Price controls see SeedCo profit plummet

December 6, 2002

Price controls, which kept the price of seed maize at pre-June 2001 levels, saw the net profit of SeedCo, one…

Edgars’s up 254 percent

December 6, 2002

Food shortages and the threat of starvation for the less privileged members of the community have forced many people to…

Food crisis worsening in Zimbabwe!

December 6, 2002

Zimbabwe has imported 647 000 tonnes of maize and at the current rate of imports of 99 500 tonnes a…

The sacking of Gwisai

December 6, 2002

The expulsion of Munyaradzi Gwisai from the Movement for Democratic Change made headlines in almost every local newspaper, the Sunday…

Death, starvation and political affiliation in Zimbabwe

November 29, 2002

In Zimbabwe, choosing your political affiliation is a matter of life or death, confirms a new report. Political abuse of…

Budget sends jitters in the market

November 29, 2002

The 2003 budget announced on November 14 and the monetary policy statement of November 20 seem to have sent jitters…

ZSR sugar business makes a loss of $230 million

November 29, 2002

The current shortage of sugar is due to smuggling and parallel market sales where it is being sold at up…

Natfoods more than doubles profit

November 29, 2002

Despite the crippling drought which has affected half the country's population, National Foods, one of the biggest milling companies in…

Ashanti profit for third quarter up 55 percent

November 29, 2002

Ashanti Gold earned US$58.8 million in the first nine months of this year, up from US$37.6 million though gold sales…

Tractive sales soar

November 29, 2002

Tractive Power Holdings had an excellent year with sales of parts and service being the driving force. The company, which…