BUSINESS NEWS

Calls grow for overhaul of councils procurement systems

Government officials, civil society actors, and policy experts have called for urgent reforms to strengthen procurement systems in Zimbabwe's local authorities, arguing that improved procurement is ke...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim industry leaders call for Unified Taxation System

Zimbabwe's business community has raised concerns over the country's fragmented taxation system, urging the government to adopt a unified tax framework to alleviate the heavy burden of multiple taxes ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

ZMX, GMB launch national warehouse receipt system for farmers

The Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) and the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) have unveiled a strategic partnership aimed at transforming the agricultural sector through the rollout of a national Warehou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025

AFRICA BUSINESS

Comesa launches seed labelling, certification system

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has launched a regional seed certification and labelling system designed to enhance seed quality, strengthen cross-border trade, and improve ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe banks process R6bn via regional payment systems

Zimbabwean banks processed transactions worth R6.09 billion (approximately US$339 million) through the Southern African Development Community Real-Time Gross Settlement System (SADC-RTGS) in 2024, ma...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's online visa system now fully operational

Zimbabwe's Online Border Management System (OBMS) is now fully operational, ushering in a new era of digitised immigration services that allow travellers to apply for visas and complete border formali...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe moves to reform public medicine supply system

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has embarked on a sweeping reform process aimed at resolving medicine shortages at public hospitals, despite the country's main pharmaceutical distributor, NatPha...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

EDUCATION

Zimbabwe education system hiccups under spotlight

The curtain fell on the third edition of the National Education Conference and Expo (NECE) on Friday, leaving a strong message: conference resolutions must now translate into concrete actions to bring...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 June 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Chamisa pledges to overhaul Zimbabwe's public healthcare system

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has pledged to overhaul Zimbabwe's crumbling public healthcare system, describing it as a "leadership task" that demands urgent and visionary intervention to save live...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's eGP system revolutionises public procurement

Zimbabwe's Electronic Government Procurement (eGP) system has recorded significant success, with 75 percent of annual procurement plans for 2025 already approved - an exponential leap from just 9 perc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe Health Ministry refuses to admit healthcare system is deteriorating

Deputy Minister of Health and Child Care Sleiman Kwidini dismissed claims about the deteriorating state of public hospitals as being largely fueled by "social media" during a heated session in Parliam...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 May 2025

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zimbabwe introduces rebate for EV Charging systems

In a bid to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and strengthen sustainable energy infrastructure, the Government of Zimbabwe has introduced a duty rebate on imported equipment used to s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2025

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

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe introduces Reuters system for forex trading

GOVERNMENT has introduced a Reuters system for foreign currency trading which allows banks to trade freely as a way of stabilising the exchange rate as well as bringing down inflation to sustainable l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 March 2020

BUSINESS NEWS

ZETDC vending system crashes

THE Zimbabwe Transmission Distribution Company (ZETDC) has directed consumers to revert to physical banking halls to purchase electricity tokens following technical glitches which have crippled its pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 October 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Thumbs-up for Zupco tracking system

The Passengers Association of Zimbabwe (PAZ) has praised the vehicle tracking system by the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), which will monitor the location and fuel usage of buses insisting...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe govt starts pilot run for new accounting system

The government has started a pilot run of the new accounting system for its entities as it moves to professionalise the public sector, Business Times can report.Zimbabwe has adopted the International ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Prepaid electricity vending system up today

THE Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company (ZETDC)'s customers will from today be able to buy electricity tokens. This follows a short interruption of the system by the power utility for scheduled ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 October 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe banks ditch Paynet, test own system

Relations between banks and bulk electronic payments service provider, Paynet Zimbabwe, may have irretrievably broken amid revelations that the banks are on the verge of testing an alternative system....

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt mulls tracking system to plug fuel leakages

GOVERNMENT has started implementation of a tracking system to stem leakages in the supply of fuel that have exacerbated shortages that are being experienced in the country, a Cabinet Minister said yes...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe's air traffic control system outdated, risky

ZIMBABWE'S outdated air traffic control system is putting lives of passengers in danger as it exposes planes to possible collisions, aviation experts have said.The archaic system also exposes the coun...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Chaos in Beitbridge after system collapse

SCORES of travellers between South Africa and Zimbabwe were stranded at Beitbridge yesterday when a systems failure hit the South African immigration office affecting biometric processing of arrivals ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 June 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

'Private sector frustrates interbank system'

INDUSTRY and Commerce Minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has blamed the private sector for frustrating the success of the interbank foreign currency market by shifting goal posts and blaming Government for the...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Government starts simplifying tax system

GOVERNMENT has begun a process of simplifying its tax system while the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) continues to roll out operational reform strategies aimed at enhancing voluntary compliance an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Efficient border management system pays dividends

Cross border travellers using the Beitbridge Border Post have commended authorities on the Zimbabwean side for embracing the border efficiency management system that has seen a marked improvement in t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 December 2018
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