adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: Act on tobacco sector espionage urgently
The skulduggery of the old guard in the local tobacco beneficiation sector came to the fore once again on Friday. Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was told during a tour of the Savanna…
Sadc industrialisation plan central to development
Kizito Sikuka and Danai Majaha Chairperson of the Sadc Council of Ministers Cde Simbarashe Mumbengegwi was very lucid in his assessment of why Southern Africa should prioritise industrialisation in its…
Tuku shows off new shoes
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent LEGENDARY musician Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi spotted a pair of shoes from his brand new line, Hai-Kobo at a scintillating make-up show at the Large City Hall on…
Sandra trashes city council…Vows to never use facilities again
Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent BULAWAYO musician Sandra Ndebele-Sibindi has blasted the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) for allegedly failing to understand the plight of artistes and has vowed never to use council…
Bulawayo poets plan mega festival
Kusile Madlela Showbiz Reporter Imbongi Poetry Festival is set to run from April 2 to April 4 in Bulawayo. Thabiso Daudo Phiri, 22, the co-founder of Red Carpet Media & Entertainment the…
Mat’land region imports 400,000+ eggs daily
Auxilia Katongomara and Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporters— MATABELELAND region buys about 400,000 eggs from other provinces daily as local farmers are failing to meet the estimated demand of 450,000 eggs. Phathani Sibanda,…
SMEs to get $20,000 loans each: Minister
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter SMALL to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can borrow at least $20,000 each from the $3 million Arab bank fund to be disbursed next month, a Cabinet Minister has…
Geozing Pawn Brokers bounces back
Business Reporter GEOZING Pawn Brokers Investments, a Bulawayo company that swindled thousands of its clients their money in 2013, has bounced back after obtaining a licence to resume operations. George Zingani…
Meikles retrenches, 77pc of Byo staff affected
HOSPITALITY and retail group Meikles Limited has retrenched 33 of its 43 employees in Bulawayo, including two managers. This comes as the company has embarked on a retrenchment exercise targeting to…
Zimplats to take two years to build smelter
ANGLO-American Platinum’s (Amplats) Zimbabwe unit said on Friday it would take two years to build a new smelter to comply with the government’s requirements for firms to process platinum locally. The…