BUSINESS NEWS

Botswana targets increased trade with Zimbabwe

THE Botswana Investment and Trade Centre (BITC) says it hopes to increase trade with Zimbabwe from the current US$30 million to US$105 million buoyed by the export credit line scheme currently under d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

REF electrifies 9 800 rural institutions

THE Rural Electrification Fund (REF) is continuing with its efforts to provide alternative energy in rural areas having electrified more than 9 800 public institutions across the country since its inc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 April 2019

OPINION

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BUSINESS NEWS

Gwanda woos investors with incentives

GWANDA, which is eyeing city status in a year, has dangled a carrot to investors by offering incentives to businesses willing to set base in the gold mining town.The town is located 126km southeast of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

OPINION

There goes Mnangagwa bluffing, yet again!

History has a rich record of dumb presidents, so you really don't worry too much when President Emmerson Mnangagwa forgets the name of the National Sports Stadium or messes up simple math during a pol...

By Tawanda Majoni | Published: 28 April 2019

POLITICS

Why Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade is fast-losing steam

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) launched the special anti-corruption courts with fanfare slightly more than a year ago, but a cocktail of challenges is retarding the prosecution of graft-accused...

By Charles Laiton | Published: 28 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe industry frets over interbank forex market

INDUSTRY has called on government to fine-tune the interbank currency market for foreign exchange, saying the current conditions are not favourable to both buyers and sellers.The government launched t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

POLITICS

Ex-Zipra fighters fume over properties

Former Zipra fighters have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of having double standards after government unveiled plans to compensate white commercial farmers, but remained mum on properties seized...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

OPINION

Zimbabwe MFIs seek exemption from 2% money transfer tax

Microfinance institutions (MFI) play a key role in providing financial services to the unbanked population of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has a fairly vibrant MFI sector and Parliament is currently tasked with...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019
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