R6bn plan to overhaul SA’s busiest border posts
The Department of Home Affairs plans to issue a public request for proposals “in a few months’ time” for an ambitious R6 billion project to completely overhaul and rebuild South…
Bitcoin plunges below US$20 000 in 30-month low
Bitcoin dropped below $20 000 for the first time since December 2020 as evidence of deepening stress within the crypto industry keeps piling up against a backdrop of monetary tightening.…
Replacing coal with renewable energy could pay for itself
The world may gain an estimated US$78 trillion over coming decades by making this energy transition. International negotiators can’t agree on how to phase out coal, in part because of…
‘Bakers can’t guarantee bread price cuts’
Oliver Kazunga The percentage at which bakers will reduce the price of bread in line with the agreement between the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe and the Reserve Bank is…
Schools seek to peg fees in USD
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter SCHOOL authorities have appealed to Government to allow them to peg fees in United States dollars saying that is the only way they can remain…
Climate change fuels human-wildlife conflict
Yoliswa Dube-Moyo, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief Climate change is aggravating human-wildlife conflict as they compete for limited resources in order to survive. The impact of climate change has resulted in…
Farmers set up 150 field schools in Matabeleland South
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Chronicle Reporter FARMERS in Matabeleland South Province have formed more than 150 field schools which have helped to equip them with practical skills to increase production. A farmer…
Argentine courts to try Maradona doctors, nurses for homicide
EIGHT people who took care of football legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentina courts for homicide, according to a ruling released on Wednesday after an investigation into his…
Second Republic construction boom ignites manufacturing
AN investor-friendly environment that comes with ubiquitous construction projects has spurred manufacturing industries growth in Zimbabwe as they have ramped up production in the national quest to be an upper middle class economy by 2030.
Firms, residents hail new business environment
COMPANIES in the Midlands province have hailed the Second Republic for creating an enabling business environment that has seen them retooling and increasing capacity utilisation, thanks to President Mnangagwa’s “Zimbabwe is open for business” approach.











