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Zimbabwe's diamond sector gets boost
Zimbabwe's diamond cutting and polishing sub-sector is set for a major boost following a landmark partnership with Indian diamond processing giant, Harry Krishna Exports.The cooperation agreem...Published: 25 Aug 2025 at 07:58hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe suspends excise duty on raw wine imports
In a move aimed at boosting the local wine industry, the Zimbabwean government has suspended excise duty on imported raw wine for approved manufacturers. The measure, announced through Statutory Instr...Published: 28 Jun 2025 at 15:06hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among Africa's fastest-growing economies in 2025
Zimbabwe is expected to be one of Africa's fastest-growing economies this year, with the African Development Bank (AfDB) forecasting a 5.3 percent growth rate.This strong projection is slightl...Published: 26 Feb 2025 at 07:42hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
Chinese firm to build US$700m fertiliser plants
CHINESE regional fertiliser manufacturing giant, United Capital Fertiliser (UCF) Limited, is set to invest US$700 million in the construction of Compound D and Urea fertiliser manufacturing plan...Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe detractors target Chinese investors
AHEAD of this year's elections, the country's detractors are now targeting the biggest investors in Zimbabwe, the Chinese, with a view to causing friction between the two countries and forcing the mul...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mining sector energy demand to surge 344%
ZIMBABWE'S mining sector will require in excess of 2 000 megawatts (MW) of electricity in the next three to four years, up 344% compared to current needs, as industry expands, businessdigest revealed....Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Class IN itself versus Class FOR itself
US goose versus NED ganderTHERE is always more to write about than there is space to publish. Last week I had to drop two key matters, to allow myself to address in extenso what I sought to ra...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RBZ shelves plans to sell gold buying unit
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has indefinitely suspended plans to dispose of its controlling stake in the country's sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refinery, to new shareholders, a senior ...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
RBZ resumes forex auction
THE weekly Foreign Currency Auction Trading System resumed activity this Tuesday after the festive season break with the Zimbabwe dollar trading at 112,82 against the United States dollar.The ...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
2022 budget should up Matabeleland momentum
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube is set to present the 2022 National Budget Statement today amid high expectations that more resources will be allocated to expedite co...Published: 25 Nov 2021 at 07:00hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Liberation war propaganda has lost its aura
SOUTH Africa's African National Congress (ANC) seems headed towards the same route as other African liberation movements which delivered their countries from colonial rule but failed to deliver on the...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 05:26hrs | 15 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa urges modernisation of rural communities
AHEAD of this year's agricultural season, President Mnangagwa has called upon farmers to start land preparations as he assured them of access to well-resourced provincial agriculture mechanisation hub...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mechanisation hubs set up for farmers
AHEAD of this year's agricultural season, President Mnangagwa has called upon farmers to start land preparations as he assured them of access to well-resourced provincial agriculture mechanisation hub...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesa tightens screws on bigwigs
ZESA has embarked on a blitz to compel all high-profile people who owe it money to pay up or face prosecution. So far, several bigwigs including former and serving ministers have appeared in c...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe imports drop 31%
Zimbabwe's imports for the first four months of the year to April 2019 dropped 31 percent to US$1,5 billion from US$2,2 billion registered in the same period last year, as the country's import bill co...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition and lost opportunities
Election 2018 was largely considered a landmark event for the different meanings and opportunities that were attached to it, particularly for the new faces in the presidential race, Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Insurance companies, Peoples Savings, Fixed income earners at Risk due to unstable economy.
Zimbabwe financial system is still in a disarray despite the measures unpacked in the monetary policy statement of the first half of year 2019 with Dr Mangudya on 19 February. The economy is continuou...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Elvis Dzvene
Zimbabwe trade deficit drops
Zimbabwe's trade deficit narrowed 37 percent in October last year to $144 million after total exports jumped 25 percent to $449 million largely driven by a 300 percent vault in tobacco shipments, acco...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Business Weekly.
Best economic models that Zimbabwe government can adopt
Apparently we have the following challenges in our mainstream economy - Production levels are very low ( imports exceeding exports therefore balance of payments affected-&nbs...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 22:17hrs | 18 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
MDC Alliance economics does not address production sector
Zimbabwe Communist Party secretary general Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena has said he has gone through the MDC Alliance economic intervention approach and noticed it does not deal with issue of productivi...Published: 11 Oct 2018 at 10:17hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Nkosana Moyo dismisses Mthuli tax reforms
Former Industry and Trade minister Nkosana Moyo has dismissed Finance minister Mthuli Ncube's tax reforms, noting that they do not address the real stem of the economic crisis, which is government's o...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 14:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dodgy Bulawayo business forum corns delegates
A poorly organised Zimbabwe is Open for Business forum in Bulawayo, organised by the Corporate Capital Consultancy led by Mr D Nyika scammed delegates who paid $25 to attend the meeting.The me...Published: 02 Oct 2018 at 09:56hrs | 2 | by Delegate
Mr President here are the key drivers of the economy
You don't have to wait for appointment for you to bring development to your country. Whatever you have on your hands it is good to share so that our country will be in a better position to develop. Fo...Published: 03 Jan 2018 at 16:45hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chinamasa's celebration of transition from formal to informal economy terrifying - ZCTU
Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions secretary general Japhet Moyo said he was terrified listening to the Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa celebrating the transition from formal to informal economy. ...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Government must consult policy makers (us) before making key decisions
I'm very disappointed with the way this current regime is handling policy matters. We are in this current mess because of policy inconsistency. We have a big problem in Zimbabwe, and it seems some peo...Published: 28 Jun 2017 at 18:32hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Swift action needed to bail ZESA
If there is anything that the people of Zimbabwe would like to quickly forget, worse still to experience once more, is the dark period in the recent past that saw load-shedding stretching for 18 hours...Published: 24 May 2017 at 15:06hrs | | by John Sigauke
'Land reform is Zimbabwe's biggest achievement,' says Mnangagwa
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa says land reform is the biggest achievement that Zimbabwe has achieved since the attainment of political independence in 1980.In a wide ranging interv...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 16:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politics of the belly and boot-licking not for the suffering masses
My analysis is not going to be based on one political party but basically it's going to be a broad analysis which is inclusive of all parties. It's very painful to write about this because as I look a...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 13:47hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Nkayi's 96% poverty rate
NKAYI is regarded as one of the highly impoverished districts in the country in urgent need of support to improve livelihoods.A recent independent baseline assessment survey report commiss...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Budget deficit a sign of lack of political will
Looking at the budget that was presented by Patrick Chinamasa it lacks merit and tolerance of divergence of views. What Chinamasa should have done is to have a broader consultation to all stakeholders...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 12:40hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
New radio station engage content providers
Skyz Metro FM is currently engaging content providers to promote business opportunities that come with the establishment of this new radio station in Bulawayo.This was said by one of the senio...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 15:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
There is no trickle down, comrades
Zim-Asset recognises human resources as one of the key drivers of the economy and postulates that socio-economic transformation will be largely propelled through the "judicious exploitation of our hum...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 09:26hrs | | by Patrick Zhuwao
Draft resolutions of Zanu-PF's 6th National People's Congress
Introduction The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) held its 6th National People's Congress in Harare, at the Robert Gabriel Muga...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 08:13hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
'From being job seekers to being job creators' - WhatsApp update
Please note that Bulawayo24 does not edit WhatsApp updates. We publish them as sent by our readers and we do not disclose the sender's telephone number....Published: 02 Jun 2014 at 07:55hrs | | by Unemployed graduate
Mujuru castigates culture of corruption
Vice President Joice Mujuru has castigated the culture of corruption in the country which she says is scaring away investors and affecting the full implementation of ZIM ASSET economic blueprint....Published: 04 May 2014 at 20:22hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabweans voted for a clueless party,' says Prof Ncube
MDC president, Professor Welshman Ncube, said it is high time Zimbabweans took responsibility and admit they voted for a "clueless" Zanu-PF to run the country.So clueles...Published: 18 Apr 2014 at 11:08hrs | | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Industrialists, Diplomats tour Byo Industries
INDUSTRIALISTS and diplomats from the SADC region yesterday toured Bulawayo industries with a view of creating potential investment and understanding how these companies are operating in the midst of ...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 14:46hrs | 4 | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Bimha to focus on Bulawayo revival
NEWLY appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce Mike Bimha has said Government would prioritise industrial reviaval in Bulawayo. Bimha, who was the Deputy Minister in the same portfolio ...Published: 12 Sep 2013 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's government will not budge on 51% shareholding
Zimbabwe will continue to implement the controversial indigenisation policy, President Robert Mugabe said in his inauguration speech on Thursday.Mugabe said his government will seek to give i...Published: 23 Aug 2013 at 03:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's productive sector employees decline by 17 percent
THE number of employees in the productive sectors declined by 17 percent between last year and 2005, according to the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency.Zimstats' latest quarterly employment...Published: 07 Mar 2011 at 08:58hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Africans threaten Ivory Coast invasion
West African heads of state have warned they will use force to oust incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo unless he cedes power to a rival widely credited with having won a presidential elect...Published: 28 Dec 2010 at 03:51hrs | | by Byo24
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