POLITICS

Protesters plan Beitbridge Border Post shutdown

Zimbabweans in South Africa are mobilizing for protests that could disrupt operations at the Beitbridge border post, the country's busiest crossing, in response to concerns about Zimbabwe's disputed A...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2023

BUSINESS NEWS

NRZ targets US$1m from property leases

National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is targeting to generate at least US$1 million annually from leasing out some of its properties across the country as part of an initiative to widen its revenue bas...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2023

BUSINESS NEWS

Varun Beverages in expansion drive

Varun Beverages Zimbabwe is planning for further capacity expansion, which should see the beverages maker put more production lines in the country, as it seeks to meet growing demand for affordable be...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2023

ASIA PACIFIC

Oil price resurgence has further to run

When crude surges above US$90 a barrel and the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Russia get on the phone to congratulate each other on a job well done, oil consumers should take note.After half a year in th...

By Bloomberg | Published: 12 September 2023

AFRICA BUSINESS

Money, politics put world's biggest climate deal at risk

When Indonesia agreed last year to clean up its energy system with an estimated US$20 billion of help from a coalition of wealthy countries and large financial institutions, world leaders hailed the d...

By Bloomberg | Published: 12 September 2023

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Cooking oil industry engages RBZ

The cooking oil industry has engaged the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to review the weekly allocation of US$500 000 per member at a time when the edible price has more than doubled due to opening up...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

MINING & RETAIL

Lafarge to commission new plant

Listed cement maker, Lafarge Zimbabwe will soon commission a new vertical roller mill plant at its Manresa complex as it seeks to double its output, CEO Godfrey Ndugwa has said.The launch of the verti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe govt bails out Hwange

The government has issued US$112m worth of Treasury Bills to settle debts owed by Hwange Colliery Company (HCCL), Business Times reported.Government is the biggest shareholder in HCCL with a 37% stake...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

Shortage of oil refineries haunts Africa as fuel prices rocket

A shortage of oil refineries across sub-Saharan Africa coupled with soaring crude prices because of the war in Ukraine has left countries dangerously short of fuel supplies, disrupting airlines and ca...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 June 2022

ZIMBABWE

Seedco seeks to merge Zimbabwe operations for secondary listing

Pursuant to the proposal to transfer the ZSE Secondary Listing of Seed Co International Limited from the ZSE to the soon to be established VFEX, a proposal to merge the Zimbabwean operations, held und...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 September 2020

ZSE TODAY

ZSE stocks little changed as Old Mutual halts losing streak

The equities market closed near flat on Thursday after gains in select heavyweight stocks restricted the losses on the benchmark index to just 0.08%.Trading in the heavyweight was not impressive with ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 March 2020

ZIMBABWE

Bureaux De Changes to trade through a centralised system

Bureaux De Changes will be required to trade only through an online retail foreign currency platform with the trades being fed in real-time to a central monitoring server, according to new rules which...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 March 2020

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Lafarge to double capacity after launching US$25m expansion project

Lafarge has budgeted US$25 million for its expansion project which will double capacity by year-end 2022.  The expansion plan kicked off this morning at a ground-breaking ceremony for a Dry Morta...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 March 2020

BUSINESS NEWS

'US ban hurts Marange diamonds'

The Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) yesterday said the decision by the United States to issue a withhold release order (WRO) for artisanal rough cut diamonds from Marange was impacting ne...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 November 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa pledges to end machete wars

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged to descend heavily on perpetrators of machete violence, reiterating that deterrent sentences must be imposed on those found in possession of the weapons....

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 November 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta lager volumes decline 40%

Delta Corporation reported a 40% decline in lager beer volume in the second quarter to September 30, a performance reminiscent of 2016 where volumes were on a free-fall. This comes as pricing issues c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 November 2019

MINING & RETAIL

Tharisa Zimbabwe asset gets Special Economic Zone status

Tharisa PLC on Tuesday said land on which it has special mining grants in Zimbabwe has been designated a special economic zone.A 50,667-hectare area has been given the designation, miner Tharisa said,...

By Alliance News | Published: 22 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Hwange station needs complete overhaul

SUBDUED power generation at Hwange Power Station is contributing to prolonged load shedding as only four units out of six are operating, general manager for the plant, Engineer Arnold Chivurayise, has...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Fuel prices remain unchanged

THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) said on Saturday that the country's fuel prices remain unchanged for this week, much to the relief of motorists used to weekly price increases. This i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

600MW Hwange plant takes shape

WORK on the expansion of the Hwange Power Station Stage 7 and 8 expansion is on track with 26 percent ground work having been covered so far, Sunday Business has learnt.The Government contracted Chine...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa resists temptation to take revenge on Mugabe family

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has kept to his word and resisted the temptation to take revenge on former first lady Grace Mugabe who terrorised him in 2017 and also humiliated him last month after her ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe still to get Embraer operating manual

GOVERNMENT has engaged Embraer over delays in releasing crucial operating manuals for its Embraer ERJ145, six months after taking delivery of the aircraft from the manufacturer, the Zimbabwe Independe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa targets 'troublesome' doctors

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threatened 'troublesome' union leaders reported to be inciting the strike by doctors at public health institutions."Last month we gave them an increment twice, b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa encourages industries to export 20% of their produce

President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured) yesterday urged companies and producers to export 20% of their produce to the foreign markets, but retain 80% for local markets.Mnangagwa made the remarks while...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Mthuli Ncube to pull a few tricks to stabilise the exchange rate

The government will pull a few tricks up its sleeves soon to stabilise the exchange rate as part of a broader task of creating a viable environment for business, Business Times reported.A team of Pres...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019
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