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Government Induced Price Controls Dent OK Zimbabwe Net Sales

The macroeconomic headwinds arising from the government's implementation of price controls have dented the sales performance of OK Zimbabwe, the country's leading retail gem. However, the company has

Jun 30, 2024
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Axia Unveils Ambitious Retail Expansion Plan for FY2025

Axia Limited, Retail Expansion, New Stores, TV Sales & Home, Transerv, Zimbabwe Retail, FY2025 Growth, African Retail Market, Retail Network Expansion, Business Development.

Sep 27, 2024
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The Retail Apocalypse: CZR Pleads for President Mnangagwa's Intervention ‘as Authorities Continue Presenting Misleading Picture of Operational Landscape’

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has formally solicited the intervention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to salvage the remaining components of the structured retail and wholesale sector

Jan 27, 2025
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South Africa’s 2025 Budget: A Fragile Lifeline for Zimbabwe’s Ailing Economy?

For Zimbabwean businesses and policymakers, this figure raises a pressing question: is it enough to pull South Africa—and the region—out of its economic quagmire? As Zimbabwe’s largest trading partner

Mar 13, 2025
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OK Zimbabwe Market Update: Revenue Remains Below Break-Even, 3 More Stores to Close

Retail giant OK Zimbabwe Limited has released a crucial market update, providing shareholders and stakeholders with a transparent view of its ongoing battle to return to financial health. Following ca

Nov 21, 2025
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Meikles Loss Skyrockets 11K% Amid Harsh Retail Climate

Meikles Limited has slipped deeper into the red, with its inflation-adjusted loss for the six months to 31 August 2025 ballooning to ZWG165.7 million, a dramatic surge from the near-break-even positio

Dec 15, 2025
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Shoprite Holdings Delivers Robust 1HY26 Results: A Contrast to Zimbabwe's Retail Giants

Shoprite Holdings, South Africa’s biggest retailer by market capitalisation, sales, profit, number of employees and customer base and Africa’s largest supermarket retailer, has delivered a solid perfo

Feb 02, 2026
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How Government Brought OK Zimbabwe to Its Knees: And Reformed Later

When OK Zimbabwe, the country's largest listed supermarket chain and a retail institution founded in 1953, filed for corporate rescue on 24 February 2026, it did not come as a shock to those who had

Mar 05, 2026

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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

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Dairibord's Tax Bill Swallows 66% Profit Surge as ZIMRA's Reach Extends Into Boardrooms

Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited, the country’s largest milk processor and various mik products producer has recorded a 66% rise in profit before tax to US$5.34 million for the year ended 31 December 2025,

7 hours ago

The Turnaround That Isn't: ZECO's Profit Rests on Income Auditors Flagged Misstated

ZECO Holdings Limited's FY2025 financial statements has presented a company in transition,  from loss to profit, from contraction to modest revenue growth, from strategic uncertainty to a new directio

Apr 02, 2026

Revenue Up 75%, Cash Down 99%: Unifreight's FY2025 Results and Working Capital Crisis

Unifreight Africa Limited, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed road transport and logistics group formerly known as Pioneer Corporation Africa which operates a fleet-intensive road transport business

Apr 02, 2026

Wheat Triples, Maize Doubles: Cereal Imports Bill Surges as Food Dependency Deepens

Zimbabwe's cereal imports rose sharply in February 2026, according to the latest data from ZimStat. Maize imports surged 48.3% to US$44.93 million from US$30.28 million in January, while wheat imports

Apr 01, 2026

February Trade Snapshot: 5 Straight Surpluses, Imports Triple, 80% of Earnings Flow to Two Countries at War

Zimbabwe's merchandise trade recorded a surplus of US$46.5 million in February 2026, according to the latest trade data, marking the fifth straight surplus, the best performance in Zimbabwe’s trade.

Apr 01, 2026

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’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