ONE of Harare’s notable milling companies, Classic Super Foods (CSF), has called on the government to provide more support to smaller indigenous millers. Speaking on the sidelines of a tour of CSF organised by the Entrepreneurs Network of Zimbabwe in Harare recently, the company’s chief executive, Alvin Mparutsa, said the smaller players needed support to…
The tourism industry is confident that the coming in of new airlines will enhance the country’s competitiveness in the region and the world. It comes as there has been a flurry of airlines adding Zimbabwe to their routes over the past six months. “We celebrate the coming in of Zambia Airways, as we have always…
A Mexican golf course designed by Tiger Woods will host the 2023 World Wide Technology Championship. The 15-time major champion designed El Cardonal, located at Diamante Cabo San Lucas, based on the courses he grew up playing in southern California. The par-72, 7,300-yard course – which overlooks the Pacific Ocean – opened in 2014. The…
ZIMBABWE is making a renewed push to increase rice production as it aims to cut imports of the commodity by US$100 million, with authorities stepping up efforts to encourage smallholder farmers to grow the crop locally. This comes as the government has enlisted the help of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) to explore the…
ZIMBABWE Cricket (ZC) has suspended two emerging players for three months for using a recreational drug in an out-of-competition case. The two players were summoned to appear for a disciplinary hearing after they were reported to ZC by a concerned citizen who caught them red-handed partaking in suspected substance abuse within the premises of a…
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! Zimbabwe’s cotton boom back then made it the fourth-largest producer of seed cotton in…
ACCORDING to official estimates, Zimbabwe has enough water resources to irrigate over 2 million hectares. However, only 216 000 hectares are currently equipped with irrigation infrastructure. Our Senior Staff Writer Farai Mabeza (FM) spoke with the Agriculture ministry’s director for irrigation development, Bezzel Chitsungo, to get insights into the recently established working group and its…
DIVERSIFIED financial services group, Old Mutual Zimbabwe, says it will this year increase financial literacy education programmes in a bid to reach out to remote areas in the country. This comes as the group has lined up programmes in Harare and Bulawayo, as well as on social media to mark Global Money Week (GMW). GMW…
ANY moves by the governmentvto abandon fiscal prudence and appease its employees and voters ahead of this year’s national elections will spell doom for the Zimbabwe dollar and the economy. So warns business after it was claimed last week that the government was mulling awarding hefty salary increases of upvto 400 percent to some of…
REGIONAL cement manufacturer, PPC, says its Zimbabwean unit has engaged authorities on mitigating the impact of insufficient power supply on critical industrial sectors. The company is one of the major producers of cement products in Zimbabwe with operations in Gwanda, Bulawayo and Harare. The country has been experiencing erratic power supplies since last year, with…
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