adminYouth 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
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
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
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
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
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
Macheso 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.
Koffi Olomide charged with rape
A French judge has charged Congolese music star Koffi Olomide with three counts of rape and illegal confinement after complaints from three of his former back up dancers, his lawyer said last week. “Koffi Olomide last Monday went on his own free will to answer summons by an investigating judge in (the Parisian suburb of) Nanterre, where he was charged,” Olomide’s lawyer
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
Coca-Cola hands over cars to Pimped Up Ride winners
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Two lucky winners of the Coca-Cola Pimped Up Ride draw last week drove away in style after they were presented with two brand new cars at a glittering event held in Harare last week. The two – Steven Jimu (38), who is a florist at Africa Unity Square and