Industrialists laud 2014 budget proposal

INDUSTRIALISTS have lauded proposals announced in the 2014 national budget aimed at stimulating production but emphasised the need for follow ups to ensure some of the measures do not backfire.

Implementing budget policy will guarantee country of food security: ZFU

Sithandazile Moyo Business Reporter FARMER organisations have expressed optimism that if policies outlined in the 2014 national budget are implemented, food security in the country can be guaranteed.

ZimAlloys, Chinese firms in $2,3m partnership deal

Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE Alloys has entered into partnership with two Chinese firms to process the company’s huge stockpile of ferrochrome slag in a deal worth about $2,3 million.

National Blankets seeks additional $500,000 loan for working capital

Oliver Kazunga Acting Business Editor TEXTILE firm National Blankets is negotiating with CABS to increase the amount of a loan it secured from the bank to $1 million in order…

ZSE retains Sadc top spot

Harare Bureau THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has maintained its position among Sadc’s top performing bourses after recovering from the losses suffered after the July 31 elections.

S Sudan ex-VP admits to leading a rebellion

Juba/Manila – South Sudan’s former vice-president Riek Machar confirmed that he is leading a rebellion and claimed to have taken control over the key oil-producing region of Unity State, it…

Zuma slammed over Venda women comments

Johannesburg — President Jacob Zuma is a cultural chauvinist who thinks of women as people who should be submissive to men, and not treated as equal partners, the Economic Freedom…

Pilot ‘deliberately’ crashed Mozambique plane

A preliminary investigation has revealed that a Mozambican Airlines captain, whose plane went down in Namibia in November, had a clear intention of crashing the aircraft.

Al-Qaeda in rare apology after hospital attack

In a rare public apology, the military leader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen has said that one of his fighters disobeyed orders and attacked a hospital attached to the defence…

Thai opposition to boycott 2014 election

Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party has announced that it will boycott February’s general election, deepening the country’s political crisis.