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Property returns in Zimbabwe have plummeted to ‘alarming levels’ with rentals falling by as much as 50 percent and defaults above 40 percent in some cases, an industry official has…

The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) has called on the government to lower taxes levied on non-resident tourists’ accommodation to 10 percent or less to allow the industry to recover. Zimbabwe’s…

The European Union has extended its sanctions on President Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace and the Zimbabwe Defence Industries until 20 February 2017. The decision was announced yesterday following the…

Former Midlands governor and veteran politician Cephas Msipa says First Lady Grace Mugabe and her supporters in the so-called G40 are trashing President Robert Mugabe’s legacy in their quest to…

Why is it that droughts always seem to surprise, despite the warnings? The current El Niño drought is no exception, and the patterns of response (and lack of response) are…

Zimbabwe’s consumer inflation stood at -2.19 percent year-on-year in January after gaining 0.29 percentage points on the December 2015 rate of -2.47 percent, the statistical agency Zimstat reported today. On…

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced that it would roll out Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) in preparation of the 2018 election. It is, however, important that we understand what BVR can…

Britain has set aside £10 million pounds for its humanitarian programme and is providing cash to 336 000 Zimbabweans in the worst affected areas a British Minister Baroness Verma told…

Last week, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai sparked controversy in Zimbabwe when he claimed that foreign diplomats he’d spoken to had revealed a preference over who the country’s next president should…

Canadian-listed Caledonia Mining, which owns Blanket Mine in Zimbabwe, today said it had sold forward 15 000 ounces of gold production under a six-month collar and cap arrangement. Caledonia said…