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Zimbabwe govt posts ZiG3,4bn budget deficit
GOVERNMENT has reported a ZiG3,4 billion budget deficit for the first nine months of the year owing to inflationary pressures and growing expenditure.Finance, Economic Development and Investme...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 07:13hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs alternative to US$
Persistence Gwanyanya, a member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee, has underscored the urgent need for alternatives to the US dollar as a store of value, highlighting c...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 14:40hrs | 565 | by Staff reporter
Khupe reveals new cancer fight
Former Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe has implored parliament to exercise its influence on government to channel more resources towards cancer treatment and awareness programmes as she went de...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:43hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Matinyarare's 'Innscor has destroyed the taste of Zim food' comments cause consternation
If Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed food giant Innscor was hoping to avoid press scrutiny, it could hardly have chosen a more self-destructive path than seeking a gag order against journalist Rute...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 21:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trio nabbed for robbery in Tsholotsho
Tsholotsho - Police in Matabeleland North Province have arrested three suspects who allegedly robbed a 74-year-old man near Sikente Business Centre on Sunday evening.The trio, Thembelani Ncube...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 10:13hrs | 3 | by Peter Matuka
Hopewell Chin'ono friend abducted
Suspected state security agents abducted a Harare-based construction manager - who has done a lot of building works for award-winning Zimbabwean filmmaking journalist Hopewell Chin'ono - yesterday in ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Skin Bleaching cancer cases recorded in Africa
Skin lightening, new pandemic among African women, at what cost? avoid it at all cost.50% of African women bleach their skin, highest being Nigeria 77%. Bleaching creams, and injection...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Erick Matotoba
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
AfDB chief to meet Mozambique's Chissano over Zimbabwe debt
AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) president Akinwumi Adesina and former Mozambique president, Joaquim Chissano, will meet at the end of this month to map out key actions to be taken on Zimbabwe's debt c...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:29hrs | | by Ashlet Simango
HIV drugs to be taken twice a year
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) treatment is awaiting government approval on the new drug Sunlenca (Lenacapavir) being taken twice a year by people with multi-drug resistant HlV type one....Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 08:56hrs | 10 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
What are AOD-9604's advantages?
AOD-9604 is a peptide segment from the C-terminus of HGH attached, but what does that mean, and what are AOD-9604's advantages? One of the 20 amino acids required to create proteins is added at the en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 16:30hrs | 13 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe is ripe for investment - it just needs to be done the right way
The massive surge in diaspora remittances to Zimbabwe - up to $1.4 billion last year - makes for an interesting case study of an economy significantly different from others. Not many countries can loo...Published: 27 Jul 2022 at 13:01hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Treasury releases $6m more for Lake Gwayi-Shangani
TREASURY has released a further $6 million to steer progress at the on-going construction of the Lake Gwayi-Shangani in Matabeleland North province as Government races towards finishing the strategic ...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 18:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bosso coach says he doesn't have depth
HIGHLANDERS coach Mandla "Lulu" Mpofu says his squad lacks depth after coming from 2-0 to force a draw against Bulawayo Chiefs in a league match at Barbourfields Stadium on Sunday.Mpofu said h...Published: 10 May 2022 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
IMF sees positive economic recovery signs in Zimbabwe
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says there are positive signs of the economic recovery in Zimbabwe starting last year after two years of recession, adding that Government had done well in addres...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Currency: The long road of pain awaiting Zimbabwe
IN June 2019, the Zimbabwe dollar was officially reintroduced as the main legal tender for domestic transactions in the country amid scepticism from the general public concerning its sustainability. T...Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dares public enterprises
Parastatals and State-owned enterprises have been challenged not to be drains on the Treasury but to pay dividends and propel growth of the economy through meaningful contribution to the country's Gro...Published: 03 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Renewed exodus of healthcare workers hits Zimbabwe
Earlier this year, Johnson Chegore, 33, resigned from his job as a nurse at a government hospital in the Zimbabwean capital Harare before he left for the UK.In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second-larg...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Dollarisation is not a panacea'
Returning to dollarisation is "not a panacea" to the challenges facing the economy, but Zimbabweans need to embrace broader use of the local currency and foster market discipline in order to consolida...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
RBZ tightens screws in inflation battle
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has further reduced its quarterly reserve money (cash available for use in the economy) target, cutting it to 7,5 percent from 10 percent.The measures are pa...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
HIV pill seen as a game-changer
A NEW injectable option for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) pills, Apretude, which is administered once every two months, has been described as a game-changer against HIV exposure.Scientif...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
2 donkeys die of electric shock
Two teenagers from Plumtree escaped death by a whisker after their donkey-drawn scotch cart came into contact with a live electricity cable.The two boys aged 17 and 15, did not suffer any inju...Published: 24 Dec 2021 at 18:07hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Lupane, Binga battles relived
TODAY as we continue our interview with Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Stanford Moyo pseudo name Lloyd Zvanananewako or Mabhikwa, the former freedom fighter takes us through operations in the Zipra oper...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Power crisis pushes Blanket Mine into fresh costs
GOLD focused resources giant, Caledonia Mining Corporation says it will increase capital injections at its Zimbabwe-based Blanket Mine by 78% in 2022 due to a worsening power crisis.The New Yo...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:01hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Old equipment stifles Zimbabwe pharmaceutical sector
OBSOLETE equipment is currently stifling the operations of the pharmaceutical sector in Zimbabwe amid concerns over the influx of cheap imported drugs and counterfeit products on the market.Th...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CZI pushes for tax reviews
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says government must review policy free thresholds upwards and increase civil service salaries in the upcoming 2022 national budget to boost consumer spe...Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Industry in fresh push for bailout
ZIMBABWE'S manufacturing sector has escalated its push for State-assisted bailout packages to stem a blazing crisis precipitated by the COVID–19 pandemic, a deteriorating foreign currency crisis and...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prince Dube set for another operation
ZIMBABWE international forward, Prince Dube, is set to face six more weeks on the sidelines after he was taken to South Africa this week for surgery. The Tanzania-based striker was set to go u...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe blue chips shine in Africa
AT least five of Zimbabwe's biggest stock exchange-listed firms have made it to the list of Africa's best performing companies, defying storms stemming out of a two year old economic crisis, which was...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:56hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Suspect everyone as Covid-19 risk person'
TREAT everyone as a potential Covid-19 risk, avoid hugs and handshakes, trust nobody, a Covid-19 Delta variant survivor has said. After travelling to Mashonaland West province on a business trip on Sa...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally Tagwirei donates US$5,5m to govt
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally, Kudakwashe Tagwirei's Sakunda Holdings yesterday donated US$5,5 million in cash and equipment to government to help improve people's livelihoods during the COVID-1...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sakunda donates 5 million to Government
Sakunda Holdings has donated US $5,5 million in cash and equipment to Government as the private company seeks to complement President Mnangagwa's efforts in improving people's livelihoods in light of ...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 17:22hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's new $50 can't buy bread
LAST week, the Zimbabwean central bank introduced a $50 note, the country's highest denomination since a return to Zimbabwean dollars as the main currency in 2019.It joins other denominations ...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe gets backing in anti-sanctions war
ZIMBABWE scored big in its quest to have the punitive and illegal economic sanctions imposed by the West two decades ago removed after the United States' House of Representatives Committee admitted th...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Duty hikes to affect BAT volumes
VOLUMES at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed cigarette producer, British American Tobacco (BAT) will remain under pressure until the second half of 2021 as recent excise duty hikes may trigger price ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe starts vaccinating prisoners
ZIMBABWE has started vaccinating prisoners for Covid-19 under the country's second phase vaccination programme, as the Government continues with its quest to vaccinate more than 60 percent of the popu...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
South Africa set to become the first African country to produce COVID-19 vaccines
South Africa is set to become the first African country to produce and distribute COVID-19 vaccines. To date, Africa is relying on countries such as India, China, USA and England for all its C...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:03hrs | | by Daniel Itai, Cape Town, South Africa
Chinese doctors to help administer Covid-19 vaccines
Chinese medical doctors are in Zimbabwe to help local personnel to effectively administer the Covid-19 vaccine brought from the Asian country yesterday as the two Republics continue to exploit the goo...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Ministry dismisses school vaccine talk
Schools will not open on February 15 to administer compulsory Covid-19 vaccine injections as claimed by fake and mischievous messages circulating on social media, the Ministry of Primary and Secondary...Published: 27 Jan 2021 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
A staggering number of Zimbabweans dying outside hospitals
A huge number of Covid-19 victims in Zimbabwe are dying outside health institutions with half of the casualties in Matabeleland South succumbing to the respiratory disease before accessing treatment, ...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:48hrs | 1 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini
'RBZ keeps black market guessing over $50 note'
ZIMBABWE'S markets are struggling to work out the full impact of a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) move to inject a $50 note, which it sees as vital for stemming a dire liquidity crunch, according to r...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses down injections and thermometers
NURSES at major public hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo downed tools yesterday for fear of contracting the deadly COVID-19 virus after being forced to work without personal protective equipment (PPE)....Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo receives record rains
BULAWAYO residents were left stranded yesterday after a record breaking 29mm was recorded in 20 minutes in the Central Business District. Due to poor drainage systems, the flash floods made it...Published: 01 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Injectable HIV drug once every 2 months 89% more effective than daily pills
A long-acting injectable antiretroviral drug administered once every two months is "safe and superior" to daily pills taken by women to protect them from contracting HIV, a new study conducted in seve...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube counts COVID-19 cost on economy
Zimbabwe's construction industry looks set to be the hardest hit by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic with an expected contraction of -11.4 percent, Finance and Economic Development minister Mthul...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
We are not Afraid of Mnangagwa , It's only that we are law abiding citizens
The denial of freedom of the masses by Zanu pf led government has gone too far. What the Zanu pf led government is forgetting is that its party is a minority which survives and rule through force . Bu...Published: 20 Oct 2020 at 14:04hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Israel talks Zimbabwe up over diamonds
THE Israeli government is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to directly buy Zimbabwean diamonds as relations between the two countries continue to warm up after several years...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe where people's pensions have disappeared
Retired couple Teddie and Vesta always imagined they would live out their golden years with dignity.He is 85, and served one company for 46 years as a cleaner, eventually rising to become a re...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:55hrs | | by Shingai Nyoka BBC Africa, Harare
Power outages affect medical drugs storage
Many Zimbabweans who are on self-administered medical drugs requiring refrigerated storage are going through a torrid time as crippling power outages continue unabated.Drugs that require stora...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean attitude, self hate
Is it not a shame that over the years, a lot of us have been taught by the West to define everything from democracy to good governance and accountability in the eyes of foreigners as if we are still a...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe
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