MINING & RETAIL

US$1m for strategic minerals licence in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has gazetted a sweeping new Mines and Minerals Bill that seeks to clamp down on speculative mining claim hoarding while ensuring only credible investors participate in the extraction of strat...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Mandatory radio licence risks fuelling Zimbabwe corruption

The recently enacted Broadcasting Services Amendment Act No. 2 of 2025, which makes it mandatory for all motorists to pay for a Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) radio licence before renewing ve...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2025

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZBFH to surrender building society licence by year-end

Financial services group ZB Financial Holdings (ZBFH) has announced its intention to comply with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) conditions to surrender the licence of its building society unit b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe govt moves to clear mining licences backlog

The Government is set to lift the suspension on the issuance of mining licences across Zimbabwe, Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Engineer Polite Kambamura announced in the National Assemb...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

ZIDA issues US$4,7 billion licences

Zimbabwe has recorded a major boost in investment interest, with the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) issuing 207 new licences worth a combined US$4.7 billion during the first quarter...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

ZITF instant driver's licence printing a hit

In a breakthrough for service delivery, hundreds of citizens have received their plastic driver's licences within minutes of passing road tests at the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF),...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2025

ZIMBABWE

SecZim licences VFEX

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe has licenced the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange paving way for its scheduled opening. The VFEX will become the country's second stock exchange as...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 September 2020

MINING & RETAIL

Govt to withdraw licences for profiteering businesses

GOVERNMENT is going to withdraw operating licenses of shops that are profiteering and give them to "patriotic" people, Defence and War Veterans Welfare deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has said.Spea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe drone operators to apply for operating licences

Drone operators are now required to register their aircrafts with Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz), the Daily News can report.The drones fall under the multi-rotor regulations that were rec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 December 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Fidelity Printers issues 21 gold buying licences

THE country's sole gold buyer and exporter, Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) has issued 21 gold buying licences to the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) as part of its concerted efforts to mop up t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 December 2018

POLITICS

Pharmacies, retailers to lose licences, says Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said pharmacies that demand foreign currency for medicine and medical provisions will lose their licences.The Head of State and Government said his administration woul...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

AMH gets content distribution licence

The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has granted Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) subsidiary company, Heart & Soul Broadcasting Services (Private) Limited a third broadcasting licence.Heart &...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 September 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Mutoko Power Station amends licence

Nyangani Renewable Energy Limited trading as Riverside Power Station, a company licensed under the Electricity Act to construct, own and operate a 2.5 MW solar plant at Musvaire Village in Mutoko, Mas...

By Ngoni Shenjere | Published: 24 July 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet secures an insurance licence

The Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) has granted Econet's request to register an insurance firm, Econet Insurance Limited, fulfilling the company's long-standing ambition of becoming an integr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Mbada Diamonds to get licence back

DIAMOND mining companies that were dramatically evicted from the Marange area of Manicaland in 2016 are expected to get back their licences after the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the governme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Lotto licence feud rages

THE impasse between a lottery and gaming company, Mashonaland Turf Club (MTC) and the President's Fund over a lotto licence, has taken a new twist with the latter approaching the High Court to challen...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimpapers gets TV licence

The Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd has been granted a television broadcasting licence by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe. This makes the media house the first and only fully integrated media ho...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

TelOne gets a broadcasting licence

Government has awarded the State-owned telecoms firm TelOne a broadcasting licence, allowing the company to offer video on demand services.TelOne announced the news yesterday in one of the State-run n...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Masiyiwa gets 3 broadcasting licences

TELECOMMUNICATIONS mogul and Econet Wireless founder, Strive Masiyiwa's relationship with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration seems to have hit new heights after he announced he had been awa...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Econet gets broadcasting licence

GOVERNMENT has awarded Econet Media a broadcasting licence allowing the giant telecoms firm to offer web casting, content distribution and video on demand services."Take notice that Econet media has b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Econet gets licence to generate solar energy

Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) has been given a licence to generate power to meet the electricity and energy needs at its Willowvale premises in Harare. The Willowvale complex is a major hub for Ec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

BAZ to review radio licences

The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe has revealed plans to review coverage of local commercial radio stations from the current 40-kilometre radius in line with their commercial and viability aspects...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 March 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

VID to stop issuing drivers' licences?

Government is considering stopping the Vehicle Inspection Department (VID) from issuing drivers' licences and create a separate department to play that role as part of measures to combat corruption.Sp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 February 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Padenga applies for power generation licence

LISTED crocodile skin producer and marketer, Padenga Holdings has applied to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) for a power generation licence to set up 0.0336 megawatts solar plant in Ka...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 January 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Kwese licence limbo sparks unease

Econet Media has reportedly activated its "contractual termination clause" with Dr Dish, the licence holder on the back of whom they were running their Kwese TV services in Zimbabwe.This has had the e...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 January 2018
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