Bread Price Set to Rise to $1,40
By Africa Moyo The price of bread is expected to rise marginally to a maximum of $1,40 with effect from today. This follows lengthy negotiations between Government and the National Bakers Association...
View Article‘I Belong to Everybody, I Belong to Nobody’
By Strive Masiyiwa As an entrepreneur, on many occasions I have had initiatives for my country Zimbabwe, which could have created tens of thousands of new jobs. When I have discussed them with either...
View ArticleED Calls for Culture of Buying Local
By Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls — PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday appealed to Zimbabweans to develop a culture of buying locally produced goods and services to promote domestic industry and economic...
View Article$700m for Major Highway Rehab
By Felex Share Government will now rehabilitate and widen the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge highway over the next three years at a cost of $693 million, while dualisation will only take place on some...
View ArticleYouths in Business Hail President
Youths have hailed President Mnangagwa as a listening leader after he urged them to actively participate in the economy. Addressing members of the Zanu-PF Youth League in Harare on Wednesday, President...
View ArticleZTA Decries High Hotel Price Increases
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) on Wednesday met tourism industry players over pricing, the state of tourism and to find ways of manoeuvring the prevailing economic challenges in the sector. There...
View ArticleInputs Price Reduction Positive, but Revealing
EDITORIAL The increase in prices of farming inputs mainly seeds and fertilisers by over 300 percent in the past three weeks, came as a wakeup call to authorities that there is a need to have continuous...
View ArticleGovt to Crack Whip On Tax Dodgers
By Africa Moyo Government is considering giving the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) absolute powers to descend heavily on tax dodging companies so as to recover the outstanding $4,5 billion. Finance...
View ArticleFed-Up Teachers to Down Tools This Week, Stage Protest in Harare
By Kwekwe Correspondent TEACHERS are this week plotting industrial action and street protests to register their discontent with a government they see as unresponsive to their concerns. Civil servants...
View ArticleCommand Agriculture – Chipinge Youths Want in
By Luthando Mapepa Youths in Chipinge have called on Government to include them in the Command Agriculture programme. The call was made during a Youth in Business Consultative Forum that was organised...
View ArticleJail Term for Using Banned Light Bulbs – Minister
By Jeffrey Gogo Government has amended the law that banned the buying and selling of incandescent light bulbs to now make even use of such lights an offence. That means families could be fined not just...
View ArticleED Puts Mutsvangwa to the Sword
By Obey Manayiti Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet responsible for presidential communications George Charamba (GC) says President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s former special advisor, Chris...
View ArticleAMG seeks approval to supply basic commodities
Business Reporter The African Medallion Group owned by South Africa based Zimbabwean businessman, Frank Buyanga, has written to Government requesting to assist with the procurement and delivery of...
View ArticleStocks rally slips as trade, fed worries dominate
World stocks slipped yesterday, halting a four-day recovery rally as anxiety surrounding global trade conditions and rising US interest rates dampened risk appetite. European shares managed to reverse...
View Article‘Cassava Smartech initiative way to go’
Michael Tome Business Reporter Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Ministry says it highly upholds technological innovations that seek to develop agriculture productivity. This...
View ArticleGovt mulls sale of stake in Olivine
Business Editor GOVERNMENT is considering selling part of its stake in Olivine Industries to an external investor to raise foreign currency towards recapitalising operations. This was said by the...
View ArticleZSE suspends Hwange
Ishemunyoro Chingwere and Enacy Mapakame The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has suspended coal miner, Hwange Colliery Company Limited from the local bourse following its placement under administration....
View ArticlePackaging cost could push up mealie meal price
Enacy Mapakame The price of mealie meal could increase if tomorrow’s deliberations between millers and packaging manufacturers fail to reach a consensus after the latter increased cost of packaging by...
View ArticleEconet Media Sets the Record Straight
Kwesé parent company Econet Media (Mauritius) says reports that it has lost a court case against the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) are malicious, misinformed and misplaced. Responding to...
View ArticleNcube to present 2019 budget on November 22
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube has said he will present his maiden budget statement on November 22, in what will be a litmus test of how he will address Zimbabwe’s economic crisis. BY FIDELITY MHLANGA...
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