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....