THE minister of Finance and Economic Development, Mthuli Ncube, on Thursday came up with a raft of measures to improve availability of basic commodities, stabilise prices and shore up local currency. He lifted all restrictions on importation of basic commodities, granted 100 percent retention of domestic foreign currency earnings and fine-tuning of the Dutch foreign…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said the Zimbabwe and Egypt partnership in the health sector will enhance local production of pharmaceuticals. Speaking during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of the two countries in Harare, Chiwenga said while the country was facing challenges in accessing affordable medicines due to illegal sanctions imposed on the…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora is stepping up his bid to have this year’s crunch national elections postponed. This comes despite a seven-member panel of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), led by Chief Justice Luke Malaba, having thrown out Mwonzora’s application last week, which challenged the validity of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s gazetted…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A LOBBY group which promotes local goods, Buy Zimbabwe, has added its voice to concerns that the new measures announced by authorities last week to stabilise the economy could drive many companies out of business. In this light, it said at the weekend that it would soon call for an emergency meeting…
KUVIMBA Mining House, in which the government owns a 21 percent stake, plans to use US$300 million worth of iron fines stockpiled at its Buchwa Mine to assist in funding resuscitation of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company. (Zisco) Speaking after a cabinet meeting last week, minister of Industry and Commerce, Sekai Nzenza said Kuvimba…
Amid silent refrigerators affected by crippling power cuts, township grannies are relying on their smart and traditional preservation; grilling and smoking meat…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE European Union (EU) is ready to observe Zimbabwe’s upcoming general elections if invited to do so by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the bloc’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Jobst von Kirchmann has said. Speaking on Friday during the commemorations of Europe Day in Harare, Kirchmann said the EU would support the country…
By Ashley Moyo ZIMBABWE Music Rights Association (Zimura), an organisation of composers and publishers of music, will host a stakeholders workshop in Matabeleland South at Emakwe Conference Room, Mishies Hotel, in Gwanda on Wednesday. Zimura has been holding such workshops across the country since last year in a bid to educate artists on their rights…
THE UK grew only weakly in the first three months of the year with the economy hit by strikes, cost of living…
SOUTH Africa’s economy probably avoided a technical recession in the first quarter, despite more intense power outages.A median estimate of seven economists…
