US$1m boost for Zim’s COVID-19 interventions

Davison Kaiyo Zimbabwe’s response to COVID-19 pandemic has received a US$1 million boost from the Japanese government through responsive and preventive care interventions to vulnerable...

Unki Mine production up 4% y-o-y

HARARE - Unki Mine PGM production in the first quarter increased 4% on the comparable year ago period at 50 900 ounces. According to the...

Authorities bemoan rot at DDF

Staff Writer The District Development Fund has lost approximately 90 percent of its tractor units affecting its vital tillage services to resettled farmers. The DDF’s mandate...

Africa’s vaccinations hampered by conspiracy theories, suspicion of China, fears of...

Antony Sguazzin and Katarina Hoije As if the struggle to secure its meagre supplies of coronavirus vaccines wasn’t bad enough, Africa is now having a...

Invictus gets exploration programme underway

Following the recent signing of the PEDPA with the government, Invictus, has awarded Polaris Natural Resources Inc, Canada’s longest standing seismic company to provide...

RBZ ropes in BDCs to move away trades from parallel market

HARARE – In order to meet the foreign currency needs of small-scale enterprises and individuals which will ensure that trades move away from the...

More than 200,000 people return to Zimbabwe as COVID-19 impacts regional...

HARARE – More than 200,000 Zimbabweans have returned home over the past year due to the economic fallout from COVID-19 in countries where they...

MP Machingauta granted bail in rape case

Donald Chakamanga A High Court judge has granted MDC Alliance MP for Budiriro Costa Machingauta, who is facing charges of raping a 25-year old Harare...

Blanket Mine maintains F21 production target despite Q1 dip

HARARE – Caledonia Mining reported lower first quarter gold production at its Blanket Mine but the group is maintaining its year end target of...

A COVID-19 Recovery Contribution

By Vitor Gaspar, Michael Keen, Alexander Klemm, and Paolo Mauro The economic costs of the pandemic have fallen most heavily on those least able to...