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INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Tongaat production down 9%

Zimbabwe's largest sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett, production declined by nine percent to 445 000 tonnes in the full year to March 2015 compared to 488 000 registered in the prior period due to low da...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Mobile money transfers surge

Moira Kambanje, 66, can now receive money from her daughter in South Africa, buy groceries, pay bills and also send money to her other child at a local university.She does this without even visiting t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

New investor for Kamativi mine

The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) has secured a foreign investor willing to inject $100 million in capital to revive the defunct Kamativi tin mine (Kamativi), deputy Mines minister Fr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Vic Falls tourism players resist council rates

Tourism operators in Victoria Falls are prepared to defend themselves in courts over non-payment of rates after the resort town's local authority increased them by an astronomical 650 percent, Zimbabw...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ex-Lobels boss joins Innscor

Former Lobels chief executive - Ngoni Mazango - has joined rivals Innscor Africa Limited (Innscor) as chief operating officer for its bakery division, Business Live has established.Mazango, a seasoned...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

BUSINESS NEWS

EU maintains stance on budgetary support

The European Union (EU) says Zimbabwe is yet to qualify for budgetary support, but the economic trading bloc will continue to channel aid through multinational organisations, EU Ambassador Philippe Va...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

BUSINESS NEWS

Live empowerment, beneficiation, says Mangudya

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya has rallied Zimbabweans to "live their vision and mission on empowerment, and beneficiation" if the country's economic turnaround is to be achieve...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt firms owe $2,2bn

Zimbabwe's cash-strapped parastatals and town councils are currently saddled with unsecured debts amounting to $2,2 billion owed to various service providers, Finance ministry's permanent secretary Wi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Murowa to resume operations

Murowa Diamonds (Murowa) is expected to resume full scale mining operations in a few weeks' time after it has finalised contracts of companies subcontracted to do work at the mine, deputy Mines minist...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta plans $50m capex

Beverages manufacturer Delta Corporation, (Delta), plans to spend nearly $50 million in capital projects aimed at buttressing its operating capacity.Matts Valela, Delta financial director told busines...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Fastjet sets base in Zimbabwe

London Stock Exchange-listed low-cost airline Fastjet has embarked on a recruitment drive as the company moves to establish operations in Zimbabwe."We are growing quickly and are on the lookout for ta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Tobacco sales reach $315m

Zimbabwe tobacco farmers have so far earned $315 million from the sale of 112 million kilogrammes (kg) of the golden leaf since the beginning of this year's selling season in March.Figures released by...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

90% of Zimbabwean farmers lack collateral

Zimbabwe National Farmers Union (ZNFU) says the decline in agriculture production is due to most farmers' lack of collateral.Edward Dune, ZNFU's executive director told Parliament this week that close...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

ECONOMC INDICATORS

Zimbabwe deflationary pressures persist

Deflationary pressures in Zimbabwe continue to persist with the country's annual inflation shedding 1,45 percentage points to -2,65 percent in April form -1,20 percent recorded in March.Latest figures...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe relaxes gold buying requirements

Zimbabwe's sole gold buyer, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (Fidelity), has reduced its minimum acceptance threshold for gold from licensed small-scale dealers from 10 to five grammes as the country mo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Masawara profits surge by 167%

London-listed investment vehicle Masawara Plc (Masawara) recorded a 167 percent surge in profits to $16,1 million in the full year to December 2014 up from a loss of $10,8 million in the corresponding...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Govt to bend indigenisation policy on Airzim, says Mpofu

Zimbabwe is willing to compromise on indigenisation stipulations to help the national airline to secure a new investor.Transport minister Obert Mpofu said government was pursuing various efforts to en...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Mzembi appoints board to spearhead tourism venture

Tourism minister Walter Mzembi has unveiled a board of directors for Mosi-oa-Tunya Development Company (MTDC) to spearhead the development of an eco-Disneyland theme park on 274 hectares in the countr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zim maize production tumbles

Zimbabwe's maize production for the 2014/15 agricultural season is forecast to decline by over 500 000 tonnes to 950 000 tonnes due to a prolonged dry spell, a latest Food and Agriculture Organisation...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bank loans uptake slows

The banking sector recorded a low loans uptake as a result of high lending rates as corporate clients in the sector slumped, figures from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe show.In its weekly economic repor...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Zimbabwe off international financial blacklist

Zimbabwe has been removed from the international financial blacklist after the country took steps towards improving its role in the global fight against money laundering and terrorist financing, a Cab...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

ECONOMC INDICATORS

Broad money supply up 11,6%

Zimbabwe's broad money supply increased by 11,6 percent between January 2014 and January 2015, from $3,88 billion last year to $4,34 billion, on the back of growth in banking sector deposits, statisti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Zimplats profit up 133% to $6,8m

Zimbabwe largest platinum producer, Zimplats' profit in the quarter to March 2015 surged by 133 percent to $6,8 million compared to a loss of $20,5 million in the previous quarter due to increased met...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

MINING & RETAIL

Aquarius optimistic of 15% platinum tax review

Aquarius Platinum Limited (Aquarius) is optimistic Zimbabwe will review the recently-imposed 15 percent tax on raw platinum exports to allow mining companies to remain viable.In the company's quarterl...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Potraz defends mobile data tariffs

Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says mobile network operators are not inflating mobile data and Internet services tariffs.Baxton Sirewu, Potraz acting director ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 June 2015

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