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South Africa
Tongaat Crisis Update: IDC Declines to Commit to More Funding Amid Liquidation Threat
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) says that it is not in a position to commit to additional financial support for the embattled sugar conglomerate Tongaat Hulett at this juncture. This fol
Feb 23, 2026
Zimbabwe
Never Too Late? Zimra and Buy Zimbabwe Forge Alliance Against Smuggling Onslaught
In a belated yet potentially pivotal move to stem the hemorrhage inflicted on Zimbabwe's economy by rampant smuggling, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has partnered with the buy-local advocacy
Feb 25, 2026
Zambia
Zambian Breweries Stages Dramatic Turnaround with US$15.1 Million Profit Amid Regional Beverage Boom
ambian Breweries Plc has delivered a remarkable full-year recovery, posting a consolidated net profit of ZMW 294.769 million (≈US$15.1 million) for the year to December 2025, reversing a substantial Z
Mar 12, 2026
Zambia
First Quantum Offloads Turkish Copper Mine for $340Mn, Tighten Focus on Core Assets
First Quantum Minerals, one of the world’s leading copper producers and Zambia’s single largest taxpayer in the mining sector has entered into a binding agreement to sell its Çayeli copper-zinc mine i
Mar 13, 2026
Zambia
Selling Itself to Survive: Decoding Standard Chartered Zambia's 2025 Performance
Standard Chartered Bank Zambia, the country's oldest international lender and one of the most recognisable names in its corporate banking landscape, has reported full year results for 2025 that tell t
Mar 15, 2026
Zambia
Revenue Down, Losses Doubled: Puma's Results Expose Hidden Cost of a Stronger Kwacha
Puma Energy Zambia, the country's listed downstream fuel distributor and one of the most recognisable names at the Zambian pump, has reported full year results for 2025 that lay bare a business under
Mar 15, 2026
Zambia
Growing Faster, Earning Less: Bata's Revenue Surge Masks Profit Warning Hidden in Inventory
Zambia Bata Shoe Company PLC, the country's oldest and most recognisable footwear manufacturer and retailer, has reported full year results for 2025 that present one of the more instructive paradoxes
Mar 16, 2026
Companies
BAT’s Profit Surge Against Revenue Decline: A 582% Earnings Jump With Nothing to Do With Selling Cigarettes
BAT Zimbabwe has posted one of the most spectacular profit numbers in Zimbabwe's FY2025 earnings season, and probably, one of the most misleading according to its FY2025 financial results. The group
Apr 05, 2026
Companies
Zimpapers' Revenue Collapse Against a Forensic Audit in Progress: Loses Ground on Every Front Simultaneously
Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Limited recorded a loss before tax of ZWG96.3 million in FY2025, nearly double the ZWG55.7 million loss of the prior year, as revenue contracted 15.5% to ZWG622.1 million an
Apr 07, 2026
Companies
Tongaat Hulett’s Fate Hangs in Balance as Provisional Liquidation Hearing Opens Today
Tongaat Hulett Limited faces a defining moment in Durban High Court today as the long-running provisional liquidation application against the company is finally heard, with the outcome likely to deter
Apr 16, 2026
Top Stories
Zimbabwe Records First Sustained Single-Digit ZiG Inflation in Three Decades as Q1 2026 Data Confirms Monetary Consolidation
In its Q1 2026 Quarterly Snapshot published in April 2026, confirmed that ZiG annual inflation reached 4.4% in March 2026 and 3.8% in February 2026, supported by month-on-month inflation of 0.5% in M
Apr 17, 2026IMF Warns of Stagflation Trap in Emerging Markets as Limited Middle East Conflict Tests Policy Limits
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), has uncovered a overlooked risk in its latest global outlook, a stagflationary trap that could grip emerging markets and developing economies far more severely t
Apr 16, 2026Zimbabwe 4th in SADC for Organised Crime Vulnerability, Yet Relatively Safer Continent-Wide
Zimbabwe has recorded its sharpest quarterly jump in police-reported crime in 2025, with 426,946 offences logged between October and December, a 12.1% increase from the 380,727 cases in the third quar
Apr 16, 2026
