August 2026

BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI AUTHORITIES must intensify their efforts to make the ZiG the country’s dominant and sustainable currency, representatives of consumers and workers says.Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, they also said the wider use of the currency in local transactions was vital for durable economic growth and national development.This comes as monetary authorities…

SHAMAINE CHIRIMUJIRI IN A milestone for national healthcare, the country will launch local kidney transplant surgeries next year, a medical breakthrough that is expected to save lives and spare many families the cost of seeking treatment abroad.This comes as Zimbabwe currently lacks the capacity for local organ transplantations — a situation which forces end-stage renal…

BIGHTON MURONZEREYI ZIMBABWE and South Africa are hammering out a landmark deal to exchange foreign inmates, easing overcrowded prisons and boosting cross-border correctional cooperation.The proposed framework follows a fresh bilateral agreement signed yesterday at the Fourth Session of the Zimbabwe-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Pretoria, designed to deepen operational ties between the two nations’…

TAPIWA CHIRUME ZIMBABWE’S central bank has implored microfinance institutions (MFIs) to rapidly embrace digital transformation or risk extinction, as local lenders lag far behind regional peers.The call to action comes despite a strict regulatory environment where only four out of the country’s 363 registered microfinance institutions have secured central bank approval for digital lending.Speaking at…