The growing use of short-term employment contracts in Zimbabwe's retail and wholesale sector is eroding job security and worsening working conditions, a labour union has warned.The Progressive Retail ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 4 hours ago
The Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) has raised alarm over potentially anti-competitive practices in the leasing of retail space, warning that landlords who unfairly deny businesses access to p...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 April 2026
WestProp Holdings Limited is positioning its upcoming retail development, The Mall of Zimbabwe, to become the country's largest commercial complex, with an estimated value of US$100 million. The proje...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 December 2025
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) and the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) are working on modalities to operationalise the government's plan to open up ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 28 October 2025
Tigere Property Fund (Tigere REIT) has announced plans to expand its real estate portfolio through the acquisition of two prime retail assets, the Greenfields Retail Centre and Phase 1 of Zimre Park ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2025
A local business, Natbase Investments (Private) Limited, has been fined US$300 after it was caught selling counterfeit maize meal falsely labelled under a prominent Zimbabwean brand.The company, repre...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 August 2025
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) says it expects consumer spending to rise this year, buoyed by the government's projected 6% economic growth, despite continued pressure on household inco...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 August 2025
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
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
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