LEGAL MATTERS: Of schools turning students away

A recent High Court judgment in the case of Chikiwa v St George’s College brought to the fore the issue of children’s rights viz-a-viz educational institutions’ right to receive school fees. Educational contracts were seriously scrutinised in this detailed judgment, whose cause of action was heard on an urgent basis. The young student and his…

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ECONOMICS & MARKET INTELLIGENCE: The future of stock market trading

THE world has been changing at an alarming rate and we now live in what is called the “information age”. The Internet has changed how business is being done as the Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence take centre stage. In the same vein, global financial markets have been evolving with new instruments being introduced…

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Stimulus package ‘remains in limbo’

DESPITE the government’s recent attempts to talk up its $18 billion coronavirus stimulus package, the failure by authorities to fund the economic recovery plan continues to hobble the programme. Business leaders who spoke to The Financial Gazette this week said that the stimulus package — which was meant to help commerce and industry to ride…

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Victoria Falls Stock Exchange to launch this month

THE Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX), will go live before the end of the month, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said this week. Authorities expect the US dollar-denominated capital market to shore-up foreign capital inflows to Zimbabwe following years of massive investor flight. Ncube told reporters this week that listing on the new exchange would be…

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Zimbabwe resumes token payments to creditors

ZIMBABWE’S plan to pay off its arrears to international creditors, who include the World Bank and the African Development Bank, has been dented by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the drought which has left more than half the population in need of emergency food aid, Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube said this week. Ncube…

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‘Blended CPI inappropriate for accounting purposes’

THE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (Icaz) says preparers of company results should not use the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat)’s blended consumer price index (CPI) as it does not measure inflation in any particular currency. Zimstat announced in August that it will now be publishing blended inflation and CPI, which it said entails…

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High court reverses Manicaland farm grab

CARTHORSE Enterprises (Carthorse) — an indigenous firm owned by Bongani Mlambo — has won a landmark case in which High Court judge Joseph Mafusire has invalidated the 2003 acquisition of its Inyamasanga Farm in Rusape. This comes as government has been trying to sanitise its land reform programme by embarking on recent national audits, clarifying…

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Falgold pushes for ZSE delisting

FALCON Gold Zimbabwe (Falgold) is seeking shareholder approval to delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), which it says has failed to provide an avenue for funding. The ZSE halted trading in the shares of the gold-miner in February when it initially made the request. “While one of the often-cited benefits of a stock exchange…

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PPC sees growth despite Covid-19

SOUTH African cement producer, PPC says its Zimbabwe subsidiary has seen considerable growth in sales volumes despite disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite a significant slump in South Africa, in aggregate, the company said total cement volumes sold showed double-digit growth comparing July 2020 with July 2019. “In the international subsidiaries, the businesses have…

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Mugwagwa’s FlyAfrica wings clipped

LOW cost operator Nu Aero (Private) Limited, trading as Fly Africa Zimbabwe (FlyAfrica), has been dragged to the High Court by Blossom View Holdings Limited (Blossom) after failing to transfer shares to the foreign investor. In a recent court affidavit, the Mauritian-based company accused Cassidy Mugwagwa’s firms, including Lowcost Enterprises (Lowcost), of failing to honour…

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