February 11, 2021

Top Gear: Volkswagen T6.1 Caravelle 2.0 BiTDI 4MOTION Highline…Has bussing it ever been better?

THERE can hardly be a soul around who doesn’t associate the word Kombi (abbreviated Germqn for ‘çombination vehicle’) with Volkswagen but maybe it’s only the more elderly among us who associate the Caravelle moniker with passenger or camper-orientated Kombi derivatives. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

E-paper

February, 11-17, 2021

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February 11, 2021

Open the economy now, government cautioned

AS ZIMBABWE completes its second hard coronavirus lockdown this weekend, both business and labour have implored the government to allow more companies to resume operations, in the interests of livelihoods and the country’s fragile economy. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

Economic revival facing headwinds

ANALYSTS have warned that the weakening Zimbabwe dollar and rising inflation have put at risk the country’s plans to further stabilise the economy. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

Zimbabwe’s trade deficit ticks up

ZIMBABWE’S trade deficit increased by US$75 million to US$590 million in 2020, data released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) shows. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

National Report

Government credit guarantees face hurdles

BANKS say they are not snubbing credit guarantees being offered by the government to lend to the private sector to mitigate the effects of Covid-19 and to back major national projects. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

Companies & Markets

‘Pension funds set to offload stocks’

ZIMBABWE’S pension funds are primed to offload much of their equity holdings this year in response to liquidity issues confronting them, a wealth management firm has said. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

Opinions

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zimbabwe aches for policy clarity

THE incoherent and conflicting statements issued by the government last week on the country’s vaccination roll-out programme is a clear sign of policy indecision and flip-flopping that, of course, is not unusual when Zimbabwe’s policymakers are involved. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

National Report

NPLs seen jumping on Covid-19

NON-performing loans in Zimbabwe are set to rise as the economy contracts due to the effects of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on business activity, a securities trading firm IH Securities says. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

Companies & Markets

Companies engage in survival mode

COMPANIES in Zimbabwe are increasingly turning to survival tactics such as cost containment and value preservation in the face of persistent economic challenges, which have been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the current hard lockdown piling on the difficulties. (more…)

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February 11, 2021

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