ALLAN SAVORY Zimbabwe Scientist
Allan Redin Savory (born 15 September 1935) is a Rhodesian ecologist, farmer, soldier, exile, environmentalist, international consultant, and president and co-founder of The Savory Institute. He...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs hail govt policies
Entrepreneurs have commended government for translating political independence to economic empowerment through implementing favourable policies that allow business to flourish. As the nation...
View ArticleCivil service salaries drive cash crunch
Monthly cash demand of more than US$200 million, especially by civil servants, is putting a strain on the supply of bank notes in the market, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has said. Though it was...
View ArticleGold miners want to pay eight cents
GOLD miners are lobbying Government to cut their electricity tariffs from USc12,8 per kilowatt hour to USc8, saying this will boost operations. Some mining houses want a tariff directly linked to...
View ArticleMega private sector kitty for wheat
Livingstone Marufu Private sector companies intend to plough US$140 million into this year’s wheat crop, with most winter farmers expected to start land preparations this week. Sakunda, National Foods,...
View ArticleSI 64 gives Zimnat reason to smile
Business Reporter INSURER Zimnat Group — 40 percent of which was recently bought by South African financial group Sanlam — wants to underwrite more business from companies that are beginning to recover...
View ArticleMeaty package for CSC
Business Reporter GOVERNMENT is strategically positioning the Cold Storage Company for take off as efforts to mobilise US$48 million to breathe life into the 79-year institution gather pace. The money...
View ArticleZMF engages local mining suppliers to boost gold output
Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) has entered into agreements with two local mining equipment manufacturers and suppliers for the provision of machinery to...
View ArticleZITF Company satisfied with preps
Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Company says it is satisfied with the preparations being carried out by exhibitors ahead of the annual showcase...
View ArticleGovt to assess Zimasco chrome claims
Minister Jason Machaya Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Midlands Correspondent THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development will soon send a team of surveyors to assess the chrome claims that were ceded to...
View ArticleIgnatious Chombo Zimbabwe Minister in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe
Ignatious Morgan Chombo (born 1 August 1952) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served in the Cabinet of Zimbabwe as Minister of Home Affairs since 2015. Previously he was Minister of Local Government,...
View ArticleSam Levy Zimbabwe businessman
Samuel Rahamin “Sam” Levy (1929–2012) was a Zimbabwean businessman and property developer best known for his construction of the Sam Levy’s Village shopping mall in Borrowdale, a suburb of Harare, in...
View ArticleLindiwe Majele Sibanda Zimbawe CEO
Lindiwe Sibanda Majele is a Zimbabwean academic and a researcher in African agricultural policy. She is the Chief Executive Officer of Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network...
View ArticleAlan David Butler Zimbabwe businessperson
Alan David Butler (23 October 1927 – July 1972) was a Rhodesian sailor, businessman and politician. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the “Flying Dutchman” event and finished in...
View ArticleSimplify informal tax collection: IMF
As Zimbabwe seeks to optimise revenue collection from the informal sector, a new research study from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has tipped that lower compliance costs and stronger...
View ArticleUniversity scores a first . . .UZ sets up Zim’s first meteorology, climate...
Bsc Honours in Meteorology and Climate Science graduates will not be short of jobs as their skills are in great demand Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story SIGNING up for the new undergraduate degree course in...
View ArticleInflation up
Business Reporter The year-on-year inflation rate – annual percentage change – for the month of March 2017 as measured by the All Items Consumer Price Index stood at 0,21 percent, gaining 0,15...
View ArticleARDA capacity utilisation up 75pc
Arda chairperson Mr Basil Nyabadza (left) and an official inspects a wheat crop at Jotsholo Estate in Lupane last year. Capacity at most Arda estates has increased to around 75 percent Business...
View ArticleBulawayo needs more township enterprises
Mr Raj Modi Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor The Bulawayo City Council says many investors are keen on setting up businesses, particularly in the services sector but the major stumbling block is lack...
View Article$4.4bn TBs issued since 2014: Chinamasa
Minister Patrick Chinamasa Harare Bureau TREASURY has issued $4.4 billion Treasury Bills since 2014 with the Government saying it has never defaulted on paying or liquidating the debt instruments. In...
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