admin72 dead as Syria army battles to free loyalists
BEIRUT — At least 72 fighters were killed in a single day as the Syrian army battled to relieve some 250 besieged regime loyalists under rebel assault, a monitoring group…
Transport technologies to boost economy — Mpofu
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter— TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister Obert Mpofu has challenged African countries to invest in sustainable transport technologies to address the challenges linked to underdevelopment the region…
NSSA investment policy review begins
Martin Kadzere Harare Bureau The government has started reviewing the investment policy framework of the National Social Security Authority to place more emphasis on developmental investments. The changes are partly in response…
Astra Building Centre wins international award
Molline Gagare Business Reporter A LOCAL building materials stockist Astra Building Centre has won an international construction award for its devotion and innovative idea of the Hydraform building concept. The building concept…
76pc migrants didn’t send money home: Zimstat
Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says about 76 percent of labour migrants last year did not send remittances back home. In the 2014 Characteristics of Labour Migrants Report,…
Sable Chemicals power bill rises to $132 million
Tinashe Makichi Harare Bureau The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company is owed $132 million by Sable Chemicals from $123 million recorded in December last year but the power utility said…
Zesa prepaid meter tender deadline extended
Felex Share Harare Bureau Zesa Holdings has extended the prepaid meter tender to add an additional 150,000 units following an outcry by prospective bidders that they had not been given enough…
Choppies to raise $48m on JSE
JOHANNESBURG — Botswana grocer Choppies plans to raise $48 million in a secondary listing on the Johannesburg bourse, it said yesterday, seeking to boost its profile among investors in Africa’s…
WorldRemit warns against Western Union, MoneyGram merger
ACCRA — A rival global money transfer firm has warned against a possible merger between Western Union and MoneyGram. Ismail Ahmed, founder and chief executive officer, WorldRemit, said if Britain’s leading…
‘BOSSO PLAYERS NEED EDUCATION’
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter— LEGENDARY Highlanders hitman Tobias Mudyambanje has said Bosso players need thorough education in order for them to understand what their club represents. He said this moments after…