Covid-19: Which way for Zimbabwe?
A few weeks ago my colleagues Drs Lenon Gwaunza, Leolin Katsidzira and Prof James Hakim published an instructive article on Covid-19 in Zimbabwe titled “The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Zimbabwe: Quo Vadis?
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- businessweekly
- June 11, 2020
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‘Exchange rate volatility straining fuel supply’
THE persistent exchange rate volatility facing the economy is creating arbitrage opportunities that make it difficult to restore efficient fuel supplies in the country, an official has said.
- businessweekly
- June 11, 2020
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Economy under attack
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the country’s economy is under attack from opportunists and exorbitant pricing models by the private sector resulting in the serious weakening of the local currency.
- businessweekly
- June 11, 2020
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WorldRemit partners Mukuru
Global money transfer service provider, WorldRemit, has partnered Mukuru, one of Africa’s largest remittance providers to broaden options for cash pick up in Zimbabwe.
- businessweekly
- June 11, 2020
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France to turn surplus wine into hand sanitiser
French winemakers will transform wine that went unsold during the country’s two-month coronavirus lockdown into hand sanitiser and ethanol to make room for the next harvest, a farming agency said on Thursday.
ZANU PF declares war on economic saboteurs
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday vowed to take the war to the country’s “political detractors, elite opportunists and malcontents” who are pushing a nefarious agenda of regime change.
Government clears quarantine centres
Another 285 returnees went home yesterday after testing negative for Covid-19 in mandatory quarantine facilities, with 115 more set to get their test results tomorrow.
Zimra targets unscrupulous traders
Zimra is upgrading its audit and mandatory data gathering to combat unscrupulous traders using multiple personal mobile money lines to avoid paying income tax, VAT and withholding taxes by hiding their revenues.
Security chiefs dismiss coup rumours
Zimbabwe’s security chiefs yesterday dismissed rumours of an imminent military coup in Zimbabwe, being peddled on dubious online platforms, as a desperate case of agenda setting by the opposition, disgruntled former Zanu PF members and Western governments through their local embassies.
Imposter defrauds bank of US$37k
Human chameleon Chirambe Chikafu armed with four different ID cards and a fake address allegedly passed herself off as “Chantelle Mnangagwa” daughter of the President, to defraud CBZ of US$37 000, plus interest, and the Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Authority of a gold claim.