INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

SPB intervenes in ZPC tender wrangle

THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has sought permission from the State Procurement Board to cancel the $113 million contract for re-powering of Munyati Power Station awarded in 2015 to an Indian compan...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Sunbird to invest $200m in ethanol plant

SUNBIRD Zimbabwe, owned by Sunbird Bioenergy Africa, is set to invest a total $200 million over three years in a sustainable bio-ethanol cassava plant that will also produce power, executive chairman ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

TelOne rewards whistle-blowers

In a drive to fight crime and vandalism, TelOne has initiated an anti-vandalism campaign to bring to an end theft of copper cables and telecommunications equipment.Since the beginning of the year, Tel...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange Colliery reduces coal prices

Zimbabwe's biggest coal miner, Hwange Colliery Company, has slashed prices in a bid to combat massive deforestation around the country. Prices have been slashed by eight percent from $65 to $59 per to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Govt receives $2.9m dividend from NOIC

The government has received a US$ 2.9 million dividend from one of its entities, the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (NOIC).The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Power ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

BancABC Zimbabwe's 1HFY17 profits rise to $3.2m

BancABC Zim posted a significant rise in profit after tax to $3, 2 million for the first half of this year from $200 000 in the prior comparable period.The profit bump was on the back of cost-containm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Sibanye Stillwater dragged down by gold mines

Sibanye, which has changed its name to Sibanye Stillwater, swung deep into the red in the half-year to end-June, a result that had been widely flagged ahead of its results presentation on Wednesday.It...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Supply local foundries, metal producers told

INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister Chiratidzo Mabuwa has ordered local metal producers to desist from exporting scrap metal at the expense of domestic foundries.Speaking during a scrap metal indaba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Gold output increases

ZIMBABWE's gold output for the first seven months of the year has reached 12 tonnes up from 10 tonnes produced during the same period last year.The improved gold output is due to the incentives the Re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Oil producers to buy local soya bean

Oil producers have agreed to buy soya bean produced locally at $500 per tonne as part of efforts to promote local production, Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe president Busisa Moyo said yesterda...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Tourism and Security Conference postponed

THE inaugural Tourism and Security Conference, which was scheduled to be held tomorrow has been postponed to a date to be announced, The Office of the President and Cabinet advised yesterday.The confe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Errant banks divert forex allocations

Some errant banks could be diverting to other uses, foreign currency allocated to companies by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) towards procurement of critical imports, Confederation of Zimbabwe Ind...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Ex-NRZ employees still to be paid in full

FORMER National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees are yet to be fully paid their dues, two years after their retrenchment.The 450-plus workers were laid off following the late Chief Justice Godfrey...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delight as govt seals Ziscosteel revival deal

The plan to revive operations at the largest integrated steel plant, Ziscosteel, has been touted as an investment milestone which is strategic in the economic turnaround of the country.The visit by th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Minister appeals for mining sector prioritisation

Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa on Thursday appealed to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to prioritise crucial external payments for the mining sector.Zimbabwe, which is using the U...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zim rakes in $363m from tobacco exports

Zimbabwe has so far exported 82,7 million kilograms of tobacco worth $363, 3 million, down from $320, 3 million recorded in the same period last year, statistics from the industry regulator shows.Toba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Women's Bank to start operations in October

A Zimbabwe Women's Bank is expected to start operations in October as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) edges closer in granting an operating permit to the institution.The Women in Business Forum hel...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Afdis in $700,000 dividend

Spirits and winemaker African Distillers Limited (Afdis) has declared a $750 807 dividend for the year ended June 2017 buoyed by increased volumes and production.Afdis chairperson, Pearson Gowero, sai...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Old Mutual to continue infrastructure investments

OLD Mutual says it will scale up investments in infrastructure development across the country as part of it's investment policy.Group chief executive officer Jonasi Mushosho said this during the commi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Zim house prices jump over 5 years

The lowest average price of a new house (42 square metres) built by a private developer in Zimbabwe jumped to $18 000 from $10 000 between 2010 and 2015, according to findings of a survey by the Centr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'Kwese TV never applied for a licence in Zim'

Econet Wireless' Kwese TV has never applied for a licence to distribute foreign television content in Zimbabwe, and players in the industry are baffled where discussions around that matter are coming ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Coal miners sued over $3,885 million debt

COAL mining firm, Zambezi Gas Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd, has been dragged to court by NR Barber (Pvt) Ltd over a $3,885 million debt for services rendered at Ithuba Mine in Hwange, a few years ago.Through it...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimbabwe secures $1 billion for Zisco revival

THE Government has secured a $1 billion investment for the revival of the country's largest steel maker, the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Ziscosteel), from a Chinese company, that will see one mil...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MetBank acquires $6.8m investment properties

A LOCAL commercial bank, Metbank has acquired investment properties worth $6.8 million through the settlement of various loan exposures.In a financial statement for the half year ended June 30, 2017, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

'Zim has a lot to offer in terms of tourism'

PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday said Zimbabwe has a lot to offer in terms of tourism as he invited international and local guests to sample the country's resorts.Officiating at the ongoing 67th World Healt...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 August 2017

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