A Northamptonshire family has traded the UK rat race for a more relaxed lifestyle in Harare, Zimbabwe, reporting a significantly improved standard of living since their move in March 2024.Natalie Furk...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 September 2025
Standard Bank, Africa's largest bank with subsidiaries across 26 countries including Zimbabwe under the Stanbic Bank brand, has appointed David Hodnett as its new Group Chief Executive.Hodnett, curren...
By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2025
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially launched the Minimum Service Delivery Standards Framework and the Urban State Land Management Policy, ushering in what government officials have called a ne...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2025
The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has urged the government to strengthen enforcement of the Consignment-Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme to shield consumers from substandard, counterf...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2025
A critical shortage of skilled health professionals continues to impede Zimbabwe's efforts to deliver high-quality healthcare services, the Private Healthcare Association of Zimbabwe (PHAZ) has warned...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has raised concern over the continued flood of substandard and mispriced goods entering the country, despite the existence of the Consignment-Based...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2025
British banking giant Standard Chartered PLC (StanChart) has reported a US$172 million loss in 2024 tied to the sale of its Zimbabwean subsidiary, citing severe foreign exchange translation losses tha...
By Staff reporter | Published: 09 May 2025
Zimbabwe's local authorities are now legally bound to provide residents with essential services that meet newly approved national minimum standards. This development follows Cabinet's adoption of the ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 07 May 2025
Bureau Veritas (BV), an international firm contracted by government to undertake consignment-based conformity assessment (CBCA) for imports destined for Zimbabwe, says it has rejected 262 million subs...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 February 2019
ARTISANAL and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is undoubtedly a growing sector that contributes significantly to the growth of the country's economy.Although, there are no official statistics, estimates...
By Gibson Mhaka | Published: 04 April 2018
In a dual development set to transform Africa's access to China as well as simplify the ability of Chinese nationals to transact in Africa, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe's parent company, Standard Bank, has ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 08 February 2018
MOST, if not all, local content productions are sub-standard as they fail to meet the basic requirements needed by international satellite television channels, film experts have said.This, experts fro...
By Staff reporter | Published: 12 December 2017
Standard Bank Group Ltd. appointed Sim Tshabalala as sole chief executive officer, ending a dual role he shared with Ben Kruger, and making him the first black person to lead Africa's largest lender i...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2017
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister Chiratidzo Mabuwa has challenged manufacturing companies to ensure their products adhere to quality standards set by regulatory bodies.Speaking during the Bulaway...
By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2017
A majority of Zimbabwean firms' products and systems are not certified to national or global quality standards, with only 140 out of a possible 5 000 having taken certification standards, according to...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 August 2017
The Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) is engaging an Indian partner in the roll out of national programme aimed at promoting the adherence to standards among the small to medium enterprises sect...
By Staff reporter | Published: 10 August 2017
HSBC is facing searching questions from regulators over the quality of its internal checks and culture after the Financial Conduct Authority said it was looking into recent revelations that its Swiss ...
By FT | Published: 17 February 2015
HSBC is facing searching questions from regulators over the quality of its internal checks and culture after the Financial Conduct Authority said it was looking into recent revelations that its Swiss ...
By FT | Published: 17 February 2015
Standard Chartered bank Zimbabwe recorded a 47 percent decline in their profit before tax for the year end 31 December 2013 which as at $13,2 million a drop from 2012 same period's profit of $23,5mill...
By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2014
STANDARD Chartered's private equity arm has taken a 13% stake in Botswana-listed supermarket chain Choppies Enterprises, hardly three months after the retail giant opened shop in Zimbabwe.Choppies Ent...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 January 2014
Government is working on legislation that will give effect to the Standards Association of Zimbabwe effectively monitoring the products that enter into the country in an effort to curb the influx of ...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 January 2014
Government plans to establish a regulatory body and laws to control the standards of imports, Industry minister Mike Bimha says.This comes on the back of a massive influx of cheap and sub-standard goo...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 December 2013
JOHANNESBURG, South-Africa - Ann Cairns, President of International Markets, MasterCard, with Peter Schlebusch, Group Executive, Standard Bank Group as they celebrate the signing of an agreement stren...
By APO | Published: 30 August 2013
LONDON - Standard Chartered lagged behind a rising London market yesterday as emerging markets uncertainty led Morgan Stanley to turn cautious. The broker cut Chartered to “neutral” ahead of inter...
By FT | Published: 25 July 2013
Standard Chartered was a faller yesterday as a move by India to tighten liquidity raised concerns about the strength of its loan book. Chartered lost 2.8 per cent to £15.04 after the Reserve Bank of...
By FT | Published: 17 July 2013
David Coltart takes on the Church of England 
South Africa ripe for a coup 
India dumps US Treasury bills 
Zimbabwe's dollar stock exchange surges 45% 
Gold edges up as traders await guidance 
fastjet introduces Bulawayo-Victoria Falls flights 
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