adminZim, China sign power deal
Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE and the China Export and Import Bank yesterday signed a $320 million deal for the expansion of Kariba South hydro power expansion project. Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa…
Pangolin pressie for President
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter A CHIEF says he has a brilliant idea of what to do with a pangolin that was brought to him over the weekend: give it to…
Country debt overstated: Minister
THE Government is working with creditors to ascertain the exact amount the country owes, which has tended to be overstated, a Cabinet minister said last week. The ballooning debt, which…
Speak with one voice on challenges facing industry, Byo business urged
Business Reporter BULAWAYO businesses must speak with one voice on challenges facing industry in the city, a banking executive has said. In a speech read on his behalf at the…
Zimplow disposes of bolt manufacturing division
Business Reporter LISTED agricultural implements maker, Zimplow Holdings, has sold its bolt manufacturing division to management after deeming it non-core to its business model. Zimplow, which acquired Tassburg in 2008,…
Cheap imports affect farmers’ viability
Business Correspondent THE local milling industry is importing about 80 percent of raw materials due to local farmers’ inability to meet demand, the vice chairman of the Grain Millers of…
Zimbabwe to host FIATA conference
Beitbridge Bureau ZIMBABWE has won the right to host the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA) Africa and Middle East Region field conference next year after outbidding United Arab…
Super Typhoon Haiyan tears Philippines apart
MORE than 10 000 people are feared dead after the fiercest typhoon ever recorded laid waste to The Philippines’ east, overwhelming emergency services and leaving bodies rotting in the streets of…
Ethiopia considers joining AU force in Somalia
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia is considering integrating its troops in Somalia into the bigger UN-backed African Union force amid efforts to boost operations against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, officials said yesterday.…
Voter registration resumes, calm returns to Bekkersdal
DAY two of the voter registration weekend started at 8am yesterday at voting stations across the country, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on its Facebook page. A total of…