WHEN the Duchess and book author – Margaret Wolfe Hungerford – coined the idiom “Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder”, she broadly defined the perceptive nature of value. Unfortunately, as a real estate practitioner, I can only authoritatively apply the Duchess’ catch phrase to the concept…
RECENTLY, I drove past the Kadoma Cotton Research Institute and adjacent is the equally historic Cotton Training Centre. I found myself having vivid recollections of how the cotton-textile (CT) value chain provided the glory days for Kadoma, Chegutu and even Chitungwiza! (more…)