adminRural entrepreneurs complain over lack of funding
Business Reporter
RURAL small to medium entrepreneurs have challenged banks to relax their requirements when one is applying for a loan.
Man wins appeal against death sentence
Court Reporter
A man from Binga who fatally axed his employer and was sentenced to death in 2008 had reason to smile yesterday when his appeal against the sentence succeeded before the Supreme Court.
Charambas rock Byo
Givemore Muzariri
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Govt must come to livestock’s rescue
Livestock, particularly cattle, has immense commercial and consumptive value; they are sold for pecuniary gain and slaughtered for the pot. Perceptions of their commercial value are fairly recent though, coming…
DeMbare open bag of tricks
Ricky Zililo
Traore announces new posts
BAMAKO — Mali’s interim president, Dioncounda Traore, announced the creation of a number of new top-level government positions on Sunday in a shake-up of a transitional team heavily criticised for failing to tackle the country’s twin crises.Giant-killer Thornycroft faces tough test
From Collin Matiza in London
SO far, so good.
‘Civil servants not going on strike yet’
Chronicle Reporter
CIVIL servants yesterday said they are not embarking on a strike yet.
They were responding to reports that they had resolved to embark on a full-scale strike after the Minister of Finance Tendai Biti last week rebuked them for demonstrating against poor salaries and working conditions.
Chieftainship wrangle spills into Supreme Court
Court Reporter
THE Bunina chieftainship of Lower Gweru legal wrangle might take sometime before it is decided after the Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment in an appeal by one of the parties.
‘Zimra’s failure to achieve target reflects economic stagnation’
FAILURE by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to meet its $1,5 billion revenue collection target for the first quarter reflects economic stagnation in the country, economic commentators have said.