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Chamisa forces Khupe to postpone MDC-T congress

The MDC-T faction led by Dr Thokozani Khupe says it has been forced by security considerations to postpone its extraordinary congress which had been planned for April 7 in Bulawayo. Dr Khupe's spokesm...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's foreign trips gobble millions

With Zimbabe's leader Emmerson Mnangagwa in China for a seven day State visit, his 13th foreign trip this year, his frequent travel abroad is stirring an outbreak of mass ridicule with some failing to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

UZ lecturers demand pay rise

University of Zimbabwe lecturers are demanding a pay hike because of increased workload arising from double intakes and night classes.According to minutes of the Association of University Teachers (AU...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa brings the money

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's amnesty for illegal externalisation of money has shored up Zimbabwe's foreign currency reserves – and has also exposed the impunity with which companies and individual...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

EDUCATION

Zimsec urged to revise grading system

THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has been urged to review its grading system for practical subjects to enable academically challenged but practically gifted pupils to pass.Researchers...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Call for Vic Falls re-zoning

STAKEHOLDERS who attended a recent planning meeting towards implementation of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Victoria Falls have recommended re-zoning of the resort town.If adopted the move would ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Manufacturing, tourism get first preference in RBZ facility

COMPANIES in manufacturing and tourism industries will be the first beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's $350 million facilities for entrepreneurs due to severe foreign payment backlogs and...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

OPINION

Zimbabwe cash crisis that won't go away

If there is one common theme that ran throughout Zanu PF's election strategy under former President Robert Mugabe is that it had a litany of high sounding and astounding promises that never got fulfil...

By Learnmore Zuze | Published: 03 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

NRZ revival to ease HCCL transport costs

THE revival of the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is expected to help Hwange Colliery Company Limited overcome the high costs of transporting coal by road, the company said in its results ending ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Stanbic Bank deposits clock $1.2 billion

STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has exceeded $1 billion deposits in the financial year ended December 31, 2017.The bank's customers are, however, struggling to settle foreign payments as a result of foreign cur...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Increased coordination key in agri-business value chains'

CONFEDERATION of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) president Mr Sifelani Jabangwe has called for increased coordination between players in the agri-business value chain to enable planning for different season...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

POLITICS

SA chief calls for removal of Zimbabweans

A SOUTH African female traditional leader has called for the removal of Zimbabweans staying at Dididi Village in Thohoyandou in Limpopo Province, sparking fears of xenophobic attacks in the neighbouri...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Beitbridge City: A perennial mirage or reality?

Sustainable urban development is one of the top priorities for many governments worldwide. The transformation of social, economic, cultural and political structures in society are some of the key fact...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

POLITICS

Ray Goba could face a probe before a tribunal

Prosecutor-General Advocate Ray Goba, who has drawn fierce criticism from an alleged victim and prime witness in an alleged rape case involving Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministry leader Walter...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Harare commercial property sector to expand'

Borrowdale and Mount Pleasant provide Harare's top office stock, with the level of commercial properties in the two suburbs likely to expand in the near future, according to a new Africa-wide report b...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Unifreight posts $2,1 million pre-tax profit

ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange listed transport and logistics company Unifreight Africa posted before tax profit of $2,1 million from continuing operations in the year to December 31, 2017. This profit repre...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

Masimba projects cautious outlook

LISTED construction company Masimba Holdings has projected a cautious outlook for its operaions in this year on account of persistent foreign currency constraints that are hampering most business oper...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Beitbridge expansion an environmental time bomb

Beitbridge municipality has been cautioned against the continued expansion of residential settlements west of Dulivhadzimo, as this is threatening the town's supply dams.An environmentalist said the w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY

ZPI sells Zimre Centre

ZIMRE Property Investment Limited has sold off its flagship - Zimre Centre in Harare - for $10,8 million with the proceeds earmarked for the development of the Victoria Falls and Bulawayo projects.In ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa, Xi knuckle down to business

President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today meet his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, following his arrival in Beijing yesterday for a five-day State visit. This is President Mnangagwa's first S...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

POLITICS

SA mourns Winnie Mandela

Anti-apartheid stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has died at the age of 81, her family confirmed in a statement yesterday. "It is with profound sadness that we inform the public that Ms Winnie Madiki...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

100 workers at NBC get jobs back

At least 100 workers at the troubled National Bakers and Confectioners (NBC) trading as Manyame Milling Company, got their jobs back after the High Court dismissed an application by the owners from st...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

MINING & RETAIL

RioZim ups gold, diamond production

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed resources group, RioZim, says its gold and diamond production significantly went up last year despite struggling to get its foreign currency earnings from the central ba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe company bloodbath continues to bite

About 65 companies operating in Zimbabwe have gone insolvent in the past six months, with "a sharp increase" in the number of firms going under.This is amid a push by Harare's new rulers to attract in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

POS machines demand surges

Zimbabwe's financial sector has since January experienced over 60 percent rise on point of sale machines (POS) inquiries from industry and commerce with revelations that banks are battling to source f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 April 2018

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