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Accra – Bulldozers razed hundreds of homes and businesses in the poor Sodom and Gomorrah neighbourhood of Ghana’s capital on Saturday so the authorities can start widening a lagoon to…
Team bringing ‘abducted’ SA kids from Malawi
Cape Town — A specialist team will set off to Malawi today to bring back a 14-year-old and 20-year-old who were allegedly abducted and trafficked there, according to the social…
Thousands rise up against austerity plans in the UK
London – Activists and trade union leaders have called for a general strike and a mass campaign of civil disobedience to bring down the country’s new right-wing government as hundreds…
Diamond firms merger ‘to go ahead’
Prosper Ndlovu recently in Vic Falls— MINES and Mining Development Minister Walter Chidhakwa says there is no going back on the consolidation of the seven diamond mining companies in Chiadzwa…
Bid to revive community tourism
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter THE government in partnership with the African Development Bank has embarked on a programme to resuscitate community based tourism in rural areas countrywide. Tourism and Hospitality Industry…
Dendairy penetrates Mozambique market
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent KWEKWE-based milk processor, Dendairy Limited has started exports to Mozambique where it is hoping to capture a large market share and plans to expand to Zambia. Riding on…
Motor vehicle policy on the cards
Prosper Ndlovu recently in Vic Falls THE government is seized with crafting a motor vehicle policy aimed at attracting investment into the ailing local vehicle manufacturing sub-sector that has seen…
Call for transparency in public debt issues
Molline Gagare Business Reporter POLICY consistency and transparency are required to curb Zimbabwe’s growing debt to internal and external financers, Bulawayo residents have said. The country is struggling to service an estimated…
Blanket Mine completes 3 stages in expansion project
THE on-going expansion of Gwanda-based gold producer Blanket Mine has so far seen the completion of three stages to date. The gold producer’s $70 million expansion project involves developing a “Tramming…
Ecobank sets aside $5m for retooling businesses
Happiness Zengeni in DAR es SALAAM, Tanzania Ecobank Zimbabwe says it has just drawn down the second tranche of the $15 million line of credit mobilised by its parent company. Managing…