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Zimbabwe
With Deteriorating Health Services, How Much Has Government Allocated for Health Sector?

he Zimbabwe government has allocated ZiG28.3 billion to the Ministry of Health and Child Care for the year 2025. When converted to United states dollars (USD) at the official bank rate of ZiG26 per d

Dec 03, 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
Companies
Zimbabwe's Competition Watchdog Launches Probe into Cimas Medical Aid Society

Zimbabwe’s Competition and Tariffs Commission has opened a formal investigation into Cimas Medical Aid Society, one of the country’s largest medical aid providers, following allegations that it is del

Mar 20, 2026
Botswana
Netcare Expands Capacity and Adjusts Care Delivery as Medical Scheme Pressures Reshape Patient Flows

Looking ahead, the trajectory of patient activity within Netcare’s network will be shaped by how these operational adjustments interact with ongoing changes in the medical scheme landscape. Capacity

Mar 24, 2026
Zimbabwe
Nurses Walk Out, Patients Wait: How Digital Health Can Hold a Failing System Together

On 24 March 2026, nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Sally Mugabe Hospital, Chitungwiza Central Hospital, and Marondera Provincial Hospital abandoned their wards. Not in protest of clinical po

Mar 30, 2026

Top Stories

ZB Financials Remains Profitable, Bad Loans Surge 518% to ZWG853m

ZB Financial Holdings has reported profit after tax of ZWG679 million for the year ended 31 December 2025, against a restated ZWG1.042 billion in 2024, a 35% decline that frames these results as a dis

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Currency Switch Costs TN CyberTech Bank ZWG61m in Hidden Earnings

TN CyberTech Bank Limited, the institution that spent decades as TN Bank, then Steward Bank, before shedding both identities in 2025 has reported a profit after tax of ZWG129 million for the ten month

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First Mutual Properties Holds $136m in Assets: ZSE Values it at $46m

Zimbabwe's largest listed property company is considering walking away from its own stock exchange, largely due to undervaluation by the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, and the 2025 financials explain precis

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First Mutual Holdings Swings From $26m Loss to a $14m Profit: Property Revaluation Did Most Work

First Mutual Holdings, Zimbabwe's largest listed insurer, has  posted a profit after tax of $14.3 million for the year ended 31 December 2025, against a loss of $26.3 million in 2024. The rehabilitati

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Masimba Grows Revenue 10%, But Earns Less on Every Dollar

Masimba Holdings, the ZSE-listed civil engineering and contracting group entering its 75th year, posted revenue of ZWG1.6 billion for the year ended 31 December 2025, a clean 9.6% advance on the prior

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Most Expensive Fuel in Africa: Why the Middle East Is Only Part of the Story

Harare-Effective 2 April 2026, ZERA set diesel at US$2.11 per litre and petrol blend E5 at US$2.23, citing a 33.16% rise in the diesel FOB price since the last review as a direct consequence of the Ir

Apr 10, 2026

The Cotton Revolution: Govt Slashes Agric Levies 75% In Sweeping Regulatory Overhaul

Zimbabwe's Ministry of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion has announced one of the most comprehensive regulatory reform packages the agricultural sector has seen in years, with Cab

Apr 10, 2026

Tigere REIT Leads Peers with Doubled Q1 Net Property Income, Four Yield Accretive Acquisitions Planned for 2026

Tigere Real Estate Investment Trust has once again set the pace among Zimbabwe's listed REITs, delivering a standout first quarter performance that reflects its dominance over smaller and newer peers

Apr 09, 2026