More companies to close
Official data shows that over 6 000 companies closed shop between 2011 and March this year, with nearly 75 000 workers losing their jobs.MORE companies could be heading for the corporate graveyard...
View ArticleJonathan Moyo snubbed in Masvingo
Politburo member, Jonathan MoyoALLIES of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa forced a high-powered delegation from the ruling party’s supreme decision-making body in between congresses, the Politburo, to...
View ArticleEmmerson Mnangagwa survives ouster
Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa Nelson Chenga and Andrew KunamburaVICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday survived a planned purge by his foes, as mutinous war veterans backing his bid for power...
View ArticleNSSA profit plunges 70 percent after US$93 million asset write-down on dodgy...
NSSA has investments in CBZ, ZB and FBC, which are fairly good counters.THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has reported a 68 percent decline in full-year profit for 2015 after a US$93...
View ArticleMineral revenue up 8,8 percent in first half of the year
Minister of Mines Walter ChidhakwaTHE value of mineral output for the first half of 2016 increased by 8,8 percent to US$806 million, from US$741 million during the same period in 2015 on the back of...
View ArticleEconet rejects infrastructure sharing
ICT Minister, Supa MandiwanziraZIMBABWE’s largest mobile telecoms network, Econet Wireless, says it will not share its massive mobile money infrastructure with competitors until it generates a...
View ArticleGovt scrambles to increase maize production
Vice President Emmerson MnangagwaSMARTING from the nation’s more than a decade of failure to feed itself, the Zimbabwe government, through the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutrition is now...
View ArticleZimbabwe may charge farmers rent for working on land seized from whites
Lands and Rural Settlements Minister Douglas MombeshoraBy Godfrey MarawanyikaZIMBABWE is considering charging rent to black subsistence farmers who settled on large-scale commercial farms confiscated...
View Article“Acting PG position illegal”: Lawyer
Human rights lawyer, Beatrice MtetwaBy Andrew Kunambura and Nyasha ChingonoHUMAN rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, who is representing four senior members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans...
View ArticleIs Mnangagwa the ultimate survivor…or is he living on borrowed time?
Vice President Emmerson MnangagwaEVENTS of Wednesday last week proved that the 69-year old veteran politician is indeed a cunning survivor — that is if he is not living on borrowed time.GIVEN the...
View ArticleTemba Mliswa rattles ZANU-PF
Former Hurungwe East legislator, Temba MliswaZANU-PF mandarins are reportedly burning the midnight candle plotting against former Hurungwe East legislator, Temba Mliswa, who sprang a surprise last week...
View ArticleAliko Dangote team denied Zim visas
Nigerian billionaire, Aliko DangoteBILLIONAIRE Nigerian investor Aliko Dangote’s plans for US$1 billion worth of investment in Zimbabwe could go up in smoke after the country’s Immigration Department...
View ArticleG 40 in final assault
Vice President Emmerson MnangagwaBy Andrew Kunambura and Idah MhetuVICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s adversaries in the ruling party are launching a final assault on the beleaguered politician’s...
View ArticleZimbabwe escalates ivory battle
This country’s elephant population is second only to Botswana with approximately 130 000 elephants.ZIMBABWE will resume its battle to press the world to reverse a decades-long ban on ivory trade at the...
View ArticleSouth Africa gives Zimbabwe three week deadline over imports ban
Minister of Industry and Trade Mike BimhaSOUTH Africa says it has given Zimbabwe three weeks to roll back a ban imposed on imports from that country ahead of a meeting of regional ministers later this...
View ArticleMetallon output surges nine percent
Mazowe New Processing plant – north viewGOLD production at Metallon Corporation increased by nine percent to 22 565 ounces during the second quarter of the year from 20 673 ounces achieved the previous...
View ArticleJonas Mushosho appointed regional CEO for Old Mutual Southern & East Africa
Jonas Mushosho appointed regional CEO for Old Mutual Southern & East AfricaOLD Mutual Zimbabwe group chief executive officer, Jonas Mushosho has been appointed Old Mutual Emerging Markets (OMEM)...
View ArticleZimbabwe targets average annual GDP growth of 6,6 percent by 2018
Finance Minister Patrick ChinamasaZIMBABWE, whose economy has halved since 2000, said it will boost output growth to almost 10 percent next year through agriculture and manufacturing, and by giving...
View ArticleHeroes Day with a difference
President Robert Mugabe and First Lady at Heroes AcreNjabulo Ncube and Andrew KunamburaTHE weather was unpredictable on Monday, cloudy and chilly in the morning, sunny and hot later in the afternoon;...
View ArticleThe reincarnation of Nicholas Goche
Former labour minister Nicholas GocheTHE readmission of former Cabinet minister, Nicholas Goche, into ZANU-PF last week proved one very old truth: That in politics there are neither permanent friends...
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