It was finger-pointing week. At ZANU PF headquarters on Wednesday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa had an explanation for the economic crisis; it was the detractors.
“On the economic front, we are witnessing a relentless attack...
In this week’s edition of newZWrap:
• Why ZANU PF’s paranoia is a danger to us all
• Mnangagwa admits the reform agenda is stuck in bureaucracy
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has today spoken on new measures to ease the lockdown. Highlights:
People in the informal sector are allowed to operate, but only after they formally register. Once registered, they can resume...
Strive Masiyiwa, executive chairman and founder of the Econet Group, a diversified technology group he started in Zimbabwe, is one of Africa’s most successful businessmen and philanthropists. Now he’s using his private sector influence to help countries...
UK's Premier African Minerals Ltd has agreed to acquire a portfolio of assets in Zimbabwe from Australian-listed Lithium Consolidated Mineral Exploration (Li3).
The AIM-listed company already holds the RHA Tungsten and Zulu lithium and...
Multichoice lost 92 000 subscribers in Zimbabwe over the past year, 41% of its total subscriber base in the country, as hard-up consumers ditched pay TV.
In its first results since being spun off...
Common Law with Mike Murenzvi
“Fools say that they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by others' experience.”― Otto von Bismarck
On 4 June 2020, the Minister of Finance, Mthuli...
In May, the World Bank dipped into a special health fund to provide US$7 million to Zimbabwe to help the country fight the spread of coronavirus.
The US$7 million is made up of US$5 million from...
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has ended its 25% incentive to gold producers, a subsidy criticised as a key driver of currency weakness and inflation.
The government had signalled in March that it would...
In between her shifts, nurse Sinothando Mpofu used to go to Bulawayo’s open-air markets to buy tomatoes and cabbages for her family of nine - until the coronavirus lockdown closed all stalls.
Mpofu worried...
