Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe

October 30, 2008 · Posted in Entrepreneurship, Other Business · Comment 

Source: Zimtrade Bulletin 30th October 2008

Chinese Commodities Fair – Zimbabwe
13 th–16th
November 2008
Zimbabwe International Travel and Tours is organizing the first edition of the Chinese Commodities Fair - Zimbabwe. It is an exhibition, which will attract exhibitors from all sectors of industry both locally and internationally including mining, agriculture and manufacturing. The fair will run from the 13th to the 16th of November at the Harare International Conference Centre. Read more

Of individualistic indifference and collective hatred

October 12, 2008 · Posted in Economy, Entrepreneurship, Politics · 5 Comments 

As a young boy I was raised in a socialistic family in which values of sharing, interdependence and community contribution where empathized. I remember my good uncle bringing home books and articles on Lenin, Trotsky, Mikhail Gorbachev and the mighty Union Of Soviet Socialist Republic(USSR). USSR was the dream country for me.  Then I went to college and embraced the values of independent thinking and personal development and motivation enshrined in the capitalistic ideology of the western world.  My college buddies avoided any talk on Jack Welsh or GE  because that led to yours truly preaching to them why Jack Welch was the best thing to happen to the corporate world. Read more

Toxic milk kills babies in China

September 16, 2008 · Posted in Topical issues · Comment 

BBC- A total of 1,253 Chinese children have fallen ill after drinking contaminated milk powder, and two babies have died, China’s health ministry says.

It confirmed the big jump in the numbers affected at a news conference.

“As many as 10,000 infants may have drunk the contaminated Sanlu milk powder,” vice health minister Ma Shaowei warned. Read more