LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco farmers earn $430 million

Zimbabwe tobacco farmers have so far earned nearly $430 million from the sale of 145,5 million kilogrammes (kg) of flue cured tobacco since the beginning of the current marketing season in March this ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Tongaat's Zimbabwe sugar sales up 109%

Sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe (Tongaat), says its domestic market sales for the year to March 2015 surged 109 percent to 309 000 tonnes from 148 000 tonnes in 2014 due to the introduction o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe warned against mortgaging minerals

Zimbabwe must stop mortgaging minerals to secure loans but must negotiate deals more shrewdly to preserve future generations from bad decisions, a renowned Ghanaian economist said.Douglas Boateng, Afr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FMHL operating profits up 1 090%

Listed financial services group First Mutual Holdings Limited (FMHL)'s operating profit surged by 1 090 percent to over $1 million in the first four months to April 2015 due to cost cutting measures a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet declares $15m dividend

Zimbabwe's largest mobile telecommunications company by subscriber base, Econet Wireless (Econet), will pay out a whopping $15 million to shareholders this year.This comes after the mobile giant regi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2015

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Mash Holdings occupancies down 6%

Mashonaland Holdings (Masholdings) says its property occupancies slumped by six percentage points to 79 percent in the half year to March 31, 2015, on the back of declining economic conditions in Zimb...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Blanket Mine boosts Caledonia expansion plans

London-listed Caledonia Mining Corporation Limited (Caledonia)'s expansion plans have been given a boost by an increase and upgrade in the gold resource at its Zimbabwean Blanket Mine (Blanket).This c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Nicoz gross premium flat at $11,1m

Listed short-term insurer NicozDiamond Insurance Limited (Nicoz)'s gross premium written (GPW) for the four months to April 2015 remained almost flat at $11,16 million compared to same period last yea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

OK Zimbabwe engages foreign suppliers

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed retailer, OK Zimbabwe Limited (OK), says it is engaging foreign retailers for the manufacturing of in-shop brands to boost the group's revenues.Its chief operation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Tongaat production down 9%

Zimbabwe's largest sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett, production declined by nine percent to 445 000 tonnes in the full year to March 2015 compared to 488 000 registered in the prior period due to low da...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Mobile money transfers surge

Moira Kambanje, 66, can now receive money from her daughter in South Africa, buy groceries, pay bills and also send money to her other child at a local university.She does this without even visiting t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

New investor for Kamativi mine

The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) has secured a foreign investor willing to inject $100 million in capital to revive the defunct Kamativi tin mine (Kamativi), deputy Mines minister Fr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Vic Falls tourism players resist council rates

Tourism operators in Victoria Falls are prepared to defend themselves in courts over non-payment of rates after the resort town's local authority increased them by an astronomical 650 percent, Zimbabw...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ex-Lobels boss joins Innscor

Former Lobels chief executive - Ngoni Mazango - has joined rivals Innscor Africa Limited (Innscor) as chief operating officer for its bakery division, Business Live has established.Mazango, a seasoned...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Murowa to resume operations

Murowa Diamonds (Murowa) is expected to resume full scale mining operations in a few weeks' time after it has finalised contracts of companies subcontracted to do work at the mine, deputy Mines minist...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta plans $50m capex

Beverages manufacturer Delta Corporation, (Delta), plans to spend nearly $50 million in capital projects aimed at buttressing its operating capacity.Matts Valela, Delta financial director told busines...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Fastjet sets base in Zimbabwe

London Stock Exchange-listed low-cost airline Fastjet has embarked on a recruitment drive as the company moves to establish operations in Zimbabwe."We are growing quickly and are on the lookout for ta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco sales reach $315m

Zimbabwe tobacco farmers have so far earned $315 million from the sale of 112 million kilogrammes (kg) of the golden leaf since the beginning of this year's selling season in March.Figures released by...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

90% of Zimbabwean farmers lack collateral

Zimbabwe National Farmers Union (ZNFU) says the decline in agriculture production is due to most farmers' lack of collateral.Edward Dune, ZNFU's executive director told Parliament this week that close...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe relaxes gold buying requirements

Zimbabwe's sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Fidelity), has reduced its minimum acceptance threshold for gold from licensed small-scale dealers from 10 to five grammes as the country mo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Masawara profits surge by 167%

London-listed investment vehicle Masawara Plc (Masawara) recorded a 167 percent surge in profits to $16,1 million in the full year to December 2014 up from a loss of $10,8 million in the corresponding...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Govt to bend indigenisation policy on Airzim, says Mpofu

Zimbabwe is willing to compromise on indigenisation stipulations to help the national airline to secure a new investor.Transport minister Obert Mpofu said government was pursuing various efforts to en...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Mzembi appoints board to spearhead tourism venture

Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has unveiled a board of directors for Mosi-oa-Tunya Development Company (MTDC) to spearhead the development of an eco-Disneyland theme park on 274 hectares in the countr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zim maize production tumbles

Zimbabwe's maize production for the 2014/15 agricultural season is forecast to decline by over 500 000 tonnes to 950 000 tonnes due to a prolonged dry spell, a latest Food and Agriculture Organisation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bank loans uptake slows

The banking sector recorded a low loans uptake as a result of high lending rates as corporate clients in the sector slumped, figures from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe show.In its weekly economic repor...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

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