adminPG seeks US$10m for working capital
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
PG Industries is exploring a three-pronged approach to raise US$9,5 million for working capital and debt clearance to reverse consecutive perennial losses. This would involve the sale of unutilised assets, disposal of investment in an associate company and recalling a loan from the same company.
Pre-paid meters to promote Zesa efficiency
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
THE rolling out of pre-paid meters, anticipated to be completed within the first half of next year, will help stop the rot within Zesa Holdings, Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma has said. Last month, Zesa began the distribution of the pre-paid meters, which are expected to give
Progress Chipfumo back in the studio
Entertainment Editor
Sounds of the Motherland frontman Progress Chipfumo is currently in the studio recording his fifth album. While many people may have ruled him out after he fell sick a few months ago, forcing him to temporarily shelve live shows, the talented guitarist says he has got his groove back. The album,
Chris Brown tests positive for marijuana
Los Angeles. — R&B singer Chris Brown
has tested positive for marijuana, leading a Los Angeles judge on Monday to set a November hearing to decide whether he violated his probation stemming from a 2009 assault on then-girlfriend Rihanna. According to a probation report presented in court, Brown tested positive in June in
Indigenisation board starved of funding
The National Indigenisation and Empowerment Board this week said it has so far received less than 10 percent of the US$6 million that the Treasury allocated it in the 2012 National Budget. NEEB chairperson Mr David Chapfika said the board had survived through borrowing, with minimum support
Maternity fees to stay — Masunda
Herald Reporters
Harare City Council has vowed not to scrap maternity fees as directed by Government. Council argues the Government that gave the directive owes it US$40 million and does not understand how it can afford to subsidise the maternity fees. Residents, industry and commerce owe a combined US$200
Drug shortage hits bilharzia campaign
EveleneTaadiraGovernment’S bilharzia and intestinal worm drug administering campaign, which was launched last week, failed to yield maximum results owing to acute drug shortages. Director of Disease Control in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Dr Portia Manangazira said in an interview on Monday
Tuku not sick: Daisy
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Daisy Mtukudzi has quashed rumours of her husband Oliver Mtukudzi’s ill health, saying the superstar was fit as a fiddle. The usually media-shy Daisy broke her silence at a private dinner held in honour of the singer’s 60th birthday in Norton at the weekend telling invited guests that she has
Experts bemoan Zim water woes
Health ReporterZIMBABWE is not doing very well in providing clean water and sanitation to communities in both urban and rural areas, a water expert has said.
Speaking to journalists during a media workshop on women and children reporting in Nyanga last week, Unicef chief of water, sanitation and hygiene
Dzimbahwe Arts Festival roars into life
From George Maponga in Masvingo
The annual Dzimbahwe Arts Festival, hosted by the Great Zimbabwe University, roared into life in the country’s oldest town yesterday in what promises to be a busy week full of captivating performances by artistes from different parts of the country. The arts festival started with an academic discussion