adminCargo stuck at border posts
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau— CARGO destined for various countries across the Sadc region is stuck at most of the country’s border posts due to a systems failure as Zimra upgrades…
$5m set aside for women’s bank
THE government has set aside $5 million as seed capital to establish a women’s bank, a Cabinet Minister has said. Lack of funding has delayed operationalisation of the bank, which…
Choppies to enter new markets
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter REGIONAL retail group, Choppies Limited plans to expand its operations into Zambia and Tanzania by mid-year. The supermarket chain, which presently operates seven distribution centres…
Meal-mealie dispute spills into Parliament
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor THE government has not authorised the importation of processed mealie-meal, a senior official has said. Local milling firms have reacted angrily to the influx of cheap…
Service charges stall $100m disbursement to miners
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor SMALL-scale miners are yet to access the $100 million Chinese loan facility signed in June last year as the government has not met its 30 percent…
Blanket Mine output declines
ZIMBABWE focused gold miner Caledonia Mining’s 49 percent owned Blanket Mine produced 9,960oz in the first quarter of the year, the firm said. Although output was 2.7 percent lower than…
Treasury needs $30m to finish Tokwe-Mukorsi dam
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said Treasury needs about $30 million to complete the construction of the country’s largest inland dam, Tokwe-Mukorsi…
Arrears award will create $1bn deficit — Zesa
Harare Bureau POWER utility Zesa Holding has pleaded with workers to accept grossly diluted salary arrears offer arguing implementing the order from a collective bargaining arbitral award would leave it…
Fear, confusion grip Burundi after violence
Bujumbura — Residents of Bujumbura cowered at home as rival armed troops were out in force in the city’s streets yesterday, the day after an attempted coup plunged Burundi deeper…
Zambia police quiz scribes over presidency graft story
Lusaka — Zambian police said they had questioned two journalists at a newspaper that published a story illegally drawn from classified documents about a graft investigation of a presidential aide,…