Nasri hints at France retirement

SAMIR NASRI has made a decision about his international future and dropped a strong hint that he has played his last game for France. The Manchester City midfielder was left…

CSC to end livestock imports

Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter THE Cold Storage Company (CSC) will no longer import livestock for slaughter as the country has enough cattle, a senior official said yesterday.

Power generation improves

Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter POWER generation in the country has improved from an average of 1,200 megawatts at the beginning of the year to above 1,400MW largely due to…

Metallon Gold to increase production

Tinashe Makichi Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE’s largest gold mining group, Metallon Gold is working towards increasing production through expanding its current operations under  its medium term plan, the company said in…

Mobile, internet transactions up 44,61 percent

Harare Bureau THE value of mobile and internet based transactions rose by 44,61 percent in June from the previous month as the wave of electronic payments continue gathering momentum.

Cotton ginners seek to disband association

Masimba Gomo Harare Bureau Members of the Cotton Ginners Association (CGA) are mulling disbanding the association over lack of viability and high operational costs, an official said yesterday.

Blue Ribbon investor applies for 75pc stake

Golden Sibanda Harare Bureau Tanzanian milling giant Bakhresa Group has applied to the government for a special exemption to equity laws to give it permission to acquire 75 percent stake…

GE to invest $2bn to boost African energy, infrastructure

Washington – General Electric Co (GE.N) yesterday pledged to invest $2 billion in Africa by 2018 to boost infrastructure, worker skills and access to energy, according to an announcement timed…

China earthquake death toll hits 398

The death toll from a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit southwestern China on Sunday climbed to 398 people, state media reported yesterday.

Germany scraps $140m Russia arms deal

Berlin – Germany has stopped a major deal to provide a fully equipped training camp to Russian forces due to the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the government said yesterday.