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Zimra pledges partnership with media in fight against corruption
THE ZIMBABWE Revenue Authority (Zimra) has pledged to strengthen partnership with the media in the fight against corruption.Speaking at a media event held under the theme Zimra Transformation ...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cartels, manipulators on the radar
Cartels and those that collude to unjustifiably increase prices, engage in illegal dealings and manipulating the local currency for their benefit have been put under the microscope, President Mnangagw...Published: 13 Aug 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimra launches anti-graft campaign
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has launched the #IamForZero Anti-Corruption Campaign to curb corrupt activities among its employees and stakeholders across the country.The campaign is ...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
One year of free trading in Africa calls for celebration despite teething problems
Wamkele Mene, Secretary-General AfCFTA Secretariat, says significant progress expected in 2022.Free trading under the auspices of the African Continent...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 08:41hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Sadc regional integration will benefit Zimbabwe
THE Southern African Development Community's (Sadc) regional indicative strategic development plan (RISDP) 2020–30 of October 2020 is a framework for the implementation of Sadc's regional integratio...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:13hrs | | by Vince Musewe
ZNCC pushes for fuel tax cuts
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) this week escalated business's push for an overhaul of the tax regime, as it warned the government that high fuel import taxes could hold back industri...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:53hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
CEOs mount plan for US$3,2 trillion bloc
ZIMBABWEAN CEOs last week urged domestic industries to mount aggressive strategies to unlock big opportunities brought by January's launch of the African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), a US$3,2 trillion ma...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
FAO: Agriculture will make or break Africa's free trade
Transforming agri-food systems can unlock Africa's potential.The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) holds the potential to lift millions of people out of poverty and end chronic food...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Abebe Haile-Gabriel
Nzenza warns CZI to brace for stiff competition
GOVERNEMT has warned industries to brace for stiff competition against other African manufacturers as the region removes trade barriers, following a historic trade pact that came into effect in Januar...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs complete transformation, not patchworks.
"In a world of conspicuous institutional failure, one entity that still offers some important lessons for the practice of governance is Singapore." Kent CalderZimbabwe is experiencing a struct...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:13hrs | | by Dr Gus Manatsa
Billions missed through raw tobacco exports
Zimbabwe prepares for the opening of the 2019 Tobacco Marketing season set to start on the 21st of March, the local market is hyped up in anticipation. In 2018, Zimbabwe produced an all-time high of 2...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 5 | by Victor Bhoroma
Zimbabwe parliament should ratify continental free trade pact
On March 21 this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa was one of the Heads of State and government who signed the African Continental Free Trade (AfCFTA).The protocol has now been signed by 49 o...Published: 02 Nov 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by John Makamure
Mnangagwa returns home
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned home from Kigali last night after attending the African Union Extraordinary Summit on the launching of the African Continental Free Trade Area.Speakin...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves for Rwanda
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has left Harare for Kigali, Rwanda for an Extraordinary Summit of the African Union which is expected to see the signing of the agreement launching the African Continental...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Potraz won't tolerate predatory pricing
THE Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe says it will not tolerate mobile network company promotions that exhibit tendencies of predatory pricing."Predatory pricing", the teleco...Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe takes swipe at SA
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has taken a swipe at South Africa for what he says is Pretoria's failure to open up free trade in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.il...Published: 21 Mar 2017 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
A closer look on the SI 64, 2016 on imports restriction
The government has recently gazetted Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016, which temporarily regulates the importation of certain products that can be produced locally. Some of the products which were remo...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 07:47hrs | 5 | by Blessing Machiva
Zimbabwe, SA in key trade talks over import restrictions
GOVERNMENT will this week engage South Africa to discuss issues of mutual economic concern, joint ventures, credit lines, markets and Harare's policy to restrict certain imports as part of efforts...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Non-Traditional barriers hinder Africa’s regional trade: official
Non-tariff barriers related to health and quality standards of foodstuff commodities have contributed to low intra-trade in Africa’s largest trading bloc, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern ...Published: 25 May 2016 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zesa tariffs hike panic
THE proposed 22 percent electricity tariff increase will further strain already struggling businesses in the country and push other cost drivers up, economic experts have warned.In the context...Published: 11 Jan 2016 at 05:55hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
96% of all the reported Non-Tariff Barriers resolved
About 95.9% of all the reported Non-Tariff Barriers to regional trade in COMESA have been resolved since the introduction of the online system of reporting, monitoring and elimination in 2008....Published: 07 Dec 2015 at 05:56hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
ZimTrade calls for removal of non-tarrif barriers
Zimbabwe's foreign trade promotion body, ZimTrade, says there is a need to streamline the country's regulatory framework as part of critical steps in narrowing the $3 billion trade deficit. ...Published: 14 Jul 2015 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe border chaos, roadblocks frustrate investors
DELAYS in clearing traffic at the Beitbridge Border Post, the busiest transit link in southern and eastern Africa, are responsible for the high transport costs incurred by businesses resulting in incr...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 06:56hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
Africa's trade under a cloud of changing climate
The devastating effects of climate change are already being felt across the planet, including in Africa. The 2011 drought-induced famine in the Horn of Africa affected more than 10 million peopl...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 07:24hrs | | by Richard Munang and Jesica Andrews
Intra-Africa trade: Going beyond political commitments
Progress will come when agreements are implemented Among Africa's policy wonks, underperforming trade across the continent within the region ...Published: 23 Aug 2014 at 09:01hrs | | by Masimba Tafirenyika
We need more agribusiness in Africa
Africa's economic performance over the last decade has been remarkable, having reached an average growth of 5%. If this growth is maintained, projections indicate Africa's GDP should increase app...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 21:11hrs | | by Carlos Lopes
Zimtrade cautions on over-reliance on SA
Zimtrade on Friday warned that over reliance on South Africa as the main trading partner puts the economy at risk and called for local companies to diversify export markets.A study of 50 firm...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 17:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zim food outlets selling chicken treated with chemicals used to preserve human corpses'
ZIMBABWEAN food outlets are selling Brazilian chicken imports preserved with embalming chemicals normally used to preserve human corpses, Parliament was told yesterday.Zimbabwe National ...Published: 30 Oct 2013 at 02:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
New SA law against the promotion of free trade, says AfDB
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the recent enactment of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) by South Africa is against the promotion of free trade under the Sadc Trade ...Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 04:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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