Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reshuffled his Cabinet, reassigning ministers and appointing new ones. Kazembe Kazemba is the new Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister, taking over from Ambassador Cain Mathema who now superintends the Primary and Secondary Education portfolio. Ambassador Mathema’s predecessor at the ministry, Professor Paul Mavima, is now Public Service, Labour and […]
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An estimated 5 million people in Zimbabwe need food aid to stave off hunger through to the 2020 harvest. A severe drought that affected crop harvests in the 2018-2019 farming season has led to food shortages in the southern African country. As the drought takes a toll, the British government has pledged to assist Zimbabwe […]
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Ndaka Majaka ZIMBABWEANS will breathe a sigh of relief this week following a marginal drop in the price of fuel. The price of petrol dropped by nine cents, while that for diesel will now be four cents cheaper, a price list released by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority shows. The drop is attributed to Free […]
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Ndaka Majaka Zimbabwe will in a fortnight introduce a new currency as part of measures to improve money supply, an official has said. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya announced the plan at a media conference in the capital, Harare, on Tuesday. “The new currency will not be called bond. It’ll just be […]
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ZIMBABWE’S President Emmerson Mnangagwa says dialogue will be at the centre of his Government’s foreign policy thrust. Speaking at an anti –sanctions day rally, held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on Friday, President Mnangagwa said that Zimbabwe believes in peaceful co-existence with all nations of the world. The Southern African Development Community introduced […]
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Ndaka Majaka ZIMBABWE should brace for more power cuts as the country’s major power supplier – South Africa’s power utility,Eskom Holdings (Eskom) – begins implementing power cuts. ZESA Holdings spokesperson, Fullard Gwasira, told ZTN that Zimbabwe, which has a 400 Megawatt (MW) deal with Eskom, will be negatively affected. “Definitely, this will affect Zimbabwe. We […]
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Ndaka Majaka ZIMBABWE is eyeing a USD30 billion mining industry by 2030 as the country strives to achieve Upper Middle Income Status in the next decade, a cabinet minister has said. Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando said while the country is working towards achieving annual revenues of USD12 billion by 2030, the mining […]
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Edwin Mwase The Zimbabwe government has increased health sector staff allowances by 60 percent and ordered striking doctors to resume duties on Monday. It emerged on Saturday that doctors’ representatives wanted a higher percentage and walked out of negotiations last Friday. However, authorities warned that doctors who do not report for duty face disciplinary action. […]
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Tinomuda Chakanyuka While activity on the parallel market in Zimbabwe has subsided after the introduction of the RTGS$100 cap per transaction on all cash-in and out transactions, the cost of accessing money has shot up. On Tuesday when the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe made the initial announcement that all cash-in and cash-out transactions had been […]
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Harare faces what could be the worst water crisis in years after the local authority shut down the city’s main water treatment plant, Morton Jaffray, on Monday morning. The local authority’s spokesperson Michael Chideme cited shortage of water treatment chemicals as the reason for the shut down. Share on: WhatsApp
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