adminPlatinum’s Caf body blow
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor
FC PLATINUM have been dealt a huge blow in their bid to maximise on home advantage in their maiden Champions League campaign after the Confederation of Africa Football controversially
Earliest Dickensian film found
LONDON. — An archivist at the British Film Institute has stumbled across a 1901 movie just one minute long which turns out to be the earliest surviving film featuring a character from the works of Charles Dickens. Bryony Dixon was researching early films of China when she noticed an entry in a catalogue
Empowerment board appeals for funds
The National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board has appealed to Treasury to release the US$6 million allocated in the 2012 National Budget for empowerment programmes. The board’s chairperson, Mr David Chapfika, said delays in disbursing the funds were hampering efforts to help
Banks demand safety net
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterTHE Bankers’ Association of Zimbabwe has proposed the compulsory issuance of negotiable certificates of deposit against funds repatriated from offshore accounts. Although BAZ president Mr
NSSA ready to increase monthly benefits, but . . .
Business ReporterTHE National Social Security Authority is prepared to increase monthly benefits paid to pensioners and their dependants but is being hampered by complaints from private pension funds who fear they could
Fighting climate change via sms
Jeffery Gogo Climate Story
One of the biggest obstacles for climate change mitigation in Zimbabwe is the utilisation and applicability of information, currently scattered, random and poorly co-ordinated. Information must
Kingdom Bank, MasterCard launch new service
Business ReporterKINGDOM Bank has launched the MasterCard suite of products following its collaboration with MasterCard Worldwide. The bank’s clients will be issued with debit and prepaid MasterCard cards, which they can use
Hats off to successful women entrepreneurs
Fanuel Kangondo EntrepreneurshipAs the world celebrated International Women’s Day last Thursday, it was in recognition of the multiplicity of roles women play in our day-to-day living. Women have made tremendous strides in
Address women’s health sector challenges
ZWCRN Desk Women empowermentThe Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network (ZWRCN) joined women’s rights activists, the Government of Zimbabwe and the rest of the world in commemorating International Women’s Day
Unravelling threads of colonised craft
Dr Tony Monda Art ZoneInitially begun as a rehabilitation self-help programme for prostitutes, teenage mothers and other women fallen by the social wayside, who were rounded up to form the Weya Art Community by an