TZI profit up 1085 percent

Though it says its operating profits are dominated by Agriflora, its Zambian horticulture export business whose earnings are concentrated in the second half of the year, TZI still managed an…

CAPS back in black

Pharmaceutical company CAPS Holdings is now out of the doldrums. It made a net profit of $2 billion in the first half of this year, a turn around from a…

Porthold still operating at a loss

Portland Holdings, the Zimbabwean subsidiary of Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) had an operating loss of R9.6 million ( about $1 billion at the official exchange rate) during the six moths…

CFI heading for exceptional year

Milling company, CFI Holdings, which also operates a chain of retail stores and is probably the country's biggest poultry producer could be heading for an exceptional year. According to its…

AIDS figures revised

Zimbabwe has revised its HIV/AIDS figures downwards from an estimated 2.3 million to 1.82 million, reducing prevalence from 33.7 percent to 24.9 percent. But contrary to some reports which have…

All not well at Daily News

The Daily News may be the biggest selling newspaper in Zimbabwe. It may have recorded the biggest growth in readership between April and June. But something is definitely wrong at…