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Entertainment Reporter
George Mutendadzamera, the Delta Director Corporate Affairs, is now the chairperson of the board of trustees for the Harare International Festival of the Arts. A lawyer by profession, Mr Mutendadzamera has replaced the inuagural chairperson Dr
Sea ice off China coast sets winter record
BEIJING – Ice covering Liaodong Bay off China’s eastern coast yesterday extended 74 nautical miles from edge-to-edge, a record, up from 55 nautical miles six days ago. According to the National Marine Environmental Forecasting Centre, sea ice blanketed 21 001 square kms, or 58.3 percent of the Liaodong Bay area yesterday, mostly 10-20 cm thick and 40 cm at the
Indian Court cancels 122 telecom licences
NEW DELHI – An Indian court has cancelled 122 telecom licences. The licences were issued by former minister A Raja, who is accused of mis-selling bandwidth in what has been called India’s biggest corruption scandal. Mr Raja denies wrongdoing.
Government auditors say the scandal cost the country about $40bn (£24,5bn). The judges also ordered a court to decide whether
Avoid last season’s chaos at tobacco auction floors
The 2012 tobacco selling season starts on February 15 with indications that a bigger crop volume will be auctioned at the sales floors this season. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board, which is the regulatory authority, forecasts that over 150 million kg of flue-cured tobacco will be sold against 131 million kg sold last season. Indeed, an increase by over 20 million
The hawks are at it again
Farirai Chubvu
The warmongers are at it again, itching to spill innocent blood to divert public scrutiny from the crunching economic crises in their backyards. The way the growing confrontation with Iran is being sold by the US, Israel and West European leaders is
Development: Lessons from the Chinese economy
Diana Ntono
Africa and East Asia in world history have undergone almost similar stages of development as a result of the spread of western civilisation for many decades. Africa and East Asian regions have faced colonisation from western powers, taken part
China: Africa’s all weather partner
Tendai Moyo
With the handing over of the resplendent US$200 million headquarters to the African Union (AU), China has effectively cemented its mutual partnership with Africa. It should forthwith be noted that this donation unlike others that hail from the
Zimbabwe: A truly land of the best
Patrick W Mamimine
Zimbabwe is truly land of the best! A country of highly educated, industrious, bold, humourous, discreet and unpredictable people. Above all, a society of “master tacticians” (to quote one Westerner). But how many of our people know that of all
Chinyama club-hunting
Sports Reporter
ZIMBABWE international striker, Takesure Chinyama, flew out of the country yesterday on a club-hunting exercise amid growing interest in his services from as far afield as Ukraine. The big 29-year-ol forward, who spent four seasons at Polish
ANC study rejects mine nationalisation: Report
JOHANNESBURG. – A study commissioned by South Africa’s ruling ANC has rejected calls for mine nationalisation and come out in favour of higher taxes and royalties, the Business Day newspaper reported. The report is expected to be adopted as policy by the African National Congress and will be raised this weekend at a meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee, the