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Accelerating AfCFTA implementation key for Africa’s recovery post COVID-19

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa says it will continue to work closely with its member States, the African Union Commission and other key stakeholders towards the effective implementation...

Bindura varsity students arrested for theft

George Swarei Two Bindura University of Science Education students have been arraigned before the courts facing several charges of unlawful entry. It is alleged that Lameck Ndangariro Mudyiwa (23) and Salim Issufo Mohammed Omar (26) unlawfully...
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VAT on pre-packed rice scrapped

HARARE - Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has scrapped the VAT on pre-packaged rice imports following President Mnangagwa's intervention on the long-standing dispute. The measures will be applied on pre-packed packages of less than 25kg for...
"Zimbabwe has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world and pregnant women have to gamble with their lives by opting for home births due to underfunded and under-resourced government hospitals or because they cannot afford the costs of care" - Deprose Muchena, Amnesty International's Director for East and Southern Africa

Pregnant women and girls face barriers accessing public health facilities risking life changing injuries

Pregnant women and girls are at risk of  life changing childbirth-related injuries, including obstetric fistula, as many shun public healthcare facilities in favour of home-based deliveries due to inadequate health infrastructure, cultural practices  and...
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has dismissed social media reports that Zimbabweans who want the COVID-19 vaccine would pay for it

Zimbabwe’s Typhoid vaccination programme targeting six million children

Sharon Chikwanha/Donald Chakamanga At least six million children between the ages of nine months to 15 years are targeted in government's Integrated Typhoid Conjugate Vaccination campaign in line with recommendations from global and local immunisation...
Government will this year subsidize examination fees for candidates sitting for Ordinary and Advanced Levels in 2021

Examination Fees subsidized by 55%: ZIMSEC

Herzel Mushayabasa Government is subsidizing examination fees for candidates in public schools by at 55 percent of the total fees although those in private schools and colleges including private candidates in public schools will pay...
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LISTEN: Zim set for new SMP in Q3

HARARE - The International Monetary Fund says Zimbabwe will most likely enter into a new Staff Monitored Programme in the third quarter if the virtual mission set for June is successful. This will be the...

Zimbabwe: Engaging stakeholders on economic growth and lingering challenges

View of the city from Meyrick Park, Harare. (Flickr/Jonathan N. Wakeling) On Thursday, May 13, the Africa Center hosted a Zimbabwe roundtable, in partnership with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank, featuring...
Zimbabwe is home to the world’s fourth-largest black rhino population after South Africa, Namibia and Kenya, making the country an important frontier for conserving this Critically Endangered species.

Baby boom in Zimbabwe signals hope for rhino growth

While the US and Europe saw a slump in births in 2020, more than 200,000 babies were born when the lockdown was at its most restrictive in the UK. Luckily, in the Lowveld region of...
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Mtizwa appointed Invictus Board vice chair

Davison Kaiyo HARARE – Australia listed company, Invictus Energy has appointed leading business executive Joe Mtizwa as non-executive director and deputy chairperson of the board. The appointment is effective immediately. The former CEO of Delta Beverages, is...