Govt Gives 18k Tonnes of Maize to Mash Central
By Fungai Lupande Government has started availing 18 000 tonnes of maize to Mashonaland Central to alleviate food shortages in areas affected by poor rains during the last farming season. Each of the...
View ArticleCouncillors Demand Monthly Salaries
By Innocent Ruwende Councillors have asked Government to treat them like Members of Parliament who receive a salary and sitting allowances, saying they deserve similar remuneration as their...
View ArticleAir Zim to Secure Technical Partner
By Africa Moyo Cabinet is expected to make a major pronouncement on Air Zimbabwe, amid indications that an inter-ministerial task-force put together to find a lasting solution to the problems dogging...
View ArticleShiri Calls Ama to Order
By Martin Kadzere Minister of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement Perence Shiri, has taken a swipe at the Agricultural and Marketing Authority for weak regulatory enforcement in cotton marketing,...
View ArticleTake Advantage of Women’s Bank – First Lady
By Tendai Rupapa First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has urged women here to take advantage of the newly-launched Zimbabwe Women’s Microfinance Bank and start income-generating projects. She said such a move...
View ArticleDelta Bemoans Forex Shortages
Beverages giant, Delta Corporation Limited has said foreign currency shortages continue to have a knock on effect on its business especially packaging material, although earnings were positive in the...
View ArticleIdbz Signs MOU With Chinese Firm
The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe has signed a memorandum of understanding with Wah Kong Enterprises Limited (WKEL), which will see the Chinese firm partnering the bank to implement...
View ArticleHarare reviews master plan
Property Reporter The Harare City Council yesterday held a workshop to review its master plan that is meant to set out how land within the capital city is going to be used. A city master plan document...
View ArticleZimra board pockets $300k
Africa Moyo Business Reporter Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) board members made rich pickings from fees and allowances last year after pocketing a combined $292 582 last year, representing a 9...
View ArticleSECZ launches C-Trade
Tawanda Musarurwa C-Trade, the online and mobile shares trading platform was launched yesterday effectively opening up Zimbabwe’s capital markets to all and sundry. It’s the first of its kind in the...
View Article‘Broaden access to ICTs’
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter President Mnangagwa has challenged the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) to be more transparent in the deployment of the universal...
View ArticleZim companies clinch $3m deals in DRC
ZIMBABWEAN mining companies recently clinched business deals worth over $3 million at the just-ended DRC Mining Week, ZimTrade has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI The expo, attended by 10 Zimbabwean mining...
View ArticleMerlin finalising $5 million funding facility with govt
TEXTILE company, Merlin, expects to finalise arrangements on the $5 million funding facility from government in the next “few” weeks, an official has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI In his progress update...
View ArticleCigar wrapper farming lucrative business
Tobacco farmers in Burma valley have now shifted to cigar wrapper farming so they could receive direct payments into their accounts for their crop. By Freeman Makopa Tobacco Industry Marketing Board...
View ArticleMMCZ to set up chrome price control team
THE Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) says it will soon establish a price-regulating team to control chrome prices for the international and domestic markets. BY KUDZAI MUCHENJEKWA...
View ArticleChrome production tumbles
Zimbabwe’s chrome production has come under heavy scrutiny with several constraints being cited as reasons for low productivity levels. It emerged during a consultative meeting on chrome in Harare...
View ArticlePres ED launches online trading platform
Zimbabwe has broken new ground by becoming the first nation in Southern Africa to launch an online trading platform ‘C-Trade’ for the capital markets, setting a new path to attracting further...
View ArticleSeed Co to raise $19,2m for regional expansion
Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Regional seed manufacturer Seed Co Limited seeks to raise $19 million through a partial unbundling, which will also result in separate listings of its regional...
View Article‘Shun exporting raw hides, maximise on value addition’
Prosper Ndlovu in LUSAKA, Zambia Zimbabwe and her peers within the Comesa region should stop exporting raw hides and scale up value – addition initiatives in order to benefit from the $130 billion...
View ArticleMMCZ pushes locational chrome pricing
Ishemunyoro Chingwere Business Reporter The Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ), is pushing for location based pricing mechanism for chrome that will see the mineral going for different...
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