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PPC Zimbabwe land sale faces legal challenge

A multimillion-dollar land deal involving cement giant PPC Zimbabwe has hit a major legal snag after a housing cooperative claimed ownership of the same property.PPC Ltd, in a notice to shareholders last week, announced it had concluded a …

Published: 31 Aug 2025 at 09:27hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter

PPC Zimbabwe fined for excessive dust emissions

Cement manufacturer PPC Zimbabwe has been fined US$3,000 by the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) for excessive dust emissions from its kiln stack and fallout dust, highlighting growing regulatory scrutiny over industrial pollution.The…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 15:43hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter

PPC unveils 30MW solar energy project in Zimbabwe

South African cement manufacturer PPC Limited has announced it is developing a 30 megawatt (MW) solar energy programme in Zimbabwe, aimed at reducing operational costs and lessening dependence on the unreliable national electricity grid.In…

Published: 28 Jul 2025 at 08:55hrs | 351 | by Staff reporter

Growth prospects shine in Zimbabwe's construction markets

Construction markets in Zimbabwe and South Africa are expected to maintain a strong growth trajectory, creating favorable conditions for companies like PPC to enhance their competitiveness against imports. Recent data released on Tuesday i…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:17hrs | 175 | by Staff reporter

Construction boom in Zimbabwe spurs growth for PPC

The construction sectors in Zimbabwe and South Africa are showing strong signs of sustained growth, creating favourable conditions for companies like Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) to increase competitiveness and expand their footprint acr…

Published: 25 Jun 2025 at 15:53hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe returns 418 hectares to PPC after 12-year wait

The Zimbabwean government has returned 418 hectares of land to cement manufacturer PPC Zimbabwe Limited, more than a decade after seizing the property, in a move valued at a nominal R37 million (US$2,09 million).The land, originally exprop…

Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:24hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter

PPC Zimbabwe to fast-track solar projects

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe has announced plans to accelerate the construction of two solar power plants with a combined capacity of 30 megawatts (MW) in Colleen Bawn and Bulawayo. The initiative is expected to address power ch…

Published: 16 Dec 2024 at 10:33hrs | 215 | by Staff reporter

Cement imports threaten Zimbabwe's economy, warns PPC Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe risks losing approximately US$50 million annually in foreign currency if cement imports continue to flood the market, warns leading cement manufacturer Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe.Despite sufficient local production ca…

Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 18:57hrs | 1265 | by Staff reporter

PPC Zimbabwe lays off managers

Cement manufacturer PPC Zimbabwe is facing growing discontent among its middle-level management in the southern region following reports that over 20 local managers are set to be laid off as part of a company-wide restructuring plan. The r…

Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 1637 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo attracts US$135m investment

BULAWAYO has to date attracted investment worth US$135 million in the manufacturing sector, which has seen the creation of more than 33 000 direct jobs, with the Government revealing that the city is one of the highest industrial investmen…

Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:49hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Local boy steps down as PPC Zimbabwe MD, foreigner takes over

Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) Zimbabwe Limited has officially announced the resignation of its Managing Director, Mr. Kelibone Masiyane. His successor, Mr. Albert Sigei, is set to assume the role starting on January 1, 2024.Mr. Masiyane h…

Published: 16 Oct 2023 at 20:17hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter

PPC consolidates shareholding in Zimbabwe unit

Cement manufacturer PPC has increased its shareholding in its Zimbabwean unit to 90% by repurchasing shares previously held by various indigenisation parties. The shares were repurchased at a price of US$0.01 each and subsequently canceled…

Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Power outages hit PPC cement sales

REGIONAL cement maker PPC expects sales volumes at its Zimbabwean unit will drop by 14% in the full year compared to the same period last year due to recurrent power outages and grey imports.PPC operates a clinker plant at Colleen Bawn in …

Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

PPC downbeat as inflation shakes Zimbabwe

JOHANNESBURG Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed Pan African cement maker, PPC has said its earnings per share (EPS) from the Zimbabwean operations would be undermined by rocketing inflation.Ahead of releasing financial statements for the year end…

Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Colleen Bawn segregation: Spacious and crammed villages

VICTORIAN style houses surrounded by beautiful greenery on cosmic pieces of land characterised Village 1, a gated community for the white minority living in Colleen Bawn, Matabeleland South before the country attained its independence in 1…

Published: 11 Apr 2022 at 06:31hrs | 7 | by Yoliswa Dube-Moyo

PPC projects 126% earnings rise

SOUTH African headquartered cement maker PPC says its earnings per share (EPS) for the six months ended September 30, 2021 is expected to be between US$0,63 cents and US$0,68 cents, an increase of between 110% and 126% on a comparable peri…

Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 08:00hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

We have enough cement stocks, claims PPC

PPC Zimbabwe says it has enough cement stocks to meet local demand and that it was actively involved in ensuring the market's stability by fighting artificial cement shortages."Artificial shortages are damaging to Zimbabwe' goals and progr…

Published: 04 Jun 2021 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter

PPC blames cement shortages on panic buying

Zimbabwe's largest cement maker, PPC Zimbabwe says artificial shortages created by customers engaging in panic buying is adversely impacting on the country's construction industry, Business Times can report.The crisis, which has seen cemen…

Published: 03 Jun 2021 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

PPC boss puts 'Zimbabwe first' under robust plan

PPC Zimbabwe managing director, Kelibone Masiyane said on Thursday that the country's largest cement maker had invested almost US$120 million across its Zimbabwean operations to ramp up production.The firm operates a clinker plant at Colle…

Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

PPC rebounds after pandemic setback

PPC Zimbabwe, the country's biggest cement maker, said on Friday it had posted strong first quarter recoveries as the Covid-19 scourge appeared to be under control, with abandoned projects now back on track.Projects were frozen most of 202…

Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

PPC Zimbabwe shelves Mt Darwin clinker plant construction

The country's largest cement maker, PPC Zimbabwe, has shelved plans to construct a clinker plant in Mt Darwin, Mashonaland Central Province, due to reduced construction activity in the country.In 2014, PPC undertook a feasibility study for…

Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter

PPC mulls cement price increase

PPC Zimbabwe (PPC) is mulling an increase in cement prices to hedge against rising inflation, The Financial Gazette has learnt.In the wake of runaway United States dollar (USD) parallel market rates and the central bank's inability to meet…

Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mpopoma whiz kid gets scholarship

LOCAL cement producer PPC Zimbabwe has offered a Bulawayo whiz kid who got 20 points at A-Level a scholarship to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Zimbabwe starting this year.Mkhulisi Moyo of Pumula North, who did his A-Level…

Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Economic doomsayers reprimanded

Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC A), Nelson Chamisa, huffed and puffed during his rallies, threatening to make Zimbabwe ungovernable, if the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), failed to pronounce him as the winn…

Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 16:20hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila

Whiz-kid 'Mkhulisi Moyo' gets scholarship

A BULAWAYO whiz-kid who got 20 points at A-Level has received a scholarship courtesy of cement giant PPC, for him to study Medicine at the University of Zimbabwe this year.As reported in our sister paper Sunday News last week, Mkhulisi Moy…

Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 07:52hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter

New cement plant begins production

REDCLIFF based cement manufacturer Livetouch Investments has commenced cement production at its 410 000 tonne a year capacity plant, a senior company executive said.Construction of the $34 million cement plant, the fourth such facility in …

Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

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