Limited power supply hits SA mines

Pretoria. — Electricity supply constraints and the effect of strikes would erode mining output this year, adding to the factors that would curb growth in the economy, analysts said yesterday. Growth is set to slow to 2,7 percent this year from 3,1 percent last year, Absa Capital said yesterday at a presentation

Microsoft launches developers’ day

Tonderai Rutsito TechSpot
Microsoft East and Southern Africa recently launched a developers day initiative in Harare.
Microsoft aims to expose our local mobile software developers to the opportunities of developing

Improve your creativity in doing business

Zachary Aldwin Milkshake in the Boardroom
Quick! Grab a pen. Now imagine a creature living on a different planet with a different atmosphere.
Draw it in the space on the side of the page. When you done carry on reading. Now take a look at

How to manage change

Shelter Hamandishe-Chieza
TODAY is not like yesterday, and tomorrow will be different from today. Continuing today’s strategy is risky; so is turning to a new strategy. These observations tell us that the society that we live in is

SA’s FNB warns of Easter scams

JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s top bank, First National Bank (FNB), has warned Cellphone Banking customers to be on the lookout for fraudulent schemes ahead of the Easter holidays. FNB chief executive officer of Cellphone Banking Ravesh Ramlakan, warned such scammers would take advantage

Insurance firms gross US$340m

Senior Reporter
A total of US$340 million was paid by companies and individuals to insurance firms in Zimbabwe as premiums to insure life, property and other valuables while US$130 million was paid out to beneficiaries

From plaster mixer to professor

Professor John Powell, director of the University of Stellenbosch Business School began his journey into the academic world by qualifying as a Chartered Engineer, and a Chartered Mathematician. He has since held various positions including Professor of Strategy at Cardiff University, Professor of

‘Infrastructure, maintenance spending constrained’

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S current spending on infrastructure maintenance is significantly below par. African Development Bank (Zimbabwe) lead economist Mr Damoni Kitabire told the Herald Business that the

Informal sector not a threat to industrialisation: Ncube

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
GROWING informal trade in Zimbabwe does not pose a danger to the country’s level of industrialisation, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Professor Welshman Ncube, has said. Professor Ncube,

Zimbabwe needs SME export, promotion agency

Gift Mugano Business Correspondent
DID you know that there are 23 million SMEs in the EU which represent 99 percent of businesses, and are a key driver for economic growth, innovation, employment and social integration? The European

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