Money and Economy in Zimbabwean History: A Concise Currency Timeline
Money and the winds of change in the 1960s. Federal collapse, the Rhodesian rebellion, sanctions UN sanctions and the turn towards a post-sterling currency.
Tinashe...
Only 37% of Zimbabweans have access to basic sanitation facilities
Farai Mabeza
Only 37% of the Zimbabwean population use basic sanitation facilities, a 2019 survey has reported.
According to the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey done...
Govt awards civil servants US$13 pay rise
Simba Rushwaya/Xolisani Ncube
Government workers and their representatives have rejected the government’s US$13 equivalent of the 50 percent salary increment awarded last month.
Government on Tuesday...
Mnangagwa consoles Chamisa over late mother
Simba Rushwaya
In a rare case of solidarity, President Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to his arch rival opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of...
U.S. avails $60.55mln for Zimbabwe 2020/21 Lean Season assistance
HARARE – The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $60.55 million toward the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2020/21...
US$2m boost for post-Cyclone Idai restoration
Cynthia Chitombi
Zimbabwe has received a US$2m grant to help in its efforts to re-build infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Idai in March last year.
The funds...
Auditor General to be removed from national procurement oversight committee
Farai Mabeza
The Auditor General is set to be removed from the Special Procurement Oversight Committee due to a glaring conflict of interest, it has...
Download: Natfoods celebrates rare centenary as a Zimbabwean corporate
Jonathan Waters
July 3, is the 100th anniversary of National Foods if we are to trace the company to its “corporate roots”, when the British...
State-owned diamonds company fails to pay workers
Xolisani Ncube
Workers at the state owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) have gone for three months without salaries—a development the company says is due...
ZSE’s obscure relationship with Government
Government’s relationship with the stock exchange has been shaky from the 1980-independence start. It was, after all, unknown to this group of comrades. In...
Zamco resolves $452 mln debts in May including ZC’s $32 mln
Tapiwanashe Mangwiro
HARARE - Zimbabwe Asset Management Company (Zamco) has so far resolved $452 million of the bad debts it mopped up and said they...
ZERA defends petrol blending
Cynthia Chitombi
Zimbabwe has reduced its fuel import bill by about 20 percent through the blending of unleaded petrol with ethanol, a senior government official...
The Diamond Heist from Harare to Minsk
Zimbabwe’s diamond industry has been thriving in the past three years.
Although the country’s diamond, gold and mineral revenues are wide, Zimbabwe expanded its diamond...
African Banks are small but profitable
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...
Zimplow revenue down 19%, profitability drops 42% due to COVID-19
Farai Mabeza
Manufacturing and distribution group, Zimplow Limited, recorded a 19% fall in revenue and a 42% drop in profitability in the first five months...
High Court makes landmark ruling on divorce claim
Xolisani Ncube
The High Court has ruled that men who do not take care of their children while on separation pending divorce could walk out...
Money and Economy in Zimbabwean History: A Concise Currency Timeline
The US-UN multilateralism and global monetary order: Implications for Southern Rhodesia’s monetary developments, 1950 – 1960
Tinashe Nyamunda
June 26, 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of...
Tech Hub launches 26 week long Startup Incubation Programme
HARARE - In a study carried out by Tech Hub Harare between January 2019 to May 2020, over 250 Zimbabwe based startups indicated that attracting funding...
King 98, US based firm in three year music deal
Tawanda Marwizi
US-based music label Cinq Music has signed a three year deal with Zimbabwean hip-hop musician King 98, born Ngonidzashe Dondo.
The company, through its representative Diana...
Chihuri says President Mnangagwa targeting him over a woman
Case provides glimpses on how wealth is distributed among high ranking officials
HARARE - Former Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri has claimed that President...


























