Sugar Amendment Bill set for overhaul

Business Writer The Sugar Amendment Bill, which seeks to repeal the Sugar Production Control Act of 1964 may be overhauled to align it to the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1),…

Government walks the talk on food security

Tapiwanashe Mangwiro Food security and nutrition remain at the core of Government’s initiatives under the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) and the Treasury made allocations for rural and smallholder farmer…

SA Spar denies ‘dodgy’ accounting allegations  

Fin24 Retail group Spar says recent allegations pointing to instances of fictitious and fraudulent loans on its books do not mean that this is representative of ‘dodgy’ accounting, adding while…

Rheinmetall to produce solar panels in SA

Reuters German industrial group Rheinmetall plans to build its first South African plant to produce photovoltaic (PV) panels for the power-deprived local market, a company executive told Reuters on Thursday.…

Miners unclear over new royalties regime

Golden Sibanda Mining firms remain unclear about how the Government’s new mining royalties system works and await guidance from Treasury more than two months since the relevant law became effective.…

Electricity: Waiting for the rains

Business Writers Zimbabwe’s current power crisis has no quick-short-term solutions and the Southern African country is literally hoping for a good rainfall season to boost water levels at Kariba Dam,…

‘Economic recession can be avoided’

Professional investors are loading up on bets that an economic recession can be avoided despite all the warnings to the contrary. It’s a dangerous bet — for a variety of…

RioZim upbeat of enhanced production

Enacy Mapakame Diversified resources group, RioZim Limited is confident of enhanced production at its gold producer — Cam & Motor Mine — following the commissioning and implementation of its Biological…

Water crisis greatest risk for Africa’s food

One of Africa’s largest producers of agriculture chemicals says erratic rains and water shortages pose the biggest risk to food security on the continent, more than Russia’s war on Ukraine…

ESG in Africa is ‘colonialism 2.0’

African countries should be drilling for oil and investing massively in oil and natural gas, not signing up for the ‘mania’ surrounding ESG, a set of environmental, social, and governance…

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