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2 months ago | March 1, 2024

Govt borrowing plan raises hope for transparency

Business Writer The Zimbabwean Government’s decision to release the 2024 Annual Borrowing Plan (ABP) has been met with ...

Zim mining takes hit amid falling global metal prices

Martin Kadzere A steady decline in prices of key metals such as lithium and platinum group of metals since early 2022, ...

2 months ago | February 23, 2024

Wide-spread old-age poverty looms

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro Zimbabwe is on the brink of a wave of old-age poverty in the current working generation that ...

Industry buckles under weight of wider exchange rate disparity

Golden Sibanda The sustained widening of the Zimbabwe dollar exchange rate is once again weighing heavily on compliant ...

2 months ago | February 16, 2024

Zim courts Afreximbank over gold buying facility

Business Writer Zimbabwe has reportedly initiated engagements with some regional financial institutions to mobilise ...

Schweppes agitates for further sugar tax review

Golden Sibanda ONE of Zimbabwe’s largest beverage makers, Schweppes Zimbabwe, says the newly introduced tax on sugar ...

2 months ago | February 9, 2024

Inflationary pressures will persist in Zim: CZI

Golden Sibanda ZIMBABWE will likely remain under heavy inflationary pressures this year, weighed down by the weakening ...

Rise in food prices impoverishes 50 percent of citizens

Business Writer Putting food on the table is becoming increasingly difficult for Zimbabweans, with a staggering 56 ...

3 months ago | February 2, 2024

Ghosts of 2023 back to haunt us?

Golden Sibanda FORMAL retailers have found themselves in a quandary again regarding pricing models to use in the highly ...

3 months ago | January 26, 2024

Zimdollar woes leave banks jittery

Business Writers Income from banks’ core businesses has plummeted as banks adopt a more cautious approach in lending ...

Zimra gives small businesses six-month reprieve

Business Writer The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has offered a six-month grace period for informal businesses to ...

3 months ago | January 19, 2024

Industry targets too low for upper middle-income society

Michael Tome ANALYSTS and industry stakeholders say Zimbabwe will not attain the upper middle-income society status by ...

ZIDA flags concern over tax evasion

Nelson Gahadza Huge volume of investments flowing into the country is not commensurate with revenues the Fiscus is ...

3 months ago | January 12, 2024

Mthuli got his tax!

Business Writers Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Mthuli Ncube might have had his way to ...

Zim dollar tumbles 21,5 percent

Business Writer The Zimbabwe dollar under pressure from an ever-depreciating exchange rate on the parallel market, lost ...

3 months ago | January 5, 2024

Mthuli went through with it: It’s a mess

Business Writer INDUSTRY is fretting over new fiscal measures introduced by the Government, saying the promulgation of ...

Top risks Zim faces in 2024

Business Writer As the year 2024 begins, Zimbabwe finds itself at a critical juncture facing a multitude of challenges ...

4 months ago | December 21, 2023

Brace for tougher 2024, business leaders warned

Nelson Gahadza Business should brace for a tougher 2024 on the back of projected El Niño phenomenon that will negatively ...

Cement shortage weighs on quarterly GDP growth

Golden Sibanda CONSTRUCTION slowed down Zimbabwe’s economy in the third quarter of this year, official data shows, after ...

4 months ago | December 15, 2023

Treasury abandons agric financing on defaults

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro The significant growth in agriculture Zimbabwe has recorded – reaching self-sufficiency in ...