adminCivil service travel agency launched
Business Reporter GOVERNMENT is expected to save more than $20 million in travel costs annually following the launch of the first State-owned travel agency, the Civil Service Travel Bureau.Officially launching…
Truworths revenue up 7 percent
Tinashe Makichi : Business Reporter Truworths Limited’s revenue for the half year to January 10, 2016 went up 6,6 percent to $12,2 million from $11,4 million of the prior period mainly…
Zim: The political economy of diamonds
Abayomi Azikiwe Correspondent The Marange diamond fields are said to be one of the most lucrative in the world, yet people living in the vicinity are suffering from food shortages and…
Xi Jinping calls for industrial reforms
BEIJING. — President Xi Jinping on Monday called for deeper reform to revitalise China’s north-eastern industrial base. He urged lawmakers from Heilongjiang to pursue innovative, coordinated, green, open and shared…
Don’t overwork drivers — union
Herald Reporter THE Transport and General Workers’ Union of Zimbabwe has warned public transport operators against overworking their drivers. In a statement on Tuesday, the union said road accidents were…
Can SEZs attract FDIs?
Gift Mugano Special Economic Zones (SEZs) surged tremendously in the last 20 years. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), in 1986, there were 176 SEZs in 47 countries. In 2006,…
Econet launches home security service
Econet Wireless said on yesterday it had diversified into home security service as the telecommunications operator seeks to widen income streams in the face of declining profitability from its core…
Netanyahu vows to escalate fight against Palestine
JERUSALEM. — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged yesterday to intensify Israel’s struggle against “Palestinian terrorism”, as a visit by US Vice President Joe Biden coincided with a surge of…
The unfairness of VP Mphoko critics
Kennedy Mavhumashava Correspondent VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has been a target of some political vitriol over the past month following his speech at the First Lady Cde Grace Mugabe’s rally at…
Agricultural marketing consolidation vital
Charles Dhewa Agriculture marketing should start with consolidating producers and aggregating commodities. This implies the presence of physical market infrastructure. Since not all infrastructure fit all sizes, each community should have…