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Zimdollar will maintain a 'fragile stability' this year report
ZIMBABWE's currency will maintain a "fragile stability" this year, continuing from the volatilities that haunted the domestic unit even after the introduction of theforeign currency auction system...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:11hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
How to kill a country
Nearly forty years ago Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, became the first and only white colonial ruler to break away from the British Crown. He had tired of London's nagging about the subjug...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 16:49hrs | 2573 | by Samantha Power
Picking the best sofa for your living room
The living room is that area of the home where most people focus on the interior decoration. Buying a durable sofa of high quality is one of the main things that make the living room attractive. It is...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 13:27hrs | 1233 | by Staff Writer
Zimbabwe imports 56% dietary needs
ZIMBABWE is struggling to produce enough for its dietary necessities, importing 56% of its requirements every year businessdigest has learnt.The Southern African country, once regarded as the ...Published: 14 Aug 2020 at 09:53hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe, no one can breathe
On July 20, police in Zimbabwe arrested and detained journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. The prominent investigative reporter had blown the whistle on a $60 million corruption scandal in June.They a...Published: 02 Aug 2020 at 09:01hrs | 148 | by Panashe Chigumadze
Zimbabwe forex woes set to deepen, researchers warn
Zimbabwe's foreign currency shortages are set to worsen due to the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic that has reduced exports and slowed down remittances, a leading research firm has warned.IH ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:10hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Irish rugby star turned wine expert
Dave Curtis took the road less travelled on his journey from Zimbabwe to an Ireland jersey in the early 1990s and the return trip has been just as interesting and rewarding.The sun is shining ...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:06hrs | 247 | by Staff reporter
Mission Zimbabwe group continues to help from afar
While the COVID-19 pandemic has grounded the local Mission Zimbabwe group's plans to head to the African nation this month, they are continuing to support efforts there.Barry Mutrie, team lead...Published: 03 May 2020 at 10:42hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's mayor orders halt to murambatsvina after outcry
Harare mayor Herbert Gomba on Sunday ordered a halt to the demolition of informal market stalls following a public outcry.The City of Harare and the government have used the cover of the coron...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 15:44hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Uebert Angel avails US$1 million for Zimbabwe to fight Coronavirus
United Kingdom based Prophet Uebert Angel has donated US$1 million to Zimbabwe in a bid to help the country fight against the deadly Coronavirus.According to online publication Nehanda Radio t...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 12:21hrs | 1467 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe and South Sudan among most vulnerable to COVID-19, says UN
The virus was slow to reach the continent compared to other parts of the world, but infection has grown exponentially in recent weeks and continues to spread, the UN health agency said.Africa'...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 09:01hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs more than $130 million to avert a 'hunger catastrophe'
Zimbabwe is urgently in need of US$130m for an operation which could stretch up to August to prevent the country's most vulnerable people from plunging deeper into hunger because of the effects of Cov...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 16:06hrs | 579 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans call for lifting of lockdown
It's been over a week since Zimbabwe entered a 21-day lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus.But people already calling for it to be lifted, saying they're starving.Before the ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 16:42hrs | 24655 | by Staff reporter
'ZSE a safe haven for investors in 2020'
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) will recover this year as valuation mismatches on stocks brought by the de-dollarisation of the economy are corrected, a latest report has said.In their 2020 ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:14hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Malawi legalises marijuana
Lilongwe, Malawi - Today, the Malawian Parliament endorsed the Cannabis Regulation Bill which allows for the farming of the three leaf herb for medicinal purposes.Legislators said legalising m...Published: 27 Feb 2020 at 17:10hrs | 629 | by Daniel Itai
Zimbabwe, hobbled by a clash of egos
At the heart of Zimbabwe's economic paralysis is a personality clash.Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya don't get on, are pursuing different agen...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:25hrs | 632 | by Ray Ndlovu, Godfrey Marawanyika and Antony Sguazzin
Zimbabwe heading for a mass starvation?
There was one particular rumour that rocketed around the city of Harare this week.It was a scrap of information, shared on the streets and on social media, which speaks volumes about the despe...Published: 10 Oct 2019 at 17:59hrs | 1210 | by John Sparks
Zimbabwe: It is time to panic, a little
I THINK it was 1992, the season started badly and as it progressed the heat increased until we were experiencing temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius in the lowveld. We had a business there and my son...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:15hrs | 4244 | by Eddie Cross
Zimbabwe economic update with Economist Eddie Cross
We are now 9 months into the Transitional Stabilisation Program and a great deal has been achieved. Let's summarize:* We have eliminated the Fiscal deficit that was the main driver in the past...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 16:56hrs | 3325 | by Eddie Cross
Mthuli Ncube lampooned over new currency plans
Finance minister Mthuli Ncube yesterday came under fire from economists who accused him of rushing to announce plans to re-introduce the Zimbabwe dollar before addressing factors which led to its coll...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:17hrs | 2168 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa prescribes solution to Zimbabwe's problems
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa legitimacy and genuine dialogue is the solution to Zimbabwe's problems. Chamisa has refused to participate in President Mnangagwa's political dialogue of opposition President...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 10:41hrs | 11307 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ncubenomics
In February, Reserve Bank Governor, John Mangudya announced the introduction of the RTGS dollar - the currency that confirmed what we knew all along: one is not to one. The RTGS dollar was initially s...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:19hrs | 3377 | by Kubatana
Mthuli Ncube hammers businesses for linking prices to exchange rate
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday accused local businesses of profiteering for linking price increases of basic goods to exchange rate movements of a new transitional currency.Since t...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:15hrs | 5284 | by Reuters
Govt use of violence on its own people is tragic
Continued from last weekWhile Mnangagwa's rhetoric on issues such as land reform, human rights, rule of law, improving the business climate and reducing corruption was all positive, there was ...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 16:13hrs | 215 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1043 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Mnangagwa pays price for broken promises
Influential Americans have expressed disappointment with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government for failing to live up to their promises that were made when the country's former leader, Rober...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 06:49hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
2,4m Zimbabweans food insecure as drought, rising costs bite
The 150% fuel price hike that sparked mass public unrest across Zimbabwe last month sent the cost of living skyrocketing: the price of bread nearly doubled in a week.Worse is likely to come....Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:14hrs | 450 | by IRIN
+13 people injured during Zimbabwe fuel rise protests
Police fired teargas as angry protesters barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks in Zimbabwe on Monday, after the government more than doubled the price of fuel over the weekend.At least...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 22:06hrs | 629 | by AFP
Hyperinflation threat returns to Zimbabwe
Less than a decade after hyperinflation obliterated Zimbabwe's dollar along with its pensions and savings, the southern African nation is suffering a return to precipitous price rises.Zimbabwe...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 14:27hrs | 1282 | by Staff reporter
Millers sue Zim govt over food fortification
THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) has filed an application at the High Court seeking to block the Government from implementing the recently introduced mandatory food fortification....Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:43hrs | 182 | by Staff reporter
Lost crops: Food for thought for Zimbabwe
Many do remember the yesteryear song of Oliver Mtukudzi "Tsika dzedu" in which the musician pitched the importance of the traditional way of living, when people used to consume traditional leafy veget...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 18:44hrs | 1764 | by Praxedis Dube1, Rico Ihle1, Wim Heijman1 and Paul Struik2
Samsung launches Galaxy S8
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has unveiled its Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone as it battles to regain the market leadership it lost to Apple Inc after the embarrassing withdrawal of the fire-prone Note 7s...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 22:13hrs | 1330 | by Reuters
Nollywood star: More than just talent
Award-winning Stephanie Okereke Linus raising awareness on fistula While still in her teens, Stephanie Okereke ...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 19:38hrs | 343 | by Leon Usigbe
Protect wetlands and protect lives!
In the sub-Saharan region of Africa, Wetlands are vast and have been playing a major role in the patterns of our climate , water ecosystems as well as eco-tourism. Industrial civilization , infrastruc...Published: 05 May 2016 at 12:51hrs | 2662 | by Mbizo Chirasha
Boy operated, staples used to close the opened wound
A Harare boy who reportedly suffered serious abdominal pains was allegedly operated and operation wound allegedly closed using staples.This was revealed by Cyril Zenda who claimed the child ...Published: 01 Jun 2015 at 14:44hrs | 5544 | by Stephen Jakes
Beyonce's Zim connection
ZIMBABWE has done it again! Right on the international scene where the glitz and glamour of the music industry dazzles the world!And who has thrust the country at the epicentre of the world's...Published: 15 Feb 2015 at 07:44hrs | 4363 | by Andrew Moyo
Weeding out Ebola in Liberia
An innovative African initiative to strengthen food systems while combating Ebola NAIROBI - Thousands of smallho...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 16:52hrs | | by AOP
'North Korea to secure land in Zimbabwe'
COLOGNE/HARARE - The secretive and ostracised, North Korean regime of Kim Jong-Un has reportedly moved to secure massive tracks of agricultural land from President Robert Mugabe, to grow that country...Published: 15 Aug 2014 at 07:12hrs | 7910 | by Itai Mushekwe / Mary-Kate Kahari
Where Zimbabwe goes from here, writes Tsvangirai
Zimbabweans were sincere in congratulating Nigeria in becoming Africa's leading economy earlier this year. We applauded its citizens and its leadership for overseeing the successful restructuring of ...Published: 11 Jun 2014 at 06:54hrs | | by Morgan Tsvangirai, Special to CNN
Mugabe's ten sad legacies bestowed on his nation and people
A version of this post appeared on the Africa and Asia site. The views expressed are the author's own. President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, an audacio...Published: 13 Mar 2014 at 06:24hrs | 4636 | by Robert Rotberg,
Denting youth unemployment through agriculture in Africa
Agriculture is not glamourous. It suffers from entrenched negative perceptions. In the minds of many African youths, a farmer is someone like their parents, doing backbreaking labour in the field...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 16:47hrs | 2585 | by Busani Bafana
Despite climate change, Africa can feed Africa
Climate change comes with never-before-experienced impacts. For example, crop yields and growing seasons will decrease even as changing rain patterns will worsen people's access to water. Yet Afr...Published: 28 Feb 2014 at 16:26hrs | 1599 | by Dr. Richard Munang and Jesica Andrews
Africa's vanishing Lake Chad puts 30 million lives at risk
As you approach the Lake Chad basin from Maiduguri, in northeastern Nigeria, the evidence of despair is telling. The air is dusty, the wind is fierce and unrelenting, the plants are wilting and t...Published: 14 May 2012 at 16:30hrs | | by Ahmad Salkida
Iran's Ahmadinejad loads nuclear enriched fuel rods
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad loaded nuclear fuel rods into the Tehran Research Reactor on Wednesday, state TV reported."The president loaded 20% enriched rods into the Tehran...Published: 15 Feb 2012 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fidel Castro of Africa!
In the 1970s and 80s, Fidel Castro sent 350,000 Cuban soldiers, civilians and doctors to support the African liberation struggle, especially in Angola, Namibia, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde,...Published: 24 Aug 2011 at 08:27hrs | 750 | by Baffour Ankomah
Algeria, Man set himself on fire, yelling Tunisia!
In Algeria a man has died after setting himself on fire at a government building in Algeria, state radio reported on Sunday, yelling the self-immolation that triggered the protests that toppled the le...Published: 16 Jan 2011 at 17:52hrs | 1626 | by Byo24NEWS
Harare: food scene revives
Harare - Zimbabwean restaurant-goers used to pull out giant wads of near-worthless cash that could take longer to count than the time to eat the meal. If the order was even available.Now dine...Published: 10 Dec 2010 at 15:57hrs | 1370 | by Byo24 Mashonaland central
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