Co-op Out

Regional cooperation was thrown out of the window when Fidelity Printers and Refineries, which is 100 percent owned by Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank, failed to win a contract to print Namibia's…

Lorac: was First Lady involved?

The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to carry out a more comprehensive investigation into irregularities of the Zimbabwe Banking Corporation and the Merchant Bank of Central Africa in their relationship with…

Copper going up

Coper prices are expected to go up by 39 percent by the end of the year if the European economies emerge from the current recession. This should be good news…

Milk tag

The introduction of a special "temporary" drought relief payment of five cents a litre to dairy farmers from 1 August to 30 November to assist them through "this difficult time"…

Shoot to kill

The Botswana army has adopted a shoot-to-kill policy against suspected Zimbabwe smugglers -sometimes referred to as border-jumpers, seven of whom were shot dead recently, according to reports. The Zimbabweans are…

Zimbabwe loses to SA

After failing to clinch an aviation pact which would have allowed Malaysian Airlines to fly to Harare, the Kuala Lumpur government signed one with South Africa on June 18. The…

Government spending too high

After two years of making unfulfilled promises most people are closely watching to see if the government will this time make tangible efforts to reduce its spending when Finance Minister,…

Sugar fad

With this year's sugar production standing at only 3 368 tonnes compared to a normal harvest of 260 000 tonnes and the situation only expected to return to normal in…