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CBZ Holdings, Zimbabwe’s biggest banking group (by assets and deposits) plans to expand its small to medium enterprise loan book by $10 million to stimulate growth in the sector, as profits rose 17 percent to 27,8 million in the year to December 2017.
Widow wins back matrimonial home after 20 years
A Harare widow whose late husband unilaterally and illegally sold the matrimonial home in 1997 last week won it back five years after his demise.
President to open Trade Fair
Preparations for the 59th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) to be held next month have gathered pace with the organisation having written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa inviting him to officially open the showcase in Bulawayo.
ED salutes Chiwenga, Mudenda, Mpofu
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has paid tribute to Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga (Retired), Home Affairs and Culture Minister Dr Obert Mpofu and Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda for playing leading roles in burying former president Robert Mugabe’s dark era and bringing about the new political dispensation.
Matanga not aware of diamond mine
Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga last week said he was not aware that the force had a mining concession at Chiadzwa diamond fields in Marange.
Editorial Comment: Government shows Zim has nothing to hide
IT is pleasing to note that observers from different countries have begun arriving ahead of harmonised elections set to be held by July 31 this year. This exposes wild claims by people from some quarters that the Government was not committed to free and fair elections.
Business leaders grill Biti over sanctions
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader and top member of the MDC Alliance Mr Tendai Biti came under fire last week from business leaders attending a two-day CEO Africa Round Table discussion forum in Victoria Falls for lobbying the United States not to lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.
Undenge’s children ejected from varsity over fees
FORMER Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge’s two children studying at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, have been ejected from campus over failure to pay fees.
Karuru laid to rest in Shamva
The late Presidential cameraperson, Mr Artwell Karuru, was yesterday buried at Goora Village in Shamva, amid praise for the work he did for the community and the nation at large.
Mukanya on Tuku reunion . . . ‘People lie about our relationship’ . . . ‘Early hardships bind us together’
Thomas “Mukanya” Mapfumo says he is looking forward to a colourful reunion with his friend Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi when the two share the stage at the former’s homecoming bira set for Glamis Arena on April 28.