World Bank discontinues ease of doing business reports after ethics review

The World Bank Group announced Thursday that it was discontinuing the ‘Doing Business report’ after data regularities were discovered in its Doing Business 2018 and 2020. The Doing Business report provides objective measures of business...
Villagers in UMP and Mutoko districts face possible evictions from their ancestral lands to pave way for Heijin Mining Company, a Chinese investor proposing to mine cut, and polish black granite in the area

MDC-A vows to fight Chinese black granite miners in Mutoko

Donald Chakamanga The MDC Alliance has vowed to fight Chinese investors in the mining sector whose activities have threatened to evict thousands of villagers in Mutoko and Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe Districts, Mashonaland Central. The opposition party sent a...
MDC provincial chairman for Harare Zivai Mhetu says government has a responsibility to protect Zimbabweans hence banning unvaccinated employees from the work place should be commended for aiding the spread of the COVID-19 virus

MDC official lauds government on unvaccinated workers

Tadiwa Musiyiwa A top MDC official has applauded government’s decision to bar unvaccinated civil servants from work saying the move would guarantee the safety of ordinary Zimbabweans who are served by the workers across the...

AfDB approves a $50m Multinational Trade Finance Risk Participation Agreement facility for Standard Chartered...

Sydney Kawadza The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a $50 million Trade Finance Unfunded Risk Participation Agreement (RPA) facility between the African Development Bank and Standard Chartered Bank. The agreement...
The 2021 Zimbabwe International Trade Fair will be held between September 21 and 24 under strict COVID-19 regulations and protocols while children have been barred from attending the public days

Government confirms ZITF dates

Tadiwa Musiyiwa The 61st edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair is set for September 21 to 24 with attendance strictly by invitation due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging Zimbabwe and the world at...
ZITF tower

International exhibitors from eleven countries confirm participation at ZITF

Chris Mahove Exhibitors from 11 foreign countries have confirmed participation at the 61st Edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair, ZITF, which runs from the 21st to the 25th of this month. This was revealed by...
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister monica Mutsvangwa has announced that government would be guided by national interests when procuring COVID-19 vaccines

Government bars unvaccinated workers from work

Staff Writer Government will bar any unvaccinated civil servants from work as it pushes to reach the 10 million mark for Zimbabwe's herd immunity against the COVID-19 pandemic. A Cabinet meeting in Harare also resolved against...
Lockdown measures implemented to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus has seen countries across the world close their borders for non-commercial traveling forcing informal cross border traders to use illegal routes including the Spillway illegal crossing point a few metres away from the Beitbridge Border Post between Zimbabwe and South Africa

Relief for COVID-19 ruined informal cross border traders

Nhau Mangirazi & Sydney Kawadza The International Organization for Migrants is rolling out a programme targeted at supporting informal cross border traders who have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Informal cross border traders contribute...

Timber sales generate US$37.5m in 2020

MUTARE - Timber production racked in up to US$37.5 million from both local and export sales in 2020. Statistics gathered from the Timbers Producers Federation (TPF) indicated that a total of ZWL$1.1 billion (US$13.4m) was...
The Ministry of Health and Childcare has conducted COVID-19 Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) and Mobile vaccination campaign with IOM support and more than 500 people were vaccinated under the programme in Beitbridge.

IOM vaccination campaign attracts 3 000 in Beitbridge

Rhys Balicholo At least 3 000 people from Beitbridge took part in the Communication and Community Engagement and vaccination campaign with more than 500 getting vaccinated during the programme. The programme was spearheaded by the International...