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Zimbabwean consumers failing to secure loans from banks
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
Zimbabwean consumers are facing increasing difficulties in accessing loans from traditional banking institutions due to low wages and the escalating cost of living, according to the IH Zimbabwe Consumer Sector Report 2025 released by financial...
Zimbabwe women's bank opens 11 000 accounts in 2024
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
The Zimbabwe Women Microfinance Bank (ZWMB) opened 11,120 new savings accounts in 2024 as part of the Government's ongoing push to promote financial inclusion and empower marginalized groups - particularly women and youth - across the country. The...
Zimbabwean Embassy pledged full support to Dr Gomo
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
The Zimbabwean Embassy in the United Kingdom has pledged full support to the grieving family of Dr. Fortune Faith Gomo, a Zimbabwean scientist who was brutally stabbed to death in Dundee, Scotland, on Saturday, 5 July 2025, in front of her...
Zimbabwean who went from earning R1,500 to R5m per month
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
July Ndlovu went from a rural village in Zimbabwe to becoming the CEO of Thungela Resources, one of South Africa's most successful coal mining companies. He began his career as a graduate trainee engineer, earning R1,500 per month, but ultimately...
Maize seed sales surge in Zimbabwe
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 8, 2025
Zimbabwean farmers have significantly ramped up grain production this year, marking a powerful rebound from the devastating El Nino-induced drought of the previous season. The renewed agricultural momentum is being hailed as a crucial step toward...
Accor signs to open first hotel in Zimbabwe
TPH News
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July 8, 2025
Accor has signed a landmark project in Victoria Falls, as the group’s first hotel venture in Zimbabwe, as it adds another African country to its international portfolio. A new build project, the 111 room hotel is expected to be ready for launch in...
World Population Day Highlights Climate Challenges and Displacement Issues
Times News Global
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July 8, 2025
GLOBAL, July 11, 2023 — World Population Day is observed today to raise awareness about various population issues, with this year’s focus on climate change, resource scarcity, and shifting demographics. Organizations around the globe are...
Harare City Council fights court order to fix Mbare flats, sparking residents’ fury
New Zimbabwe
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July 7, 2025
By Darlington Gatsi HARARE City Council is seeking the reversal of a High Court judgment that ordered the municipality to renovate the Mbare flats, a move that has riled the capital’s residents. Harare City Council has filed an application...
‘Econet Victoria Falls marathon showcases Zimbabwe’s global tourism appeal’
NewsDay Zimbabwe
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Participants from as far afield as Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Australia, Kenya and South Africa converged on the resort town – which attained city status in 2020 – for the annual race, held against the backdrop of one of the Seven...
Zimbabweans shine at Southern Africa engineering awards
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 7, 2025
Top engineering minds from across the Southern African region were celebrated for their excellence and leadership at the Southern Africa Federation of Engineering Organisations (Safeo) General Assembly and Awards Ceremony held from July 4 to 5 at...
Zimbabwe education delegation explores collaboration with Royal Global University
The Shillong Times
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July 7, 2025
Guwahati, July 7: A high-level delegation from Zimbabwe’s Education Department has recently visited The Assam Royal Global University (RGU), Guwahati, as part of an exploratory mission to foster international academic collaboration and understand...
Climate Resilient Livelihoods holds networking workshops for farmers
The Masvingo Mirror
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July 7, 2025
ELLEN MLAMBO MIRROR REPORTER MASVINGO – The Climate Resilient Livelihoods (CRL) project recently held five workshops in the southern part of Zimbabwe aimed at connecting farmers to suppliers, buyers, financial institutions and service providers....
Zimbabwe delegation visits RGU to explore academic partnership
East Mojo
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July 7, 2025
A delegation from Zimbabwe’s education sector visited The Assam Royal Global University (RGU) in Guwahati as part of efforts to strengthen academic ties and gain insights into India’s higher education landscape. The group included senior officials...
Shock as Man Brutally Kills Neighbour’s 10-Year-Old Child in Harare
Zim Eye
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July 7, 2025
Shock as Man Brutally Kills Neighbour’s 10-Year-Old Child in Harare By A Correspondent Harare – July 6, 2025 A horrific crime has sent shockwaves across the Eatview community in Harare after a 10-year-old child was brutally murdered by a neighbour...
Family 'in shock' after Zimbabwe scientist killed in UK
BBC
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July 7, 2025
ShareSave Dr Fortune Gomo had been living in the UK for the past 10 years Calum WatsonBBC Scotland News Shingai NyokaBBC News Reporting fromHarare A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a scientist who was found fatally...
Nestlé Zimbabwe Scales Up CEREVITA Production to Meet Growing Consumer Demand
The Zimbabwe Mail
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July 7, 2025
Nicole Roos,Managing Director and Chairperson of Nestlé Eastern and Southern Africa Region Nestlé Zimbabwe has expanded its production capacity for CEREVITA, its iconic breakfast cereal, in response to rising consumer demand. This follows the...
Zimbabwean consumer sector poised for improvement
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 7, 2025
An uplift in volumes has been projected for Zimbabwean consumer companies despite rising cost structures, a volatile policy and monetary environment as well as higher taxation, say analysts at IH Securities. Hippo Valley, Tongaat Hulett's...
Man (30) in court charged with murder of Zimbabwean scientist in Scotland
Nehanda Radio
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July 7, 2025
By Calum Watson | BBC Scotland News | and Shingai Nyoka | BBC News Harare | A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a scientist who was found fatally injured in a Dundee street. Dr Fortune Gomo, 39, was treated by...
Accumulating and investing: trajectories of change in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas
The Zimbabwean
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July 7, 2025
Many A1 farmers can be characterised as ‘petty commodity producers’ where capital and family labour are combined in a small-scale enterprise. Some larger A2 farmers are emerging as more typical capitalist farmers. Most land reform beneficiaries...
Zimbabwe abolishes decades-old dual exchange rate controls
The Zimbabwean
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July 6, 2025
Zimbabwe abolishes decades-old dual exchange rate controls© IntelliNews The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announced the decision through a statutory instrument, marking the end of controls imposed over the past two decades to force the use of local...