Zimbabwe’s Rudland family could take over one of Southern Africa’s biggest sugar producers, Tongaat Hulett, by underwriting the company’s R4 billion rights issue. Magister, a company represented by Hamish Rudland and registered in Mauritius,...
Arden Capital, the JSE-listed private equity group that controls African Sun, is going into liquidation, painting a grim future for Zimbabwe's pandemic-hit hospitality industry. Formerly known as Brainworks, Arden's main investment is its...
By Gugu Lourie Like many people affected by Eskom’s load-shedding, I found myself thinking about technology and how authentic leadership can accelerate development and fight poverty in Africa and the rest of the world.
It was once one of the biggest copper mines in the region, but it is hard to tell with the broken public toilets, long queues for water and crumbling staff houses. In Chebanga,...
Energy explorer Invictus Energy says it has completed its seismic survey at the Cabora Bassa project in Muzarabani. Now the next step is crunching the data to find the best spots to drill exploration wells.
Zimbabwe’s mining executives are more confident of the industry’s prospects next year than they were in 2021, but their optimism is tempered by old concerns over erratic government policy. According to the Zimbabwe Chamber...
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube says he will propose a ZWL$900 billion budget for 2022, more than double this year’s total, as the country struggles with surging inflation. In July, Ncube had signalled plans for...
Contango, the UK listed resources company, says it plans to start coking production in Zimbabwe in the next quarter after better-than-expected results from a set of sample analyses conducted by Bureau Veritas in South Africa.
Zimbabwe’s biggest independent power producer, Nyangani Renewable Energy, lost an international arbitration involving a currency dispute with the state-owned power distribution firm, an official said. Nyangani took Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC)...
A new cooling tower, cranes swinging above builders, and two giant boiler drums hoisted high above the construction site. These are parts of one of the crown jewels of Zimbabwe’s infrastructure projects, Hwange power station's US$1.48 billion...

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