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Zimbabwe GDP jumps 7%

Zimbabwe's economy registered strong growth in the second quarter of 2025, with gross domestic product (GDP) rising 7,01 percent compared to the previous quarter, according to figures released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zi…

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 21:27hrs | 344 | by Staff reporter

Illegal logging costs Zimbabwe millions

Deep in the misty Eastern Highlands, along the Zimbabweâ€“Mozambique border, the whine of chainsaws has replaced the natural chorus of birdsong. Towering indigenous and exotic trees, some centuries old, are falling to unchecked, illegal lo…

Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:29hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's rebasing pushes GDP to US$45,7bn

The government's recent rebasing of Zimbabwe's economy has lifted its gross domestic product (GDP) valuation to US$45,7â€¯billion and gross national income (GNI) per capita above US$3â€¯000 - even as exchange rate distortions cloud the tru…

Published: 01 Aug 2025 at 08:27hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's formal economy tanks

Zimbabwe's economy has become overwhelmingly informal, with the latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) revealing that 76% of business operations in the country are now informal. This represents a sharp increa…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 16:09hrs | 601 | by Staff reporter

ZimStat confirms dominance of Zimbabwe's huge informal sector

The Zimbabwean economy is overwhelmingly dominated by informal micro-businesses, according to a preliminary report of the 2023 Economic Census released yesterday by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat). Conducted between June …

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 09:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

ZimStat alerts public to fake job scams

The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) has issued a public warning over a fake recruitment scheme circulating on social media, cautioning job seekers to be vigilant against scammers.In a statement, ZIMSTAT said fraudulent advert…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:06hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter

ZimStat boss anti-graft trial opens

The high-profile anti-corruption case involving Naomi Wekwete, chairperson of the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT) board, finally opened in Harare yesterday. Wekwete pleaded not guilty to charges related to alleged abuse of he…

Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 08:03hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's weighted inflation rate hits 0% in May

Zimbabwe's monthly weighted average inflation rate fell to 0 percent in May 2025, marking a significant step toward economic stability and price predictability across both local and foreign currency markets.According to data released by th…

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:12hrs | 120 | by Staff reporter

FAO, Govt collaborate to launch National Agricultural and Livestock Census Plan of Action

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is working alongside Government to design and implement a National Agricultural and Livestock Census (NALC) Plan of Action. This effort aims to address gaps in the country's…

Published: 23 Jan 2025 at 13:29hrs | 238 | by Staff Reporter

Tafadzwa Bandama appointed new Director-General of Zimstat

Local economist Tafadzwa Bandama has been appointed the new Director-General of the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat), the country's primary statistics agency. This appointment follows the suspension of Taguma Mahonde last year…

Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 10:34hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter

73 000 Bulawayo residents based outside Zimbabwe

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has said it is difficult to provide accurate statistics of locals based in diaspora with official data from the 2022 Population and Housing Census report showing that Bulawayo had at least …

Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Fraud-accused Zimstat boss granted US$200 bail

Taguma Mahonde, the Director General of the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat), has been granted bail of US$200 by Harare magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa following his arrest last week.Mahonde is facing fraud allegations, with the p…

Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimstat boss arrested by ZACC over fraud

Taguma Mahonde, the Director General of Zimbabwe's National Statistics Agency (Zimstat), finds himself in legal trouble as he has been apprehended by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on charges of severe corruption and corpor…

Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 19:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Ten percent of what CEOs earn for general workers

HARARE - (ZimStat) Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency has released what most unionists alleged is a damning review analysis of the current cost of living which they said had jumped upwards by 10.4 percent to stand at 76 percent. Speaking …

Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:09hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Teedzai for Table Salt News

Suspended ZimStat worker blows whistle on boss

SUSPENDED Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) employee, Blessing Huragu has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other relevant authorities accusing the agency's director-general, Taguma Mahonde of harassing whistleblowers…

Published: 07 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

ZimStat census sparks controversy

THE accurate number of Zimbabwean immigrants in the United Kingdom (UK) and Australia has exposed gross inaccuracies in the 2022 Population and Housing Census which has painted the size of the country's diaspora in a significantly differen…

Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

American economics says ZimStat is run by a clown

UNITED States professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and senior fellow at the Cato Institute, Steve Hanke, has fiercely hit back at the Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (ZimStat) director-general Tagu…

Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

US economist says ZimStat boss talking 'rubbish'

AMERICAN economics professor Steve Hanke, who came under fire in Zimbabwe on Wednesday for cooking inflation data, has described the criticism as "rubbish" and defended his controversial formula.Hanke, who claims to be "accurately calculat…

Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

ZimStat faces lawsuit

TEACHERS unions have threatened to resort to legal recourse following delays by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) to pay census enumerators their dues.The 2022 national population and housing census was held in April, but t…

Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

ZimStat debunks Steve Hanke's cooked data

TEMPERS flared over Zimbabwe's rioting inflation yesterday, with the country's chief statistician hitting out at an American economist and the media for querying the validity of data produced by his office.Zimbabwe National Statistics Agen…

Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Census: ZimStart begins 5-day mop up

Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) will in the next five days, be mopping up those who were not counted for one reason or the other, during last week's counting.Yesterday, ZimStat said it wanted to make sure everyone is counted …

Published: 02 May 2022 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Census scandal rocks Zimstart

THE Zimbabwe Statistical Agency (Zimstart) has been rocked by a fresh scandal after it emerged at the weekend several teachers who had been hired and trained as enumerators for the forthcoming national census have been kicked out replaced …

Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Monthly inflation rate surges to 6,4%

Zimbabwe's month-on-month inflation for October 2021 climbed to 6,4 percent, its highest level since August 2020 when it touched its highest point of 8,4 percent, latest figures from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) show.T…

Published: 27 Oct 2021 at 22:14hrs | 204 | by Business Reporter

Taming inflation is an arduous task

The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) pointed that year on year (annual) inflation rate marginally increased to 51.55% in September 2021 from 50.24% in August 2021 after 8 months of straight decline from 363% recorded in Januar…

Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 09:13hrs | 11 | by Victor Bhoroma

Reviving the rural economy in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's rural economy plays a significant role in national food production, in alleviating extreme poverty and in the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (Zimstat) demographic sur…

Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 12:37hrs | 30 | by Victor Bhoroma

'Average Zimbabwean lived on US$1.15 in September'

The average Zimbabwean needed at least $3 591 not to be considered poor in September. This translates to US$1.15 per day and this is a significant improvement from June 2020 levels of US$0.75 but still lower than 2013, when the total consu…

Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Cyclone Idai brings Chamisa face to face with effects of sanctions

The Government of Zimbabwe, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on record calling for the unconditional removal of the Western imposed illegal sanctions on the Southern African State, arguing that the punitive measures have set the coun…

Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:16hrs | 2 | by Mapozho Saruchera

Virginia Tech professor aids Zimbabwe in poverty analysis amid decades of political strife

July 19, 2018 -- Jeff Alwang's relationship with Zimbabwe began in 1997 during a yearlong sabbatical in the nation's capital Harare.Since then, the country has seen periods of social and political unrest, hyperinflation, challenges to publ…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 19:39hrs | | by Zeke Barlow

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