Women miners make mark in male dominated industry

Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu/ Patrick Chitumba, Chronicle Reporters What men can do; women can also do. These words ring true to many women miners in the country. In an industry which was…

$1000 bail for ‘lesbian’ prophetess

Midlands Bureau Chief A Gweru prophetess, arrested for allegedly sexually molesting a female member of her church, has been granted bail. Juliet Masakanire (29), the founder and pastor of Pray…

NetOne plunges into governance crisis . . . board becomes dysfunctional

Business Writer A governance crisis is taking a heavy toll on NetOne as the board of Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile phone operator has become dysfunctional following resignations and dismissal of…

Mining firms halt expansion projects

Martin Kadzere Some Zimbabwean mining companies have halted expansion projects due to lack of capital with most financiers now demanding offshore collection accounts as guarantor for funding citing high country…

More investors get coal bed methane claims . . . Move to promote cleaner source of energy

Martin Kadzere Zimbabwe has granted coal bed methane (CBM) special grants to six investors in Matabeleland North province as it seeks to tap into cleaner fuel for electricity generation, a…

‘No power cuts till year end’

Golden Sibanda INDUSTRY is assured of consistent power supply after State power utility Zesa Holdings said it will not effect load shedding until end of this year despite recent significant…

Regulator breathes down on insurers, pension funds

Tawanda Musarurwa In a move to ensure wider compliance to new regulations, the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) has requested players in the sector to submit compliance reports with respect…

Dollarisation: Tried, tested and failed

Business Writer The Government has told doctors that it is not in a position to pay them in foreign currency as this will lead to full dollarisation of the economy…

US$250m to reduce Covid-19 impact

Business Writer With Covid-19 aggravating an already severe hunger crisis in Zimbabwe, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday appealed for an additional US$250 million to support a rapidly…

‘Exchange rate convergence set to stabilise pricing’

Business Reporter TREASURY is excited about the narrowing of the spread between the official foreign currency auction and parallel market exchange rates with the move towards convergence set to stabilise…

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