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Zim to compensate Beitbridge Border Post contractor

Zimbabwe might have to compensate the company which was contracted to transform Beitbridge Border Post into a one-stop entry point in 2010 if Government engages another company to finish the job.Addre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimra, Ministry of Finance give contradicting revenue stats

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it managed to surpass its targeted revenue collection for the first quarter as Government battles to meet the April deadline to give civil servants a pay ri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt non-committal on civil servants salary hike

The Government is still mobilising resources to ensure it fulfils its promise to increase salaries for civil servants this month, a senior official said on Monday.The Government last year pledged to i...

By New Ziana | Published: 08 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt engages Comesa on Byo industry resuscitation

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has recommended that Government should rejuvenates economic enablers such as electricity, water, infrastructure and coal if Bulawayo is going...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim losing millions through the borders daily

The country is facing serious cash leakages which have resulted in millions of dollars passing through the borders into neighbouring countries on a daily basis, an official said.Zimbabwe Revenue Autho...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Joy for civil servants

CIVIL servants' salary increments will finally be effected by the end of this month despite indications that Treasury's revenue targets for the first quarter of the year are falling short by 6%.Financ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim govt in tight squeeze over job cuts

The advice provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the Zimbabwean government to reduce the number of civil servants through retrenchment provides a tough policy choice for Finance ministe...

By newzimbabwe | Published: 08 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Kajese heads new SEDCO board

Government last week announced the appointment of Professor Kingston Kajese as the chairperson of SEDCO's new board.Kingston Tabvana Kajese is a theologian, professor and administrator.A holder of thr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

ZimTrade to release exports survey results

ZIMTRADE is expected this week to release results of the local export manufacturing capacity survey conducted last year with the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) as worries mount over the go...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt suspends duty for approved importers

Government through the ministry of Finance and Economic Development has scraped duty on a number of imported products for identified importers, in a move that is widely expected to give reprieve to th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Exporting companies buckle under pressure

More than half of Zimbabwe's exporting companies are facing stiff competition from Chinese and South African firms.According to the latest local export manufacturing capacity survey by Zimtrade, 52 pe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 April 2014

POLITICS

Chinamasa set for Washington

Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa will next week travel to Washington, United States, to attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) spring meetings.The Treasury chief - struggling to secure bailout...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimtrade cautions on over-reliance on SA

Zimtrade on Friday warned that over reliance on South Africa as the main trading partner puts the economy at risk and called for local companies to diversiy export markets.A study of 50 firms that Zim...

By New Ziana | Published: 04 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Foreign interest in ZITF steady

Eighty-six percent of available exhibition space at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) has been taken up, less than three weeks before the show begins in Bulawayo, a senior official ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2014

OPINION

Know what kind of careerist you are

What do you define as a successful career? What is the difference between what you believe is success and what others (your colleagues, managers, or clients) define as success? We all have a limited a...

By Regenesys | Published: 03 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Weaker rand to hurt Zim's trade competitiveness

The continued weakening of the South African rand should further erode Zimbabwe's export competitiveness as South Africa is Zimbabwe's major trading partner in the region, and only falls behind China ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

Mutsvangwa urges govt to repay Chinese loans

Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister Chris Mutsvangwa yesterday castigated Government for failing to repay its international loans, saying such behaviour impacted negatively on the country's relations with...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2014

POLITICS

Farmers fail to use their land titles

Farmers who struggle for funds each year, have to wait for a indefinite period before they know whether they will ever be able to use their land titles for purposes of obtaining loans from local banks...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2014

POLITICS

Zim govt won't alter 99-year leases

Government will not amend the law to make 99-year leases commercially transferable just to suit the interest of banks. Minister of Lands and Rural Resettlement Douglas Mombeshora in an interview yeste...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2014

POLITICS

Zim govt finally pays civil servants March salaries

The cash strapped ruling Zanu-PF government has finally managed to pay all civil servants their March salaries.Since the election last year President Robert Mugabe's government has struggled to raise ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2014

POLITICS

'EU summit snub spooks investors'

Zimbabwe's refusal to attend the on-going European Union (EU)-Africa summit reveals its "bad boy" attitude and will further dampen investor confidence, economists say.They say the boycott could scuttl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2014

POLITICS

Zimbabwe to lag behind its Africa peers

Deputy British ambassador to the country Chris Brown said Zimbabwe would lag behind its African peers in development if its government does not enforce investor-friendly policies.The investment-starve...

By Zim Mail | Published: 01 April 2014

POLITICS

Govt appeals to private sector

Government's has appealed to the private sector to help it in the implementation of its ambitious economic blueprint Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (ZimAsset).In the nex...

By Zim Mail | Published: 01 April 2014

POLITICS

Trade unions blasts NSSA

Labour representative bodies on Monday hit out at the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) for indiscretion when investing workers contributions.The labour bodies, which appeared separately befor...

By New Ziana | Published: 01 April 2014

BUSINESS NEWS

'Engage lenders,' IMF urges Zim

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Zimbabwe must engage its creditors to arrest economic collapse.Following President Robert Mugabe's election victory last year, the economy has regressed with...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

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