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Allow Mushayavanhu to do his job: CEOs tell govt
Oswell Binha, centre, during the release of the Business Confidence Index for third quarter 2023Nyashadzashe NdoroZimbabwe’s private sector chief executive officers have urged the government not to in...
RioZim’s gold production soars: Q3 results show a 13% hike
Audrey GalawuRioZim Limited recorded a 13% increase in gold production to 307kg from 272kg recorded in the same quarter of the previous year.The rise in gold production has been credited to improvemen...
IMF praises Zim budget, irks govt critics
 IMF rep for Zimbabwe, Carlos CaceresNyashadzashe NdoroContrary to local analysts who have been on a spree to castigate Zimbabwe’s 2024 budget, the International Monetary Fund has praised it as an “im...
Gold Star Sugars hits hurdles with reduced sales amid economic uncertainty
Audrey GalawuGold Star Sugars reported reduced sales volume of granulated sugar for the year ended March 31, 2023, with 82 500 tonnes sold in the previous year down to 82 321 tonnes.This was on the ba...
Border jam as SA battles to clear haulage traffic flow from Zim
Zim Now WriterCommercial cargo destined for regional and international markets is piling up at the Zimbabwean side of the Beitbridge border after the South Africans ran out of parking space at their s...
Old Mutual applies for corporate rescue of Harava solar project
Zim Now WriterOld Mutual Life Assurance has applied for Harava Solar Project to be placed under business rescue in order to ensure it recovers US$1.8 million loan to the company.This is according to p...
The value of contextualising agroecology
Charles DhewaAs a proponent of agroecology, eMKambo has been seized with contextualising agroecology so that farming communities do not continue to see it as a foreign invention.To that end, eMKambo h...
Invictus updates Muzarabani gas sale MoU with local company
Location of Mukuyu Gas Field and proximity of Domestic Power Infrastructure and SAPP export routes·      Updated Gas Sales MOU for the supply of gas for a 500MW gas to power project.·      Potential...
Solarcentury, Dallaglio partner to power Eureka
Zim Now WriterBritish company Solarcentury Africa has signed an agreement with Dallaglio to build a 7 MW solar plant for Eureka Gold Mine in Zimbabwe.“We are thrilled to announce our partnership with...
Govt urged to diversify revenue beyond taxes
Audrey Galawu Economic experts have encouraged government to be comprehensive and look for other sources of income to complement the taxation system in the country.This comes as Minister of Finance an...