ZANU PF factionalism is threatening to derail an ambitious Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) project in Chisumbanje and Middle Sabi with some party heavy weights claiming they are being sidelined.

BULAWAYO — Government is planning to raise mining taxes amid projections of growth in the sector this year.

SMALLER banks are surviving by offering products tailor-made to suit the untapped market while
their larger counterparts are sticking to traditional customers.

BULAWAYO — Government has been urged to repeal the National Incomes and Pricing Act as it is scaring away investors seeking a free-market economy.

PLANS by South Africa’s diversified mining group African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) to invest in Zimbabwe’s mining sector are facing resistance from shareholders worried about the new indigenisation law.

TELECEL’S US$1.7 million fraud claims last week took a new twist with police saying the mobile operator had not made any report despite a glut of public statements on the matter.

WHEN two Englishmen meet they talk about the weather, according to British lexicographer and literary critic Samuel Johnson.

GOVERNMENT will this year finalise the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) regulations to provide the necessary legislation for the growth of the sector.

THE African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has teamed up with a pan-African housing finance company to provide funding for the country’s tourism industry.

This is the second and last part of an article by Katazo C Mbetu, Executive Dean at the Midlands State University on whether Zimbabwean black family businesses plan for their future once the owner or founder is dead.

THE Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) is this week expected to commence discussions on proposed amendments to the Labour Act, labour and employers’ representatives have said.

INFORMATION Communication Technology Minister, Nelson Chamisa said Zimbabweans importing ICT products still pay duty because officers from the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority are unaware of the new regulations exempting the goods.

ZIMBABWE’S begging bowl will be extended to the Diaspora once again as the country seeks to raise US$50 million to help finance the rebuilding of the economy.

LYNN Mukonoweshuro says her appointment to head Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited (KFHL) is a calling which she has gladly accepted.

THE Hospitality group, African Sun Limited, proved that its success in some of the continent’s toughest markets is no nine-day wonder when it won the Hospitality Management Team of The Year award at the recently held Africa Investor Tourism Investment Awards. 

THE honeymoon could soon be over for top earning parastatal bosses following moves by government to review their salaries against the performance of the loss-making companies.

DIRECTORS of Time Bank have sought intervention of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono to help them re-open the institution.

THE tourism sector is projected to grow by 10% this year underpinned by heavy investment to renew the product, Tourism and Hospitality Minister Walter Mzembi said on Friday.

THE European Union (EU) has scaled up efforts to rehabilitate Zimbabwe’s battered agricultural sector through the announcement of a 9.2 million Euro (US$13 million) funding scheme to assist smallholder communal farmers with inputs and extensions services.

THE Commissioner of Insurance, Manett Mpofu says players in the industry would be “immoral” if they fail to honour their obligations to policyholders.