Good start for tobacco?

The tobacco selling season seems to have got off to a good start with prices firmer than those for the last two years. According to the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association, though…

OM upbeat about its results

Insurance and financial services group, Old Mutual is upbeat about its results for 2002, though operating profit was down 15 percent in pounds sterling but up 8 percent in rand.…

First Bank welcomes TNF talks

First Banking Corporation has welcomed the current tripartite negotiations between the government, employers and labour saying it hopes they will result in robust initiatives which will rectify the country's macro-economic…

Commodity briefs

A United States State Department report released this month says a campaign of personal plunder, masquerading as "land reform" was a tool for the government to steal, murder, abuse and…

Food crisis to persist

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS Net) has recommended that the government remove price controls on food staples and other items to enlist the support of the market to…

Printing money fuelling inflation

Political will and stability and consistent macroeconomic policies that can pave the way for the government to implement sound monetary policies that will enable it to stop excessive printing on…

Perfect timing

The timing was perfect. His career was waning. Young Tatenda Taibu and Douglas Hondo had taken the spotlight claiming regular places in the national team. Top cricketing teams, England and…