Farai Mabeza
PAN-AFRICAN housing finance institution, Shelter Afrique, approved a total of US$20m for Zimbabwean housing finance providers during the year, managing director Andrew Chimphondah has said.
Chimpondah told the media at the opening of Shelter Afrique’s Centre of Excellence Masterclass...
Sydney Kawadza
Solar products and accessories are seen playing a major role in transforming lives in rural communities across Zimbabwe after government waived duty on solar equipment.
According to experts, the import duty waiver on solar products and accessories has seen...
Happiness Zengeni
The majority of migrants in South Africa, including some Zimbabweans, opted to remain within that country after its government announced a lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 because they now consider it to be their their home,...
Itai Ndongwe
Zimbabwe is bracing for a repetition of the devastating power disruptions caused by the 2015-2016 El Niño event, a cyclical climate phenomena associated with greater Pacific Ocean temperatures and clouds over southern Africa.
With the country already suffering with...
Chris Mahove
The Financial Intelligence Unit has directed banks to close accounts of debit card holders who use them to engage in illegal foreign currency deals by transacting on behalf of third parties in exchange for foreign currency.
In a...
HARARE - Zimbabwe platinum production rose 11% in the first quarter to 120koz while it is estimated to grow 2% to 457koz in the full year (2021).
According to the latest global platinum production report from the World Platinum Council,...
Almot Maqolo
HARARE – Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) had a torrid time in parliament as it failed to provide concrete evidence on how the US$27 million facility meant for importing wheat and refurbishing Grain Marketing Board (GMB) silos...
Ryan Chigoche
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency says it has seen an increase in investor interest with the current applications in the eight months to August standing at nearly 800 licences.
The agency said its new licence capturing...
Pride Mzarabani
HARARE – The government has consolidated 11 licence requirements by merging all fragmented local authority licences into a single unitary licence, in a move designed to simplify operations for players in Zimbabwe’s wholesale and retail sector.
The reform, which...
Money and structural adjustment: The post-colonial economy and the question of sovereignty
Tinashe Nyamunda
Within a decade of attaining independence, things began to fall apart within the Zimbabwean economy. Despite the...
