BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt to cut more fees, licences

The Zimbabwean government has committed to a comprehensive review of levies, fees, licences, and permits across 12 key sectors of the economy, aiming to create a more conducive environment for busines...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe slashes liquor licence application fee to US$20

GOVERNMENT has approved a major reduction in business licensing fees, including slashing the liquor licence application fee to US$20 across all sectors, as part of ongoing efforts to ease the cost of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt revokes mining licence near school

The Government has cancelled the operating licence of a gold mining company that had been carrying out gold leaching activities near the newly built US$600,000 Globe and Phoenix Primary School in Kwek...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe suspends new urban fuel station licences

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has announced a suspension on issuing new licences for fuel stations in urban centres, citing concerns over uncontrolled growth and clustering.The regul...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 September 2025

POLITICS

Bulawayo community radio aspires for licence

Bulawayo-based aspiring community radio station, Youth Broadcasting (Y-FM), has expressed frustration over the latest call for community radio applications issued by the Broadcasting Authority of Zim...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt licences more import assessors

The Government has expanded the Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) Programme by appointing two additional service providers, effective 1 August 2025.The Ministry of Industry and Commerce ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 August 2025

MINING & RETAIL

Magunje cement plant licence sparks corruption fears

Government officials have raised alarm over the controversial licensing of a Chinese-owned cement plant in Magunje, Mashonaland West, amid allegations of corruption, regulatory breaches, and community...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe to introduce single vehicle licence disc, cut fees

The government is moving to consolidate multiple vehicle licences into a single display disc in a bid to declutter windscreens and simplify compliance, while also reviewing licence fees downwards.The ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 August 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

ZIDA records surge in investment licences

The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) has reported a record-breaking increase in new investment licences in 2024, reflecting what officials describe as growing investor confidence in ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 July 2025

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
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