adminEditorial Comment: Zimdollar will boost competitiveness
The rate at which the black market value of the RTGS dollar (now Zimbabwean Dollar) has been fast sliding against the US dollar was no longer sustainable and the move by Government to abolish the multi-currency system will avert a potentially disastrous situation where the country would have been plunged into fully-fledged re-dollarisation.
TOUGH CHOICES FOR MHOFU . . . Coach caught between a rock and a hard place ahead of Uganda tie
SUNDAY CHIDZAMBWA faces an intriguing, if not very tough choice tomorrow — either to go with his trusted lieutenants who have served well so far in this adventure or go for the jugular, or freshen up his Warriors with faces that usually do not feature as the frontline troops?
New currency regime averts re-dollarisation
The abolishment of the multi-currency system by Government will avert the country from plunging into full re-dollarisation at a time the economy do not have enough United States dollars to support it, some economic analysts have said.
Zim sitting on US$600m ivory stockpile: ED
Zimbabwe is sitting on ivory and rhino horn stockpiles worth US$600 million which could be used to support the conservation of wildlife and natural resources for the next 20 years, President Mnangagwa has said.
Harare to declare water situation ‘an emergency’
Harare City Council is set to declare the water situation a state of emergency to allow partners to come on board, as some of the dams it relies on have dried up due to drought
Cranes coach in Warriors U-turn
TWO months after insinuating Zimbabwe were the weakest team in Group A of the 2019 AFCON finals, Uganda’s French coach, Sebastein Desabre, is singing a different tune ahead of his Cranes’ showdown against the Warriors here tomorrow night that could define either team’s fate at this tournament.
Appeals scandal: ZRP to act
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has launched a probe on officers sitting on warrants of arrest issued against 26 convicts, who lost their appeals at the High Court, saying corrective measures will be taken against the culprits.
25 years of uncertainty over for depo-provera users
For over 20 years, contraceptives, in particular depo-provera, an injectable progesterone-based hormonal contraceptive has been said to increase the risk of HIV acquisition and transmission for women who use it.
‘Traders drive black market rates’
FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube says foreign currency exchange rates on the parallel market are being driven by speculative traders who want to make huge profits and not people seeking to hedge against the rising inflation.
Gender equality: Parastatals treating women as unequals?
Zimbabwe prides itself as one of the leading countries in Southern Africa committed to ensuring gender equality across all sectors of society, the economy and in politics.