adminFarmers worry over winter wheat funds
Business Reporter
FARMER organisations have bemoaned the late announcement of funds to support the winter wheat cropping season by Government, saying the move undermined efforts to enhance food security in the country.
US sues Apple and publishers over e-book prices
Technology giant Apple and major book publishers are being sued by the US Department of Justice over the pricing of e-books.The US accuses Apple and Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon and Schuster and Penguin of colluding over the prices of e-books they sell.
This lawsuit is over the agency model where publishers set the prices of e-books, rather than sellers.
Red Cross hailed
Harare BureauZANU-PF will always welcome non-governmental and international organisations that do not interfere with the country’s internal political affairs, party national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has said.
Local artiste in bid to help upcoming artistes
Entertainment Reporter
A BULAWAYO-based artiste Bongani “The Bongz The Baba” Siwela Nkomo is set to embark
Deputy Minister Mudzingwa dies
Harare Bureau
TRANSPORT, Communications and Infrastructural Development Deputy Minister and MDC-T non-constituency senator Dr Tichaona Mudzingwa has died.
He was 69.
Property worth thousands goes up in smoke
Chronicle ReporterPROPERTY worth thousands of dollars went up in smoke yesterday evening when a fire gutted Bulawayo’s Farm and City Centre, a shop that deals in farming implements.
Report unearthes accounting flaws at Zinara
Harare BureauA report by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General last year unearthed serious accounting flaws in the Zimbabwe National Roads Administration (Zinara) with the roads administrator exceeding its mandatory expenditure.
Africa urged to have single postal territory
Harare — African countries should come up with a single postal territory which allows free movement of mail and other items, an official said on Tuesday.Trans-border mail can take more than 10 days to reach its destination on the continent, a development which is retarding economic and social development.
Small-scale entrepreneurs cry foul
Business ReporterSMALL-SCALE engineering entrepreneurs at Belmont Industrial site in Bulawayo have said they are failing to recover production costs as their customers are demanding to buy the goods at cheaper prices.
Hunting industry needs marketing
Business reporterTHE local hunting industry needs a lot of marketing to boost the sector that has deteriorated due to strong liquidity challenges and shortage of discretionary income, an official has said.