FINANCIAL SERVICES

FMHL declares first dividend

First Mutual Holdings Limited (First Mutual) has declared its first dividend of $0,01 per share since dollarisation in 2009.This comes as most companies have struggled to pay dividends following adopt...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Interbank facility won't solve Zim liquidity crisis

THE $100 million interbank loan facility granted to Zimbabwe by the Africa Export and Import Bank (Afrexim Bank) will not solve Zimbabwe's liquidity challenges, economists say.Analysts said recapita...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Turnall in $8m SA deal

Turnall Holdings Limited recently managed to tie up $8 million worth of deals with South African construction companies, raising expectations that the firm will be able to dig itself out of the curre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Cam & Motor to start operations

RIO Zim gold unit, the Cam & Motor will start operations in the second half of the year after signing an engineering procurement and construction contract, the company said.  "A new mining op...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

CFI revenue down 9%

CFI HOLDINGS says trading performance deteriorated in the 5 months ended 28 February with revenue declining by 9 percent to $39,4 million, a company official has said. Goup chief executive officer Mr ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Padenga plans 'big' for US business

Padenga Holdings, a Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed company, will double the sale of alligator skins in this financial year at its American operation, Lone Star, and at the same time focus on increasin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

General Beltings to acquire new plant

General Beltings Limited plans to acquire a $3 million steel cord conveyor belt manufacturing plant as the company angles to increase its market share that is being threatened by the influx of cheap i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Lifeline for Trust Bank

Trust Bank was on Friday thrown a life line after the High Court ruled that an order placing it under liquidation was defective and lacked any legal force. The bank was placed under provisional liquid...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 March 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

CFI's 5 months revenue declined by 9%

CFI's 5 months revenue declined by 9% while margins eased by 1% due to the impact of restrained margins in the poultry and specialized divisions, CE Steve Kuipa told the AGM today.He said the Poultry ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

FML strengthening risk management processes

First Mutual Holdings group CE Douglas Hoto yesterday reiterated, during an analysts briefing, the need by the company to strengthen its risk management process as part of the transformation process.H...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Padenga targets cost reduction

Padenga Holdings is targeting strategic cost reduction in the year and is also targeting 80% onward sales as finished skins to the first tier market, group CE Gary Sharp told analysts yesterday."The g...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

NMB to pursue cautious lending

NMBZ group CE James Mushore told an analyst briefing yesterday that the group will be pursuing a cautious lending approach in 2014."We will be focusing more on growth sectors. Agriculture due to the g...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Astra aims for 10% production cost savings

Astra will focus on cost containment strategies in the year to December 2014 and expects the integration with Kansai Plascon's supply chain will save at least 10% of production costs, finance director...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

DPC pays 220 Trust depositors

The Deposit Protection Corporation has so far paid 220 Trust Bank Limited (Trust) depositors following closure of the financial institution last December.However, the compensated account holders repre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Pearl Properties to spend $100m on project

PEARL Properties intends to spend as much as $100 million on the development of land it recently bought in Mt Pleasant in the medium term, a company official said yesterday.The company paid $9,6 milli...

By Business Reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

NMBZ eyes return to profitability

NMBZ Holdings says it has put in place measures to manage non-performing loans which affected its bank's performance, resulting in a record a loss of $3,3 million for the year to December 31, 2013.Gro...

By Conrad Mwanawashe | Published: 28 March 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Astra records profit rise

Astra Industries, the country's leading paint manufacturer recorded a marginal 11 percent increase in profit for the year ended December 31, 2013 due to the company's cost containment strategies.Profi...

By Business Reporter | Published: 28 March 2014

MINING & RETAIL

'BNC can process platinum metals'

Bindura Nickel Corporation could turn its smelter and refinery into precious metals refinery with a few modifications and refurbishment, managing director Mr Batirai Manhando said.Mr Manhando said the...

By Golden Sibanda | Published: 28 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Stanchart Zimbabwe profit declines

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

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Radar profit up on contained costs

Rader Holdings Limited recorded a 30 percent rise in the profit for the year end December 31, 2013 from the previous period profit of $229 000 to the period under review profit which stands at $299 00...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2014

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Zim vehicles could run on 100% ethanol

Zimbabwe could become the world's first country to have vehicles that run entirely on ethanol, parliamentarians heard today.Green Fuel general manager Graeme Smith told the parliamentary portfolio com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

BancABC to raise fresh capital for subsidiaries

African Banking Corporation will be focusing on raising capital for its various subsidiaries and improve loan book management, group CE Doug Munatsi told an analyst briefing yesterday."We are actively...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2014

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Masimba targets volumes growth

Masimba Holdings is determined to see a profitable construction and growth at Proplastics after recording a 9% drop in sales volumes ,group CEO Canada Malunga told an analyst briefing yesterday."We ar...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Vumbachikwe mine closes

VUMBACHIKWE Gold mine in Gwanda has been forced to cease operations amid revelations the mine failed to comply with an order from the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) to protect the environment S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2014

MINING & RETAIL

Choppies takes over Solomons Supermarket

CHOPPIES Enterprises Limited has taken over Solomons Supermarket in Bulawayo as it continues to expand its supermarket chain, in a deal expected to create more jobs particularly for the city's unemplo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 March 2014

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