Dutch expert visits rural farmers
HARARE - Retired Dutch farmer, organic specialist and PUM expert Coen De Berg was on a consulting visit to farmers in Rusitu and Chipinge last week. De Berg, who landed in Zimbabwe because of a...
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Foreign investors shun energy sector
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Energy Council says foreign investors shied away from the country’s energy sector last year despite injecting close to $3 billion in the region due to high political risk. The...
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Meet the woman behind Zim Rocks
HARARE - Celia Rukato, 27, was born in Zimbabwe but raised in South Africa. Her first career path was in finance and economics but her passion for fashion saw her relocating back to her country of...
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Zim neglects Italy Bippa
HARARE - Zimbabwe has failed to ratify a Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (Bippa) it signed with Italy 19 years ago, a situation that has resulted in low trade between the two...
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Sable Chemicals crying out for capital injection
HARARE - Sable Chemicals — Zimbabwe’s sole manufacture of Ammonium Nitrate (AN) fertilizer — is crying out for serious investment to be able to hit full production capacity. The company is a key...
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IDCZ to exit Chemplex Corporation
HARARE - The Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) is inviting financial advisors to lead the sale of Chemplex Corporation Limited, one of its subsidiaries. In a Government Gazette...
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Don't we all deserve a chance?
HARARE - The appointment of Justice Priscilla Chigumba as head of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been met with mixed feelings. Pessimists are frightened by her appointment. They are...
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Mudzuri protests speaking before Chamisa at rally
HARARE - Rifts have widened in the MDC after the party’s acting president Elias Mudzuri refused to play second fiddle to his co-deputy Nelson Chamisa who was slotted as the main speaker at yesterday’s...
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Budiriro 4 land dispute turns nasty
HARARE - A dispute over land, in Harare’s high density suburb of Budiriro 4, has degenerated into a nasty battle between apostolic sect members, leading to one being dragged to court over rape....
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Harare businessman robbed $91k
HARARE - Police have nabbed another suspected robber who teamed up with his gang and robbed a Harare businessman of $91 000, after storming his premises. Onismo Matuke’s arrest comes a month after his...
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AirZim, Caaz square off
HARARE - Struggling national flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) is locked in a bitter wrangle with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAAZ) over a three-year arrangement involving air ticket charges and...
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Parliament summons Sakunda over diesel plant
HARARE - Parliament has summoned the directors of Sakunda Holdings to appear before the Mines and Energy portfolio committee and give oral evidence on the stalled Dema Emergency Diesel Peaking Power...
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Granny cohabits with Ben 10
MUTARE - The mountainous city of Mutare is abuzz with the story of a 57-year-old shebeen queen who is cohabiting with her former tenant — 28 years younger. Popularly known as Mbuya Sauti, Sophie...
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Chihuri, wife face arrest
HARARE - Retired police commissioner-general Augustine Chihuri along with his wife, Isabel, face arrest over theft claims that have been made to the police by a local businessman. Bigboy Pachirera who...
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Robert Mugabe's trick rattles Zanu PF
HARARE - The move by toppled despot Robert Mugabe to join hands with his former deputy Joice Mujuru to mount a presidential electoral challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF has...
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Tsvangirai critical
HARARE - MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is battling for his life in a South African hospital after his condition deteriorated rapidly yesterday. Read full story in today's paper. [GoogleAd]
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ED has tonnes of work to do
HARARE - When it comes to winning back lost investor confidence and trust, it seems deposed president Robert Mugabe’s successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has a long way to go. Fed up of policy...
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Mnangagwa must act decisively on violence
HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa needs to act decisively on acts of violence by party thugs who appear hell-bent on continuing with their barbaric acts in the post-Robert Mugabe era. It is a long...
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Courts descend on reckless drivers
HARARE - One of 37 motorists arrested for disregarding traffic rules has been sentenced to seven years in jail after being convicted for reckless driving and driving without a licence, police said...
View ArticleZIA targets $2,5bn FDI
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) says it expects to approve projects valued at $2,5 billion this year on the back of broad economic reforms being adopted by President Emmerson...
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