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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.
2012 Premier League Fixtures
Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
NEWBOYS Hardbody will face defending champions Dynamos in their opening game of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League which kicks off on March 31. According to the fixtures released by the
Unicef responds to tender scam allegations
Herald Reporter
UNICEF yesterday said the procurement of textbooks was done in accordance with United Nations
Prime Minister’s statement on Gwisai verdict rapped
Herald Reporter
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is likely to face contempt of court charges for remarks he made in
New deal to retire Zim debt
Herald Reporters
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has unveiled a debt resolution strategy that will unlock external financing for economic development.
President Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have since endorsed the strategy, which will also be presented to development partners.
The strategy is a combination of old debt relief mechanisms, injection of capital by development partners, leveraging of natural resources and the removal of illegal sanctions imposed by Western countries.
Minister Biti said the debt was an impediment to economic recovery as it was blocking capital for
Community service for Gwisai
Tendai Rupapa Court Reporter
FORMER Highfield legislator and University of Zimbabwe law lecturer Munyaradzi Gwisai and five accomplices were yesterday fined US$500 each and ordered to perform 420 hours of community service for conspiring to commit public violence.
The six were arrested during a meeting at which they were watching video footage of a mass uprising in Egypt and Tunisia last year in the city centre.
The prosecution had urged the court to impose the maximum sentence of 10 years.
However, magistrate Mr Kudakwashe Jarabini found a fine and community service appropriate, saying the penalty should not be outrageous but should send a message to would-be offenders.
Mr Jarabini fined Gwisai, Antoneta Choto (37), Tatenda Mombeyarara (30), Edson Chakuma (39),
Pilot caught with US$2m diamonds
Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter
AN Israeli pilot, who reportedly sneaked into Zimbabwe masquerading as a South African Airways crew member, was arrested at the Harare International Airport while trying to smuggle out 1 300 diamond pieces worth over US$2 million.
Shmuel Kainan Klein (58) was not formally charged when he appeared before regional magistrate Mr