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Business Reporter
Quick service restaurant (QSR) group, Simbisa Brands Limited is looking to expand its business with the proposed acquisition of Foodfund Investments.
ED’S ‘open for business call’ charms investors
President Mnangagwa’s call that Zimbabwe is open for business is already bearing positive fruits with renowned South African company Radiant Lighting signing a partnership agreement with Nations Hardware and Electrical for the supply of industrial and home lighting solutions in the country.
Angolans are in town
FC PLATINUM opponents in the CAF Champions League, Clube Desportivo Primero de Agosto, were expected in the country last night with their advance team having arrived in the afternoon.
Govt won’t discontinue STEM, says minister
Government will not discontinue the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programme, but will ring-fence the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) to support its vital projects, a Cabinet minister has said.
Burundi police threaten opposition to constitution change
NAIROBI. – Police in Burundi have threatened to arrest anyone campaigning prematurely against a referendum to revise the constitution, which if passed could allow President Pierre Nkurunziza to remain in power until 2034.
Netanyahu rejects calls to resign after police seek indictment
JERUSALEM. – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls to step down Wednesday after police recommended his indictment for corruption, the biggest challenge yet to the right-wing premier’s long tenure in power.
‘Revise skewed Save Valley ownership structure’
The provincial leadership here has expressed concern over the small number of indigenous players operating in the wildlife-rich Save Valley Conservancy.
CITES: Africa’s time has come
Pro-sustainable use environmentalists worldwide, including UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) former Secretary-General Eugène Lapointe, have greeted the news of John Scanlon’s resignation with a call for the appointment of a well-qualified African as the new Secretary-General.
Mackie set for triathlon showcase
VETERAN Zimbabwean triathlete Rory Mackie is the latest entrant in this year’s Bonaqua Troutbeck Africa Triathlon Union Sprint Triathlon African Cup in Nyanga on Saturday.
Revisiting, reconciling differences between literacy & knowledge transfer
Charles Dhewa
It is now known that African graduates are not able to exploit abundant natural resources because the academic education system focuses too much on literacy at the expense of capacity to absorb and apply knowledge.