
South Africa okays restaurants and hairdressers to reopen
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced further easing of coronavirus restrictions. Restaurants will be allowed to serve sit-down meals to a few people. Hair salons, casinos and cinemas will

Mosi-Oa-Tunya cigar venture eyes smokers at home and abroad
A newly established Zimbabwean company has started making cigars for export, aiming to take on established players while developing a culture of cigar smoking at home. Mosi-Oa-Tunya, the local name

Driving schools petition Govt to reopen as lockdown bites
…apply for exemptions and tax holidays, TSCZ advises By Ratidzo Munembi The Zimbabwe Driving Schools Owners Association (ZDSOA) has written to the Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) seeking facilitation

Zim foreign currency account holders panic as banks scramble for cash
By Memory Mataranyika Foreign Currency Account holders with Zimbabwean banks – among them units of Standard Bank, Standard Chartered and Nedbank – have expressed apprehension about what they fear could

How to build resilient organisations during a pandemic
By Epaphras Chinyakuza For most organisations, traditional resilience planning doesn’t do enough to prepare for such a pandemic. The rapidly evolving threat around the COVID-19 virus is impacting how organisations

Gweru businessman receives honorary degree for philanthropic work
By Stephen Chadenga Gweru based property developer River Valley Properties chairman, Mncedisi Dube has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the International Institute of Philanthropy in

SA restaurants appeal to government to open and save industry
The Restaurant Association of South Africa (Rasa) has again appealed for the government to allow for the sector to operate, saying millions of employees’ incomes are being negatively affected. Rasa

Late Mhunga suffered from diabetes,BP
The late Tanda Tavaruva, who died at his Rhodene home yesterday (May 11) had battled diabetes and hypertension since 2012, a family spokesperson has said. In an interview, Nyaradzai Tavaruva

Mining industry workers exploited-Union
By Nhau Mangirazi Zimbabwe mine workers celebrated international workers day under uncertainty after Chinese investors have turned out to be looters of natural resources according to workers union. In a
Informal traders and residents team up to stop demolitions
SEVERAL informal traders and residents have filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an order to stop local and central government from demolishing their vending stalls and