CAPTAINS of the country’s ailing industries turned the heat on government at a recent Buy Local conference, accusing it of fuelling an economic crisis by importing expensive top-of-the-range vehicles for big shots. (more…)

  THE runway at Harare International Airport, among the longest in Africa, faces being declared unsafe in three years if government fails to complete its rehabilitation while debris from the stalled works poses risks to aircraft, Parliament has heard. (more…)

  PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has moved Professor Jonathan Moyo to higher education, replacing the former information minister with Prisca Mupfumira in an acting capacity. (more…)

JOEL Biggie Matiza, the Mashonaland East provincial minister, on Saturday won the tightly contested Zanu PF provincial chairperson elections by over 15 000 votes beating his closest rival, Chikomba East MP, Edgar Mbwembwe. (more…)

AN Indian investor has pulled out of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) and stopped engagement with government on the planned revival of the Redcliff-based steel producer due to complications involving the steel-maker’s global debts, the Financial Gazette has learnt. (more…)

MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC-T) vice president, Thokozani Khupe, now seems to have resorted to bootlicking her superior, Morgan Tsvangirai, in order to salvage her political career. (more…)

GOVERNMENT has approved the drafting of a new tax regime in mining sector it hopes will help bring investment into the cash-starved sector and plans to overhaul the country’s income tax laws as well, finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Monday. (more…)

CADRES in the ruling party were left stunned this week following President Robert Mugabe’s unceremonious dismissal of Jonathan Moyo from government on Tuesday after he had resoundingly won the Tsholotsho North by-election a fortnight ago. (more…)

  Kenneth Matimaire MUTARE — When the dust seemed to have settled on Munacho Mutezo following his three-year suspension from ZANU-PF, there is renewed pressure to have the Chimanimani West Member of Parliament recalled from the National Assembly in what could precipitate another by-election. (more…)

THERE is a thing about death that rallies friends and foes, but Amos Midzi’s demise this month failed to bring his rivals and comrades together. (more…)