Jay Z’s Streaming Service Tidal ‘Not For All’
The star’s new venture is not about those listening to music, but those making a lot of money from it, writes Sky’s Tom Cheshire. “Our intent is to preserve music’s importance in our lives,” proclaimed...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali ‘rooting for Manny Pacquiao’ in Floyd Mayweather fight
MUHAMMAD Ali’s daughter says that the former heavyweight champion is rooting for Manny Pacquiao in the forthcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather.Rasheda Ali told TMZ Sports: “My dad is Team Pacquiao...
View ArticleForget invites, WhatsApp voice calls are now available for everyone on Android
By Nigel Gambanga If you are on Android and still haven’t activated WhatsApp voice calls there’s some good news for you today. The VoIP call facility that has only been available for some, not all...
View ArticleShingi Munyeza leaves African Sun
PRIVATE equity investment and advisory firm, Brainworks Capital Management has made a proposal to African Sun’s minority shareholders as the company seeks to acquire the hotelier’s remaining issued...
View ArticleDHL expectations for Africa: 2015 outlook
IN line with Sub-Saharan Africa’s (SSA) projected economic growth of 4.9%1 this year, which is double the projection for advanced economies (2.4%1), DHL SSA expects 2015 to be a year of growth for the...
View ArticleIMPI condemns political interference
THE Information and Media Panel of Inquiry (IMPI) report has condemned rampant political and corporate interference with the media saying it was seriously undermining the credibility of the press.In a...
View ArticleByo in precarious financial position
BULAWAYO — City Council, currently owed in excess of US$100 million by residents, companies and government is now in a precarious financial position as it battles to service a debt of US$99 million, a...
View ArticleNet closes in on land barons
THE corruption dragnet is closing in on land barons, including two high-ranking State bureaucrats, who illegally parcelled out stands to unsuspecting desperate homeseekers, raking in huge sums of money...
View ArticleCity fathers seek water bills exemption
HARARE’S 46 councillors have proposed that they be exempted from paying water bills and rates as part of their benefits, according to minutes of a council committee meeting on Human Resources and...
View ArticleWheat imports bleed Zim
The baking industry is importing over 85 percent of the country’s wheat requirements annually, contributing to an expanding trade deficit that has drained the country of much-needed liquidity, the...
View ArticleElephants, rhinos killed by cyanide
AT least six elephants and two black rhinos were killed by the poisonous industrial chemical, cyanide, between January and March 10, 2015, an official report has indicated. The report by the...
View ArticleWilldale increases capacity utilisation
BRICKMAKER Willdale is targeting to increase its capacity utilisation by 20 percentage points to 60 percent by September after investing about US$3 million in operations. The company also plans to...
View ArticlePadenga’s profit jumps 85pc
ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed crocodile skins and meat processor, Padenga Holdings Limited, recorded profit after tax of US$6 million for the year to December 31, 2014, an 85 percent increase on the...
View ArticleNMB targets NPL of 10pc
NMB Bank Limited is targeting a non performing loan (NPL) ratio of 10 percent by December 2015, a 17,7 percent decline from last year. Speaking at the bank’s financial results for the year to December...
View ArticleAccountants seek tax amnesty extension
ROFESSIONAL accounting bodies have made a request to Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, to extend the tax amnesty window for companies with outstanding tax, the Financial Gazette’s Companies &...
View ArticleZPI puts properties on sale
ZIMRE Property Investment Limited (ZPI) is to offload a number of commercial properties across major Central Business Districts (CBDs) in response to falling margins triggered by an exodus of tenants....
View ArticleRadar targets private home developers
RADAR Holdings will target private home developers to increase volumes after revenue for the half year to December 31, 2014 declined by 18 percent to US$3,7 million, from US$4,5 million the previous...
View ArticleWhy Econet is going to call the government’s bluff
By Nigel Gambanga Tomorrow is Good Friday, so a lot of us are expect one obvious thing to happen tomorrow, the start of the Easter Holidays and a long weekend that everyone looking forward to a...
View ArticleDStv Zimbabwe suspends payments via EcoCash, Telecash payments also disabled
By Nigel Gambanga DStv Zimbabwe has just announced that it has suspended payments through mobile money service EcoCash, something that ought to put a damper on any attempts at beating holiday queues...
View ArticlePowertel reintroduces unlimited internet
By Nigel Gambanga Remember how local Internet Service Provider, Powertel, made the biggest pricing mistake in telecoms last year when it scrapped its superstar unlimited package and opted to introduce...
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