ZIMBABWE’S GEO POMONA SIGNS BOTSWANA WASTE MANAGEMENT DEAL AS REGIONAL GREEN ECONOMY OPENS UP
GABORONE, October 8, 2026 — Zimbabwean waste management company Geo Pomona Waste Management has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Botswana to explore integrated waste management projects, opening a new avenue for cross-border environmental cooperation and the potential expansion of Zimbabwean expertise into regional markets. The agreement was witnessed by Botswana President […]
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ZIMBABWE’S HOUSE OF COMMONS VISIT PUTS PARLIAMENTARY DIPLOMACY, BILATERAL COOPERATION TO THE TEST
By Aldridge Dzvene Zimbabwe’s forthcoming parliamentary engagement with the United Kingdom’s House of Commons presents an opportunity to move bilateral relations beyond ceremonial diplomacy and towards practical cooperation in legislative oversight, institutional capacity-building, trade facilitation and the strengthening of parliamentary engagement between the two countries. The delegation, led by Speaker of the National Assembly of […]
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PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA RECONFIGURES ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT, APPOINTS DR TAGWIREI TO DRIVE INVESTMENT
HARARE, October 9, 2026 — President Mnangagwa has reconfigured Zimbabwe’s economic management structure, appointing businessman and Senator Dr Kudakwashe Tagwirei as Minister of Economic Development and Investment Promotion while reassigning Professor Mthuli Ncube to the Ministry of Finance, in a move that places renewed focus on investment mobilisation, fiscal management and the coordination of economic […]
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NRZ-DINSON DEAL TARGETS LOWER STEEL COSTS, BOOSTS INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has secured a strategic freight partnership with Grand Rail Solutions (GRS) targeting 1.6 million tonnes of annual cargo for the Dinson Iron and Steel Company’s Manhize plant, a development that could reshape the economics of Zimbabwe’s steel industry while providing a major source of business for the country’s struggling […]
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CHIVAYO’S FINAL JOURNEY SPOTLIGHTS A BUSINESS LEGACY THAT CROSSED BORDERS
HARARE, October 9, 2026 — The burial of businessman Wicknell Chivayo and his wife, Lucy Muteke, has brought into focus the national, regional and commercial footprint of an entrepreneur whose activities spanned infrastructure, philanthropy, sport and high-profile relationships across Africa and beyond. The funeral at Sahwira Glen Forest Memorial Park on Thursday drew Government officials, […]
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SKILLS TRAINING OPENS NEW ECONOMIC PATHWAYS FOR YOUNG ZIMBABWEANS IN SOUTH-EAST LOWVELD
Practical skills training is opening new pathways into employment and entrepreneurship for young people in Zimbabwe’s South-East Lowveld, with 240 youths already benefiting from vocational and enterprise development programmes under the Zimbabwe Resilience Building Fund Phase II (ZRBF II). The programme, managed and coordinated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with guidance from the […]
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EU, IFAD LAUNCH €14 MILLION PROGRAMME TO TRANSFORM CLIMATE-RESILIENT HORTICULTURE
HARARE, October 8, 2026 — The European Union (EU) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have launched a €14 million regional programme to strengthen climate-resilient horticulture, improve smallholder farmers’ productivity and expand access to profitable markets in Zimbabwe, Zambia and Botswana. The Agroecological Transitions for Horticulture in Arid Zones (ATHAZ) programme will target […]
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UNGA 81 DEEPENS ZIMBABWE’S GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
Aldridge Dzvene HARARE — Zimbabwe’s participation at the 81st United Nations General Assembly has reinforced the broader international strategy being pursued by the Second Republic, with President Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa increasingly using high-level diplomacy to connect Zimbabwe’s political relationships, economic interests and development ambitions to a changing global order. The Cabinet-adopted report presented by […]
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VP CHIWENGA’S CHINA MISSION SHARPENS ZIMBABWE’S INDUSTRIALISATION AGENDA
HARARE — Zimbabwe’s engagement with China is entering a more strategic phase, with the Second Republic placing greater emphasis on transforming the long-standing bilateral relationship from one centred largely on trade and infrastructure cooperation towards industrialisation, mineral beneficiation, technology transfer and the development of productive capacity inside Zimbabwe. This direction emerged from Cabinet’s consideration of […]
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President Mnangagwa Declares State of Disaster In Masvingo After Devastating Hailstorm
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has declared a State of Disaster in Masvingo Province following a catastrophic hailstorm that struck on the evening of Monday, 5 October 2026. The declaration was announced in an official statement by the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Honourable Daniel Garwe, on 6 October 2026. The Minister said […]
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