INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimra garnishes Trek bank accounts

TREK Petroleum faces closure after the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) garnished its bank accounts over a $45 million tax debt.According to court documents, the tax was incurred by a company called...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Chaos reigns supreme at Zinara

CHAOS continues to rein supreme at the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (ZINARA) amid indications that Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development's permanent secretary Machivenyika Map...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Olivine, workers tussle over retrenchment

FAST moving consumer goods manufacturer, Olivine Industries, which recently laid off nearly a third of its employees, has temporarily rescinded the plan after workers opposed the move and now seeks to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Insurers embrace partnerships

ZIMBABWE'S insurance firms are rapidly realising that they will need to strategically partner with deep-pocketed and innovative players in the industry to stay relevant in an increasingly digital envi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Government's command agric targets fruit trees

GOVERNMENT has tasked the Forestry Commission to spearhead its command agriculture programme targeting fruit tree production, a Cabinet Minister has said.The government last year launched the command ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Winter wheat output to rise

ZIMBABWE will this year import about 345 000 tonnes of wheat as preliminary data indicates that the 2017 winter crop will produce an estimated 105 000 tonnes.The Grain and Feed Annual Report (GFAR) fo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe faces illicit pesticide risk

THE illegal trade in counterfeit pesticides by unregistered dealers is putting farmers' and consumers' lives at risk as unregulated and often toxic chemicals enter the food chain, a government officia...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Jaggers liquidator denies graft claims

GRANT Thornton, which is overseeing the liquidation of Jaggers Wholesalers, has dismissed claims by ex-workers that the exercise had been hit by corruption.Former workers told The Financial Gazette th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Zim retailers warn of shortages

ZIMBABWE could soon start experiencing inadequate supplies of food and other products caused by worsening foreign currency shortages, local retailers have warned.Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (C...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

New airline seeks permit

A NEW airline company, MJ Air Private Limited, has applied for a permit to launch operations in Zimbabwe.The Air Services Board announced in a notice in the August 18 issue of the Government Gazette t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

RBZ to clear retailers' telegraphic transfers

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is set to resolve the increasing foreign currency allocation challenge that has hit local retailers and suppliers who for a long time have been failing to secure sto...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Storm over Fidelity's housing project

Listed financial services group, Fidelity Life Assurance Company, is in the eye of a storm after failing to honour its side of the bargain to purchasers, who bought residential stands at its South Vie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Machinery shortage haunts Zim tissue manufacturer

KADOMA Paper Mills (KPM) is experiencing capacity constraints with one machine that can only meet 54% of the 700-tonne demand for tissue paper in Zimbabwe and having to import waste paper.As a result ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FMHL finds buyer for RTG stake

FIRST Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL) says it has found a buyer for its 19,8 percent stake in hotel concern, Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG), from which it has been seeking to exit for the past two years.T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

No site yet to Aussie-Zimbabwe platinum refinery

GOVERNMENT is yet to locate a site for the construction of a $300 million platinum refinery, set to be established under a joint venture arrangement between an Australian partner and the Zimbabwe Mini...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Metallon collpses the Group structure

ZIMBABWE's largest gold producer, Metallon, has restructured the business by collapsing the group structure into independent mining units with separate executive management and boards, as part of eff...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Agriseeds to develop pasture seed varieties

LOCAL seed manufacturer, Agriseeds,  owned by South Africa's ZAD Investment Limited,  intends to avail new seed varieties for pastures to complement Government's Command Livestock Programme,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Zim platinum production expected to drop 9%

Platinum production in Zimbabwe decreased to 105 000 ounces in the second quarter of this year, a 13 percent decline compared to the same period last year, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC...

By Ngoni Shenjere | Published: 06 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Vast Resources ramps up gold production

London-listed mining firm Vast Resources says gold production at its Zimbabwean unit went up by 36 percent to 4 037 ounces in the second quarter to June 2017.Vast Resources owns Pickstone-Peerless gol...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Zim retailers raise alarm on food shortages

Retailers in Zimbabwe want the central bank to put a speedy end to foreign payment bottlenecks for suppliers of goods and commodities to shops in the country. This comes as shortages have started to e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Shepco's unit eyes 40% capacity by December

SHEPCO Group's bolt manufacturing division - Shepco BMA Fasteners - seeks to increase its capacity utilisation by 19,3% by December this year as it continues consolidating its market share, an officia...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Chrome miner says fuel duty-free status above board

Africa Chrome Fields (Pvt) Ltd, a subsidiary of South African mining company Fanshawe Mining Holdings, which recently came under the spotlight after Government, through the Ministry of Transport and I...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Merlin pins revival hopes on SEZs initiative

DEFUNCT textile firm, Merlin is set to tap into the Special Economic Zones model following its proposal to establish a ginnery expected to add impetus to the firm's survival when it re-opens.Under the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Businessman loses airtime row against Econet

A Bulawayo businessman has been ordered to pay Econet Wireless more than $94 000 for the airtime recharge cards advanced to his company on credit.In addition, Mr Clifford Manungo lost a stand measurin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Paper Mills blows thousands on imports

KADOMA Paper Mills, a division of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed ART Corporation is losing thousands of dollars per month importing waste paper among other raw materials from South Africa and Bots...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2017

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