Amcu strike fund insufficient — Union
RUSTENBURG — The government and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) are not doing anything to alleviate the humanitarian crisis caused by the strike in the platinum mining…
Barclays slapped with $44m fine over gold price
BARCLAYS Plc has been fined 26 million pounds ($43,8 million) for failures in internal controls that allowed a trader to manipulate the setting of gold prices, just a day after…
China, Qatar seek more Russia investment as US interest fades
SOVEREIGN wealth funds in China and Qatar on Friday last week signalled their increased commitment to Russia, boosting Moscow’s hopes of strengthening ties with Asia and the Middle East as…
Regional economic integration and development in Africa
“WE must unite for economic viability first of all and then to recover our mineral wealth in southern Africa, so that our vast resources and capacity for development will bring…
Continent needs to introduce credible industrial policies
ABUJA — African countries need to introduce credible industrial policies and promote effective industrial policy organisations to enhance the structural transformation of the continent, says a new report jointly produced…
AU declares 2014 year of agric and food security
THE Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) has said that the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government has declared the year 2014 to be the year of Agriculture…
Mat North biogas project shapes up
THE construction of biogas digesters for 500 farmers in Matabeleland North by the Zimbabwe Association of Pig Producers (ZAPP) working with the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV) is now at an…
GMB to provide mobile grain depots
FARMERS in the country’s natural region 4 and 5 who gave heed to calls by the Government to grow small grain crops, got a bumper harvest this year and plans…
Reasons for introducing the right bull to your herd
ONE seemingly ignorant yet telling conversation I had recently with a communal farmer in a district in Matabeleland North has inspired this article. The farmer has a herd of about…
Chicken Inn overcome Chapungu
Ngqwele Dube Sports Correspondent Chicken Inn ……….(2) 2 Chapungu …………..(0) 1


