At Springfever kitchen
At Springfever kitchen you will never be disappointedTucked away in Milton Park in tiny Rowland Square, shaded by giant flowering trees is the pretty little tin roofed establishment housing Springfever...
View ArticleFresh economic crisis looms . . . unemployment to surge
Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Development, Obert MpofuZIMBABWE’S unemployment levels are set to surge to new record highs following indications from government that it is now determined to...
View ArticleRBZ appoints new deputy chairperson
RITA Likukuma has been appointed as deputy chairperson of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.According to General Notice 212 of 2015, the President after consultations with the Minister of Finance appointed...
View ArticleChina group to build Zimbabwe coal power plant
The 600 megawatt plant will be the first phase of a 2,000 MW project.ZIMBABWE’S PER Lusulu Power has signed an agreement with China State Construction Engineering Corp Ltd to build a coal power station...
View ArticleFIFA Gives Full Backing To Russia’s World Cup
Sepp Blatter shakes hands with Vladimir Putin at the World Cup rounds drawFIFA has passed a resolution giving Russia its full backing for the 2018 World Cup, its outgoing President Sepp Blatter has...
View ArticleBobbi Kristina Brown Dies at 22, Family Confirms
Bobbi Kristina Brown dies aged 22BOBBI Kristina Brown, 22, the only daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died Sunday, nearly six months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub of...
View ArticleWeb designing firm Zimhost.com wins another award
This is the third time Zimhost has won the same award.ONE of the country’s biggest web designing companies, Zimhost, claimed the web designer of the year at the Zimbabwe Chamber of SMEs exhibition...
View ArticleAdvanced technology increasingly shaping Africa’s financial sector
Sumesh Rahavendra, Vice President of Sales for DHL Express Sub Saharan AfricaTHE African financial services industry is rapidly evolving as a result ofadvancing technology which is fueling innovation...
View ArticleEconet, Masiyiwa family trust partner to launch e-commerce service
Econet founder Strive MasiyiwaZIMBABWE’S largest mobile phone operator Econet Wireless has partnered with a family trust of founder and executive chairman Strive Masiyiwa in launching an e-commerce...
View ArticleElectronic payments to reach $50bln by year-end – RBZ
Econet, Telecel and NetOne – have mobile money platforms which the RBZ said transacted a total of $6,1 billion between 2009 to 2014.Zimbabwe’s central bank says electronic payments are expected to...
View ArticleZim forms Consolidated Diamond Company as merger is set for year end
Mines and Mining Development Minister Walter ChidhakwaGOVERNMENT is set to call for an extra-ordinary general meeting with Marange diamond companies in order to chat the way forward for the...
View ArticleNo allowances for workers, Supreme Court
Employers not forced to pay workers’ housing, educational and other benefits, rules Supreme CourtTHE Supreme Court ruled Monday that there was no legal basis compelling employers to pay workers...
View ArticleZimra collections 6% below target at $1.66 bln
Zimra Commissioner-General Gershom PasiTHE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority collected $1.66 billion in the first half of 2015 against a target of $1.76 billion, a negative variance of 6%.The latest...
View ArticleHigher power users set to pay more under new ZERA proposals
ZERA chief executive, Gloria MagomboGOVERNMENT is planning to implement cost reflective power tariffs — under which higher users will pay more — to reduce the high consumption of energy in the country...
View ArticleZANU-PF infighting weighing down Zim
In happier times…former VP Joice Mujuru (left) President Robert Mugabe and former Zanu PF national secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa.THE incessant factional fights raging within President...
View Article‘Chamisa must resign from MDC-T’
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Kuwadzana Member of Parliament, Nelson ChamisaMOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Kuwadzana Member of Parliament, Nelson Chamisa, has crossed paths with...
View ArticleFrustrations of waiting for ZANU-PF’s 2,2m jobs
President Robert Mugabe“THEY should fire as many as they can, even if they can fire all of them,” regaled Lloyd, a second hand clothes vendor plying his business on a street pavement near Harare’s Copa...
View ArticlePlatinum miners hit hard times
Zimplats, a subsidiary of Impala Holdings Limited, is the largest platinum producer owning three underground mines with a fourth under developmentPLATINUM prices on the international market have hit...
View ArticleElectricty costs to go up
Government last reviewed electricity tariffs in 2012.CONSUMERS of electricity should get ready to pay more for power to enable the cash-strapped government of President Robert Mugabe finance critical...
View ArticleTen years living on a boat: ‘It’s a fun life – I’m not a watery hobo’
Smillie enjoys a cup of tea on her boat in South dock marina, Deptford. Photograph: Andy Hall for the GuardianIT was an unusual welcome to London. Gazing ahead as we entered the Thames estuary, I made...
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