adminBalancing power, policy and principles in corporations
Gertrude TakawiraIt is argued that most corporate performance failures are a result of errors in judgment, not management incompetence. Flawed decision making processes create cycles of silence and crises. Organisational politics shroud recurrent and systemic
Imperialism and the crisis in Mali
Abayomi AzikiweOn April 5 the leader of the Mali coup appealed to the “international community” for help in reversing the military gains made by the Movement for the National Liberation of Azawad (MNLA). The following day on April 6 the MNLA declared itself
DPRK marks Kim Il Sung 100th birth anniversary
THE Democratic People’s Republic of Korea yesterday commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il Sung, the DPRK’s first leader and Father of the Nation, an event that evoked memories of him among the Korean people.According to the DPRK embassy in Harare, President Kim Il Sung met several times with President Mugabe and strived to
Nearly 400 escape in NW Pakistan jailbreak
PESHAWAR, — Nearly 400 prisoners — including militants — escaped early yesterday from a jail in northwestern Pakistan after an attack by insurgents armed with guns, grenades and rockets, officials said. More than 150 heavily-armed Islamist militants stormed the central prison outside the restive northwestern town of Bannu bordering the tribal regions where Taliban andPresident Mutharika’s body flown back home
LILONGWE/KAMOTO — President Bingu wa Mutharika’s body is now lying in state at the presidential palace for “family and friends to pay their last respects”, according to funeral committee head Henry Mussa. A sombre mood fell over Malawi on Saturday as truckloads of people welcomed the remains of the late president, flown back from South Africa following a fatalCuba, drug trafficking dominate summit
CARTAGENA — Cuba and drug trafficking, the two irritants in US-Latin American relations, dominated the first day of the sixth Summit of the Americas on Saturday. Addressing the opening session of the two-day summit, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called for efforts to overcome the differences over Cuba, as the issue has long roiled US relations with Latin
Co-ordinated suicide attacks rock Afghanistan
KABUL. — Explosions and gunfire rocked the Afghan capital Kabul yesterday as suicide bombers struck across Afgha-nistan in co-ordinated attacks claimed by Taliban insurgents as the start of a spring offensive. The US, British, German and Japanese embassy compounds came under fire as militants attacked the city’s diplomatic enclave and tried to storm parliament —
Editorial Comment: Infralink-Zinara deal : Step towards roads development
The dualisation of the Harare-Bulawayo Highway was long overdue. It is encouraging to hear that progress is being made in securing funding for the project. Infralink, a joint venture between the Zimbabwe National Road Administration and Group Five International of South Africa, is reportedly set to embark on the dualisation of the highway and also the rehabilitationTeen (16) electrocuted
George Maponga Masvingo BureauA 16-YEAR-OLD girl from Bikita was last week electrocuted when she climbed a high-voltage power tower while herding cattle with some colleagues. Delight Maoneke of Nengoma Village in Chief Mazungunye’s area climbed an electricity pole that is part
Women’s book launched
Richmore TeraA BOOK that challenges women to excel in all spheres of life was launched in Harare last week. Titled “Promoting the Value of Women”, the book was written by Heartfelt International Ministries’ Apostle Tavonga Vutabwashe. It calls on women to prove