Edgars unit sales down 23% in Q1 as Covid-19 lockdown weighs

HARARE – As largely expected, Edgars reported a subdued first quarter after performance was impacted on by the Covid-19 lockdown. Physical stores were closed...

Accelerating AfCFTA implementation key for Africa’s recovery post COVID-19

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says it will continue to work closely with its member States, the African...

Bindura varsity students arrested for theft

George Swarei Two Bindura University of Science Education students have been arraigned before the courts facing several charges of unlawful entry. It is alleged that Lameck...

VAT on pre-packed rice scrapped

HARARE - Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has scrapped the VAT on pre-packaged rice imports following President Mnangagwa's intervention on the long-standing dispute. The measures will...

Pregnant women and girls face barriers accessing public health facilities risking...

Pregnant women and girls are at risk of  life changing childbirth-related injuries, including obstetric fistula, as many shun public healthcare facilities in favour of...

Zimbabwe’s Typhoid vaccination programme targeting six million children

Sharon Chikwanha/Donald Chakamanga At least six million children between the ages of nine months to 15 years are targeted in government's Integrated Typhoid Conjugate Vaccination...

Examination Fees subsidized by 55%: ZIMSEC

Herzel Mushayabasa Government is subsidizing examination fees for candidates in public schools by at 55 percent of the total fees although those in private schools...

LISTEN: Zim set for new SMP in Q3

HARARE - The International Monetary Fund says Zimbabwe will most likely enter into a new Staff Monitored Programme in the third quarter if the...

Zimbabwe: Engaging stakeholders on economic growth and lingering challenges

View of the city from Meyrick Park, Harare. (Flickr/Jonathan N. Wakeling) On Thursday, May 13, the Africa Center hosted a Zimbabwe roundtable, in partnership with...

Baby boom in Zimbabwe signals hope for rhino growth

While the US and Europe saw a slump in births in 2020, more than 200,000 babies were born when the lockdown was at its...

Mtizwa appointed Invictus Board vice chair

Davison Kaiyo HARARE – Australia listed company, Invictus Energy has appointed leading business executive Joe Mtizwa as non-executive director and deputy chairperson of the board. The...

Treger Group invests US$37mln in modernising units

Staff Writer BULAWAYO – The Treger Products Group has re-invested close to US$37 million into the business since 2010 with a focus on modernising its...

Another record allotment at RBZ auction as ZWL dawdles within 84

HARARE - There was another record allotment on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's auction system on Tuesday but the local currency continued to crawl...

A Mozambican mystery story

RW Johnson The increasing threat posed by Ansar al Sunnah jihadists in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado finally caused major international concern after the...

“Suspicious Zim authorities monitoring church gatherings”

Sydney Kawadza The United States has expressed government’s suspicious treatment of religious activities amid reports that authorities continue to monitor public events, prayer rallies and...

US$50 000 Japanese food assistance for vulnerable Gokwe families

Herzel Mushayabasa At least 3.4 million people are in dire need for food assistance with the Japanese government partnering the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society to...

Novartis in milestone delivery of 1 bln courses of antimalarial treatment

Novartis continues to invest in research and development for next-generation antimalarials to combat the threat of artemisinin resistance BASEL, Switzerland, May 18, 2021/ — Novartis announced...

Lawyer pushes for contempt of court charge against Ziyambi

Donald Chakamanga A Harare lawyer Dr Musa Kika has instructed his lawyers to take legal action including the institution of proceedings for Contempt of Court...

RBZ releases US$100m to clear auction backlog

HARARE - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says it has cleared the allotments backlog on the foreign currency auction system after it released US$100mln into...

Zimbabwe’s platinum output rises 11% in Q1, prices set to remain...

HARARE - Zimbabwe platinum production rose 11% in the first quarter to 120koz while it is estimated to grow 2% to 457koz in the...