Posts by Charles Rukuni

The Merchant Bank of Central Africa saw its net profit for the six months to June increase from $946.3 million to $2.5 billion but it chose to report in inflation…

Although net income dropped by 16.9 percent from $295.9 million to $246.6 million, Rapid Discount House says its results were satisfactory. The discount house says the high rate of inflation…

Interfin Holdings, one of the most diversified financial services groups, which is into merchant banking, insurance, stockbroking, asset management and consumer financing, made a net profit of $12.7 billion in…

Stanbic Bank had a more than 10-fold increase in net profit in the first half of this year and it says that despite the current economic difficulties its future is…

Tobacco seed sales have increased from 328.25 kgs to 335.58 kgs but the tobacco crop for next year is expected to drop from over 80 million kgs to 50 to…

With normal to above normal rains expected for the coming season, the shortage of maize seed could adversely affect next year's harvest. This could be worsened by the shortage of…

Production by large-scale farmers in Zimbabwe is likely to further plunge this year because of the ongoing agrarian reform, Commercial Farmers Union president Doug Taylor Freeme says. He says maize…

The Cotton Company has approved a $20 billion input scheme that could benefit 15 000 cotton farmers in the coming season. The company says with good rains expected this season,…

Paprika production is expected to remain stagnant because of the ongoing agrarian reform and the shortage of inputs such as fertiliser. Paprika relies heavily on fertiliser and chemical applications like…

Just over half of the people interviewed in a survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) have said they want President Robert Mugabe to retire now and pave way…