adminZim woes S. African investors
Business ReporterZIMBABWE will next month hold a two-day trade and investment conference in Johannesburg aimed at attracting foreign investors.
The conference will be on April 3-4, Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Minister Tapiwa Mashakada said in an interview last Friday.
KLM flies on biofuel
THE HAGUE. – After a series of flights between Schiphol and Paris, Dutch airlines KLM operated its first transatlantic flight on used cooking oil to New York last Friday.US jobs market brightens
WASHINGTON. – The US jobs market brightened in February as the unemployment rate tumbled and jobs growth picked up, official data released last Friday showed.The jobless rate fell to 7,7 percent, from 7,9 percent in January, and the US gained a net 236 000 jobs, the Labour Department said.All eyes on Victoria Falls
THE United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly scheduled for August in Victoria Falls has multiplied focus on a town that is already the centre of worldwide attraction. Similarly, attention on the town’s environmental scorecard has also expanded. That is why Zimbabwe’sZETDC steps up prepaid meter installation
Fanuel Kangondo Business Editor
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company has stepped up the installation of prepaid meters countrywide with one of the contracted companies installing up to 3 500 meters a day in Norton.
ZTA unhappy with tour operators
Golden Sibanda in BERLIN, GermanyTHE Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has expressed reservations that most Zimbabwean tour operators failed to travel for the International Tourism Bourse in Germany last week, saying their participation was critical in promoting the country’s tourism sector.
Mining fees slashed
Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business Reporter
GOVERNMENT has reviewed downwards mining fees which will see small-scale miners paying less to register their claims.According to the Government Gazette published last Friday, application fees for registration as an approved prospector have been reduced from US$5 000 to US$4 000 every five
Ice Prince reveals softer side
Lagos. – He’s undoubtedly the biggest rapper in Nigeria right now, and who knew Ice Prince could tone down his hardcore image for something softer?The “Chocolate City” artiste recently dropped visuals for his single “More” which features lovely video vixen/model Lola Rae who plays Ice Prince’s
Dwayne Johnson falls short
Los Angeles. – The plot to “Snitch” is pathetic but the production is breathtaking. The leading character is amiable but his acting is unpalatable.While the script could be better, it should not be blamed for the blunders I’ve mentioned.
Sadc poll observer mission jets in
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter