LANDS & AGRICULTURE

AMA seeks $55 million to buy grain

THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has issued $55 million bills to raise money to fund the purchase of about 250,000 metric tonnes of grain from the 2013/14 season.The authority was establishe...

By Oliver Kazunga | Published: 02 July 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Banking deposits grow

TOTAL banking deposits have marginally improved to $4,82 billion as of March 31, 2014 from $4,73 billion last year, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said.In a report for the quarter ending March 31, 2...

By Oliver Kazunga | Published: 02 July 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimre forecasts $150m turnover

Zimre Holdings Limited is forecasting a turnover of about $150 million by the end of this year as the company targets increased earnings from the disposal of non-core and non-performing local and exte...

By Tinashe Makichi | Published: 02 July 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Meikles posts $37m profit

ZSE listed diversified group, Meikles Limited posted an after tax profit of $37,1 million for the full year to March 2014 from $6,5 million the prior year largely due to a huge jump in non-trading inc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange expects profitability

HWANGE Colliery Company Ltd, the country's largest coal miner, expects to turn profitable upon commissioning of new equipment before year-end, an official said.The company has finalised the acquisitio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Namibia introduces Airbus on Harare route

AIR Namibia has introduced a 112 seater Airbus A319 to service its Harare-Windhoek and Harare-Lusaka routes due to increased demand.The Airbus, which offers both Business class and Economy Class servi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 July 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Special vehicle to take over lenders' bad loans

Zimbabwe's central bank is considering establishing a body to take over local lenders' non-performing loans and make it easier for them to attract new capital, its governor said on Monday.Several ban...

By Reuters | Published: 02 July 2014

MINING & RETAIL

ACR awaits approval for Dalny mine deal

African Consolidated Resources PLC Monday said its deal to buy the Dalny mine in Zimbabwe from Falcon Gold Zimbabwe Ltd has been held back to await formal approval by Falcon Gold shareholders, Allianc...

By Alliance News | Published: 30 June 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecel seeking $200m for network expansion

Mobile network operator Telecel Zimbabwe is seeking $200 million to increase its third generation (3G) network coverage and grow subscriber base to 5,5 million by year end.Telecel is the second larges...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZHL shareholders approve share-buyback

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed composite financial house Zimre Holdings (ZHL)'s shareholders have approved a repurchase of its stock.In terms of the share buyback the maximum number of shares will not...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange shareholders turn down share option scheme

Hwange Colliery Company Ltd (HCCL)'s shareholders have turned down the company's proposed share option scheme in what could be interpreted as a victory for Nick van Hoogstraten who once turned down th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta wants to pay ex-worker in Zim dollars

DELTA Beverages is refusing to pay a former worker more than U$28 000 in back-pay and damages awarded to him in a labour dispute arguing the payment should have been made in Zimbabwe dollars.In an app...

By Fidelis Munyoro | Published: 30 June 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

ZNCC president re-elected

THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) president Hlanganiso Matangaidze was last week re-elected the chamber's president for another one year term. His vice-president Davison Norupiri was al...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

General Beltings records 36 percent decline

CHEAP imports, which pay zero percent duty and a poor performance by General Beltings have combined to put pressure on Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed GB Holdings' performance.Performance in the year t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zim retains regional clearing agents presidency

Zimbabwe has retained the presidency for Federation of Clearing and Forwarding Associations of Southern Africa (FCFASA) following an annual general meeting which was held in Victoria Falls last week. ...

By Thupeyo Muleya | Published: 30 June 2014

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

FLAZ expects full subscription of bond by month end

Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe Limited is expecting its $5 million bond issue to be fully subscribed by the end of this month as many investors have expressed interest in the instrument.  As...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Makomo Resources to build a 600MW plant

MAKOMO Resources, Zimbabwe's second largest coal miner, intends to build a 600 megawatt plant in Hwange as early as next year, adding to the national power grid while work on the Kariba South Power St...

By Martin Kadzere | Published: 30 June 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

SeedCo equity capital to slush funding costs

SEED CO will receive the last tranche of capital amounting to $28 million from its US technical partner Limagrain before end of year under an equity deal valued at $40 million.The funding is expected ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

WILD | Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Nyasha Matonda was appointed Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 June 2014. He was confirmed as an Executive Director with effect from 19 June 2014.. ...

By WILD | Published: 30 June 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Barclays launches point of sale machines

Barclays Zimbabwe officially launched its recently introduced Point of Sale (POS) acquiring devices last week in Victoria Falls.Barclays Zimbabwe wanted to visibly demonstrate how this product would s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

E15 fuel blend not compatible with Madza vehicles

Car assembler, Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries (WMMI), says its vehicles are not compatible with E15 fuel blend and does not warranty cars using such fuel should they develop engine or emission syst...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZB Financial Holdings disposes of two properties

Two ZB Financial Holdings companies have been let go by the group after low performance with no hope of clear sign of turning profits.Addressing the group's AGM Non-Executive Director Tendai Mafunda s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Schweppes eyes Angola, DRC markets

Bottled water and soft drinks manufacturer Schweppes Zimbabwe says its export business is now active and the company has lined up the Angolan and Democratic Republic of Congo as it spreads its wings i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cottco expects profitability in 2016

Cottco Group Limited has recorded a significant $6,9 million profit less than it recorded the prior year and is now expecting to start seeing profits in two years.Head of finance Dacyl-Ray Rambanepasi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimpapers recapitalisation nears completion

Zimbabwe's largest news media house Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited's re-capitalisation efforts are nearing full circle and the company expects an improved profitability in FY2014.Group chief execu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2014

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