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…

Daily News and stay-aways

Readers aside, nobody must be missing the Daily News more than the Movement for Democratic Change and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. Without their only mouthpiece, they have been…

The Botswana menace

Botswana police chief has decided to break ranks with politicians. He has spilled it out. Zimbabweans are a menace in his country. They are responsible for the spiralling crime. They…