The Insider

Zimbabwe's tobacco auctions kicked off on a high note on March 30 with 196 930 kg being sold at an average price of US$1.74 a kg. The auctions were opened…

He has only been in office for two months. That is as a senior minister. But he is already embroiled in a "scandal" that could end his career as he…

Information Minister Jonathan Moyo is about to get the recognition that he has been seeking for the past five years, a constituency of his own. Moyo, who has been working…

Zimbabwe Newspapers, which seems to have come under pressure to deal with journalists that are supposedly working for foreign interests, may have through its overzealousness inadvertently strengthened the Zimbabwe Union…

First it was Philip Chiyangwa. Then came James Makamba. Followed by Jane Mutasa. Some might say these are small fry in ZANU-PF. The big fish are getting away. But the…

Zimbabwe on Monday reduced duty on fuel but this did not have any impact because of the weakening Zimbabwe dollar. Instead prices of fuel went up, sparking fears that this…

Textile giant David Whitehead continued on its recovery path with sales increasing by nearly 300 percent from $4.1 billion to $16.3 billion. In its report for the year ending September,…

Apex Corporation had an excellent year ending October with profit before tax increasing more than tenfold from $737.2 million to $7.8 billion. More than half of the profit came from…

Phoenix Consolidated Industries saw its sales improve from $2.5 billion in 2002 to $13.5 billion last year but it has invested heavily into four of its subsidiaries because it believes…

Gulliver Consolidated had a rough but fruitful year with sales improving from $1.9 billion to $7 billion and net profit increasing from $213.3 million to $909.7 million. According to its…