adminMillers sound alarm bells
GOVERNMENT has been urged to put in place effective control measures to limit the flooding of imported flour on the local market, which has resulted in job losses in the milling industry. Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe president Mr Tafadzwa Musarara said that over 18 000 people have lost their jobs in the industry during the past five years due to the influx of cheap
Call for mandatory blending of fuel
Business Reporter
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries has called on the Government make blending of fuel mandatory. The call comes as low uptake of Green Fuel’s 90:10 percent petrol-ethanol blend — E10 — has forced the company to stop production after
PPC rolls out ownership plan
Acting Business Editor
Cement and lime manufacturer Portland Holdings Limited has successfully submitted its indigenisation plan in which the company ownership will be spread among the employees, the community and strategic partners. Apart from the workers and
US$50m boost for Fidelity
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
FIDELITY Printers and Refiners, the gold buying arm of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, is set for a US$50 million recapitalisation as Government moves to curb exports of raw gold, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said yesterday. The
Delta, traders on collision course
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
DELTA Beverages and its wholesaler clients seem to be headed for a collision after the manufacturer slashed margins for the wholesalers to 2,6 percent from 5 percent recently. The move, claimed the wholesalers, was meant to exclude them from the
Media controls black societies?
Franklin Jones
About 100 years ago, a group of very affluent elites that included the JP Morgan dynasty, the Rockefeller dynasty, the Rothschild’s from Europe, and the Warburgs from Germany set into motion a plan to create a world system of financial
Is South Africa set up to fail?
Udo W. Froese
The ANC leadership’s acceptance of alien neo-liberalism has deviated from its hard-earned revolutionary values. The generously open embrace of literally everyone in the “broad church” of the African National Congress has opened the
Dicing with death
John Manzongo
What started as a normal day for Dzinon Sibanda of Gwaivhi village in Chikombedzi ended with him almost knocking on heaven’s doors after he stepped on a landmine 14 years ago. Sibanda had gone to look for his lost cattle in a nearby forest
Good looks a plus: Former BBA housemate
Ex-Big Brother Africa housemate Miss P (Peo Sebotho) believes that good looks could work to the advantage of Botswana’s representatives, in this year’s Big Brother reality show adventure. The popular 24-hour show started a week ago. Botswana
Amateurs have no place at Hifa
Richard Kohola Music Ride
The vibrancy and success of the Harare International Festival of the Arts every year is always determined by the quality of artistes. Whether it’s the Coca-Cola Green, Global Stage, Youth Zone or the Main Stage the performances are always world