Five year tax break for Great Dyke Investments

Davison Kaiyo Government has entered into an agreement with Great Dyke Investments (GDI) that would see the new player in Zimbabwe’s platinum mining sector enjoying...

African banks sign deal to upgrade trade chokepoint at Zimbabwe border

A group of African banks has signed a US$194mn senior debt facility to rehabilitate the Beitbridge border post, a crossing that connects Zimbabwe and...

IMF revises global growth forecast upwards with wary eye on pandemic

With a wary eye on COVID-19, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast a more optimistic 5.5% expansion of the global economy this year. The...

US$ millions for ageing Kariba Dam – UN Report

Sydney Kawadza Zimbabwe and Zambia should expect spending millions of United States dollars in regular repairs, rehabilitation and maintenance at the Kariba Dam, which has...

AfDB mobilises US$25b for African climate adaptation

Staff Writer The African Development Bank has launched the African Adaptation Acceleration Programme to mobilize US$25 billion to scale up and accelerate climate change adaptation...

Govt warns against spreading false news

Reason Razao  Government has blasted mainstream and social media for maliciously alleging that some of its officials had passed on after succumbing to Covid-19 saying...

Emirates to increase flights to Harare and Lusaka

Staff Writer Emirates is set to increase its flights between Harare Lusaka and Dubai to four times a week from February 6 this year with...

Sub-Saharan Africa FDI down 11% to US$28 billion: UNCTAD

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro  HARARE – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Sub-Saharan Africa fell by 11% to US$28 billion in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according...

Harare City frets over burial sites as COVID-19 bites

Sydney Kawadza The Harare City Council is in urgent need of a new burial site as most of its cemeteries re largely full, a development...

Consumer Price Index publication expedited

Davison Kaiyo The Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has changed the dates for publication of the Consumer Price Index following the completion of the computerisation of...

New journalists’ accreditation fees gazetted

Davison Kaiyo Government has gazetted registration and accreditation fees for journalists with the charges going up as much as 900 percent. The ZMC immediately announced that...

Now Is the Time for the US to Reset Relations with...

  Marc Holtzman There is no better time for the United States to reset relations with a foreign country than at the change of an administration....

“Two health workers infected with COVID-19 each day”

Davison Kaiyo and Sydney Kawadza At least two members of the health frontline workers in Zimbabwe’s major hospitals are contracting the dreaded COVID-19 virus per...

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Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs minister dies

Davison Kaiyo  HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Sibusiso Moyo (SB) has died. He was 61. Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services acting Minister Jenfan...

Local currency breaks depreciation trend against the USD

HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe held its weekly foreign currency auction today, which saw the local currency break its depreciation trend against...

Caledonia Mining reports record gold production at Blanket Mine

Caledonia Mining Corporation reported a record total gold production of 57,899 ounces in 2020 for Blanket Mine, which is the top end of the...

How ‘energy transition’ will impact Zimbabwe this decade

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro HARARE – In the just started 2021/30-decade, fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) will continue to lose global market share as the world energy...

Zim taking cautious approach on Covid-19 vaccine rollout

HARARE – Zimbabwe is taking a cautious approach towards the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines that some African countries are set to roll out amid...

‘Colonialism had never really ended’: my life in the shadow of...

Simukai Chigudu There was no single moment when I began to sense the long shadow that Cecil John Rhodes has cast over my life, or...