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Zimbabwe in debt distress, says World Bank
Zimbabwe’s public debt is increasingly becoming unsustainable and this is limiting the country’s access to international financing, the World Bank has warned in a new report.
By Tatira Zwinoira
Oct. 12, 2025
Treasury delays suffocate roads contractors, cripple projects... bankruptcy, lawsuits, asset seizures threaten small firms
Many of these contractors poured personal capital and bank loans into the projects, expecting prompt settlements that never came.
By Melody Chikono and Freeman Makopa
Oct. 10, 2025
Insurance, pension sectors miss prescribed asset targets
ZIMBABWE’s insurance and pension industries continue to fall short of the statutory minimum requirements for prescribed asset investments, the Insurance and Pensions Commission
By Melody Chikono
Oct. 10, 2025
Shot in the arm for Shurugwi artisanal miners
Chengxi Chengetai Mining Investments has donated mining equipment to artisanal and small-scale miners in Shurugwi as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility efforts to empower youths
By Stephen Chadenga
Oct. 10, 2025
Court halts Magunje mega cement project
The villagers represented by Gift Kapere and Jonathan Chimufombo cited Lebanmon Investments and its representative Daniel Mlalazi as respondents in the matter.
By Nhau Mangirazi
Oct. 5, 2025
Crucial role of informal economy
It begins with the development of a budget strategy paper, informed by national policies such as the National Development Strategy.
By Samuel Wadzai
Oct. 3, 2025
No to irresponsible investment
Long-simmering tensions between ordinary citizens and our so-called “all-weather friends”, the Chinese investors, have burst into the open, exposing the grim realities of reckless investment
By The Zimbabwe Independent
Oct. 3, 2025
Ministry, RBZ collide over platinum miners’ payments
THE Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, weighed down by a US$400 million Afreximbank loan, is struggling to meet local currency obligations.
By Melody Chikono
Oct. 3, 2025
Zevic moves to fast-track Penrose, Porta development
STAKEHOLDERS at the Penrose new site office meeting last Sunday welcomed assurances from property developer Zvimba East Veterans Investment Company (Zevic)
By Staff Reporter
Oct. 2, 2025

Treasury delays suffocate roads contractors, cripple projects... bankruptcy, lawsuits, asset seizures threaten small firms
Local News
By Melody Chikono and Freeman Makopa
Oct. 10, 2025
Zanu PF conference to endorse Mnangagwa’s extended tenure... party apparatchiks ignore simmering divisions
Local News
By Julia Ndlela
Oct. 10, 2025
Another whitewash: Govt keeps commission report under wraps
Local News
By Julia Ndlela
Oct. 10, 2025