Mash sees its profit decline

Rising costs which resulted in higher than expected overhead expenditure, labour unrest and the need to trim margins in order to compete saw Mashonaland Holdings' profit at a standstill, declining…

Randalls short of forecast profit

Randalls Holdings, which was floated last year with the company forecasting a pre-tax profit of $54.6 million based on assumptions that inflation would average 16 percent, the Zimbabwe dollar would…

Caps has another excellent year

Pharmaceutical company, CAPS, which barely two years ago was beset with problems of escalating costs, poor morale, lack of adequate product availability, a declining market share and a questionable future,…

Focus of British aid to Zimbabwe

Britain's aid to Zimbabwe seems to have three basic aims according to that country's aid programme for Zimbabwe. The first is economic reform and good government. Under this aim Britain…

Who the hell is Tsvangirai?

Until December 11, 1997, the two lifts at the 10-storey Chester House, at the corner of Third Street and Speke Avenue in Harare, opened into the reception of the Zimbabwe…

Leo is everywhere!

Several people have complained that one of Zimbabwe's major problems is that it does not have good public relations officers. This could be true. While Zimbabwe's political leaders hate being…

Mugabe in a tight spot

President Robert Mugabe must be a very lonely man today. All his peers are gone or are on their way out. Botswana President Ketumile Masire, one of Southern Africa's longest…