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First Lady Grace Mugabe has been playing her cards right.  Only a decade ago, the United States embassy in Harare said it believed she had little or no political influence…

The ZSE mainstream index rose 39.56 percent to close at 400.03 points with a lift from Delta, adding to the week’s record-setting performance. The market capitalisation increased by 39 percent…

I could not help overhearing the conversation. I was in a commuter mini-bus on my way from Killarney in Bulawayo to town to make my weekly withdrawal of $100.  That…

Zimbabwe’s National Biotechnology Authority (NBA) has opened the country’s first laboratory to test imports for Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). The southern African nation has maintained a ban on GMOs citing…

First Lady Grace Mugabe and her children live large.  You hear her children are renting an apartment for R70 000 a month! With this kind of money, one can buy…

Movement for Democratic Change presidential spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka has confirmed that party leader Morgan Tsvangirai is in hospital in South Africa “for routine medical procedure” but is not critical. A…

Imagine a country where the economy has not grown since the 1960s and where infant mortality has not improved in 30 years. In the meantime, neighbouring countries have got wealthier…

Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was yesterday airlifted to a hospital in South Africa after falling sick at an MDC Alliance meeting in Kadoma on Thursday, according to…

First Mutual Holdings’ subsidiary Pearl Properties Limited has changed name to First Mutual Properties (FMP) as part of the group’s rebranding strategy. FMP, which is due to announce its 2017…

Swaziland’s Foreign Minister Lufto Dlamini recommended Movement for Democratic Change Morgan Tsvangirai to start marketing himself quietly to the Southern African Development Community leaders to persuade them that he was…