adminFarmers intensify planting
Rodney Pachiti Herald Reporter
PERI-URBAN farmers have taken advantage of the recent rains to intensify planting ahead of the 2012/2013 farming season. In a recent tour of areas surrounding Harare, The Herald established that
Pick n’ Pay to spread its wings
Kudzai Kureva Business ReporterPick n’ Pay Supermarkets will soon spread to Masvingo, Gweru and Bulawayo after South Africa’s second largest retailer opened its second outlet in Zimbabwe at the Westgate Shopping Centre. Shoppers
Industry prays for better fortunes as 2013 beckons
Clarkson Mambo
As the clock ticks towards the annual shut-down for local industries, most manufacturing companies are breathing a sigh of relief that 2012 is almost gone and they are still surviving. Companies that
Where is our sense of honour?
Dwight Mutonono Business Correspondent
The Japanese have a high sense of community accountability. It is not unusual for a company head or national leader to voluntarily apologise and resign once negligence or non-performance is proved.American appointed new Econet chairman
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterECONET Wireless has appointed an American — Dr James Patrick Myers — as its new chairman to replace outgoing TN Bank founder Mr Tawanda Nyambirai. Mr Nyambirai stepped down this week after
Labour broking illegal, warns Govt
Wenceslaus Murape Senior Reporter
Government has warned companies that hire middlemen and other companies to avoid engaging workers directly and paying gratuities, that the practice is illegal. The practice is commonly known as
Credit bureau on cards
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterLOCAL company BeB Group is on the verge of unveiling a credit evaluation firm, National Credit Bureau, in what would enhance the verification process of borrowers’ credit risk or worthiness.
The ICC is hurting Africa
Courtenay Griffiths, QC
Imagine the British Government appointed as minister for Africa a man close friends with a mercenary who attempted to overthrow an African President. Imagine this same minister was fully
China now Zim’s third biggest trade partner
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
CHINA now ranks as Zimbabwe’s third biggest trade partner after South Africa and the European Union with trade volumes in the first 10 months of this year pegged at US$750 million. This is clear testimony
DV Act helpful, but . . .
Tawanda Ngena Features Correspondent
Natasha Ncube (not her real name) has no kind words for the police. Earlier this year, the 31-year-old mother of two was brutally assaulted by her husband after she bumped into a romantic text message