The Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) has called for a cap of US$0.40 per litre on combined fuel taxes and levies, saying high energy costs are undermining business competitiveness, investment and production.
Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has approved the implementation of a $650 million floating solar power project on Lake Kariba
Water privatisation could increase tariffs, weaken local authorities and fail to reduce water losses, a human rights activist has warned, citing experiences in other African countries.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has elevated businessman-turned-Senator and now Cabinet minister, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, to Zanu PF’s Politburo as secretary for Economic Affairs and Investment Promotion, placing a politically influential business figure at the centre of both party and government economic structures.
The Election Resource Centre (ERC) Africa has warned that the transfer of voter registration and custody of the voters’ roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to the Registrar-General will be judged on whether it makes it easier, not harder, for Zimbabweans to vote.
