Ngwerume carves to preserve culture

Tawanda Marwizi: Arts Correspondent African pride and identity has been enhanced by totems that were created by ancient communities to identify people’s origins. Many people in Zimbabwe still find pride in being…

Fresh lithium deposits to transform Zim economy

Munyaradzi Musiiwa: Midlands Correspondent LITHIUM is set to transform the country’s economy following a fresh scramble for the mineral by foreign companies after new deposits were discovered around Harare, Mines and…

Salt off the earth

Christopher Charamba: Featurers It is believed that one of the causes of the collapse of the Great Zimbabwe empire was the shortage of salt in the area. Nyatsimba Mutota was sent…

Cheeky tenant ‘steals’ house

Andile Tshuma: Bulawayo Bureau A 53-YEAR-OLD Thorngroove suburb man has appeared in court for allegedly stealing his landlord’s house. Phillip Ndlovu appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Tinashe Tashaya facing forgery and theft…

Kenya Airways in talks for stake sale

NAIROBI. — Kenya Airways is talking to “about three or four” foreign institutional investors and airlines about buying a stake to raise cash for the loss-making carrier, its chief executive…

Platts lifts world sugar deficit estimate amid waning Brazil hopes

LONDON. — Platts Kingsman extended the round of upgrades by commentators to forecasts for the world sugar production deficit next season, amid waning expectations for Brazil’s cane crop. Platts raised by…

Oil prices fall as hopes for deal in Algiers fade

LONDON. — Crude oil futures fell yesterday as optimism faded for an output-limiting deal from an oil producer meeting in Algeria to curb one of the worst supply gluts in…

ZimTrade to equip firms with export skills

Business Reporter ZimTrade will this week conduct a capacity building training of companies in the plastic pipes manufacturing and packaging industries. The training, which will be held from September 29-30 in…

Unifreight post $2,5m net profit

Transport and logistics provider, Unifreight posted a $2,5 million net profit for the half-year ended June, 2016 bouncing from a $2,3 million loss in the comparable period aided by disposal…

Now is the time to end child marriages in the apostolic sects

Tendayi Gudo Correspondent Earlier this month, 400 women from various apostolic sects gathered in Gweru to explore ways of ending child marriages. This was as historic as it was significant;…