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IMF says Zimbabwe's economy continues to show resilience
In light of new policy developments, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team led by Mr. Wojciech Maliszewski conducted a second mission to Harare during June 18-27, 2024, to conclude the 2024 ...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 13:01hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mutapa Investment Fund mustn't become conduit for looting'
AS prevalence of public sector corruption reaches alarming levels, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has demanded that Zimbabwean authorities ensure the newly-established Mutapa Investment Fund (M...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
IMF trashes Zimbabwe inflation statistics
Government last year directed the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) to stop publishing local currency indexed inflation and switch to the blended rate, which it said was ideal as the count...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
IMF not ready to extend financial support to Zimbabwe
THE International Monetary Fund's (IMF) two-week-long high-level visit ended on Wednesday amid revelations that no financial support will be extended to Zimbabwe without authorities undertaking seriou...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
IMF wants Zimbabwe central bank to dump monetary policies
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised government to cut the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) role in crafting monetary policies to just its core functions, after the local currency depreci...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
IMF tells Zimbabwe to deal with Zimdollar issue
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has implored the government to remove the 10% trading margin on domestic transactions, saying the policy was causing exchange restrictions and distortions....Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpilo MRI scan machine installed
A NEW state-of-the-art magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) scan has been installed at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo, a huge boost to health service delivery for the southern region as it will enha...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 05:34hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
African priests reject Pope's endorsement of gay marriages
In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 08:44hrs | 22 | by Associated Press
Mnangagwa ruined Zanu-PF business empire
THE predictable appointment of FBC Holdings chief executive John Mushayavanhu as the incoming Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor has completed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's critical post-electio...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 18:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe GDP to grow by 4,8%
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported that Zimbabwe's real gross domestic product is expected to grow by approximately 4.8 percent in the current year, driven primarily by robust performa...Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tennis star Benjamin Lock triumphs in Tunisia
ZIMBABWE tennis star Benjamin Lock continues to lift the country's flag high on the professional tennis circuit after winning his first title of the year on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) W...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 11:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Govt restores Seed Co International fungibility
Government has restored full fungibility of Seed Co International shares following the relisting of the company on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange. It is also part of efforts by the Finance Minister...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Plot to unleash violent protests unearthed
A group of shady organisations from Zimbabwe with links to the opposition MDC-Alliance has in recent months been hard at work laying the groundwork for civil unrest set to be unleashed next month, The...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Manager suspended over sex sleaze
A CHINHOYI-BASED Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution (ZETDC) senior human resources manager, Christopher Mundembe has been suspended from duty pending internal disciplinary hearing over...Published: 10 May 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Train derails in Beitbridge
A goods train has derailed after hitting a truck on the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway and rail crossing.Traffic has been brought to a halt and cannot gain access into the border town using the r...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 20:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry pregnant
Swimming legend Kirsty Coventry yesterday announced that she was pregnant, ending an eventful week in which she became the first ever former Zimbabwean professional sportsperson to be appointed the co...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry named Zimbabwe's sport minister
Kirsty Coventry, a former Olympic champion and a current member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC's) executive board, has been appointed minister of sport in Zimbabwe.The 34-year-old...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 16:31hrs | | by AP
Matabeleland Select Team makes football history
Gander Green Lane, home of Sutton United FC, was turned into scenes of joyous celebration for Matabeleland overcoming the odds to attend the CONIFA World Cup in London. This was one of the opening gam...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by BMV
Iyasa takes act to Austria
TOP Bulawayo arts outfit, Iyasa, has left the country for Austria for their annual international tour and cultural exchange programme with a new dance piece, African Thunder, which they are set to sho...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Matabeleland Football Confederacy in financial need ahead of London tournament
ZIMBABWE's Matabeleland Football Confederacy (MFC) is seeking financial assistance to send the team to compete in the 2018 Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) World Football Cu...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:27hrs | | by Agencies
Bruce Grobbelaar expected back in Zimbabwe
FORMER Liverpool and Warriors shot-stopper, Bruce Grobbelaar will in May leave Canada for Zimbabwe to do duty for the Matabeleland Football Confederation which is preparing for the Confederation of In...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 05:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bruce Grobbelaar joins Matabeleland select
LEGENDARY Zimbabwe goalkeeper, Bruce David Grobbelaar is expected in the country in May to join the Matabeleland Football Confederacy (MFC), as the Bulawayo-based side prepares for the Confederation o...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 11:17hrs | 2 | by Buhle Nkomo
Matabeleland gears up for the World Football Cup
The Matabeleland Football Confederacy has commenced its preparations to play in next year's World Football Cup that will be held in London. The Cup will be hosted by Confederation of Independent Footb...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 16:56hrs | 12 | by Thubelihle Mafu
The Treachery of Mawarire and Dzamara
As the whole world watched the traitorous behavior of the bogus pastor, Evan Mawarire and the fake doctor, Patson Dzamara, literally calling for economic sanctions against their own motherland on fore...Published: 22 Sep 2016 at 16:32hrs | | by Chadzimura Mhute
A dedication to the International Women's Day
Were we not told our mother was the best? Of course, we had no choice in the matter and had no chance in hell or heaven to get a better or worse one.Of course we knew she could hurt us. ...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 15:39hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Zimbabweans watch SA's #FeesMustFall with envy
In a country where riot police have routinely crushed demonstrations, some Zimbabweans are watching South Africa's #FeesMustFall student protests with admiration and something approaching envy, ...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 11:15hrs | | by news24
Property tycoon offers £72 million to man who will marry his lesbian daughter
A 77-year-old Hong Kong property tycoon who offered £36 million to the man who married his lesbian daughter has now suggested he may double his 'marriage bounty', Nanyang Siang Pau has reported....Published: 26 Jan 2014 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Donkeys bite man (65) to death
A 65-year-old pensioner has died after he was dragged off his scooter by two donkeys - which then trampled and bit him so viciously that when his body was found it was believed he had been mauled by w...Published: 25 May 2013 at 04:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Drogba to star in TV series
Former Chelsea and Ivory Coast forward Didier Drogba will be the first to feature in a 5-part documentary titled Football Rebels.Football Rebels is presented and narrated by former Manchester ...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 10:58hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Dumped dentist pulls out all her ex boyfriend's teeth
A Polish dentist pulled out all of her ex-boyfriend's teeth after he dumped her for another woman, who later left him because he is toothless. Anna Mackowiak, 34, could face three years in pr...Published: 08 May 2012 at 13:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
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