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German firm wins Zimbabwe trademark dispute
German pharmaceutical giant Bayer Aktiengesellschaft has emerged victorious in a landmark trademark dispute after the High Court of Zimbabwe, sitting as the Intellectual Property Tribunal, ruled in it...Published: 03 Jul 2025 at 09:22hrs | 4472 | by Staff reporter
US warns Zimbabwe trade talks could collapse
The United States has cautioned that Zimbabwe's efforts to secure reduced tariffs on its exports face significant risks due to tight negotiation timelines, even as a temporary reprieve has been grante...Published: 12 Jun 2025 at 19:01hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe, EU ties to top US$1bn'
Trade and investment ties between Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) are expected to exceed US$1 billion in the coming years, as both parties strengthen economic collaboration, EU Ambassador to Zimb...Published: 21 May 2025 at 19:54hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe, EU celebrate growing trade
Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) have marked a significant milestone in their growing economic partnership, with trade between the two entities increasing by 30% and foreign direct investment (FDI...Published: 13 May 2025 at 10:23hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade fair exhibitors seek to expand cooperation with China
A DIVERSE range of African exhibitors at this year's Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) have expressed a strong interest in expanding business partnerships with China, the world's second-largest...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:44hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows to US$137,7 million
Zimbabwe's trade deficit shrank to US$137.7 million in October 2024, marking a 34.3% decrease from the US$209.5 million recorded in September. This positive trend is attributed to a significant growth...Published: 07 Dec 2024 at 10:33hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade hits US$3 billion
Trade between Zimbabwe and China has surpassed US$3 billion in 2024, highlighting the growing economic ties under a comprehensive strategic partnership, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding reveal...Published: 29 Nov 2024 at 18:43hrs | 330 | by Staff reporter
ZiG is putting lipstick on a pig, says Biti
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Friday introduced a new currency to be known as the ZiG, which stands for Zimbabwe Gold.RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu said the ZiG would be structured an...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:31hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade surges by 29.9% in 2023
Trade between China and Zimbabwe hit a record high of 3.12 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, reflecting a 29.9 percent increase from the previous year, the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe said Monday....Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
New trade union formed
A NEW trade union Confederation of Zimbabwe Trade Unions has been formed to push for workers' rights across the country.Union leader Peter Mpofu said the union seeks to reduce tension between ...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 08:23hrs | 51 | by Stephen Jakes
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe launches China export guide for local business
Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe on Friday launched an export guide for Zimbabwean exporters and business entities seeking to understand and penetrate the Chinese market.The export guide e-book, which gi...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 14:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade surges nearly 30 percent to US$2.4 billion
Trade between Zimbabwe and China surged 29.2 percent year-on-year to a record high of 2.43 billion US dollars in 2022, the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe said Thursday.Zimbabwe exported 1.3 billi...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:14hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
China-Zimbabwe trade up 30%
TRADE between Zimbabwe and China went up by 29,9% to US$1,7 billion between January and September this year.The statistics were revealed by Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun during a...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Afreximbank Zimbabwe trade centre on cards
AFRICAN Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) Bank has taken the first step to establish a trade centre in Zimbabwe which will cater for the southern African region.This comes at a time when the co...Published: 10 Sep 2022 at 06:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit hits US$34bn as industrialisation flops
ZIMBABWE has since 2002 accumulated a trade deficit of more than US$34 billion, a clear indication that the country's industrialisation-led import-substitution programmes have failed, new data show....Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade unions at each other's throat
THE Zimbabwe Diamond and Allied Minerals Workers Union (Zdamwu) has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court challenging the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Union (ZFTU)'s planned May 1 conf...Published: 02 May 2022 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sino-Zimbabwe trade nears US$2bn
TRADE between Zimbabwe and China reached close to US$ 1, 9 billion in 2021, in a show of the positive outcomes of the growing relations between Harare and Beijing.The trade figures increased b...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Disingenuous US embassy dispels sanctions 'myth' to UN envoy
THE United States embassy in Harare this week met with United Nations special rapporteur on human rights Alena Douhan despite the American government's reservations about the mandate of rapporteurs on...Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 23:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean teachers embrace Rwanda jobs offer
LOCAL educators yesterday said there was nothing to celebrate during this year's World Teachers' Day commemorations, but applauded plans by the Rwandan government to recruit qualified teachers from Zi...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Rwanda keen on Zimbabwean teachers
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said Zimbabwe and his country share a common history that gives impetus to current efforts to develop the two countries and consolidate existing relations.The...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe to join league of Afrca's viable airlines
Air Zimbabwe will join the league of viable airlines in Africa over the next year as Government steps up efforts to have the airline firmly in the skies.Responding to questions regarding its d...Published: 29 Sep 2021 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Ease of doing export business to underpin ZimTrade’s mandate in NDS 1
Zimbabwe trade promotion body, ZimTrade Chief Executive Officer Mr Allan Majuru has laid out the organisation's strategy to grow the country's exports in line with National Development Strategy One....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
SAA awaits approval to repatriate blocked funds from Zimbabwe
The airline's rescue practitioners, Les Matuson and Siviwe Dongwana, have already accepted the mining company's offer to pay South African Airways (SAA) in exchange for access to its funds in Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit narrows by 71%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit narrowed by 71% to $325 million between February and May this year, with analysts attributing the decline to foreign currency shortages as well as a drop in the budget deficit...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit hits $32,15bn
ZIMBABWE has, since 2009, accumulated a trade deficit of $32,15 billion, a development that has left the country battling with persistent foreign currency shortages, a government official has said....Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'not ready for genuine dialogue'
In an exclusive interview with DW, Zimbabwe's former finance minister and opposition politician, Tendai Biti, says he fears "an implosion" in the country.Zimbabweans are being hit by skyrocket...Published: 23 May 2019 at 20:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Botswana ready to increase Zimbabwe trade ties
BOTSWANA is ready to strengthen economic ties with Zimbabwe so as to boost economic growth for both countries. Botswana Investment and Trade Centre chief operations officer, Mr Reginald ...Published: 26 Apr 2019 at 07:08hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit drops by 90%
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit dropped by 90% to $22,1 million in February this year with analysts attributing the decline to foreign currency shortages.Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistics A...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZCTU demands minimum wage of US$600
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says the spiralling cost of living justifies an upward adjustment in the minimum wage to US$600 (RTGS$1 800) to cushion the embattled worker.To pus...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade registers $44,2m deficit
ZIMBABWE'S trade opened the year in the negative, registering a $44,2 million deficit in January, latest data from the statistics agency has shown.Figures released by the Zimbabwe Statistics A...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 05:28hrs | 110 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit drops
Zimbabwe's trade deficit narrowed 37 percent in October last year to $144 million after total exports jumped 25 percent to $449 million largely driven by a 300 percent vault in tobacco shipments, acco...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1 | by Business Weekly.
JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo
The article gives an insight into the life of Moyo and also projects him as a fearless individual who did not hesitate to challenge his leader, the late Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo when he felt things wer...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Qualifying and quantifying political reform in Zimbabwe
Earlier this week a local daily reproduced an article from the American weekly magazine, Newsweek. The article was titled "White farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await Government compensation"...Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 2 | by Joram Nyathi
Zimbabwe govt gets equipment to interact with diasporans
Government yesterday launched video conferencing equipment from the International Organisation of Migration that will facilitate interaction between Harare and Zimbabweans living in foreign countries ...Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit with SA jumps three-fold
ZIMBABWE'S trade deficit with South Africa jumped 285% to $585,76 million in the period February to September this year compared to $152,1 million recorded during the same period last year, latest fig...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 07:03hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trade deficit reaches $1,3 billion
ZIMBABWE's trade deficit widened by 30 percent to $1,3 billion in the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2017, official figures show.During the comparable period last ...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs policies which build Trust and attract FDI
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is an investment made by a firm or individual in one country into business interests located in another country. Generally, FDI takes place when an investor establishes...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 14:50hrs | 5 | by Enos Denhere
Man (30) kills drinking mate over puppy
A Chiweshe man allegedly killed his drinking mate accusing him of failing to look after his puppy in Majanga village, Rosa, Chiweshe hence leaving villagers shell shocked.Kudakwashe Chikukwa (...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 09:49hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Millennium Footwear records uptick in local demand
ONE of the country's leading exotic leather shoe manufacturer, Millennium Footwear, has pushed up capacity utilisation to over 40% due to increase in local demand, the company's director, Stuart Simal...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 05:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to name externalisers
President Mnangagwa has extended by two weeks the three-month moratorium Government gave to money externalisers and promised to publish names of those that did not take heed on March 19.Speaki...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 11:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Wanted Grace avoids South Africa
First Lady Grace Mugabe, who is facing mounting legal troubles in neighbouring South Africa, opted to stay at home this time around and did not accompany her husband President Robert Mugabe to Pretori...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzilikazi II's triumphalism
The suppressed public Coronation of King Mzilikazi the Second on the 12th September 2017 by the repressive regime of Robert Gabriel Mugabe is like the clamping down of the Chinese "89 Democracy Moveme...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 12:26hrs | | by Rori Masiane
Mthwakazi Republic Party disheartened that Gukurahundi is still happening
Mthwakazi Republic Party has expressed its displeasure hat the Gukurahundi which was launched in Matabeleland in the 1980s is still happening.The party expressed its concerns during anniversar...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 07:01hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Maverick JZ Moyo dared Joshua Nkomo
TWENTY TWO January will mark 40 years since the death of Jason Ziyapapa Moyo. The maverick Moyo who was Zapu's Vice-President was killed by a parcel bomb in Lusaka, Zambia. His death has been shro...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 07:58hrs | 3 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Tsvangirai urges Mugabe to adopt SA Rand
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party leader Morgan Tsvangirai has called on President Robert Mugabe's administration to adopt the South African rand as its major trading currency amid ca...Published: 03 Dec 2016 at 19:43hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Dictators panic as Donald Trump wins US election
HARARE - Donald Trump's stunning victory in the American presidential election, despite losing the popular vote, has sent shock waves around the world, with African leaders cautiously welcoming his un...Published: 10 Nov 2016 at 14:40hrs | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Long Read: A way forward for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is going through an unprecedented phase of both political and economic volatility. The economy has virtually collapsed with the majority of its citizens currently unemployed (published statis...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 11:56hrs | | by Kuzi Mutonga and Isaac Jonas
A letter from Robert Mugabe
Then on 8 February a major fight erupted at Connemara barracks between Kwekwe and Gweru in the Midlands province between ex-Zanla and Zipra guerrillas. Although that fighting at Connemara was quas...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:32hrs | 1 | by David Coltart
Govt weighs between imports ban, tariff hike
Government is in the process of evaluating what would work better for the country between tariff increases and import restrictions, ministry of Industry and Commerce permanent secretary Abigail Shonhi...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa panics over Zimbabwe trade restrictions
Johannesburg - The adverse impact on South African exporters due to trade restrictive measures introduced by the government of Zimbabwe cannot be underestimated, the SA Department of Trade and Ind...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 18:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
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