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CSC re-opening uncertain
Government transferred the once mighty meat processor to the Mutapa Investment Fund following the collapse of a US$130 million joint venture with British investor Boustead Beef.
By Harriet Chikandiwa
Apr. 4, 2025
Proper due diligence vital in state deals
Court documents did not disclose whether Boustead lacked the financial capacity or simply lost interest.
By The Zimbabwe Independent
Aug. 23, 2024
CSC deal collapses
CSC had held lucrative export quotas to European Union markets in the 1990s before collapsing due to extensive mismanagement.
By Mthandazo Nyoni and Shame Makoshori
Aug. 16, 2024
Zanu PF’s unfulfilled promises loom large in region ahead of elections
The government was forced to place CSC under corporate rescue in December 2020 after realising that Boustead Beef had failed to fulfil its part of the agreement.
By Silas Nkala
Aug. 13, 2023
Govt moves to relocate Gwayi-Shangani villagers
Moyo told NewsDay that construction work had already commenced at the site where the villagers would be relocated.
By Patricia Sibanda
Jul. 13, 2023
EMA to go after chrome miners over abandoned pits
They said big miners, or their representatives, were also roaming the Great Dyke, including invading open cast chrome shafts left by other miners before.
By Elma Zhoya
Apr. 14, 2023
The struggle for survival leaves Darwendale environs scarred
Areas bearing the worst scars of Great Dyke’s chrome rash include a Cold Storage Company (CSC) farm where artisanal miners have left a trail of destruction.
By Elma Zhoya
Mar. 17, 2023
Zesa disconnets CSC-Boustead Beef over US$27K debt
POWER utility Zesa Holdings last week disconnected power to the CSC-Boustead Beef Bulawayo abattoir over a $24 million bill.
By Silas Nkala
Feb. 27, 2023
New twist to CSC, Boustead Beef saga
They cited Boustead Beef and the Ministry of Lands and Agriculture, as first and second respondents respectively.
By Mthandazo Nyoni
Oct. 16, 2022
