adminUnpacking UNTWO hosting issues
WHEN I travelled to South Korea as part of the Zimbabwean delegation in October 2011, the main agenda was to win the bid to co-host, with Zambia, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation 2013 general assembly. The bid was won. In the aftermath of winning of the bid, so manyMazda T35: A legend in commercial vehicles
Fact Jeke Behind the WheelWHEN we talk of light commercial vehicles, both trucks and buses, the Mazda T 3500 rates among the best. Mazda T35 trucks and Swaraj buses have stood the test of time and in Zimbabwe they are a favourite with farmers, transporters, schools and churches. For those who have no idea,
Sandy forces carmakers to scrap 15 000 cars
Sandy forces carmakers to scrap 15 000 carsCHICAGO. — Toyota Motor, Chrysler, Nissan and Honda plan to scrap about 15 000 vehicles damaged by Hurricane Sandy as vehicle makers and dealers continue assessing the storm’s impact, according to local media reports on Wednesday. TravisMerging the future of China’s car industry: Expert
BARCELONA. — A Spanish expert said yesterday that Spain might be the perfect place for the Chinese car industry to get a foothold overseas. Jaume Ribera, professor from the IESE Business School in Barcelona, said one of the ways for Chinese-made cars to enter markets in Europe and the UnitedLocal industry’s cry for salvation
Golden Sibanda Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’s manufacturing industry faces the most testing challenges of its time and risks falling into a deep chasm where it will be difficult to retrieve while the consequences will be dire. It has for long been all talk and little action, but the consequences of this could leave indelible scars
Gono gets tougher on banks
Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterTHE Reserve Bank is mulling the introduction of money market instruments to compel banking institutions to buy Treasury Bills after they snubbed the stock again this week. The central bank re-introduced the T-Bills last month but only one issue was successful. The first and second auctions
Gold deliveries fall 7,14pc — Chamber of Mines
Rumbidzai Zinyuke Business ReporterGOLD deliveries declined by 7,14 percent in September this year from about 1 200 kg a month earlier, the Chamber of Mines said yesterday.
Statistics show that deliveries were down from 1 199,9kg in August to 1 111,1kg in September due to a significant decline in deliveries by large-scale
Trade with SA declines
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterMANUFACTURED exports from Zimbabwe to South Africa have declined significantly after the latter suspended some bilateral and regional trade agreements to prevent third party imports from entering the country under the guise of Sadc rules. As a result, South Africa, whose share of
Weeping voices from the streets
Muchaneta Chimuka Features CorrespondentCASES of sexual abuse on children living on the streets are notably increasing although there are no ready statistical figures at hand since most of them go unreported due to several factors. Street kids are being abused by people living in our communities and some of them even hold high
Reflections of the epidemic
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV WalkZimbabwe joins the rest of the world to mark World Aids Day on December 1. It is 25 years after the first case was reported in Zimbabwe and in the US the first case was in 1981. By 1988 all blood products were screened for HIV locally. The International Aids Society saw the need to have a