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Econet marginally adjusts voice bundle tariffs
HARARE - Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) this week marginally adjusted its voice bundle tariffs in a bid to guarantee continued delivery of acceptable service to its customers.The telecommun...Published: 7 hrs ago | 932 | by Agencies
Mnangagwa's corruption crack team targets Chiwenga?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his political fixers are trying to nail Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga over his ally, Deputy health minister John Mangwiro's scandal of coercing state-owned medic...Published: 19 hrs ago | 14329 | by Staff reporter
Govt investigates corona donations
AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, t...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 06:01hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Where to buy cheap essay?
It's no secret that students actively use the assistance of custom writing services. Freelance writing is popularized in every corner of the globe. You won't be taken by surprise if you see online req...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 05:56hrs | 442 | by Staff writer
Econet launches $10m Christmas promotion
MOBILE telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched a $10 million Christmas promotion that will see thousands of its subscribers walk away with an assortment of prizes, including ref...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 04:58hrs | 419 | by Staff reporter
Prices for medical drugs to come down
There are plans to cut down the involvement of middlemen in the procurement of medical drugs, so as to make the prices affordable, Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro has said....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 16:49hrs | 2314 | by Staff Reporter
Commercial and personal fiber internet advantages approaching Zimbabwe
Following the completion of a large linking project from TelOne in 2019, Zimbabwe is finally seeing moves into commercial fiber viability. Made possible through a $98 million loan from the China Exim ...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 12:49hrs | 905 | by Staff Writer
Cost of living spirals to $20 680
ZIMBABWE'S monthly cost of living rose by 4,4% to $18 750 in October, even as the Zimbabwe National Statistics agency (ZimStat) said the annual inflation rate dropped during the period.This fi...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:21hrs | 1268 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to abandon fixing prices for commodities
ZIMBABWE plans to stop fixing the prices of commodities and will set up a commodity exchange before the end of the year where market prices will prevail, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said....Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:20hrs | 553 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tables ambitious 100% broadband plan
ZIMBABWE has tabled an ambitious plan to have 100% high speed broadband coverage in all areas where people live, work, travel and learn.This plan is contained in a consultative paper, the Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Econet offers festive cheer, launches massive Christmas promotion
Mobile telecommunications giant Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched a ZW$10 million Christmas promotion that will see tens of thousands of subscribers walk away with an assortment of prizes, includi...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 16:09hrs | 1269 | by Agencies
'Too many taxes fueling gold smuggling'
A raft of cumbersome taxes, including refining and royalty payments totalling nearly 18 percent, could be one of the major reasons why people continue to smuggle gold, although Fidelity Printers and R...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:46hrs | 811 | by Staff reporter
FCB set to retrench employees
FIRST Capital Bank (FCB) is set to retrench workers as the business restructures in the face of the hyperinflationary environment and the need to digitalise.In a letter dated November 12, FCB ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:36hrs | 1396 | by Staff reporter
Govt has failed to resolve strike by teachers, and all civil servants
The major reason why the Zimbabwe government is failing is in whole part for its reason to resist the tide. For a start, the government has over the decades tried and failed dismally to control th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:29hrs | 3761 | by Zanda Shumba
Reviving the rural economy in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's rural economy plays a significant role in national food production, in alleviating extreme poverty and in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Zimbabwe National Stati...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 12:37hrs | 2399 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe looks underground for golden economic revival
REELING from decades of economic mismanagement, Zimbabwe is banking on gold to shore up revenue and tackle the upshots of rampant hyperinflation, corruption and coronavirus restrictions.Global...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 05:48hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Coronavirus worsens plight of city's informal traders
FOR six years, Reuben Dube earned his keep selling secondhand shirts, trousers and shoes in this city's central business district.Then came the coronavirus crisis, which shut down Zimbabwe - a...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:21hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Auxillia Mnangagwa pleads with business community to avoid corruption
The business sector has received a thumbs up from the First Lady, Amai Auxillia Mnangagwa for complementing government efforts in stabilising prices of basic goods and the economy.With governm...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 13:57hrs | 1964 | by Staff Reporter
'Zesa faces viability challenges'
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is facing viability challenges, including acute transport problems to carry out its mandate.ZETDC acting managing directo...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:42hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Teachers decline 'mockery' govt pay offer
TEACHERS have rejected the government's 40% salary hike offer, describing it as a mockery, vowing not to return to work until their employer pays them meaningful salaries.Government on Tuesday...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:31hrs | 5109 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation drops to 471,25%
ZIMBABWE'S annual inflation rate dropped to 471,25% in October from 659,40% in September, according to latest data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat).The annual inflation r...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 06:29hrs | 1116 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces extreme food security
Zimbabwe is among SADC countries facing an acute shortage of food along with Zambia, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Food Programme has said. It is estimated that over five ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 06:35hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
Non-monetary incentives the way to go
The face-off between government and its workers over salaries has protracted to a magnitude that it's now threatening the realisation of the national vision.The new political dispensation comm...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 15:20hrs | 2011 | by Petros Manyuchwa
Africa's supply chain remains under pressure despite ease of lockdowns
The measures that countries have adopted around the world in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have had an unprecedented effect on trade this year as a result of a unique combination of shocks to both...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 06:33hrs | 744 | by Staff reporter
8-yr-old buys Borrowdale residential stand for US$65
A FORMER top official in the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works has been arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office after facilitating the sale of a Borrowdale residential stand in...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 13:41hrs | 10547 | by Staff Reporter
Govt probes land deals in Bulawayo
THE Government probe team that was recently in Bulawayo, was among other things, tasked with investigating whether Bulawayo City Council officials or councillors were taking bribes in the sale of coun...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:12hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's inflationary figures beat expectations
Analysts say the reduction in year on year inflation from more than 700 percent to around 400 is testimony of the success of fiscal economic interventions.Zimbabwe's inflation figures were the...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 20:08hrs | 1628 | by Staff reporter
Zera adjusts petrol prices downwards
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) on Thursday reviewed fuel prices in accordance with the prevailing market conditions.The price for petrol went down $0.51 cents to ZW$97.11, whi...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:05hrs | 1497 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's inflationary figures beat expectations
Analysts say the reduction in year on year inflation from more than 700 percent to around 400 is testimony of the success of fiscal economic interventions.Zimbabwe's inflation figures were the...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 16:05hrs | 1055 | by Staff Reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 11754 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya arrest: A case of rampant elite corruption?
THE ongoing trial of Henrietta Rushwaya over charges of attempting to smuggle gold bars weighing 6kg to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in a high-profile case that has sucked in President Emmerson Mn...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Govt losing millions as firms evade US dollar tax
THE Zimbabwe government is being cheated of millions of United States dollars in tax revenue by businesses that are accepting foreign currency payments but not declaring or under-declaring the forex p...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has enough grain stocks, says GMAZ
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has assured the nation that it had imported adequate grain stocks for the festive season although the prices of maize and wheat were expected to rise d...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Retailers seek tax exemption on rice
RETAILERS and suppliers have approached Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's office seeking exemption from paying value-added tax (VAT) on rice.Government recently ordered them to pay VAT on ...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:34hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Cross border traders cry foul
The Covid -19 pandemic negatively affected the day to day activities of women in Zimbabwe's informal cross border operations. Speaking during an interface workshop at the Zimbabwe Women Bureau...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 441 | by Staff reporter
Illegal forex dealers feel the pinch
Black market forex dealers are feeling the heat following a raft of monetary measures recently put in place by the central bank to halt the depreciation of the local currency which had fuelled a spike...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 21:34hrs | 11595 | by Staff reporter
'Price stability to spill into 2021'
ECONOMISTS and captains of industry yesterday predicted a continued stability of prices of goods and services into next year.During a state of the economy report by Africa Economic Development...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:27hrs | 910 | by Staff reporter
Mangudya retains confidence at the Central Bank
From the time Zimbabwe switched from inter-bank market for foreign currency to an auction system, which is largely driven by market. The idea is to determine market exchange rate. The bids come from u...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 16:02hrs | 2669 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Civil servants salary talks inconclusive
Government and unions representing civil servants adjourned negotiations to later this week after yesterday's discussions on salaries, wages and other employment terms. Public Service Commissi...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 05:45hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Partial dollarization to induce economic stability
The Zimbabwean economy has vaulted back to the multi-currency regime that prevailed between 2009 and 2018 with the US Dollar transactions gradually growing in the formal market while dominating trade ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 14:25hrs | 3225 | by Victor Bhoroma
Outcry over 50% Zesa tariff hike
CONSUMERS yesterday expressed disquiet over the recent 50% electricity tariff hike by Zesa at a time workers' salaries were failing to match the cost of living.The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmi...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:30hrs | 3892 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in a crisis
A crisis where the government deployed the army, rolled tanks into the streets and killed innocent unarmed civilians at 45°angle and a commission of enquiry instituted but no one is held accountable....Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 10:04hrs | 6671 | by Leonard Koni
Zesa hikes tariffs by 50%
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has increased tariffs by 50 percent for the second time in a month. ZETDC, a Zesa unit, increased tariffs last month and in Septe...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:47hrs | 1855 | by Staff reporter
Poverty Datum Line jumps 4,1% to $17 957
THE Poverty Datum Line (PDL) for an average family of five increased by 4,1 percent to $17 957 in September from $17 244,07 in August, official figures show. The latest increase is, however, s...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:43hrs | 493 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube scraps VAT on all tourism products, services
THE Government has scrapped Value Added Tax (VAT) on the tourism industry as it moves to drum up support for the recently launched domestic tourism campaign meant to encourage locals to visit tourist ...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:24hrs | 2806 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans turn to sex work amid economic crisis and COVID-19
DRESSED in a mini-skirt and blouse, Esther Kamupunga stood in semi-darkness waiting for men looking for sex the latest Zimbabwean to lose her job in a deepening economic crisis, worsened by the new co...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:13hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe industry calls for tougher taxes on Chinese imports
ZIMBABWE'S industries have scaled up their campaign for tougher action to protect manufacturing companies against Chinese plastic imports, even as earlier calls to ban fabric shipments from Beijing fl...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:40hrs | 603 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa led City council in US$1bn tender storm
THE Harare City Council attempted to award water and sewage contracts worth close to US$1 billion to four Chinese firms without going to tender, available information suggests.The council's fi...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implores business produce more goods at affordable prices
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has implored business to capitalise on the country's stabilising economy and produce more goods at affordable prices for ordinary Zimbabweans.Speaking at the unvei...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:08hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in state of radical uncertainty, says Prof Hawkins
Zimbabwe is in a state of radical uncertainty, economic consultant Tony Hawkins told an Association of Healthcare Funders of Zimbabwe (AHFoZ) all stakeholders webinar on health on Wednesday."I...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 12:50hrs | 2417 | by Agencies
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