Coal dead? Peak oil demand? Five takes on fossil fuels’ future
New York. — For all the buzz around wind, solar and electric cars, energy company executives had plenty to say Tuesday about the continuing role of fossil fuels and nuclear…
NPC puts Nigerian population at 198m
Lagos. — The National Population Commission (NPC) has put Nigeria’s current population at 198 million people with urban population growing at an average annual growth rate of about 6,5 percent.
Timba still fighting for RFHL assets . . . DPC worried legal fight stalling payouts
Golden Sibanda Depositors’ funds running into several millions of dollars, lost when Capital Bank shut down in 2014 after facing crippling liquidity challenges, cannot be reimbursed as protracted legal fights…
How do we pay off the zero-value investor?
Alongside the legal changes required to make Zimbabwe more attractive to external investment, there are administrative changes and a need to change some cultures.
Collectors should look beyond aesthetics when investing in art
Johannesburg. — Art collectors can be a determined bunch. Their drive to research, source and capture the object of their desire can result in expensive school fees and the sacrifice…
All Share Index in third straight gain
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s All Share index rose by 0.99 points (or 1, 12 percent to settle at 89.43 as most heavyweight counters gained ground.
Govt sets up Compulsory Specifications Authority
Munashe Matambo HARARE – Government is in the process of setting up a Compulsory Specifications Authority (CSA) to complement the work being done by the Standards Association of Zimbabwe.
Zim to legislate on solar geysers
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Government will in the next few weeks introduce legislation compelling households with geysers to use those powered by solar as it moves to control consumption of …
TSL developing an industrial complex
HARARE – Diversified agro-industrial firm, TSL Limited is pressing ahead with the development of an industrial complex and upgrading of its properties in the second half of the current financial…
Zim tobacco sales reach $40m
HARARE – More than 14 million kilograms of tobacco worth $40 million have been sold so far at auction and contract floors in the country since the marketing season opened…





