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MAIZE seed prices have sky-rocketed, a situation farmers have described as forcing them out of the field. A 25kg bag of seed maize now costs between $30 000 and $42 000, while 50kg Compound D fertiliser now costs US$35 or $17 500; and Ammonium Nitrate is now pegged at US$70 …

THE private sector needs to invest more in health and wellness programmes at workplaces as Zimbabwe pushes its health agenda, Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care,  Dr Constantino Chiwenga, said yesterday. He challenged the corporate world to come up with schemes that allow smaller and micro businesses …

CLOTHING retail chain, Edgars Stores Limited, says despite global shocks in supply chains, it has registered significant volume growth across all business units and plans to open new outlets and intensify efforts to engage new raw material suppliers to mitigate the effects of yarn shortages in the global market. The …

ZIMBABWE and Russia have committed to deepen and expand bilateral relations that exist between the two countries. This came out during the fourth session of the Zimbabwe-Russia Intergovernmental Commission (ICG) on economic, trade, scientific and technical co-operation held in Harare yesterday. At the meeting, the Zimbabwean delegation was led by …

The cooking oil industry has engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to review the weekly allocation of US$500 000 per member at a time when the edible price has more than doubled due to opening up the world economy after  two years of Covid-19 siege. Edible oil prices have risen …

DRC-Some 210 Zimbabwean drivers working for J&J Transport Africa have gone on strike in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) demanding US$500 monthly health allowances which their employer is allegedly withholding from them. The drivers dumped their trucks at Kasumbalesa Border Post last week and efforts to force them back …

TWENTY-FIVE years after then Local Government minister John Nkomo kicked out the entire Karoi Town Council for poor management while describing them as a bunch of jokers, the local authority has failed to shake off the clownish behaviour tag amid chaos and scandal that has seen seven out of 10 …

ZIMBABWE National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC) workers have gone for almost two decades without any salary increase, Parliament heard on Tuesday. This emerged during hearing of evidence before the Health Portfolio committee. The Zimbabwe Educational Scientific and Cultural Workers Union (ZESCWU), on behalf of the workers’ committee, had written to parliament raising …

Cricket Australia have released the schedule for the three-match One Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe set for August. Zimbabwe initially hoped to play a one-off Test match with Australia to be included in the schedule but their request was turned down by Cricket Australia due to the Aussies’ busy …

Zimbabwe’s central bank is revising its inflation forecast upward after annual price-growth surged to more than 100% this month. Factors including shortages of everything from corn to cooking oil stoked by the war in Ukraine, rising fuel prices and domestic exchange-rate volatility are reasons to adjust the outlook, Reserve Bank …