Cafca’s Q1 export volumes rise
Tawanda Musarurwa Listed cables manufacturer, Cafca Limited, recorded an up tick in both export and local volumes for the first quarter to December 31, 2020 despite the Covid-19 pandemic having…
Farmers expect better cotton yields
Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE expects better cotton yields this year compared to last year on the back of good rains although production in some areas is likely to be adversely affected…
Stock Market Weekly Review
Enacy Mapakame Firm demand helped the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) swung back to the black resulting on all key indices closing the week pointing northwards. The primary indicator, the ZSE…
All-new Mercedes C-Class revealed
The new Mercedes C-Class wasn’t much of a secret, having leaked online earlier this week, but now the German carmaker has officially revealed the new sedan and wagon along with…
SA budget signals need for greater competitiveness
The 2021 budget delivered by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni shows clearly that the penny has dropped in terms of the inability to increase tax revenue by increasing tax rates. Instead,…
Jeep under pressure to rename midsize SUV
The Cherokee Nation in the US has asked for its tribal name to be removed as a nameplate from Jeep SUVs, while also calling for a dialogue with the carmaker…
Covid-19 billionaire fortunes fading with vaccine rollout
In the health-care industry, the coronavirus pandemic led to big fortunes, fast. Now some of them are evaporating just as quickly. Take Seegene Inc., a maker of Covid-19 test kits,…
An economist’s reluctant ponder on patriotism
Alfred M. Mthimkhulu A colleague has been pestering me on how I would define and appraise patriotism as a mechanism for economic development. I suspect some articles I have shared…
Mtawarira explains NFL transition
On its surface, rugby and football appear to be first cousins, both requiring intense physicality, toughness, endurance, the ability to play within a structure, and a sizable set of cajones.…
RBZ vs bankers: Field of accusations
Taking Stock Kudzanai Sharara Following the 2008 Financial Crisis that was characterised by a monumental collapse of the markets, Unites States President Barak Obama, appointed Phillip Nicholas Angelides as chairman…











