adminDon’t miss ‘A Handful of Keys’ at Hifa
Arts CorrespondentThe Harare International Festival of the Arts, running from the 1st to the 6th of May, will this year feature various presentational novelties for audiences to sample. One such novelty is the seamless
Incompetent boards letting us down
Albert Nhamoyebonde Business CorrespondentIt is sad that some among us have a low opinion of what black Zimbabweans are capable of. One aspect that is most cited is that the country has no black Zimbabweans who can run a business.
Dangers of forced resignation
Taurai Musakaruka HR IssuesDepartures from jobs are not always clean and neat. The process of giving a simple resignation with two weeks’ notice and then a move on to a better job sounds simple enough, but when what amounts
Preserve world heritage sites, Mali told
PARIS. — Unseco Director-General Irina Bokova has voiced concern about the risk posed by fighting around the world heritage site of Timbuktu in northern Mali. “I call on both the Malian authorities and warring factions to respect the country’s heritage and its commitment as a signatory of the 1972 WorldRhino poaching reaches crisis level
NAIROBI. — Wildlife officials say rhino poaching in Africa has reached crisis levels with nearly 1 000 animals killed in the last five years. Wildlife experts from across Africa said in a Tuesday statement they would lobby for harsher penalties and fines for people involved in illegal rhino horn trade. In a meetingIndian PM says terrorists should be brought to book
NEW DELHI. — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday reiterated that those engaged in terror activities against his country should be brought to book, an indirect message to Pakistan which is yet to bring the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attacks to justice. “All those who are engaged in terrorist actsGoldman Sachs linked with sex trafficking
WASHINGTON. — Global investment, securities and sex! Goldman Sachs has long been a big name on Wall Street, but an investigation tying the banking giants to a website linked with sex trafficking has left the firm scrambling to say goodbye to some stock. Goldman Sachs signed a deal last FridayPoland’s CIA secret prison exposed
WARSAW. — A CIA-run interrogation “black site” has been exposed after the confessions of top-ranking Polish officials blew the lid on the dirtiest secret in Eastern Europe. The former head of Poland’s intelligence service secret Zbigniew Siemiatkowski has been charged with taking part in
‘Malema’s suspension strategic’
JOHANNESBURG. — The suspension of ANC Youth League president Julius Malema yesterday was a strategic move by the ANC’s top officials, said political analysts. “Malema’s suspension is an attempt to show they (ANC) mean business and intend to try and rule,” Steven Friedman said. Eusebius