Emirates celebrates Zim travel agents
Emirates Country Manager for Zimbabwe Paulos Legesse presents the award for Business Class Top Sales and Travel Agency Second Runner-up to Star Travel. EMIRATES, which flies daily from Harare to Lusaka...
View ArticleWorld-class repair facility opened in Harare
World class facility in Harare THE most time-consuming part of the car- manufacturing process is not the construction process itself but the finishing process which encompasses bodywork protection and...
View ArticleZimbabwe in historic win over Australia in ODI
Zimbabwe celebrating famous win against Australia in the One Day International match in Harare recently. ELTON Chigumbura hit an unbeaten half century as Zimbabwe defeated Australia for only the second...
View ArticleDepressed workforce costs economy $100m
A LARGE proportion of Zimbabwe’s workforce is depressed and losing hope for a better future as economic hardships bite, with companies losing out as much as $100 million yearly in productivity losses,...
View ArticleBig Brother house burns, delays show
A MASSIVE fire has engulfed M-Net’s Big Brother Africa Hotshots house at Sasani Studios, leading to the immediate cancellation of the start of the the upcoming 9th season of the pan-African voyeur...
View ArticleEconomic growth linked to ICT dvt — Shamu
ICT Minister Webster Shamu officially opened the SATA workshop on telecommunications backhaul and submarine networks in Harare recently. A CABINET minister has urged stakeholders in the Information...
View ArticleChombo’s ministry attempts to realign laws
Local Government Minister, Dr Ignatius Chombo. THE Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing will have to go back to the drawing board to reconsider its harmonised draft Local...
View ArticleEditorial | Govt should save POSB
THERE is a potentially devastating financial situation at the People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB), created by government to mobilise savings and promote a savings culture across the country. With the...
View ArticleFirms must make full disclosures
Itai Chirume at the Top Companies Awards gala in Harare. Picture: OPIUM TOP Companies Survey 2014’s Judges Chairperson, Itai Chirume, has encouraged companies listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange...
View ArticleOpinion | Absence of kingmakers
GOODNESS me! We have become so fixated with the “factional fights” issues in the political parties, especially in ZANU-PF. We have become addicted, may be because there is a missing element that we...
View ArticleWater runs out at State hospitals
Harare Children’s Hospital is one of the worst affected institutions running with little or no water. Picture: TINASHE MUSHAKAVANHU A PUBLIC health crisis is looming at the country’s major referral...
View ArticleArab, Jewish kitchen
“THE words you speak become the house you live in”— wise words from 14th century Iranian poet, Hafiz. Home to some of the wisest and most peace-loving words in global literature it is really hard to...
View ArticleZim needs new heroes!
The Observatory FOR me, the liberation struggle will forever stand as the defining era of the history of Zimbabwe. The liberation struggle will always be the foundation upon which the future of the...
View ArticleImpairments rise as economy nosedives
THE recently announced monetary policy statement (MPS) indicated that nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the banking sector had risen from 15,9 percent at the close of 2013 to 18,5 percent at the end of...
View ArticleNew Vic Falls airport “a game changer”
New Victoria Falls International Airport under construction THE new $150 million international airport at Victoria Falls will change the face of the region, a tourism industry leader says. Africa...
View Article23 state enterprises fail to produce audited results
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission were last audited in 2011. AT LEAST 23 out of 84 state enterprises and parastatals have failed to produce audited results between 2010 and 2013, according to recent data....
View ArticleNo Attorney General appointment yet
Former Attorney General, Johannes Tomana. TEN months after it became vacant, government is yet to fill the position of Attorney General (AG) as authorities drag their feet over the appointment. The...
View ArticleChiefs take Mugabe head on
President Robert Mugabe. CHIEFS, who had earlier threatened to boycott their annual conference demanding brand new cars, farms and an increase in their allowances, will today take on President Robert...
View ArticleMortgage lender grows loan book
Cabs Centre in Harare. ZIMBABWE’S largest mortgage lender, Central African Building Society (CABS), is sitting on an unsecured parallel lending loan book of over US$127 million, while corporate banking...
View ArticleCornered CSC enters plea to defend
CORNERED by 1 300 workers who have approached the High Court to claim millions of dollars in unremitted pension contributions, the State-run Cold Storage Company (CSC) finally entered a plea to defend...
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