April 29, 2024
“WHOSE farm is this?” queried one of the foreign visitors. (more…)
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FOREIGN investors trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) may be selling rather than buying, but they are not part of the scramble out of emerging markets seen in some other parts of the world. (more…)
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ZIMBABWE is unlikely to meet the projected electricity generation growth of 4,5 percent this year, with energy experts saying no new plants are likely to be commissioned before year-end. (more…)
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HARARE’S aerial view stunningly flatters to deceive. From miles above the well-knit rooftops of hundreds upon thousands of houses, sprawling around the compact high rise buildings of the central business district, Harare exhibits an outlook of a well planned modern and expanding metropolitan. On a clear day, the city’s…
HARARE has an astounding 702 housing cooperatives scrambling for land to parcel out to desperate home seekers, which could explain the mushrooming of illegal settlements throughout the city. The land scramble, coming at a time when the capital city has long run out of space for new housing, raises…
THE feud between former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono and his former advisor, Munyaradzi Kereke, has taken a number of twists and turns since 2012 when it first broke out; starting as a verbal spat between the two, and degenerating towards the end of last…
THE country's second largest mobile phone operator, Telecel Zimbabwe launched its mobile money transfer service Telecash in a move that is set to raise the stakes against the hugely popular Ecocash run by its rival, Econet Wireless. (more…)
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BILLIONS of dollars required to set up a local platinum refinery could go to waste if government, which has been pushing mines to fast-track the project, fails to assess the real implications of its political decision, analysts have warned. (more…)
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THE government is guilty of it. So are some parastatals and quasi State entities such as the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and the Public Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS), among others. (more…)
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A FORTNIGHT ago, Mashonaland Central Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Martin Dinha, found himself with no choice but to quote scriptures from the Bible to defuse a potentially volatile situation at the burial of a woman who was said to have developed medical complications while in the…
