Dalny deal to save Falgold
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed gold producer, Falgold, which has been battered by a US$5 million working capital deficit, is projecting an improvement in cash flows if a proposed transaction to offload...
View ArticlePublic toilets time bomb
I AM writing to urge the City Fathers to address the issue of toilets at all public places in Greater Harare. It has become a norm in the central business district to see long queues at public toilets....
View Article150 debt-ridden families lose homes monthly
AS the economic crisis continues to dig in and disposable incomes relentlessly dwindle to unprecedented levels, an average of 150 families are losing their houses every month, and hundreds more have...
View ArticleZim cricket in Proteas test
The Zimbabwe national cricket has struggled over the last few years. Picture: REUTERS THE world’s number one Test cricket team, the Proteas are in town for a one off Test match and three One Day...
View ArticleI see our detractors’ hand at Chingwizi, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo members COMRADES, most of you have been in the party long enough to understand that disturbances taking place at Chingwizi transit camp in Masvingo are the work of our...
View ArticleHyundai tweaks the Elantra
Hyundai Elantra JUST in case you have a very short memory, may I remind you that the Hyundai Elantra was SA’s Car of the Year in 2012 as judged by the SA Guild of Motoring Journalists. I mention this...
View ArticlePUBLIC EYE | On the ‘squabbles’ in the MDC
THE “squabbles” within the MDC sort of remind me of the “struggles-within-the-struggles” within ZAPU, ZANU, FROLIZI and UANC during the liberation struggle. While the shortlived FROLIZI died a natural...
View ArticleZANU PF bigwigs clash over kidnappings
Grace Mugabe and Oppah Muchinguri outgoing boss of ZANU PF Women’s League made the kidnapping allegations at a presser. THE ZANU-PF Women’s League boss, Oppah Muchinguri, and party spokesperson, Rugare...
View ArticlePractice decency in texting messages
1 Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order. Advancement in communication technology is highly welcome to everyone especially when it comes with greater efficiency and reduction in...
View ArticleRenewal Team not a threat — Theresa Makone
Theresa Makone addressing a rally at Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare. Picture: IZIMPHOTO SINCE the split in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) in April, between those spoiling for leadership renewal...
View ArticleBarclays grows loan book
BARCLAYS Bank Zimbabwe Limited’s loan book for the half-year to June 30, 2014 has increased due to increased lending to both businesses and individuals. Barclays has insisted that it will not...
View ArticleGovt gets funding for waterworks
Unattended burst sewage in a high density suburb in Harare. GOVERNMENT has stepped up efforts to rehabilitate water supply and sewerage infrastructure in a number of urban centres after accessing donor...
View ArticleZim a nation of educated ‘idiots’
EDITOR — In July young 44 visitors coming for a cultural exchange programme of ‘UMOJA- The Flying Carpet’ from three countries two of which are members of the Southern African Development Community...
View ArticleGovt dips into tollgate fees
GOVERNMENT, which controversially hiked tollgate fees by 100 percent less than a month ago, has been diverting funds earmarked for road development towards payment of civil servants salaries, the...
View ArticleWill 2014 unearth the fluidity of succession in ZANU-PF?
The Observatory THE year 2014 may present what is likely to be the final stretch in the ZANU-PF succession maze, and possibly settle the game at least in the short term. By reading the signs inside...
View ArticleVictoria 22 Up-market restaurant
Victoria 22 prawns in brandy cream sauce. Picture: JEKE & FRIENDS. RECENT late night driving and returning home after midnight has made me conscious of how bright are the street lights outside...
View ArticleEditorial | Govt should bail out economy
ZIMBABWE’S economy is still nursing a troubled past and the economic wounds inflicted by a decade-old crisis, which subsided briefly but took a new trajectory after dollarisation in 2009, and these are...
View ArticleYour memory slowing down ever since you hit 40?
CAN’T remember where you put your car keys? What was that you wanted to say, again? Or just what did you want to get from that room by the way? Now, what is the darned word you wanted to use, or the...
View ArticleBusiness etiquette 101
MANY people are taking business etiquette for granted. It seems as if people now think that it is no longer important to practice good business etiquette. Business etiquette is all about being...
View ArticleEditorial | NSSA decision right
PLANS by the Ministry of Finance to wrestle control of the compulsory pension scheme, the National Social Security Authority (NSSA), from the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare were...
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