BUSINESS NEWS

Woes mount for Zimbabwe formal businesses

Informal traders who largely evade taxes and levies are placing formal retail and wholesale businesses in Zimbabwe at a significant competitive disadvantage, burdened by a heavy and complex taxation r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 hours ago

BUSINESS NEWS

ZiG usage surges to half of all transactions in Zimbabwe

Nearly half of all transactions processed through Zimbabwe's National Payment System are now being conducted in Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG), marking a dramatic rise in adoption of the country's gold-backed cu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe moves to reform public medicine supply system

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has embarked on a sweeping reform process aimed at resolving medicine shortages at public hospitals, despite the country's main pharmaceutical distributor, NatPha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's Health Ministry details use of sugar tax revenue

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has broken its silence on the use of sugar tax revenues, providing an official account of funds received from the Treasury and how they have been allocated towar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe's mobile network operators hit by currency woes

Zimbabwe's mobile network operators (MNOs) are reeling from a sharp decline in profitability, with spiralling costs and exchange rate volatility emerging as key culprits, according to a new industry r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

POLITICS

Zimbabwe scores badly on global rights index

 Zimbabwe continues to slide deeper into repression and deprivation, with a damning new report by the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) revealing widespread violations of civil, politica...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

POLITICS

Britain objects to Zimbabwe's return to Commonwealth

Zimbabwe's bid to rejoin the Commonwealth has hit a stumbling block, with British objections delaying the southern African nation's re-admission, Foreign Affairs Minister Amon Murwira revealed in Parl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's economy continues to register positive strides

ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday that the country's economy continues to register positive strides.In a post on X, the president said that economic growth is being driven by st...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

EDUCATION

'University of Zimbabwe now a factory of fake degrees'

A storm has erupted at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) after the Association of University Teachers (AUT) issued a damning statement accusing the institution's leadership, under Vice Chancellor Profes...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Skilled worker shortage hinders Zimbabwe healthcare standards

A critical shortage of skilled health professionals continues to impede Zimbabwe's efforts to deliver high-quality healthcare services, the Private Healthcare Association of Zimbabwe (PHAZ) has warned...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe sets new tobacco production record

Zimbabwean tobacco farmers have shattered previous production records, harvesting a staggering 306.2 million kilograms of the golden leaf this season - a new all-time high for the country. The achieve...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe needs US$15m for contraceptives annually

The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) has enlisted the support of two key parliamentary portfolio committees in a renewed push for timely and adequate disbursement of funds for contrac...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Prospectors slam Zimbabwe's 'secretive' Mines and Minerals Bill

Zimbabwe's long-anticipated Mines and Minerals Bill is under fresh scrutiny, with industry stakeholders warning that the proposed legislation remains opaque, exclusionary, and dangerously susceptible ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt faces backlash over new seed treatment rule

Zimbabwe's major seed producers have raised serious concerns over a new government regulation that mandates chemical treatment of all certified maize seed, warning that the move could sharply increase...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Job losses plague Zimbabwe's retail, mining sectors

Zimbabwe is facing a deepening employment crisis, with thousands of workers losing their jobs across the retail and mining sectors, as worsening power shortages, policy inconsistencies, and a sluggish...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

POLITICS

Zimbabwe ministers, top officials loot broke parastatals

Senior government officials, including cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, and directors, are siphoning millions of dollars from state-owned enterprises to finance extravagant lifestyles, in a g...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

IMF withholds Zimbabwe reform programme

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has signalled that Zimbabwe's much-anticipated Staff Monitored Programme (SMP) - a critical step in the country's economic reform and debt resolution strategy - w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

University of Zimbabwe drives research for HIV cure

The University of Zimbabwe Clinical Trials Research Centre (UZ-CTRC) is intensifying its efforts to find a cure for HIV, as Zimbabwe works towards its ambitious goal of eliminating HIV as a public hea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's POSB introduces instant payday loan

The People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) has unveiled a groundbreaking financial solution designed to bring speed, flexibility, and financial dignity to Zimbabweans across the country - the POSB Payday Lo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt equips 25 rural hospitals with medical equipment

The Government has distributed anaesthetic and digital X-ray machines to 25 rural district hospitals across Zimbabwe as part of a broader initiative to enhance healthcare service delivery in remote ar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe completes Commonwealth re-admission steps

Zimbabwe has successfully completed all the procedural steps required for re-admission into the Commonwealth and is now awaiting further direction from the organisation's secretariat, a senior governm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

CZI sounds alarm over substandard goods in Zimbabwe

 The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has raised concern over the continued flood of substandard and mispriced goods entering the country, despite the existence of the Consignment-Based...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's sugar giant gets rescue deal

A consortium of Zimbabwean and Pakistani investors has officially taken over Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe, offering renewed optimism for one of Zimbabwe's most strategic agro-industrial players. The acquis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwean teachers take salary dispute to ILO

Zimbabwean teachers have escalated their long-standing labour dispute with the government to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), citing deteriorating working conditions, low pay, and continue...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

IMF says Zimbabwe's economy has made significant progress

The International Monetary Fund said Zimbabwe's economic progress represents a "regime change," but declined to say if or when the Washington-based lender would grant it a staff-monitored program.Wojc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 June 2025
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