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HARARE CITY COUNCIL ISSUES 14-DAY ULTIMATUM TO ILLEGAL SETTLERS.
Harare City Council has given beneficiaries of regularised illegal settlements 14 days from 26 October 2026 to comply with outstanding requirements or face demolitions.
Residents must pay regularisation penalties, land charges and construction fines, submit approved building plans and address outstanding infrastructure requirements.
Council will demolish non-compliant structures, buildings on environmentally sensitive land and structures occupying reserved public facilities.
All demolition, rubble removal and site restoration costs will be borne by property owners.
ZIMBABWE OCTOBER INFLATION UPDATE: ZiG RISES TO 4.3%.
Zimbabwe’s annual ZiG inflation increased to 4.3% in October 2026, from 3.7% in September and 2.9% in August.
Meanwhile, annual USD inflation eased to 3.2%, down from 3.5% in September.
According to ZimStat, rising transport costs were the main driver of inflation in October.
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
Resumed works by all eight contractors bring renewed momentum towards safer journeys and improved access to one of Zimbabwe’s major tourist destinations. VakaZim kilometer by kilometer @CMufana37063 @DavidColtart @MinistryofTID @Samwacho @ZimGvt_NDS1
ZINARA SECURES US$400 MILLION FOR THREE STRATEGIC HIGHWAYS.
ZINARA has secured US$400 million through a CBZ infrastructure bond, backed by ring-fenced funds, to finance rehabilitation of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls, Harare–Chirundu and Beitbridge–Harare highways.
“The funding is mainly for the Beitbridge–Harare, Harare–Chirundu and Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway projects,” said ZINARA.
Meanwhile, all eight contractors have resumed work on the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Highway, each targeting 20km before year-end.
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
ZINARA SECURES US$400 MILLION FOR THREE STRATEGIC HIGHWAYS.
ZINARA has secured US$400 million through a CBZ infrastructure bond, backed by ring-fenced funds, to finance rehabilitation of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls, Harare–Chirundu and Beitbridge–Harare highways.
“The funding is mainly for the Beitbridge–Harare, Harare–Chirundu and Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway projects,” said ZINARA.
Meanwhile, all eight contractors have resumed work on the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Highway, each targeting 20km before year-end.
ZINARA SECURES US$400 MILLION FOR THREE STRATEGIC HIGHWAYS.
ZINARA has secured US$400 million through a CBZ infrastructure bond, backed by ring-fenced funds, to finance rehabilitation of the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls, Harare–Chirundu and Beitbridge–Harare highways.
“The funding is mainly for the Beitbridge–Harare, Harare–Chirundu and Bulawayo–Victoria Falls highway projects,” said ZINARA.
Meanwhile, all eight contractors have resumed work on the Bulawayo–Victoria Falls Highway, each targeting 20km before year-end.
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
News: Former @cenbank
Deputy Governor and Acting CBN Governor in 2014, Ms. #Sarah Alade named as Chairman of new @jpmorgan Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited. She' supported by other leading Nigerian legal and investment professionals as non-executive directors.
@FrontierAFR @OlaniwunAjayiLP @FMDQGroup @MwangoCapital @GBSAfrica @AgnesGitau @ZimbabweReview @GraceOghenekaro @shimite_uyor @JPMorganAM @JPMWealth @JPMorganPI @jpmorganTS
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
VP MOHADI COMMISSIONS MBERENGWA DISTRICT HOSPITAL
Mberengwa District celebrated as Vice President Hon. K.C.D. Mohadi officially commissioned Mberengwa District Hospital and received the facility from Mimosa Mining Company on behalf of Government. The US$4.1 million upgrade fulfils an 84-year-old dream, adding wards, a mortuary, maternity wing and administration block, and serving about 200,000 people. VP Mohadi commended Mimosa's corporate social responsibility and tasked management with adequate staffing, equipment maintenance, and preventing vandalism. Senior Government officials, provincial leadership, and mining and business representatives attended.
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
ZAMBIA HANDS OVER 14 HECTARES TO COMESA FOR NEW HEADQUARTERS.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has handed over title deeds for 14 hectares of land in Lusaka to COMESA Chairperson President Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa for the construction of new COMESA headquarters.
The project, backed by a US$140 million framework agreement, will include a headquarters complex, a 200-room hotel and a 1,000-seat conference facility.
The handover took place on 22 October 2026 during the 25th COMESA Summit in Harare.
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
Oct. 22: #Copper – Hyperscalers may treble copper use to 3mt over next two years, writes @SPAngelNews
-The massive buildout of AI datacentres amounts to around half of planned global capex.
-The buildout is forecast to potentially use 2.5-3mt of copper over the next two years according to Trafigura’s head of industrial metals analysis at a Bloomberg LME Week event.
-Previous estimates reckoned on an additional 1mtpa of copper use in datacentres.
-Many #datacentre projects may suffer planning and other delays causing datacentre demand to come in at 1.6mt by 2028.
-#Hyperscaler capex is projected to reach $1.4-1.6tn by 2028 with capex running at $1.5tn pa by 2031 according to Bain & Co.
-@trafigura are also looking for mine supply to increase by 2mtpa
@FrontierAFR @MwangoCapital @ZimbabweReview @GBSAfrica @AgnesGitau @GraceOghenekaro @worldcopper @CECinvestor @Copperbelt_CKM @23rdWMC
ZAMBIA HANDS OVER 14 HECTARES TO COMESA FOR NEW HEADQUARTERS.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has handed over title deeds for 14 hectares of land in Lusaka to COMESA Chairperson President Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa for the construction of new COMESA headquarters.
The project, backed by a US$140 million framework agreement, will include a headquarters complex, a 200-room hotel and a 1,000-seat conference facility.
The handover took place on 22 October 2026 during the 25th COMESA Summit in Harare.
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
MABVUKU INTERCHANGE NEARS COMPLETION, HANDOVER SET FOR NOVEMBER 2026.
Premier Rocks Project Manager, Eng. Brighton Mashonganyika, says the Mabvuku Interchange along the Harare–Mutare Highway is nearing completion, with handover to the Ministry of Transport expected next month.
Piling and foundation works are underway at Masasa Interchange, while construction of the Delport Road trumpet interchange is set to follow.
The projects aim to reduce congestion, improve road safety and strengthen connectivity along Zimbabwe’s eastern corridor.
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
Lithium beneficiation: Zimbabwe must hold firm on value addition.
Mahwani Kangausaru
Zimbabwe’s impending ban on lithium concentrate exports is a decisive test of its determination to turn mineral wealth into industrial strength.
Government’s position deserves support: finite resources must deliver more than export receipts while processing jobs, technology and manufacturing opportunities accumulate elsewhere.
See link for full article.
heraldonline.co.zw/lithium-b…
Lithium beneficiation: Zimbabwe must hold firm on value addition.
Mahwani Kangausaru
Zimbabwe’s impending ban on lithium concentrate exports is a decisive test of its determination to turn mineral wealth into industrial strength.
Government’s position deserves support: finite resources must deliver more than export receipts while processing jobs, technology and manufacturing opportunities accumulate elsewhere.
See link for full article.
heraldonline.co.zw/lithium-b…
Zimbabwe Economic Review retweeted
US$80 MILLION CHIRUNDU BORDER POST EXPANSION BEGINS.
Earthworks are commencing on the US$80 million Chirundu Border Post expansion, with Stanbic Bank as lead arranger.
BD Stodart says the 18-month project will include road widening, rehabilitation of internal roads, bus zones, parking facilities and drainage infrastructure.
The project is being undertaken by a consortium involved in the Beitbridge Border Post redevelopment.
MABVUKU INTERCHANGE NEARS COMPLETION, HANDOVER SET FOR NOVEMBER 2026.
Premier Rocks Project Manager, Eng. Brighton Mashonganyika, says the Mabvuku Interchange along the Harare–Mutare Highway is nearing completion, with handover to the Ministry of Transport expected next month.
Piling and foundation works are underway at Masasa Interchange, while construction of the Delport Road trumpet interchange is set to follow.
The projects aim to reduce congestion, improve road safety and strengthen connectivity along Zimbabwe’s eastern corridor.
US$80 MILLION CHIRUNDU BORDER POST EXPANSION BEGINS.
Earthworks are commencing on the US$80 million Chirundu Border Post expansion, with Stanbic Bank as lead arranger.
BD Stodart says the 18-month project will include road widening, rehabilitation of internal roads, bus zones, parking facilities and drainage infrastructure.
The project is being undertaken by a consortium involved in the Beitbridge Border Post redevelopment.
Zambia leader, President @HHichilema to attend the 25th COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government in Harare.
