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McIlroy walks away with £12,2m
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy won the 2019 PGA Tour Championship on Sunday, and walked away with the $15m first-place prize money.
Mum, new born injured as violent man invades hospital
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter A MOTHER and her newly born baby were injured after a violent man broke into Mpilo Central Hospital’s maternity ward and assaulted them while damaging the health…
Letters to the Editor: Introducing a new currency was Zimbabwe’s only viable option
Prof Mthuli Ncube ZIMBABWE, the country I serve as Finance Minister, has been in the news for restricting the use of the US dollar and other international currencies as legal…
FBC Holdings registers strong financial position
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter LISTED financial services group FBC Holdings Limited has registered a strong financial position at ZWL$2,36 billion with profit after tax amounting to ZWL$54,3 million for the…
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- August 30, 2019
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Agriculture remains engine for economies growth in Africa
Agriculture remains the engine for growth for many economies in Africa and Zimbabwe is no exception. Agriculture contributes 15-18 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Zimbabwean economy.
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- August 30, 2019
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Prospect Resources mulls solar farms
Zimbabwe-focused lithium developer Prospect Resources, is mulling the development of a solar farm as part of its longer-term strategy to set up alternative energy supplies for the Arcadia Lithium project.
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- August 30, 2019
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Fuel for thought: Ditch the subsidies
Pensions, education, healthcare, better infrastructure, technology, and climate change: fiscal policymakers have their work cut out for them on many fronts. Whether you live in a rapidly aging advanced economy, or a low-income or emerging market economy with a young, booming population, all these issues matter for you.
NRZ doubles inter-city train fares
Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has increased inter-city passenger train fares by 100 percent. Intra-city commuter train fares, however, remain unchanged at $1 for a return…
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- August 30, 2019
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‘Why ditching US dollar for our own currency is only option’
Zimbabwe, the country I serve as finance minister, has been in the news for restricting the use of the US dollar and other international currencies as legal tender. Why would we want to return to our own currency, given such recent, home-made, experience of monetary turmoil?
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- August 30, 2019
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BAT raises red flag over illicit smokes
The local cigarette market is witnessing a steady growth in illicit trade in cigarettes costing Government millions of dollars, an official with the country’s biggest cigarette manufacturer BAT Zimbabwe has said