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Annual inflation to fall to 55% by July: RBZ

HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe expects inflation to go down below 55% by July 2021 in line with its current declining trend. In Monetary Policy Committee deliberations published today, the RBZ said the...
Villagers in Mudzi have hailed a new technological innovation that is expected to help them harvest their harvesting processes

New harvesting technology brings relief for communal farmers

Herzel Mushayabasa and Sharon Chikwanha Villagers in Mudzi district in Mashonaland East province have adopted a new thrashing technology that ensures improved yields while overcoming challenges associated with traditional harvesting procedures. The new threshing methods, using...

Decreasing milk, chicks and egg production dampens agric season

Staff Writer Zimbabwe could be bubbling with enthusiasm over high prospects of record crop yields but the same cannot be said about other areas of the agricultural sector with milk and poultry on the decline. The...
Statistics by the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council shows that the 2020 pass rate decreased by 6.8 percent compared to the previous year

O’ Level pass rate declines by 7%

Herzel Mushayabasa/Sharon Chikwanha The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns affected pupils writing their 2020 ZIMSEC Ordinary Level examinations with results declining by close to seven percent compared to the previous year. According to ZIMSEC chairman...

African countries commit to double agricultural productivity

Davison Kaiyo HARARE – Seventeen African heads of state signed on to the commitment to boost agricultural production by doubling current productivity levels through the scaling up of agro-technologies. This will include investing in access...
SADC officials have distance themselves from a leaked strategy paper calling for a 3,000 strong intervention force to defeat Islamist insurgents in Cabo Delgado in Mozambique

SADC postpones security summit ‘indefinitely’ as differences sharpen over Cabo Delgado conflict

Pushing back against a growing determination among regional states to take concerted action to quell the insurgency in northern Mozambique, President Fillipe Nyusi has managed to engineer an ‘indefinite postponement’ of a Southern African...
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17 journalists killed in 2021 – UNESCO

Reason Razao in Windhoek, Namibia At least 17 journalists have died in 2021 while on duty across the world with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation calling for enhanced coordinated efforts in creating...
Prof. Berger and Mr. Guilherme Canela De Souza Godoi (in red t-shirt) Chief, Freedom of Expression and Safety of Journalists Section at UNESCO

UNESCO continues fight for freedom of expression

Reason Razao in Windhoek Namibia The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has committed to building bridges that will add to the existing efforts to guarantee the freedom of expression and safety of journalists...
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National Venture Capital Fund disburses $300 million

BULAWAYO – The Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, says close to $300 million has been disbursed to entrepreneurs under the National Venture Capital Fund (NVCF). The disbursements mark the operationalisation of...
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Zambrew to invest US$20m in plant upgrade amid beer shortage

Zambian Breweries, part of the world’s largest brewing company - Anheuser-Busch InBev - is upgrading its Lusaka and Ndola plants with new technology worth US$20 million to increase brewing capacity and address beer shortages...