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The news media is usually one of first casualties of bungled or contested elections. From the recent US elections, the UK’s Brexit vote to Zambia’s controversial 2016 presidential elections, the…

Gukurahundi, the massacres of the 1980s which left between 10 000 and 20 000 people in Matebeleland and Midlands dead or missing, has reared its ugly head again this time…

Zimbabwe says it could repossess unused mining claims from large companies and redistribute them to small-scale miners in a bid to increase mineral output.  Mining plays a critical role in…

Regional sugar processor Tongaat Hulett reported an operating profit of R1.27 billion ($95.7 million) in the year to March from an operating loss of R15 million ($1.13 million) recorded last…

The Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC) has paid  $2.95 million to the collapsed AfrAsia Bank Zimbabwe’s preferent creditors, and blamed the cash crunch for delays in payment. The central bank cancelled…

Zimbabwe’s mineral exports increased 27 percent to $852.6 million in the period January to May 12, up from $668.5 million during the same period last year on the back of…

Mines minister Walter Chidhakwa today apologised to platinum miners for announcing a $200 million refinery deal with Australia’s Kelltech Ltd without consulting them, reflecting the industry’s unease at government’s latest…

Zimbabwe’s banks have welcomed a new law that allows people to use cows, chickens and goats as collateral because it gives them security that they did not have before, Finance…

Crocodile farming company Padenga Holdings shareholders yesterday approved a plan to set up a share option scheme for its employees and grant options to its management, which will give the…

Cable manufacturer CAFCA has reported a 41 percent increase in profit before tax to $327 000 for the six months to March, largely as a result of reducing costs and…