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Stanbic Bank today revised downwards its monthly limits for foreign transactions to $100 effective October 31, 2017 as foreign currency shortages persist. Earlier this month the bank had capped payments…

The number of female headed companies in Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector has risen by 8 percent, a survey by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has shown. According to the survey…

The ruling ZANU-PF party wants to spend $8 million on a special congress meant to endorse President Mugabe as its leader and candidate for the elections expected in 2018. If…

When the music stops, in terms of liquidity, things will be complicated. But as long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing,…

About 38 of Zimbabwe’s state-owned enterprises and parastatals ran cumulative losses of $270 million last year alone, an official said today, indicating weak corporate governance and a deep-seated rot in…

Capacity utilisation in Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector declined from 47.4 percent last year to 45.1 percent in 2017, a survey by the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has shown. CZI chief…

In the years before Mugabe took power, perceptions of him were more cardboard cut-out than reality – ranging from Marxist fanatic at one end of the spectrum to selfless liberation…

The Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) says mineral export volumes for the period January to September 2017 have improved ‘significantly’ compared to same period in 2016 largely driven…

Platinum production at Unki Mine in the third quarter to September 30 increased nine percent to 19 800 ounces compared to 18 200 ounces in the same period last year,…

Zimbabwe’s financial sector could come under great strain if government defaults on honouring maturing treasury bills, with local banks facing undercapitalisation and the economy facing a recession. Statistics from the…