THE Zimbabwe Artisanal and Small Scale for Sustainability Mining Council (ZASMC) says the royalties miners pay to Fidelity Printers and Refineries for gold remittances are exorbitant and likely to accelerate the smuggling of the mineral outside the country as well as contributing to low deposits.

Roberta Katunga

Business Reporter

CONSTRUCTION of the US$5 million state-of-the-art Mosi-oa-Tunya gateway shopping mall has hit a snag after delays in negotiations between the developers and local and offshore partners, an official said.

African Fish Eagle

Ndebele: INKWAZI, Shona: HUNGWE

The African Fish Eagle is a large species of eagle that is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water occur that have an abundant food supply. It is the national bird of Zimbabwe and Zambia. From the bird exists the Hungwe clan which is the smallest of all the Zimbabwean tribes and whose fame and special place in the history of the country comes from their role as keepers of the Zimbabwe bird (the Hungwe), which is also associated with rain-making rituals.

Business Reporters

THE economic crisis bedevilling Zimbabwe has not spared the property sector amid revelations that more than half of the buildings in Bulawayo are in a deplorable state due to lack maintenance.

Business Reporter

DISTRESSED Bulawayo-based rubber company, Rubber Products Manufacturers employees are set to withdraw pension fund from First Mutual Life as the company has failed to provide the employees with updates of their monies following allegations that the rubber company is deducting pension from its employees but not remitting it to First Mutual Life.

Roberta Katunga

GOVERNMENT has re-considered its decision to relocate the Victoria Falls helipad used by Shearwaters and will renew the company’s operating licence, Sunday Business has learnt.

Business Reporters

THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) company is anticipating an increase in foreign bookings after 13 countries have already confirmed participation, a month before the trading event kicks off.

THE National Railways of Zimbabwe used to be the most convenient transport company, railing tonnes of goods and commodities from cities and factories every year in the process aiding the smooth operations of the economy.

Thokozani Ndlovu

Business Reporter

BULAWAYO-BASED rubber company — Rubber Products — has failed to pay workers full salaries since the start of dollarisation in 2009 joining many other companies in the city that have either completely failed to pay or are just paying a small fraction of salaries.

Ngonidzashe Chiutsi

Business Correspondent

GOVERNMENT must urgently formalise the informal business sector in order to tap into potential revenue that can be harnessed from the sector, a tax expert has said.

Ngonidzashe Chiutsi

Business Correspondent

THE local business community has challenged the Government to monitor the prices of fiscal devices in the country as the few approved suppliers are allegedly charging astronomical prices for supplying, installation and servicing of the gadgets.