Posts by Charles Rukuni

The international isolation Zimbabwe has been experiencing for the past three years could turn out to be a blessing in disguise, at least for the tourism industry, once one of…

Apex Corporation, one of the best performers on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange so far this year, had a good first half with turnover for the six months to April surpassing…

Phoenix Consolidated Industries which contributed more than half of the revenue of Apex Corporation had a good first half with only one business unit, William Smith & Gourock suffering from…

Furniture retail group Pelhams had mixed fortunes during the year ended March. It had a buoyant first quarter, followed by a subdued second quarter, a big spend third quarter which…

Though it says its operating profits are dominated by Agriflora, its Zambian horticulture export business whose earnings are concentrated in the second half of the year, TZI still managed an…

Newspapers in Zimbabwe are either reducing their sizes or their circulations are shrinking while declining incomes are forcing people to use less toilet tissue. This is what the half-year report…

Horticultural group, Ariston Holdings, made double the profit it made for the entire year ending September last year in the first six months of its current financial year. It made…

Interfresh, another horticultural company, had an excellent first half ending June with sales and net profit double that for the full year ending December. And it says it usually has…

The half-year report to March for Powerspeed Electrical is full of contradictions. It says trading conditions continued to worsen. Demand for all products remained soft. Volumes traded were no greater…

Milling company, CFI Holdings, which also operates a chain of retail stores and is probably the country's biggest poultry producer could be heading for an exceptional year. According to its…