INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta invests $3m into Bulawayo infrastructure projects

BEVERAGES maker, Delta Corporation, has invested close to $3 million in effluent and road upgrade projects in Bulawayo since 2016 as part of its community development initiatives. As one of the signif...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Tharisa plan next move as Zimbabwe opens doors again

PLATINUM group metal (PGM) and chrome miner, Tharisa, is taking a low-risk approach to a high-risk country with the investments into Zimbabwe, it has announced this year.For almost 30 years, Zimbabwe ...

By miningmx.com | Published: 13 September 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Metbank to focus on mortgage financing, e-banking

METBANK says it will focus its lending business on mortgage financing and commercial banking products that promote financial inclusion under a strategic plan that will determine the direction of the i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Rising cement demand positive for Zimbabwe's economy, says Lafarge

LAFARGE Cement Zimbabwe says the recent spike in demand for cement, which resulted in a supply backlog on the market, is a positive signal of economic growth. In a statement, the firm allayed public f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Petrotrade in $3,75m tax profit

State petroleum company, Petrotrade has - for the third year running declared a dividend to Government after registering an after tax profit of $3,75 million for the year ended December 2017. Speaking...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Mtsambiwa appointed Tongaat Hulett CEO

Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed sugar producers Tongaat Hulett Limited, has appointed Zimbabwean Sydney Mtsambiwa as its interim chief executive officer. This follows the pending retirement of curr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Prospect Lithium secures $10m export facility

AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange (ASX) listed Prospect Resources, says its Zimbabwean unit, Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe, has secured $10 million export finance facility from the Reserve Bank through CBZ Bank Li...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 September 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

First Money Microfinance launches Debit Card

First Money Microfinance Services (FMFS), a fintech with seven branches nationwide, has launched a debit card in partnership with StewardBank.The innovation called iSave debit card allows customers of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Potraz intensifies consumer awareness campaigns

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe has increased visibility in most rural areas, after canvassing the country's 10 provinces, teaching mobile network providers' consume...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Sable Chemicals warns of fertiliser crisis

SABLE Chemicals Industries (Sable), Zimbabwe's only manufacturer of ammonium nitrate (AN), says it will only be able to meet just about 38% of national demand this year.AN is a top-dressing fertiliser...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

ZTA honours best stand exhibitors

THE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) on Friday presented awards to best stand exhibitors at the just-ended Sanganai/Hlanganani World Tourism Expo that was held in Bulawayo. A total 11 companies scoope...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe govt engages Metallon

GOVERNMENT is engaging the country's largest gold producer Metallon Corporation with a view to finding a lasting solution to the miner's problems which has seen it placing hundreds of workers on retre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

River Ranch Mine remains idle

River Ranch, a diamond rich mine in Beitbridge, sits quietly with no sign of life on the edges of Limpopo.Its solitude however gives a loud cry for urgent attention.The story of the mine is that of go...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

African Sun euphoric about conferencing, foreign visits

AFRICAN Sun Limited (ASL) has announced it will spend $2,1 million in the last quarter of 2018 on refurbishments to improve standards of its hotels and boost occupancy in the future.Africa Sun plans t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Air Zimbabwe in trouble over internet services debt

NATIONAL airline, Air Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd has been taken to court by local internet service provider, Powertel Communications (Pvt) Ltd, over a $18 441 debt for services rendered.On August 17 this year...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Delta in accelerated sustainability spending

DELTA Corporation (Delta) says it has invested at least $2,9 million in infrastructure-related corporate social investments under its integrated sustainable development framework.Sustainability is par...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

NRZ opens premier coaches to individual passenger bookings

THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has opened its premier class coaches to individual passenger bookings following demand for the service by travellers. Prior to this decision the premier class c...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Zimbabwe resumes diamond auction

Zimbabwe resumed diamond auction last week, but attracted fewer international buyers than expected, the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe said. The auction - the third to be conducted thi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 September 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Insurance uptake high - Ipec

THE Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) says Zimbabwe's insurance penetration rate is much higher than the figures reported by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which ranked the industry fifth in Afr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Investors want proof

There are plenty of new and dormant coal projects in Zimbabwe, which can help improve the economy, says senior coal analyst Xavier Prévost.Zimbabwe has abundant coal resources of a high quality, as s...

By Mining Weekly | Published: 09 September 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Low uptake for tourism fund

THE $15 million Tourism Revival Fund facility availed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) to prop up the collapsing industry has been lying idle for about seven months with only three industry's pla...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Bilboes seeks to expand operations

A LOCAL privately-owned gold mining and exploration concern, Bilboes Holdings is seeking to expand its operations as it moves to ramp up its mineral production.Bilboes Holdings chief executive officer...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2018

MINING & RETAIL

Gold deliveries peak 24 tonnes in 7 months

THE country is poised to achieve its 30 tonnes gold production target for this year buoyed by the continued increase in deliveries of the yellow metal to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) by small-...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 September 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

POSB to establish exporters' credit facility

The People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) says it will soon unveil a $10 million line of credit aimed at assisting exporters to secure foreign currency.A persistent trade deficit has plunged Zimbabwe into ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

ZTA wants to restore Bulawayo's tourism legacy

ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA)'s chief executive Karikoga Kaseke yesterday said they were committed to restoring Bulawayo's tourism legacy.Addressing a media briefing, Kaseke said they were going to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2018
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