Zim national herd declines by 5% due to drought and disease

Farai Mabeza The national cattle herd decreased by 4.7 % from 5 774 525 in 2018 to 5 489 364 in 2019, according to the...

Unki platinum production up 13% in Q1

Staff Writer  HARARE - Platinum production at Shurugwi based mine, Unki increased by 13 percent to 21 800 ounces in the first quarter of 2020...

Govt, private sector agree price freeze on basic goods

Farai Mabeza Government has announced a price moratorium on basic goods after prices skyrocketed following the start of the COVID-19 lockdown at the beginning of...

Committee for allocation of vending sites

Munyaradzi Doma A Special Allocation Committee has been set up to oversee the allocation of vending sites following the destruction of illegal ones by local...

‘We have no dealings with President, son’ says Drax International

Staff Writer Drax International, a Switzerland based company which last year won a tender to supply medical drugs and sundries to government hospitals in Zimbabwe...

Coca-Cola Zimbabwe donates $100 000 to ZRCS for covid-19 fight

Tawanda Marwizi The Coca-Cola foundation handed over a donation of USD100 000 to the Zimbabwe Red Cross Society (ZRCS) to be used for the procurement of...

Govt to decentralise tobacco floors under COVID-19 lockdown

Farai Mabeza Tobacco sales are set to be held at different locations across the country after the government gazetted a new statutory instrument which gives...

Alternative prescriptions to the currency crisis: Restore policy confidence and credibility

Samuel Mapuranga Zimbabwe’s five-year de-dollarization strategy leading up to the year 2024, which was un-procedurally released on Wednesday revealed that the country would phase out...

New registration fees for pension funds as administrator rules are amended

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro HARARE - The ministry of Finance gazetted a new statutory instrument, which deals with fund administrators, principal officers, registration fees as well as...

Sakunda’s US$3m equipment for Arundel Hospital arrives

HARARE – The US$3 million Sakunda Holdings’ equipment and supplies meant to fight COVID-19 has arrived in Harare as preparations for the opening of...

Mitigating COVID-19’s impact on Africa’s food systems

Atsuko Toda and Martin Fregene We are facing great uncertainty on the African continent. The global spread of COVID-19 and the rising number of coronavirus...

Zanu-PF youths gather views on lockdown extension

Cynthia Chitombi Zanu-PF youths are canvassing people’s views on the possible extension of the Covid-19-induced national lockdown through an online survey which has been shared...

Buyanga alleges victimisation by Zim Government

Staff Writer Business mogul Frank Buyanga Sadiqi who is currently embroiled in a legal battle with the mother of his five-year-old child, has alleged that...

RBZ completes blocked funds validation

HARARE – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has announced that it has completed the validation of foreign exchange applications submitted under the blocked funds...

Zimnat launches inflation-proof funeral cover

HARARE - Zimnat Life Assurance has launched an inflation-proof funeral policy, the first of its kind in Zimbabwe, which provides for regular review of...

Artisanal, illegal mining hotspots defy lockdown

Farai Mabeza Miners at two of the most crowded artisanal and illegal mining hotspots in the country, Marange diamond fields and Wanderer Gold Mine in...

Govt slows down on capital expenditure as it posts surplus in...

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro HARARE – Government’s expenditure for 12 months ending 31 December 2019 exceeded actual budget of Z$4.93b by 28.01% against Treasury’s Transitional Stabilization Programme...

Covid-19 further dents any hopes of global economic growth in 2020

HARARE – The 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic has dented any hopes of growth in 2020 with the International Monetary Fund also forecasting a gloomy...

Africa cannot go back to ‘business as usual’ when COVID-19 pandemic...

By Babatunde Omilola Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will be...

14th Covid-19 case confirmed 

Munyaradzi Doma The Ministry of Health and Child Care has recorded its 14th confirmed case of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic on Saturday 11 April. In a...