Government urged to stimulate horticultural sector

February 21, 2003

The Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) which comprises government, employers and labour and is now spearheading the economic recovery of the…

Tobacco crop now estimated at 85m kgs

February 21, 2003

This year's tobacco has been revised slightly upwards at 85 million kgs. Though large-scale commercial farmers have reduced the hectarage…

Bob still in control

February 21, 2003

Talk about Mugabe's exit plan and how the deal went sour continues, but apparently, the President who turned 79 this…

Chinos and ZFTU

February 21, 2003

Though the pro-government media, especially the electronic media, has been pushing forward the Zimbabwe Federation of Trade Unions (ZFTU) as…

Another paper

February 21, 2003

News that Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe, publishers of the Daily News, are finally going to launch their Sunday paper has…

Mugabe moves one notch up

January 24, 2003

The departure of Daniel arap Moi in December after leading Kenya for 24-years has seen Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe move…

Turning the people into a nation of speculators

January 24, 2003

No one paid any attention to the 70-year old grey-haired woman as she sat rather passively, looking very innocent while…

Where is the maize going?

January 24, 2003

The figures do not add up. According to the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNet), an agency funded by the…

Bleak prospects for investors

January 24, 2003

Zimbabwean investors will be in a catch-22 situation this year. There are no more safe havens for their money. The…

France to the rescue?

January 24, 2003

France has hit Britain below the belt. Already at odds with Britain over the war against Iraq, France has invited…