South Africa closed 2025 with GDP growth of 1.1%, a number that is, depending on how you look at it, either a modest step forward or a stark reminder of how far the country still has to go. The coali

The International Energy Agency is reportedly preparing what would be the largest emergency oil reserve release in its history, up to 400 million as early as today. If confirmed, it would be double th

Zimbabwe's 2026 tobacco marketing season opened last week and six days in, every headline metric, from volume, value, price, and quality  is running well below last year. A bearish opening, shaped by

Kavango Resources has completed what is, by some distance, its largest capital raise to date, $8.4 million drawn simultaneously from investors in London and on the Victoria Falls Stock Exchange accord

The World Platinum Investment Council entered 2026 forecasting a broadly balanced platinum market. It has now revised that forecast to a 240,000 ounce deficit. That revision,  from balance to deficit,

Harare- Oil prices have crossed US$100 per barrel for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Brent crude, the global benchmark, surged well past US$100 when energy markets opened yesterd

Zimbabwe's platinum giant Zimplats Holdings Limited has posted the most striking half-year financial transformation, turning what was barely a rounding error in profit twelve months ago into a war che

Shortly after 1:15 a.m. Eastern Time on 28 February 2026, the United States Central Command initiated what it would later name Operation Epic Fury , a coordinated, large-scale joint offensive with Isr

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

Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Zhemu Soda has said Zimbabwe holds between two and three months of fuel reserves and that the country's supply position remains secure desp

Kavango Resources is pursuing all available legal avenues against Simon John Bowman and his operating company Romjack Mining Limited after the seller defaulted on the agreed terms of a Call Option Ag

The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA), which sets legally binding ceiling prices for fuel every month, has announced its latest adjustments effective from the start of March 2026. Petrol (E

InnBucks MicroBank Limited has delivered half-year results for the six months ended 31 December 2025 that, at first reading, appear remarkable. Profit nearly tripled to ZWG 99.5 million from ZWG 33

Zimbabwe has recorded a fourth consecutive monthly trade surplus, with export earnings of US$969 million outpacing imports of US$856 million to yield a surplus of US$114 million in January 2026, accor

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) unveiled its latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) in a climate of cautious optimism and deeply contested economic realities. Industry advocacy organisation Buy Zim

On the 28th of February 2026, the world changed. A massive wave of US and Israeli airstrikes tore across Iran in what President Donald Trump described as a bid to permanently destroy the country's nuc

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has announced that redesigned Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) banknotes in denominations of ZiG10, ZiG20, and ZiG50 will enter circulation on April 7, 2026, with the ZiG100 and

Zimbabwe's goods trade surplus fell by 52.6% in January 2026, dropping from US$240.1 million in December 2025 to US$113.7 million, the sharpest monthly deterioration in the trade balance in recent mem

Buy Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe's leading industry advocacy group dedicated to promoting local production and consumption, has commended the government for its decision to ban the export of raw minerals with i

First Mutual Properties Limited (FMP), one of Zimbabwe's most recognised real estate investment companies, has confirmed that it is engaged in active negotiations to evaluate a potential transaction t