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Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE’S Tourism and Hospitality Minister Walter Mzembi says holiday incentives for civil servants could help the country achieve its tourism revenue target of $5 billion by 2020.
Work at Ziscosteel still at shareholder level, says Bimha
Harare Bureau Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha has said work towards restarting Ziscosteel is so far restricted to the government, as the shareholders, and Essar Africa, with nothing having…
Erratic power supplies affect production
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter BITING power outages continue to dog consumers, inflicting a major blow to industry despite the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera)’s assurance to tame the headache…
Zimbabwe firms get regional nod
Patrick Chitumba in Victoria Falls ZIMBABWEAN companies continue to earn respect in the Sadc coming second after South Africa in terms of regional tender participation, an official has said.
Old Mutual plc records decline in revenue
Harare Bureau OLD Mutual plc revenue for the six months to June this year declined by 17,5 percent as premiums were hurt by South Africa’s fragile economy.
Liberia to get US Ebola drug
MONROVIA – Liberia announced on Monday that it would soon receive doses of an experimental Ebola drug and give it to two sick doctors, making them the first Africans to…
Ramaphosa in ‘incestuous’ relations with roleplayers
Pretoria – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was caught up in “incestuous relations” with roleplayers at Marikana in August 2012, the Farlam Commission of Inquiry heard yesterday.
Gaza residents return to destroyed homes
Palestinians were trying to return to a semblance of their normal lives in Gaza yesterday as a 72-hour truce entered its second day and negotiators sat down in Cairo to…
Britain condemned for banning prisoner vote
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Britain once again for banning prisoners from voting, while ruling that inmates who challenged the ban were not entitled to any compensation.
Over 100 killed in Boko Haram clashes in Nigeria
Kano — More than 100 civilians and several soldiers were killed in clashes between Nigeria’s military and Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a military official said yesterday.