BUSINESS NEWS

Tollgate evaders cost Zimbabwe millions

Zimbabwe is losing millions of dollars annually to toll fee evasion, a development lawmakers say threatens the sustainability of the nation's road infrastructure.During a debate in the National Assem...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 September 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Inside Buhera's hidden cost of lithium

Sabi Star Mine, operated by Chinese-owned Maxi Mind, is at the centre of environmental havoc in Mukwasi Village, Buhera. The lithium boom, while fuelling Zimbabwe's economic ambitions, has made l...

By Kovedzayi Takawira | Published: 21 August 2025

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Costs push out horticulture farmers in Zimbabwe

The Horticulture Development Council (HDC) has expressed deep concern over escalating production costs in Zimbabwe's horticulture sector, warning that the trend is driving some farmers to consider re...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube commits to easing business costs

Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion, Professor Mthuli Ncube, delivered the 2025 Mid Term Budget Review Statement on Thursday, affirming Zimbabwe's economic recovery whil...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Illegal logging costs Zimbabwe millions

Deep in the misty Eastern Highlands, along the Zimbabwe–Mozambique border, the whine of chainsaws has replaced the natural chorus of birdsong. Towering indigenous and exotic trees, some centuries ol...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Dairibord warns of rising costs

Dairibord Holdings Limited, one of Zimbabwe's largest publicly listed milk processors, has sounded the alarm over a tough operating environment that has driven up costs, squeezed margins, and weighed ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt unveils low-cost fuel retail outlets for rural areas

In a major step towards improving fuel accessibility in underserved communities, the Zimbabwean government has announced plans to roll out containerised, portable, and low-cost fuel retail outlets in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Money laundering costs Zimbabwe US$6,5bn

Zimbabwe has lost an estimated US$6.15 billion to money laundering-related crimes over the past five years, with car dealerships, gold smuggling, and entrenched corruption networks topping the list of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2025

POLITICS

Ziyambi says no urgent need for civil servants' cost-of-living adjustment

Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has dismissed calls for an urgent review of civil servants' cost-of-living allowances, citing what he described as stable inflation le...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Companies reel under crippling costs, regulatory chaos

Zimbabwe's formal business sector is under severe strain as economic pressures mount, with industry leaders warning that ongoing policy inconsistencies, regulatory confusion, and worsening macroeconom...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Ariston reduces costs with new solar plants

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed agricultural company, Ariston Holdings Limited, has reported substantial financial savings driven by its investment in solar energy projects, which have helped reduce de...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

'Zisco demise costing Zimbabwe US$400m annually'

ZIMBABWE is losing about US$400 million annually through importing steel and related products since the collapse of Zisco in the last decade, Industry and Commerce Minister, Mangaliso Ndlovu, has said...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

'Project delays costing RG’s Office'

THE Registrar-General (RG)'s Office has been incurring huge costs for unfinished district registry office projects, whose prices have since doubled or trebled due to late implementation.This was revea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Tax scam costs Govt billions

Some players in the garment-making sector are allegedly skimming the Government of billions of dollars in potential tax revenue and suffocating downstream textile industries by abusing a special cloth...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2019

POLITICS

Chiefs urge Mnangagwa to urgently address rising cost of living

CHIEFS in the Midlands and Matabeleland regions have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently address the rising cost of living, including sharp increases in food insecurity.Mnangagwa met ch...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2019

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Cyclone Idai costs Ariston Holdings US$1,5 million in damages

ARISTON Holdings Limited (AHL) says Cyclone Idai damaged the company's plantations in the Eastern Highlands, with early indications suggesting that the damage could be worth US$1,5 million."In March 2...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Government retires Ziscosteel board

DEFUNCT steel manufacturer, Ziscosteel, is set to get a new board of directors after Government retired the entire old board that had been in office for more than a decade. Industry and Commerce Minis...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Brexit no deal could cost Zimbabwe US$4,6 million

ZIMBABWE stands to lose at least 5% of its yearly exports to the United Kingdom in the case of Britain leaving the European Union without a deal, a new United Nations agency report has shown.According...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Cost of dying goes up in Zimbabwe

A NEW wave of price increases has seen hard-pressed Zimbabweans grappling with counting the cost of dying.Funeral insurance companies, hit by a failing local currency, have joined the bandwagon by inc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZB adjusts housing project costs

ZB Financial Holdings Limited (ZBFH) is making pricing adjustments for its Plumtree housing project due to cost escalations, chief executive Ron Mutandagayi has said."The cost escalations have caused ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 February 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Internet shutdown costs govt millions of dollars

THE government lost millions of dollars through delayed revenue inflows due to the slow processing of imports and exports after the switching off internet services countrywide.Government threw the cou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 January 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Vandalism costs TelOne

DIVERSIFIED telecommunications firm, TelOne, has lost over US$3 million in the 10 months to October this year due to vandalism of network infrastructure.Of the US$3 million, US$2, 2 million was in los...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Cost of living up 4,6%

THE month-on-month cost of living increased by 4,6 percent to $697,76 last month from $666,93 in October on the back of negative macro-economic pressures characterised among others by financial market...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'Zimbabwe telecoms investment costs drop 35%'

ZIMBABWE's infrastructure sharing model has yielded up to 35 percent drop in the cost of investment in the information and telecommunications sector, which will largely benefit ordinary consumers and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2018

OPINION

MDC - Zanu-PF talks would cost Mnangagwa the economy

The unwelcome subject of another unity government keeps being foisted on Zimbabweans by the distractive opposition MDC-Alliance of Nelson Chamisa.  It makes no difference that they want to disgui...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2018
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