NEW: SA confirms first case of new Covid-19 variant, ‘Eris’
The first case of the new Covid-19 variant was confirmed in South Africa, prompting the health department on Wednesday to reiterate its call for people to get vaccinated. Department spokesperson,…
Man gets six years for attempted murder
Wilbrought Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Insuza, Matabeleland North province was recently sentenced to six years in prison after he gouged off the eye of a fellow villagers…
Drought fears as El Niño makes comeback
Martin Kadzere Zimbabwe is likely to experience a drought in the 2023/24 cropping season due to El Niño climate phenomena that threatens to slow down the country’s economic growth projections,…
Businesses must take consumers seriously
With strong stability in exchange rates, perhaps too strong considering the general fall in the value of the rand since the end of last month, consumer attention will now be…
Drought fears as El Niño makes comeback . . . What do farmers, Govt need to do?
Business Writer Agriculture is one of the major economic sectors that could be severely hit by the El Niño phenomenon. Zimbabwe, alongside Mozambique and Madagascar, has already been listed among…
‘Zim paying price for dual currency regime’
Golden Sibanda Zimbabwe’s struggles with exchange rate volatility, which recently caused rapid increases in prices, are a result of the country’s adoption of a dual currency regime, Reserve Bank of…
Zimdollar liquidity squeeze to improve post-elections
Nelson Gahadza The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) appears to be more resolute to maintain a deliberate squeeze on Zimbabwe dollar liquidity, but experts contend it cannot be a permanent…
Crackdown on illegal mining brings hope after Bolsonaro era
Like mechanised Valkyries, nine helicopters filled with armed men and women in camouflage uniforms swoop over dense forests and remote rivers — but this is not a scene from Apocalypse…
Zimra’s ZeSW to improve trade facilitation
Enacy Mapakame The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) will next month start to implement the first stage of the Zimbabwe Electronic Single Window (ZeSW) concept in a move to enhance efficient…
Exceptions to ‘Voetstoots’ clauses
Arthur Marara Professor Lovemore Madhuku in Law School at the University of Zimbabwe in our days always reminded us of an elementary principle of law that, “to every general rule…









