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Zimbabwe imposes nationwide livestock movement ban
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 18, 2025
In an urgent bid to curb a rapidly spreading Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, the Zimbabwean government has announced an immediate, nationwide ban on all livestock movement, alongside the dispatch of 300,000 free vaccines to high-risk zones....
Edgars eyes low-income market
Financial Gazette
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August 19, 2025
71 CLOTHING firm, Edgars Stores (Edgars) is seeking to penetrate the low-income market through the expansion of Express Stores, a development that is set to underpin its growth strategy.Zimbabwe’s formal clothing retail companies have seen their...
Understanding Zim’s trade realities
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Daniel Garwe, recently announced a ban on the importation and sale of second-hand goods, along with a prohibition on night vending on urban streets and corridors. THE government of Zimbabwe, through Local Government and Public Works minister...
RBZ stands firm against quasi-fiscal financing
Financial Gazette
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August 19, 2025
62 THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has affirmed its commitment to avoiding quasi-fiscal activities, despite growing concerns over outstanding payments for matured treasury bills and government contracts.RBZ Deputy Governor Innocent Matshe...
Businessman Mutangadura shot dead at Ruwa home
New Zimbabwe
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August 18, 2025
By Staff Reporter PROMINENT businessman Joseph Mutangadura has been shot dead at his Lisheen Estate farmhouse in Ruwa by suspected robbers. Mutangadura was the owner of Lisheen Estate, the well-known Mutangadura Hideout, a chain of butcheries and...
Zimbabwe imposes livestock movement ban, deploys 300,000 vaccines to combat foot and mouth
The Zimbabwean
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August 18, 2025
HARARE – In an urgent response to a rapidly spreading Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak, the Zimbabwe government has imposed an immediate, nationwide ban on all livestock movement. The drastic measure, announced Thursday, coincides with the...
Harare's sex work industry expanding
Bulawayo 24 News
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August 18, 2025
Zimbabwe's faltering economy has pushed an increasing number of young women into sex work, heightening concerns over public health risks and HIV transmission. Theresa*, 23, from Chitungwiza, turned to sex work in 2024 out of sheer necessity. "At...
Zimbabwean businessman Joseph Mutangadura shot dead in armed robbery
Nehanda Radio
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August 18, 2025
HARARE – Prominent Ruwa businessman Joseph Mutangadura, popularly known as “Mutangaz” was shot and killed in the early hours of Monday morning during a suspected armed robbery at his Lisheen Estate farmhouse on the eastern outskirts of Harare....
Network challenges affecting banking services – RBZ
Three Men on a Boat
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August 18, 2025
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says network challenges are affecting bank payment systems. The Bank released a brief statement, which read, in part: The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe wishes to notify all stakeholders of a technical challenge being...
ZRP releases details on murder of popular Ruwa businessman
Three Men on a Boat
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August 18, 2025
The late Joseph MutangaduraThe Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has confirmed that it is investigating cases of murder and robbery at a farm along Dustain Road, Ruwa, popularly known as Mutangadura Hideout, on 17th August 2025 at around 2300 hours....
Zimbabwe urged to harness AI, digital financial services
Southern Eye
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Gloria Rumbidzai Ndoro-Mkombachoto VICTORIA FALLS, Aug. 18 (NewsDay Live) – Zimbabwe must harness digital financial services (FSPs) and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive inclusive, long-term socio-economic growth, a financial expert has said....
Top private school in bitter court battle against Chinese company’s cement plant
The Zimbabwean
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August 18, 2025
CHEGUTU – Bryden Country School in Chegutu is locked in a fierce legal battle against Chinese-owned Shuntai Holdings over the construction of a lime and cement factory just 497 metres from the school boundary, with parents, teachers and education...
Patients’ lives at risk after Harare’s largest private hospital shuts down radiology department
Nehanda Radio
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August 18, 2025
HARARE – A major healthcare crisis has erupted at Zimbabwe’s largest private 24-hour hospital, The Avenues Clinic after the medical institution forcibly shut down its radiology department, which for more than 25 years had been operated by Baines...
Zimbabwe’s Test Struggles Are Due To Cricket’s Greed
Forbes
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Zimbabwe have had a tough time in Test cricket recently (Photo by DARREN STAPLES/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images It was hard to ignore the snickering, the usual annoying mockery, after Zimbabwe crashed to a big second Test thrashing...
Police speak on businessman Mutangadura’s murder case
The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe)
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August 18, 2025
Freeman Razemba Senior Reporter Police have intensified investigations into the case in which the prominent businessman Joseph Mutangadura, popularly known as Mtangaz, was shot dead by seven suspected robbers at his Lisheen Estate farmhouse in...
"All of this around 55,000": UK blogger shows 55K beautiful 3-bedroom house built in Zimbabwe
Briefly
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August 18, 2025
A UK-based blogger shared a video tour of a stunning three-bedroom house built in Zimbabwe that took just under two months to complete The woman revealed the total cost of building the fully finished home with tiles, ceilings, granite countertops...
EFF Leader Malema calls for Zimbabweans in SA to seek jobs in their own country
IOL
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August 18, 2025
EFF leader Julius Malema has called on Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa to return to their home country and seek employment there, stressing that South Africans must be prioritised for job opportunities, particularly within local...
Elevate your travel business with Harvey World Travel
The Small Business Site
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August 18, 2025
Article provided by Harvey World Travel You know the travel business inside and out. You expend endless energy providing exceptional customer service while balancing the need for financial stability alongside securing the best travel rates and...
Zimbabwe Mining Export Earnings Rise 38.6% to US$2.81 Billion in H1 2025 – RBZ
Mining Zimbabwe
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August 18, 2025
Zimbabwe’s mining sector posted a robust performance in the first six months of 2025, with export earnings climbing to US$2.81 billion, up from US$2.03 billion in the same period last year, Mining Zimbabwe can report. By Ryan Chigoche This is...
There’s no substitute for energy development in Zimbabwe
The Standard
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Zimbabwe is blessed with abundant resources, vast sunlight, rich hydro potential, coal reserves, and even opportunities for wind and biomass generation. When I reflect on my engineering journey across Zimbabwe and beyond, one truth stands above...