HARARE – In life there are things that we wish to do but at times, understandably, due to other interests, we tend to ignore them. The story is true for flamboyant Harare businessman Phillip Chiyangwa who has embarked on a massive construction of a state-of-the-art medical mall in the capital. PC Medical Mall is already…
MASVINGO – Senior journalists in Masvingo have launched the Masvingo Journalists Development Forum (MJDF), an organisation set to steer development for members of the press and different societies they work in. The organisation, the first of its kind countrywide, was launched at Ngundu Rocky Motel in Chivi at the weekend. It is set to promote…
HARARE – Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (Econet) – Zimbabwe’s largest mobile service provider – yesterday unveiled a solar powered environmentally friendly kiosk, as part of its ‘green’ campaign. The campaign is focused on investing in alternative energy sources, raising environmental awareness and alleviating the crippling impact of worsening power cuts on service. The Green Kiosk –…
HARARE – South Africa yesterday said it was ready to consider Zimbabwe’s request for a $100 million financial bailout after a request by Finance minister Tendai Biti. Biti said Zimbabwe needed the money to pay its civil servants. Failure to attract aid from Western donors and foreign direct investment has fomented an already dire financial…
HARARE – Coach Moses Chunga succumbed to his eighth straight defeat with two different clubs this season after Buffaloes continued their prolific away form to condemn his Gunners further into the relegation zone yesterday. Michael Mageja headed home the priceless goal that saw the Mutare soldiers climb into fifth place with 36 points from 21…
JOHANNESBURG – Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema seemed bent on turning soldiers against the state, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says. “You can’t just go on and on and on, and be going around mobilising funeral gatherings and agitating people to become ungovernable,” she told the SABC. She was reacting to Malema’s plans to…
HARARE – Unsettled Zimbabwean cricketer Mark Vermeulen — who recently turned to amateur golf for solace — has been thrown yet another cricket lifeline after Midwest Rhinos signed him on this week ahead of the upcoming 2012-13 season. Vermeulen, whose career has been blighted by a chequered disciplinary record, joins the Kwekwe-based franchise on an…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says ex-lover Locadia Karimatsenga’s bid to stop his wedding is null since he has already obtained a marriage licence. Yesterday, High Court judge Antonia Guvava reserved judgment on whether Karimatsenga’s case is urgent or not to today at 3pm. A marriage licence is a document issued by a magistrate’s…
HARARE – Surface Investments plans to set up a $7 million new solvent extraction plant to be operational early next year and will add $20 million annually to its current sales of over $40 million. Executive director Narottam Somani said the plant to be based in Chitungwiza will also process soya beans into soya flour….
HARARE – Despite delayed salary payments and reduced disposable incomes in the market, listed clothing retailer, Edgars Stores Limited (Edgars’) credit sales grew by 89 percent in the first half of 2012. The company’s sales have been picking owing to reintroduction of credit facilities in 2010 after it had suspended the product due to hyperinflation….
