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“All constitutional office bearers make an oath or affirmation to the effect of being faithful to Zimbabwe and observing, upholding, and defending the Constitution and all other laws of the country. It’s high time they live up to it” Mike Murenzvi updates on the continued legal delays in the way of the proposed child protection law

Sixteen years after it shut down its furnaces, one of Zimbabwe’s biggest ferrochrome producers, ZimAlloys, is finally back in production.

The Chris Kabwato Column: It is difficult to explain the reasons for the destructive Zimbabwean psyche in the diaspora. A case of a broken country giving birth to a broken people?

President Mnangagwa’s recent China visit included tours of tech companies, energy firms and infrastructure developers. Here, newZWire takes stock of who he met, what he was looking for, and how that’s likely to pan out

The NRZ has opened its network up to private players, including a unit of South Africa’s Grindrod, as it seeks to boost freight volumes that had collapsed after decades of underinvestment

Willard Zireva retired as CEO of OK Zimbabwe in 2017. He had served as CEO of the company, one of Zimbabwe’s largest retailers, since 2001. Today, he operates Talana, a growing blueberry farm near Chegutu, which exports to Europe and Asia. Here, he speaks on how the lack of local bank funding and government support is holding back a promising industry

The regional unit of Swiss food company Nestlé is selling its iconic Cremora brand to French group Lactalis. This is part of a “strategic realignment” affecting its divisions in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The transaction means Nestlé’s plant in Harare will no longer produce the popular creamer. Nestlé Zimbabwe will however continue to make other products, such as Nestlé Everyday and Cerevita

Government expects the private sector to fund 60% of crop production this season, as the country lays out an ambitious US$1.64 billion cropping plan to recover from the devastating drought. This year’s drought, the worst in 40 years, slashed maize output by 70% to just over 600,000 tonnes. The government has ambitions to recover production to 2.7 million tonnes this year and wants more private-sector involvement

African Sun has sold two of its underperforming hotels, raising almost US$7 million that will be used to refurbish its remaining operations

COLUMN | “The rot of mediocrity that our leaders have introduced has successfully spread into every nook and cranny of our society” Chris Kabwato on Vene and their strong commitment to mediocrity