300 jobs at US$60m solar farm

Nqobile Bhebhe, Senior Business Reporter A private firm — Siyavuma Incorporated (Private) Limited is establishing a US$60 million, 50 megawatts solar photovoltaic plant at Cyrene Farm, a development that will…

Food pairings that maximise nutritional benefits

Many foods are commonly paired together for taste: fruit jam and peanut butter, ham and cheese, cookies and milk, spaghetti and meatballs, wine and cheese, the list goes on. Yet…

Pilot project for technical high schools takes off

Nqobile Tshili in Zvimba GOVERNMENT has introduced modern technical high schools as a pilot project that will result in pupils being professionally trade-tested before completing secondary education in line with…

Zimbabwe among Dubai’s target tourism source markets

Business Reporter ZIMBABWE is among the key African tourism source markets being targeted by the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Dubai province, which has recently been named the world’s leading travel…

‘There’s no substitute for sound check’

Mkhululi Ncube, Showbiz Reporter Richard Makure, the man who was “blamed” for the sound challenges that marred Madlela Skhobokhobo’s album launch in Bulawayo last weekend says the challenges experienced were…

COMMENT: Interest in technical training is huge

The Government remains firmly on its agenda to ensure that the local education system sufficiently attends to the needs of the people. After years of producing students who were strong…

Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Goals into business models

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a successor to the Millennium Development Goals running from 2016 to 2030. About eight years are left to deliver the objectives as set out by…

Caledonia closes Zim Placing

Oliver Kazunga CALEDONIA Mining Corporation has announced the closure of the Zimbabwe Placing that received strong support from new and existing institutional investors raising an estimated US$5,825 million before expenses.…

Aussie firm to raise US$6,7m for oil, gas project

INVICTUS Energy, the Australian firm scouting for oil and gas in Zimbabwe’s Cabora Bassa Basin region intends to raise US$6,733 million through a private placement to finance preparations for phase 2 exploration programmes and Mukuyu-2 appraisal well.

US-China split shadows hopes for lifting debt load

As finance ministers and central bank chiefs from around the world gathered in Washington this week, the split between the United States and China shadowed their efforts to stabilize the…