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Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S economic growth is expected to slow down to 4 percent by 2017, according to projections by the International Monetary Fund. In its recent World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said the Zimbabwean economy was expected to register a 5 percent Gross Domestic Product growth
‘Judicial management an effective tool’
OVER the past few years, particularly the time when Zimbabwe turned to the use of multiple currencies, several companies have folded largely due to lack of funding. The dollarisation has brought liquidity challenges which continue posing serious threats to companies. However, a number of
Time running out for Airzim
Zimbabwe, which had long been shunned by foreign airlines due to perceived chaos and restlessness in the economy, has begun to attract quite a few airlines in the mould of the Emirates, British Airways, Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways and Air Namibia, and others that are promising to resume flights into this country shortly.Zim escapes SA platinum challenges
Tawanda Musarurwa Business ReporterZIMBABWE’S top platinum producers, Zimbabwe Platinum Holdings and Mimosa Platinum Mine, have largely escaped the challenges that have resulted in the chief executives of their parent companies being forced to resign. Earlier this week, Aquarius Platinum chief executive Mr Stuart
How to make that delightful pitch
Zachary Aldwin Milkshake in the Boardroom
MY favourite class growing up was art, where we started off every lesson with a clear white sheet of cardboard. On the left (or right) of you are 20 different coloured oil pastels. In your head is your imagination and in your hands is the “ability” to give it your best shot. Everyday at art class was
Money lending firm reimburses investors
Masvingo BureauMasvingo-based money lending firm McDowells International, accused of money laundering, has vowed to settle debts owed to its clients. The company was recently shut down by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for violating the Banking Act. McDowells International has, however, started
Embrace green technology: Expert
BULAWAYO companies and individuals in Information Communication Technology who want to make it in the future must embrace green technology or risk sinking into oblivion as the sector is revolutionising to suit environmental friendly policies. Green IT is the use of ICT products which areEnergy firm introduces new cooking fuel
Business ReporterLOCAL firm A&B Revolving Energies has introduced a new biofuel on the market — ethanol gel fuel. Ethanol gel fuel is believed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50 percent compared to wood, which will assist in preserving our forests. Dr Ephrem Whingwiri, who is responsible for
The sorrow of a manipulated people
Posting her thoughts on an Internet social network, writer Petina Gappah had this to say: “My friend Nick Twinamatsiko has pointed out that no African has ever been in contention for any of the Nobel Prizes in science. I am not surprised.” It takes men of exceptional brilliance to make it into coaching the biggest soccer clubs in the world, much as a soccer coach has to be stupid enough to believe that what they do is such an important thing in real life.
It is like believing that the Nobel Peace Prize is an important arbiter for the success of Africans.
You have to command an outrageous sense of gullibility to believe that kind of egregious nonsense.
A people shorn of the past, blind to the direction towards the future and uncertain of the present cannot tell from where they are coming and to
Reviving the songs of our grandmothers
Sekai Nzenza
Sometimes songs just come into my head at the most inappropriate time. Strange how something simply pops into your head and you spend the whole day with the song and it may even stay till the next day or longer. I could be in a shop, at a funeral or in an important meeting and the