adminMacheso to sample new songs
Richmore Tera and Mandla Dingani
SUNGURA musician Alick Macheso and his new-look Orchestra Mberikwazvo are set to sample new songs and dances for 2012 when “Extrabasso” squares off with katekwe music exponent Oliver Mtukudzi at the Chitungwiza Aquatic Complex on March 2.
Ariston posts US$2m loss
Business Reporter
DIVERSIFIED group Ariston Holdings Ltd posted a total comprehensive loss of US$2 million for the full year to September 25 2011 as improved activity failed to translate into increased margins during the period under review. Ariston chairman Dr Robbie
Govt to mobilise funds for UNWTO infrastructure
Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE faces the daunting task of mobilising financial resources needed to build critical infrastructure for the joint hosting of the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism General Assembly next year, a senior Government official
Franchising: A sure way to win, retain customers
Fanuel Kangondo Entrepreneurship
One of the business strategies a company or individual can take to gain market share is through franchising and this has been a proven strategy for getting and keeping customers. Franchising has been singled out as a marketing system for creating an
Nyanga women lead the way in energy saving
ZWRCN Desk Women empowerment
For most urban dwellers in Zimbabwe, the Herald headline of last Monday which read “Maputo threatens to switch off Zim” was not surprising. The article alleged that Mozambique, which supplies Zimbabwe with about 500 megawatts to cover
BCZ calls for national economic vision
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
THE Business Council of Zimbabwe has called for the formulation of a national economic vision as part of 10 collaborative imperatives around which action plans to achieve a US$100 billion economy by 2040 would be built. BCZ president Mr
Youth fund disbursement starts
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
CABS has started disbursing funds for youth projects under Old Mutual’s US$10 million Kurera-Ukondla Youth Empowerment Fund. The fund was unveiled last November as part of Old Mutual’s indigenisation and empowerment agreement with
Ethanol blend pushes fuel prices down
Business Reporters
FUEL prices in Zimbabwe are now on a downward trend as the oil industry absorbs the full impact of locally manufactured fuel grade ethanol from Chisumbanje. The recent price decrease is in sharp contrast to the patterns in other countries in the
Malema remains defiant at mitigation hearing
JOHANNESBURG – ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema remains defiant despite facing possible expulsion from the ruling party – insisting that the charges against him were trumped up. Malema argued in mitigation of his suspension from the party this week and called two ANC Youth League national executive committee members, Andile Lungisa and Abner
Chinamano crowned Miss Chez Ntemba
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Delectable Joyce Chinamano was all smiles after she was picked as the inaugural Miss Chez Ntemba at a sparkling beauty contest held the nightclub on Valentine’s Day. The 19-year-old Harare socialite and model oozed with cool confidence and beat