Zimbabwe: Central Bank Projects Inflation Fall

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) yesterday forecast annual inflation to plummet to less than 10% this year, driven by a good agricultural season, fiscal and financial sector… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Trials Before Vaccination - Lawyers

The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) wants government to conduct clinical trials of the Sinopharm vaccine and other Covid-19 drugs before administering the jabs on the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Central Bank Probes Shady Tycoons and Firms

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) - an arm of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) -- has opened a fresh investigation into firms and individuals who are using shelf companies to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Checkpoints and Supermarkets Severely Exposed to Covid-19

POLICE roadblocks and supermarkets are potential Covid-19 super spreaders as they are failing to adhere to basic safety precautions to contain the deadly novel virus that has… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe Did It, Why Can't I Did It Too?

What was revealed this week about Vice-President Kembo Mohadi and a young woman spy in his office has got a precedent. So, instead of the VP ruing the day he met Abbigal Mumpande,… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Central Bank Top Advisor Quits Monetary Policy Committee

LEADING economist Eddie Cross has quit his role as a member of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) less than two years into the role, Zimbabwe… Read more »

Zimbabwe: What to Expect From the Monetary Policy

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya (pictured) is expected to present the first monetary policy statement of 2021 within the next seven days, at a time when… Read more »

Zimbabwe: The Fate of Livelihoods Under Covid-19 Lockdown Measures

ZIMBABWE like the rest of the world had to contend with the effects of Covid-19 for most of 2020. Beginning in March 2020, the country imposed a number of lockdown measures which… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Tobacco Farmers Push for Export Ceilings

Tobacco farmers have mounted a fresh push for investments into cigarette production facilities on the domestic market, which must be implemented together with ceilings on raw… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Pocock Backs Sables World Cup 2023 Bid

FORMER Australian rugby captain, David Pocock has donated a signed Wallabies shirt to Zimbabwe Rugby's fundraising initiatives for the country's senior national rugby team's bid to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 2021 an Extinction Year for Zim Media?

The Zimbabwe media faced multiple challenges from many fronts in 2020, but arguably the most potent of those was Covid-19, a global pandemic that is still ravaging the word. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Taxman System Disruptions Affect Business

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) could have lost millions of dollars in the past two months following glitches in its information technology system which threatened to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: 'Opaque' Great Dyke Deal Triggers Fiery Broadsides

Government's move to grant tax exemptions to the Russian-controlled platinum mining house, Great Dyke, was this week roundly condemned by experts who described it as "opaque". Read more »

Zimbabwe: Milk and Tomato Shortages Explained

AGRICULTURE matters have been quite topical for a while now. The past two weeks have seen the shortage of milk persisting. The price of tomatoes has spiked to extremely high… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Stock Exchange Delisting to Go Ahead - Seed Co

DIRECTORS at the pan-African seed production empire, Seed Co group are going ahead with a planned de-listing of its Harare headquartered unit, Seed Co Limited (SCL), according to a… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Councils, Zupco Clash Over Unpaid Fees

The Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) has not been remitting fees for the use of designated urban bus terminuses thereby depriving cash-strapped urban councils of revenue. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Bring Finality to Farm Invasions

'HENCEFORTH, no more land invasions in whatever form, place or by whomsoever! Be warned!" This was a chilling warning by the Deputy Chief Secretary in charge of Presidential… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimdollar to Weaken After Lockdown

DESPITE enjoying some illusory stability owing to depressed demand for foreign currency due to Covid-19 lockdowns, which reduced business activity, the Zimbabwe dollar remains… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa - A Chip Off the Old Block

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is following the footsteps of his mentor, the late former president Robert Mugabe in recycling deadwood in cabinet positions, as a key strategy to… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Hunt for Covid-19 Vaccine Will Have Stumbles

The big news this week is the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and the South African Covid-19 strain of the virus. It's been making the headlines the world over. Loads of big scary… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Anti-Graft Dragnet to Sink Bigwigs

At least 41 high-profile figures face imminent arrest over corruption allegations, including those sucked in a US$23 million scam at the embattled National Railways of Zimbabwe… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Mugabes' Diamond, Ivory Deals Exposed

FRESH startling details have emerged indicating how the late former President Robert Mugabe and his family worked with ex-top parastatal and security bosses to ship high-grade… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Hits Wheat Imports

Zimbabwe's milling companies have been hit by Covid-19 induced delays to wheat deliveries from the international markets, which have triggered a wave of price hikes on the… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Panicky Mnangagwa Gives Nod to Controversial Covid-19 Drug

Jolted into action by the tragic loss of four ministers, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has approved mass importation of anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin to battle… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Covid-19 Raises Questions Over Underfunding of Health Sector

The perennial underfunding of the health sector by the government has severely weakened the fight against Covid-19. Read more »