US shipping agents foil coin imports

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
PLANS to import coins from the United States may well have hit a snag after the Bankers’ Association of Zimbabwe revealed that US shipping agents were not keen to do business with Zimbabweans. BAZ

Obama hails UK/US alliance

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama yesterday hailed the “indispensable” and “essential” US alliance with Britain, as he welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron for an official visit. Obama and Cameron were to hold one-on-one Oval Office talks, likely to be dominated by the showdown with Iran

Ex-Murdoch aide, husband nabbed in hacking probe

LONDON — British police investigating phone hacking re-arrested former Rupert Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks on Tuesday and detained her husband, a close friend of Prime Minister David Cameron, reports said. Brooks and her husband Charlie were reportedly among six people arrested at dawn on suspicion

Zim education step ahead ?

Milton Nyamadzawo
Africa’s socio-economic development will depend largely on the scope and effectiveness of investment in human skills development. Essentially, this is deeply rooted in a country’s primary,

Zimplats deal: Step towards economic independence

Editorial Comment
Zimbabwe’s indigenisation and economic empowerment thrust entered another dimension on Tuesday with the historic signing of a deal between Government and Zimplats, set to empower

Women ‘love’ circumcised men

Bongiwe Zwane
Hygiene is something that I admire a lot in men in particular, a circumcised male reproductive organ. As the circumcision programme is rolled out in Swaziland, it is hoped that the number of HIV

Facts on global child labour

At the workplace Wenceslaus Murape
For over a decade, child labour has been recognised as a key issue of human rights at work together with freedom of association, right to collective bargaining, abolition of forced labour, and

‘Civil servants must be apolitical’

Herald Reporter
PUBLIC Service Minister Lucia Matibenga says members of the civil service should strive to discharge their duties professionally without political influence. Addressing delegates attending a two-week Public

Zesa intensifies load-shedding

Herald Reporter
Load-shedding has become intense because of depressed electricity generation at Zesa power stations and diminishing capacity to import from the region. Due to the increased load-shedding, some areas

Driving schools cry foul

Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has ordered driver training schools using the space at the corner of Herbert Chitepo Avenue and 5th Street in Harare to vacate because the area is for developmental purposes.

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