Circle Cement back in black

Circle Cement is back in black following the lifting of price controls in April. Price controls were replaced by price monitoring, and though it had just two months before the…

Hijacked

It's now more than two months since the Daily News saga began. When the country's most popular newspaper was shut down on September 13 following a Supreme Court ruling that…

SARE profit up 13-fold

Southern Africa Reinsurance Company (SARE) had a good first half with net profit increasing more than 13-fold from $63 million to $822.2 million. Gross premium increased from $555.9 million to…

One man show on the web

What do you do when you are forced to cease publication for financial reasons? Charles Rukuni, editor-in-chief of the monthly review, "The Insider" in Zimbabwe decided to take his publication…

In denial

Zimbabwe's first President Canaan Banana died and was buried with the nation still in self-denial. Throughout his eulogy, the media insisted Banana had been survived by his wife, yet Banana's…

CABS makes $8.2 billion surplus

CABS remained the country's largest building society realising a surplus of $8.2 billion for the year ending June, almost double its nearest rival. It had a surplus of $3.1 billion…