adminGovt shortlists 3 investors to revive Kamativi Mine
GOVERNMENT has shortlisted three investors bidding to partner Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation in reviving Kamativi Mine, 15 years after the tin mine closed operations, an official said last Friday. “We had 67 bidders and went through theRaw sugar price up 33 percent
THE price of raw sugar for the 2012/13 marketing season has surged to US$700 per tonne from US$525 last year.When the season started last year a tonne of raw sugar was selling at US$525 with the price closing at US$701 by March, which sugar cane growers say has brought confidence in the sector. Sugarcane is grown commercially in the south-eastern part of
Kingfisher Airlines turns to divine forces
NEW DELHI. — With the banks deaf to his pleas for more money for his ailing airline and foreign investors yet to materialise, Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya has turned to divine forces for assistance. The “King of Good Times”, as the jet-setting billionaire is known in India, recently called in psychic guru Unnikrishna Panicker, who is said to be an expert at invoking theSandwich town celebrates own hero
LONDON. — The British town of Sandwich yesterday staged a dramatic re-enactment of the moment when the town’s earl was said to have invented the sandwich, to mark the 250th anniversary of the bread-based meal. Dressed in 18th century costume, actors recreated the night when John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich — a rapacious card-player — “called for a slice of
Buhera blind people’s project chalked out
Tichaona Zindoga
After around a decade of economic hardship that almost shut down schools for want of teachers and learning and teaching materials, interventions such as the provision of textbooks and other requirements by non-governmental organisations
Mineral devt policy on cards
From Martin Kadzere in Victoria Falls
The Zimbabwe Chamber of Mines is working on the establishment of a mineral development policy that will guide the formulation of legislation, fiscal measures and Government interventions targeted at the sector. The policy will provide a
Mining spurs export earnings
The mining industry has become the mainstay of Zimbabwe’s exports as statistics show that it has accounted for 70 percent of more than US$700 million in total export receipts in the first quarter of this year. This was on the back of favourable global mineral prices and stable economic conditions. According to an export sector review by the Zimbabwe National Chamber ofSmall-scale farmers key to Africa’s agric growth
From Victoria Ruzvidzo in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaTHE key to increasing agricultural productivity in Africa lies in transforming the small-scale farming sector, whose potential has remained dormant for a long time, the World Economic Forum on Africa concluded here on Friday. Although Africa has
Climate change policy long overdue
Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryIMPLEMENTATION of the Zimbabwe National Climate Change Policy has not been swift and as desirable, even in the face of the deadly impact of climate and weather. It is nonetheless and in a significant manner, a very decisive response to the
Telecel slashes data bundle prices
Business Reporter
TELECEL Zimbabwe has slashed the cost of its data bundles, making them the cheapest on the market. With effect from today, Telecel subscribers will be able to purchase data bundles from 55 megabytes upwards at 50 percent discount in a promotion