Zimbabwe Insider - Part 1689

  • Colcom revenue soars but volumes decline

    Pork producer Colcom saw its sales increase by 583 percent to $44.4 billion but it says volumes were down because of constant price increases and...

  • Astra volumes decline significantly

    Astra Industries, once a top performer on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange, had a disastrous start to 2004. In its report for the six months to...

  • Tractive improves trading volumes

    Tractive Power Holdings had improved trading volumes, particularly in the parts and service departments, but though turnover increased by 516 percent to $54.1 billion, it...

  • Cairns laments declining domestic sales

    The decline in disposable incomes of consumers saw volumes at Cairns Foods and ME Charhons decline from December to February, but Cairns Holdings still managed...

  • Edgars predicts lower wage increases

    Clothing retail group Edgars Stores had a five-fold increase in sales during the year ended January 3 despite an acute shortage of cash for most...

  • Circle Cement in dramatic turnaround

    Circle Cement, probably the country’s second largest cement producer, had a dramatic turnaround from a loss of $862.3 million in 2002 to a profit of...

  • Kuruneri arrested

    Finance Minister Christopher Kuruneri became the first big gun in President Robert Mugabe’s cabinet to be caught up in “Cyclone Gono” when he was arrested...

  • Key industrial index improves in April

    The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange continued on its slow recovery with the key industrial index improving from 347707 at the end of March to 374 465...