MINING & RETAIL

Mbada, govt clash over diamonds

Mbada Diamonds has approached the High Court seeking to secure its diamonds that continue to be sold by the government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC). The comes after a court order...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 April 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Cottco bosses in vicious fight

An ugly fight has erupted among top executives at agro-industrial firm Cottco Holdings over a contentious sell of lint to a local merchant that overseas buyers had allegedly paid for in advance. The t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 April 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Rights abuses rife on Zimbabwe tobacco farms

Global watchdog Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Zimbabwe to take urgent steps to stem child labour and other rights abuses on the country's tobacco farms.In a report titled "Bitter Harvest", the ...

By AFP | Published: 05 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FML declared a dividend of 0.15cps

THE First Mutual Life the board today declared a dividend of 0.15 cents per share for the year ended 31 December 2017 payable in respect of all the ordinary shares of the company. According to the com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Barclays profit surges 83 percent

STRONG revenue growth led to an 83 percent surge in profit at Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe, which posted $19,8 million during the year to December 31, 2017, up from $10,8 million the previous year.Managi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FBCH to revive share buy-back

FBC Holdings (FBCH) says it will reintroduce share buy-backs this year following an amendment to the Banking Act that lifted restrictions on the practice.Speaking at an analysts briefing last week, gr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Old Mutual listed equities value drops

FINANCIAL services behemoth, Old Mutual (OM) says the value of its listed equity investments has so far this year fallen by 11,5 percent due to self-correction on the domestic bourse which experienced...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Caledonia eyes $5m income increase

ZIMBABWE-FOCUSED gold miner, Caledonia, says it anticipates an increase in income during the current financial year, driven by a 7,5 percentage point increase in export incentives paid to gold miners ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

NMBZ piles up government paper

DUAL-LISTED financial services group, NMBZ Holdings, increased portfolio of Treasury Bills (TBs) by 273 percent during the year to December 31, 2017.Financial results from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Prospect, Sinomine Cement seal lithium project agreement

GOLD and lithium developer Prospect Resources has cemented an agreement with Hong Kong-listed Sinomine Resources Exploration, which will see the development of the Arcadia lithium project, in Zimbabwe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

US magazine lists Vic Falls as 'must vist'

A TOP United States magazine, Business Insider, has listed Victoria Falls as Africa's only must visit destination this April.The resort town, which harbours one of the world's seven wonders, was named...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe operations crippled

NATIONAL airline, Air Zimbabwe's operations have been crippled following the breakdown of eight of its planes, leaving only two servicing all its routes leading to delays and postponement of flights.A...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Road Motor Services seeks investors

State-owned logistics firm Road Motor Services (RMS) has invited interested investors to submit financial proposals to lease and develop approximately 10 000 square metres of cargo handling and storag...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Farmers against Cottco monopoly

Cotton farmers are against the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe's current push to have its monopoly on cotton marketing restored, saying this will grossly be prejudicial.Farmers want the current arrangement...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Mimosa not replacing Chitando

ZIMBABWEAN platinum producer Mimosa Mining Company, has abolished the post of executive chairman previously held by Mr Winston Chitando, who left the mining concern to join Government as Mines and Min...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

MINING & RETAIL

RBZ incentive to boost Blanket Mine earnings

TORONTO Stock Exchange listed miner, Caledonia Mining Corporation, anticipates a $5,1 million boost in income for its local gold mining unit, Blanket Mine, for the year to December 31, 2018, after the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Shabanie Mashava Mine evicts ex-employees

Thousands of the affected workers are pensioners, who are owed more than $30 000 each in terminal benefits by the company.Part of the order served on one of the tenants read: "An order for eviction of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

MTC targets 10m kg tobacco

Mashonaland Tobacco Company is targeting a 10 million kilogramme haul of tobacco during the current marketing season at it has recorded a 50 percent increase of growers from the 2016-2017 season. The ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank NPLs decline

NON performing loans (NPLs) at agricultural lender, Agribank, declined to 13,8 percent during the year ended December 31, 2017, after ending at 21,1 percent during the prior comparable period in 2016,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe mine doubles diamond production

The country's diamond production is on a rebound after government-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Corporation (ZCDC) produced 751,000 carats of the precious gems in the first quarter of this year ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Non-funded income steers banks to profitability

IN 2016, World Economic Forum Geneva founder and executive chairman, Klaus Schwab, said the world is undergoing the "Fourth Revolution", a technological change poised to fundamentally alter the way we...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Sales decline contributes to Lafarge loss

LAFARGE Cement Zimbabwe Limited posted a loss of $609 589 for the year ended December 31, 2017, on the back of an increase of costs and expenses.In a statement accompanying the financial results relea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Nampak proposes glass unia sale to address 'skills gap'

Limited has proposed selling its glass division, and says it is facing an unnamed new entrant in the South African beverage can market.The packaging group's share price fell as much as 4.6 percent to ...

By Business Day | Published: 04 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Barclays to pay $2bn for losses caused by fraudulent scheme

BARCLAYS has agreed to pay $2 billion for allegedly causing billions of dollars of losses to investors by engaging in a fraudulent scheme to sell residential mortgage-backed securities between 2005 an...

By Reuters | Published: 04 April 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco exports decline in first quarter

ZIMBABWE'S tobacco exports have declined by 35.4 percent to 25.3 million kilogrammes in the first quarter of 2017 against 39.2 million kg exported in the comparable period last year.According to the T...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018
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