adminWater treatment chemicals procurement centralised
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor CABINET has approved the proposed establishment of a single national authority to buy water treatment chemicals in bulk on behalf of local authorities and the Zimbabwe…
Consumer confidence in banking sector declines
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter THE demise of Interfin and Allied banks a few days in the New Year heightens the need for urgent reforms in the banking sector to restore…
Plans to develop more industrial parks underway
Harare Bureau The government plans to accelerate the development of more industrial parks and “industry development corridors” alongside key infrastructure points this year while current efforts will be on developing…
Firms spend $29m on tobacco imports
Harare Bureau Local companies last year spent $29,3 million on tobacco imports that they use for blending with locally grown Virginia tobacco to make cigarettes.
Dendairy rolls out 100pc fruit juice products
Kwekwe-based dairy firm, Dendairy, has started rolling out its 100 percent fruit juice products in the market, Dendairy director Daryl Archibald has said.
$450m NRZ loan facility nears fruition
Itai Mazire Harare Bureau THE government is close to sealing the $450 million loan facility deal from the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), for the revival of the country’s…
Crowds in historic Paris solidarity march
Paris – More than a million people and dozens of world leaders marched through Paris yesterday in a historic display of global defiance against extremism after jihadist attacks that left…
Crashed AirAsia plane ‘fuselage found’
Indonesian search teams believe a sonar scan has detected the fuselage of an AirAsia airliner that crashed two weeks ago with the loss of all 162 people on board as…
Minister in protest climbdown
Masvingo Bureau MASVINGO North House of Assembly member Cde Davis Marapira has turned against Zanu-PF members who demonstrated against chiefs Musara and Chikwanda on Friday.
Peshmerga troops killed in ISIL attack
Separate attacks have claimed the lives of scores of Iraqis, including Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers, in a 24-hour period. At least 23 Kurdish soldiers were killed and 12 others injured during…