By Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE imports milk worth US$180 million per year, and the Agriculture ministry has announced the establishment of an artificial insemination centre at the Henderson Research Station in Mazowe to improve the national dairy herd. Addressing dairy farmers during a Zimbabwe Agriculture Growth Project (ZAGP) policy conference in Harare yesterday, the ministry’s chief…
By Emmanuel Marambe ZIMBABWE’S Korfball national team are through to the IKF World Championship set for Chinese Taipei next year after winning the All-Africa Korfball Championship South in Lusaka, Zambia. The Innocent Kanosvova-coached team edged hosts Zambia 13-12 in their first round-robin match before overcoming pre-tournament favourites South Africa 14-12 in the decisive match to…
By Brighton Muronzereyi HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said regulations for registering and governing local private security firms were lax and there was a need to regulate their operations to reduce the rising number of armed robberies. According to the minister, most private security companies contribute to the rise in armed robberies because they…
DELTA Corporation Limited — Zimbabwe’s largest beverages maker — has organised a social innovation competition in 13 tertiary institutions in the country in collaboration with the BOOST (Building Opportunities On Student Talent) Fellowship. The BOOST Fellowship is a programme for university students who are keen on leadership, entrepreneurship and community development. Running under the name…
Zimbabwe Women Empowered in Business (ZIWEB) empowers women in Zimbabwe with the opportunity to start and sustainably run their own business by…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE man has been dragged to court after he allegedly defrauded an insurance company of more than $6 million. Valentine Kingrose Jamu, 29, was hauled before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday on charges of fraud after allegedly obtaining Clarion Insurance Company licences worth $6 176 933 illegally. However, it was not…
OK Zimbabwe Limited has launched a Christmas festival promotion that will offer affordable prices to enable ordinary people to have a decent and joyful fiesta. In a statement yesterday, OK Zimbabwe said the promotion is meant to bring a colourful festival season to all families. “OK Zimbabwe Limited through its brands, OK stores, Bon Marche…
Time Bank would operate a new business model whereby the bank will not start by taking deposits, as is usually done by commercial banks. The bank will start by lending out to various categories of clients without taking deposits and review the model at an appropriate time. The bank announced last year, before the pre-opening…
By Brighton Muronzereyi CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has stated that he is willing to engage in genuine and credible dialogue with all political parties in order to improve Zimbabwe’s chances of being readmitted to the Commonwealth. In pursuit of mutual cooperation and national interest, he said that Zimbabwe must normalise relations…
CONSUMERS and industrialists have expressed their fears of a new round of price hikes as fuel prices continue to increase on a weekly basis and pleaded for government’s intervention to halt the wave of energy increases. Yesterday, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) reviewed fuel prices upwards in both local and foreign currency for the…
