NMB gets $15m FMO, Swedfund credit line
Business Reporter Development financial institutions FMO of the Netherlands and Swedfund of Sweden have agreed to provide NMB Bank with a $15 million line of credit for lending to small…
Let us prevent veld fires
Veld fires have become a persistent environmental challenging Zimbabwe destroying natural resources, property and life. Veld fires are characteristic during the dry season and most prevalent in the period July…
Slain editor’s body exhumed
COLOMBO. — The remains of a newspaper editor who was killed seven years ago during the last stages of Sri Lanka’s civil war has been exhumed as part of a…
National Payment Systems transactions down 9 percent
Transactions processed through the National Payment System declined 9 percent in July largely reflective of the illiquid state of the economy particularly on high value transactions. According to the Reserve Bank…
WTD 2016: Towards tourism for all
Dr Walter Mzembi Special Correspondent I issue this solidarity statement from Bangkok, Thailand, where we are gathered to celebrate World Tourism Day 2016 under the theme: “Tourism for All –…
Lithium to transform Zimbabwe’s economy
Midlands Correspondent Lithium is set to transform the country’s economy following a fresh scramble for the mineral by foreign companies after new deposits were discovered around Harare, Mines and Mining…
StanChart faces probe over Indonesian investment
JAKARTA/LONDON. — The Justice Department is investigating Standard Chartered PLC over allegations that an Indonesian power company controlled by the London-based bank paid bribes to win contracts. An internal audit at…
Erect statue in honour of Muzenda, Govt urged
Walter Mswazie Bulawayo Bureau Government has been urged to erect a statue of the late Vice-President Dr Simon Muzenda in Masvingo City‘s central business district in recognition of his sterling work…
Trump, Clinton clash over jobs, race
NEW YORK. — In a relentlessly antagonistic debate, Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed over trade, the Iraq war, his refusal to release his tax returns and her use…
Transparency vital to success of command agric
Christopher Farai Charamba Correspondent Knowledge is power, and for one to acquire knowledge they need information. Thomas Jefferson once said; “information is the currency of democracy.” This is why the…

