TRANSPORT & TOURISM

31 Zupco buses attached over $500 000 debt

THE Deputy Sheriff has attached 31 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses over a half-a-million dollar debt owed to retrenched workers.The writ of execution was obtained at the Bulawayo High ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Upmarket Meikles targets the poor

Meikles Limited (Meikles) intends to make forays into the lower end of the market as part of strategies to boost revenue and unlock shareholder value.The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed group, whose de...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Afreximbank, Zesa in $100m deal

Zesa Holdings (Zesa) has tentatively agreed to a $100 million financing deal with the African Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) for its prepaid meter-expansion project, businessdaily can reveal.Thi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Hunyani trading update after several developments

Hunyani Holdings management advise that since the publication of the interim results to 30 April 2013, there have been several developments which warrant a trading update. The sale of non-core propert...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Zim mulls new mining policy by 2014

GOVERNMENT is expected to complete consultations on the new mining policy draft in the first quarter of next year amid concerns that some investors are holding on to idle concessions for speculative p...

By Business Reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Tetrad loses Zimplow shares to creditor

A TOTAL 4,5 percent Zimplow Holdings shares were offloaded yesterday on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after an investor foreclosed on a debt owed by Tetrad Holdings, the Herald reported.During trades o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FBC not selling Turnall

LISTED financial services group, FBC Holdings (FBCH), has shelved plans to sell its 49 percent stake in the roofing and building products manufacturer, Turnall Holdings Limited, the Financial Gazette ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Sable grapple with liquidity and power shortages

THE tedious process of importing and transporting inputs needed for the production of Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser is contributing to its looming shortage as the sole fertiliser producing company conti...

By Business Reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Astra shareholders seek full control

MAJORITY shareholders in Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed paint and chemical products manufacturer, Astra Industries Limited, said last week they were planning a mandatory offer to minorities in a trans...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Anglo American to inject $100m in Unki Mine

ANGLO American plc has invested $350 million in its Zimbabwean unit, Unki Platinum Mines and will spend a further $100 million next year as it consolidates operations."The first phase of this developm...

By Business Reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Batoka power project gets $6m

ZAMBEZI River Authority (ZRA), a company which manages the water resources of the Zambezi River on behalf  of Zimbabwe and Zambia, has secured $6 million from the World Bank for the updating of ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Fertiliser companies in cash crisis

Zimbabwe's fertiliser industry says it requires $50 million to sustain operations for the 2013/2014 agricultural season.The industry is operating at an average of 40 percent capacity utilisation as ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

New banking sector regulations gazetted

Government has gazetted a new set of banking sector regulations that seeks to protect the interests of depositors with a view of increasing savings in the economy.According to Statutory Instrument 156...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

PG Industries issues fresh cautionary

PG Industries issued a cautionary on Wednesday as the group said it was involved in negotiations which will have a material effect on the company.  "Shareholders are advised that the Company is...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet's $1.2bn investment good example of PPP

The first step to public private partnership (PPP) is when companies realize that investing into the economy will not only create a better environment for their business but enrich the welfare of the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zim's efforts appreciated

THE tourism sector has applauded Air Zimbabwe for improving connectivity and contributing to an upsurge in tourist arrivals in the country especially in the resort town of Victoria Falls.The national ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

MINING & RETAIL

Mine workers wage demand may affect other economic sectors

THE Associated Mine Workers Union of Zimbabwe (AMWUZ) is demanding wages linked to the poverty datum line (PDL) in its 2014 collective bargaining negotiations with the Chamber of Mines. AMWUZ presiden...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Stanbic rolls out new sales tablet

A LOCAL unit of South Africa-headquartered Standard Bank Group has rolled out a new sales tablet and application as the bank goes paperless to improve efficiencies, the bank has announced.The sales t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Sino-Zim plant upgrade to increase production

The Industrial Development Corporation's cement manufacturing unit, Sino-Zimbabwe, says it has increased its clinker production capacity by 40% to 700 tonnes per day after upgrading its plant at a cos...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimpost invests $3m in automation

ZIMPOST says it has invested at least $3,1 million automating 60 post offices countrywide as it strives to modernise and increase efficiency in its services, the Herald reported.The computerisation sc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Puma Energy seals Redan deal

Global fuel company Puma Energy has acquired a significant shareholding in Redan Petroleum for an undisclosed amount. Puma Energy head of media relations Ms Victoria Dix said in an e-mailed statement ...

By Business Reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Govt urged to introduce levy on imported milk

The Government should consider introducing a 25 percent levy on milk imports to protect the local dairy sector, an industry player said on Friday. Zimbabwe consumes at least 10 million litres of milk ...

By New Ziana. | Published: 04 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

AfrAsia Holdings to rebrand

MAURITIUS-based AfrAsia Holdings Limited (AfrAsia) has injected liquidity support to the tune of $10 million to Kingdom Bank Limited as part of strengthening the institution's financial position. AfrA...

By Business Reporter | Published: 04 December 2013

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Vic Falls hotels fully booked for festive season

The Hospitality Association of Zimbabwe says most hotels and lodges in Victoria Falls are already fully booked for the festive season.With a few weeks to go before the country joins the rest of the w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 December 2013

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zim businesses urged to move into factoring

African Export - Import Bank (Afreximbank) workshop on "Factoring as an Alternative Trade Finance Instrument in a Competitive World" ended with a call on African businesses to move massively into the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 December 2013

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