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The sharp rise in inflation and price controls were the biggest challenge to the insurance industry because they eroded profitability, Zimre Holdings says in its report for the year ending…

Circle Cement, which was forced to suspend operations in February because of lack of coal, made a net loss of $862.3 million last year, down from a profit of $159.3…

The continued polarisation of Zimbabwean society into camps of enemies rather than communities of fellow citizens is dangerous to the country's social and economic development, a report on the "final…

Troubled Wankie Colliery saw its net profit increase marginally from $284.6 million in 2001 to $323.5 million last year, but in inflation adjusted terms it made a loss of $5.6…

Zimbabwe's tobacco crop this year is half that of last year, but there is still no consensus on the size of the crop. The Zimbabwe Tobacco Association says it is…

David Parirenyatwa is one of the few ministers who has really stuck to his business, that of ensuring that his ministry runs. He has rarely departed from his core business,…

Zimbabwean paprika prices have increased up to US$ 2 000 a tonne from US$1 200 at the beginning of the season. Grade A crop, known as 'red gold', is fetching…

Zimbabwe is literary a country waiting to explode, not because of the political and economic crisis that it is experiencing, or pressure from visiting United States President George Bush who…

Zimbabwe scraped through the first half of 2003 facing a new and unprecedented crisis- the shortage of local currency. The country has experienced shortages of various commodities before, the major…

The number of new subscribers for Econet Wireless only increased marginally by 393 from June to December last year but its turnover for the six months was more than that…