BUSINESS NEWS

More than 83% live in poverty - Report

MORE than 83 percent of residents here are poor, living on $500 per month, a recent study conducted by the local authority has revealed. Making a presentation during the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)'s ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's poverty datum line increases by 13%

Zimbabwe's poverty datum line has increased by a further 13 percent for the month of August to more than 1 800 dollars resulting in continued deteriorating purchasing power for the majority.The povert...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Poverty index to guide devolution funding

GOVERNMENT will use the poverty index to prioritise disbursement of funds to facilitate development at local level in line with the devolution drive, Finance and Economic Development Minister, Profess...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Civil servants plead poverty

TEACHERS yesterday said they were too poor to go back to work as schools open countrywide today, piling pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to solve the worsening economic crisis.This came as tal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 January 2019

OPINION

Cash crisis a source of poverty in Zimbabwe

THE recent media reports that the parallel market rates ranges between 60% and 65% for mobile money platforms like EcoCash and 75% for bank transfers on the parallel market as forex has become increas...

By David Mhlanga | Published: 13 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'5 million Zimbabweans live in extreme poverty'

OVER five million people in Zimbabwe are living in extreme poverty, throwing into doubt the country's capacity to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to end extreme poverty by 2030, a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

OPINION

Next govt should tackle poverty levels

THAT over 5 million people in Zimbabwe are living in extreme poverty, throwing out of balance the country's capacity to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal is an indictment on the gov...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2018

OPINION

Poverty driving teens into sex work

GROWING up as a young girl Suzie (not real name) never imagined that at 25 she could end up being HIV positive and a sex worker.Life obstacles and challenges forced her onto this path.Family members a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2018

POLITICS

72% of Zimbabweans wallow in poverty

PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira has disclosed that more than 10 million Zimbabweans, which translates to 72,3% of the population, were living in abject poverty.In a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Poverty Datum Line at $150

Industry should use the Poverty Datum Line (PDL) of a single person when calculating the minimum wage across the respective sectors, a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe official has said.According to latest c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 May 2014

ZIMBABWE

Poverty datum line up

THE cost of living for an average Zimbabwean has shot up with the shopping basket for an average family of five increasing from $505 in December to $511 in January this year, statistics released by th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 February 2014
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