INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

RioZim risks losing power producer licence

Mining concern RioZim Limited risks losing its independent power producer's licence and the Sengwa coal concessions if it fails to make progress on its Gokwe North power project in the next six months...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Gold output marginally falls

Zimbabwe's gold output marginally fell 2 percent last year after Government banned all mining activities along river banks in a bid to halt environmental degradation. Gold output declined to 12,66 ton...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

'Struggling banks should downgrade'

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has advised banks that are struggling to meet the minimum capital requirements to downgrade and obtain deposit taking micro-finance licences. The central bank on Wednesday...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Honeymoon over for bank directors, shareholders

Bank directors and shareholders who abuse depositors' funds risk prosecution and going to jail in terms of amendments proposed in the Banking Act, the Reserve Bank has said. Presenting the 2014 Moneta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2014

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

RTG opens $32 million Beitbridge Hotel

RAINBOW Tourism Group (RTG) Limited has opened to the public the multi-million three-star Beitbridge Hotel leased to it by the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), a development expected to imp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 January 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Freda Rebecca gold output drops

GOLD production at Freda Rebecca Mine declined by 25 percent to 13,072 ounces in the last quarter of 2013 due to engineering down time and the annual shut down.Pan-African firm, Mwana Africa, which o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

87,000 growers register for 2014 tobacco season

The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) indicated that more than 87,000 growers have so far registered for the 2014 season."To date, about 87,281 growers have registered for the 2014 season co...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco exports rake in $22,3m

ZIMBABWE has this year exported more than five million kilogrammes of tobacco valued at $22,3 million, data from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show.TIMB indicated that as of January ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Interfin Bank gets new investor

Interfin Bank Limited has found an investor who is willing to inject $50 million needed to recapitalize the ailing institution.Speaking after the Interfin Financial Services annual general meeting tod...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Hunyani changes stance on Softex

MANUFACTURER Hunyani Holdings Ltd says it will no longer sell its subsidiary Softex Tissue Products (Pvt) Ltd. The disposal of Softex, which had initially been expected to have been concluded during t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecel targets 60% subscribers on Telecash

TELECEL Zimbabwe is set to register over 60% of its subscribers on Telecash mobile money platform in the first six months of this year, a company official has said.Telecash is direct competition to Ec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bank deposits marginally rise

The total banking deposits closed 2013 at $4,7 billion while loans and advances were at $3,7 billion, the central bank said yesterday. As at May 2013, total deposits stood at $3,7 billion down from $4...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Pig industry in dire straits

Zimbabwe's pig industry is in dire straits due to a combination of factors such as high costs of feed, depressed demand due to low consumer spending and low producer price. The industry has over the p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet willing to deal with banks

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has said it is willing to deal with individual financial institutions only with regards to the opening up of the USSD gateway. Econet was under pressure to revise its position...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

New rules for Zimbabwe banks

Banks now have to justify and obtain approval from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe before effecting increases on charges and lending rates. Presenting the 2014 Monetary Policy Statement acting RBZ Govern...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Sedco, Westia Group sign funding MoU

Local equipment distribution company Westia Group last week signed a memorandum of understanding with the Small Enterprises Development Corporation that will see beneficiaries' access equipment on cre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zim introduces extra telecoms licence fees

The government has introduced a range of additional licensing costs for privately owned telecoms companies in the country after missing its revenue targets for 2013 by 6%, local news agency IT Web New...

By TeleGeography | Published: 29 January 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecel launches telecash, its mobile money service

Telecel today launched its electronic wallet service, telecash, which allows mobile phones to be used to send money to anyone with a mobile phone, regardless of network, and pay for groceries, bills, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Caledonia complies with Zim govt directive

Canadian based firm Caledonia Mining Corporation has complied with Government's directive for local mines to sell their gold to Fidelity Printers in a bid to stop the export of unprocessed gold.In a s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Willowvale Mazda to revert to old business model

Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries (WMMI) will soon return to its original business model of assembling different types of cars in an effort to revive its waning fortunes, an official has said.WMMI, wh...

By New Ziana | Published: 29 January 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Phoenix to delist from ZSE

Phoenix Consolidated Industries Limited is considering delisting from the Zimbabwe stock exchange as part of the company's turnaround strategy. In a report presented to creditors at the High court thi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2014

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecel partners ZimSwitch in mobile money service

Just over 20 banking institutions currently on the ZimSwitch platform have partnered Zimbabwe's second largest mobile phone operator, Telecel, in launching a mobile money service as Zimbabwe pushes fo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

$23m blanket factory for Beitbridge

Rouqui Investments, a company with diverse business interests is at an advanced stage of building a blanket factory in Beitbridge at a cost of $23 million, Roy Muleya, a director of the company said i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

IDCZ to close StanChart account

Foreign-owned bank Standard Chartered Zimbabwe has ordered the Industrial Development Corporation to close its bank account with the institution next month as part of widespread Western-backed sanctio...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Arcturus Mine not shutting down

Metallon Gold Zimbabwe says it will not shut down Arcturus Mine despite persistent losses due to low ore grade and falling gold prices. Head of corporate affairs Zenzo Nsimbi said Arcturus Mine was cl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2014

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