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Money and Economy in Zimbabwean History: A Concise Currency Timeline

The end of Chartered Rule, entrenchment of white self-government and African economic disempowerment: Currencies, and the consolidation of Racialised Economic Spaces, 1920-1930 Tinashe Nyamunda In the...
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Slowdown in economic activity during C-19 lockdown sees Zim narrow its trade deficit by...

HARARE – A slowdown in economic activity in April due to the coronavirus-induced national lockdown, saw the country’s trade deficit narrow by a significant...

Zimbabwe maize yields at 0.57t/ha in 2019/20, faces cereal deficit of 1.16m tonnes

HARARE - The country's maize production is estimated to have risen 17% in the 2019/20 season, but the biggest concern remains the poor yields,...

Banks to finance productive sector Covid-19 support

Farai Mabeza Productive sector support under the $18.02 billion COVID-19 Economic Recovery and Stimulus Package will be financed by banks through normal banking channels and...
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Nampak pessimistic as Covid-19 pushes economic reform into the background

Farai Mabeza Paper packaging firm, Nampak Zimbabwe, sees no improvement in the country’s economic environment for the remainder of 2020 citing the COVID-19 outbreak and...

African equity capital markets activity see downward turn in 2019: PwC

HARARE – African Equity Capital Markets (ECM) saw the lowest proceeds recorded in ten years in 2019 as activity and volumes declined sharply from...
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Fuel prices up as ZERA admits arbitrage is a big worry

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has hiked the price of fuel, although it remains below US$1, after admitting that pricing could not...
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More than 2000 applications received for Youth Relief Fund

Tawanda Marwizi More than 2000 youth have applied for the Youth Relief Fund in Mashonaland West, provincial minister Mary Mliswa has said. Speaking at a youth...
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RBZ tightens internal bank transfers to stop illicit fx trades

HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, through the Financial Intelligence Unit, has instructed banks to to limit internal transfers to two per day...
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Kasukuwere appeals to Sheriff to enforce farm High Court order

Farai Mabeza Former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasusukuwere has approached the Sherriff to execute a High Court order recently granted in his...