Mthuli Ncube appointment gives crypto community hope

ZIMBABWE’S crypto-asset community says the appointment of Mthuli Ncube as Finance minister could see virtual currency trading being allowed in the country. Cryptocurrency trading is banned in the country. Zimbabwe’s major exchange, Golix, was shut by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in May, but got a reprieve from the High Court, which lifted the ban…

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Government fails to honour Meikles debt

MEIKLES Limited (Meikles) says it will not include the debt it is owed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in its financial results for year ended March 2018 after government failed to honour an agreement to settle it by last month. The hospitality and retail group delayed announcing the results, hoping to include the…

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‘Bond notes are not the problem’

THE elimination of bond notes, which has been called for by many, will not solve Zimbabwe’s fundamental economic problems, economists have argued. The country has suffered chronic economic distress for more than two decades, of which, lately, a currency crisis has been the face, they say. This has created a villain of bond notes, which…

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Banks survive IFRS onslaught

ZIMBABWEAN banks have survived an onslaught brought by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 9, the new standard of accounting for classification and measurement of financial instruments which came into effect on January, 01, 2018, after the majority of them recorded healthy profits in the first six months of this year. IFRS 9, which replaced IAS…

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Zim total merchandise trade increases

TOTAL merchandise trade increased by 25 percent from $799,6 million in May 2018 to $999,2 million in June due to month-on-month increases in the stock of both exports and imports, latest data has shown. According to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s (RBZ) monthly economic review for June, merchandise exports stood at $384,6 million during the…

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Insurers vital for economic growth

THE insurance industry can play a fundamental role in supporting economic sustainability by protecting governments and consumers from losses, the Zimbabwe Association of Funeral Assurers (ZAFA) has said. Solomon Chikanda, the ZAFA President, also said companies in the funeral sector contribute to the national revenue through income taxes. “By investing in prescribed assets the funeral…

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ZECO reviews assets valuation

ZECO Holdings (ZECO) — which has been incurring losses since dollarisation in 2009 — says it expects its balance sheet to improve in the short term after changing its asset valuation on auditors’ advice. The move results in a lower depreciation cost. Over the years, depreciation costs of the engineering group’s heavy equipment, some of…

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David Whitehead creditors to meet

DAVID Whitehead Textiles (DWT)’s creditors will meet on September 27 to discuss the manufacturer’s revival strategy. The company resumed operations at its Chegutu factory in January this year after receiving a $2 million bailout from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. The facility was secured from the Zimbabwe Asset Management Company, a special purpose vehicle to…

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Barclays non-interest income declines

BARCLAYS Bank Zimbabwe (Barclays) has missed out on low hanging fruits after it registered a decline in non-interest income in the first half of this year. Non-interest income, which is revenue that a bank gets from activities other than lending, has emerged as a major source of income for local banks after takings from electronic…

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Delta invests in road works

DELTA Corporation (Delta), Zimbabwe’s largest beverages manufacture, yesterday said it had invested $260 000 towards the upgrade of a road junction near its Fairbridge Chibuku Super plant. This comes as an upgrade of the plant at Fairbridge in 2016 gave rise to an increase of traffic, particularly the heavy motor vehicles that ferry raw materials…

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