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Zimbabwe
Sugar Tax Cut, Over 2 Million Unaccounted For: Will Fast Food Tax Suffer Same Fate?
Reduction of Sugar Tax: Has cut the sugar tax from 0.001% to 0.0005% per gram Revenue Allocation Concerns: Despite generating significant revenue from the sugar tax, no cancer treatment equipment has
Dec 02, 2024
Opinion
No Papers, No Care? Reimagining Healthcare Access for Zimbabweans in South Africa
In the bustling streets of Johannesburg's Hillbrow district, 28-year-old Tendai, a Zimbabwean migrant, found herself turned away from a public clinic despite being pregnant and in need of urgent care.
Oct 20, 2025
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Cuts Health Sector Fees, but Workforce and Infrastructure Gaps Remain Unanswered
The Cabinet has approved a health sector regulatory reform package spanning ten categories of fees and licences, announced by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on 12 May 2026. The measures include the abo
May 13, 2026
Zimbabwe
Government Moves to Reshape Water Delivery as Reform Targets Quality, Accountability
Cabinet has approved two separate pieces of water sector legislation at its seventeenth meeting, the principles of the Water Act Amendment Bill and the Zimbabwe National Water Authority Amendment Bill
Jun 04, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's National One Health Strategic Plan: Addresses Health Threats Most Likely to Define the Country's Next Decade
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed Zimbabwe’s economy into a 6.2% contraction in 2020, expanded the number of citizens in extreme poverty by 1.3 million, pushing the national extreme poverty rate to 49%, wh
Jul 20, 2026
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Old Mutual Targets US$46 Million Development REIT to Unlock US$150 Million Property Pipeline
Old Mutual Zimbabwe is preparing a US$46.2 million Development Real Estate Investment Trust which mobilises institutional capital through the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange rather than conventional ban
16 hours agoZiG, USD Inflation Converge: ZiG Drops Sharpest Fall of 2026, Validates RBZ’s Mid-Year Turning Point
imbabwe Gold’s (ZiG) annual inflation has fell to 3.2% in July 2026 from 4.7% in June, a drop of 1.5 percentage points that reverses three months of gradual increase and marks the sharpest single-mont
17 hours ago
