LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe tobacco sales drop 44%

TOBACCO sales are down 44% at $292,8 million after 53 days of trade, compared to $523,5 million achieved last season, data from the industry regulator Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) shows...

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe diamond workers want salaries in US$

THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers' Union (Zdamwu) says workers in the mining sector should be paid in United States dollars since the sector is one of the top foreign currency earners i...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe needs $12m to stay afloat

AIR ZIMBABWE judicial manager Reggie Saruchera says he is pushing authorities to avail a $12 million package to maintain the airline's fleet and acquire additional aircraft.Saruchera told parliamentar...

POLITICS

Mnangagwa elbows out Rugeje

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pushed out Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje (retired) as Zanu-PF political commissar, replacing him with loyalist and long-time ally Victor Matemadanda as the battl...

OPINION

An economy cannot be managed by propaganda

AN economy cannot be managed through propaganda. Back in high school, the term "propaganda"used to tickle us as students of history.The famed Oxford Dictionary defines propaganda as information, espec...

POLITICS

Mnangagwa mourns Vimbai Tsvangirai

President Mnangagwa has mourned the death of Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, daughter to former MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai, from injuries she sustained in a head on collision near Truckers Inn in Kwekwe l...

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecel to clear licensing arrears

MOBILE operator Telecel Zimbabwe has said it is now targeting to clear its licensing obligations of US$137,5 million to Government by 2020. In 2013 the mobile operator made an arrangement with the Pos...

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ rejects gold miners' demand

ZIMBABWE is not in a position to liberalise domestic gold marketing and buying as this will negatively affect the flow of foreign currency into the economy, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) deputy gover...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's Ill-gotten wealth Bill to be gazetted

A BILL to empower the State to seize ill-gotten wealth is expected to gazetted on Friday before the legislative process commences in Parliament next week, a Cabinet Minister has said. The crafting of ...

BUSINESS NEWS

Cellphone ignites fire as pair siphons fuel from car

TWO Gweru man sustained severe burns all over their bodies while vehicles worth US$9 000 were destroyed by a fire which started after one of them answered his cellphone while they were siphoning petro...

BUSINESS NEWS

High-tech security for Kariba Dam

THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) is set to introduce high-tech equipment, including closed circuit television (CCTV) and drones, to improve security at Kariba Dam. This follows incidence of vandalism...

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Innovative tobacco barn unveiled

A LOCAL engineering firm, Mamsen Engineering, has developed an energy-efficient Twin-Turbo tobacco curing barn that is set cut energy bills for tobacco farmers and reduce the impact on the environment...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe may withdraw from Endangered-Species deal to sell $300m of ivory

Zimbabwe may consider withdrawing from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species because the organization won't allow it to sell its ivory stockpile.The southern African nation with ...

ZIMBABWE

Economists dismiss Ncube's US$443 million budget surplus

Economists, John Robertson, Persistence Gwanyanya and Prosper Chitambara have dismissed Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube's budget surplus of US$443 million recorded in the first quarter of 2019 for fail...

POLITICS

Chipanga wants Chiwenga to join him in the dock

FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader, Kudzanai Chipanga has approached the High Court demanding a statement by vice president, Constantino Chiwenga, forming the basis of charges against him.Chipanga is accused...

POLITICS

Zanu-PF to vote through secret ballot

ZANU-PF has finally decided to conduct its future internal elections via a secret ballot as opposed to the show of hands method which it has employed for years.This is according to resolutions passed ...

Mnangagwa faces overthrow through citizen mass protests

MDC top official and legislator, Job Sikhala says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be forced out of power by disgruntled citizens before his five-year term ends in 2023.Sikhala, who is MDC deputy nat...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe passengers hit by disruptions

Air Zimbabwe passengers face travel disruptions after the airline's only plane in service was sent for repairs.Air Zimbabwe said its Boeing 767-200ER was undergoing a mandatory maintenance check from ...

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Messy fight at Telecel

A full-blown brawl is playing out at Telecel Zimbabwe as board members cross swords over attempts to oust current chief executive officer Mrs Angeline Vere over allegations that she turned the mobile ...

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecoms operators urged to take consumers' grievances seriously

POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete has said telecoms operators should take consumers' grievances seriously so that they improve on...

BUSINESS NEWS

Chaos in Beitbridge after system collapse

SCORES of travellers between South Africa and Zimbabwe were stranded at Beitbridge yesterday when a systems failure hit the South African immigration office affecting biometric processing of arrivals ...

MINING & RETAIL

Electrosales predicts bleak future

Listed hardware chain, Electrosales, reported a profit after tax of ZWL$2,5 million in the six months to March compared to ZWL$2 million during the same period last year, but the company has warned of...

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Toyota working towards driving Zimbabwe Motor industry

TOYOTA Zimbabwe is working on expanding its business in the country in anticipation of a boom in the motor industry buoyed by the Government's efforts to revive the country's economy.In an interview w...

POLITICS

Mthuli Ncube fires back at Tendai Biti

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube on Sunday accused MDC vice president Tendai Biti of "lacking sophistication" following searing criticism of the treasury chief in London.Ncube lost his rag after Biti, a ...

SB Moyo 'furious' after Chamisa jokes

Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday met, by chance, with the most high-ranking member of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government in almost six months - and it did ...