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Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent— NINE Manondwane Primary School pupils spent Wednesday night at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after they ate poisonous Jatropha seeds, causing them to vomit in class. The nine,…
Local content: Radio stations break law
Bongani Ndlovu Chronicle Correspondent— RADIO stations in Zimbabwe are not implementing the 75 percent local content requirement on all music they play as mandated by the law, the Broadcasting Authority of…
DeMbare fire Silva
Robson Sharuko and Eddie Chikamhi Harare Bureau— A SHORT but stormy marriage between Dynamos and Paulo Jorge Silva finally came to an end yesterday when the Glamour Boys leadership decided to…
PSL clubs hard hit by ground rentals
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter FAILURE to abide by Fifa Club Licensing requirements is costing Castle Lager Premier Soccer League clubs revenue generated from stadium advertising. The majority of topflight clubs do…
Chinamasa mulls supplementary budget
Prosper Ndlovu, Business Editor THE government might consider crafting a supplementary budget to cushion the country from food shortages induced by drought.
SEZs authority proposal rejected
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Finance and Economic Development has proposed that the Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) be responsible for overseeing the Special Economic Zones…
Cooking oil firms back on track
Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S cooking oil industry is now operating at 85 percent capacity with some of the companies in the sector mulling penetrating the export market, a Cabinet Minister…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Invest in alternatives to lessen energy costs
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) has approved a proposal by Zesa Holdings to increase the power tariff from 9,83 to 11,2 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh), a 14 percent…
Blessers: Digital age sugar daddies
Bruce Ndlovu This week, flamboyant South African businessman and playboy Kenny Kunene ignited debate when he went on a rant on how beneficiaries of the popular “blesser” phenomenon, known as…
Cabinet approves National Competitiveness Bill
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter CABINET has approved a Bill to set up the National Competitiveness Commission which will look at eliminating distortions and policy inconsistencies associated with doing business…