Rising crime a stark reminder of struggling economy
The latest statistics released by the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (ZimStat) paint a worrying picture of a nation grappling with deepening socio-economic challenges.
By Newsday
Oct. 23, 2025
Don’t punish the informal sector - Harness it
With no safety nets and little prospect of formal employment, millions of citizens turned to the informal sector to survive.
By Eddie Zvinonzwa
Sep. 26, 2025
Informal sector formalisation on cards: Govt
She was responding to Zanu PF Bikita South legislator, Energy Mutodi, who wrote to the minister requesting information on plans to improve job quality in Zimbabwe.
By Harriet Chikandiwa
Feb. 23, 2024
We must fix this dishonourable and low-level politics
That SMEs are moving backwards into the informal sector is no secret, why is there an incentive for them to deformalise? Answering this, sets us on a path towards inclusive growth.
By Musa Kika
Oct. 26, 2023
Remove IMTT on transactions, RBZ tells Treasury
The informal sector operates on a cash basis which is not banked into the formal banking channels.
By Tatira Zwinoira
Oct. 26, 2023
Disappearing fish spell hard times for women in Bulawayo
According to the ILO out of more than five million informal traders in Zimbabwe, 65% are women, throwing more women into sectors such as fisheries that offer hope for steady incomes.
By Marko Phiri
Aug. 13, 2023
‘Informal sector tax will enhance resource mobilisation’
“Although there is debate surrounding the exact statistics that the Zimbabwean informal economy accounts for, what is certain is that the informal economy is over 60%,” Zimcodd said.
By Mirriam Mangwaya
May. 8, 2023
Mnangagwa must be ashamed of himself
The sector constitutes the larger part of Zimbabwe’s economy. It remains unregulated and this offers little to no protection of the law to workers in this sector.
By Amh Voices
May. 4, 2023
Letters:Unemployment leads to high youth emigration
The informal sector makes up the larger part of Zimbabwe’s economy.
By Amh Voices
Jan. 27, 2023
Premium
Zimbabwe banking nightmare: Millions vanish in hidden charges scandal
Local News
Oct. 24, 2025
