The Insider

Platinum miner Mimosa’s revenue for the third quarter ended March 31 remained flat at $32 million despite a six percent dip in production.

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The United Nations Food and Agriculture (FAO) has forecast Zimbabwe’s maize production for the 2014/15 season at 950 000 tonnes, over a third lower than the previous season due to a prolonged dry spell.

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Chinese government-owned construction company, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) has announced that it has signed a nearly $2 billion contract for a housing project with the government.

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Cigarette manufacturer British American Tobacco (BAT) says weak demand for its products due to higher taxes has forced it to maintain production volumes at last year’s levels.

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SADC leaders are this week expected to endorse a long-term industrialisation plan that could help Zimbabwe reverse the collapse of its productive sector and plug an influx of cheap imported goods.

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Although expelled Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front politicians such as former Vice-President Joice Mujuru and Secretary for Administration Didymus Mutasa command some respect, their popularity should not be based on “hallucinatory projections” but requires scientific verification, political analyst, Pedzisai Ruhanya told the Daily News.

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Workers in the diamond mining sector have formed a labour union to safeguard their interests, saying current legislation has loopholes that leave them open to abuse by miners.

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Pretoria-Steve Biko the black consciousness hero must be turning in his grave to see lives being lost through black on black violence.

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Can humans really be motivated by altruism? My new book, The Most Good You Can Do, discusses the emerging new movement called Effective Altruism, and, in doing interviews about the book, I am surprised by how often that question is asked.

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