Mboweni to hit embattled taxpayers harder

If you are middle class and tax-paying, get set to pay more and receive a lot less from the government next year – as if you weren’t already buckling. The…

New notes have little impact on formal sector

The new $2 coins and $5 notes will have a negligible effect on almost every business that needs premises bigger than a blanket on the pavement since the formal sector…

Know your numbers, sales

Robert Gonye Sales has traditionally been an intuition-driven profession. What does this  mean? Well, salespeople conduct research on potential customers and then engage the best-fit prospects in conversation. This allows…

Lost by life in transit: The right advice

Tsitsi Mutendi In the past two weeks, we have been following the saga of SME/MME family business owner Thomas Mbanje and his transport business. We have looked at his company…

Reform is about tackling specifics

Alfred M. Mthimkhulu I gather the Big Bang which begot the universe as we know it was not a split-of-a-second event. Apparently, it took millions of years. Unfortunately for physics…

Sanctions do hurt the economy

Hopewell Mauwa The US Ambassador, Brian Nichols, was unusually hyperactive last week. The diplomat attempted to counter the Government’s narrative on the detrimental effects of sanctions to the economy, alleging…

Why are black-owned SMEs struggling?

Clifford Shambare In my last week’s article on indigenisation, you may, or may not have noticed a certain pertinent assumption that I made. To quote myself I said, “Even thinking…

Fed cuts rates as US economy slows

Washington. — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time this year as the US economy continued slowing amid ongoing trade disputes and weak global growth. The federal…

Did you know? Simbisa brands thus far

Fradreck Gorwe Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) listed quick service restaurants (QSR) business, Simbisa Brands Limited Group, has a long history that dates back to the establishment in 1987 of an…

Stock Market Weekly Review

Enacy Mapakame The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange maintained gains in the week to Wednesday that saw three of the benchmarks close in the black as the country’s net trade position improved…

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