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Obert Chifamba recently in CHIKOMBAENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources Management Minister Francis Nhema has challenged traditional leaders to enact laws that protect the environment and promote the sustainable use of natural
Brazilian president’s approval rate reaches record high
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s support rate made a new high of 77 percent in March, an Ibope poll released on Wednesday said. The rate, a rise from the 72 percent in December, was the highest since Rousseff came into office in January 2011. By the outstanding performance, sheRelax lending terms, banks urged
Local financial institutions should extend long-term loans and reduce high interest rates to industry to speed up economic recovery, a Cabinet minister has said. Lending rates for local banks ranging between 15 percent and 50 percent are driving industry away from borrowing, a situation which is contributing toAfrica Institute of Remittances on the cards
Business ReporterTHE African continent could be close to establishing a regional remittances body, says permanent secretary in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Dr Desire Sibanda. This follows
All set for Buy Zimbabwe conference, expo
The much-awaited Buy Zimbabwe Conference and Experiential Expo to be held at the Meikles Hotel and Africa Unity Square from April 11-12 2012 is finally here and anticipation is high that resolutions coming out of this conference are going to be actioned practically. The resolutions coming out of thisAfrifresh seals Ariston deal
Bright Madera Senior Business ReporterSOUTH African firm Afrifresh on Wednesday concluded its 41,74 percent investment deal in Ariston from EmVest through a special bargain on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. The agricultural investment group
Govt moots incentives for minerals value addition
The Government is considering incentives to encourage value addition in the mining sector to increase export earnings and create jobs, a Cabinet minister has said. The Government has encouraged the processing of minerals before exportation for the country to derive more benefits from the finiteICC orders Saif al-Islam trial
TRIPOLI — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday ordered Libya to immediately hand over for trial Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader, but Libya’s new authorities said they still wanted to try him themselves. The court in The Hague ordered Tripoli to “comply with its obligations to
ZTA scoops three awards
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
EFFORTS by the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority to market Zimbabwe as a favourable tourism destination are bearing fruit, with the ZTA scooping three awards from South Africa-based research firm PMR Africa.
Islamists seize Algerian consulate in north Mali
BAMAKO — Armed Islamists occupied the Algerian consulate in Gao in north-eastern Mali, arresting diplomats and raising their black flag at the building, several witnesses told AFP yesterday. “I am currently in front of the Algerian consulate in district four in Gao. Armed Islamists have entered the