A FRESH raft of poorly-conceived policies by authorities, including the surprise recent suspension of trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), will hit the country’s economy badly, experts warn. (more…)

ZIMBABWE does not need an international bailout package to boost its ailing economy, but can mobilise billions of dollars in fresh capital from domestic resources, analysts have said. (more…)

THE disbursement of the $18 billion coronavirus bailout package is facing delays, as government and industry are yet to finalise modalities for accessing the funds, business leaders told The Financial Gazette this week. (more…)

EMBATTLED former police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri has expressed “bafflement” with Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi’s preoccupation with six ex-suppliers, which allegedly enjoyed preferential treatment, when there were 200-plus contractors approved by Godwin Matanga, court documents show. (more…)

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says it plans to introduce exchange rate indexed instruments, with adjustable interest rates, to support the foreign currency auction system. (more…)

THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa), which has historically been criticised for poor investment decisions leading to wanton loss in contributors’ funds, is now on a new trajectory with three of its investee companies joining the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s (ZSE) heavyweight counters. (more…)

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe  will today raise its main lending rate to 35% from 15% from to curb speculative borrowing, as the country grapples with soaring inflation. (more…)

  CIVIL servants yesterday tabled their demand to be paid in United States dollars before the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC). (more…)

THE government is set to meet with civil servants today over salaries and perks under the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC). (more…)

GOVERNMENT on Friday suspended trade on the stock exchange and mobile phone-based payments to address what it called “criminality and economic sabotage”. (more…)