The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.
Tractive Power Holdings had an excellent year with sales of parts and service being the driving force. The company, which was previously part of Astra Holdings saw its turnover increase…
While most companies are mourning about the difficult trading conditions, Beverley Building Society says its operating conditions returned to near normality during the year ended June. It realised a net…
Century Holdings had an excellent year ending September with net profit increasing more than five-fold from $76 million to $440.2 million but it is only releasing its audited results in…
Clothing retail chain Truworths capitalised on the consumptive spending that has gripped the country to record a net profit of $537.7 million, a 419 percent increase over last year when…
Bulawayo-based Haddon and Sly, which has now been taken over by Barbican Holdings, made a profit of nearly $4 million in the first half of this year and sales for…
About 212 000 tonnes of wheat is expected this season and 68 000 tonnes of this had already been delivered to the Grain Marketing Board by early October. Wheat deliveries…
Flue-cured tobacco seed sales have dropped by 19 percent from 352kg last year to 295 kg. The Zimbabwe Tobacco Association estimates that a total of 41 300 ha, about 50…
While an estimated 6.7 million are facing food shortage and the country's imports will only meet 73 percent of the nation's requirements, whispers say some indigenous millers are selling their…
Zimbabwe has reached that stage when newspaper circulations should start falling. The country had all along had one of the highest newspaper circulations per capita, largely because its people were…
President Robert Mugabe, only beaten by Iraq President Saddam Hussein in terms of grabbing world headlines, is not even the longest serving surviving leader. According to a list compiled by…