MINING & RETAIL

Fazak to venture into hardware sector

FAZAK Africa says it plans to venture into hardware business as a way of staying afloat in business to counter the prevailing economic challenges. The company's managing director Mr Zak Hawa told Busi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Arenel introduces new product line

DIVERSIFIED Bulawayo-based manufacturer, Arenel, says it will soon be producing syrups. Managing director, Mr Joshua Lepac said the production of six flavours of syrups was expected to start this mont...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZB floats $60m Zinara bond for road repairs

ZIMBABWE National Roads Administration (Zinara), through ZB Bank, is floating a $60 million bond to spruce up the country's road network, half of which was recently damaged by rains, ZB Financial Hold...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

NRZ gets $400m lifeline

The State Procurement Board (SPB) has awarded a $400 million tender for the revival of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) to a consortium comprising Transnet and the Diaspora Infrastructure Devel...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Wrangling chrome miners seek Mugabe intervention

WRANGLING over chrome mining claims by artisanal miners in the Midlands Province is continuing unabated, with the Zimbabwe Small Miners Confederation (ZSMC) now threatening to appeal to President Robe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Agribank injects $10m into Esigodini plant

AGRIBANK has extended $10 million to finance the establishment of a fruit processing plant in Esigodini, Matabeleland South.The commissioning of the project, a brainchild of the late Vice President, J...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Zim retailers dribble tax authorities

A NUMBER of business and retail owners are dribbling tax authorities by linking point of sales machines (POS) to individual accounts to evade paying taxes.The unscrupulous dealers were duping the taxm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

'Zim cooking oil too expensive for export'

DESPITE the growing supply of cooking oil on the domestic market, producers are finding it difficult to tap into export markets due to un-competitiveness of the commodity.Oil Expressers' Association o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Meprin Founders seeks bigger industrial space

MEPRIN Founders and Engineers are seeking a bigger industrial space to match their growing production levels and positive export demand.The company began operations in 2000 as a small scale entity at ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Steward Bank offers mortgage facilities

STEWARD Bank has cut its interests rate to below eight percent and joined the bandwagon of institutions that offer mortgage facilities to clients for housing development.The bold move is likely to exc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Agribank, FBC to raise $20m for agric

STATE-OWNED agro-lender, Agribank and FBC are going into the market to raise $20 million for the 2017/18 agricultural cropping season.This development follows the permission by government last month f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MBCA, Econet in talks over Ecocash

FOREIGN-owned bank MBCA and the country's largest mobile network provider Econet Wireless Zimbabwe are finalising a deal which will see the bank integrate with the latter's mobile money platform EcoCa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet widens retail footprint

Econet Wireless, the largest mobile network operator (MNO) in Zimbabwe has moved to enlarge its retail footprint and further widen its product and service distribution network by opening a new custome...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta Beverages off the hook over liquor sales

A Harare magistrate has quashed criminal charges against Delta Beverages (Pvt) Ltd for selling liquor without an agent liquor licence.The multi national company was relieved of the charges after Harar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Indian investor snaps up 70% ZimAlloys stake

AN unnamed Indian investor will snap up a 70 percent stake in Zimbabwe's second largest ferro-chrome producer Zim-Alloys after judicial manager Reggie Saruchera sealed a deal for a $90 million investm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

RBZ urged to strengthen RTGS system

AN Information and Communication Technology (ICT) expert has called for the further strengthening of the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) amid revelations that a total of 2,5 million transactions va...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Wheat board pleads with govt over rising costs

THE Zimbabwe Wheat Board (ZWB) has pleaded with government to intervene over the soaring costs of wheat production.The ZWB yesterday met acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), where they plea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Govt, Sakunda work on $68m irrigation project

GOVERNMENT and Sakunda will collectively invest $68 million towards installation of centre pivots to strengthen irrigation infrastructure in support of agricultural programmes for import-substitution,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

Freda Rebecca Mine finance chief on the run

Police are looking for Freda Rebecca Mine chief finance officer Kwong Po Shum for allegedly defrauding the company of over $214 000.According to a statement from Bindura CID, Kwong misrepresented that...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

MINING & RETAIL

ASA in fresh shareholder dispute

FREDA Rebeca's controlling London-listed shareholder, Asa Resources Plc, has run into a fresh shareholder dispute after a 15 percent owner in its Bindura gold mining unit accused the Chinese controlle...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

SecZim warns Van Hoogstraten

SecZim has warned businessman Van Hoogstraten against violating market rules after his investment vehicle tabled an informal rival offer to CFI Holdings minorities.SecZim chief executive Tafadzwa Chin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ingwebu yet to resume mahewu production

INGWEBU Breweries management is not certain when the production of its non-alcoholic sorghum mahewu, which was suspended recently, will resume.Ingwebu, run by the Bulawayo Municipal Commercial Underta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Insurance sector registers 32% asset growth

The Insurance and Pension Commission (Ipec) says the insurance industry registered a 32% total asset base growth to $5,4 billion, as at March 2017 due to growth in equities and asset revaluations.Ipec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Monarch exports up 167%

MONARCH Steel, a division of Treger Group of Companies has recorded 167 increase in export volumes since last year buoyed by Government's measures to support local industries.This has seen the company...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Sino-Hydro, Zesa deal settled

SINO-Hydro has concluded a power purchase agreement with the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company for the supply of power from Hwange 7 and 8 units, a critical step towards reach...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2017

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