Companies told to stop being crybabies

Lungile Tshuma Business Correspondent LOCAL businesses should stop being crybabies and nagging Government over funding because a lot has already been done to support companies and it was now time industry…

Mat farmers abandon tobacco farming

Roberta Katunga Senior Business Reporter THE golden leaf has lost its lustre in Matabeleland region after most farmers made huge losses at the auction floors amid revelations that only one farmer…

Abattoirs rap RDCs over slaughter levy

Ngonidzashe Chiutsi Business Correspondent LOCAL abattoirs and Rural District Councils (RDCs) are embroiled in a war with the former accusing local authorities of charging high levy for slaughter of cattle. However, councils…

When selling livestock makes no business sense

THIS past week and the coming few weeks will be the most painful times to livestock farmers primarily because buying prices have tumbled and they continue to do so. I…

Research station embarks on fruit tree growing trials in Umguza

Dumisani Nsingo Senior Farming Reporter THE Department of Research and Specialist Services through the Nyanga Experiment Station has embarked on an extensive deciduous temperature fruit tree adaptive research trials in various…

BCC condemns own borehole water…Consumption of council borehole water ‘illegal’

Vusumuzi Dube Municipal Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council has declared that the consumption of water from any council borehole is both unsafe and illegal and they won’t be held liable for…

Mujuru ‘tampers’ with late hubby’s will

Brian Chitemba DR Joice Mujuru allegedly doctored deeds and nominally changed ownership of her late husband General Solomon Mujuru’s assets to prevent other bona fide beneficiaries — including an estimated…

Mujuru faces five-year imprisonment

Harare Bureau FORMER Vice-President Dr Joice Mujuru can be prosecuted for allegedly refusing to register General Solomon Mujuru’s will with the High Court as required by law. The crime attracts five…

Youths are our torchbearers: President

Pamela Shumba in Arusha, Tanzania AFRICA has remained poor for too long, and should now create employment and protect its natural resources, President Mugabe has said. At the Third Africa-China Young…

Zanu-PF in Mt Darwin election triumph

Harare Bureau ZANU-PF demonstrated once again that it is Zimbabwe’s most formidable political force after Cde Banwell Seremwe emphatically won Friday’s Mt Darwin West National Assembly by-elections. Cde Seremwe coasted to…