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Golden Reef’s Thomas Gono elected Chamber of Mines president
Thomas GonoZim Now WriterThe Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has elected new executives to lead the organisation until next year.The names of the new office bearers were announced during the 2023 mining...
Govt introduces 1% tax on all foreign payments
Professor Mthuli NcubeZim Now WriterThe government has announced that starting tomorrow, a 1% tax will be levied on all foreign payments.The move, which was announced by Finance and Economic Developme...
Zim-China Business Forum kicks off
Frederick Shava Zim Now WriterThe much-anticipated Zimbabwe-China Business Forum has kicked off in Beijing, with over 200 Chinese businesses and 50 Zimbabwean companies in attendance.The Zimbabwe-Chin...
ZB moves to lay off staff
Zim Now WriterA 100% rise in staff costs reported last year has forced ZB Financial Holdings Limited to move to shed some of its staff through a voluntary disengagement scheme which the financial serv...
Zim economy to grow by over 3%, says AfDB
Zim Now WriterThe African Development Bank has projected Zimbabwe’s economic growth forecast for this year at above 3% and within the range of Southern African economies.Growth projections contained i...
Mines and mining audit launched to inspect compliance to Act
Pfungwa Kunaka The government has sent-off an audit team to mining areas to inspect if companies in the industry are operating within the laws relating to labour, taxes, the environment, and immigrati...
4 firms in soup for diverting products to black market
Zim Now WriterThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit says it has been receiving reports of some traders engaging in illegal business practices in breach of the Bank Use Promotion...
Embrace good business practices, Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe urged
 Zim Now WriterEconomic and Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese embassy to Zimbabwe, Huang Minghai, has castigated some of the crooked behaviour being displayed by Chinese firms operating in Zimbabwe...
Govt calls for investment in agric sector
Zim Now WriterInvestors have been urged to put their money in agriculture in order to fight poverty and hunger while generating stable incomes necessary for the generation of strong households.Permane...
POS machines new illegal method of transferring huge sums of money on streets
Continuous illegal foreign currency transactions have revealed the wanton abuse of the government’s ease of doing business reforms as point-of-sale machines are being used to transfer huge amounts of...