Advisory calls for mining joint ventures
Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe chief executive officer, Isaac Kwesu, said commodity prices had ill-informed economic policies, wreaked havoc in the industry.ZIMBABWE’S mining industry, which has been hit...
View ArticlePoll boycott divides MDC Renewal Team
Dumiso Dabengwa is participating in the by-electionsTHE MDC Renewal Team was this week thrown into turmoil after the party’s Bulawayo provincial chairperson, Amen Mpofu, threw in the towel because of...
View ArticleRiot police descend on Green Fuel
The workers have gone for seven months without pay.CHAOS reigned last week at Chisumbanje ethanol plant after Green Fuel called in riot police to disperse its employees who were on strike over the...
View ArticleFunding challenges dog TNF
Contents of the draft TNF Bill, were approved and adopted by Cabinet on April 7, and that the document was now with the office of the Attorney General.THE Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) – a...
View Article‘Gold mining to remain depressed’
Most gold mines have been adopting survival strategiesTHE gold mining sector, which has been the hardest hit by a deteriorating business climate in Zimbabwe, has moved to forestall mounting losses to...
View ArticleInformal sector to pay Aids levy
The majority of those in the informal sector are involved in survivalist ventures with evidence showing that 40 percent of them earn less than US$200 per month while 11 percent do not have a monthly...
View ArticleMujuru case collapses
Mutasa also off the hook Criminal accusations that were being pursued against Joice Mujuru seem to have collapsed before any charges could be preferred against her.A LITANY of criminal accusations...
View ArticleJust taking a well-deserved break, Cdes
Dr Phil……..cash rules everything around himDear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, this week I have decided not to address you as I try to catch up with a lot that has been happening both in our...
View ArticleNo takers for US$50 million electricity bond
The bond, which was meant to raise money for the Zimbabwe Power Company has failed to excite the liquidity-starved market and is struggling to find buyers.A US$50 million bond floated by the...
View ArticleGweru industrial properties flood market
Gweru Town House.MASSIVE de-industrialisation in Gweru has forced many property owners to start looking for buyers for their industrial properties due to non occupation. The Midlands capital, which was...
View Article‘Kalanga jibe of no consequence to poll’
Kalanga jibe of no consequence to pollPRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s taunt of Kalangas during a recent address on the sidelines of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit is unlikely to...
View ArticleLet freedom reign for vendors
Vendors are selling everything, anywhere, and anytime because they are no longer being harassed by the city’s municipal police officers.…. as farmers desert Mbare market.CHATTING, laughing and some...
View ArticleXenophobic stance taken by MTN workers who want Zim-born CEO gone
By Nigel Gambanga The ongoing industrial action being conducted by MTN South Africa workers took on a xenophobic turn when the workers started waving placards asking for the operator’s Zimbabwean born...
View ArticleMDC Renewal Team develops cold feet
We need time to put our house in order.THE overly publicised re-unification between the two splinter Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations led by Welshman Ncube and Sekai Holland appears to...
View ArticleEconet registers lower revenues & 41% decline in profits in latest financial...
By Nigel Gambanga Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has released its annual financial results. The operator has registered lower revenues and a 41% decline in profit. After tax profits stood at $70 million and...
View ArticleSubjugating profiteering to achieve housing delivery
The World Bank has commissioned several studies on what needs to be done if Africa is to meet housing demands of ever-growing urban populations.Austen RatsaukaTO date, the subject of low-cost housing...
View ArticleSigns look dire for Zimbabwe economy
“This May Day our triple challenge is we have workers without work, we have lost the sense of labour value and we lack a strategy to create wealth”By Tony Hawkins and Andrew England ON May 1 — Labour...
View ArticleMake every kick send you forward
“Turn your lemon into lemonade; your test into a testimony; your mess into a message and your disappointment into a wonderful appointment.”Resolving Personal & Spiritual Conflicts with Pastor...
View ArticleZechner tops jockeys’ chart
Michael KariatiTALENTED Zimbabwe-born jockey, Karl Zechner, is the best jockey in the country after posting 15 wins, 20 second place finishes, nine third place finishes and 14 fourth place finishes so...
View ArticleZim tour of Pakistan kicks off
Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura, right, smiles during a press conference as head of Zimbabwe team delegation Ozias Bvute looks on at the Gaddafi stadium.THE last time a Test-level cricket team...
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