TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe audit report out

The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development says it has received the long awaited Air Zimbabwe report from the BCA Forensic Auditors' firm.Transport and Infrastructure Development Ministe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 February 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco floors ready

Tobacco auction floors are putting up final touches at their premises ahead of the start of the 2014 tobacco selling season set for next week. The 2014 tobacco selling seasons begins on February 19 wi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 February 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Zim losing billions in potential diamond revenue

Zimbabwe loses at least $14 billion in potential revenue every year when it exports diamonds in their raw form, parliamentarians heard yesterday. Zimbabwe Diamonds Technology Centre (ZDTC) chairperson...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 February 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Hwange secures $11m loan

Hwange Colliery Company Ltd has secured $11 million from the Export-Import Bank of India for the acquisition of plant and machinery, sources familiar with the transaction said on Friday. The loan faci...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 February 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

NetOne boss wants his company weaned from SPB

NetOne and TelOne should be weaned from procuring goods and services through the State Procurement Board to level the ground with their competitors who are not subjected to such bureaucratic procedure...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 February 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

FloCash opens Zim office

Another online payments company, FloCash, has announced the expansion of eCommerce payments services into Zimbabwe.This comes barely a week after PesaPal, a popular Eastern African internet payment ga...

By TechZim | Published: 10 February 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

PesaPal expanding into Zimbabwe

Kenyan internet payments startup PesaPal is expanding into Zimbabwe.Agosta Liko, the founder of the company, said recently their focus for the Zimbabwe entry is eCommerce, Tourism, Hotels, School fees...

By TechZim | Published: 10 February 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Govt stops David Whitehead liquidation

GOVERNMENT has introduced a motion to stop the liquidation of troubled lint-processor, David Whitehead Textiles, saying the move would have adverse effects on workers, goods and services in the countr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 February 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zinara boss in $2 million tender scam

ZIMBABWE National Road Authority (Zinara) chief executive officer Frank Chitukutuku has been sucked into a $2 million scam involving awarding of a road rehabilitation tender in Umguza, Matabeleland No...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 February 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Consumers owe Zesa $818 million

National power utility Zesa Holdings (Zesa) says it is owed $818 million by consumers - including government, domestic and commercial users.It said the unpaid bills were hampering its operations and v...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 February 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

CBZ to phase out withdrawal slips

ONE of Zimbabwe leading financial institutions, CBZ Bank will be phasing out the use of cash withdrawal slips with effect from the beginning of next month.In a statement, the bank said individual clie...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 February 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zesa CEO's term extended

Government has extended Zesa Holdings chief executive Eng Josh Chifamba's term of office by another three years while a new board, expected soon, will determine his conditions of service.Energy and Po...

By Business Reporter | Published: 10 February 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe needs $50m injection

AIR Zimbabwe needs an emergency cash injection in excess of $50 million which would prevent the ailing national airline from collapse, a senior official said.The national carrier, whose senior manager...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 February 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Star Africa scheme update

The Scheme of Arrangement between Star Africa Corporation Limited and its lenders and creditors which was sanctioned by the High Court on 7 August 2013 and registered with the register of companies on...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

NMBZ issues a profit warning

The Board of Directors of NMBZ Holdings Limited said it would like to inform its shareholders and investors that it has reviewed its banking subsidiary's loan book and has increased its impairment los...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Trust could have been capitalised

A South African company, Mining, Oil and Gas Services had plans to transform Trust Bank into an energy bank through an investment of $800 million, it has emerged. This is disclosed by Trust Bank direc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Yeast industry under threat

The local yeast industry is losing more than $3 million annually through smuggling of the product from South Africa and Zambia by some unscrupulous businesses in the country, an industry player said y...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

11 investors show interest in Chemplex

The Industrial Development Corporation will finalise the execution of share subscription agreements relating to Chemplex Corporation within the first quarter of this year after 11 investors expressed ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecel embraces banks with telecash

TELECEL Zimbabwe says it has, from the outset, allowed all banks and other licensed operators to offer financial services to clients using its unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) mobile pla...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco marketing season to open this month

The 2014 tobacco marketing season is set to begin on February 19 with auction sales while contract sales will start a day later.The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board said three floors - Tobacco Sa...

By Rumbidzayi Zinyuke I BH24 | Published: 07 February 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe mobile wars intensify

THE country's second largest mobile phone operator, Telecel Zimbabwe launched its mobile money transfer service Telecash in a move that is set to raise the stakes against the hugely popular Ecocash r...

By Business reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Arab Bank execs jet in

Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (Badea)'s executives are in Zimbabwe to review performance of a $5 million loan facility granted to government through CBZ Bank Limited (CBZ).A senior CBZ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe planes grounded in SA

AIR Zimbabwe's two A320 Airbuses have been grounded at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the last four months amid disclosures that the planes were unserviceable, NewsD...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZB to continue with merger plans

ZB Financial Holdings says plans to merge its bank and building society will continue despite the recent extension by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe of the banking sector minimum capital requirements d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

SeedCo to offload 49% of Quton

SeedCo is close to selling part of its shareholding in Quton, a cotton seed developer, to an Indian company Mahyco for a yet to be disclosed amount, sources said. SeedCo announced last year that...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

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