adminLATEST: Conservationists launch Presidential Elephants petition
Simiso Mlevu Online Reporter Conservationists have launched a petition to save the Presidential Herd of Elephants following reports that some people have occupied Kanondo conservation area in Hwange. The Presidential…
Accident claims schoolgirl
Online Reporter An accident has just happened this afternoon (1:45) in Hopley along the Machipisa-Chitungwiza highway claiming the life of a 13-year-old schoolgirl. According to witnesses the girl was on…
LATEST: Warriors leave for Tanzania
Online Reporter ZIMBABWE national team coach Ian Gorowa says the technical team did their best to prepare the Warriors for the African Nations Cup preliminary round qualifier against Tanzania in…
Commodities exchange launch still in limbo
Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) says delays in establishing the Agriculture Commodities Exchange have seen farmers’ produce being undervalued in the process making farming less viable.
Ecobank offers to fund Zesa smart meters
Ecobank has expressed willingness to fund a national rollout of smart meters for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) through a local independent energy solutions company.
Farmers, ginners fail to agree on 2014 cotton price
Farmers and ginners have failed to agree on the cotton producer price as ginners are refusing to negotiate citing the order issued by the Competition and Tariffs Commission (CTC).
500,000t maize expected from contract farming
Conrad Mwanawashe and Clara Mawere Harare Bureau THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe expects to produce more than 500,000 tonnes of maize through contract farming in the 2014/15 agricultural season…
Rand softens on strike violence fears
Johannesburg — The rand weakened against the dollar yesterday, pulling back from the year’s high as investors reduced expectations for an interest rate hike next week and emerging markets lost…
Positive trend in Africa’s hotel industry
Johannesburg — New research by W Hospitality Group, a founding member of Hotel Partners Africa, places Carlson Rezidor at the head of the race to open new hotels in Africa.
5 miners killed, dozens trapped in Memba
Maputo — Mozambique police said yesterday at least a dozen people were trapped underground after an illegal mine collapsed in the northern district of Memba, killing five miners.