BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa orders immediate reforms to ease doing business

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the immediate implementation of wide-ranging reforms aimed at easing the cost of doing business in Zimbabwe. The reforms, announced after a Cabinet meeting o...

BUSINESS NEWS

Mutapa to clear Cottco debts

The Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF) has announced a bold recovery plan for troubled cotton firm Cottco Holdings, pledging to settle its outstanding legacy debts of approximately US$5 million within the ...

BUSINESS NEWS

Half of Zimbabwe's youth population is idle

Almost half of Zimbabwe's youth aged between 15 and 35 are neither in education, employment, nor training (NEET), according to alarming new data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Z...

BUSINESS NEWS

Bulawayo to host investment conference in Harare

The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is today hosting the Khumbule' Khaya Investment Conference in Harare as part of efforts to attract investors to Zimbabwe's second-largest city, once known as the count...

POLITICS

Zimbabwe govt chefs scramble to save cement project

Senior government officials have stepped in to rescue a multi-million-dollar Chinese-run cement plant in Magunje, Mashonaland West, as mounting community resistance and environmental concerns threate...

BUSINESS NEWS

Namib Minerals rings Nasdaq closing bell with Zim diplomats

In a symbolic nod to Africa's rising role in global markets, Namib Minerals, a newly listed African mining firm, rang the Nasdaq Closing Bell last Friday alongside Zimbabwean diplomats - marking a mi...

POLITICS

ConCourt halts state seizures of peri-urban land without compensation

In a watershed decision with major implications for property rights and urban development, Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court has ruled that the government cannot compulsorily acquire peri-urban land un...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim moves to cut business levies, licensing burdens

The Zimbabwean government has announced a major regulatory overhaul aimed at reducing the cost and complexity of doing business by cutting back on excessive licences, levies, and permits.Following a ...

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Mnangagwa orders funding for Gwayi-Shangani dam project

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has instructed the Finance Ministry to ensure a monthly disbursement of USD 5 million toward the completion of the long-delayed Gwayi-Shangani Dam, government spokesperson...

POLITICS

Cash flow constraints hamper devolution funding

Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube has attributed the government's failure to meet the constitutionally mandated five percent allocation of national revenue towards devolution to cash flow constr...

ECONOMC INDICATORS

Tobacco, gold dominate Zimbabwe's exports

Zimbabwe's export economy remains firmly anchored in its traditional staples of tobacco and gold, while imports are still dominated by fuel, vehicles, and machinery, according to the latest Trade and ...

POLITICS

Vuvuzelas deployed to tackle human-wildlife conflicts

A local non-governmental organisation, Wildlife Conservation Action (WCA), has introduced an unconventional but effective tool in the fight against human-wildlife conflict in rural Kariba - the vuvuze...

BUSINESS NEWS

Prioritise local labour on Bulawayo-Vic Falls road project

Hwange East legislator Joseph Bonda has called on the government to prioritise the employment of local people in the ongoing rehabilitation of the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway, a critical national ...

POLITICS

Chiwenga applauds forfeiture of ex-wife's assets in SA

The legal team representing Zimbabwe's Vice-President, General (Retired) Dr. Constantino Guveya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga, has welcomed the recent forfeiture ruling handed down by the Gauteng High C...

OPINION

'Zimbabwe's elite and the theft of knowledge'

In the hallowed halls of academia, a doctorate stands as a towering monument to intellectual endurance, sleepless nights, existential crises, and a few thousand cups of coffee brewed stronger than mos...

BUSINESS NEWS

Harare City Council's business clampdown

The Harare City Council (HCC) has launched a sweeping operation to shut down non-compliant businesses across the capital, as part of an aggressive campaign to enforce municipal by-laws and recover out...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zupco corruption scandal reaches Constitutional Court

Nearly two decades after it first rocked Zimbabwe's political and corporate landscape, the notorious 2006 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) corruption scandal has taken a dramatic legal turn -...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe gripped by late-winter cold snap

Zimbabwe is currently experiencing a pronounced cold snap that has swept across much of the country, prompting meteorologists to describe it as potentially the "tail end" of the winter season. While t...

POLITICS

Tagwirei must be stopped, says Biti

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has launched a scathing attack on controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, accusing him of plundering Zimbabwe's economy and warning that his presidential amb...

MINING & RETAIL

PPC Zimbabwe fined for excessive dust emissions

Cement manufacturer PPC Zimbabwe has been fined US$3,000 by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) for excessive dust emissions from its kiln stack and fallout dust, highlighting growing regulatory...

Beitbridge Border Post traffic movement resumes

Cross-border traffic between Zimbabwe and South Africa resumed on Monday night following a temporary shutdown at the Beitbridge Port of Entry (PoE), after a liquefied petroleum (LP) gas tanker fell of...

AFRICA BUSINESS

The JSE is shrinking

The number of listed companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa's largest stock exchange, is shrinking, with hundreds of companies having delisted over the decades. Experts...

POLITICS

Mnangagwa faces political crossroads

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is grappling with a complex political dilemma ahead of the ruling Zanu-PF party's annual conference set for 13 - 18 October in Mutare, as questions over his suc...

BUSINESS NEWS

Uber shutdown warning in South Africa

The National E-hailing Federation of South Africa (Nefsa) has warned that e-hailing drivers will down tools nationwide unless their demands regarding pay and working conditions are met.Speaking to Ca...

POLITICS

'South African govt complicit in xenophobic violence'

Zimbabwean human rights activist Duke Maplanka Atterbell has accused the South African government of systemic discrimination against foreign nationals, particularly Zimbabweans, and of failing to addr...