Of late, it has become fashionable for various business entities to invite bids from suppliers of goods and services for prequalification and registration on their databases. This article does not concern itself so much with the business case behind this practice. Where the motive for doing so is…

This mainly stems from the fact that, by their very nature, small firms are widely spread geographically, labour intensive, efficient, better at nurturing entrepreneurs and more equitable in the distribution of generated income than their large counterparts.However, these businesses continue to encounter prohibitive regulatory and financial barricades especially…

There are three dominos in the air for President Barack Obama; the economy has remained “south” as they say, the Israeli-Palestinian talks begin on September 2, and the Afghan war is intensifying. He needs to keep two of these dominos in the air in order to win a…

In the runup to the summit, there was a lot of speculation in the media about what Cde Zuma and SADC were going to do to “deal” with me…I laughed my lungs out! SADC — which is my own brainchild — dealing with me? Ever heard of that?…

Since the constitution outreach programme started nearly two months ago, the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) has attended a number of the meetings. We witnessed the chaos of the first week in Manicaland and Mashonaland Central and people’s frustration with COPAC’s delays. We didn’t witness any of…

This emerged from a recent thought leadership seminar held in Harare.Addressing hundreds of guests during a British Council Management Exp-ress forum presentation entitled The New Normal: Implications for business decision-making in Zimbabwe 2010’, renowned economist and University of Zim-babwe’s Graduate School of Management academic Professor Tony Hawkins set…

 It deals with the relationships between jobs within an organisation. The aim of job evaluation is to provide a systematic and consistent approach to defining relative worth of jobs within an organisation. As such, job evaluation is aimed at providing a defensible and equitable basis for determining and…

 As the country is trying to recuperate from the quagmire, it is of paramount importance  for the nation to adopt homegrown and innovative policies that can help in the revitalisation drive.The recent worldwide recession enhanced the business’ quandary. It resulted in a scenario where the customary world economic…

 This week, another California judge, James Gray, says it is a waste of resources and time to catch and throw marijuana users in prison.Gray says that by making mbanje legal, no kid in his or her right mind will bother with it. It will not be cool to…

 This is the mother of all desperations, I can tell you!This silly American mafia group last week tried to send threatening messages to players in the global diamond trade industry “warning” them against dealing in gems from Chiadzwa. Didn’t I warn them last week that they have more…