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Zimbabwe needs to raise US$80 million to clear arrears with its regional electricity suppliers before it can ramp up imports to ease a critical power shortage. 

Zimbabwe’s power utility says the rolling power cuts the country is facing have been caused by low water levels at Kariba. This is true, but it is...

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor John Mangudya says he has been praying for Zimbabweans to understand economics. Zimbabweans, in turn, have been making the same prayers –...

Here's your newZWrap newsletter for the week. In this edition: Teachers in stand-off over schools re-openingMangudya should face his demonsZim fails to import forex...

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is failing to ship in enough foreign currency to pay for gold purchases, a miners’ group says.  Fidelity Printers...

Zimbabwe is inviting bids for the installation of 500MW of solar power plants, hoping a shift to renewable energy will help ease crippling power cuts.

The African Development Bank has approved a US$13.7 million grant to finance Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 response. Approval for the grant was made on May...

The Zimbabwe government’s 2018 directive to separate local and foreign currency bank balances was unconstitutional and a violation of property rights, a High Court judge has ruled.