Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwean Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Wednesday launched a 10-million-U.S.-dollar revolving facility to support value addition and beneficiation by artisanal and small-scale gold miners (ASGM) who account for the bulk of gold produced in the country. Ncube said at a press conference that 5 million dollars will …
Read More »Zimbabwean President hails robust progress made in stabilizing economy
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe’s economic activity remains robust, as evidenced by strong foreign currency receipts, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said. Writing in his weekly column Sunday in the state-run Sunday Mail newspaper on his reflections on the Reserve Bank’s 2023 Monetary Policy Statement, Mnangagwa said the country’s balance of …
Read More »Zimbabwean authorities nullify results for 5,000 examination cheats
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has nullified the results of nearly 5,000 Ordinary Level candidates for alleged cheating during the 2022 end of year public examinations. State-controlled newspaper the Herald reported Saturday that 4,961 candidates had their results nullified after ZIMSEC established that they had accessed question …
Read More »Zimbabwe to conduct second measles vaccination campaign
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe will roll out the second phase of the measles vaccination campaign in the most affected districts, starting next Monday, the Ministry of Health and Child Care said Friday. The campaign will run from Jan. 30 to Feb. 10 targeting children aged five years to below 15 …
Read More »Zimbabwe targets 40 tonnes of gold in 2023: official
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector is targeting to raise production to 40 tonnes this year, up from 35.38 tonnes last year, an official said Tuesday. Last year’s output was a record high, spurred by new mining projects, timely payments, and incentives to miners. Out of the 35.38 …
Read More »Zimbabwe’s 2022 gold output reaches new record high
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Zimbabwe’s gold output reached a new record high of 35.38 tonnes in 2022, spurred by new mining projects, timely payments and incentives to miners. The output was 19.5 percent up from the previous year’s output, the state-owned Herald newspaper reported Tuesday, citing statistics from the country’s …
Read More »127 people killed in Zimbabwe road accidents during festive season
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | A total of 127 people were killed and 489 others injured in road accidents during the festive period from Dec. 15, 2022, to Jan. 5, 2023, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said Friday. This is compared to 102 people killed and 478 injured during the period of …
Read More »Too cool for the office: Meet the young, hip, successful farmers of Zimbabwe
Young, savvy university graduates are chosing farming over white-collar jobs as Zimbabwe seeks a return to its breadbasket status Harare, Zimbabwe | BIRD AGENCY | When Tavuya Manungo, 29, returned to his home town in Shamva in north-eastern Zimbabwe, he did so with a master’s degree in finance and investment, …
Read More »Zimbabwe to grant citizenship to deserving investors
Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua | Friendly investors will be granted Zimbabwean citizenship as part of the government’s efforts to lure investment, a cabinet minister has said. “President Emmerson Mnangagwa is once again going to make history by making Zimbabwe one of the first African countries to offer a pathway to citizenship …
Read More »Uganda, Zimbabwe satellite goes into space this weekend
📌 Team Uganda | Engineers 🇺🇬 ✳ Edgar Mujuni ✳ Bonny Omara ✳ Derrick Tebusweke Wallops Island, Virginia, USA | THE INDEPENDENT, NASA & URN | First satellites from Uganda and Zimbabwe go to the Space Station this weekend under a Joint Global Multi-Nation Birds Satellite program (BIRDS). The Cygnus spacecraft will carry them …
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