Boko warns: Depending on diamonds is a ‘social time bomb’
Botswana’s President Duma Boko has warned that the current economic model that relies heavily on diamonds is unsustainable and is a “social time bomb” amid rising youth...
The Chris Kabwato Column | My afternoon with Salif Keita: A tribute to the...
In early 2004, I travelled with media colleagues Luckson Chipare (Zimbabwe) and George Christensen (The Gambia) to Bamako, Mali, to attend a conference on what we called...
INVESTOR NOTES | John Legat: Zimbabwe’s pension funds love investing in ‘overvalued’ property. Here’s...
By John Legat, Non-Executive Director, Imara Asset Management
In 1993, when as an eager, young and excited fund manager living in London, I discovered...
After tripling smelting capacity, Zimplats plans to process platinum for other miners
Zimplats is tripling its processing capacity and plans to handle concentrates from other mining firms at its new smelter. Encouraged by a recovery in platinum prices, the...
Brushed aside: How Zimbabwe’s import policy has squeezed out its only toothpaste maker
What can a little-known toothpaste brand tell us about the impact of Zimbabwe’s trade and currency challenges? Quite a bit, it turns out.
The...
As commodity prices signal a rebound, Zimbabwe is dusting off some stalled mining projects...
By Chris Muronzi
Kuvimba Mining House will develop its Darwendale platinum project as an open pit rather than the previously planned underground mine,...
