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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 first quarter production report from Anglo American, the production was...
The District Development Fund has lost close to 90 percent of its vital equipment and has failed to deliver on it mandate to the rural communities in Zimbabwe

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 includes providing and maintaining sustainable rural development infrastructure, resettlement tillage,...
Commuters wear protective face masks as they line up for taxi vans in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 8, 2021. WALDO SWIEGERS/BLOOMBERG

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

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 hard time getting people to take them. Only 5.22 million people...

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 acquisition services for its first 2D seismic program in the...

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 parallel market, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will, effective tomorrow,...
Some of the more than 200,000 Zimbabwean returnees over the past year receive post-arrival assistance while awaiting transportation to different parts of the country © IOM

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

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 had been working. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is providing...
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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 woman at gunpoint, $10 000 bail. Justice Pisirayi Kwenda also ordered...

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 61 000-67 000 ounces. القمار الإلكتروني Gold production was at...

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 bear them. Governments have taken steps to support people and...