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From Innocent Madonko in Beijing, China
ZIMBABWE is on the right path to economic prosperity because its land reform programme will be the pillar from which the country will launch its economic revival and growth, the leader of the Development Research Centre of China, Mr Sun Qiming, said here yesterday.
VP Mujuru urges leaders to serve people
Masvingo Correspondent
VICE-President Joice Mujuru has urged the Zanu-PF leadership in Masvingo to serve interests of people they lead in order to promote the name of the party.
Speaking during the official opening of Nico Orgo Farm Centre and Fabs Hardware in Masvingo on Friday, Vice-President Mujuru said leaders should be mindful of the fact that they lead people and not animals.
Research centre seeks to attain associate status
Midlands Correspondent
RESEARCH and training institution, Centre for Development Studies (CDS), has courted one of the country’s top state university, National University of Science and Technology (Nust), in a bid to attain its associate status.
Let’s guard against neocolonial forces Asia, Latin America urged
Chronicle Reporter
ZANU-PF national chairman Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo has called for cooperation between Africa, Asia and Latin American countries
Border jumper survives crocodile attack
By Mashudu Netsianda
A 17-year-old would-be border jumper from Mozambique escaped death by a whisker when he fought off a crocodile which had grabbed his left leg while trying to illegally cross the Limpopo River into South Africa.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Everyone must comply with indigenisation laws
FOR the umpteenth time, we want to once again emphasise the need for all foreign-owned companies operating in Zimbabwe to take seriously the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act and comply with its provisions.
PM Tsvangirai’s perennial puberty violates public trust
By Itayi Garande
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s public denunciation of Lorcadia Tembo and the imputation that somehow she is a pawn used by State security agents to tarnish his image was a predictable follow-up to what appears to be a morality vacuum created by this story.
Africa unlikely to play China against the West
By James Shikwati
The collapse of the Arab power in East and Central Africa was not a result of Africans playing the West against the Arabs.
African and Arab guides; higher technology and the use of anti-slavery and Christian missionary movements aided the West’s penetration into the region. China has recorded its presence on Africa’s social, political and economic horizons. Will Africa play China against the West?
Nicholas Zakaria to perform in Esigodini
By Givemore Muzariri
SENIOR Lecturer Madzibaba Nicholas Zakaria will on Friday perform at Jabula Inn in Esigodini.
Jeys vows to defend territory
Entertainment Reporter
BULAWAYO’S celebrated jazz musician Jeys Marabini has said he will defend his territory in the forthcoming inaugural Shutdown Show to be held at the Amphitheatre this month.
The show, pitting superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, sungura maestro Alick Macheso, Utakataka Express’ new kid 22-year-old Peter Moyo and the cheeky Jeys, is set to be among the top events to be held in the city after the Unity Gala and the Zanu-PF conference.