DAM levels have increased but they remain low despite the recent rains, Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) corporate communications manager Marjorie Munyonga has said. Munyonga said as at March 2, the national dam level average had risen to 55, 4 percent marking a 0, 11 percent increase since February 24 this year. She was, however,…
A LEADING local fuel solutions technology company, Garage and Forecourt, has adopted a ground-breaking technology — the 3D Laser Calibration Scan machine — which they say is a game changer in calibration of fuel tanks. The 3D Laser Scan machine, an innovative automatic tank calibration system, is also heavily lauded for addressing less accurate strapping…
AFTER months of efforts to keep coronavirus out of Zimbabwe, the government is still struggling to gain public confidence on its ability to fight the deadly epidemic. That the coronavirus (Covid-19) is on the country’s doorstep in South Africa, Zimbabweans feel it is now a matter of time before the scourge spreads into the country…
THERE is an old African saying that “when elephants fight it is the grass that suffers” and it rings true for penury-weary Zimbabweans who have been counting on talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to break the political and economic logjam. Although both Mnangagwa and Chamisa have expressed willingness to talk…
FOR nearly two decades Zimbabwe has been reeling under a serious economic meltdown characterised by political upheavals, with the leadership and most African nations blaming these challenges on the economic embargo imposed on the country by western powers at the turn of the new millennium. With the country going back and forth, without finding tangible…
TODAY the world celebrates International Women’s Day under the theme “I am Generation Equality: Realising Women’s Rights”. This comes in the wake of increasing violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe, with shocking statistics showing that more than 20 girls and women are raped daily. Statistics show that more than 40 percent of married women…
MARLENE GADZIRAYI – THREE weeks ago on the 10th of February I had my final cancer chemotherapy session. A month before that I completed 40 days of radiation on the 10th of January. 40 was a symbolic number, it somewhat translated to 40 days in a desert. It did feel like I was in a…
THE government should adopt and put emphasis on pro-business reforms to enhance export earners’ capacity to earn foreign currency and capacitate industry in order to reduce the need for imports and improve foreign currency inflows correspondingly, a research service has said. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it is targeting a…
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) will recover this year as valuation mismatches on stocks brought by the de-dollarisation of the economy are corrected, a latest report has said. In their 2020 market outlook analysis, Fincent securities said stocks were seen gaining this year despite liquidity challenges constraining the markets as investors relook at the earnings…
IT is 25 years since the adoption of the Beijing Declaration, women rights defenders and activists are taking time to reflect on progress made and are fighting to bridge the gaps through bold and decisive actions. As the world celebrates International Women’s Day today under the “each for equal” theme that calls upon women to…
