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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for killing 70 Iraqi soldiers and a policeman in Ameriyat Fallujah, just west…
Apartheid-era death squad leader De Kock spotted at SA festival
Cape Town — More than a year after he was released from jail, apartheid-era death squad leader Eugene de Kock was spotted at the Franschhoek Literary Festival. The former South African…
SEZs ‘exemption’ raises workers’ ire
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter— WORKERS’ unions are unhappy with the recommendation in the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Bill to exempt businesses operating in the zones from the application of the…
High default rate cripples property development
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent PROPERTY developers are feeling the heat due to a rise in payment defaults with a number of clients struggling to settle agreed housing stands payment terms, an…
Esigodini tomato plant commissioning in July
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter A MULTI-MILLION dollar state-of-the-art tomato processing and canning plant at Esigodini is set for commissioning in July. The tomato processing and canning factory is a public-private partnership…
Sino Zim Cement sales decline 15 percent
Midlands Correspondent GWERU-based cement manufacturer Sino Zimbabwe Cement Company (SZCC) sales for the first quarter have declined by 15 percent as compared to the same period last year. The company, a…
Lack of investors in CBM gas project stalls fertiliser production
Midlands Correspondent THE absence of an investor to exploit coal bed methane (CBM) gas reserves in Lupane has stalled the country’s sole ammonium nitrate (AN) fertiliser producer, Sable Chemicals, from…
Portfolio Committee to hold public hearings
Business Reporter THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committees on Mines and Energy in conjunction with the Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development will this week hold public hearings on the…
Business group seeks to assist members access funding
Bianca Mlilo Business Reporter A GROUP of about 100 business persons in Bulawayo have come together to form a new company that seeks to assist members in accessing funding and taping…
ZB targets 10,000 banking agents
Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter ZB Financial Holdings Limited is targeting 10,000 banking agents by the year end from the current 6,000 as the financial institution taps into the unbanked by bringing…