Zimbabwe Mail
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:08:58 +0000Zimbabwe prepares for 2027 headwinds with resilient 5pc growth target
Zimbabwe is entering 2027 with a clear-eyed awareness of significant economic headwinds, driven by an anticipated El Niño-induced drought and volatile global commodity prices. Yet, despite these challenges, the Treasury is projecting remarkable unde...
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:53:44 +0000Should Zimbabwe Pay Its Way Back Into Global Finance?
Zimbabwe’s debt debate is increasingly being framed around one proposition: clear the country’s arrears to the multilateral development institutions, restore access to international finance and allow the economy to move forward. By Brighton Muson...
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:21:03 +0000Zimbabwe’s Debt Paradox: Why Low Leverage Could Become an Economic Advantage
Zimbabwe’s public debt position presents an unusual paradox. After more than two decades of exclusion from international capital markets, the country remains burdened by substantial external arrears, yet its headline debt-to-GDP ratio is comparativ...
Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:03:10 +0000Europe May Be Right About FIFA Governance — But That Does Not Settle the Economic Question
The extraordinary confrontation now unfolding inside FIFA is being presented largely as another chapter in the increasingly troubled political career of Gianni Infantino. That interpretation is too narrow. Infantino is undoubtedly at the centre of th...
Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:43:02 +0000Warriors star Jordan Zemura joins Watford on season-long loan
LONDON – Zimbabwe international Jordan Zemura has joined English Championship club Watford on a season-long loan from Italian Serie A side Udinese, subject to English Football League and international clearance. The 26-year-old left-back returns to...
Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:19:30 +0000AfDB says Zimbabwe well placed to withstand Middle East shocks
Zimbabwe’s strong gold sector and diversified mineral resource base are expected to cushion the economy against the global economic fallout from the escalating conflict in the Middle East, the African Development Bank (AfDB) has said. In its So...
Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:34:15 +0000US$1 million fraud-accused Hezy Motors founder denied bail
HARARE – Hezy Motors Logistics founder Hazel Silibaziso Mafu, who is accused of masterminding a $1 million fraud, was denied bail on Monday after a Harare regional magistrate ruled that she was a flight risk. Regional magistrate Jesse Kufa said her...
Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:05:58 +0000Britain names Gill Lever as new ambassador to Zimbabwe
HARARE — Britain has named career diplomat Gill Lever as its new ambassador to Zimbabwe. Lever was Britain’s deputy ambassador to Nigeria. She replaces Peter Vowles, who moves in the opposite direction to become high commissioner to Nigeria. Leve...
Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:51:01 +0000Edgars Seeks Voluntary Delisting from VFEX
HARARE – Clothing retailer Edgars Stores Limited has announced plans to voluntarily delist from the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), marking a strategic shift just two years after joining Zimbabwe’s United States dollar-denominated excha...
Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:22:23 +0000Meikles exits hotel industry as African Sun acquires stake in Victoria Falls Hotel partnership
HARARE – Diversified investment group Meikles Limited has agreed to sell its stake in the partnership that operates the iconic Victoria Falls Hotel to its long-standing joint venture partner, African Sun Limited, marking the company’s complet...