six now requires at least $1 684 to be able to survive through just one month, there is need for stakeholders —...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
Demos counter-productive
Democracy has become one of the most widely adopted political systems world over and Zimbabwe's Government is also a product of this dominating political system.It comes in different forms and...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:16hrs | 6 | by Wallace K. Musakanyi
Fresh MDC plot to oust Bulawayo town clerk
BULAWAYO councillors have initiated fresh attempts to oust the Town Clerk, Mr Christopher Dube, from office despite offering an apology last week over the botched effort by Deputy Mayor, Councillor Ti...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tell lawyers to be advocates of economic justice
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged legal practitioners to be instruments of peace building, social cohesion, beacons of equality and advocates of economic justice, as the task of rebuilding a coun...Published: 09 Aug 2019 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Which major to choose in case one does not want to serve in the Brazilian army?
In Brazil, it is compulsory for every male citizen to enlist in the army as soon as you are 18 years old. However, it does not necessarily mean that you will have to serve in the army. Some people hav...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 15:34hrs | 19 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe, North Korea, Syria and Myanmar among countries defending China's actions in Xinjiang
Ambassadors representing 37 countries praised China for its "remarkable achievements in the field of human rights," just a day after a group of 22 other countries formally condemned Beijing for the ma...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Order must be restored at Bulawayo City Hall
Bulawayo City Council has dominated the headlines for all the wrong reasons over the past fortnight. They have grossly mishandled the ongoing rehabilitation of the city's water wor...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 07:59hrs | | by Editorial comment
Chamisa's councillors plot against Bulawayo Town Clerk
MDC Alliance councillors have called for a special council meeting tomorrow as part of their plot to suspend Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher Dube who has resisted their meddlesome conduct and overstep...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Muzamhindo presents an Alternative, Clear and sound Development plan which will take Zimbabwe forward
Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes:A policy is a declaration of an intention of an organisation or institution. These are rules and regulations which will set terms of references for an o...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
RBZ takes aim at forex speculators
Government says the sharp hike of the overnight bank rate by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to support the domestic currency will discourage borrowing for currency speculation as well as protect the val...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Business community must take a leading role in Economic Transformation
We have energy problems, we have political disputes, we have shortage inflation at hand and it is the duty and obligation of the business community to take a leading role in fostering the national dev...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 19:04hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
West Africa bloc currency ECO to launch in 2020
Leaders of a 15-nation West African bloc have called for greater structural reforms as they step up efforts for the introduction of a shared currency, aimed to be launched in 2020.In a stateme...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar: Only way out
Having gathered the courage to debunk the deeply held view that once dollarised, it is extremely difficult for a country to de-dollarise, Professor Mthuli Ncube's biggest challenge is to now prove to ...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:32hrs | | by Persistence Gwanyanya
New currency regime averts re-dollarisation
The abolishment of the multi-currency system by Government will avert the country from plunging into full re-dollarisation at a time the economy does not have enough United States dollars to support i...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's speech to AfDB boards of governors - Fulltext
Speech by the minister of finance and economic development, Hon. Prof. Mthuli Ncube during the 2019 annual meetings of the boards of governors of the African Development Bank Group: Malabo, Republic o...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:03hrs | 11 | by Mthuli NCube
New HIV cases in Zimbabwe drop by 38%
NEW HIV infections in Zimbabwe have gone down by 38 percent since 2010, statistics from the Ministry of Health and Child Care show. In a joint statement with UNAids on the launch of HIV ...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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