Zimbabwe plans to sell the right to shoot as many as 500 elephants for as much as US$70,000 per animal to help fund the upkeep of its national parks. The hunting season, which takes...
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube is sticking to his economic growth forecast of 7.4% for the year, just days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Zimbabwe will have to lower the projection. Ncube said on Tuesday...
Zimbabwe may have to cut its growth forecast for 2021 to account for the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Government had projected the economy to recover 7.4% in...
Zimbabwe began its COVID-19 vaccination programme on February 18, 2021. In this report, the Public Health Information Lab (PHILA), a public health initiative of newZWire, looks at the country’s vaccine procurement plan; what vaccines...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it cut its 2021 economic growth forecasts for Zimbabwe because the country is unlikely to receive foreign credit support this year, while the impact of COVID-19 will slow any recovery.  
Private equity firm Takura has reached an agreement to acquire a 57,4% stake in sugar processor StarAfrica Corporation from the Zimbabwe Asset Management Company (ZAMCO), according to a corporate announcement on Thursday. “On the...
Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak has been banned from the game for eight years after admitting that he took money - in bitcoin - from an Indian bookmaker. Streak accepted five charges of...
The developers of a US$4 billion hydropower plant on the Zambia-Zimbabwe border delayed the project until next year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Pre-construction work on the Batoka Gorge project has been suspended for...
John Deere is expanding its construction equipment line-up to 18 countries, including Zimbabwe, where Deere-branded construction products were previously not available. The company already supplies farm equipment to Zimbabwe, and in 2019 tied up...
Are you wondering why some supermarkets are restricting the amount of milk you can buy? There are three main reasons why milk is in short supply, according to dairy producers. Dairy cows hate...

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