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The DA - MDC unholy Alliance

South Africa goes to elections next month at a time when the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is under siege for taking a decision to redistribute land. President Cyril Ramaphosa has been strong...

By Isdore Guvamombe | Published: 29 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

SMES generate $1million in taxes daily at border

SMALL to medium enterprises (SMEs) are generating an average of $1 million a day at the Beitbridge Border Post through payment of taxes, according to Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterpr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

OPINION

Zimbabwe opposition and lost opportunities

Election 2018 was largely considered a landmark event for the different meanings and opportunities that were attached to it, particularly for the new faces in the presidential race, Emmerson Mnangagwa...

By Reason Wafawarova | Published: 29 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube resolves govt budget deficit challenges

Consolidated statements of financial performance gazetted on Friday have revealed a strong positive variance between expenditure and expenses, indicating that Government may have found a lasting solut...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'The future of industry is digital'

LISTED technology services firm, Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, has challenged manufacturing industries in the country to embrace digital platforms and modern ways of doing business to match global trends...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Miners urge Fidelity to review gold price

Small-scale gold producers in Masvingo province have welcomed the recent price increase of the yellow metal on the world market and pleaded with Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) to localise the in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

POLITICS

Congress splits MDC Alliance in Masvingo

The just-ended MDC-Alliance provincial congress continues to widen fissures in the beleaguered party, with rival factions escalating attacks on each other amid allegations of rigging that threaten to ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Agribank on schedule for $100m capitalisation

AGRICULTURE development bank, Agribank says it expects to attain US$100 million capitalisation by January 2020, predominantly for agriculture financing and development. This development comes on the b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe eyes deals at Arab African mining conference

Stakeholders in the mining industry will in June convene in London for the third annual Arab African Mining Conference Exhibition where Zimbabwe is anticipating to strike mega deals for the mining sec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

OPINION

Pfeesident must help Dabengwa in his hour of need

Many States have a public official titled the State architect - for us and one such person is no doubt Dumiso Dabengwa, the former head of intelligence for the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army, th...

By Hon Criss | Published: 28 April 2019

OPINION

How Chinhara built his Glow Petroleum empire

Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with Glow Petroleum Trading (Private) Limited managing director Aaron Chinhara about his journey in the fuel retail, mining and commodity broking busi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Total Zimbabwe courts controversy

ONE of the country's largest petroleum companies, Total Zimbabwe has infuriated a number of its dealers, who are alleging that the company is willy-nilly changing the terms of their contracts.The deal...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe business confidence levels plummet

CAPTAINS of industry and the generality of the population are slowly losing hope in government's ability to turn-around the country's economic fortunes.The general impression emerging is that governme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

MetBank names Marandure new chairperson

METBANK has announced the appointment of a new chairperson who takes over from Wilson Manase whose tenure has expired.In a statement, the bank said Darlick Marandure took over from Manase in June 2018...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagnwa's govt hikes health workers' salaries

GOVERNMENT has gazetted new salaries for health workers in the medical and allied industry, with the least paid worker getting $330 and the highest paid getting $649 per month.Statutory Instrument 93 ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

More duty-free shops at Zimbabwe airports

CIVIL Aviation Authority Zimbabwe (Caaz) has embarked on a major drive to increase duty-free shops at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Victoria Falls airports.Zimbabwe currently has four duty-free shops,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

POLITICS

Outrage over Mnangagwa's jet-setting

Zimbabweans have expressed outrage over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's shocking move to hire an expensive plane from Dubai for the second time in a row to transport him from Harare to Bulawayo to atte...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

POLITICS

War vets leader calls for GNU

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa must work together in an inclusive government if the country's economy is to be revived, a senior official of the Zimbabwe Nationa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

POLITICS

MPs warn Mnangagwa

SOME legislators have warned of impending civil unrest if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government fails to address imploding prices of goods and services as well as high levels of unemployment.The w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Glitter of golden leaf eludes farmers

Since the beginning of the tobacco marketing season on March 20 this year, the disappointment by expectant farmers continues to grow by the day.A toxic cocktail of low prices - despite an arguably qua...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

OPINION

'Address interbank market glitches'

The Government should address glitches in the interbank market system to help stabilise prices of basic commodities, manufacturers and retailers have said.This follows Vice President Dr Constantino Ch...

By Harmony Agere | Published: 28 April 2019

AFRICA BUSINESS

South Africa moves to tighten job terms, expats fear expulsion

Foreign workers in South Africa with expertise deemed vital to the economy are worried that authorities will reduce the number of critical skills eligible for work permits, a move they say could force...

By Reuters | Published: 28 April 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa given final ultimatum

Trade unions from across the divide have threatened to roll fresh protests if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government does not address the deepening economic problems facing the country.The Zanu-PF-...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

OPINION

Inside the MDC VPs race

The MDC led by Nelson Chamisa will hold its elective congress in May, and four of the candidates for the vice presidency are females, Tracy Mutinhiri, Paurina Mpariwa, Lynette Karenyi Kore, and Lillia...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

OPINION

Mnangagwa has to walk the talk

Over a year after President Emmerson Mnangagwa swept to power on the back of a military coup where he promised "a new and unfolding democracy", Zimbabwe has hardly changed.The groundwork had been laid...

By Editorial - The Standard | Published: 28 April 2019

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