Zambia mulls tit for tat
Minister of Industry and Trade Mike BimhaZAMBIAN exporters are piling up pressure on their government to come up with retaliatory measures to block imports from Zimbabwe, in what could be a big blow to...
View ArticleSugar industry heads for crisis
Lake, Mutirikwi, receding to dangerously low levels. ZIMBABWE’S sugar industry is heading for a major crisis as water at the country’s largest inland lake, Mutirikwi, recedes to dangerously low...
View ArticleZANU-PF bigwigs fall sick
ZANU-PF national spokesman, Simon Khaya Moyo….Simon Khaya-Moyo seeks treatment in SA THE intense infighting in the ruling party is putting unbearable strain on ZANU-PF bigwigs’ health as it emerged...
View ArticleMid-term report reveals deep crisis
Finance Minister Patrick ChinamasaIT is not in doubt that Zimbabweans, many of whom have taken to the streets in protest against President Robert Mugabe’s management of the economy, have no illusions...
View ArticleAfrican Sun and Dawn Properties resolve 13 year dispute
African Sun and Dawn Properties are now subsidiaries of investment group Brainworks Capital.LISTED hospitality group African Sun Limited (ASL) and property concern Dawn Properties have settled a...
View Article‘Banks outlook gloom’: BMI
Banks have been affected by high levels of non-performing loans ZIMBABWEAN banks are likely to tighten lending over the next two years as the quality of borrowers continues to deteriorate, an...
View ArticleTeachers jittery over directive
Primary and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora ANXIETY has gripped teachers and non-academic staff in public schools after they were ordered to re-submit their academic qualifications and...
View ArticleAnother disastrous farming season beckons for Zimbabwe
Minister of Agriculture Joseph MadeIF southern Africa, especially Zimbabwe, still doubts that climate change is now the new normal, then the region would forever starve.Predictions for the 2016/17...
View ArticleNation awaits bond notes clarity
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, John MangudyaA LARGELY expectant nation will today finally get clarity on the introduction of bond notes, whose planned launch next month has triggered consternation...
View ArticleZimbabwe headed for deeper crisis
By Nelson Chenga and Shame MakoshoriPresident Robert MugabeGOVERNMENT moved to curb social upheavals this week by reversing a policy announcement that sought to slash salaries and stop bonus payments...
View ArticleDead man walking…Patrick Chinamasa in trouble
Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick ChinamasaPATRICK Chinamasa could be seeing off his last days at the Finance and Economic Development Ministry after he was rebuked by Cabinet for...
View ArticleBond notes to begin circulating end of October – RBZ
RBZ governor John MangudyaTHE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) would introduce bond notes, a token currency which will circulate within a basket of multiple currencies, at the end of October with US$75...
View ArticleZimbabwe banks withdrawal limits too low says IH Securities
Reserve Bank of ZimbabweWITHDRAWAL limits in Zimbabwe’s banking sector are too low, a leading advisory service has said.In a report titled Zimbabwe Banking Sector, Surviving in a Cashless Economy, IH...
View ArticleEconet Wireless partners Mukuru.com
Natalie Jabangwe-Morris, general manager for EcoCashECONET Wireless Zimbabwe on Wednesday announced a money transfer deal between EcoCash and Mukuru Money Transfer, which is a well-established and...
View ArticleTemba Mliswa threatens by-election pullout
Temba MliswaBy Nyasha ChingonoINDEPENDENT candidate, Themba Mliswa, has threatened to pull out of the Norton Parliamentary by-election scheduled for October 22 if police fail to set up a committee to...
View ArticleLand barons wreak havoc
Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Saviour KasukuwereLAND barons at Harare’s Caledonia settlement are reportedly derailing the regularisation of the slum settlement by...
View ArticleChiefs fume
President of the Chiefs’ Council Fortune CharumbiraBULAWAYO — Government has failed to pay chiefs their monthly allowances for the past three months, courting the ire of the traditional leaders who...
View ArticleZANU-PF versus electoral reforms
ZEC chairperson, Justice Rita MakarauBy Jacob Rukweza“I WANT to emphasise that through the collaboration of ZANU-PF and all MDC formations — and before their own splintering and before Zimbabwe People...
View ArticleZimbabwe faces electricity disaster
Energy and Power Development Minister, Samuel UndengeREGIONAL power suppliers could switch off Zimbabwe after the country’s integrated power utility, ZESA Holdings, failed to meet prepayment...
View ArticleRioZim chooses Chinese group to design US$2,1 billion power plant
South African Energy Minister Tina Joemat-PetterssonRIOZIM Limited chose a state-owned Chinese company to design a $US2,1 billion power plant it plans to build in Zimbabwe, which faces frequent...
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