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6 months ago | November 10, 2023

Mineral-reliant Zim buckles under falling global prices

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro Business Writer Zimbabwe’s mining executives and economic analysts expect a highly depressed ...

6 months ago | November 3, 2023

Extended USD tenure to boost market confidence

THE Government’s decision to extend the tenure of the multi-currency regime beyond 2025 is expected to boost market ...

Zim makes US$126m token payments to global lenders

Malvern Nkomo The Government of Zimbabwe has, since 2021, made cumulative token payments of US$125,8 million as of ...

6 months ago | October 27, 2023

HCCL administrator in controversial deals

Martin Kadzere Hwange Colliery Company Ltd (HCCL) administrator, Munashe Shava, has been accused of entering into ...

7 months ago | October 20, 2023

Low quality jobs threaten Zim’s economic growth

Business Writer Zimbabwe is not creating enough jobs and the few that are being created are of low value statistics ...

Is it adios Zim dollar, as dollarisation tops 80pc?

Golden Sibanda THE Zimbabwe dollar is slowly being rendered irrelevant in the market due to growing dollarisation, ...

7 months ago | October 13, 2023

Mines catch cold, as global metal prices tumble

Golden Sibanda FALLING global metal prices are taking a heavy toll on the viability of local mining companies amid fears ...

Fresh hurdles rock former farmers’ compensation deal

Business Writer The deal to compensate white former commercial farmers appears to be off the rails again after the ...

7 months ago | October 6, 2023

‘No Guvamatanga, Govt can’t support informalisation’

Nelson Gahadza Central Government has no reason to support the informal sector at the expense of formal businesses, ...

Zim continues to struggle with currency volatility

Oliver Kazunga Zimbabwe will continue reeling under the existing currency volatility for as long as production ...

7 months ago | September 29, 2023

Retailers under threat . . . informalisation gets out of hand

Michael Tome CALLS for formalisation of businesses continue to grow louder as the formal sector feels the pinch from the ...

Pension funds adopt short-term strategies

Nelson Gahadza Pension funds are failing to commit long-term funding as they are skeptical of what will happen to US ...

7 months ago | September 22, 2023

Placing State entities under one roof overdue

Nelson Gahadza The establishment of Mutapa Investment Fund, after rebranding the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe ...

Post polls: National consensus key for stability, growth

Business Writers Some economic observers have challenged the Government to build a national consensus after last month’s ...

8 months ago | September 15, 2023

Tight fiscal, monetary regime to stay

Business Writer Finance and Investment Promotion Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has reiterated that his ministry will ...

Zim debt load to soar 12-fold

Business Writer The takeover of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s debt by the Treasury coupled with the sharp depreciation of ...

8 months ago | September 8, 2023

Wanted: Roadmap on currency regime

Nelson Gahadza The country’s banking sector is pleading for clarity on the journey the economy is going to take on the ...

Zim dollar faces uncertain future

Business Writer Zimbabwe’s domestic currency faces an uncertain future amid growing dollarisation of the economy and ...

8 months ago | September 1, 2023

Zim debt dialogue set to continue amid poll ruckus

Business Writers Zimbabwe’s unfolding political situation has nothing to do with current discussions on the ...

Underemployment, a driver of poverty in Zim

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro With a total of 79,3 percent of the population employed in Zimbabwe according to Zimbabwe National ...