Begin with the end in sight . . .

THREE days ago I had the opportunity to listen to the most inspiring talk by one of the most humble but straight-talking business leaders this country has to offer, National Foods managing director Mr Jeremy Brook. The man simply had a lot to share with the contestants of My Own Boss

Top post for Zim executive

Martin Kadzere Business Reporter
BUSINESS executive Mr Nathan Kalumbu has made history by becoming the first Zimbabwean to head the Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa Group, the company announced yesterday. The Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa Group comprises 85 countries. Mr Kalumbu’s promotion as president of the Eurasia

Chamber supports value addition

Business Reporter
CHAMBER of Mines president Mr Winston Chitando yesterday said mining firms fully supported the setting up of a platinum refinery in the country, but it should have “economic justification”. “Does the chamber believe that a refinery should be established in Zimbabwe? The answer is ‘Yes’. But it is an

Govt reviews Essar deal

Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
GOVERNMENT is renegotiating with Essar Africa, the Ziscosteel deal to ensure it retains control of  Buchwa Iron Ore Mining Company, renamed NewZim Minerals. Under the new agreement, Government wants the Indian firm to buy the rights to Bimco’s iron ore claims. In an interview on the sidelines of

RIP Chadenga

Isdore Guvamombe Features Editor
At midday on Saturday September 8, 2012, two helicopters landed at a football pitch outside an old Roman Catholic Church at Chinyuni, Mujawo Village, in Chirumanzi. It was quite a spectacle, raising wafts of dust, shaking trees and their branches, troubling clothes and the people that wore

Zim to import 70pc of soyabean needs — expert

Senior Agriculture Reporter
ZIMBABWE will need to import 70 percent of its annual soya bean requirements after drought and late planting affected yields for the 2011/12 cropping season. National Soyabean Promotion Programme co-ordinator Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki yesterday revealed that the country only

Small grain production boosts yields

Tarisai Machakaire Herald Reporter
Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have urged farmers to take up small grain production to boost yields for the 2012/2013 farming season.
Speaking in separate interviews, the stakeholders said small grain crops were drought-tolerant making them better performers in poor seasons.

SA strikers vow to cripple industry

RUSTENBURG — Thousands of protesting miners vowed yesterday to cripple South Africa’s mining industry a day after bringing the world’s top platinum producer to a standstill. Around 5 000 workers were addressed by activists at a sports stadium at Anglo American Platinum’s Rustenburg complex,

Mursi calls for calm as crowd pelts US embassy

CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Mursi yesterday slammed a film deemed to mock the Muslim prophet but warned against the use of violence as angry crowds pelted the US embassy in Cairo. Police fired teargas to disperse the latest protest by stone- and bottle-throwing

Protestor shot dead

SANAA — Yemeni police yesterday shot dead a protester and wounded five others when they opened fire on a crowd attempting to storm the US embassy in Sanaa to protest a film mocking Islam, a security official said. The shooting came as protesters, chanting “O, messenger of Allah . . .  O,

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