US$1.8m drought insurance pay-out for Zim
Farai Mabeza
Zimbabwe has received a US$1.8 million drought insurance pay out from African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited, a financial affiliate of the African...
NSSA extends Manase’s contract
Staff Writers
Another storm is brewing at the scandal-ridden National Social Security Authority where board chairman Dr Cuthbert Chidoori extended acting general manager Arthur Manase’s contract...
Zimbabwe economy to recover in 2021-Bank
Simba Rushwaya
The African Development Bank has predicted a dramatic and strong economic recovery for Zimbabwe in 2021 in the aftermath of the ravaging effects...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
