UK sanctions on Zimbabwe’s security organisations an act of aggression
By Stembile Mpofu
Yesterday, the UK Government placed sanctions on individuals that head the Zimbabwe Republic Police and Central Intelligence Organisation. Sanctions were also placed...
United Kingdom sanctions security chiefs
Davison Kaiyo
HARARE – Zimbabwe security chiefs have become the first set of individuals in the new dispensation and post-Brexit to be placed under the...
Zim to procure 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Davison Kaiyo
Zimbabwe will import 20 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines as soon as a pool of scientists working on the procurement and rollout...
National lockdown extended to February 15
Reason Razao
Government has extended the Level 4 National Lockdown by another two weeks amid concern of new COVID-19 variants in Zimbabwe.
The lockdown would be...
Concern as Zim delays submitting AfCFTA tariff orders
Sydney Kawadza
Zimbabwe risks remaining a closed economy to Africa despite benefits promised under the African Continental Free Trade Area amid reports that tariff orders...
Police arrest 350 000 for flouting lockdown regulations
Reason Razao
The ZRP has intensified patrols around the Harare’s Central Business District conducting spot checks for permits of movement among motorists, pedestrians and businesses...
Kumbirayi Katsande appointed Old Mutual Zimbabwe board chair
Old Mutual Zimbabwe Limited Board has appointed Kumbirayi Katsande as its Board Chairperson with effect from January 28 this year. شعار بوروسيا دورتموند
Katsande,...
Zimbabwe targets US$4.2 bln agriculture exports
Reason Razao
HARARE - Government says it has put in place initiatives to boost food production and take advantage of international markets as it aims...
AfCFTA – Key in mitigating COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Chido Pamela Mafongoya
The long-awaited trading within the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) finally began on 1 January 2021, marking a very important milestone...
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...

























