While the bulk of the coal firing Zimbabwe's embattled industries and tobacco farms is produced by the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), there has been a significant throughput from Sengwa Mine in Gokwe and Thuli Mine in Beitbridge.These mining operations have, however, in recent…

Relief agencies clai-med last week that more than half the population, about six million people, would be in need of food handouts between now and the next harvest in April.They said the large number of urbanites joining the growing queues of people in urgent need of food assistance…

We cannot remain bogged down like this forever. The good thing is that when I was in Lusaka for Cde Rupiah Banda’s inauguration as president, I took the opportunity to sound out some of the SADC leaders who were there, and they all assured me that Morgan has…

 The brother gave a long but brilliant speech. The US was constituted out of many races and populations, and the founders hoped that one day, a more perfect union would come out of it. Obama emphasised the meaning of this great idea, called the United States.The celebration marked…

 merican presidential election that pitted democrat Barack Obama against war hero and veteran politician John Mccain of the Grand Old Party as the Republicans are popularly known, the air was pregnant with excitement. Most polls showed Obama leading with a wide margin on Monday, the last day of…

IN my article last week, I alluded to the need for a change in policy as a vehicle towards positive economic growth. In this article, allow me to hazard what I think can be quick hits in our economy. In business, quick hits refer to those areas that…

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2008, after protracted and painful negotiations, complications in the implementation of a power-sharing agreement has exposed its construction and framing obstacles that should have been evident even from the body language and tone of the principals at the signing ceremony. With the assistance of former…

An Emergency Travel Document (ETD) issued to Tsvangirai at the eleventh hour on Sunday only allowed him to travel direct to Mbabane and yet the MDC leader had been scheduled to connect through South Africa.Tsvangirai, according to reports, also declined an offer by King Mswati III to use…

Players in the fishing industry said the fuel crisis, global warming and the general economic meltdown are now the biggest threats to the continued survival of the industry, which used to contribute significantly to the country's foreign currency earnings.For instance, in 2005 the industry generated about US$2 million,…

As part of our recruitment services, l have gone through CVs of people that are very inconsistent in their career paths; today they are bookkeepers and tomorrow they are mechanics. Having noted this, we conducted a survey to gauge Zimbabweans' perceptions about career guidance. Data was collected from…