Money and the winds of change in the 1960s. Federal collapse, the Rhodesian rebellion, sanctions UN sanctions and the turn towards a post-sterling currency.
Tinashe Nyamunda
The 1960s have been viewed by historians as the decade of African independence. While many...
Staff Writer
Zimtrade has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dutch senior expert consultancy PUM to grow horticultural exports, but the Dutch organisation is demanding expedition of land bankability by Harare as part of enablers for the strategic deal.
PUM is...
Talkmore Gandiwa
With pale faces carved with visible marks of sorrow, tobacco farmers sit patiently outside one of Zimbabwe’s tobacco auction floors in Harare, the capital city.
In their minds, all they are consumed with are the meager earnings they are...
Sharon Chikwanha
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has introduced a new $50 note which goes into circulation tomorrow, Governor John Mangudya has announced.
In a statement, Governor Mangudya said the RBZ will release $360 million through normal banking channels while banks...
Talkmore Gandiwa
Metropolitan Bank of Zimbabwe's suspension from trading in foreign currency has been lifted by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
The bank's foreign currency dealership licence was suspended two months ago for breaching Exchange Control regulations relating to trading in...
By Talkmore Gandiwa
Zimbabwe is set to increase cement production by 185.7% to one million tonnes by year's end from the current production capacity of 350 000 annually, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
Commissioning the phase two of a new Vertical...
HARARE - The International Monetary Fund says Zimbabwe will most likely enter into a new Staff Monitored Programme in the third quarter if the virtual mission set for June is successful.
This will be the second SMP by the current...
By Takudzwa Musakasa
In an effort to transform the economic fortunes of the Mtshingwe community, mining giant, Mimosa Platinum Mine is assisting local farmers by providing the Mtshingwe Nursery project with hybrid vegetable and fruit seedlings.
One of the top greenhouses...
Staff Writer
A team from the International Monetary Fund is expected in Zimbabwe later this month to conduct the annual Article IV Consultation mission. The team will also be looking at the new currency arrangement, the ZIG.
IMF Communications Director Julie...
Oscar Nkala
On 10 May, the presidents of Botswana and Zambia officially opened the new Kazungula Bridge and one-stop border posts, aimed at ushering in more traffic. The bridge is part of the Trans-African Highway Network and the North-South corridor...
