AUTHORITIES have now moved on to stabilise prices of basic commodities that have been going up in recent weeks as a result of the impact of the Russo-Ukraine war and the fall of the local currency against the greenback. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube on Saturday night announced a raft of measures, among them, lowering tariffs…
ECONOMIC developments in the country in recent weeks have shown that citizens should tighten their belts. We are heading into choppy waters from two fronts — the impact of the worsening Russo-Ukraine War and internal rigidities as a result of inadequate availability of foreign currency and outright vice by those who manipulate the foreign currency…
THE country’s biggest two Premier Soccer League (PSL) clubs, Highlanders and Dynamos, clash tomorrow at Barbourfields Stadium in a potentially exciting battle. This will be the second time the two teams are facing each other in the space of one month having played each other in the Independence Cup which was won by Highlanders. These…
Zimbabwe is Africa’s largest tobacco producer, with the cash crop accounting for about 10percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). As part of its economic turnaround efforts, the government wants to make tobacco a US$5 billion industry by 2025. But with the anti-smoking lobby led by World Health Organisation getting louder by the day…
FOR the umpteenth time, prices of basic commodities shot up this week beyond the reach of ordinary people who are now scrapping for a living. The cost of a two-litre bottle of cooking oil rose from about $1 200 to $1 800, while a 2kg packet of sugar has gone up to $1 000 from…
WHILE progressive people in the country have expressed disgust at the growing levels of child marriages, gender-based violence and general abuse of women and children, little is being done to harshly punish perpetrators of the diabolic deeds. The safety of 52 percent of the country’s population is under threat and this calls for action to…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa at the weekend announced plans to end the monopoly of Zupco in urban transportation, a move likely to end, in the short term, transport challenges currently affecting the nation, but not a permanent solution. In a raft of measures to curb prices increases, promote wider use of local currency, keep in check…
DISGRUNTLED tertiary students, nurses and teachers have been rallying citizens for a national shutdown today in protest against the economic situation in…
THE transport woes currently afflicting the country obligates the government to review the current monopoly enjoyed by the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company…
THE sports sector has become a billion dollar global industry mainly because of television money. Whilst watching from home, streaming online, bars…
