BUSINESS NEWS

AfDB approves Zimfund phase two

The African Development Bank has approved disbursement of at least $40 million for implementing various rehabilitation projects in the power and water sectors under the second phase of the Zimfund pro...

By New Ziana | Published: 24 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt to help industry secure lines of credit

Government will explore all available avenues to secure affordable lines of credit to revive the manufacturing sector, Vice President Joice Mujuru said yesterday.Addressing delegates who attended the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 October 2013

POLITICS

Mutumwa Mawere intensifies fight for his companies

SOUTH AFRICA-BASED Zimbabwean business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has filed an application at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking to repossess several of his businesses, including Shabanie-Mashava ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 October 2013

POLITICS

Mliswa wants govt to revise the indigenisation programme

ZANU-PF Hurungwe West Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has implored government to revise the indigenisation and empowerment programme so that more people, instead of only a few connected individuals,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Report any lost, stolen or damaged SIM card

Econet has given notice of subscriber registration following the coming into effect of Statutory Instrument 142 of 2013 on October 1, 2013. Econet says that subscribers are now required to report any...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 October 2013

POLITICS

Token salary increment for Zim civil servants

PUBLIC Service minister Nicholas Goche yesterday said government will effect "a token increment" and bonuses for civil servants before year-end.Goche said he was still consulting other ministries on ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Fuel prices to go down in November

Fuel prices are expected to go down after the deadline for fuel industry players to clear their stocks and pave way for mandatory blending of anhydrous ethanol, an official from the country's energy r...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Tourism council wants the ban on trade in ivory lifted

The Zimbabwe Council for Tourism has blamed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species' ban on trade in ivory for massive elephant poaching. ZCT vice president Francis Ngwenya in an i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Namibians explore business opportunities

A 16-MEMBER delegation of Namibian businesspeople is in the country to explore ways of tapping into the available business opportunities.The delegation comprises representatives in all the sectors of ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Cabinet endorses blueprint

CABINET yesterday approved Government's economic blueprint, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim Asset) that will spearhead the turnaround and development of the eco...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

'Remove RBZ immunity,' says Moyo

PROMINENT lawyer and business executive Mr Stanford Moyo says there is need to remove immunity of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe from prosecution to inspire confidence in the central bank.Mr Moyo made t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

OPINION

Indigenous banks to source international credit lines

The softening by Government of its stance on banks with regard to the indigenisation programme is one that both the private sector and the banking sector should cheer.It is a position that not only s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

EDUCATION

Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe holds first graduation

SEVENTY insurance practitioners, who attended the restructured Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe summer school in Nyanga, on Wednesday received certificates after successfully completing tasks that they...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimra receives three mobile scanners

Zimbabwe today received three mobile container scanners worth $10,5 million from the Chinese Government to help curb smuggling of illegal goods into the country.Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Lin ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

DFIs should focus on potential growth areas

Zimbabwe's development finance institutions such as the Industrial Development Corporation have been urged to focus on potential growth areas and offload some of the struggling companies which have be...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

CZI crafts plan to revive agriculture, manufacturing

THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries has come up with a nine point plan to help Government revive agri-business. The manufacturing industry has set up a committee to lobby against illegal sanction...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Policy shift, key to Zim industry revival

THE revival of the manufacturing sector in Zimbabwe is premised on improving the business operating environment, reducing the cost of doing business and adjusting business models to be consistent wit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

NSSA suspends time restriction for claiming grants

National pension scheme contributors or their dependants who failed to claim a retirement, invalidity or survivor's grant within the statutory limit of five years from becoming eligible for it are bei...

By Mike Hamilton | Published: 16 October 2013

POLITICS

Govt to unveil economic blueprint

Government plans to unveil yet another economic blueprint titled "Zimbabwe Programme for Socio-Economic Transformation" (ZIMPSET). This comes after Cabinet, appointed over a month ago, has not made a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

ZIA tells investors to forget the past

The Zimbabwe Investment Authority has urged investors to look beyond Zimbabwe's previous political and economic challenges by starting businesses in the country. Zimbabwe went through a decade of rece...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

CZI, ZimTrade in partnership

THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has partnered with ZimTrade to commission an export manufacturing capacity survey as the local manufacturing sector becomes increasingly uncompetitive du...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 October 2013

POLITICS

Zimbabwe among worst governed countries

Zimbabwe remains one of the worst-governed countries on the African continent, an annual survey by the Ibrahim Index of African Governance has disclosed.According to the index, Zimbabwe remained stuck...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 October 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

SA delegation in Zim to explores opportunities

A South African business delegation is in Zimbabwe to explore joint venture deals with local firms in line with the government's policy to restore business confidence.South Africa is Zimbabwe's larg...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2013

POLITICS

Zim govt to compensate more white farmers

Government has disclosed that it is mobilising funds to compensate former white commercial farmers for improvements they made on land that was repossessed under the hugely successful land reform progr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2013

POLITICS

Govt wants debt freeze for farmers

VICE President Joice Mujuru says Government intends to engage banks with a view to freezing debts owed by farmers to enable them to access funding for the 2013/14 cropping season.She said the stop-ord...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 October 2013

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