Government amends Chilonga Statutory instrument

Davison Kaiyo HARARE – The government, which has been under fire over displacement of Chilonga community the since the publication of Statutory Instrument (SI) 50 of 2021, has amended the SI as it seeks to...

Global Finance names AfDB the World’s Best Multilateral Financial Institution in 2021

Abidjan, COTE D’IVOIRE – The prestigious U.S. magazine, Global Finance, specializing in financial markets and investment banking, has named the African Development Bank as the “Best Multilateral Financial Institution in the world for 2021”. The...
President Mnangagwa is expected to make a shrewd decision when he appoints Zimbabwe's second Vice President to replace Kembo Mohadi who resign under a cloud of sexual impropriety

Mohadi replacement; litmus test for ED’s political acumen

Sydney Kawadza Former vice president Kembo Mohadi has put the spotlight, once again, on President Mnangagwa, who is expected to perform a Houdini Act when appointing another deputy in government. President Mnangagwa could have dodged a...
Most councils in Zimbabwe are struggling to provide water to their residents and government plans to promote roof-top water harvesting to ease the challenge

Enough water for urban centres, but…

Staff Writer Zimbabwe’s major cities Harare and Bulawayo have a combined 39 months’ supply of water that could ease shortages that have hit the urban centres for years. Land, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement...
Fuel prices

Fuel price hikes might trigger inflationary pressures

HARARE – Fuel prices have increased by between 3-4% mainly affected by two main factors – international petroleum costs and the movement on the Zimbabwe dollar/US dollar exchange rate. According to the new schedule from...
National Tyre Services

NTS nine-month volumes rise 28% on improved stock availability

HARARE – National Tyre Services volumes in the nine months to December are up 27.62%  mainly due to stock availability and marketing effort to push sales at a time when its main competitors in...
US President Biden has approached his country's Congress to extend the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe

Biden turns back on ED

Sydney Kawadza The new United States President Joseph Biden has turned his back on President Mnangagwa’s administration approaching Congress to extend sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe in 2003. The US imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe against ex-President Robert...

Kariba water continues rising – ZRA

Staff Writer Water levels in the Kariba continue to increase rising above the Minimum Operating Levels due to the incessant rains received in the Southern African region. However, the Zambezi River Authority has not increased the...

Zimbabwe prepares for bumper harvest

Sydney Kawadza Zimbabwe is expected to harvest more than double its grain requirements for the Strategic Grain Reserves with Cabinet announcing an estimated 2.8 million tonnes of maize from the 2020/2021 agricultural season. Zimbabwe requires at...
Government efforts to curb the rate of infection from the COVID-19 virus are bearing fruit with cases dropping by almost 50 percent

Vulnerable National Reviews to drive Africa’s efforts to achieve SDGs

CONGO-BRAZAVILLE – The devastating effects of COVID-19 are being felt in all spheres of life, and in most cases, the pandemic has exacerbated poverty, hunger, violence against women, children and other vulnerable groups. However, African...