Power utility ZESA in prepaid meter storm

Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter— More than 11 000 prepaid meters imported by Zesa were faulty as it emerged that the power utility failed to send inspectors to certify the gadgets…

Emerging stocks set for sixth week of gains

LONDON. — Emerging stocks pushed to a fresh near-decade high and were set for a sixth straight week of gains on Friday after Chinese growth data lifted Asian markets to…

Blocked funds increasing problem for airlines in Africa

Cape Town. — The International Air Transport Association (Iata) forecasts a trebling in the size of Angola’s air transport market to 7,1 million passengers a year by 2036 at the…

ED takes experts to Davos summit

Taurai Mangudhla Senior Business Reporter— PRESIDENT Mnangagwa leads a high-powered Zimbabwean delegation comprising Cabinet ministers, top Government officials and private sector representatives to Davos, Switzerland, for the 48th World Economic…

Chinhoyi impounds 51 pirate taxis

John Murwira and Heather Charema A joint operation between the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Vehicle Inspection Department and Chinhoyi Municipality traffic police has netted 51 pirate taxis operating in the Mashonaland…

‘Hurri-Kane’ strikes as Spurs drop points

England. — Harry Kane struck his 99th Premier League goal to earn Tottenham a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s yesterday after Davinson Sanchez’s own goal had given Southampton an early…

Zesa sweats over ‘looming’ strike

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter ZESA Holdings (Private) Limited is sweating over a looming strike by its employees for failure to comply with a 2012 Collective Bargaining Agreement that provided for a…

SA wine industry faces tough year

Cape Town. — This year is the most challenging the South African wine industry has ever faced, according to Francois Viljoen, head of viticulture and soil science at VinPro.

Chegutu cholera cases up

Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau— THE number of suspected cholera cases has risen to 22 in Chegutu forcing Government and its partners to move in to manage the outbreak by setting…

Province hails bigwigs’ expulsion

From George Maponga in Masvingo Zanu-PF’s Masvingo provincial leadership has welcomed the expulsion of four former ruling party bigwigs in the province, saying the move will put a lid on…