Social safety nets, community spirit help South African mother through Covid-19...

Around 40 km outside Cape Town, Leebah Bessick wipes sweat from her forehead as she digs a pitchfork into the earth at a neighbourhood...

Natfoods volumes down 2.4% in Q3 on poor maize performance

Davison Kaiyo HARARE -  National Foods recorded a 2.4% decrease in volumes for the third quarter ending 31 March at 131,000 tons compared to last...

Caps United in new sponsorship deal

Herzel Mushayabasa CAPS United FC’s preparations for the forthcoming Castle Lager Premier Soccer Leage football season have received a boost with the Manchester Road Boys...

Art to pay US$800 000 for Nampak’s Softex stake

HARARE – Art Holdings has announced the acquisition of 50% of Softex Tissue Products from Nampak Zimbabwe for a total consideration of US$800 000....

 Renewables supplied only a third of Africa’s electricity demand growth

LONDON, United Kingdom – An analysis of global electricity revealed that wind and solar showed resilient growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, forcing a...

Tharisa now has full control of Salene Chrome

Tharisa Plc has now acquired full control of Salene Chrome Zimbabwe from Leto Settlement for USD3. فريق باريس 0 million. Salene Chrome is a development...

Gold exports up 3% in 4months to April

HARARE - Zimbabwe has recorded a 3% increase in gold earnings in the four months to April at US$297.46 mln from US$289.52 mln recorded...

Government moves to destroy illegal settlements

Staff Writer Government is set to unleashe teams led by Cabinet ministers to visit irregular settlements established by housing co-operatives as government moves to regularised...

Annual inflation to fall to 55% by July: RBZ

HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe expects inflation to go down below 55% by July 2021 in line with its current declining trend. In...

New harvesting technology brings relief for communal farmers

Herzel Mushayabasa and Sharon Chikwanha Villagers in Mudzi district in Mashonaland East province have adopted a new thrashing technology that ensures improved yields while overcoming...

Decreasing milk, chicks and egg production dampens agric season

Staff Writer Zimbabwe could be bubbling with enthusiasm over high prospects of record crop yields but the same cannot be said about other areas of...

O’ Level pass rate declines by 7%

Herzel Mushayabasa/Sharon Chikwanha The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns affected pupils writing their 2020 ZIMSEC Ordinary Level examinations with results declining by close to...

African countries commit to double agricultural productivity

Davison Kaiyo HARARE – Seventeen African heads of state signed on to the commitment to boost agricultural production by doubling current productivity levels through the...

SADC postpones security summit ‘indefinitely’ as differences sharpen over Cabo Delgado...

Pushing back against a growing determination among regional states to take concerted action to quell the insurgency in northern Mozambique, President Fillipe Nyusi has...

17 journalists killed in 2021 – UNESCO

Reason Razao in Windhoek, Namibia At least 17 journalists have died in 2021 while on duty across the world with the United Nations Educational, Scientific...

UNESCO continues fight for freedom of expression

Reason Razao in Windhoek Namibia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has committed to building bridges that will add to the existing efforts...

National Venture Capital Fund disburses $300 million

BULAWAYO – The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says close to $300 million has been disbursed to entrepreneurs under the...

Zambrew to invest US$20m in plant upgrade amid beer shortage

Zambian Breweries, part of the world’s largest brewing company - Anheuser-Busch InBev - is upgrading its Lusaka and Ndola plants with new technology worth...

How this Zimbabwean-born entrepreneur became the wealthiest Black woman in the...

Abu Mubarik Valerie Moran was born into a family of five children. Originally from Zimbabwe, her parents were successful entrepreneurs. Her mother was a beautician while...

Why renewable energy won’t end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help to address their energy problems. About 42 percent...