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Number of women filing to end marriages soars
Zimbabwe is witnessing a sharp increase in the number of women initiating divorce, according to the latest national data. A new survey shows that nearly 100,000 more women are now divorced or separate...Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 14:39hrs | 608 | by Staff reporter
Lake Chivero water crisis deepens, cancer risk soars
Once a cherished symbol of Zimbabwe's natural heritage and a critical lifeline for the capital's water supply, Lake Chivero is now the epicenter of a deepening public health crisis, with new research ...Published: 22 May 2025 at 11:35hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's power deficit soars to 1,560 megawatts
Zimbabwe is grappling with a worsening power crisis, with the country's electricity deficit now standing at a staggering 1,560 megawatts (MW), according to a new report from Parliament's Portfolio Com...Published: 12 Feb 2025 at 15:27hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's aviation sector soars with 24.8% passenger traffic surge
Zimbabwe's aviation industry is showing strong signs of recovery, with passenger traffic surging by 24.8% in the first half of 2024. The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) revealed this posit...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 16:36hrs | 408 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans rejects Mbuya Nehanda note as inflation soars
Vendors and some retailers in Harare are now refusing to accept the ZW$50 banknote introduced in 2021 by Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mangudya. This refusal is unsurprising as the note...Published: 05 Oct 2023 at 19:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poised to be fifth largest lithium producer
Zimbabwe is poised to be the world's fifth largest primary producer of lithium by 2025 taking advantage of the several massive investments worth almost a combined $1 billion injected in the past two y...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimdollar demand soars
DEMAND for the Zimbabwean dollar continues to soar as more businesses and individuals seek to transact using the local currency, which has regained its lost value for the third consecutive time at the...Published: 05 Jul 2023 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Education ministry bemoans lack of funding as shortage of schools soars
PRIMARY and Secondary Education permanent secretary, Tumisang Thabela has admitted that the ministry is buckling under pressure due to under-funding consequentially hindering deliv...Published: 26 Jan 2023 at 07:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
VID senior management reshuffled as corruption soars
THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has reshuffled senior management at the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) and the Central Vehicle Registry (CVR) in a bid to curb corruption...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 05:03hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Harare outlaws illegal vending
HARARE Provincial Affairs and Devolution secretary Tafadzwa Muguti has outlawed illegal vending in parking bays and other undesignated places, as Housing minister Daniel Garwe pledges to take on land ...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's popularity soars ahead of 2023 polls?
A PRO-OPPOSITION research entity, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), has said the recent by-elections have shown that the revolutionary Zanu-PF party is on a strong resurgent trajectory as it man...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 11:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Drug prices skyrocket
ZIMBABWEAN drug retailers are selling medicine using exchange rates of between US$1:$220 and US$1:$230, sparking fears that the sector could become one of the driving forces behind an extensive deprec...Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:25hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Williams soars into top ten ICC Men's T20I rankings for all-rounders
ZIMBABWE'S Sean Williams broke into the top 10 of MRF Tyres ICC Men's T20I Player Rankings for all-rounders, having played a key role in their 2-1 series win over Scotland. Williams was the se...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Vaccines run out in Gweru
The majority of clinics and other vaccination centres in Gweru today ran out of vaccines as the number of people seeking to be vaccinated soars.A snap survey conducted by The Herald around cli...Published: 09 Jul 2021 at 21:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Third part soars cost of Mnangagwa copter
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa cancelled a deal by his late predecessor Robert Mugabe to acquire a presidential helicopter from Russia opting for an Airbusmade superjet in a deal involving a third party...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Demand for mobile Internet soars under Covid-19 lockdown
ZIMBABWE continues to record increases in the usage of internet services spurred by the Covid-19 lockdown measures, which have created higher demand for digital services. The trend has seen mo...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Demand for solar doubles DPA client base
DISTRIBUTED Power Africa (DPA) says its client base has doubled recently as the demand for solar energy soars amid subdued domestic power supply. The company, an Econet subsidiary, has become ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Exchange rate upward pressure on
Exchange rate upward pressure onTHERE were signs this week that the grey market was slowly returning from its brief sabbatical following the monetary policy dawn raid of June 24 that called out th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:51hrs | 2 | by Brett Chulu
Mock 'losers who accept some election results and reject others' - curse vote riggers who refuse to step down
Mnangagwa was cocksure his "Zimbabwe is open for business!" was going to revive the country's economic. Well it is now clear the flood of investors and lenders he expected to answer his call have neve...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:45hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe economy in safe hands
THE appointment of a leaner Cabinet by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is not only welcome, but also goes a long way in demonstrating that the President listened to the people, mindful of the need to man...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Daniel Ngwira
Chamisa is not a factor in parliament, which is good
Since there are so many impious hands on Zimbabwe's internal affairs, so many hands challenging its sovereignty, I thought my opening paragraphs should address those meddlesome, self-righteous foreign...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:53hrs | 3 | by Igomombe
US dollar black market rate soars
A crazed pre-election demand for the United States dollar has pushed the black market premium to an all-time high as shortages of foreign exchange fuels a roaring currency black market now driving up ...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 16:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chinono fails to dazzle with brilliance and soars to nauseating height with bull
"If you cannot dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with bull!" Well Hopewell Chinono is certain one individual who has taken this as his mission in life. In his desperate effort to justify...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zim revives fuel pipeline deal with Botswana
ZIMBABWE has revived plans to extend its Feruka fuel pipeline to Francistown in Botswana, businessdigest can reveal.Plans to stretch to Francistown the Feruka fuel pipeline, which links Zimbab...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 11:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Reports of human rights abuses before Zanu PF rally pouring in - what will it take to stop the madness
"In another incident it was reported that on the 14th of June, Mutasa villagers were forced to contribute towards the rally. Unidentified Zanu PF youths were demanding $2 from each vendor at Watsomba ...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chinese investment into Africa soars in 2016
LONDON. - China's investment into Africa continues to rise, with a significant increase so far in 2016 on last year's total, reports Simon Curtis. According to greenfield investment monitor fD...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Simon Curtis
Why Zimbabwe needs to protect its economic sovereignty as the Rand continues to plummet
Preamble:OF late Zimbabwe seems to be getting a lot of attention from South Africa. If I may refer my readers to an article which appeared in last week's Sunday News: article "SA business delegati...Published: 27 Mar 2016 at 10:42hrs | 2 | by Dr Bongani Ngwenya
If Dzamara's death spur the realization that everybody's business in NOT nobody's then his death was not in vain
Everybody's business is nobody's business; this is something that has been ingrained in every Zimbabwean's psycho which is why most loath doing anything "for the national or public good". Even if they...Published: 22 Jan 2016 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai, Mujuru plot coalition
Former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai are ready to coalesce, as the political temperature in the country soars ahead of the 2018 elections, NewsDay reported."We...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 07:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to miss the World Cup as massive load-shedding begins
Many Zimbabwean football lovers will miss FIFA 2014 Soccer World Cup matches because of increased load shedding, with the latest schedule published by Zesa showing that some areas will be without powe...Published: 11 Jun 2014 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Felex Share
Prof Jonathan Moyo's briefing to ZBC Board
INAUGURAL BRIEFING FOR THE ZIMBABWE BROADCASTING CORPORATION (ZBC) BOARD, POCKETS HILL, 29TH MAY, 2014.The Board Cha...Published: 30 May 2014 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe Internet connectivity soars
ZIMBABWE'S Internet connectivity continues to soar with latest statistics from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) indicating a significant increase in the mont...Published: 23 Jan 2014 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Congestion at Beitbridge border post
THEIR frustration could be seen by the continual shaking of their heads as the long queue, moving at a snail's pace, snaked to the check point.Luke Marange (42), and his wife, Chipo Mushowe (3...Published: 23 Jun 2013 at 04:46hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Bosso debt soars to $500 000
HIGHLANDERS Football Club have been advised by their new auditors Grant Thornton to set up a workable accounting system to manage the club's finances as they continue to be saddled with debts of over...Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 05:33hrs | 2 | by Sports reporter
Mugabe soars back to popularity
HARARE - After 32 years in power, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is winning new adoration with a familiar formula: taking from white businesses to give to black people.He may face opprobr...Published: 19 Mar 2012 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by The Independent, UK
Would you pay millions for a wife!
For such couples and others who cannot marry because of the excessive demands, marriage in modern Zimbabwe is rapidly becoming an economic relationship in which the choice of a wife depends on the ma...Published: 23 Jun 2011 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Bride Groom
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