By Victor Bhoroma Policy missteps and inconsistency has turned the Zimbabwean economy on its head against the formal sector, posing a threat to business continuity, domestic resource mobilization and formal employment. In the last 2 months, the government has ceased payments to government contractors and suppliers
A local community based organisation Platform for Youth and Community Development (PYCD) has called for peacebuilding efforts in-order for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved. In a statement to mark the International Day of Peace, PYCD urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to insulate
By Adelaide Kuudzerema and Elia Ntali The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has called on stakeholders to ensure a peaceful environment ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections. In a statement to mark the international Day of Peace, ZESN said it believes targeted peace building efforts will be
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) says the distorted pricing within the cotton lint value chain has led to critical supply shortages to local spinning factories. The country’s cotton to clothing value chain has suffered immensely due to lack of mechanisms to bail out both the
By Victor Bhoroma Zimbabwe is currently undertaking critical infrastructure projects such as the Harare-Beitbridge Highway, the Mbudzi Interchange, the Gwayi-Shangani dam, the Kunzvi-Musami dam and a number of other projects. A 2019 report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) pointed out that Zimbabwe needs over $34
Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) has revealed that at least four women in Zimbabwe are dying everyday while giving birth while the country has recorded a staggering 121 078 deaths in the last 12 months. The data is based on survey results collected during the
Human rights pressure group Amnesty International says the continued detention of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala, Godfrey Sithole and 14 others reveals how the country’s justice system has been politicized. Sikhala and Sithole were arrested on 14 June facing charges of inciting violence
This year's day is running under the theme "End racism. Build Peace" which is a clarion call for all United Nations member states to tackle and dismantle structures that entrench racism and foster lasting peace.
The government has agreed to a 25 percent cost of living adjustment on the United States Dollar (USD) part of civil servants salaries effective September 1, 2022. The move comes at a time civil servants are mulling a strike against low wages which they are demanding
The ruling ZanuPF party has launched a scathing attack on Non Governmental Organizations accusing them of stalling development in communities. The party’s Director of Communications, Tafadzwa Mugwadi Wednesday said NGOs can go hang as they are of no significant value to national development. “NGOs must go
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