April 2026

ZIMBABWE’S phar­maceutical sector has expanded by 50 percent since 2021, with the number of local manufacturers rising from 10 to 15. The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) attributes this growth to strategic government inter­ventions, including tax exemptions on imported pharmaceutical raw materials and zero-rated value added tax on locally produced medicines. These measures were…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TWO Hwange men have each been sentenced to 20 years in prison after the High Court convicted them of murdering, burning, and burying the body of a man who accused them of stealing goats in a shallow grave. Prayer Mpofu and Gamelihle Ndlovu were recently found guilty of murder by…

Masimba Makwembere THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has ordered a massive liquidation of impounded sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in a high-stakes rummage sale scheduled to commence tomor­row. Acting on the orders of Zimra, ABC Auctions would host the three-day online sale. According to a Zimra notice yesterday, the sheer volume of the SUV inventory is…

THE government’s medium to long-term plans to de-dollarise the country’s economy continue to face significant challenges.So warns veteran economist Eddie Cross, who says the enduring general lack of confidence in the local currency, coupled with policy inconsistencies, structural issues, the growing use of the US dollar in the economy, the country’s history of hyper-inflation and…