Delta full-year income projected at $715m

Tawanda Musarurwa Delta Corporation’s revenues are projected to jump by at least 25 percent to $715 million for the 2019 financial year as the group continues to leverage on its…

Tough laws, more of the same across the board

Kudzanai Sharara This week, Government promulgated Statutory Instrument 246 of 2018, which will see illegal currency traders being sentenced to up to 10 years in jail. The regulations — Presidential…

‘Housing backlog needs 20 years to clear’

Business Writer Zimbabwe needs an estimated 15 to 20 years to clear its national housing backlog which has been ballooning in recent years, pushed by the increased rural to urban…

Tobacco export earnings reach $730m

Nokutenda Chiyangwa Zimbabwe’s tobacco export earnings have increased by 18 percent  to $727,5 million from $612,9 million during the same period last year. Over 149,2 million kilogrammes of local Virginia…

No to Cottco hostile takeover

Martin Kadzere Deputy minister of agriculture Valengis Haritatos said this week Government will not allow the takeover bid of The Cotton Company of Zimbabwe by rivals, insisting those with money…

OK eyes revenue increase

Enacy Mapakame Ok Zimbabwe, arguably the country’s biggest supermarket chain, is forecast to report revenue increase of 21 percent to $704,8 million when it releases its full-year financial earnings in…

Stock Market Weekly Review

Business Writer The upward trend on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange continued unabated for the week ending Wednesday November 14, 2018 largely driven by gains in big cap stocks — in…

Ncube needs to produce a balanced budget

The 2019 National Budget is likely to be presented next week, and the general expectation is that Zimbabwe will have its first balanced budget, at the very least for recurrent…

Getting to know Petrotrade

Kudzanai Sharara Government this week announced plans to list 12 state-owned enterprises on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, among them Petrotrade, a company that supplies petroleum products into the local market.…

Global slowdown: 3 of top 4 economies are suffering

London — The global economic slowdown is happening and could spread to the United States next year. The economies of Germany and Japan shrank in the third quarter, according to…