Shamiso Ngwena & Cynthia Chitombi
Zimbabwean farmers, struggling with traditional crops such as maize, have shifted focus to the sesame plant targeting at least 100 000 tonnes of the crop during the 2020/2021 agricultural season.
Agricultural production in Zimbabwe has been...
Staff Writers
Another storm is brewing at the scandal-ridden National Social Security Authority where board chairman Dr Cuthbert Chidoori extended acting general manager Arthur Manase’s contract for a further six months without the knowledge of other board members.
Manase took over the reins...
Tadiwa Musiyiwa
The 61st edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair is set for September 21 to 24 with attendance strictly by invitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging Zimbabwe and the world at large.
Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing...
Sydney Kawadza
The Africa Investment Forum’s 2021 Market Days have been slated for December 1-3 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire this year with the annual business gathering showcasing transformative investment opportunities across the African continent.
In a statement, the African Development Bank...
Talkmore Gandiwa
The Small to Medium Enterprises sector is now the bedrock of the country’s economy, contributing 60% of the total Gross Domestic Product and an estimated 76% of total employment, a senior government official has said.
Addressing entrepreneurs at the...
HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe kept its key policy rate unchanged to sustain the current inflation trajectory and support the forecast robust economic growth for 2021.
The bank policy rate was maintained at 40% and the interest rate...
Xolisani Ncube/Almot Maqolo
At least 650 white former commercial farmers have received payment of about $50 000 as compensation from government, the Commercial Farmers Union has revealed.
The money translates to approximately US$2 000 using the parallel make rate of 1:25.
However,...
Farai Mabeza
The Auditor General is set to be removed from the Special Procurement Oversight Committee due to a glaring conflict of interest, it has been revealed.
The committee was established under the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act...
Staff Writer
Government is designing a new fuel pricing structure to prevent artificial shortages and is restructuring the oil industry to improve its operational efficiency, a Cabinet Minister has said.
The Minister of Energy and Power Development Fortune Chasi said he...
Farai MabezaReserve Bank of Zimbabwe Monetary Policy Committee member and former MDC parliamentarian Eddie Cross has rubbished suggestions that Zimbabwe should re-dollarize saying the country cannot throw away advantages and gains made through the use of the...
