ZIMBABWE is grappling with a multitude of challenges that threaten its very fabric. The economy is flagging. Citizens are struggling to make ends meet, with many families unable to afford basic necessities like food, healthcare, and education. The healthcare system is on the brink of collapse, with shortages of essential medicines, equipment, and personnel. Hospitals…
THE review of civil servants’ salaries has been stalled by an ongoing job evaluation exercise by the Public Service Commission (PSC). This comes as the PSC seeks to address potential misalignment between job descriptions, grades, responsibilities, and salaries. It also comes after teachers submitted a petition to the government recently seeking an immediate relief package…
GOVERNMENT and the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to insure local motorists and passengers travelling in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) region. Authorities say the insurance cover would enhance road safety and cover public service vehicle passengers travelling in the region. The permanent secretary…
LEADING tea producer, Tanganda Tea Company, has won a US$41 816 claim against businessman Darlington Matsitukwa, bringing to an end a long-running legal battle dating back to 2019. Matsitukwa was refusing to pay the debt in foreign currency arguing that the company waived its right to get the money in foreign currency by initially accepting…
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has received an application from Huoyuntong Company to construct a 300 megawatts (MW) coal –fired thermal power plant in Kwekwe. In a notice yesterday, Zera said the company was seeking a licence to construct, own, operate, and maintain the thermal power plant. “The licence application by Huoyuntong Investments (Private)…
FOR many, retirement marks the gradual return to the cradle — a chance to reconnect with family and enjoy the twilight, graciously and unproductively. Breaking stereotypes, a group of retired women are rewriting the rules — trading off the serenity of retirement for the bustling world of dairy farming, proving it’s never too late to…
ECOCASH, Zimbabwe’s largest and leading fintech platform, has launched a new international money transfer service that allows customers to send money from the country to several other nations. In a statement yesterday, the company said using the service, EcoCash customers would now be able to send money to several countries, including South Africa, Zambia, Botswana,…
A CHINA-AIDED agricultural demonstration village was officially launched on Wednesday in the Shamva District, Mashonaland Central Province, to enhance agricultural productivity among rural farmers. The demonstration village, the second of its kind set up by a Chinese agricultural expert group in the southern African country, draws inspiration from China’s experience in poverty alleviation and aims…
AFRICAN Distillers (Afdis) says demand for its products significantly improved during the year ended March 31, 2025 due to government controls on illicit imports. The rampant smuggling of cheap counterfeit brands has been a major source of headache for alcoholic beverage makers in Zimbabwe, threatening their viability. Last year, Zimbabwean authorities set out controls on…
THE recent ‘stability’ of the local currency — the ZiG — is masking growing underlying exchange rate pressures, a local stockbroking firm Investiq Oak Wealth (Investiq) has said. In its latest economic outlook report, Investiq noted a “mild upward adjustment” in the interbank rate (IBR) in April 2025. The difference between the official rate and…
