A proper election is good for business
Zimbabweans vote on July 30, in about eight-and-a-half weeks for the President and Parliament who will run the Government until the middle of 2023.
Rethinking formalising of small business
Kudzai M. Mubaiwa There is an informal and unpublished “template” of what formalising a business means in Zimbabwe.
Controls will do more harm than good
Clive Mphambela Adam Smith, the celebrated economist and philosopher once said: “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that we expect our dinner,…
Rock paintings: Lessons from the past
Tawanda Musarurwa Inside the Matobo National Park, having travelled just a few kilometres searching for Maleme Dam, where we were looking forward to some canoeing and fishing, we encountered a…
‘Banks should invest in EMV-compliant POS machines’
Tawanda Musarurwa HARARE – Zimbabwe’s financial services sector must invest in Visa (EMV)-compliant Point-of-Sale machines as a strategy to curb the increase in fraud involving card cloning, an expert has…
Fiscal leaders from the MEFMI region discuss economic policy management
BH24 Reporter HARARE – Deputy Central Bank govenors and deputy permanent secretaries from the region will meet for the Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI). annual forum to…
Rand starts off new week on relatively positive note
The rand was a little perkier on Monday morning, after S&P Global Ratings left SA’s debt rating unchanged on Friday as expected.
Oil sinks further as OPEC and Russia look to raise output
LONDON – Oil prices extended losses on Monday as Saudi Arabia and Russia said they may increase supplies while U.S. production gains show no signs of slowing.
South Africa’s strike rate isn’t as bad as it’s made out to be
By Carin Runciman South Africa’s parliament is currently debating amendments to the Labour Relations Act that will change how workers can go on strike. For example, the amendments would require trade…
Equities in the red
HARARE – The local bourse’s All Share index opened the week lower at 105.05 after losing 0.22 points as Hippo Valley led the losers with a $0, 2300 loss to…





