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Rome – Italy’s navy on Tuesday said it had taken control of a ship carrying at least 700 migrants, including a heavily pregnant woman, after it issued a distress call…
Byo begins to register SMEs
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter THE process of formalising the operations of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Bulawayo has started with their associations given up to the end of the…
Mobile phone operators expected to review tariffs downwards
Oliver Kazunga Acting Business Editor THE country’s three mobile phone operators are today expected to reduce their tariffs to 15 cents per minute from 23 cents across networks in line…
Byo Thermal Power Station back on line
Oliver Kazunga Acting Business Editor Bulawayo Thermal Power Station which was shut down mid last month for maintenance work is back on line adding 20 megawatts to the national grid.
Poultry producers hike eggs price
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter POULTRY producers in Bulawayo have increased the price of eggs due to high demand this festive season. One of the city’s major poultry suppliers, Higrow Poultry…
Plant short season varieties: ZCFU
Charity Ruzvidzo Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Commercial Farmers Union (ZCFU) has urged farmers to plant short season varieties to boost food security. ZCFU president Wonder Chabikwa said planting short season…
ZSE in record loss
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange recorded its biggest year to date loss since dollarisation at the end of the year yesterday. The benchmark Industrial Index lost 19.46 percent as weak foreign…
Increased support for cotton farmers
Martin Kadzere Harare Bureau The government has increased support to cotton farmers with the aim of improving yields and quality, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Minister Joseph Made has said.
Small businesses struggling with labour laws
Labour Matters Davies Ndumiso Sibanda AS small businesses become major employers of labour there is a sudden increase in labour disputes between small business owners and employees and in the…
Shift in Cuba-US ties refreshing
By Tim Anderson THE dramatic shift in Cuban-US relations has caused joy both in Cuba and among those of us who backed the independent island for decades, but confusion elsewhere.