Youth organisations embark on empowerment programmes
Judith Phiri Business Reporter THE Youth Network Connect (YNC) in partnership with Zimbabwe Young Graduates have set out empowerment development programmes in a bid to build the economic power of…
Chauke: The former teacher who invented Zim’s first schools’ mobile science lab
Simba Jemwa Sunday Life Reporter UNLIKE many inventions, the country’s first schools’ mobile science laboratory was not born out of an intense desire to beat the other person to the…
Matabeleland tobacco growers use Marula Barns to save forests
Elita Chikwati recently in Bulawayo IN a forestry-friendly twist to an age-old process, tobacco farmers in Matabeleland have turned to a novel innovation — the Marula Barn to cure their…
NEW PETROLEUM DEAL A BOON FOR ECONOMY
Martin Kadzere THE Petroleum Production Sharing Agreement (PPSA) signed between the Government and Geo Associates on Wednesday has set the stage for a game-changing transformation of Zimbabwe’s energy and industrial…
Vimbai Chikwenhere takes over as new Auditor-General
Business Reporter PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA has appointed Mrs Vimbai Chikwenhere as the new Auditor-General. Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube recently indicated during a parliamentary presentation in…
Businesses welcome stability, brace for global headwinds
Nelson Gahadza ZIMBABWEAN businesses are entering the second half of 2026 cautiously optimistic, encouraged by improving macroeconomic stability, easing inflationary pressures and a stable exchange rate. They are, however, increasingly…
Manufacturers push for smarter industrial policies
Tapiwanashe Mangwiro LOCAL manufacturers are calling for more targeted and balanced industrial policies, saying rising production costs, counterfeit imports and regulatory distortions are undermining local industry and weakening the country’s…
History of the Auditor-General’s Office
THE first reference to the audit of public monies was contained in the Southern Rhodesia Order in Council 1898 — Article 46 — which stated: “Provision shall be made for…
Local procurement vital for agricultural industrialisation
Word From The Market Tina Nleya ZIMBABWE’S long-term economic resilience will increasingly depend on the country’s ability to produce what it consumes and process what it produces locally. In an…
Zim holds inflation steady amid shipping, fuel and rand pressures
Tapiwanashe Mangwiro INFLATION slowed in May after two consecutive months of increases, signalling growing resilience in the economy despite mounting global and regional price pressures linked to fuel costs, shipping…











