Sakubva ready

FROM Ray Bande in Mutare
SAKUBVA stadium finally got the greenlight to host domestic top flight league matches, putting to rest fears that the venue could be barred from hosting Premiership games this year. Although Premiership

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

Artificial turf for Young Mighty Warriors

From Grace Chingoma, in JOHANNESBURG
THE Zimbabwe women’s Under-20 football team were expected to arrive in Abeokuta town shortly before midnight yesterday for their Fifa World Cup second round, first leg match against hosts Nigeria

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

Hardbody stoke flames

Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
HARARE giants Dynamos have been warned of a surprise attack when they get their 2012 Premiership campaign underway with greenhorns Hardbody revealing that they are motivated at playing the

‘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

CBZ to reduce advances

Golden Sibanda Business Reporter
CBZ Bank Limited will this year significantly reduce loan advances from deposits, to strike a balance between deposits and outflows. But the bank will maintain the tempo in mobilising external lines of

Pensioner spends 25 years carving own coffin

An 89-year-old man has painstakingly created his very own sarcophagus from prime cedar wood and even plans to be fully mummified when he dies — just like a Pharaoh. He’s crafted the casket by teaching himself expert carpentry skills from scratch and studying ancient Egyptian designs through

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