Stock Market Weekly Review

Enacy Mapakame Gains in heavy cap counters kept the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in the black as all the benchmark indices closed pointing upwards. In the week to Wednesday, the primary…

Hwange Power Station funding under threat

Golden Sibanda in Kariba Zimbabwe might face challenges accessing the US$1 billion loan facility from China Eximbank for Hwange Power Station expansion following the change of functional currency that resulted…

IMF: Economic reforms on track but . . .

Kudzanai Sharara The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given the nod to fiscal policy measures that are currently being implemented by Government through treasury, arguing they are a step in…

Zim’s GDP to bounce in 2020: Mthuli

Africa Moyo  and Tawanda Musarurwa Zimbabwe’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to rise significantly in 2020, after a number of exogenous factors conspired to flat-line economic growth this year,…

Debt hurdle poser for power imports

Golden Sibanda Zimbabwe’s plans to import power from the region to cover its acute internal power supply deficit occasioned by reduced generation at Kariba, faces debt hurdles following revelations the…

Efficient forex markets needed

Markets are usually efficient in the long run and are generally accepted as the most efficient way to allocate resources, but that theoretical efficiency can be devalued by the expectations…

RBZ fast tracks fuel deliveries

Golden Sibanda The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it has worked out a mechanism to ensure Letters of Credit (LCs) for the procurement of fuel overlap to minimise supply…

Load-shedding: Crisis that was long coming

Taking Stock Kudzanai Sharara When Zesa announced it would implement load-shedding across the country, the main reason was that it was no longer able to generate power at maximum capacity…

BAZ re-elects FBC boss

Business Writer Fbc Bank Limited managing director Webster Rusere, has been given a vote of confidence by the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) after being re-elected president. Rusere was re-elected…

AngloPlat commissions US$62m Unki smelter

 Enacy Mapakame Anglo American Platinum on Thursday commissioned a $62 million smelter at its Unki Mine in Shurugwi, as it seeks to meet local value addition and beneficiation commitments. The custom-designed,…

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