Tobacco farming goes national
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter The Tobacco Research Board is conducting research on the feasibility of growing tobacco in non-traditional tobacco farming areas. TRB chief executive Dr Dahlia Garwe said…
NATO fails to solve Ukraine, Iraq crises
NEWPORT Wales. — NATO leaders emerged from a summit in Wales with a plan to protect eastern members from a resurgent Russia, a pledge to reverse the decline in their…
Doves acquires seven hearses
Business Reporters Doves Funeral Assurance last Friday took delivery of seven new hearses which are expected to help grow premium income from the current $4,2 million.
ZIFF takes film fete to the ghetto
Yeukai Karengezeka Arts Correspondent Organisers of the Zimbabwe International Film Festival scheduled for October 4 to 11, have adopted a new strategy in a bid to attract bigger audiences during…
Dawkins vs. Dostoyevsky: A study in contrasts
Stanley Mushava A range of ideas has long revolved in the orbit of three fundamental questions: what is man, what is the essence of life and what constitutes moral conduct?
China unveils new rules on overseas investment
BEIJING. — New measures to allow easier overseas investment by domestic companies have been released by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC).
Sadc to hold summit on industrialisation
Golden Sibanda Business Reporter The Southern African Development Community members will soon hold a special summit on industrialisation after current chair Zimbabwe convinced the states to develop their industrial capacities…
When faith becomes an impediment to success
Elliot Ziwira THERE is something about faith that makes one submissive, docile and gullible, which creates fertile ground for oppression, as common sense is traded for hope.
Mokoomba will continue rising
Fred Zindi Make no mistake, these boys are going to be Big! The six musicians comprising Mathias Muzaza on lead vocals, Trustworth Samende on lead guitar, Abundance Mutori on bass…
Fighting threatens Ukraine ceasefire
Mariupol. — Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears yesterday that a tenuous truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed.











