Zipra guerrilla Bango buried

Foster Dongozi, Correspondent FORMER Zimbabwe National Army soldier and Zipra  freedom fighter Cde Alfred George Bango, whose war time pseudonym was Drawman Mabhena passed away in Bulawayo last week and was…

The other side of introducing the $50 banknote

Kabelo Sithole, Business Correspondent The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has embarked on a number of monetary reforms, in line with the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP), which include the reintroduction of the…

David Whitehead: Light at the end of tunnel

THE search for an investor for David Whitehead (DWTL), previously the country’s largest garment maker, began around 2004 when the company was first placed under provisional judicial management after plunging into financial problems.

Of Zimbos and grand projects

Zimbabweans seem to have a fascination with figures, usually unverified and unverifiable figures. It is very common to come across the “five million” Zimbabweans who are living in the Diaspora, or that 1,8 million Zimbabweans are living positively, or that it costs at least a million US dollars to construct a kilometre of tarred road.

Diaspora crucial in growing exports

Discussions on how Zimbabwe’s Diaspora can contribute to economic development have often focused on remittances, with little attention on how they can increase inflows of foreign currency through facilitating export growth.

Quality Foods hold two-week trials to bolster squad

Mandla Ncube, Sports Reporter  WITH the Zifa Southern Region Division One League season drawing closer, new boys Quality Foods are holding trials for two weeks in an attempt to beef up…

Cop, teacher ‘steal’ 4 beasts

Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Gwanda Correspondent  A BEITBRIDGE-based policeman and a teacher at a local school in Gwanda have appeared in court for allegedly stealing cattle from a grazing area which they went…

Zim’s wheat import bill goes down

Dumisani Nsingo, Senior Business Reporter  ZIMBABWE’S wheat import bill is reported to have gone down due to the depressed demand of bread on the local market as most people have been…

Residents blast Lupane tariffs hike

Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter RESIDENTS and the business community in Lupane are livid over a 1 200 percent increase in licence fees and rates proposed by the Lupane Local Board…

Professor Taringa ‘Baba Feyi,’ academic, champion of bio-divinity and religious environmentalism

Brian Maregedze An academic, champion of bio-divinity and religious environmentalism, Professor Nisbert Taisekwa Taringa “Baba Feyi” on 11 January  joined other luminaries of his stature. He was born on 11…

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