Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Import Surge Compresses Trade Surplus, Exposing Demand Recovery Pressures

The latest trade movements signal an economy that is gaining momentum on the demand side while remaining structurally dependent on external supply. The key variable now shifts to whether Zimbabwe can

Mar 31, 2026
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s Pension Growth Story Masks a State Default Crisis

Every month, an employer in Zimbabwe's formal sector is legally required to deduct a pension contribution from each employee's salary and remit both that deduction and the employer's matching portion

 Mar 31, 2026
Zimbabwe
Reinsurance Beyond Borders Sustains Bank Earnings as Botswana Slows

The dividend flows point to a deeper structural reality within Zimbabwe’s financial sector, where resilience is increasingly sourced beyond national borders. The next phase will be shaped by how effec

 Mar 31, 2026
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Dairibord’s Milk Recovery Hinges on Chipinge Restart as Capacity Returns After Disruption

Dairibord now enters a recovery phase where operational constraints have largely been removed. The Chipinge restart is not simply a return to normal production. It is a reset of capacity, cost structu

 Mar 31, 2026
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Zimbabwe Corrects Sugar Tax Distortion After Innscor Push

Government has agreed to extend Zimbabwe’s sugar tax to imported beverages, closing one of the most visible distortions in the domestic drinks market after local manufacturers spent months arguing th

 Mar 31, 2026
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From Mortgage Lender to Property Developer: How Zim's Banks Are Reinventing Themselves

FBC Holdings, one of Zimbabwe's largest diversified financial services groups with operations spanning commercial banking, building society activities, insurance, and microfinance, has disclosed at an

 Mar 30, 2026
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Strong Profits, Hidden Trap: How One Government Sentence Threatens Proplastics' 2026 Margins

Proplastics Limited, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed manufacturer of plastic piping systems that underpin water infrastructure, sanitation, irrigation, and construction across Zimbabwe, has report

 Mar 30, 2026
Nurses Walk Out, Patients Wait: How Digital Health Can Hold a Failing System Together

On 24 March 2026, nurses at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, Sally Mugabe Hospital, Chitungwiza Central Hospital, and Marondera Provincial Hospital abandoned their wards. Not in protest of clinical po

Mar 30, 2026
The Mineral Nobody Talks About: How Chrome Could Transform Zimbabwe's Mining Economy

Every conversation about Zimbabwe's mineral future is dominated by gold, platinum group metals, lithium, and diamonds. Each of these has a legitimate claim on policy attention and investor interest, a

Mar 28, 2026
Inflation Picks Up in March as Fuel Shock Hits Consumer Prices

Zimbabwe’s inflation increased in March, both in USD and ZiG terms according to the latest data released by Zimstat, the country’s statistics agency. The ZWG month-on-month inflation rate for March 2

Mar 27, 2026
Government Outlines Fuel Cost Reduction Strategies, But the Ethanol Arithmetic Does Not Add Up

Cabinet's seventh post-cabinet press briefing of 2026, delivered on 24 March, has covered a wide sweep of policy approvals from tourism development in the Eastern Highlands to bilateral memoranda with

Mar 25, 2026

RBZ Rewrites Gold Rules Again: Small-Scale Miners to Retain 100% in USD

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, in its resolutions dated 24 March 2026, announced the temporary suspension of the 90% USD, 10% ZiG export retention arrangement for small

Mar 25, 2026

Zimbabwe's Inflation to Rise in Coming Months: RBZ Warns

Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee has flagged that monthly inflation will increase slightly in March, April, and May 2026, before returning to steady-state levels from June 2026 according th the la

Mar 25, 2026

ZiG Stability vs ZiG Adoption: What the Latest MPC Statement Really Says

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Monetary Policy Committee, meeting on 24 March 2026, has temporarily suspended the 90% United States dollar, 10% Zimbabwe Gold retention split introduced for small-scale

Mar 25, 2026

Tharisa Secures Expanded Trade Finance to Strengthen Chrome Trading and Regional Growth Pipeline

The outlook for the Group will continue to be shaped by its ability to execute across these interconnected layers. Chrome trading performance, project development in Zimbabwe, and the progression of d

Mar 24, 2026

Zimbabwe Tax Disputes Deepen as Innscor Flags Legacy Exposure and Policy Gaps

Innscor disclosed that ZIMRA has issued additional assessments covering income tax and value added tax, alongside penalties and interest, on transactions that the company maintains were already settle

Mar 23, 2026

Caledonia Reports Stable Production at Blanket as Bilboes Moves Toward Development

The group’s production profile remains anchored on Blanket in the near term, with growth linked to the execution of Bilboes. The transition into a multi-mine structure is underway, with capital alloca

Mar 23, 2026

One Buyer, One Risk: Why Zimbabwe's Lithium Dependency Is Dangerous

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Zimbabwe has issued a formal advisory last week to Chinese enterprises and nationals operating in or considering investments in Zimbabwe. The statemen

Mar 23, 2026

Unpacking Zimbabwe's Ethanol Industry: Why It Commands the World's Highest Price

Zimbabwe's petrol blend carries an embedded cost that most consumers see only as the final pump price but rarely interrogate as an individual line item. That cost is ethanol. The Zimbabwe Energy Regul

Mar 22, 2026