Tobacco rebound spurs agriculture lending

September 16, 2016

Sound value chains in the tobacco industry have spurred lending to the agriculture sector by commercial banks, a banking executive…

Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Marketing Authority floats $50 million agrobrills to procure grain

September 16, 2016

The Agricultural Marketing Authority yesterday launched a bid to raise $50 million in agro-bills to procure grain in a bid…

Magaya remanded to 28 September

September 15, 2016

Prophetic Healing and Deliverance leader Walter Magaya, who is facing rape charges, was today remanded to 28 September when he…

Zimbabwe unveils $20 million fund for small-scale gold miners in push for record output

September 15, 2016

The central bank says that it has secured $20 million to support production by small-scale miners, amid a push to…

Zimbabwe bond notes only coming end of October

September 15, 2016

Zimbabwe’s central bank will introduce bond notes, a token currency which will circulate within a basket of multiple currencies, at…

Chinamasa gets another Mugabe slap down raising fears he might get the chop

September 15, 2016

It was 1992, and drought-hit Zimbabwe had just a week’s supply of maize left. Cephas Msipa was chairman of the…

ZESA warns of power cuts

September 15, 2016

State power utility, Zimbabwe Energy Distribution and Transmission Company (ZETDC), says the country faces power cuts because it owes suppliers…

Zimbabwe civil servants want assurance on reversals

September 14, 2016

Civil service labour union, the Apex Council, today rejected Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa’s “insensitive” proposals, to reduce spending by cutting…

Didymus Mutasa says it’s game on on Saturday

September 14, 2016

The convener of the National Electoral Reform Agenda, Didymus Mutasa, says the demonstrations planned for Saturday are going on as…

Zimbabwe cabinet rejects plans to cut spending

September 14, 2016

President Robert Mugabe’s government has rejected Treasury plans to reduce spending through job cuts, suspension of bonuses and scrapping a…