AFRICA BUSINESS

DRC bans US dollar cash payments

The Central Bank of the Congo has said individuals and businesses were no longer be allowed to make or receive payments in dollars or other foreign currencies in cash. Commercial banks will also be pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 April 2026

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe bans short-term mining contracts

Zimbabwe's mining industry has introduced sweeping labour reforms banning the use of consecutive one-month employment contracts, in a move designed to improve job security for mineworkers.The changes ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 April 2026

POLITICS

Zanu-PF bans car gifts

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now the only person authorised to hand over vehicle donations within ZANU-PF, following a high-level directive aimed at curbing factionalism and limiting the influence ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Insiza RDC bans unauthorized borehole drilling

The Insiza Rural District Council (RDC) has enacted a ban on the drilling of boreholes within its jurisdiction without prior written permission, as part of efforts to regulate groundwater resources an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 November 2025

POLITICS

Govt bans foreign trips

Government has with immediate effect suspended all foreign trips and workshops for the country's 92 local authorities in a move aimed at curbing wasteful expenditure and improving service delivery.The...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

ZRP bans night travel for pupils

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has prohibited night travel for pupils returning to school and warned transport operators against using unroadworthy vehicles as thousands of learners head back for...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe High Court bans Chinese miner

The Chinhoyi High Court has barred Beijing Broadtec Investments (Pvt) Ltd from conducting any mining activities at the disputed Mukovo 12 Mine in Mashonaland West Province, ruling that the Chinese com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe bans pre-used clothing sales in CBDs

Government has ordered all urban councils to immediately ban night vending and the sale of second-hand clothing in Central Business Districts (CBDs) as part of a renewed push to restore order in ci...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 August 2025

AFRICA BUSINESS

Tanzania bans US dollar

Tanzania has banned the use of foreign currencies for buying and selling goods and services inside the country. The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) announced the measure on May 2, stating that from now on, all...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

POLITICS

Chiwenga bans wife from hospital

Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has purged some of his security aides and banned his wife from visiting him, ZimLive reported.Chiwenga, hospitalised in China over suspected poisoning, ordered his ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

SOCCER

Fifa declines to endorse Chiyangwa, Sibanda bans

WORLD football governing body, Fifa has urged Zifa to reconsider the life bans imposed on former president, Phillip Chiyangwa and former Vice-President, Omega Sibanda.Fifa revealed they had received c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe Reserve Bank bans mobile money agencies

In what analysts have described as a major blow to the advent of mobile money and financial inclusion, the Zimbabwean central bank has banned mobile money agencies from facilitating cash withdrawals o...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ bans Cash In and Out with immediate effect

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has directed mobile payment system providers and merchants to discontinue cash in and cash out with immediate effect while it has also directed economic agents to disconti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa's govt bans US$

GOVERNMENT has discontinued the use of the multi-currency system while declaring the Zimbabwe dollar (ZW$) - abandoned about 10 years ago - as the only official trading currency, the Daily News can re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 June 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zambia bans popular Zimbabwe juice Mazoe

Health authorities in Zambia are investigating the safety of a popular Zimbabwean juice, Mazoe.There are fears that counterfeit Mazoe products have hit the market and are not fit for consumption.The g...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

POLITICS

Matanga bans Chihuri raffle ticket sales

POLICE officers yesterday celebrated after Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga abolished the mandatory purchase of raffle tickets towards the traditional Commissioner-General Funfair and Horse Race. O...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

WHO bans hot chips

THE World Health Organisation has banned industrially produced chips and other fatty fried foods from the global food supply to eliminate the risk of non communicable diseases that are killing million...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ bans bitcoin trading

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered all financial institutions in the country to immediately stop trading or transacting in cryptocurrencies.RBZ registrar of banking institutions, Norman Ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

AfDB bans Chivayo's partners

AFRICAN Development Bank (AfDB) has banned Wicknell Chivayo's partner in the controversial Gwanda solar project for three years due to fraudulent practices such as misrepresentation of experience to q...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

SA bans mobile phones at border

South Africa has with effect from Wednesday last week, banned the use of cellphones by travellers within the immigration halls. Sources at the border said the ban was a reaction to the leaking of a vi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Government bans multiple pricing

GOVERNMENT has banned multiple pricing by making it an offence to charge different prices for products based on the mode of payment.Captains of industry hailed the move, saying it would bring sanity t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt bans peri-urban land sales

SOME farmers who were allocated land on the outskirts of Harare and other towns are illegally converting the land into residential stands and selling them.It has emerged that these unscrupulous land d...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa bans live elephant trade

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured below, has banned trade in live elephants following a global outcry in the wake of the sale of 34 baby elephants to China late last year.Mnangagwa also banned tr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 January 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe bans maize imports

The government has with immediate effect banned all maize imports and the issuance or renewal of import licences for maize has also been stopped forthwith.After reviewing the state of maize deliveries...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2017

FINANCIAL SERVICES

70% of Zimbabweans shun banks - research

AN estimated 70 percent of the country's population prefers keeping its money under "pillows and mattresses despite the increase in financial inclusion mainly driven by mobile money platform, the FinS...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 February 2015
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