adminSadc integration — 20 years on
The year 2012 marks 20 years since the historic signing of the Sadc Treaty and Declaration and presents an opportunity for southern Africans to forge ahead with the region’s integration agenda.
Messi breaks Barca record
Lionel Messi has broken Barcelona’s 60-year-old goal-scoring record with a hat-trick in a 5-3 win over La Liga rivals Granada at the Nou Camp on Tuesday.Messi, still only 24, equalled the record with a volley off a post in the 17th minute and then broke it with a lob in the 68th minute.
Castle Lager Premier League 2012 fixtures
WEEK 1 CASTLE LAGER PSL31 MARCH/01 APRIL 2012
US imposes solar duties on China because of subsidies
The US has imposed duties on Chinese solar panel manufacturers after it said that they received unfair subsidies.Chinese exporters into the US — including Suntech — will now face customs tariffs of between 2.9 percent and 4.73 percent, the Commerce Department said.
In 2011, imports of solar cells from China into the US were valued at $3.1bn (£1.96bn), it added.
Xenophobia film nominated for top African awards
Johannesburg. — South African film “Man on Ground”, which was inspired by the horrific incident in which Mozambican Enersto Alfabeto Nhamuave was set alight and burnt to death, has been nominated in the African Movie Academy Awards. Nhamuave’s death at Cyril Ramaphosa informal settlement on the East‘Sing Your Way to Paris’ grand finale
Carter ChapwanyaThe grand finale to the “Sing Your Way to Paris” competition is the major highlight of the annual Francophone Week that commenced on March 9 at the Alliance Francaise. Ten hopefuls are set to battle
Employee insubordination, dismissal
Taurai Musakaruka HR IssuesWhile the word “insubordinate” often refers to anyone disrespectful or defiant, the workplace definition is more explicit. Insubordination usually means one of two situations: An employee refuses
A new breed of street children
Roselyne Sachiti Deputy Features Editor
The tall buildings, the sound of footsteps from different makes of shoes worn by pedestrians, the chatty women window shopping and the sound of car engines moving along Nelson Mandela Avenue
Rutenga: Thirsty and hungry
Tichaona Zindoga Features WriterIt has to be so ironic and cruel that a place which has a name that denotes the sky — such a concept many identify with limitlessness in reach and opportunity — wallows in stunted growth and lost