Economic Times ZW

28/10/2026

https://etimes.co.zw/cars-on-broken-roads-solar-on-every-roof/ A on a broken road and a panel on a roof are both rational. Neither is a strategy. The test of the next five years is whether private capital forced to go it alone can be reconnected to that can finally be trusted.

Zimbabwe is accumulating capital at pace. The question is who owns it, where it sits, and what it replaces. By Jabulani Chibaya Two charts crossed my timeline this week. They look unrelated. They …

27/10/2026

’s space is severely constrained. Every dollar spent on bulldozers, security, and compensation is a dollar not spent on water, sanitation, and title deeds. The choice is not between “order” and “chaos,” but between two forms of order: one that destroys capital and calls it enforcement, and one that creates capital and calls it development. On the evidence available, the second is both cheaper and more just.

By Tonderai Godknows Mapfumo HARARE – ZIMBABWE’S cities are once again hearing the roar of bulldozers. From Harare South and Whitecliff to Stoneridge, Belvedere, and Budiriro, authoriti…

14/10/2026

will have about US$250 million in reserve by January 1 to fund its response to the weather phenomenon, on top of money earmarked in the 2027 budget, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said.

By ETimes HARARE – ZIMBABWE will have about US$250 million in reserve by January 1 to fund its response to the El Nino weather phenomenon, on top of money earmarked in the 2027 budget, Financ…

14/10/2026

https://etimes.co.zw/zimbabwe-milk-output-up-7-in-nine-months/ Production peaked at 11.44 million litres in August, up 8.3% from the same month in 2025.

Zimbabwe dairy Farmers

By ETimes HARARE – ZIMBABWE’S milk production rose about 7% to 94.98 million litres in the first nine months of 2026, from 88.9 million litres in the same period last year, according to data …

12/10/2026

The question for is not whether will sit in the decision path of . It is whether the controls will already be there.

By Jabulani Simplisio Chibaya The control that runs at 2am HARARE – A FRAUD model on a mobile money switch is retrained overnight, pushed through an emergency pipeline, and starts approving p…

10/10/2026

https://etimes.co.zw/the-great-split-ncubes-prudence-meets-tagwireis-enterprise/ The economy needs Mthuli’s Oxford equations and Kuda’s Sakunda execution—plus a transparent separation of CBZ ownership from State regulation.

09/10/2026

https://x.com/ETimesZw/status/2108171815386288151 (GRS) will repurpose a workshop used to construct the project to refurbish and manufacture railway wagons. The move forms part of plans to develop rolling stock for hauling coal, coke and steel.

09/10/2026

As we prepare for the 2026/27 summer cropping season, which forecasters warn will bring below-normal rainfall due to effects, every farmer — from communal to A2 — must treat crop insurance as an input, just like seed and fertiliser. Many farmers think insurance is only for cars. is simple: you pay a small premium (usually 4% to 8% of your expected crop value) to a registered insurer, and if your crop is destroyed by hail, windstorm, flood, drought, frost or fire, the insurer compensates you for input costs or lost income. In Zimbabwe we have two main products: 1, Single-peril cover: Covers hail and windstorm — ideal for to***co, tomatoes and berries. 2, Multi-peril and Weather-Index cover: Covers drought, excess rainfall and yield shortfall — critical for maize and small grains under Pfumvudza. Insurers such as Zimnat, AIC Insurance, Old Mutual, Econet Moovah and Cell Insurance offer these through TIMB and AFC.

Zimbabwe has just been given a painful reminder of why farming can no longer be left to chance. By Newton M. Mambande HARARE – ON THE evening of Monday, 5 October 2026, a catastrophic hailsto…

29/09/2026

https://etimes.co.zw/zimbabwes-zig15-1-million-pension-payout-tests-faith-in-a-broken-promise/ The ZiG15.1 million is a welcome acknowledgement that a debt exists. It is not, on its own, settlement of that debt. Its significance will lie less in the quantum than in whether it marks the beginning of a credible, rules-based process to restore Zimbabwe’s pension system as a trusted pillar of financial security. Restoring a is ultimately about restoring a promise. That promise is best kept not just with money, but with transparency, parity and reform.

29/09/2026

The has opened up some policy space. The challenge now is to make sure it isn’t filled by another round of monetary expansion, but by saving, investment and production. has already paid dearly to learn that unstable money destroys economic calculation. The next lesson matters just as much: stable money isn’t the destination. It’s the foundation an economy needs to start calculating, saving, investing and producing again. That, to me, is the real significance of the September MPC decision. https://etimes.co.zw/analysis-zims-rate-cut-tests-whether-cheaper-money-can-buy-real-stability/