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Franklin Lamb
This observer was stunned late last week when during a meeting in a Maghreb country with three high ranking former Libyan officials, among hundreds currently in hiding, and some organising, in countries bordering Libya, one of them, in all earnest,
Parly investigates flat allocation
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Works and National Housing yesterday started probing circumstances surrounding the
Annual inflation closes at 4,9 percent
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
ZIMBABWE’S annual inflation closed the year at 4,9 percent in line with initial estimates, data from the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency has revealed.
D-day for civil servants
Felex Share Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT and civil servants are headed for confrontation following the expiry of a deadline issued to improve their salaries and
African leaders urged to stand their ground
Herald Reporter
AFRICAN leaders should stand their ground when foreigners try to impose their resolutions on the continent, an Ethiopian diplomat has said.
Chombo blocks 5 mayors’ US trip
Michael Chideme Municipal Reporter
GOVERNMENT has barred mayors and town clerks from five councils from travelling to the United States on a study tour.
Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Cho-mbo cited late notification and abuse of public funds as the reason.
This comes at a time when most local authorities are failing to pay salaries and deliver satisfactory services to rate-payers.
Minister Chombo said he stopped Masvingo Mayor Femias Chakabuda, his town clerk Adolf Gusha, Bulawayo Mayor Thaba Moyo, his town clerk Middleton Nyoni, Harare town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi and director of urban planning services Mr Psychology Chiwanga, Plumtree secretary Mr
Art collectors warned
SINGAPORE. – Investors should not indiscriminately buy pieces by popular contemporary Chinese artists since commercial success has made some complacent and later paintings and sculpture may lack the originality of earlier work, art advisers warn.
Such judicial inquiries common in Zim
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
AN inquest is a judicial inquiry into the cause of an unexpected death. Before the inquiry is held, police fully investigate the death and compile a docket which they then forward to the courts for the inquiry to be held.
Inquests into the cause of death of several prominent and ordinary people have been held in Zimbabwe.
Such inquests include that for the then Minister of Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation Border Gezi, who died in a road accident in 2001.
The inquest was held before a Gweru provincial magistrate sitting as a coroner.
Cde Gezi – who was also the Zanu-PF national political
Newcomers hog limelight at Golden Globes
LOS ANGELES. – The Golden Globes crowned a new galaxy of television stars on Sunday, honouring a slew of shows in their first season and leaving old favourites out in the cold
Psychological thriller “Homeland”, which premiered on cable channel Showtime in October, won best TV drama series and best
Second-hand underwear a women’s empowerment issue
ZWRCN Desk Women Empowerment
The recent ban on the importation of second-hand underwear in Zimbabwe was met with mixed reactions from various sectors of society.