Farai Mabeza
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has made an urgent appeal to the international community for US$130 million for food aid for Zimbabwe as the number of the acutely food insecure in the country moves from 3.8 million...
HARARE - Government has authorized money transfer agencies that had been closed down due to the total lockdown to resume operating starting Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John Mangudya, money transfer agencies...
Samuel Mapuranga
The outbreak of coronavirus named COVID-19 has disrupted the global economy. Evolution of the disease and its economic impact is highly uncertain, which makes it difficult for policymakers to formulate an appropriate macroeconomic policy response.
In essence, even a...
Munyaradzi Doma
The Government has approved a cash transfer programme which will benefit all those affected by the 21-day national lockdown, which was ordered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to contain the spread of the deadly Covid-19.
The cash transfer programme which...
Maxwell Chingaira
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA) board, in consultation with Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Paul Mavima, has awarded pensioners a once off discretionary bonus equivalent to a month’s pension to cushion NSSA pensioners from...
By Jono Waters
The Spanish Flu epidemic struck Rhodesia in early October, 1918, being introduced into the country by passengers arriving from South Africa by train. It spread quickly in all the urban centres before making its way into the...
HARARE - (FinX) - The Ministry of Public Service , Labour and Social Welfare has set the minimum wage for all employees at the equivalent of US$100 except for agriculture and domestic employees.
According to Statutory Instrument 81 of 2020...
Xolisani Ncube
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has re-introduced the use of multi-currency system as a way of fighting the highly contagious Covid-19 pandemic.
In a statement issued Thursday afternoon, RBZ governor John Mangudya said the move to re-introduce the multi-currency...
Vera Songwe
Not since our species first emerged out of Africa have we been so linked as one human family, sharing so many common opportunities and threats.
So, when world leaders meet virtually as the G20 today to plan humanity’s global...
HARARE - The Office of the President and Cabinet yesterday announced Doug Munatsi as the first chief executive officer of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA), marking his official foray into public service.
His appointment together with that of...
