adminBanking sector loans grew 5,56 percent
Oliver Kazunga-Business Reporter TOTAL banking sector loans and advances increased by 5,56 percent from $3,401 billion in January to $3,59 billion in May. According to the 2013 mid-term fiscal policy…
Lack of funds stalls business linkages programme
Harare Bureau THE Small to Medium Enterprises Association of Zimbabwe (SMEAZ) has said lack of funds is hampering the progress of its business linkages programme meant to promote higher levels…
Maize producer price increased
Business Reporter THE Government has increased the maize producer price for the 2013/14 marketing season by 28 percent to $378.86 per tonne to encourage farmers to continue producing the crop.…
Biti fails to substantiate rigging claims
Kuda Bwititi Herald Reporter MDC-T secretary general Mr Tendai Biti yesterday failed to authenticate a plethora of allegations of electoral fraud against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as his party’s…
Potraz cancels Valley Technologies licence
Harare Bureau THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) last week cancelled internet service provider Valley Technologies’ operating licence for failure to meet the regulator’s requirements. In a…
Chiefs meet to select Senate reps tomorrow
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Chiefs will meet tomorrow in all the eight rural provinces to select 16 of them who will take up seats in the Senate as required by…
Energy efficiency tender selection process begins
Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) will tomorrow begin the selection process for the national energy efficiency audit tender after it shortlisted 11 candidates. The audit will be…
Beijing offers growth assurance in economic balancing act
China’s authorities, mindful of the risk of a sharp economic slowdown that could derail their reform efforts, sent their clearest signal yet that they will safeguard growth and tweak policy…
Ministry probes DEOs for bribery
Nomore Kudzedzereka Herald Reporter Government is set to crack the whip on district education officers (DEOs) in different parts of the country following reports that they were demanding bribes from…
Iran and Syria sign $3,6 billion oil deal
Iran has agreed to supply Damascus with $3,6 billion in oil in exchange for the right to invest in the country, Syria’s state news agency Sana has said. “An agreement…