Human error remains biggest cause of road carnage

Yoliswa Dube More than three weeks after surviving the horror crash that claimed 30 lives on March 3 along the Gweru-Harare Highway, Patricia Chihwayi of Bulawayo is still traumatised.

Macheso album launch a success •Fan buys copy for $5,000 •Takes new offering to Chivi

Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent Alick Macheso, fresh from a successful launch of his Tsoka Dzerwendo album in Harare will be taking the latest offering to Mudamburi Beer Gardens in Chivi tonight.

Coal industry still in red $400m needed to ramp up

Business Editor AT least $400 million is required to increase capacity utilisation in the coal mining sector in Zimbabwe, a recent report says. Findings from a 2015 state of the…

Egodini demolition to affect 2k vendors, kombi operators

Bianca Mlilo Business Reporter ABOUT 2,000 vendors and commuter omnibus operators in Bulawayo would be displaced as council prepares to demolish Basch Street Terminus, popularly known as Egodini, next month.

Solar water heaters to save 300MW

THE government is pursuing initiatives to save up to 300 megawatts of electricity by 2018 through using solar water heaters in homes and public institutions, an official has said.

Maize production falls sharply

Elita Chikwati Harare Bureau FARMERS planted 744,426 hectares of maize during the 2015/16 summer cropping season, a decline of 49 percent from the previous year, information from the Food and Agriculture…

IMF to resume Malawi loan programme

LILONGWE — The International Monetary Fund will resume Malawi’s $150 million extended facility programme which was suspended last year after a scandal involving abuse of state money, the country’s finance…

Zambia to stop supplying maize to millers

THE Zambian government says millers’ contracts with the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) will only go up to May this year to enable them to purchase maize directly from farmers.

Rand softer in line with EM currencies

Johannesburg — The rand retreated against the dollar in early Thursday trade, mainly reflecting the greenback’s gains spurred by expectations of higher US interest rates this year.

Warriors ready for Sihlangu

Eddie Chikamhi Harare Bureau THE Warriors learnt some tough lessons when they had to fight for a point in Swaziland last Friday and their coach Callisto Pasuwa has asked for maximum…

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