OM’s office park project on course

Business Reporter
CONSTRUCTION of a modern and environmentally friendly office park by Old Mutual next to Harare’s Borrowdale Race Course is progressing well with the project expected to be completed early next year.

Gordhan, Biti to discuss Zim assistance

Business Reporter
SOUTH African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan will meet his Zimbabwean counterpart, Tendai Biti, to discuss the country’s request for further financial assistance. In a statement, the South African Finance

Avoid burnout, take a break

MY friend Tonderai recently told me how he fished continuously from January to mid-November last year. During this period, he fished bass from dawn to dusk. He only missed two days when he had to

Mining Indaba opens today

Business Reporter
THE fourth edition of the three-day Zimbabwe Mining Indaba starts today, focusing on boosting foreign direct investment in the mining sector. According to the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe

Banks: Depositors demand action

Business Reporters
DEPOSITORS are still being subjected to punitive charges and interest rates, long after fiscal and monetary authorities threatened action against the extortionate practices. There is a general

Bread price stays at US$1

Business Reporter
STAKEHOLDERS in the bread cluster have agreed to maintain the price of bread at US$1 under measures also meant to ensure viability of bakers and millers. Bakers had proposed to increase the price of bread

Home and the diaspora

Sekai Nzenza
During the time I lived in the Diaspora, some people called me dzvatsvatsva, comparing me to that fast-moving spider. You see it here and in a flash, it is gone, only to resurface under your legs or

Uncle Sam all out to plunder Africa

Prof Anna Mititi-Michero
The United States of America is a greedy superpower that wants to exploit every existing natural resource ahead of China and has targeted leaders of countries that resist its manoeuvres and sought

Angolan polls boost Sadc profile

The recently concluded, peaceful Angolan elections are expected to further strengthen Southern Africa’s profile as a stable investment destination and boost the region’s economic prospects.

The African art struggles

Knowledge Mushohwe
When Europeans started trekking south a couple of centuries ago in search of new frontiers and with an apparent intent to “civilise” Africa, they came across several types of artworks. From what they

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