Harare to roll out prepaid water meters
The Harare city council on Thursday said it would begin rolling out prepaid water meters starting with residential areas by year- end, following a successful pilot project. City director of… Read more »
Category: Zimbabwe
Govt pays $5m to gold miners weekly
Government is shelling out US$5 million towards payment for gold delivered by small-scale miners, which is weighing down the availability for physical cash for ordinary citizens, a Cabinet minister has… Read more »
‘Price controls risk further shortages’
Economists warned of worse shortages of basic commodities and an expanding parallel currency market as the Zimbabwean government mulls plans for new price controls across all sectors of production, to… Read more »
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows 27pct in 8 months
(The Source) — Zimbabwe’s trade deficit narrowed by 27 percent to $1,3 billion in the first eight months of the year, after exports increased by 48 percent, latest trade data… Read more »
Panicked Zim govt threatens clamp down on social media, says economy in ‘sound shape’
(The Source) – Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa says government will tighten control over use of social media, which authorities blame for fuelling shortages of basic commodities and bank notes in… Read more »