EDUCATION

2 people show up for Zimsec bill hearing

A parliamentary public hearing on the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Amendment Bill (H.B.4, 2025) collapsed in Marondera after only two people showed up, in what observers described as ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Civil servants' right to collective bargaining under threat

Proposed amendments to the Public Service Act could strip Zimbabwe's civil servants of key labour rights, including the right to fight for better wages and conditions, legal experts and labour activis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa dangles US$2 billion loan facility

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has unveiled a US$1.98 billion loan facility to be rolled out over the next decade to help farmers boost productivity and withstand the impacts of climate change through a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

US$19 billion windfall for Zimbabwe

His Royal Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Jabor Bin Jassim Al Thani of Qatar, accompanied by a senior delegation, arrived in Victoria Falls yesterday to formalise strategic partnerships and initiate bila...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 August 2025

SOCCER

Zimbabwe drafts sports ethics bill to combat match-fixing

The Government is set to introduce a new Sports Ethics Bill aimed at stamping out match-fixing and protecting the integrity of Zimbabwean sport, a move authorities say is long overdue.Permanent Secret...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe to cap civil service wage bill

Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has unveiled plans to cap civil service expenditure at 50% of the national budget, aiming to rein in rising wage ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 August 2025

AFRICA BUSINESS

Motsepe's company faces R3.4 billion lawsuit

Patrice Motsepe's investment company, African Rainbow Capital (ARC), is now in a legal battle worth R3.4 billion with a US-based firm, Pula Group. The dispute started when Pula Group, led by a former ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ's to unlock over US$1 billion in remittances

In a bold move to revive Zimbabwe's struggling economy, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced a plan to securitize diaspora remittances, aiming to transform predictable inflows into investa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimbabwe needs US$10 billion to fix power crisis

Zimbabwe will require up to US$10 billion in energy sector investment over the next decade to meet rising electricity demand and address chronic power shortages, according to a new report by Veritas, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

US$0.597 billion paid by Zimbabwe Treasury unaccounted for

The latest report from Zimbabwe's Auditor General has exposed serious violations of public finance management laws, revealing that more than US$597 million in Treasury payments remain unaccounted for ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 August 2025

POLITICS

Zimbabwe govt gazettes public service amendment bill

Government has gazetted the Public Service Amendment Bill, which will compel civil servants to resign upon assuming political office, grant female employees 98 days of fully paid maternity leave witho...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 August 2025

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe's debt stock hits US$21.5 billion

Zimbabwe's total public debt has surged to US$21.5 billion as of March 2025, an increase of about US$1 billion from the same period last year. The growing debt burden continues to undermine the countr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe cabinet approves Postal and Telecoms Bill

Cabinet has approved the Postal and Telecommunications Amendment Bill aimed at aligning Zimbabwe's telecommunications framework with current trends and emerging technological developments.Information,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025

EDUCATION

Zimsec Amendment Bill falls short, says teacher union

The Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Unions (FOZEU) has criticised the newly gazetted Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) Amendment Bill, saying it fails to adequately address the structural...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zambia signs $1.1 billion deal with Chinese firm

Zambia has signed a US$1.1 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China's Fujian Xiang Xin Corporation for the development of a crude oil refinery and energy complex in Ndola, in a move expect...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe-China trade hits US$1.9 billion

Trade between Zimbabwe and China has surged to an impressive US$1.9 billion in the first five months of 2025, reflecting an annual growth rate of over 18%, according to figures revealed at the China-Z...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 July 2025

ZIMBABWE

Zimbabwe revises GDP upwards to US$44.4 billion

Zimbabwe has recorded a significant rise in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), now revised to ZiG168.5 trillion (approximately US$44.4 billion), marking a substantial increase from the previous estimat...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

'Zimbabwe losing billions in tax revenue to informal sector'

Zimbabwe is losing between US$7.5 billion and US$8 billion in potential tax revenue every year due to the dominance of its informal sector, according to new estimates by the African Development Bank (...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2025

ECONOMC INDICATORS

Zimbabwe's GDP grows 2.9% to US$45.7 billion

Zimbabwe's economy expanded by 2.9 percent in 2024, with the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rising to US$45.7 billion from US$44.4 billion in 2023, according to the latest figures released by the Zimbab...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare has over 5,000 illegal billboards

Shocking revelations emerged this week that Harare City Council officials are allegedly complicit in the illegal erection and operation of over 5,000 billboards across the capital, costing the local a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Mines and Minerals Bill gazetted

The Mines and Minerals Bill (H.B. 1, 2025) has been officially gazetted, marking a significant step toward modernising Zimbabwe's mining legislation, which currently dates back to the colonial era.The...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 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

POLITICS

Harare ratepayers face US$3 million monthly bill in secretive deal

Harare's ratepayers are set to pay nearly US$3 million every month for refuse collection and street cleaning under a murky new contract involving the government, the City of Harare (CoH), and Geo Pomo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe targets 2030 to clear US$21 billion debt

Zimbabwe has set an ambitious 2030 deadline to clear its ballooning US$21 billion public debt, in a bid to create the foundations for a stable mono-currency regime anchored by the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe banker, SA banks implicated in R2 billion electoral scandal

A top Zimbabwean banker is at the centre of the nearly R2 billion Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) tender scandal involving a South African printing company paid R1.2 billion by the Harare governme...

By Roland Mpofu | Published: 08 May 2025
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