Owing to low water levels at Lake Kariba and aged thermal power stations, the small ones with equipment now 72 years old and even Hwange more than 34 years old, Zimbabwe is battling massive electricity outages, which saw other suburbs getting power between 10pm to 5am.
ZTN Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has lowered the price of petrol and diesel with effect from today (Wednesday). The USD prices for petrol and diesel changed from $1.70 to $1.61 and $1.80 to $1.76 respectively. In a circular, the energy regulator said petrol will retail at ZWL$667.43 […]
Fuel prices cut a relief for Zim motorists
The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have accelerated the urgency for Africa’s self-reliance, the Rwandese government has said.
There is a growing need for insurance in Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector in the face of imminent drought and floods due to climate change.
The Zambezi River Authority says lake levels at Kariba Dam have been decreasing steadily due to the
reduction in rainfall activity in and around the reservoir, closing the period under review at 13.94%
usable storage, on the 14th of March, compared to 41.7% usable storage recorded on the same date last
year.
In 2017, Talent Marange and her husband Lesley were planning on emigrating to South Africa where many other Zimbabweans have set up base in search of better opportunities.
ZTN Correspondent Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) has announced a content partnership with APO Group, the leading Pan-African communications consultancy and press release distribution service, which will enable text, images, videos and soundbites distributed by APO Group to be published simultaneously across all of Zimpapers’ 15 news websites. A joint press release […]
Kuda Chideme Steve Curtis, the man who has been at the helm of Caledonia Mining Corporation, will be stepping down from his position this June. Since 2014, Curtis has transformed Caledonia from a little known outfit trying out its luck in ‘Africa’s last gold frontier’ to a profitable world-class operation […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it will continue fighting inflation through restrictive monetary policy and building foreign exchange reserves to strengthen the value of the local
currency.
This was part of the resolutions agreed on at a meeting between the RBZ and the business community this week.