adminSecuritisation to improve liquidity situation
Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
LIQUIDITY challenges prevailing in the country are likely to improve in the medium term due to fiscal and monetary interventions being used to introduce instruments to mobilise funds for the entire economy. In his monetary policy statement,
New rules for financial advisors
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
ALL investment advisors are now required to register with the Securities Commission of Zimbabwe with effect from yesterday, the securities regulatory authority has said. The directive applies to any investment specialists, including stockbrokers and
The ‘Arab Spring’ backfires
Boris Volkhonsky
A year after the “triumph” of the Egyptian revolution, events surrounding it have taken a U-turn and the country. The United States of America which heartily supported the “Arab Spring”, notwithstanding its side-effects, like the ascent to power of
Dilution of SA’s leadership role
Udo W. Froese
The Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and most of its member states disrespected, feared and despised pre-1994 colonial-apartheid South Africa for its racialist ideologies, its merciless and formidable war-machine, the South African Defence Force
Zifa should take time to learn from Zambia’s success story
ZIMBABWEANS exploded with joy on Wednesday night as they celebrated neighbours Zambia’s sensational triumph in qualifying for the final of the 2012 African Cup of Nations with a landmark victory over Ghana in Equatorial Guinea.
Not since Chipolopolo’s appearance in the final of the same tournament, in Tunisia in ’94, just a year after the bulk of their
NTC exposes its ugly visage
Farirai Chubvu
Pope John Paul II once said, ‘‘any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; the last, the least, the littlest.” Over the years, others have added the word ‘‘prisoners,” so that it reads ‘‘any society is judged on the
120 000 Olympics hotel rooms back to the open market
LONDON – London 2012 Olympics organisers have released more than 120 000 hotel room nights back onto the open market.
They confirmed that some 20 percent of the room nights they had reserved in London would be returned to hotels to offer up to other customers. The spaces had been reserved to provide accommodation for media, global sport federations, the International
Our goals can come from anywhere – Kalou
LIBREVILLE – An impregnable defence coupled with forwards who can strike at will are the cornerstones of Cote d’lvoire’s march to Sunday’s African Cup of Nations soccer final, says Salomon Kalou. The Elephants notched up their fifth successive win with Wednesday night’s 1-0 semi-final defeat of Mali to enhance their record to nine goals scored, none conceded. With
Zambia in grand finale
LIBREVILLE – Cote d’lvoire, looking to lay to rest the ghosts of failures past, and Zambia, looking to honour the dead from the 1993 air disaster, meet in what will be a deeply emotional Africa Cup of Nations soccer final on Sunday. The Zambians have kept their date with destiny, stunning Ghana 1-0 in Wednesday’s first semi-final to bring Herve Renard’s side to
Referees face the axe: Gumede
Zvamaida Murwira and Lloyd Gumbo
ZIFA will soon wield the axe on referees fingered in the match-fixing scandal in the local soccer leagues, Parliamentarians heard yesterday. Zifa acting president, Ndumiso Gumede, said the mother body would crack the whip on errant match