Willdale Limited, the country’s only listed brick maker has increased fired brick production by 44% during the quarter ended June 2026 and still sold 4% fewer bricks, exposing a working capital constr

Zambia has given President Hakainde Hichilema a second five year mandate after an election that turned the country's economic recovery into a national vote and placed the quality of its democracy unde

Nampak, the country’s biggest packaging company has generated US$67.8 million in revenue during the nine months to June 2026, 9% ahead of the comparative year, propelled by volumes growth of 16%, supp

Star Africa Corporation, Zimbabwe’s sugar producer and refiner has taken a decision to reduce sugar prices, producing the strongest evidence yet that the company can recover earnings through higher re

Hippo Valley Estates, Zimbabwe’s biggest sugar producer and exporter has registered a  59% fall in sugar exports in first quarter sugar, providing the first major test of how Zimbabwe’s sugar industry

She has been waiting for three months. Not in the queue that forms outside Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals before sunrise, though she knows that queue. Not in the administrative corridor where referr

Gold's position inside investment portfolios is increasingly difficult to reconcile with the way commodity indices still treat it. 20 years of returns, US$373 billion in daily liquidity and a dispropo

The RBZ mid-rate closed the review period at ZiG26.5673/USD on 14 August 2026, appreciating marginally from ZiG26.59/USD on 13 August and by approximately 0.20% from ZiG26.62/USD a week earlier. Again

The Victoria Falls Stock Exchange (VFEX) has changed how it measures the market capitalisation of cross-listed companies, adopting the global equity value of an issuer from 13 August 2026 by multiplyi

Zimbabwe's gold producers have delivered 26.05 tonnes to Fidelity Gold Refinery between January and July 2026, the strongest first seven months on record and already 52.1% of the country's 50 tonne an

South Africa's unemployment rate has risen to 33.6% in the second quarter of 2026, a four year high, after more than 178,000 African migrants reportedly left or were deported during an immigration cra

Zimbabwe has exported US$50 million of lithium sulphate in June 2026, lifting first half exports to about US$62.7 million after the first US$12.6 million shipment appeared in April. This export was ef

Impala Platinum Holdings, one of the world’s largest PGM producers and the parent company of Zimplats has moved from barely profitable to one of the strongest earnings recoveries in the global PGM sec

Zimbabwe's maize import bill fell by US$90 million, or 32.9%, during the first half of 2026 as the country's largest harvest in years began replacing imported grain with domestic production. Maize imp

Zimbabwe has imported US$69.8 million worth of non-domestic heating and cooling equipment in June 2026, up from US$954,201 a year earlier, making it the country’s second-largest individual import prod

Zimbabwe has exported US$583.4 million of semi manufactured gold in June 2026, the highest monthly value recorded in Zimbabwe’s trade history, latest data from Zimstat shows. The figure exceeded the p

Zimbabwe has recorded its highest monthly export value on record at least six years in June 2026, with merchandise exports rising 63.1% from May to US$1.442 billion. Imports increased 11.5% to a reco

Zimplats has held production in matte at 606,300 6E ounces in the year ended June 2026 after mining and milling improvements lifted concentrate output 5% to 660,400 ounces. The flat final output conce

Meikles Limited has delivered the clearest evidence yet that its core supermarket business is emerging from years of losses. For the year ended 28 February 2026, the Group swung to an operating profit

Rainbow Tourism Group will place every hotel in its portfolio on solar power by the end of FY2027 after the 300KVA installation at Kadoma Hotel and Conference Centre supplied about 30% of the property