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RBZ raises cash withdrawal limits
Zim Now WriterThe Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit has directed banks to increase cash withdrawals for individuals from $5 000 to $15 000 per week and corporates from $100 000 fr...
No to lithium ore exports, yes to beneficiation - Minister Chitando
Minister Winston ChitandoZim Now WriterMines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has further buttressed the fact that  Zimbabwe is determined to retain more of the value in lithium throug...
Senior WB executive predicts modest growth of Zim's economy in 2023
Stella IllievaZim Now WriterThe World Bank believes Zimbabwe’s economy will grow at a modest rate this year against a weakening global economic growth outlook.The sentiments were expressed by World Ba...
Zera reduces price of LPG
Zim Now WriterThe Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority has reduced the prices of Liquid Petroleum Gas with effect from yesterday, in a move that will bring smiles on most domestic consumers who have t...
Zim economy set for moderate growth in 2023, says WB
Zim Now WriterThe World Bank has said Zimbabwe’s economy is projected to grow at a modest rate in 2023 against a weakening global economic growth outlook.World Bank Senior Economist for Zimbabwe, Stel...
NRZ given 30-day ultimatum to clear a US$9.6m debt
Zim Now WriterBelgian company Hethimex, has given the struggling National Railways of Zimbabwe a 30-day ultimatum to pay its US$9.6 million debt or face legal action.The debt arose in 2003 when the Be...
Chipo Mtasa appointed Air Zim Board chair
Dr Chipo MtasaZim No WriterFormer managing director of State-owned telcoms company, TelOne, Dr Chipo Mutasa, has been appointed as the new board chairperson of national airline, Air Zimbabwe, with imm...
Gold production up 1% at Blanket mine
Zim Now WriterCaledonia Mining Corporation has recorded an increase in gold reserves by 1% to 395,000 ounces at Blanket mine in Matabeleland South.The total measured and indicated resources estimate a...
Economic effect of Lukashenko's state visit to Zimbabwe estimated at $200m
BelTA – The total economic effect from the state visit of Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to Zimbabwe is estimated at roughly $200 million, BelTA learned from Belarusian Minister of Foreign Aff...
Chicken Slice are our ‘Little brothers’, says Simbisa MD
Zim Now WriterSimbisa Brands managing director Warren Meares has claimed that Chicken Slice which is headed by businessman Tawanda Mutyebere cannot be regarded as a competitor to Chicken Inn.Meares be...