HARARE - The country's maize production is estimated to have risen 17% in the 2019/20 season, but the biggest concern remains the poor yields, which averaged 0.57 tonnes per hectare. According to the Second Round Crop and Livestock Assessment...
Farai Mabeza
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has increased electricity tariffs by 19.02 percent with effect from March 1, 2020.
In a statement, ZETDC acting managing director Engineer Ralph Katsande said from now on it would be reviewing...
Staff Writer
The Government, has approved a recommendation from the NSSA Board to implement a self-adjusting mechanism for benefits pay-outs that will see them pegged against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s auction rate, with effect from 1 January 2022.
Current minimum...
Davison Kaiyo
HARARE – Seventeen African heads of state signed on to the commitment to boost agricultural production by doubling current productivity levels through the scaling up of agro-technologies. This will include investing in access to markets, and promoting agricultural...
HARARE – An average Zimbabwean family required at least $5,293 in February this year to meet its basic needs for it not to be deemed poor, a 17% jump from $4,492 the previous month, latest data shows.
The jump reflects...
The Banker
LONDON – 1 July 2020: African banks are small in world terms but they punch above their weight in profits, according to The Banker’s latest ranking of the Top 1000 World Banks.
Africa’s banks have less than 1% of total...
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...
Ryan Chigoche
HARARE - Treasury has announced an upward review of the tax-free threshold to $500 000 per month from $91 000 effective this month with the highest marginal tax rate of 40 percent now applicable on income above $15...
Davison Kaiyo
The Government has established an irrigation development fund as the country takes measures to ensure food security in light of climate change induced droughts that have ravaged the country for the past few years.
According to Statutory Instrument (SI)...
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...
