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Zimbabwe will only introduce bond notes into the economy when the central bank is satisfied with levels of public awareness of the new currency’s features, Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa has…

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has issued regulations providing the legal basis for the issuance of ‘bond notes,’ a surrogate currency his government hopes will ease a biting US dollar bank…

A Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) statement hit email inboxes across the country’s newsrooms just after 3pm yesterday, almost triggering coverage action plans that have been in the works since…

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is reported to have advised President Robert Mugabe to step down in 2007 to preserve his legacy but Mugabe is reported to have brushed…

Zimbabwe will tighten requirements for companies seeking licenses to mine in the country’s Hwange coal belt in order to protect the environment, mines minister Walter Chidhakwa said today. The coal-rich…

Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunications company, Econet Wireless, has reported a 37 percent decline in after-tax profit in the half year ended 31 August 2016, as revenues continue to decrease in a…

Zimbabwe’s raw milk production in the nine months to September is up 14 percent to 48.6 million litres, according to Ministry of Agriculture figures. The country produced 42.6 million litres…

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange this week held steady despite its biggest counter, Delta Corporation, trading in the negative over the possible loss of the Coca-Cola bottling business. Delta is reeling…

Jonathan Moyo had created so many enemies during his first stint as Information Minister that Botswana celebrated his dismissal from the cabinet when he was expelled from the party for…

With the United States’ presidential election on November 8, and a series of elections and other political decisions fast approaching in Europe, now is a good time to ask whether…