Money and Economy in Zimbabwean History: A Concise Currency Timeline
Money and the winds of change in the 1960s. Federal collapse, the Rhodesian rebellion, sanctions UN sanctions and the turn towards a post-sterling currency.
Tinashe Nyamunda
The 1960s have been viewed by historians as the decade...
Only 37% of Zimbabweans have access to basic sanitation facilities
Farai Mabeza
Only 37% of the Zimbabwean population use basic sanitation facilities, a 2019 survey has reported.
According to the 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey done by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) 43% of people...
Govt awards civil servants US$13 pay rise
Simba Rushwaya/Xolisani Ncube
Government workers and their representatives have rejected the government’s US$13 equivalent of the 50 percent salary increment awarded last month.
Government on Tuesday awarded civil servants a 50 percent salary hike which translated...
Mnangagwa consoles Chamisa over late mother
Simba Rushwaya
In a rare case of solidarity, President Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence to his arch rival opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of MDC Alliance who lost his mother in Gutu on Monday...
U.S. avails $60.55mln for Zimbabwe 2020/21 Lean Season assistance
HARARE – The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide $60.55 million toward the World Food Programme’s (WFP) 2020/21 Lean Season Food Assistance program in Zimbabwe, US Embassy said...
US$2m boost for post-Cyclone Idai restoration
Cynthia Chitombi
Zimbabwe has received a US$2m grant to help in its efforts to re-build infrastructure destroyed by Cyclone Idai in March last year.
The funds from China under the South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund (SSCAF) are...
Auditor General to be removed from national procurement oversight committee
Farai Mabeza
The Auditor General is set to be removed from the Special Procurement Oversight Committee due to a glaring conflict of interest, it has been revealed.
The committee was established under the Public Procurement and...
Download: Natfoods celebrates rare centenary as a Zimbabwean corporate
Jonathan Waters
July 3, is the 100th anniversary of National Foods if we are to trace the company to its “corporate roots”, when the British South Africa Company (BSA Co) bought into the Mark Harris...
State-owned diamonds company fails to pay workers
Xolisani Ncube
Workers at the state owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) have gone for three months without salaries—a development the company says is due to the current Covid-19 induced lockdown.
According to ZCDC Acting Chief...
ZSE’s obscure relationship with Government
Government’s relationship with the stock exchange has been shaky from the 1980-independence start. It was, after all, unknown to this group of comrades. In the early days was left untouched even when there was...















