PPC Zimbabwe increases sales volumes

HARARE – Cement manufacturer, Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) on Monday said sales from its Zimbabwe operations  for the nine months to December 31 last year increased by between 30 to 40 percent. PPC is a…

Zim to commence rare earth minerals exploitation

Tawanda Musarurwa HARARE – Battery minerals company, Prospect Resources says it is set to begin exploration of rare earth minerals in Dorowa.

NRZ recapitalisation project on course

Enacy Mapakame HARARE – Negotiations for the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recapitalisation are now at an advanced stage and should be concluded soon, a senior official has said.

CICM partners Africa University

BH24 Reporter HARARE – Regional-focused Chartered Institute of Customer Management (CICM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Africa University, which will see the former becoming an associate institution of…

Small scale producers in record gold production in 2017

HARARE – Small scale gold miners produced a record 13 176 kgs in 2017, beating their large scale  counterparts for the first time in seven years, latest figures show.

History explains why South Africans on the left argue for free passes for the rich

By Steven Friedman In a society like South Africa in which one racial group has dominated another, poor people are ignored in economic debates by those who claim to speak for…

Oil prices fall amid market sell-off, Brent near one-month low

TOKYO – Oil prices on Monday extended declines from the end of last week amid a wider market sell off and a stronger dollar, with Brent crude falling to its lowest in…

Farmers lose R14bn as Cape drought bites

Western Cape farmers have recorded R14bn in losses so far, as a result of the crippling drought in the province, according to Agri Western Cape CEO Carl Opperman.

Zim’s tobacco industry battles deforestation

Sydney Kawadza, Senior Writer Horrendous figures coming out of Zimbabwe indicate the loss of about 330 000 hectares of forests annually due to a variety of activities including agriculture, domestic…

2017 annual art exhibition winners

Arts Correspondent The Zimbabwe Annual Art Exhibition (ZAAE) has been in existence since 1958, however, back then it was known as the Federal Art Exhibition during the Rhodesian era.

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