adminGMB ordered to move grain to deficit areas
Obert Chifamba Senior Agriculture Reporter
CABINET yesterday ordered the Grain Marketing Board to immediately start moving grain to
Editorial Comment: First Choice Wholesale concept noble if handled with care
The rural folk have borne the brunt of the economic challenges that Zimbabwe has been facing. Their income tends to be seasonal and it is only when we are in the marketing season for crops that a lot of cash circulates.In between they have to rely on support from their sons and daughters in the cities and mining towns. It is therefore imperative that goods and services reach rural areas at low prices.
This had all along proved difficult, given that most shops had to add transport costs and their own profit mark-ups to make
Govt should assist farm schools
Alex Duval SmithSchools on formerly white-owned farms in Zimbabwe are sorely lacking in facilities and equipment, and receive little funding from the Government or foreign donors. In the old kitchen at Dunstan farm, desks have been pushed up against the
A brother’s state of sorrow
Sekai NzenzaWhen Petros died in a car accident in South Africa two weeks ago, his only brother Mika could not go there because he did not have a passport nor did he have money for transport. Cousins in Zimbabwe and South Africa pooled whatever resources
Zim employees want salaries linked to PDL — Survey
Business ReporterZIMBABWEAN employees say that salaries should be linked to the Poverty Datum Line (PDL), productivity and inflation without considering each factor independently. This was revealed in a study by Industrial Psychology Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. It was,
Ethics Indaba set for Harare, Bulawayo
Business ReporterZIMBABWE is set to host its inaugural Board and Executive Ethics Indaba in Harare and Bulawayo next month. The indaba is being organised by the Ethics Institute of South Africa in conjunction with the Business Ethics Centre (BEC). According to the
Acquisitions, mergers dominate market
Bright Madera Corporate NewsZIMBABWE’S economic potential has continued to attract investors from across the globe as shown by the recent corporate restructuring spree in the country. In the first quarter of the year, the market has recorded a number of acquisitions and
Sale of Dairibord Malawi unit hits snag
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterDAIRIBORD Zimbabwe Holdings says plans to dispose of financially hamstrung Malawian subsidiary Mulanje Peak Foods have stalled as potential investors are struggling to raise funding for a deposit. DZHL controls Mulanje Peak Foods through its 68
Private sector to present PPP proposals to Cabinet
Tawanda Musarurwa Business ReporterDEBATE around the establishment of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Unit within Government structures has been re-ignited as the private sector is set to present a PPP policy brief to Cabinet. The private sector initiative is being driven by the