ZIMBABWE will back demands for special dispensations to developing economies at the Ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organisation scheduled for Indonesia next month. The ministerial me...
Zimbabwe's planned sovereign wealth fund may get as much as a quarter of mining royalties and the same share of "special dividends" on state mineral and metal sales. Parliament will also be able to ap...
President Joice Mujuru on Friday met a delegation of Indian businessmen which is in the country to explore investment opportunities. The 15-member delegation from the Confederation of Indian Industry...
THE government has admitted it is technically broke and will not be able to sustain the $540 minimum wage proposed by civil servants unions owing to the declining government revenue as the economy con...
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has urged the Zanu-PF government to urgently address the current economic meltdown and stem the tide of retrenchments, which have reportedly reached a peak...
Funding constraints are hampering the formation of a micro-finance bank that is aimed at enhancing funding of small to medium scale enterprises.The government gave the Small Enterprise Development Cor...
The Indigenous Business Development Centre (IBDC) says compelling firms to procure 60 percent of their requirements locally will boost the production capacity of companies and widen employment opport...
Government faces a conundrum in its bid to procure vehicles from Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries (WMMI) amid revelations that the company has no capacity whatsoever and it is actually importing comp...
THE new Income Tax Bill, which seeks to broaden the tax base, repeal and replace the Income Tax Act and Capital Gains Tax Act, has been submitted to President Mugabe for his assent. According to the G...
WITH the biting liquidity crunch persisting, there is need to look at broader ways of improving cash in circulation as the prevailing economic hardships are largely being reflected in constraints in a...
Industry has reiterated that high electricity tariffs continue to pose a danger to the survival of most companies.Speaking during a tour of Zim Alloys Limited in Gweru recently by Industry and Commerc...
Traditionally the festive season is a period when companies the world over stock up with various goods and services in anticipation of increased sales due to Christmas shopping. This is a time when mo...
Economic cycles have become shorter and more volatile. One only has to look at the devastating effects of the global financial crisis of 2008, whose effects five years down the road are still being f...
MINING Oil and Gas Services, a South Africa-based company intends to construct a multi-billion fuel pipeline, linking Beira and three southern African countries through Zimbabwe, industry sources sai...
FOREIGN investors are looking for flexible laws in African countries in order to realise profit and security for their investments, a legal officer said.Presenting a paper entitled: "Unveiling the...
ENERGY players are expected to complete a study on renewable energy tariffs by year end as government shifts its focus on alternative power sources to plug the country's energy deficit.Addressing del...
All foreigners operating retail and wholesale businesses, barbershops, hairdressings, beauty salons, bakeries, employment agencies and grain milling which are classified as reserved sectors of the ec...
The Industrial Development Corporation is advocating for the development of a local motor industry development policy that would guide the revival of the once vibrant industry IDC highlighted that the...
Friday November 22 - Innscor AGM (8:15am, Royal Harare Golf Club)Tuesday November 26 (through to Nov 27) - The Business Council for Sustainable Development Zimbabwe (BCSDZ) 20th Anniversar...
There is an old joke that asks how you know that someone has an MBA. The answer is quite simple: They will tell you - usually within the first few minutes of meeting them.You may see this as arrogance...
THE Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) this month launches the Zimbabwe Investor Awards, which will recognise and honour companies that have contributed to the development of the economy. In this in...
ZIMBABWEAN companies have become sitting ducks for takeovers by foreign investors, despite concern over the country's indigenisation law compelling foreigners to limit their shareholding in domestic c...
Zimbabwe will further reduce its import bill and save close to $100 million annually once mandatory E20 blending has been adopted.Energy Minister, Dzikamai Mavhaire told the Financial Gazette recently...
ZIMBABWE's struggling economy risks further weakening under the weight of corporate failures that have so far turned the country's key industrial heartlands such as Bulawayo into scrap yards, a centr...
Government and the International Labour Organisation are working on a national labour inspection and enforcement policy framework aimed at ensuring that labour laws including safety and health standar...