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An end to commodity reliance crucial for Africa

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro HARARE-  2020 economic forecasts were mostly upbeat. Everyone raised the prospect of synchronised growth acceleration after the US-China truce, which temporarily halted the trade war between the two belligerent nations. The International Energy Agency...

RBZ caps ZIPIT transactions to stop illicit forex trades

Farai Mabeza The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Financial Intelligence Unit has directed all banks to temporarily review all ZIPIT transaction limits downwards to $20 000 per day and $100 000 per month to curb illicit...

Small miners reject fixed gold price

Farai Mabeza HARARE – The Zimbabwe Miners Federation has called for a review of the just announced fixed gold price of US$45 per gram saying it was not in line with international price movements. This...
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African Sun sees gloomy H1 due to Covid-19 despite strong Q1

HARARE – Zimbabwe Stock Exchange listed hotelier African Sun posted a positive Q1 in which it had a 2 percentage point occupancy level increase to 40% from 38% recorded in Q1 2019 as the...

Adhere to Covid-19 guidelines when holding an AGM, ZSE tells companies

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has encouraged listed firms to convene virtual or electronic meetings while at the same time not barring them from convening physical meetings where appropriate. العاب اون لاين...
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Concern as Harare residents ignore social distancing rules

Cynthia Chitombi Failure to observe social distancing to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus has raised serious concern amid calls for government to take action and avert a possible disaster in Harare’s residential areas. The...
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Money in Zimbabwean History: A Concise Currency Timeline

Speculators, Fiscal Foundations and Economic Reorganization, 1900-1910 Tinashe Nyamunda The last article examined, in part, the way that the colonial monetary system in early colonial Zimbabwe’s legal foundations were borrowed from the British Cape colony’s...
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High Court dismisses Ecocash attempt to interdict RBZ

Farai Mabeza The High Court has dismissed with costs Ecocash’s application by Ecocash seeking an interdict against a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe directive to suspend and freeze all agents accounts with a monthly transaction threshold...

Stock market rally surges on high turnover; TSL directors acquitted again

HARARE – The stock market rally surged at the start of a holiday shortened week buoyed by strong performances in select heavyweight counters. Turnover also continued in high territory as investors sought value preservation...
Government efforts to curb the rate of infection from the COVID-19 virus are bearing fruit with cases dropping by almost 50 percent

Zimbabwe launches Start-up Survey on COVID-19 response and recovery

Staff Writer Harare-based entrepreneurship promotion company, Tech-Hub, has launched the first-ever Start-Up Survey on COVID-19 and Recovery in Zimbabwe. The study is expected to gather information and to understand how the pandemic has affected start-ups in...