Zimbabwe and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have agreed to have the later monitor it’s political and economic reforms. The program dubbed IMF staff-monitored programme is meant to convince donors and creditors to forgive Zimbabwe’s external debt.
The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has issued a press release announcing an increase in prices of mealie-meal and other basic commodities. This will see the price of 10kg roller meal increase from $10.50 to $18.35. That is an almost 100% increase.
To be fair the price increase does not come out of the blue. They have been warning customers […]
Zimbabwean businesses now have to grapple with erratic electricity supply on top of everything else. According to ZESA low water levels at Kariba have made it necessary to introduce load shedding. Businesses such as mines rely on electricity for most of their operations.
According to the new Energy Minister, Fortune Chasi, all mining businesses have to do to get guaranteed supplies […]
After losing the race to the death in the English Premiership League to Manchester City; Liverpool had quite the consolation yesterday evening. They beat fellow English team, Tottenham to claim their sixth European top league cup. The match was certainly not as entertaining as anticipated but they got the job done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLjTlLHRUao
This year’s Europa and UEFA finals were all English affairs. […]
A lot of retailers have been charging prices well above the stipulated prices for mealie-meal in shops. In a language reminiscent of the 2008 era the government has been calling them and people doing similar things- economic terrorists.
This is despite the fact that the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) themselves have been calling for the government to review […]
ZIMSEC has published a notice affirming the start dates for this year’s June examinations. In the same breath, they also warn candidates to be aware of supposed leakers who edit past examination papers. The board also asked stakeholders to blow the whistle on suspected cases of cheating.
June 2019 National Examinations
The Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council wishes to inform the nation that […]
The government has unveiled a program to vaccinate 1 million school girls against HPV. The vaccination against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) will be administered across schools this week. The virus is associated with cervical cancer- a disease that kills about 4 million women every day in Zimbabwe.
Minister Paul Mavima had issued a statement about the program:
Over a million girls aged […]
According to the Chronicle, there is a chronic shortage of teachers in Matabeleland South. Some primary schools are reported to have only three teachers. These teachers would be responsible for all classes from ECD up to Grade 7. Often these teachers would not be qualified to teach most of the classes they would be responsible for.
In an interview on Friday, […]
With prices changing on a daily basis, we all know how difficult planning has been. It has been different for most businesses in our economy. Insurance and assurance companies have been hard hit by rising inflation. Zimnat is now the latest company to introduce a US dollar based plan. USD are relatively stable in value compared to our volatile RTGS […]
According to the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) there is going to be an inevitable increase in the price of mealie-meal and wheat soon. GMAZ general manager Lynette Veremu blamed this impending increase to two things in particular:
