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Why Zimbabweans keep watching their money go up in smoke
It was 10 p.m. when a frantic pounding on Modester Nyangoni's door dragged her out of a deep sleep.That hot October day, she had been on her feet manning her stall at the largest market in Zim...Published: 8 hrs ago | 398 | by Staff reporter
Buses hike fares
Zimbabweans gearing up for festive holiday travel were left frustrated yesterday as transport operators hiked fares by over 50%, exploiting the surge in demand. This comes against the backdrop of a st...Published: 24 Dec 2024 at 12:32hrs | 392 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU declares 2024 'annus horribilis' for workers, govt showdown looms
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has sharply criticized the government for what it describes as an "annus horribilis" for workers, outlining a series of grievances that have left the labor...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:54hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Concerns mount over devolution fund shortfalls in Zimbabwe
The government's failure to meet the five percent constitutional threshold for devolution funding since 2019 has sparked widespread criticism. From its inception to 2023, the Inter-Governmental Funds ...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 15:00hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
AMH Workers in salary arrears quandary
Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) workers are grappling with stress over unpaid salary components, particularly the United States dollar portion, which has remained outstanding for five months and is not ref...Published: 17 Dec 2024 at 11:17hrs | 845 | by Staff Reporter
Police issue warning on WhatsApp attacks
Authorities have sounded the alarm over a spike in cyberattacks, urging the public to exercise caution when using digital platforms such as WhatsApp. Cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated tactics...Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 10:32hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council cuts water supplies to schools
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has intensified its debt recovery efforts, cutting off water supplies to 59 schools in a bid to recover outstanding payments. This bold move comes as the local authorit...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:14hrs | 476 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe may surpass 2024 gold production target
Zimbabwe's gold mining sector has witnessed remarkable growth over the past decade, with production nearly doubling since 2015. The country is now on track to surpass its 35-tonne gold production targ...Published: 15 Dec 2024 at 09:09hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's GDP takes US$12bn knock
Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) has sharply fallen to US$35 billion in November, a staggering 25% decline from US$47 billion in April. The sharp contraction highlights the dire economic challe...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 10:35hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
As the curtain comes down
Zimbabwe is a sun-drenched country in Southern Africa, some fifteen to twenty degrees South of the Equator. It's Central Plateau and Eastern Highlands are high, full of botanical flowers, trees, rocks...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 19:46hrs | 298 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe commits ZiG550m to industrial growth plan
The Zimbabwean government has committed ZiG$550 million to support the newly launched Zimbabwe Industrial Reconstruction and Growth Plan (ZIRGP), aimed at fostering growth opportunities in the manufac...Published: 11 Dec 2024 at 06:40hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter
CBZ blocked from increasing FMHL stake
CBZ Holdings has confirmed that it will not proceed with its planned buyout of minority shareholders in First Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL), following a decision by the Competition and Tariff Commiss...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:52hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
No progress on Bulawayo-Nkayi Road
The long-awaited rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road is moving at a slow pace, with DIFFLOCK Construction, the newly-appointed contractor, already establishing its base and advancing the project...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:48hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe eyes record gold deliveries
The Government is poised to meet and potentially surpass its annual gold delivery target of 35 tonnes, with 32 tonnes already delivered to Fidelity Printers by the end of November, Mines and Mining De...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:38hrs | 611 | by Staff reporter
Woman loses baby to stranger
A 22-year-old woman from Kwekwe lost her one-week-old baby to a stranger on Wednesday in what police suspect to be a case of kidnapping.The victim, Rumbidzai Gunhu, was returning home from Kwe...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:33hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Heatwave and water crisis grip Beitbridge
The escalating effects of climate change are manifesting with greater severity, as Beitbridge District faced sweltering temperatures of up to 42°C yesterday. The extreme heatwave has intensified dema...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:23hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's cash reserves cannot cover a month
The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has raised alarm over the country's dwindling foreign currency reserves, warning that the current US$540 million is insufficient to cover even a single...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 18:10hrs | 645 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe juggles US$1bn TBs to avert crisis
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is restructuring repayment terms for Treasury Bonds (TBs) as it grapples with escalating debt obligations and the looming threat of default. With nearly US$74...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 18:06hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on businesses rejecting ZiG to intensify
The Zimbabwean government has vowed to intensify its crackdown on suppliers and manufacturers who refuse to transact in Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency or use parallel market exchange rates. The move was...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 16:34hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's education sector saddled with billions in debt
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in Zimbabwe is grappling with significant financial challenges, with debts running into billions of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency, revealing the deepenin...Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 06:39hrs | 282 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe inflation eases
Zimbabwe's inflation rate eased significantly in November, marking a slowdown to 11.7% from 37.2% in October, according to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). The decline was attributed to the central...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 11:08hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
RBZ keeps rates steady
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor John Mushayavanhu has announced that the bank policy rate will remain at 35%, and statutory reserve requirements will stay unchanged, as the central bank seeks ...Published: 05 Dec 2024 at 06:55hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's central bank claims success in stabilising rate and inflation
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced significant progress in stabilising the country's exchange rate and inflation following a series of monetary policy interventions, including a cumulati...Published: 04 Dec 2024 at 14:23hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate Courts set for construction in Cowdray Park and Emganwini
The 2025 national budget has earmarked a total of ZiG711 million for key priority projects in Bulawayo Metropolitan Province, covering infrastructure, healthcare, housing, and cultural heritage develo...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 15:23hrs | 296 | by Staff reporter
'Banks refuse to make salary payments on behalf of Zimbabwe govt'
A dramatic financial crisis has hit Zimbabwe's civil service as banks have reportedly withheld payments for thousands of public sector workers' salaries, citing the government's inability to meet its ...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 09:58hrs | 12950 | by Staff reporter
CSOs voice strong opposition to the Zimbabwe tax
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have voiced strong opposition to the Zimbabwean government's 2025 national budget, criticizing new taxes as oppressive and harmful to citizens already struggling wit...Published: 03 Dec 2024 at 08:54hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Mashonaland chief in legal trouble over abuse directed at woman
The national Council of Chiefs has been petitioned to act on an errant chief who was filmed verbally abusing a woman during a village court sitting.Chief Nyamaropa, of Shamva in Mashonaland Ce...Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 16:56hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
RBZ assures bonus payments will not disrupt economic stability
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Dr. John Mushayavanhu has assured that the payment of civil servant bonuses ahead of the festive season will not affect price stability or the exchange rate....Published: 01 Dec 2024 at 08:50hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's budget is anti-people, anti-business and anti-Zimbabwe
Citizens Coalition for Change Statement on 2025 budget statement The recent national budget proposal exposes the Zanu-PF government's obnoxious penchant to compulsorily expropriate people's mo...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:28hrs | 81 | by Willias Madzimure
2025 Budget: A shallow, hollow, narcissistic and dishonest anti-people ritual
THE 2024 budget statement was presented in backdrop of a tough and challenging year for the working people of Zimbabwe. A year in which the citizen had been abused by extreme levels of inflation, emas...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 18:47hrs | 731 | by Tendai Biti
Zimbabwe Warriors get US$1 million for 2025 AFCON finals campaign
The Zimbabwe senior men's national football team, the Warriors, is set to receive a financial boost from the government ahead of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) campaign in Morocco. Finance M...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:19hrs | 3934 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves Parliament in darkness
President Emmerson Mnangagwa walked out of the New Parliament Building in total darkness on Thursday, underscoring the severity of Zimbabwe's ongoing electricity crisis. The 82-year-old Zanu-PF leader...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:18hrs | 2678 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans abroad sent home US$1,9 billion in 9 months
Zimbabweans living abroad sent a record-breaking US$1.9 billion back home in the first nine months of 2024, marking a significant 16.5% increase from the US$1.6 billion remitted in the same period las...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:17hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube squeezes taxpayers
Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister, Mthuli Ncube, yesterday unveiled a set of new taxes aimed at bolstering government revenue in the 2025 national budget. The tax measure...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:16hrs | 819 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs strongly reject 'betting, pizza budget'
Opposition legislators have strongly rejected Finance, Economic Development, and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube's 2025 national budget, criticizing it for failing to address the country's ...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
ZiG monthly inflation seen staying below 3%
Zimbabwe's gold-backed currency (ZiG) is expected to maintain stable inflation levels, with average month-on-month inflation forecast to remain below 3% in 2025. This projection is underpinned by stri...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 06:53hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube sees 2025 growth rebound after this year's drought
Zimbabwe has projected economic growth to accelerate to 6 percent in 2025 from 2 percent this year, helped by improved agricultural output and power generation as the country recovers from a severe dr...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 16:32hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
FULL PRESENTATION SLIDES: Zimbabwe 2025 Budget - Prof Mthuli Ncube
THE 2025 NATIONAL BUDGET PRESENTATION 'Building Resilience for Sustained Economic Transformation' Presented to the Parliament of Zimbabwe byHON. PROF. MTHULI NCUBE ...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 16:12hrs | 2463 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe teachers demand payment of November salaries
The government is facing growing backlash from teachers across Zimbabwe after it failed to pay them their November salaries and 13th cheque (bonus) without providing any explanation.In a state...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 701 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean inflation slows
Zimbabwe's monthly inflation rate slowed for the first time in four months, as volatility that's plagued the nation's gold-backed ZiG currency shows signs of ebbing.Consumer prices rose 11.7% ...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 19:37hrs | 449 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu, Chamisa proxies lose battle over CCC millions
The Citizens Coalition for Change party led by Welshman Ncube will receive funds under the Political Parties (Finance) Act in a major snub to two other factions, it was reported on Sunday.Just...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 13:40hrs | 3168 | by Staff reporter
ZiG spawns upheavals in insurance industry
Insurers have been scrambling to reassure policyholders as market jitters resurface in the wake of the introduction of Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) in April. With memories of the devastating currency shifts in...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:13hrs | 253 | by Staff reporter
Former Lupane State University lecturer files US$100,000 defamation suit
A former senior lecturer at Lupane State University (LSU), Dr. Keith Phiri, has filed a US$100,000 defamation lawsuit against his former employer, claiming that an advertisement published by the unive...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 10:07hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Revenue woes cripple Harare
The Harare City Council has collected only 40 percent of its targeted revenue for the first nine months of 2024, severely hampering its ability to deliver essential services. The council raised ZiG2.0...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 09:57hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe banking sector strengthens amid declining non-performing loans
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has reported a significant improvement in the country's banking sector credit risk landscape, marked by a decrease in the ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to tot...Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 09:55hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF's Tonderai Mutasa sworn-in as Victoria Falls councillor
Zanu PF's Tonderai Mutasa was sworn-in as councillor for Ward 1 in Victoria Falls on Thursday after independent candidate Ephias Mambume was disqualified by the Electoral Court.Mambume's disqu...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:01hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zupco workers plan court action over outstanding pay
Former workers of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) have raised serious concerns over the company's failure to pay outstanding salaries, some of which date back to July last year. The disg...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 150 | by Staff reporter
Ecocash loses ZWG 148,7 million in conversion to new currency
Ecocash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, a leading diversified digital solutions group, has reported a loss of ZWG 148.7 million following the transition to the newly introduced ZWG currency, which was intr...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:35hrs | 1901 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt sinks in deep financial hole
The recent 43% devaluation of Zimbabwe's Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency has exacerbated the government's financial crisis, leaving it struggling to meet its obligations while civil servants and other pu...Published: 19 Nov 2024 at 13:38hrs | 7666 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe finance ministry bans foreign trips
The Zimbabwean government is tightening its belt in response to a severe cash crunch as it approaches the end of 2024. Finance Secretary George Guvamatanga has announced measures aimed at curbing spen...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:24hrs | 5543 | by Staff reporter
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