RBZ directs banks to relax borrowing terms
Business Writer The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has directed banks to relax credit granting requirements as it moves to provide credit support to firms that have been hit by the…
Zim challenges to continue ‘over the short-to-medium term’
Business Writer Despite its significant human capital and vast resource potential, Zimbabwe’s economic development will remain dire due to a challenging operating environment, according to global research firm Fitch Solutions…
April inflation at 726,81 pc: Robertson
Business Writer Zimbabwe’s annual inflation for the month of April 2020 is estimated to have raced to 726,81 percent from the March 2020 rate of 676 percent. The official April…
Lafarge projects 30pc Q2 volumes decline
Tawanda Musarurwa Listed cement producer, Lafarge Cement, is anticipating a 30 percent decline in volumes during the current quarter as a result of the debilitating effects of the novel coronavirus…
Willdale Bricks Limited’s history
Business Writer Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed brick making company, Willdale Bricks Limited, has a long history stretching back to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Willdale was founded in 1957 in…
Businesses opt for home deliveries to boost sales
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter SOME businesses in Victoria Falls have introduced door-to-door home delivery of basics to customers as a way of boosting sales while adhering to Covid-19 lockdown…
Matter of fact
In our yesterday’s publication we inadvertently published the Parliament of Zimbabwe Condolence Message for the late National hero Brigadier-General Crispan Masuku with the picture of the Zimbabwe National Army Commander…
Coronavirus ends Kutinyu’s perfect debut
Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter THE abrupt end of Guinea’s football season has spoiled what had been a perfect debut season for Zimbabwe international Tafadzwa Kutinyu. The national team midfielder…
Dumb criminals: US$20 000 watch sold for 30 bond
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter TWO youths from Bulawayo allegedly stole a US$20 000 wristwatch from a house in Montrose suburb and sold it for $30 (about US50 cents on the…
COMMENT: Teachers must be fully conversant with Covid-19 as schools reopen
Schools closed a week earlier than scheduled and 18 days of the second term have elapsed with kids still at home. Broadly, the academic calendar for institutions of higher learning…











