adminDairibord profits lower
Business ReporterDAIRIBORD HOLDINGS has warned group profits for the half year period to June 30 2013 would be lower compared to the prior year due to operational and related market challenges. In a statement, the board of Dairibord Holdings Limited said it had made a decision to realise both the staff and plant rationalisation expenses in the first half of the
Islam preaches tolerance
Sheikh Abdullah MakwinjaTolerance is a basic principle of Islam. It is a religious moral duty. Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, believes in prophets and messengers of God. Unfortunately, the events after the First World War to the present time have created an atmosphere in the Western world where Islam is branded as a religion of terror and where Muslims are generally
Seven win big in MBCA promotion
Business ReporterSEVEN lucky MBCA clients on Tuesday night walked away with prizes worth US$11 000 in the grand draw of the bank’s account recruitment and deposit mobilisation campaign.
Mrs Stella Chimbumu from Southerton, who is an account holder with the bank’s Southerton branch, was the biggest winner of the night after she won the top prize of
Orphans have dreams too!
It is illogical that while the majority of people have a decent lifestyle and almost living in luxury, orphans will be admiring from the side lines as they cannot compete. For a long time, the plight of vulnerable children has not been addressed they face a bleak future as they cannot survive in a competitive environment. As such, it took “one of ourZITF Company to build hotel
The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Company plans to build a hotel and conference centre as part of initiatives to widen its revenue base. ZITF Company chairperson Mr Bekithemba Nkomo told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Industry and Commerce that establishing the hotel was one of its long-term objectives. “Bulawayo City CouncilDairibord bids for Cairns
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterDAIRIBORD Holdings has joined the race to acquire a controlling stake in Cairns Holdings Limited, which plans to de-list from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to simplify the process of getting fresh investment. A total of four suitors are vying for a majority interest in Cairns and the others include local private company, Judah Holdings Limited and South
When book education is not enough
Nyasha Mutena Features CorrespondentTENDAI KUCHERA (28) is basking in the warm sunshine of the morning, like any other day in his life. He is surely going to spend the day hopping from one person he comes across on the streets to the other, begging for money or engaging in quick illicit deals just so to buy “the stress relief pill” as he likes to call dagga while using hunger as an
Telecel keen to localise shareholding
Business CorrespondentTELECEL board chairman Dr James Makamba says the country’s fastest growing mobile phone operator’s shareholders are determined to address the shareholding structure that has raised eyebrows among empowerment groups as it is skewed in favour of foreigners instead of locals. The company’s majority stake — 60 percent — is held by Egypt-
Car imports up 23pc
Thupeyo Mleya Beitbridge BureauVehicle imports through the Beitbridge Border Post increased by 23 percent between January and May this year compared to the same period last year, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has said. The increase is attributed to the price freeze of vehicles in South Africa and also the exorbitant prices of vehicles on the local market. Prices of second hand
The miracle garment
Roselyne Sachiti Deputy Features EditorTATENDA MUGARIRI is a lucky woman who has lived to tell her story. Only last year, she almost knocked heaven’s doors only to find them heavily sealed. She had experienced pregnancy complications at six months and bled profusely. It was just not her time to die, thanks to an intervention, which many now call the miracle cloth, the non-pneumatic