ZIMBABWEANS are going through a pretty difficult time due to the prevailing fluid economic climate. People cannot access cash in banks, fuel queues are growing with each day and prices in shops are going up at an alarming rate. Accessing basic healthcare is now a pipe dream as public institutions are understaffed and lack basic…
© WHILE over the years Zimbabwe has been using English as its official language, the declaration in the new Constitution of 2013 that she has to respect and make use of her own 16 languages is recommendable. But while it is so in our Constitution, government has been hesitant to officially make our local languages…
EDITOR — The announcement by the power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) that locals should brace for more load-shedding following an increase in the demand for electricity is sad news indeed. How much more of load-shedding can locals take when already in most areas people only have electricity two days a week? [GoogleAd] This week in…
EDITOR — The revolution is not something that falls when ripe. You have to make it fall. In Zimbabwe the journey from poverty to affluence is never an easy one. The road to progress traverses a terrain of impediments. It’s a journey we have travelled so far, in which the prospects to reach destination seem…
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo (pictured) has once again been hauled before the courts on a criminal abuse of office charge which he allegedly committed in 2007. The former minister was re-arrested yesterday for questioning and released to appear in court yesterday. [GoogleAd] Chombo, who is facing several similar charges, allegedly sold a Mutare…
ZIMBABWE’S shock move to abolish the multi-currency system last week helped the country avoid a potential “catastrophe”, businessman Shingi Munyeza has said. The southern African country last week gazetted Statutory Instrument 142 of 2019, which outlawed the multi-currency regime and re-introduced the local dollar that was demonitised in 2008 after reaching astronomical levels of hyperinflation….
© BORDER Timbers says its lumber production during the nine months to March 2019 was considerably lower on the prior comparable period due to disruptions caused by Cyclone Idai. The forest estates and saw-milling company, which is currently under administration, produced a total of 52 889 cubic meters of timber during the period under review,…
© CAMBRIA Africa has commenced legal action against the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe for US$100 million in damages for anti-competitive practices against its subsidiaries Payserv Africa and Paynet Zimbabwe. This comes after the bulk payments service provider last month suspended its payment service to its bank customers in Zimbabwe, accusing the banks of greed by…
MEIKLES Limited (Meikles) says it has been forced to postpone the publishing of its 2019 financials due to government’s decision to abolish the multi-currency regime. Meikles company secretary Thabani Mpofu, yesterday, said the group has since been granted a 30-day extension by the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to allow for due process. [GoogleAd] “The publication of…
© INFORMATION and Communication Technology (ICT) minister Kazembe Kazembe says government has so far established 146 community information centres (CICs) across the country in an effort to grow the economy. Speaking at the launch of Beitbridge community information centre, Kazembe said government has identified ICTs as one of the pillars and cornerstones for economic development….
