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Registry splurges on chefs' cars

Workers at the Department of Civil Registry have expressed anger after learning that the Registrar-General reportedly sought Treasury approval to divert funds originally allocated for their allowances to cover procurement of vehicles and o…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 09:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe slashes business fees

The Government of Zimbabwe has announced sweeping reforms to ease the cost of doing business in the livestock, dairy farming, and stockfeed sectors, in a move expected to boost investment, production, and competitiveness in agriculture.The…

Published: 11 Sep 2025 at 09:50hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Ministry steps up unannounced business inspections

The Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced that more impromptu inspections will be carried out to ensure businesses comply with legal and regulatory standards.In an interview, Communications and Advocacy Deputy Director Coline Dza…

Published: 13 Aug 2025 at 13:01hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo leads Zimbabwe in business formalisation

Bulawayo has emerged as Zimbabwe's top-performing province in terms of formal business establishments, according to new data from the 2023 Economic Census conducted by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat). The city's formal bu…

Published: 03 Aug 2025 at 09:56hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe smashes tobacco records again

Zimbabwe has reached a historic milestone in its agricultural sector, recording an all-time high tobacco output of 350 million kilogrammes for the 2025 marketing season. This unprecedented achievement surpasses last year's 296 million kilo…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:08hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa orders immediate reforms to ease doing business

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has directed the immediate implementation of wide-ranging reforms aimed at easing the cost of doing business in Zimbabwe. The reforms, announced after a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, include a comprehensive revie…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:06hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter

Beitbridge residents alarmed over contaminated Limpopo river

Residents of Beitbridge have expressed growing concern over the unusual green colouration of the Limpopo River's water, which they fear signals possible contamination that could pose a threat to human health, aquatic ecosystems, and wildli…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt warns Chinese firms over illicit deals

The Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) has issued a sharp and public rebuke to Chinese businesses operating in Zimbabwe, warning them to immediately halt illicit financial activities, environmental violations, and the flouting of lo…

Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 07:41hrs | 543 | by Staff reporter

Mutapa to shake-up State firms

Mutapa Fund Plots Major Shake-Up of State-Owned Enterprises to Enforce Governance and ProfitabilityZimbabwe's sovereign wealth vehicle, the Mutapa Investment Fund, is preparing to roll out sweeping leadership changes across dozens of its p…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:12hrs | 682 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe sees surge in business visitors

Zimbabwe has recorded a notable resurgence in business travel, with 384,221 business visitors entering the country in 2024 - surpassing pre-pandemic levels and signalling renewed global interest in the nation's economic prospects.According…

Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 19:15hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter

'Where must my family do business - Zimbabwe?'

Deputy President Paul Mashatile has firmly denied any political interference in the awarding of South Africa's lucrative national lottery licence to Sizekhaya Holdings, whose shareholders include Bellamont Gaming.The Citizen recently repor…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:15hrs | 395 | by Staff reporter

Mizeki pilgrimage brings brisk business to Marondera

 The annual Bernard Mizeki pilgrimage concluded yesterday, with thousands of pilgrims returning to their homes amid vibrant celebrations and a noticeable economic boost for local businesses in the farming town of Marondera.The event, …

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:13hrs | 146 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo councillors raise alarm over tough business registration rules

Bulawayo city councillors have voiced serious concern over the stringent registration requirements imposed by the local authority on small business operators, warning that the rigid system is fuelling corruption and costing the city potent…

Published: 10 Jun 2025 at 08:44hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter

Harare CBD buildings crumble as businesses flee to suburbs

At least 31 percent of buildings in Harare's central business district (CBD) are in poor condition, the city council has revealed, as a growing number of businesses abandon the area in favour of suburban locations due to worsening service …

Published: 29 May 2025 at 10:15hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter

EU-Zimbabwe Business Forum kicks off in Harare

The inaugural EU-Zimbabwe Business Forum kicked off in Harare on Tuesday, marking a significant step toward revitalising and strengthening trade and investment relations between Zimbabwe and the European Union.The three-day forum, hosted i…

Published: 21 May 2025 at 13:22hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe introduces rebate on solar equipment for EV charging stations

In a bid to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and bolster the country's transition to cleaner energy, Zimbabwe has introduced a duty rebate on imported equipment for the establishment of solar-powered EV charging stations.…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:34hrs | 204 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe in US$17bn power investment push

Zimbabwe has embarked on an ambitious initiative to attract global investment into its energy sector, aiming to mobilise over US$16.8 billion over the next five years to enhance electricity generation capacity and expand power access acros…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:33hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter

ZITF 2025 generates US$10 million worth of deals

The 65th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) concluded on a high note yesterday, generating business deals worth up to US$10 million and securing significant trade agreements, reinforcing Zimbabwe's reputation as a regi…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:32hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter

Trade Fair brings brisk business for vendors, kombis

For small entrepreneurs like Mr Felix Ndlovu and Mr Lovemore Mutatu, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) is not just an annual event, but a golden opportunity that redefines their year's earnings.Operating as a vendor at the Renki…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:29hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter

How to start a small tutoring business in Zimbabwe

STARTING a tutoring business in Zimbabwe might sound like an easy hustle - print a flyer, post an advert on WhatsApp and you are in business. However, digging into the numbers and realities, it becomes clear that even a "small" operation d…

Published: 13 Apr 2025 at 09:45hrs | 178 | by Tawanda Musarurwa

South Africa GNU sees +1,000 businesses shut down in less than a month

South Africa has shut down 1,041 mom-and-pop stores in a bid to stop people from consuming pesticide-laden food, which has led to the deaths of 38 children across the country.President Cyril Ramaphosa's government also extended a deadline …

Published: 21 Dec 2024 at 09:14hrs | 1566 | by Staff reporter

Chivayo sinks business partners

Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has intensified his legal feud with former business partners Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, both of whom are embroiled in a fraud scandal over a dubious US$7 million goat supply scheme under the P…

Published: 06 Dec 2024 at 11:34hrs | 12132 | by Staff reporter

Diasporans to host homecoming business summit

Zimbabwean businesspeople based abroad will converge in Harare next month for the much-anticipated Zimbabwe Diaspora Homecoming and Celebration Business Summit. The event, set for December 20, will be held at the Golden Conifer Conference …

Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 07:03hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe CIO's business network

Zimbabwe's Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) likely has a secret stream of money, The Sentry has found. Publicly available information suggests that the CIO controls Terrestrial Holdings, a business conglomerate of companies involved…

Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 17:53hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter

American chamber scouts for opportunities in Zimbabwe

THE CEO Africa Roundtable (CEO ART) has roped in an American-based organisation, Atlanta Black Chambers (ABC), in an investment scouting programme in the country.The Zimbabwe embassy in the United States (US) facilitated engagements betwee…

Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

The growth, legacy of Pelandaba Bus Company

ESTABLISHED in 1958 by the late Mtshumayeli Joseph Ngwenya in Bulawayo, Pelandaba Buses, born out of poultry selling, is still growing 50 years later.It is also proving to be a lifelong legacy for his children and the following generations…

Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:03hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

How a Zimbabwean business coach went from artisinal miner to CEO

"I am always busy from Monday to Friday working for the Youth Miners Foundation, and on other days I will be at my own gold mineâ€¦" Payne Farai Kupfuwa, the 36-year-old CEO of the Young Miners Foundation (YMF), said, explaining his tight …

Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 08:57hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Mthuli Ncube squeezes everyone

GOVERNMENT yesterday announced a cocktail of tax increases, pushing up the cost of living and ease of doing business after reviewing its 2024 revenue projection upwards by 22,22% to ZWL$53,9 trillion.In his 2024 national budget presentatio…

Published: 02 Dec 2023 at 05:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Matebeleland South natives excluded from regional business summit

In a surprise move in Zimbabwe, Matebeleland South natives have been excluded from a business and awards summit to be held in their region.It is not clear as to who is organising this so called Mat South Business and Award summit but, Phel…

Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 13:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe business calls on presidential poll loser to concede defeat

ZIMBABWE'S industries this week called for a peaceful post-election period, as they made a passionate plea to frontrunners in the presidential poll to concede defeat and help the country focus on rebuilding an economy that has struggled fo…

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:12hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa disappointed by some members of the business community

PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is disappointed by some members of the business community whose conduct continues to frustrate Government efforts to stabilise the economy and the current wave of price increases obtaining in the country shows a lack of…

Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Businesses ditch Zimdollar

GOVERNMENT yesterday threatened to unleash the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on retailers refusing payment in the local currency or limiting the number of items consumers can buy in Zimdollar, which they say has become highly unstable.…

Published: 28 Apr 2023 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Beitbridge woman builds successful business empire

ONLY yesterday, Beitbridge-based businesswoman, Dr Anna Muleya (50) operated a barbershop in the border town.Today, she is a multi-award-winning successful businesswoman with a thriving business empire employing more than 20 people includi…

Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:29hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Telecel set for corporate rescue

Telecel Zimbabwe, the smallest of the three mobile phone operators in the country, is set to be placed under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection, due to serious financial distress.In a High Court application filed yesterday b…

Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sanctions increase cost of doing business in Zimbabwe

ILLEGAL sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West hamper the free movement of funds across international borders, and therefore can raise the cost of doing business, or at least make investors worry about the cost, businesspeople have said…

Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

The makings of Kuda Tagwirei

Businessman and serial investor Mr Kuda Tagwirei had endured an energy-sapping and disappointing 12-hour wait to refuel his car at a local service station sometime in 2003 when he had a moment of epiphany.He could not understand the logic …

Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 08:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Tagwirei's humble beginnings

ONE of Zimbabwe's most astute businessmen and Sakunda Holdings chief executive officer, Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has given rare insights into how he started his flourishing business empire, revealing how he came from humble beginnings to be…

Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga pleads with business

VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday pleaded with the business community to practise "ethical business ethos" and desist from unjustified price hikes.Officially opening the international business conference, which is running concu…

Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

FROM weddings to birthday parties and anniversary celebrations, Gogo Maggie Chigwinya (61), an award-winning Beitbridge-based entrepreneur, strives to give her clients the best.She has a great hand at wedding dÃ©cor and goes out of her way…

Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter

WATCH: Businessman rues day prominent prophet passed through Binga

WHAT started off as a normal sunny day at Manjolo shopping centre in Binga turned out to be a â€˜curse' for a local businessman after a baboon skull that he was allegedly using to lure customers to his grocery shop was discovered in his pr…

Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 19:43hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

Chinese business in Zimbabwe has come of age

The statement by the Chamber of Chinese Enterprises in Zimbabwe (the Chamber) which was published in local media on Tuesday, was a powerful iteration that could define how Chinese and other foreign businesses conduct their affairs in Zimba…

Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

COVID-19 paralyses Parly business

PARLIAMENT business ground to a standstill on Wednesday as legislators argued over whether the House should adjourn due to rising COVID-19 cases.The issue was raised as a matter of privilege by Norton legislator Themba Mliswa (independent)…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:52hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe is open for business mantra has done more harm than good'

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's "Zimbabwe is open for business" mantra has placed the whole country "under siege" with women in mining communities the worst affected, rights activists have said.Speaking in Harare yesterday at the launch of …

Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:27hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter

Global Update: Which countries attract the most startups?

Starting a business requires guts, perseverance, and a viable idea in any country, but certain countries make it a little simpler for new businesses to get off the ground. America develops more startups than any other country in the globe,…

Published: 05 Nov 2021 at 11:54hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter

Varun enjoys business boom

BEVERAGES producer, Varun Beverages says there is good demand for its products, including the newly-launched Aquaclear bottled water, due to its world-class quality and low price.Varun Beverages is the second largest franchise bottler of P…

Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Simple, yet effective ways to turn gambling into a successful business

With COVID somewhat still in effect, more and more people are taking their hobbies to all-new heights. And, why not? With nothing better to do, why not indulge in the things you love to do? Youâ€™ll not only have an amazing time, but youâ€…

Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 21:37hrs | 38 | by Staff writer

Bulawayo industries on the mend, claims Parly

BULAWAYO industry is said to be on a recovery path after major biscuit and sweet manufacturer, Arenel recently got a US$3 million capital injection for new projects.The observation was made by legislators from joint Parliamentary Portfolio…

Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Business escalates rice tax deadlock

ZIMBABWE'S retail and wholesale industries, under pressure from Treasury to pay a controversial tax on rice in retrospect, have approached President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga to direct Finance mi…

Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:37hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

IntlTech - Helping your business succeed

IntlTech is a digital marketing and web development company based in Toronto, Canada. We have got a professional team of online marketers, web developers, designers, SEO specialists, content managers, and tech support guys who do the thing…

Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 23:08hrs | 6 | by Staff writer

Zimbabwe business opts for US dollars as base currency

TRANSACTIONS are increasingly occurring in United States Dollars which means that households that earn incomes in the Zimbabwe dollar including most poor households, will find it increasingly unaffordable to buy food, a new report has show…

Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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