As stocks stay in red, investors sing the blues

Investors on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange continued to sing the blues on Tuesday with all major indices trading in the negative territory.

Exchange rate crosses the 86 mark to the USD

The Zimbabwe dollar continued with its gradual weakening on the official foreign currency auction system amid a widening gap between the official exchange rate and the parallel market exchange rate.

Old Mutual Investment Group Zimbabwe diversifies portfolio

Old Mutual Investment Group Zimbabwe, plans to grow its exposure in tourism-oriented land holdings as it moves to diversify its property portfolio into foreign currency generating sectors, a senior official with the firm has said.

The dollar is falling against everything ahead of key jobs data

The greenback dropped against just about every major currency Tuesday as traders look to US jobs data this week for the next steer on market direction.

SA tobacco tax shortfall likely after sales ban, BAT says

British American Tobacco Plc sees South Africa failing to meet tobacco excise revenue targets after a lengthy ban on the sale of the products swelled illegal sales.

Dollar crunch turns Nigerian banks into Africa’s cheapest stocks

Nigerian banks are some of the cheapest stocks in Africa, more evidence of how a shortage of dollars in the continent’s largest economy is discouraging foreign investors.

SA minority investors to form activist group to take on Tongaat

A group of South African minority shareholders is coming together to press for change at debt-laden sugar producer Tongaat Hulett, its leader told Reuters, building on earlier efforts at Ascendis Health .

US may derail Zim SDRs plans

WHILE the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned members on the dangers of failing to properly deploy the US$650 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) stimulus to offset the impact of Covid-19, Zimbabwe may face a somewhat different impediment in its quest to derive optimal benefits from the bailout.

Inflation slows, threatens to rear ugly head again

As largely expected, Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate fell to the lowest level in close to three years in August, but the scourge threatened to rear its ugly head again.

SAA announces take-off date, Harare among routes

South African Airways (SAA) plans to take to the skies again from 23 September this year, it said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon.