admin. . . as European stocks steady
LONDON. — European stock markets steadied last Friday but the euro fell at the end of a week marked by an EU summit on the Greek crisis, new rules to control eurozone budgets and massive central bank funding for banks. In afternoon deals, London’s FTSE 100 index of leading shares dipped 0,10 percent to 5 925,69
Malema asks to stay in ANC despite expulsion
Speaking at a gathering of the ANC’s women’s wing on his 31st birthday on Saturday, Malema said he would not challenge the ANC in court over his expulsion for bringing the party into disrepute, even though he believed he had done nothing wrong.
Instead, he has asked the ANC’s disciplinary council to allow him to keep his party membership even if stripped of the presidency of its Youth League.
“If we made a mistake, discipline us. Don’t throw us in the dustbin,” South Africa’s Sunday Times quoted him as saying.
Expelled from the party on Wednesday, Malema was given 14 days to appeal against the ruling.
An appeal would have allowed him to stay in his position as party leader of the youth wing until the appeals process was exhausted.
The ANC handed him a five-year suspension in November after finding him guilty of violating ANC rules by causing rifts in the group and undermining its credibility with calls for the overthrow of the government of
Policy vacuum unsettles Diasporans
Martin Kadzere recently in South Africa
ZIMBABWEANS living abroad say they are concerned over the absence of a framework to promote investment into the country by locals living in the Diaspora.
This was the bold message raised during a session at the Zimbabwe Investment and Trade Conference that was targeted at encouraging Zimbabweans in the Dias
Shamu steps up anti-piracy war
Richmore Tera and Mandla DinganiGOVERNMENT is going to lobby the judiciary to ensure that laws designed to eliminate piracy are observed. This was said by Media, Information and Publicity Minister Webster Shamu during an anti-piracy meeting held in Harare recently. The meeting was a follow-up to one held in December last year where members of the
Colonial arts, culture laws must go
As Zimbabwe is in the throes of indigenisation, it is time to re-examine some old colonial Bills still existing today. Many of these Bills were designed to exclude the indigenous African people. Yet following 32 years of Zimbabwe’s independence, it is disheartening to note that many Government and quasi-GovernmentPlaxedes courts Mzansi’s finest
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment ReporterPlaxedes Wenyika has set her sights on the Southern Africa market with her latest collaboration with DJ Cleo, one of South Africa’s most sought-after kwaito producers. Plaxedes, who is fondly called the “Queen of Ballads” by her fans, engaged DJ Cleo on a remix of her title track “Brighter Day” taken off her fifth album.
Peter, Tryson out of legends’ shadows
Entertainment Reporters
dynamite comes in small packages and this adage will be proven right when young musicians Peter Moyo and Tryson Chimbetu go it alone without riding on the coat-tails of music legends Oliver Mtukudzi and Alick Macheso. The duo has been curtain-raising for the big artistes but this time around they decided to stand on
Litterbugs face arrest
Michael Chideme Municipal ReporterBUSINESS owners and commuter omnibus operators without refuse bins at their premises and inside their kombis face arrest with effect from next Thursday.
Harare director of amenities Mr Dombo Chibanda said businesses and kombi operators have been given a seven-day grace period to have refuse bins. Mr Chibanda
Chief Nhema’s throne challenged
Court ReporterA chieftainship wrangle is raging in Zaka District, Masvingo, as an aspiring chief and three farmers have mounted a High Court application seeking to dethrone the substantive Chief Nhema arguing that his installation shows bias towards one family. In papers filed at the High Court, Manunure Mbwende, Taurai Masikati, Kennedy
Remand me in custody, suspect tells magistrate
Court ReporterA HONDE Valley man who was allegedly nabbed with more than 50kg of Mbanje at Mbare Musika last week surprised the court when he opted to be remanded in custody while awaiting trial. Taurai Zuze (37) appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Don Ndirowei on charges of possessing mbanje. Prosecutor Mr Innocent Chin