Parents neglecting children
Tatenda Makombe OWING to economic hardships, parents are busy running around trying to make ends meet and in the process they are neglecting their own children.
Stanchart expansion to add 1 000 staff in Africa
STANDARD Chartered plans to hire at least 1 000 more staff in Africa in the next couple of years, an increase of more than 10 percent, even as its expansion…
Rusape teacher jailed for rape
Samuel Kadungure Senior Reporter ST Joseph’S Primary School senior teacher Benedict Chiro (46) was last Friday convicted of raping a 12-year-old pupil during an extra lessons session and was sentenced…
Kambani crowned secretary of the year
Business Reporter MEDICAL Investments Limited managing director, Dr Merissa Kambani, has been declared the 2013 chartered secretary of the year. The runner-up is Zimbabwe School of Mines principal, Mr Dzingarai…
ZTA needs US$15m a year: Kaseke
Liberty Dube ZIMBABWE Tourism Association needs about US$15 million per annum to fulfill its aspirations, among them the US$5 billion tourism economy dream by the year 2020.
Prioritise overhaul of railway system: MDP
Ngoni Dapira GOVERNMENT has been urged to prioritise the overhaul of the railway system to make us of the Beira Corridor and Mutare Dry Port. MDP general manager Mr Lawrence…
Maize on demand
By Samuel Kadungure Farming Matters THE obligation to feed the nation’s fast-growing population is a mammoth task that Zimbabwean farmers are failing to fulfil as domestic maize demand outstrips local…
Capitalisation restricts SMEs formalisation
Ngoni Dapira GOVERNMENT has been calling for the formalisation of Small to Medium Enterprises after recognising that they have become the main drivers of the ‘‘new economy’’ in Zimbabwe, but…
Boom for Honde tea growers
Ngoni Dapira ZIMBABWE’s tea farming sector resurged in 2010 after prices had slumped in the late 1990s and presently over 1 200 farmers under the Honde Valley Smallholder Development Company…
Institutions hail Spar Mutare
Business Correspondent BENEFICIARIES of Spar Mutare social responsibility programmes have hailed the retail giant for braving the unfavourable economic environment and remaining committed to the growth and success of Manicaland…

