The Insider

Mining group Rio Tinto Zimbabwe's net profit nearly quadrupled from $57.8 million in 1997 to $208.2 million last year, largely because of the devaluation of the Zimbabwe dollar but the…

Bulawayo-based Radar Holdings saw its profit available for distribution increase by 125 percent from $7.7 million in the six months to December 1997 to $17.3 million during the same period…

FridgeMaster, which came into Zimbabwe a few years ago with a bang, is now planning to quit because "rampant inflation in Zimbabwe has significantly diminished disposable income reducing demand for…

Zimbabwe has to rebuild investor confidence to address the country's socio-economic problems and one of the ways to do so is to establish a continuing relationship with the International Monetary…

Transport group, Clan Holdings, in what is says was one of the most difficult years in the recent history of the company, saw its earnings only grow by 8.8 percent…

MacMed, the leading supplier of medical, surgical supplies, services and equipment to the medical industry, which was only listed in July last year has posted good results for the year…

The Insider which was given a line in August 1997 but had the number changed from 730522, which apparently still appears in the telephone directory despite the numerous reminders, to…

Construction company Murray and Roberts Zimbabwe has recorded a 70 percent increase in turnover from $403.1 million in the six months to December 1997 to $685.9 million during the same…

Nothing seems to be going on well for the troubled Mhangura Copper Mines. It's results for the 12 months ending June 1998, were seven months late and they were a…

South Africa's Business Day of October 19, 1998 provided an interesting scenario of how difficult it must be to sell Zimbabwe to investors. On the front page was a story…