adminNestle workers seek 28pc stake
Business ReporterNESTLE Zimbabwe employees have taken an unprecedented move by demanding a 28 percent stake in the milk processing company at a time when Government is pushing for the finalisation of the
SECZ orders Ariston to convene fresh EGM
Business ReportersTHE Securities Commission of Zimbabwe wants the Ariston extraordinary general meeting that approved its rights offer reconvened over concerns surrounding aspects in the circular for the cash call initiative.
Ministers clash over banks
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
A WAR of words has erupted between Finance Minister Tendai Biti and his indigenisation counterpart Saviour Kasukuwere, over sharp differences on localisation of foreign-owned financial institutions.
Doctors halt World tallest man’s growth
The world’s tallest man may have finally stopped growing at a towering 8ft 3ins (247.62cm or 2.5m) thanks to a pioneering new treatment. Turkish farm labourer Sultan Kosen (29) suffers from the rare disorder acromegaly which causes his body to continually produce the growth hormone. Mr Kosen’s
Thief returns loot, says sorry
When a van driver’s Sat Nav and digital radio were stolen, he and his wife were left cursing the thief who took them. The navigation device was vital to Kevin Ingram’s work, while the radio had been a present from his son. But his wife Sue had her “faith in humanity” restored when the goods reappeared with aTobacco curing and deforestation
Obert Chifamba and Elita ChikwatiStartling claims featuring wide disparities have been made about the extent to which felling wood for tobacco curing has caused deforestation. And with estimates suggesting that flue cured tobacco
Editorial Comment: Restocking of the national herd should be prioritised
Livestock, especially, cattle are a vital component of the livelihoods of both the rural and urban people in developing countries. Farmers depend on cattle for their basic needs and any losses undermine their food security. Cattle provide draught power, organic fertiliser for crop production andKony 2012: US army’s way in
Farirai ChubvuIt is said when a thief kisses you, count your teeth! I take with a sack of salt the campaign launched around Kony 2012, a 30-minute video targeting the leader of Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army,
Libya: One year after the rebellion
Dr Mumba Gandiya
Tomorrow, it will be exactly one year after the United Nations sealed the fate of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, by proclaiming a war that started disguised as superintending over a no-fly zone