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Lovemore Mataire Harare Bureau THE government has tasked the Ministry of Finance to coordinate efforts to reduce its huge wage bill currently gobbling up more than 80 percent of the…
Bad lending criminalised…Managers, boards face prosecution over dodgy loans
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the Banking Act – currently under review – will make boards and senior management of financial institutions criminally…
150 killed in plane crash
A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps yesterday, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zulu king utterances regrettable, unfortunate
WE find Zulu king, Goodwill Zwelithini’s utterances regarding foreigners in South Africa to be abhorrent, inflammatory and unfortunate. As head of the Zulu kingdom which is roughly the size of…
5 key issues in Nigeria’s elections
Lagos – Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and its biggest economy, holds general elections on Saturday. Here are five issues that could shape the results.
Fresh tender scandal rocks Mpilo Hospital
Temba Dube Deputy News Editor MPILO Central Hospital’s director of operations, Regina Duduza Moyo, allegedly unproceduraly awarded a tender to a Bulawayo company, Landwork, that has no tax clearance and…
Villagers resist Mahofa plan
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent MORE than 18,000 villagers settled at Chingwizi in Mwenezi are resisting Masvingo Provincial Minister Shuvai Mahofa’s plans to relocate them to Chiumburu Farm in Chiredzi.
Reality check for public service institutions
Prosper Ndlovu THE quest for quality service delivery is a headache for most governments in developing countries amid increasing demand for transformed operations especially by public institutions.
Zimre profit plummets 86 percent
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter ZIMRE Property Investments (ZPI) recorded an 86 percent decline in after tax profit to $253,000 from $1,81 million for the year ended December 31, 2014,…
Price cuts set tone for economic growth
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor ZIMBABWE is poised for positive economic growth with the recent commodity prices and service charges adjustments setting the tone for the desired turnaround, economic analysts have…