AN escalation of imports by ZESA Holdings resulted in a 444 percent surge in electricity purchases to $221 million last year, as the country's power utility sought to close the generation gap and aver...
HOPES that the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act would be amended before next year's elections were this week dashed after President Robert Mugabe skirted the law in his legislative agenda f...
THERE is a need to investigate the reasons behind some industry players failing to access the foreign currency allocated to them by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industrie...
At least 30 parastatals and State enterprises were not audited last year for various reasons which will be revealed by Accountant-General Mr Daniel Muchemwa when he tables a comprehensive report befor...
OPPOSITION parties and civic groups have expressed outrage at reports that President Robert Mugabe's delegation of more than 70 people to the forthcoming United Nations General Assembly will blow ove...
PRESIDENT Mugabe has bemoaned the continued loss of lives in road traffic accidents and said a Motor Vehicle Accident Fund is on the cards as a measure of relief to survivors and families of victims.S...
The Securities Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZ) has set its eyes on the diaspora as it accelerates its campaign to lure investors on the capital markets.The push to lure the diaspora will be aid...
ALL economic sectors in Zimbabwe are facing serious challenges, chief among them the lack of access to foreign currency and influx of cheap imports, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has ...
Despite the dwindling formal sector that has traditionally been the anchor of the country's economy, government, through the ministry on Health and Child Care, is determined to soon introduce a Nation...
More than 83 percent of the conventional supermarkets, fast food outlets and retail shops have complied with the directive on the ban on the use of kaylite (polystyrene) food packaging.The problem is ...
IN response to Mugabe to blame for parastatal mess: ZCTU: Your report that the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) blames President Robert Mugabe for the collapse of State-owned companies is spot...
The cost of a monthly food basket for a family of six has increased by 0.52 percent to $579.84 in August due to fluctuation in fuel prices and the use of plastic money.In its latest report, the Consum...
The value of bond notes has gone down by more than 50% on the parallel market, showing rising inflation remains on course a local financial research firm has revealed.Research firm, IH Securities said...
THE funeral assurance industry is targeting to venture into property development as the sector seeks to diversify its fortunes. This comes after several financial institutions and insurance firms have...
The proposed annual registration of medical aid service providers is a threat to continuity of business and confidence as this is likely to create uncertainty and promotes looting by members, Associat...
CRAFT Properties, the largest real estate company in Kadoma, says work has commenced in earnest at its agro-residential plots project. The agro-residential plots are situated at Mandalay of Sabonabona...
A FIERCE clash between Fidelity Life (Fidelity) and hundreds of its customers over contractual differences at the company's South View Park project has escalated to cabinet level amid information a gr...
THE Construction Industry Pension Fund has plans to construct a state of the art shopping mall in Harare's western satellite town of Norton. CIPF has already opened the tendering process whose adjudic...
A CHINESE firm has been awarded the tender to construct National University of Science and Technology (NUST) student hostels, the Infrastructural Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has said.In a stat...
Zimbabwe has 16 power projects at various stages of construction with a potential of generating 6 000 megawatts of power when complete which is significant towards ending the power deficit within the ...
Zimbabwe's ruling elite has diverted the country's vast diamond riches to help fund repression by dodging sanctions and raising money for security forces, an anti-corruption campaign group alleged Mon...
First Lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly denied that she assaulted a young South African model Gabriella Engels, 20, after she allegedly found her with one of her two sons Bellarmine Chatunga at a hotel...
The increasingly threatening rhetoric between Zimbabwe and South Africa over the legacy of Nelson Mandela - who guided his country from the shackles of apartheid to multi-racial democracy - risks trig...
First Lady Grace Mugabe has pleaded with her detractors to stop smearing the image of President Robert Mugabe's Alpha Omega Dairy (Pvt) Ltd saying it is negatively affecting business.The business came...
COMPANIES will this week start drawing down the $600 million nostro stabilisation facility that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) successfully negotiated from the African Export Import Bank.In the 20...