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Econet faces backlash over SmartBiz router policy

Telecoms giant Econet Wireless has sparked widespread public outrage after informing its SmartBiz clients that they must purchase routers within five days or lose access to mobile data services starting September 10, 2025.The directive, se…

Published: 08 Sep 2025 at 15:13hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe tobacco farmers demand indigenous tobacco policy

The government has been urged to develop an indigenous tobacco policy aimed at promoting production and supporting farmers who form the backbone of Zimbabwe's golden leaf sector.Speaking at a recent conference in Harare, Zimbabwe Progressi…

Published: 05 Aug 2025 at 08:41hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa to launch National Tourism policy

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is set to officially launch Zimbabwe's National Tourism Policy today in Harare, unveiling a strategic blueprint designed to transform the country into a world-class tourist destination and grow the sector into …

Published: 04 Aug 2025 at 08:49hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter

Econet defends fair usage policy amid backlash

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has come under fire from some of its SmartBiz customers following the enforcement of its Fair Usage Policy (FUP) on "unlimited" data packages.Critics say the move undermines the promise of unlimited access, while t…

Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 13:47hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter

ZNCC urges RBZ to cut policy rate to 20%

The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has urged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to lower its bank policy rate from the current 35% to 20% in an effort to ease growing credit constraints in the market and stimulate production …

Published: 08 Jul 2025 at 12:12hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter

ZNCC calls for urgent policy reform

The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has issued a strong call for urgent policy reforms to revive the country's struggling economy, warning that businesses cannot thrive under the current regulatory and operational challenges.S…

Published: 31 May 2025 at 13:48hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter

Council bleeding funds over unrepaid travel allowances

Chinhoyi Municipality could be losing thousands of dollars amid revelations that councillors are benefiting from advance subsistence allowances for official trips they never undertook - and are not repaying the funds as required.According …

Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:54hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter

Alarm over Zimbabwe's new media blueprint

Media advocacy groups have raised serious concerns over what they describe as the veiled criminalisation of journalism in Zimbabwe's new National Media Policy, launched by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday at State House in Harare.…

Published: 30 May 2025 at 08:53hrs | 133 | by Staff reporter

AI in focus as Zimbabwe Media Policy is unveiled

President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially launched the Zimbabwe Media Policy on Wednesday, a landmark framework aimed at guiding the country's media industry through the rapidly changing global information environment while promoting the spr…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:21hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter

Speech by Mnangagwa ta the launch of the Zimbabwe Media Policy

Director of Ceremonies; Vice President, Hon. Gen. (Rtd) Dr. C. G. D. N. Chiwenga; Vice President, Hon. Col. (Rtd) K. C. D. Mohadi; National Chairman of ZANU PF and Minister of Defence, Hon. O. C. Z. Muchinguri-Kashiri; Minister of State fo…

Published: 28 May 2025 at 13:13hrs | 477 | by Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa

War veterans battle Mnangagwa in court

The escalating succession battle within the ruling Zanu PF party has now taken a legal twist, as a group of war veterans has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court over his controversial land tenure policy. The ex-combatants argue t…

Published: 28 May 2025 at 11:38hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter

FBC blames tight policy for choking transaction volumes

Financial services giant FBC Bank has attributed a sharp decline in transaction volumes to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) continued tight monetary policy, which it says has squeezed liquidity and hindered lending activity.The RBZ has…

Published: 16 May 2025 at 09:50hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo City Council revives shop repossession policy

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has reignited a 17-year-old resolution mandating the repossession of council-leased shops whose tenants have exceeded a 10-year tenure. Originally passed on December 5, 2007, the resolution aims to ensure eq…

Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:36hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter

Top Bank executive slams RBZ tight policy measures

A prominent banking executive has criticized the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for focusing too heavily on exchange rate stability at the cost of economic growth, warning that the central bank's recent monetary policy measures could have …

Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 11:05hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe unveils industrial growth blueprint for automotive sector

The Zimbabwe Industrial Reconstruction and Growth Plan (ZIRGP), a targeted economic manufacturing initiative, has outlined key strategies to boost domestic production of buses and trucks. Running from October 2024 to December 2025, ZIRGP a…

Published: 30 Oct 2024 at 07:52hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo taxi association demands repeal of route-sharing policy

The United Bulawayo Taxi Association, representing a coalition of kombi (minibus) owners from various public transport groups, has submitted a petition to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) demanding the immediate reversal of the recently imp…

Published: 29 Oct 2024 at 07:36hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter

'Land policy to identify multiple farm ownership'

The Government of Zimbabwe's newly introduced land tenure policy is set to identify and expose multiple farm ownership and reclaim idle land, which will be redistributed to more than 250,000 people on the government's waiting list. This an…

Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 08:53hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter

BAZ, central bank meet over policy interventions

The Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) held a crucial meeting with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, Dr. John Mushayavanhu, on Monday to address key policy changes from the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held on Sept…

Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:44hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's lithium beneficiation policy gets approval

Cabinet has approved the Lithium Ore Policy anchored on fostering the country's beneficiation capacity as well as maximising earnings from the country's mineral endowment and put a stop to the export and smuggling of lithium bearing ores.T…

Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

I've an open-door policy, says Kirsty Coventry

YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister Kirsty Coventry yesterday said she had an open-door policy contrary to claims that she was not interactive.Coventry told NewsDay Life & Style on the sidelines of the artistic Freedom and Decen…

Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

The voters roll is clearly a mess, so why is Zec trying to escape accountability?

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been failing to explain a number of discrepancies unearthed by data experts such as Team Pachedu after studying the voters roll raising fears it may have been tampered with.In an attempt to escap…

Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's jelly foreign policy bad for development

ZIMBABWE has for a long time looked West or East, but in the last two decades it has become disoriented as it can't concentrate on one direction and most often ended up with an empty bowel. Probably it is time it makes a decision on which …

Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:16hrs | 14 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu

Zimbabwe launches industrial policy

Government has launched the Zimbabwe National Industrial Policy (ZNIDP), which is expected to help transform the economy through value addition, increasing employment levels and promoting a culture of savings. The ZNIDP was launched last F…

Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

LIVE- All eye on Mangudya #MonetaryPolicyStatement speech

THE governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Dr John Mangudya will today (Wednesday) at 14:30hrs release the long-awaited Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). The market is eagerly waiting to see what the governor has in store for an exp…

Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:16hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe launches motor industry policy

Government has launched the Zimbabwe Motor Industry Development Policy (ZMIDP) that is expected to see the sector ramping up capacity from the current levels of under 10 percent to full capacity by 2030.The ZMIDP is scheduled to run from t…

Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe working on new diamond policy

Government has started working on a new diamond policy which will lead to the unbundling of the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Mining Company (ZCDC) to ensure more players are involved inthe sector, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.He …

Published: 21 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's govt must have clear land policy

When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power on November 24, 2017, immediately announcing his intention to compensate farmers who had lost their land during the chaotic land reform programme of the early 2000s, most peopl…

Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 22:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

South Africa:- A foreign policy quicksand in the heart of Africa

How do you measure South Africa in foreign policy terms? I do not offer here an analysis but a common sense view. And it is commonsensical not because I have no access to South African foreign policy but because I believe that that is what…

Published: 11 Apr 2013 at 12:34hrs | 1 | by Martin Mlevu

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