CIVIL servants’ representatives have written to the government demanding an upward review of their salaries, arguing taxation of the United States dollar…
THE value of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe shares nearly doubled in four days of trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange as investors appear…
THE government has commenced the distribution of electronic gadgets to extension workers as they prepare for the season’s first round of expected crop yield assessment. The Agriculture ministry conducts crop assessment twice, before and after the tasselling to quantify the expected yield target per cropping season. Speaking during a handover of at least 614 tablets…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe has reaffirmed its commitment to harnessing new technologies to modernise its network and improve customer experience. “The company will leverage new technologies to enhance the potential for better financial performance through improved customer experience and lower costs,” Econet said in a trading update for the third quarter ending November 30, 2023. To…
NATIONAL Foods Holdings Limited is set to commission a US$6 million pasta manufacturing plant in the capital with construction in its final stages, a senior company official has said. Pasta is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other…
AT least 15 of the country’s major dams are now full following the good rains received across the country in recent weeks…
AFC Holdings, formerly known as Agribank, is seeking to raise US$10 million through floating Agro Bills to finance the 2023/24 summer cropping season. The agricultural financial house yesterday said the interest rate was negotiable and the Agro Bills would be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Zimbabwe. “AFC Holdings Limited intends…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says Bulawayo’s gross domestic product (GDP) has increased from $25.75 billion to $27.87 billion over the past two years, reflecting a sign of economic growth. Presenting the Bulawayo GDP statistics in the city yesterday, Tapiwa Gumbo, the Zimstat manager for accounts and analysis, said the records showed that the…
BIKITA Minerals Company has set aside US$10 million for the construction of a new bridge over the Save River to replace the iconic Birchenough Bridge in Chipinge, Manicaland Province. Bikita Minerals, the country’s biggest lithium producer, is owned by Chinese firm Sinomine (Hong Kong) Rare Metals Resources Co Limited. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday,…
STRINGENT measures are being enforced at the Beitbridge border post as thousands of Zimbabweans return to South Africa after the festive season….
