Zimbabwe is facing a deepening employment crisis, with thousands of workers losing their jobs across the retail and mining sectors, as worsening power shortages, policy inconsistencies, and a sluggish...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025
Zimbabwe is set to open its electricity sector to private players who will be allowed to generate, transmit, and distribute power directly to households, especially in newly developed suburbs. This st...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025
The Zimbabwean retail sector is projected to grow by 5.10% in 2025, with its future expansion dependent on how well it navigates the challenges of the operating environment, including the increasing d...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2025
RETAILERS, who stand accused of profiteering, have attributed the relentless price increases to currency instability and the rising cost of doing business. In an interview, Confederation of Zimbabwe R...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 September 2019
A snap survey conducted yesterday revealed that several retail shops in Bulawayo had already complied with the new policy and were selling their products in local currency. Although others had adjuste...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 June 2019
The country's oldest financial institution, Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe (StanChart), is planning to strengthen its franchise by rolling out its first digital banking platform for its retail custo...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2019
THE National Pharmaceuticals Company (NatPharm) will soon establish retail pharmacies that will dispense drugs at affordable prices and accept forms of payment accessible to the majority as Government...
By Staff reporter | Published: 03 February 2019
Retailers have called on Government to establish a distress fund that will help re-capacitate and restock businesses that fell victim to the looting and vandalism that took place during last week's vi...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 January 2019
BUSINESSES that were broken into, looted and sometimes burnt down during the recent nationwide protests might not be able to rebuild, restock and reopen, business leaders have said.Last week Zimbabwe ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 January 2019
ZIMBABWE'S retail sector is seen picking up in the short-term as consumer spending is expected to firm up following Treasury's timely payment of bonuses for civil servants this year.Government, for th...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 December 2018
Government is working flat out to ensure the availability of goods in shops especially this festive season, VP Kembo Mohadi has said. In a speech read on his behalf during the Confederation of Zimbabw...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 December 2018
RETAILERS have projected another round of price increases after Finance minister Mthuli Ncube unveiled a budget that will see an increase in import duty for fuel and other selected goods.Ncube last Th...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 November 2018
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
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has encouraged retailers across the country to practice fair pricing and ensure that customers afford basic goods and services. Speaking during the Midlan...
By Staff reporter | Published: 19 November 2018
THE confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says it is concerned with the rampant smuggling of goods, which has become a threat to the country's industrialisation process.Denford Mutashu, the confed...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) plans to set up distribution centres in smaller towns as a way of containing costs associated with transport.High transport costs from urban centres to ru...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has launched a retail price index to assist consumers to shop wisely. In a statement yesterday, CZR said the facility would be available on the organisati...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 May 2018
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says continued foreign currency shortage is dampening efforts to revive the local industry despite various import substitution interventions implemented b...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 March 2018
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers Association (CZRA) has noted with concern frequent delays by banks to address failed electronic transactions which is prejudicing both retailers and customers r...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 February 2018
Capital markets regulator, the Securities Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SecZim), is targeting to attract more retail investors to participate in securities trading. SecZim chief executive Tafadzwa ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 February 2018
Retailers yesterday pledged to continue reviewing down prices of basic commodities as long as cost drivers are reduced and applauded Government for coming up with a value chain price stabilisation mec...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 January 2018
RETAILERS, who are currently under fire for exploiting consumers through extortionate pricing, are now battling to fire-sell their products by offering promotions. Consumers have largely boycotted maj...
By Staff reporter | Published: 26 January 2018
UNSCRUPULOUS retailers are still resorting to the three-tier payment mode adversely impacting on consumers who are already struggling to contain the effects of the prevailing liquidity crunch in the c...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 December 2017
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa should address the foreign currency shortages, among a host of constraints, to grow the economy.Speaking at the CZR 2017...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2017
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has urged cooking oil processors to up their game and produce more cooking oil that meets demand, lest retailers approach government for import permits to...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2017
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